tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543824272166445999.post5093932564306404571..comments2023-12-25T12:57:28.937-05:00Comments on Franklin's Ghost: Lady Franklin's LamentTed Bettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223729391428982448noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543824272166445999.post-55721616584960308932009-11-24T20:29:28.047-05:002009-11-24T20:29:28.047-05:00I would also like to thank you for posting the wor...I would also like to thank you for posting the words to this ballad.<br /><br />The good thing about folk music is that everyone who sings these "simple" songs deepens their resonance. By far my favorite version is by Fred Johnstone:<br /><br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3YpUWzuZSM <br /> <br />Johnstone's voice and phrasing are the purest and most traditional out there today. A very moving performance. I've listened to it dozens of times.<br /><br />Barbara BelyeaBarbara Belyeanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543824272166445999.post-28401804800198891202009-08-19T05:00:38.521-04:002009-08-19T05:00:38.521-04:00Thanks for this great post, and for the unusual ea...Thanks for this great post, and for the unusual early print of the ballad, which has much material missing from later redactions. <br /><br />It is this song -- which I first heard about twenty years ago on a compilation of Irish musicians -- which started me on my Franklin fascination, so I really owe it a great deal. I've since collected about 50 different recordings, but still feel that the version I first heard, that of the late Micheal O Domhnaill, is the finest. I like Sinead's version as well, but the sound engineer has added so much reverb that it sounds as though she's singing underwater! <br /><br />Others that I like include a lovely pop version by the Pearlfishers, the soft-spoken version on Take Two's album "Amber Glasses," and of course the Pentagle version with John Renbourn's guitar.<br /><br />Almost all the modern versions follow Martin Carthy's early 60's version, which has (as the broadside shows) many fewer verses than some of the traditional versions.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.com