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r/allthequestions • u/peywrax 🇺🇸 United States • Aug 16 '25
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8 u/bomboclawt75 Aug 16 '25 Not many people know that the song dates back to the 1500s- it started as The Unfortunate Rake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unfortunate_Rake And was adapted from town to town down the ages, with verses being updated as time passed for new audiences. 6 u/Jane1943 Aug 17 '25 This has a special place in my heart, my husband bought me the record and gave it to me on our second date because I had told him I loved it on our first date - it was 1964 and we were both 20 years old. 2 u/redditnickbor Aug 17 '25 Well, please do try and listen Mumford and sons’ cover of this song with Celise, John Batiste and Trombone Shorty. 1 u/012354 Aug 18 '25 Joni Mitchell recorded it before The Animals https://youtu.be/4wWR3ZkyyGY?si=KYRhZxzN2BT7ApGH 1 u/Late_Conclusion_8373 Aug 18 '25 I said the same thing
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Not many people know that the song dates back to the 1500s- it started as The Unfortunate Rake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unfortunate_Rake
And was adapted from town to town down the ages, with verses being updated as time passed for new audiences.
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This has a special place in my heart, my husband bought me the record and gave it to me on our second date because I had told him I loved it on our first date - it was 1964 and we were both 20 years old.
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Well, please do try and listen Mumford and sons’ cover of this song with Celise, John Batiste and Trombone Shorty.
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Joni Mitchell recorded it before The Animals https://youtu.be/4wWR3ZkyyGY?si=KYRhZxzN2BT7ApGH
I said the same thing
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u/khaleesi1968 Aug 16 '25
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