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Katie Cruel

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Mandy was asked to learn to play this for Laurel McIntosh, of Coventry, England, who was then playing in a band called the Ripps and also with a folk group called the 'QP'.
Mandy's messed with the arrangement and the lyrics quite a bit, as the recordings she originally found are quite repetetive, and the goal of the band in approaching old ballads is to develop them into new arrangements and breathe a fresh interest into them.

From Mudcat: (mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10886)

"American: "Katy Cruel," said to date from before the Revolutionary War, and to be 'native' American in The American Heritage Songbook, p. 14-15, 1969, with a tune. Text only and citation of original source. Rosa S. Allen's Family Songs, (1899) in Flanders and Brown, Vermont Folk-songs and Ballads, pp. 123-4, 1939 (reprinted 1969). I am grateful to Lani Herrmann for information about the book and note of its present location at The Jackson Homestead, Newton, Massacheusetts".

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from Stray Hens Debut, track released May 4, 2014

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Stray Hens Melbourne, Australia

Three stunning frontwomen, on fiddles, vocal and guitar, backed by drums & double bass. No one in Australia is arranging folk revival songs with such passion. Complex harmonies, jazz & old-timey inspired rythms, & anceint anglo ballads create a theatrical show.
Formed in March 2013, & already booked for some of the country's Premier festivals, their debut EP has us anticipating the full album! ... more

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