r/folk • u/Willing_Inevitable33 • 3d ago

what's your favorite ballad?

i think mine is Jean Ritchie's version of The Unquiet Grave

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u/HeilPingu 3d ago

Tam Lin, if that counts? Or perhaps Sinead o Connor's rendition of the parting glass

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u/WakingOwl1 3d ago

George Collins. This is my favorite version.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UNJ9Myef3P8

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u/Willing_Inevitable33 3d ago

whoa great version, thanks!

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u/HistoryGirlSemperFi 3d ago

Barbara Allen!

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u/richzahradnik 3d ago

Murder or love?

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u/Rlpniew 3d ago

Peggy-O

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u/Tall_Relative1805 2d ago

Murder ballad? Delia’s Gone by Johnny Cash

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u/0nly_D0g_legs_93 2d ago

Dusty Springfield - I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore

Edit - oops wrong sub, sorry

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u/MembershipExact1751 2d ago

It's not a song but the album folksongs and ballads by Tia blake

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u/meipsus 2d ago

Peter, Paul, and Mary's Gone the Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAKzg5fqSqg

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u/moinatx 1d ago

Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey

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u/leftywilson 1d ago

The ballad of Curtis Lowe

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u/Leather-Resource-215 19h ago

If I Could Save Time in a Bottle

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u/PilotLess3165 3d ago

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler

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u/Alternative-Pin5760 2d ago

Hello Again by Neil Diamond

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u/AltruisticHat4709 2d ago

Always and Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi.