A north country maid

[nineveh_uk]

Ages ago marginaliana asked if people had favourite folk songs, and I meant to respond, but didn't. So now I am.

No-one else's version of a folk song you first hear sung by your mother can ever be perfect*, but this one is as close as any could get. The photos of Roundhay Park do it no harm in my eyes.

"A north country maid" (Watch on YouTube)

*Especially when you're the sort of person whose head shrieks "IVY tree, not rowan!" at every chorus.

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[white_hart]

I had a whole collection of the accompanying booklets for 1960s BBC radio singing programmes for schools, which is where I learnt most of my folk songs.