Martin Carthy
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About Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy (born May 21, 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival. He was born in Hatfield and grew up in Hampstead, London. After training as an actor he sang in coffee bars. He became a resident at the Troubador folk club in Earls Court in the late 1950s.
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Scarborough Fair
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High Germany
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Sovay
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The Trees They Do Grow High
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Lord Randall
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The Wind That Shakes The Barley
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Lovely Joan
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John Barleycorn
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Famous Flower Of Serving Men
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Springhill Mine Disaster
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Ye Mariners All
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And A Begging I Will Go
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The Harry Lime Theme
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Broomfield Hill
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Lord Franklin
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The Bedmaking
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The Queen Of Hearts
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The Two Magicians
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Geordie
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The Dominion Of The Sword
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The Barley And The Rye
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The Handsome Cabin Boy
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The Devil and the Feathery Wife
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Willie's Lady
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Byker Hill
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Old Tom of Oxford
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Scarborough Fair (feat. Dave Swarbrick)
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King Henry
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I Sowed Some Seeds
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A Stitch In Time
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Skewbald
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Cold Haily Windy Night
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High Germany (feat. Dave Swarbrick)
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Brown Adam
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Prince Heathen
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Siege Of Delhi
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January Man
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Billy Boy
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I Was A Young Man
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Bill Norrie
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Palaces Of Gold
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His Name Is Andrew
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Company Policy
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The Ant and the Grasshopper
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Rigs of the time
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Banks Of Green Willow
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Seven Yellow Gypsies
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The Banks of the Nile
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Bows of London
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The Trees They Do Grow High (feat. Dave Swarbrick)
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