02 - The Unfortunate Rake
Songs
Artist | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
Johnny Cash | Streets of Laredo | |
Ceril Tawney | The Sailor Cut Down In His Prime | |
A.L. Lloyd | ||
Allen Toussaint | ||
Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie | ||
Joan Baez & Bob Dylan | ||
Tony Rice | ||
Arlo Guthrie | St. James Infirmary | |
BB King | St. James Infirmary | |
Van Morrison | St. James Infirmary | |
The White Stripes | St. James Infirmary | |
Louis Armstrong | St. James Infirmary | |
Bobby Bland | St. James Infirmary | |
Sons of the Pioneers | ||
Marty Robbins | ||
Dead Raven's Choir | The Young Girl Cut Down In Her Prime | |
Book of Sand | The Young Girl Cut Down In Her Prime | |
Eliza Carthy | The Unfortunate Lass | |
Shirley Collins | The Young Girl Cut Down In Her Prime | |
Ewan McColl & Peggy Seeger | The Young Trooper Cut Down in his Prime | |
Harry Cox | The Young Sailor Cut Down In His Prime | |
The Crooked Jades | ||
Cab Calloway | St. James Infirmary | |
Sean McGuire & Roger Sherlock | Unfortunate Rake / Knight Of St. Patrick |
Citations/Sources
1] The Roud Folk Music Index hosted by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Libary at https://www.vwml.org/
2] Wikipedia (various pages)
3] “81 - The Gypsy Laddie.” The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, by Stephen Roud and Julia C. Bishop, Penguin Books, 2014.
4] Mainly Norfolk (various pages)
5] Mudcat Forums various pages
6] FolkInfo.org (hosted by Joe-Offer.com) at http://joe-offer.com/folkinfo/ various pages
7] "Magical Mystery Tour" by Sarah Vowell
Unfortunately all my research on this episode was lost in a computer crash in the mid 2010's, so I will try to revisit and dig them all up, but these are my main sources for every episode. This is also why the song list above is incomplete.
Transcript
This is something I hope to get to eventually. This could take a WHILE so... check back?
Extras
Below is a clip from the 1933 Dave Fleischer film "Snow White", featuring Betty Boop. In it, a clown named Koko sings "St. James Infirmary." This is a recording and roto-scoping of Cab Calloway performing the song.