A Seth Lakeman song from his 2025 album The Granite Way, based on the Dartmoor legend of the Black Fox as a supernatural guardian of the moor.
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“It is only when the thick white fog comes down upon the moor that these poor creatures ever dream of freedom.”
Who wrote this?
Seth Lakeman's 2025 album of West Country folklore songs, including two drawn from Dartmoor legend: The Black Fox and The Huntsman and the Moon.
A Seth Lakeman song from The Granite Way (2025) about Old Crockern, the Huntsman Devil of Dartmoor, who leads lost travellers across the moor.
Bob Cann's classic 1975 solo album of Dartmoor hornpipes, jigs and waltzes, recorded at South Tawton and released by Topic Records.
Jim Causley's first album of exclusively Dartmoor songs, a musical tour of the moor featuring ballads collected by Sabine Baring-Gould, music hall ditties and new compositions.
Leighon tor. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“It is only when the thick white fog comes down upon the moor that these poor creatures ever dream of freedom.”
Also on Our DartmoorMiddle Staple Tor — Middle Staple Tor sits above the Middle Walkham Valley with views between King's and Vixen Tor.
