I utterly love this song - I learned it earlier this year and it quickly became one of my favourites. I probably enjoy singing it because of its structure: it is a proper story, although its meaning I find quite mysterious. I recently heard that it is supposed to be a sea shantie - this is what Mary Hampton said, at least. Interesting, I suppose - I recommend listening to her very peculiar version of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ1NTYegs8k.
What else? Oh, yes. This version of mine is a "take two": I originally sang it in a rather slow and mellow way, but then I thought: why not dare and change the tempo a bit? So off we go - armed with scissors and needles.
Last but not least, thank you to my mum for taking a photo of this wonderful tree during our exploration of Richmond Park.
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