Matty Groves great version ballad with autoharp

The great ballad, performed at Aldeburgh Alternative Festival. It describes an adulterous tryst between a man and a woman that is ended when the woman's husband discovers and kills them. It dates to at least the 17th century, and is one of the Child Ballads collected by 19th-century American scholar Francis James Child. It has several variant names, including "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard."

In 1943, composer Benjamin Britten used this folk song as the basis of a choral piece entitled "The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard. Appropriate place to sing it now in Britten's home and resting place.

Видео Matty Groves great version ballad with autoharp канала Jack Warshaw