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Fairport Convention

Matty Groves

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“Matty Groves” is an English language folk ballad that describes an adulterous tryst between a man and a woman that is ended when the woman’s husband discovers and kills them. It dates to at least the 17th century, and is one of the Child Ballads collected by 19th-century American scholar Francis James Child. It has several variant names, including “Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard.“ Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Come home with me, little Matty Groves ♫

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