Apr. 23rd, 2008

woolymonkey: (keyboard)
The way I heard it,  "Oor Hamlet" was written after a teacher at a songwriting workshop claimed you should be able to tell any story in 3 verses.  Mind you, they are quite long verses.

I have loved it since I first heard Martin Carthy perform it and spent years tracking it down to an obscure recording on cassette that I had to order from Our Price and wait three weeks for.  Now I've just found 5 different versions on Teh Interweb for free!

Adam McNaughton singing "Oor Hamlet"  Completely worksafe if you don't mind funny looks.

The words - which you will need unless you spend a lot of time around Glaswegians.

Enjoy!


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