Artist
Ralph Mctell

"Ralph McTell" (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song "Streets of London", which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, "From Clare to Here". In the 1980s he wrote and played songs for two TV children's programmes, Alphab ... et Zoo, which also featured Nerys Hughes, followed by Tickle on the Tum, featuring Jacqueline Reddin. Albums were also released from both series. He also recorded Keith Hopwood's and Malcolm Rowe's theme song to Cosgrove Hall's adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, and this was released as a single in 1984 after the series was aired on ITV. McTell's guitar playing has been modelled on the style of the US's country blues guitar players of the early 20th century, including Blind Blake, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell. These influences led a friend to suggest that he change his professional name to McTell as his career was beginning to take shape. See more [+]

Streets Of London |||||

Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market Kicking ...

First Song |||||

1. I've written words that say I'm leaving, words express th...

Girl From The Hiring Fair |||||

I went down to the hiring fair, for to sell my labour, and I...

Barges |||||

1. Me and my brother returned to the water, I saw a pike th...

Summer Girl |||||

This summer will be different I will move across the town Pr...

Tequila Sunset |||||

Takes a glass of Tequila to raise up my spirits When I get d...

The Girl On The Jersey Ferry |||||

Right from the start let's get one thing straight When it co...

England |||||

Intro 5-6 6 4 5 -4 4 4-4 5 4 b-3 b-2 -2 b-2 4 4 ...

The Things You Wish Yourself |||||

As the year comes to an end, to an end, to an end, may you s...

Around The Wild Cape Horn |||||

I was born a land-bound farm boy and in New England raised, ...

In The Dreamtime |||||

The scent of smoke on desert wind, beneath the southern cros...

London Apprentice |||||

I am a London apprentice, for I never will learn a trade The...

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