A little exercise in musical mutation/evolution...
Tommy Makem, The Bard of Armagh
Black Irish Band + Michael Martin Murphy, The Bard of Armagh; Irish band, American country singer: "This melody is over 400 years old."
Anonymous Ukelele Guy, Young Girl Cut Down in Her Prime; one of many recent bedroom versions on YouTube.
Ian McShane (in TV series Deadwood), The Unfortunate Rake: "As I was out walkin' down by St. James Hospital..."
Doc Watson, St. James Hospital; He attributes this to a prisoner in Texas via John Lomax. (see also the blues variants, St. James Infirmary and House of the Rising Sun)
Hedy West, The Dying Cowboy: "Here's a cowboy song from Georgia, where there weren't no cowboys." (she later recorded a different version of this as The Whore's Lament)
Ken Maynard (early singing cowboy movie star), Cowboy's Lament; now set in Austin, Texas
Tex Ritter, Streets of Laredo (this whole album is great)
Marty Robbins, Streets of Laredo
Johnny Cash, Streets of Laredo
John Cale, Streets of Laredo; Two very different versions, back to back. One sweet, one nasty.
Feist, When I Was a Young Girl
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