@Hermit_up_a_Holler

American here. I come from the Appalachian Mountains in Eastern Kentucky,  a place where most of us are descended from the original settlers. My mother always referred to them as Scotch Irish. I heard this song, in a slightly altered form, when I was a child, in the 1970's. This is incredible and I am so glad for this information! WOW!

@biggerthanacadillac

Norma Waterson Carthy........what a sad, SAD loss. Her genius ~ and Martin's of course ~ shall ne'er be forgot.

@Razzy-sr4oq

Huh. Holy shit. You can really see how this is the origin for O Death song I'm sure we've all heard before, from the lyrics alone.

@kapilaranasinghe446

I came to know this sond from Oliver goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield (1766). I am a Sri Lankan Living in Botswana. Some 47 yeasr ago as a teeenager I read the book which was Unabridge Snhalese trtanslation. today, at this moment, I'm reading the Complete Engilish, Penguine Edition.   Whar Norma saying is true (this song goes beyond 1766). Indepth meaning of tthe song is amzing.

@sunkintree

wow, you're amazing for the transcription

@lostinidlewonder

Thank you I am currently researching a lot of works from the Roud list, I really appreciated the information and wonderful performance. I read since last year Norma now too wears the clothing made of earth and clay, RIP.

@thewonderlook

What an amazing work you've done in this channel!
The content is treasure!

@vidursury

Wow, very beautiful song/ballad performed so well. The mode was very interesting, like an alternation between the Dorian mode and a pentatonic mode like the major pentatonic scale with a flat third instead (subset of the Dorian scale). This kind of modal style seems somewhat peculiar to the UK among old musical styles.

@stellador

Amazing. Thanks for the upload!

@nickmehn

Is there any way somebody could tab this out for those who can’t read music?

@samuelhager1140

Do u have the tabs