"The Blacksmith" Performed by The Holohan Sisters

Heres two mischevious angels of song Jane and Jenny Holohan together they call themselves "The Holohan sisters and are from from Dublin Ireland. Jane on vocals and Jenny on guitar and vocals create the sort of harmonies to die for. This essentialy Irish traditional duo draw many of their songs from the songbooks of Ewan Mccoll and here they give us there lovely version of "The Blacksmith" which is probably where they got this song from.

"Blacksmith" (Roud 816) is a traditional English folk song, also known as "A Blacksmith Courted Me". The song was noted down by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1909 from a Mrs Powell. On that occasion it was sung to the tune "Monk's Gate", better known as the tune of "To be a pilgrim", the hymn by John Bunyan. The same tune is sometimes used for the song "Our Captain Cried". It has been recorded many times. There are versions by The Critics Group, Shirley Collins, Steeleye Span on the albums Hark! The Village Wait and Please to See the King, Planxty on their first album Planxty, Barbara Dickson on the album Do Right Woman, Phil Cooper on the album Pretty Susan, Scatter the Mud on the album In the Mood, Loreena McKennitt on Elemental, Martin Simpson and Kathy & Carol, Eddi Reader on Mirmama and Pentangle on the album So Early in the Spring. Linda Ronstadt gives an a cappella rendition on the 1990 compilation album Rubáiyát. Barry Dransfield recorded an unusual instrumental version of the tune. Jah Wobble recorded a version of the song on his 1996 album English Roots Music.

Kind Regards,

Jim Clark
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[faji187]

Can you please post "BLACK IS THE COLOUR OF MY TRUE LOVES HAIR" many thanks

[cghezzo]

This is so beautiful!

[777Arky777]

Great. I guess doing the vocals in harmonic intervals would be awesome.

[kallinemartins]

They made a really great version of it! Thank you for uploading!

Greetings from Brazil ^^