The Hiring Fair (Ralph McTell)

This is a really good song from Ralph. I story of how two people met at a hiring fair when at those times you 'sold' your labour to a farmer. Very evocative of a time past.

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Music

Tags:

• Folk:
• Acoustic
• song:
• Guitar
• Playing:
• Fingerstyle:
• Ralph
• McTell

[2011bente]

Very beatiful and emotional with "folkroots".

[ichingiching]

a lovely storyline with roots in tradition..

[TravelingFolkGuitar]

How are you playing the Bm?

[ichingiching]

I normally Barre (bar) it David but there is one section where its like variation of a D.. they are similar and can often be interchanged.. it depends on what you want to do with the sound.. hard to explain..

[TravelingFolkGuitar]

@ichingiching Got it man! Just worked it out man whilst I was fiddling with it today! Must say this is one of the best story-telling songs I know of. Keep up the good work! Would you please consider doing a cover of John Hartford's classic "Gentle on my mind", would love to hear your take on it. Many thanks, David.

[ichingiching]

good stuff.. its a great story and a real tradition.. i'll look up 'Gentle on my mind'.. not posted anything for a while.. need to play more.. cheers David

[ichingiching]

very evocative .. i use to play this song over and over..

[williammorris1]

What a beautiful song! Great rendition!

[ichingiching]

a perfect song that was a traditional reality.. its a fabulous story..

[padraigpurseal]

Have just listened to this again a year later, God you do a great version of it..

Thanks for the posting