Blackwater Side

This episode looks at the ballad Blackwater Side aka Blackwaterside aka Down by Blackwaterside and the journey that it took from a Traveller site outside Belfast in 1952 to the first Led Zeppelin LP. A winding river of a song, this episode looks at its multiple obscure sources as well as its many meandering tributaries. Tracklist Led Zeppelin – Black Mountain Side Bert Jansch – Blackwaterside Anne Briggs – Blackwaterside Isla Cameron – Blackwaterside Mary Doran – Down by Blackwaterside Paddy Tunney – Blackwaterside Harry Upton – In Wayward Town Wash Nelson – Last May Morn Spriguns – Blackwaterside Landless – Blackwaterside

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Blackwater Side is an episode from Fire Draw Near by Fire Draw Near.

This episode is 00:52:14 long.

This episode was published on Jun 20, 2025.

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