English folk

[saundersbp]

A few English folk tunes plus a Welsh guest!

 

[boxplayer4000]

Well played. English traditional music doesn't get the exposure it should.
The tune I Gave My Love a Cherry is known as Shanagolden in Ireland and The Twelfth of Never in the USA, sung by Elvis and Johnny Mathis etc.

 

[JeffJetton]

The tune I Gave My Love a Cherry is known as Shanagolden in Ireland and The Twelfth of Never in the USA, sung by Elvis and Johnny Mathis etc.

In the States we mostly know it from this famous movie scene:

 

[saundersbp]

In the States we mostly know it from this famous movie scene:

It's very true, I only learnt this English tune from friends in the states!

This video demonstrates the richness of the UK folk tradition. (Don't be offended, it's bizarre British sense of humour.....)