album:Roots and Corn genre:Folk streams:43 creation date:2009-02-01
Song Information
The song tells of Bedlam, the slang name for Bethlehem Hospital in London, which from the 13th to 20th century was a lunatic asylum. In the 18th century for...
The song tells of Bedlam, the slang name for Bethlehem Hospital in London, which from the 13th to 20th century was a lunatic asylum. In the 18th century for a small fee people could go and stare at the antics of the inmates, even prod them with sticks to enrage them. A discharged patient who was licensed to beg was known as an Abraham Man or Tom of Bedlam.
We begin and end this song with a mixture of round and harmony.
02/02/09 08:17:46AM @mark-reed:
There is something familiar about this one. liked the banjo behind the vocals, simple but it makes the song work. Very clever harmonies, of the three I've listened to this is my favourite well done
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There is something familiar about this one. liked the banjo behind the vocals, simple but it makes the song work. Very clever harmonies, of the three I've listened to this is my favourite well done