[Youtube] (English) Folk Songs for Winter Nights ~ Roud Folk Song Index #1-10

My favorite English ballad video collection on YouTube, picked up from Roud Folk Song Index from No. 1 to 10.



Title List:
    1.  The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies - Andreas Scholl 
          (Roud #1, Child Ballads #200) (Wikipedia (The Gypsy Laddie))
    2.  The Twa Corbies - An Drasda
          (Roud #5, Child #26) (Wikipedia (The Three Ravens))
    3.  The Three Ravens - Andreas Scholl
    4.  Long Lankin  - Fire + Ice
          (Roud #6, Child #93) (Wikipedia (Lamkin))
    5.  Sovay - Dave Swarbrick & Martin Carthy (Roud #7) (Wikipedia)
    6.  Cruel Sister - The Pentangle
          (Roud #8, Child #10) (Wikipedia (The Twa Sisters))
    7.  The Cruel Mother - Lothlórien (Roud #9, Child #20) (Wikipedia)
    8.  Lord Randall - Andreas Scholl (Roud #10, Child #12) (Wikipedia)

~ bonus track ~
    1.  The Streets of Laredo - Johnny Cash (Roud #2) (Wikipedia)
    2.  The Raggle Taggle Gypsy - The Chieftains feat. Nickel Creek


Playlist on YouTube is here.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=379922125E22703A


Update: (Jan. 1. 2011) 
 Part 2 (Roud #11-16) is now uploaded here!
 http://m-abraham.blogspot.com/2011/01/youtube-english-love-songs-roud-folk.html


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1.  The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies - Andreas Scholl 
Andreas Scholl is amazing!!!



2.  The Twa Corbies - An Drasda
I love the lyrics sooo much.



3.  The Three Ravens - Andreas Scholl
Another ending :-D



4.  Long Lankin - Fire + Ice
Is VanCleef lore in World of Warcraft from Lamkin? (see Wikipedia)



5.  Sovay - Dave Swarbrick & Martin Carthy
Nice performance!



6.  Cruel Sister - The Pentangle
Beautiful, old ballad...



  7.  The Cruel Mother - Lothlórien
Too scary. I can't watch this alone in the middle of the night.



8.  Lord Randall - Andreas Scholl

Both vocal and the lyrics are awesome!




~ Bonus Track ~


1.  The Streets of Laredo - Johnny Cash
The chorus part is really moving.



 2.  The Raggle Taggle Gypsy - The Chieftains feat. Nickel Creek
Another version! There are many Raggle Taggle Gypsy videos on Youtube.





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