I'm on a folk tip and I'm finding some very interesting music. Case in point - Sweet William's Ghost. It's an ancient song, impossible to say how old. There are many different versions of it and though the lyrics differ, the story is basically the same. It's a tale of great love. Margaret's feelings for her dead lover are so great the final line should really be "Stretched out her limbs and died". Most versions end this way, but in Kate Rusby's version, it's been adapted to "cried".
Very sad, but a beautiful song nonetheless.
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