Anne Briggs - Willie O Winsbury
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Great ballad with a wonderful statement from the king. Sung well by Anne although she was far better singing it unaccompanied. Try it by "Sweeney's Men" Their Andy Irvine accidentally put this tune to this ballad.
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Great stuff here from a singer who's became a virtual recluse I believe; I can listen to many of these English folk singers - Sandy Denny's my favourite.
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Definitely better than Sandy Denny who apparently wrote a song - The pond & the stream, as a tribute to Anne Briggs. Anne has been a big influence on many including The Watersons, Bert Jansch, Pentangle, Maddy Prior etc.
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Anne Briggs is in NO WAY forgotten, but far greater than Sandy Denny, you must be deaf !
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I believe that is Johnny Moynihan on the Bouzouki. Gorgeous
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I understand You. Felt like that some years ago. Folk-singing beauty truely opened me up. Fin´amor of troubadours continues, in it´s graces as well as in it´s pains.
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@hstarr78 - Either you're unread (unlearned), or you haven't listened to much of English Folk music (let alone read any Shakespeare). My comment and use of the word was meant in the most admiring of ways. Grow up? What grow - up into a modern unforgiving, unloving, inexperienced dolt of today, under the shallow influence of man-hating liars? I love music and women universally. Get on board....
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@arhatyellow "wench"? weirdo... grow up.



Oh, I love her voice. I love the way such a simple story is told. Great.
DakotasVideos 2 years ago 8
As a talent,Anne was probably far greater than our beloved Sandy.
But only made a couple of albums.She beguiled everyone of note in the day,and is only forgotten now because of cloth eared pop fans who were more interested in the size of their idols flared trousers than the quality of the music!.
neohip 2 years ago 7