Henry Martin (song)
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Henry Martin (song)
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"Henry Martin" is a traditional Scottish folk song about Henry Martin, a seafarer who turns to piracy to support his two older brothers. Writing in 1975, the musician and folklorist A. L. Lloyd described Henry Martin as "one of the most-sung ballads of our time." The story of Andrew Bartin, based on the original ballad, was included in Francis James Child's collection of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, as Child Ballad 167. However, over the years, through oral tradition, the song had b
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Traditional Scottish folk song
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2022-08-31T14:48:28Z
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