This episode looks at the song the Boston Burglar aka Botany Bay aka the Louisville Burglar aka the New Transports Farewell aka the Transport aka Adieu to Old England
Tracklist
Paul Clayton – Botany Bay
The Watersons – The Whitby Lad
Fiddlin' John Carson August – The Boston Burglar
Carl T Sprague – The Boston Burglar
New Lost City Ramblers – Louisville Bur ... Show More
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