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3 unusual facts about Flowers of the Forest


Flowers of the Forest

Australian singer-songwriter Graham Dodsworth recorded a version of the song with Irish/Australian singer Claire Peters on his 1998 folk music album 'In Good King Arthur's Day'.

The track 'Flowers of the Town' by the English folk band The Unthanks is based on this song but it laments the loss of young men in the First World War.

It concerns a financial crisis that had ruined the fortunes of a number of the Selkirk Lairds.



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