It's a Child Ballad spliced with a klezmer tune, complete with clarinet solo and Sandy Denny–clear vocals (well, at times).
To him who doesn't like this song, I say: you have got no soul.
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November 14, 2005
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That's quite nice, Ben.
Posted by: dave zacuto | November 14, 2005 at 11:43 PM
At least in the Buell Kazee version (esp. the later, longer one) that may be the least accurately named song ever.
Posted by: Matt Weiner | November 15, 2005 at 10:39 AM
That is pretty -- I should buy the album. If that's Julie singing lead initially, I'd never have recognized her voice.
Posted by: LizardBreath | November 18, 2005 at 12:41 PM
I don't think it is—if I had to guess, I'd call it Nina Rolle.
Posted by: ben wolfson | November 18, 2005 at 12:46 PM
Though maybe it is her starting the verse that begins "it was the heart of the wintertime"?
Posted by: ben wolfson | November 18, 2005 at 12:48 PM
Could be -- there was a voice about halfway through that sounded as if it could be her, but I still wouldn't have recognized her. On the other hand, I'm not tone deaf, but pretty tone stupid, so I may not know what I'm listening to.
Posted by: LizardBreath | November 21, 2005 at 08:38 AM