The Unfortunate Rake

Fire Draw Near

This episode looks at the ballad The Dying Soldier aka The Unfortunate Rake aka The Locke Hospital aka St. James' Hospital aka When I Was On Horseback. Tracklist Brendan Gleeson – The Unfortunate Rake Christy Moore – The Locke Hospital Tom Lenihan – St. James’ Hospital Mary Doran – When I was on Horseback Molly Collins – As I Went Out Walking One Fine Summer’s Morning Norma Waterson – The Unfortunate Lass Harry Cox - The Young Sailor Cut Down In His Prime Willie Mathieson – I am a Young Man Cut Down in my Prime Mrs. Viola Penn – Bright Summer Morning Texas Gladden – One Morning In May Dick Devall – Tom Sherman’s Barroom James Ironhead Baker – St. James’ Hospital Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong – St. James’ Infirmary Kenneth S. Goldstein – The Wild Lumberjack Jan Brunvand – A Sun Valley Song https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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