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The Fiddle and the Drum

[Joni Mitchell]

Joni Mitchell recorded her own song for her May 1969 album Clouds.

June Tabor sang The Fiddle and the Drum unaccompanied in a BBC Radio 1 John Peel session recorded on January 25, 1977 and broadcast on February 22, 1977. This was published in 1986 on the EP The Peel Sessions and in 1991 on the compilation Before the Fall: The Peel Sessions67-77. In 1983, she recorded the song for her own album, Abyssinians. Here she was accompanied by Ric Sanders playing violin on the last verses.

Lyrics

Please find the lyrics for this song at Joni Mitchell's website.