James Raynard is an English folk singer, guitarist and fiddle player, based… Read Full Bio ↴James Raynard is an English folk singer, guitarist and fiddle player, based in Yorkshire. In 2005 he was signed to One Little Indian Record's folk imprint Unearthed. His debut album Strange Histories was launched at Cambridge Folk Festival and officially released on September 10th 2005. He is also a member of stomping Sheffield-based folk trio Rackaback.

The Loathsome Worm and the Mackeral of the Sea
James Raynard Lyrics

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The Outlandish Knight An outlandish knight came from the north lands He courted a…

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Jeffrey Laub

3y↑1

Love this James Raynard version, great job covering it!

Maya Loreto-Miller

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it

Gillian Cameron Howard

Absolutely Beautiful! Thank you so much for posting this! I am so glad to hear a younger person singing the ballads.

Maya Loreto-Miller

Thank you! :))

Pat Sprehe

4y↑1

I was looking around to find this music because it's one of my favorites (and I'm using COVID as an opportunity to learn some music). I discovered (thanks to the blog Vulpes Libris) that the song is by James Raynard based on the old ballad "The Ballad of the Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea – Child Ballad no.36".

The actual notes and chords that Raynard (and you) are playing is the Italian Rant from Playford’s Dancing Master (again, source is Vuples Libris).

Now if I can just find the sheet music...

Theo Parmakis

4y↑1

@Maya Loreto-Miller Sheet music for Italian Rant seems pretty easy to find on Google images. I learned it by ear originally, but I started doing a weird techno / cello arrangement with a friend a while ago, and we got really confused when we were trying to line up the melody and bass line with the drum loop without clocking that the B part was actually twice the length.

Maya Loreto-Miller

4y↑1

That's interesting! I think I remembered finding out that the tune Raynard put to the words wasn't the original ballad but I didn't know what it was.
Sorry I can't help you with the sheet music! I literally don't even know if I'm playing the correct chords I just went with what sounded correct from listening to Raynard's recording.
Thanks for your comment and good luck with the music :)