The Broken Down Squatter by Scartaglen (1986) with lyrics

[@georgecuster7905]

Beautifully done - I saw these guys at the N. Texas Irish Festival in 1993 and bought this cassette. I don't believe they had it on CD at that time. Unfortunately I never got around to transferring it to a CD and my cassette players died years ago and they don't make them anymore

[@neatlas]

Thanks. I got the LP with this on it not long ago but have not got around to digging out my player to see what their other songs are like. I looked for a CD first, but could not find any with this song. Lucky that you saw them live.

[@tedclemens4093]

Thanks for posting-and the description. I had a cassette years ago with this song. It's "haunted" me since.

[@neatlas]

Yes, a haunting song. I first recorded it off the radio and years later bought the vinyl album by this group that had it. i was hoping there would be other songs like it on the album. But there were not.

[@TheFolkie1]

Thank you very much for this wonderful variant (mostly in melody) of another version I have on a record by Martin Wyndham-Read. Compliments to your "video-work",i.e. you put a lot of atmosphere into the ballad by these illustrations/pics. And being able to follow the lyrics is an additional pleasure (and learning experience).

[@neatlas]

Thank you very much for your kind words. Somehow I missed your comment until now. It was intriguing to find out what the song was all about.

[@awesomeguitarplaying]

This version of Broken Down Squatter was recorded by Scartaglen (a midwestern Celtic band) on their "The Middle Path" album Side 2 Track 2 on the Castle Island label (Recorded in 1986).
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scartaglen_(Celtic_group). I love this version the best too. You did a great job producing the video.

[@neatlas]

Thanks (belatedly)! It was fun to put together.