Fond Affection from Heart's Delight by Finest Kind
This traditional song has been sung under various titles across the southern U.S. Our version is based on one Shelley learned 20 years ago from Norma Waterson, "Go and Leave Me If You Wish To." We have since adopted the engaging title of a Missouri variant.
Self-described “singer and writer of old songs”, Ian Robb started out singing in English folk clubs in the 1960s, before emigrating to Canada in 1970. Since then, he has sung with Finest Kind, The Friends of Fiddler’s Green, Jiig, Arrowsmith:Robb Trio and most recently, with James Stephens. In 2005 he was awarded one of the first Canadian Folk Music Awards for “Best Singer: Traditional”.