Hares On The Mountain / The Knife in the Window
From Fire Draw Near by Ian Lynch
March 10, 2025 · 1h 6m
About this episode
This episode explores the various interpretations and versions of the song 'Hares on the Mountain' and its many aliases.
This episode looks at the song Hares on the Mountain aka Blackbirds and Thrushes aka If All the Young Women aka Nancy Lay Sleeping aka The Knife in the Window aka Pretty Polly aka Shepherd So Bold aka Sally My Dear aka Lightning and Thunder aka Crawling and Creeping aka Ain't Gonna Do It No More aka Roll Yer Leg Over Tracklist Shirley Collins and Davy Graham – Hares on the Mountain Harry List – Knife on the Window AL Lloyd – Pretty Polly Harry Cox – Knife in the Window Belinda Kempster and Fran Foote – Knife in the Window The Three ‘Baccer Tags – Ain’t Gonna Do It No More Jim Garland – Crawling and Creeping Dan Tate – Lightning and Thunder Oscar Brand – Roll Your Leg Over Fine & Bawdy Wenches – Roll Yer Leg Over Seamus Ennis – Blackbirds and Thrushes Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy – Hares on the Mountain Frankie Armstrong with Maddy Prior – Hares on the Mountain (feat. Maddy Prior) Radie Peat and Daragh Lynch – Hares on the Mountain Shirley Collins – Hares on the Mountain https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear Picture shows Jack Bernard of Bridgwater Somerset. From https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk - thank Ellie!
People in this episode
Host: Ian Lynch
Topics covered
- traditional music
- folk songs
- song analysis
- music history
- artist features
Keywords
- Hares on the Mountain
- Knife in the Window
- folk music
- traditional songs
- music analysis
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Hares on the Mountain, Knife in the Window, Pretty Polly, Blackbirds and Thrushes, Lightning and Thunder, Crawling and Creeping, Ain't Gonna Do It No More, Roll Yer Leg Over, Sally My Dear, Shepherd So Bold
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