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Soldiers and Sailors | Forgotten Melodies #11
Keep watch for that Captain trying to slip you the King's Shilling, as on this month's episode of Forgotten Melodies we're talking all about Soldiers and Sailors!
We're discussing two different kinds of broadside at once today - both ballads and rows of cannon, with explorations of the contexts of three old folk songs we've recorded.
The first, William Taylor, sees us folding together two folk classics to have another bite at a familiar enough theme.
The second, Stand By Your Guns, gives Eleanor cover to tell us all about canon management during the Napoleonic era.
The third, The Soldier's…
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