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The Connemara Cradle Song

[ Roud - ; Ballad Index HHH596 ; words Delia Murphy, music trad., adapted from the tune of Down in the Valley]

This track with Gay Woods, vocals; Peter Knight, violin & keyboards; Tim Harries, basses & electric guitars; was released on Steeleye Span's CD Bedlam Born. Gay Woods commented in the liner notes:

Inspired to sing this song after hearing a play on RTE Radio: “Riders to the Sea” by J.M. Synge. For the West Wind and the Atlantic Ocean.

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