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The Bramble Briar

A Bruton Farmer · Bruton Town · In Bruton Town · The Merchant's Daughter · The Murdered Servantman
First released 1965English35 recordingson 75 releases

aka Bruton Town / The Merchant's Daughter / The Murdered Servantman

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[traditional]Composer[traditional]Lyricist

Recordings

PerformanceBy
Bruton TownThe Pentangle5:19
Bruton Town (edit 1/5/3)The Pentangle5:16
The Bramble BriarEwan MacColl4:18
Bruton TownThe Pentangle6:27
Bruton TownDavy Graham4:01
The Bramble BriarMartin Simpson4:55
Bruton TownThe Pentangle5:31
Bruton TownThe Pentangle5:21
Strawberry TownNancy Kerr & James Fagan3:53
Bruton TownThe Pentangle5:35
Bruton TownThe Pentangle4:56
Bruton TownMartin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick4:40
Bruton TownThe Pentangle6:59
Bruton Town (live at the Royal Festival Hall, June 29 1968)The Pentangle5:22
Bruton TownSandy Denny4:49
Bruton TownBellowhead5:34
Bruton TownThe Pentangle5:19
Bruton TownThe Pentangle5:42
Bruton TownDavy Graham3:56
Bruton TownDavey Graham4:02
Bruton Town (band rehearsal)Fotheringay5:18
Bruton TownThe Pentangle6:19
Bruton TownRebecca Barclay & John Steele6:01
Bruton TownThe Pentangle
Bruton TownThe Pentangle5:18
Bruton TownRosemary Standley & Helstroffer’s Band5:08
Bruton Town (2015 version)Fotheringay4:45
Bruton TownPentangle5:21
The Bramble BriarEwan MacColl And A. L. Lloyd
The Bramble Briar (Strawberry Town)Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger4:18
Bramble BriarBurd Ellen4:38
The Bramble BriarJim Moray6:03
The Brake of BriarsBrian Peters4:20
A Bruton FarmerThe Wilderness Yet3:41
The Bramble BriarLouis Killen5:04

On these albums

English and Scottish Folk Ballads
English and Scottish Folk BalladsA. L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl · 1964
Ballads and Broadsides
Ballads and BroadsidesLouis Killen · 1965
The Manchester Angel: Traditional English Songs
The Manchester Angel: Traditional English SongsEwan MacColl with Peggy Seeger · 1966
Second Album
Second AlbumMartin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick · 1966
Large as Life and Twice as Natural
Large as Life and Twice as NaturalDavey Graham · 1968
Sweet Child
Sweet ChildThe Pentangle · 1968
The Pentangle
The PentangleThe Pentangle · 1968
The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
The North Star Grassman and the RavensSandy Denny · 1971
Pentangling
PentanglingThe Pentangle · 1977
40 Folk Favourites
40 Folk FavouritesVarious Artists · 1979
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?Sandy Denny · 1985
The Collection
The CollectionThe Pentangle · 1988
Early Classics
Early ClassicsThe Pentangle · 1992
The Real MacColl
The Real MacCollEwan MacColl · 1993
The British Folk Collection
The British Folk CollectionVarious Artists · 1994
The Best of British Folk
The Best of British FolkVarious Artists · 1995
The Folk Box
The Folk BoxVarious Artists · 1995
New Electric Muse, Volume I: The Story of Folk Into Rock
New Electric Muse, Volume I: The Story of Folk Into RockVarious Artists · 1996
Fire in the Soul
Fire in the SoulDavy Graham · 1999
The Best of English Folk
The Best of English FolkVarious Artists · 1999
Light Flight: The Anthology
Light Flight: The AnthologyThe Pentangle · 2000
The Pentangle Family
The Pentangle FamilyVarious Artists · 2000
The Bramble Briar
The Bramble BriarMartin Simpson · 2001
Between the Dark and Light
Between the Dark and LightNancy Kerr & James Fagan · 2002
Troubadours of Folk: The 60s Acoustic Explosion
Troubadours of Folk: The 60s Acoustic ExplosionVarious Artists · 2003
Legend: The Classic Recordings
Legend: The Classic RecordingsBert Jansch · 2003
The Lost Broadcasts 1968-1972
The Lost Broadcasts 1968-1972The Pentangle · 2004
A Boxful of Treasures
A Boxful of TreasuresSandy Denny · 2004
Islet
IsletRebecca Barclay & John Steele · 2007
The Time Has Come (1967-1973)
The Time Has Come (1967-1973)The Pentangle · 2007
Live at the BBC
Live at the BBCSandy Denny · 2007
Matachin
MatachinBellowhead · 2008
The Best of the BBC Recordings
The Best of the BBC RecordingsSandy Denny · 2008
A Scholar and a Gentleman
A Scholar and a GentlemanDavy Graham · 2009
Studio Outtakes - Home Demos - Unheard Songs - Complete Studio Recordings
Studio Outtakes - Home Demos - Unheard Songs - Complete Studio RecordingsSandy Denny · 2010
Gritstone Serenade
Gritstone SerenadeBrian Peters · 2010
Love I Obey
Love I ObeyRosemary Standley & Helstroffer’s Band · 2015
"Nothing More" The Collected Fotheringay
"Nothing More" The Collected FotheringayFotheringay · 2015
The Ultimate Guide to English Folk
The Ultimate Guide to English FolkVarious Artists · 2016
Finale: An Evening with Pentangle
Finale: An Evening with PentanglePentangle · 2016
The Albums
The AlbumsPentangle · 2017
The Outlander
The OutlanderJim Moray · 2019
Silver Came
Silver CameBurd Ellen · 2019
The Wilderness Yet
The Wilderness YetThe Wilderness Yet · 2020
Great Child Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection
Great Child Ballads Not Included in the Child CollectionEwan MacColl And A. L. Lloyd
1970-05-29: Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA, USA
1970-05-29: Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA, USAThe Pentangle

Source: MusicBrainz work 4811d2e5-7b52-359b-b3a9-6c6687002b45 (CC0).