Notes on Song & Folklore
Essays on folk tradition, ancestral practice, and the stories behind the songs including the latest releases of my own music.
The Woody Nightshade: A British Folk Song about a woman using an herb to poison her lover
A few verses of "The Woody Nightshade," more popularly known as the "The Wild, Wild Berry," a song about a man being poisoned by his sweetheart via the berries of the woody nightshade plant (Solanum dulcamara).