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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

1. June Tabor live on The Best of Mountain Stage Volume Two (1991)
2. Grace Notes on their album Red Wine & Promises (1998)
3. Richard Thompson sang this as Red Wine Promises on the tribute album Shining Bright - The Songs of Lal & Mike Waterson (2002)
4. Victoria Williams on Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson (2007)

Lyrics

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