Name: Lord Thomas and Fair Elender by Jane F
Duration: 7 min 26 s
Description: Traditional old time ballad (from Jean Ritchie) on Wildwood tubaphone banjo

I Know My Love

Columbus 2

Traditional old time ballad (from Jean Ritchie) on Wildwood tubaphone banjo

Lord Thomas and Fair Elender

I wrote this because I was missing the spring birds. This is called The Cuckoo, and it imitates this bird’s call.

The Cuckoo.mp3

Can't get that stuff no more performed by the Delta Beltas: Alan Fulwood, Tim Summerson and Anne Steel. Hokum Blues and Ragtime, as performed by the street musicians in the 1920's and 1930's.

Can't get that Stuff no more - Delta Beltas

Lyrics to "I'm Still Standing":

See these lines on my face?
They're a map of where I've been
And the deeper they are traced,
the deeper life has settled in
How do we survive
living out our lives?

  And I would not trade a line
  Make it smooth and fine
  or pretend that time stands still
  I want to rest my soul
  here where it can grow without fear
  Another line, another year
  I'm still standing here

See these marks on my skin?
They are the lyric of my life
Every story I begin
just means another end's in sight
Only lovers understand
Skin just covers who I am

  Chorus

    See these bruises, see these scars?
    Hieroglyphs that tell the tale
    You can read them in the dark
    through your fingertips, like Braille

  And I would not trade a line
  Make it smooth and fine
  or pretend that time stands still
  I want to rest my soul
  here where it can grow without fear
  Another line, another year
  I'm still standing here
  I'm still standing here
  I'm still standing here!!

c. Rude Girl Pub. All rights reserved. Lefts are still open.

I'm Still Standing

Partita No2 for solo violin Gigue in D minor JS Bach on solo mandolin. I was playing my 1915 Gibson F2 mandolin this evening in my kitchen and I recorded this piece of music. Arrangement copyright G Le Faux 2016

JS Bach Partita No2 Gigue In Dm For Solo Violin Or Mandolin

Power in a Union

I play this hymn on mountain dulcimer to honor the memory of my beloved grandfather who passed from this life on 26 July, 1967.  Those of us gathered for his funeral sang this lovely old hymn.

http://hymnary.org/text/all_my_life_i_had_a_longing

Satisfied- Hymn In Public Domain

A schottische from the Swedish town of Lindome.  Recorded on G/D concertina in an empty laundry room.

Schottisar från Lindome

Handsome Family cover, 1 webcam mic. one guitar.

SOMUCHWINE

I am a singer and acoustic musician. I started out on the guitar but in the last 15 years have mostly played 5 string banjo, ukulele and appalachian dulcimer. I  performed with "The Backyard Buskers" between 2009 up to 2016, a Sheffield based Americana trio. Currently I perform solo and also teaching singing.  It’s also a great joy for me to sing with the Outlaw Sisters, a close harmony group with a repertoire of old time, early country, roots and blues.

Lord Thomas and Fair Elender

Jane F

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