A song I've know all my life and one of my Dad's favourites, so it was high time I covered it.

Sisters Of Mercy

This is based on Chris Wood's version of Man of Double Deed, with added green man!

Man Of Double Deed

A mysterious, dreamlike song fragment. Find out its history on the Handed Down Podcast: handeddown.buzzsprout.com

Flandyke Shore

An old ballad of love and loss. Find out more about its intriguing history on the Handed Down podcast: handeddown.buzzsprout.com

Barbara Allen

Pretty Saro, recorded simply with piano and vocals. Find out the story behind the song on the Handed Down podcast: https://handeddown.buzzsprout.com

Pretty Saro

A laid-back take on this classic song. Find out the story behind the song on the Handed Down podcast: https://handeddown.buzzsprout.com

She Moved Through the Fair

The sad and mysterious tale of Betsy Bell and Mary Gray, two bonnie lasses of Scotland who died in the plague of 1645.

Betsy Bell and Mary Gray

A re-master of this wonderful song by Lizzie Pridmore, with updated vocals

Swallows (2022)

A setting of Frederick Tennyson's poem "The Skylark" by Neal Jolly, recorded by Jenny Shaw 4 November 2023.

The Skylark

Here's a song and a tune, and I learned both of them from Clannad some time in the mid 80s. Thanks go to my friend Allie, a fellow fan of early Clannad, who first suggested I should record The Pretty Maid, it turned out to be a great idea!

The Pretty Maid / Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill

Lover of traditional and modern folk; singer and player of instruments various; presenter of Handed Down podcast; enthusiastic arranger and occasional songwriter.

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