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Oh Where Is My Bonny William Tonight?

from The Curious Visions of Old Reynard by Whipstaff

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At least one of my family was a Hull whaler. This song is about the last whaler to sail out of Hull: The Diana. In 1863 she got stuck for months in the pack ice in Baffin Bay and after a voyage that lasted for over a year managed to limp home, having lost almost half of her crew, including her captain, to starvation and scurvy. The song looks at it from the standpoint of a mother whose son is aboard.

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from The Curious Visions of Old Reynard, released November 11, 2011

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Whipstaff Yorkshire, UK

WHIPSTAFF is an amateur folk-based acoustic duo comprising husband and wife, Pete and Jools Thompson. Based in the tiny, historic village of Wressle, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, we perform our own arrangements of traditional material and original self-penned songs. We call what we do 'ruffian music'. Listen and you'll see why. ... more

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