The Cruel Mother
- Author
- Tim Woodson, Jack Sibley
- Published
- Mon 20 Apr 2020
- Episode Link
- https://oldtunesfreshtakes.com/episodes/episode-01-cruel-mother
We discuss our approaches to interpreting the Cruel Mother, a dark and somewhat problematic song with themes of infanticide and ghostly apparitions, as well as incredible submissions from the Old Tunes Fresh Takes community: listen to the full playlist of submissions here.
We also introduce the next episode's tune, the Bitter Withy - a 14th Century song from Hereford where we meet a young Jesus drowning a few local posh lads. If you want to get involved and have a go for next month's episode, you can find resources to get you started here. To feature, make sure you get it to us by 17:00 on Friday 15 May.
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