Wind That Shakes The Bramble The (Vinyl) NoLongerAvailable The album peaked at #5

The album peaked at #5 in the UK and at #51 in the US

As the Prague Spring is coming to a bloody end

runs like a cool shock throughout

Anne Briggs

Wind That Shakes The Bramble The (Vinyl) NoLongerAvailable The album peaked at #5It's the mid 1800s in Ireland, and a local poet from Limerick by the name of Robert Dwyer Joyce has written a ballad called 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley'. A bullet pierced my true love's side In life's young spring so early And on my breast in blood she died While soft winds shook the barley The recurring imagery of the barley standing tall amidst the breeze was meant to symbolise the resilience of Irish people amidst oppressive British rule. In