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Red Wine [and] Promises
[Lal Waterson]
Sung by Norma Waterson, accompanied by Martin Carthy on acoustic guitar, on Lal & Mike Waterson's album Bright Phoebus. This song was also released as B-side of the single Rubber Band (Transatlantic BIG 507, 1972). A demo version sung by Lal Waterson in 1971 with Mike Waterson playing the guitar was published in 2004 on the Watersons' 4CD anthology Mighty River of Song.
Cover Versions
- June Tabor live on The Best of Mountain Stage Volume Two (1991)
- Grace Notes on their album Red Wine & Promises (1998)
- Richard Thompson sang this as Red Wine Promises on the tribute album Shining Bright - The Songs of Lal & Mike Waterson (2002)
- Victoria Williams on Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson (2007)
Lyrics
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