Name: An Buachaill Caol Dubh (The Dark Slender Boy) by The World in a Box
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: A yearning song about a lover encountered on market day and lost to the fairies. This melody needs no harmonies.

Boca Livre é um grupo musical brasileiro de MPB, cujo primeiro disco foi lançado independentemente em 1979.

Boca Livre   Toada (Na Direção Do Dia)

This was one of the songs featured in the German movie "Venture of Love" shot in Rayong, Thailand.

The Very Thought Of You

recorded at home in Limehouse, in the kitchen, November 2005

They'll Never Believe Me

Sueño de Juventud

This lovely English slow air recorded at home in the kitchen in 2005

Sweet England

Irish slow air, original name unknown, used by L.L.Dix for the hymn tune 'St. Sechnall' (Songs of Praise no.268). Recorded in Limehouse, having been played with no religious connotations as a threnody at the commemoration organised by Bob Davenport and Dr Wendy Savage in 1992 after the tragic death of our radical Limehouse GP Dr David Widgery.

St Seachnall

Learned in the Galil in 1965, recorded at Abbott St Studio in 2008

Hinei Ma Tov

A yearning song about a lover encountered on market day and lost to the fairies. This melody needs no harmonies.

An Buachaill Caol Dubh (The Dark Slender Boy)

Ectasy of first love recalled in this poignant chanson published by Francis Poulenc in 1940 to words by Jean Anouilh. 'Chemins perdus, vous n'êtes plus/ Et vos échos sont sourds'. Another kitchen recording.

Chemins D'Amour

100 numbers on a 54-button duet concertina  made in London by Charles Jeffries in the 1890s. It's joined in the Scandinavian tracks by Christine Dyer on fiddle, and the mix also includes an entire Music Hall session with Matthew Crampton from Sidmouth Folk Week.

An Buachaill Caol Dubh (The Dark Slender Boy)

The World in a Box

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