The Border Window's Lament

This song is a fragment of Child Ballad 106, called the Famous Flour of Serving Men. Significant parts of the story are left out (e.g. the cross-dressing and the killing of her baby).
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch106.htm

The song has been played in the two different forms by many folk artists:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/famousflowerofservingmen.html

I've based this version on the brilliant interpretation that Ye Vagabonds do on their EP:
https://yevagabonds.bandcamp.com/track/border-widows-lament

Some history of the border conflict:
http://walterscott.eu/education/ballads-of-love-and-loss/the-lament-of-the-border-widow/

I've finally had to replace the MobilePre USB interface that has served me well for nine years. This is my first recording with a Focusrite 2i2.

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