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Polly Vaughan

from Blackbird by Julie Atkin

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about

Julie’s version of this song about a shooting accident comes from Bert Lloyd’s entertaining 1960 children’s book, The Golden City, which still turns up on eBay from time to time.

Lloyd believed the song to be an old and magical tale that was originally about a magical maiden who appears as a young woman during the day, but becomes a swan or a deer by at night and is inadvertently killed by her lover (or a brother) while hunting.

Her ghost then appears in court to prevent her lover from being executed.

It’s a story to send shivers down your spine.

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from Blackbird, released August 26, 2023
Vocals: Julie Atkin Guitar: Gavin Atkin

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Gavin Atkin England, UK

Gavin Atkin lives, sings and plays in Kent, where he also sails dinghies and a small yacht, publishes a boating weblog, and runs events and workshops focusing on traditional and old fashioned music.

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intheboatshed.net

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singdanceandplay.net
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