The song's title came from a large, low-hanging tree limb on which Richard Thompson used to play as a child, and which he and his friends had dubbed "The Ledge". [2] Reception [ edit ]

The song was taken from the album What We Did on Our Holidays. The band had performed the song on the 1969 launch of From the Roundhouse, a short-lived BBC television youth and arts programme about the London "underground scene". [1] The vocals were performed by Sandy Denny and Iain Matthews.The song has become Fairport Convention's unofficial anthem. [4] At their concerts, including the ongoing Cropredy Festival, it is often performed as the last song and a signal to fans that there will be no more encores. [5] The song was covered by British band Trapeze when they made an appearance on the British TV show Colour Me Pop on BBC2 in 1969. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer We used to say "There'd come the day we'd all be making songs

David from Nottingham, United KingdomI want this song playing at my funeral. It is very special to those of us that have watched FC for many years and go to the Cropredy festival. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Missing lyrics by Richard Thompson?

Warspite from Atlanta, Ga., UsaThe whole association with death thing is unusual. Unusual in the sense that as a 17 yr old RT never consciously meant the association. Nor do I see how the concept would pop up subconsciously in the mind of some teenager. This is, however, RT we are talking about.