For many years our
favorite songwriter in the traditional style has been Ewan MacColl and for
the first time we have tackled one of his songs on album. The song
concerns the "travelling people" of our country who have been
not only a living source of material for countless performers but also an
endangered culture well worth saving by the might of the pen and the
melody (if not by stronger means).
This is by way of a lament for the beauty of their life style which has
been, and is, constantly spoiled by legislation and, in many cases,
non-understanding people. |