Regret Not Me is a song written by Dora following the death of her grandmother who had reached the ripe old age of one hundred and one. The lyrics are by the poet Thomas Hardy, and the music is by Dora. Film by Mickey Richardson Productions.

 

 

 

 

The Saucy Sailor is a traditional English folk song that Dora first learned in her teens, it still remains one of her favourite folk songs. 

 

 

 

 

This is Dora’s rendition of Lord Rendal, performed live at the Ritz! (in Burnham on Sea). Dora first found this song in an old book in a library twenty-five years ago, as she couldn’t read music very well she ended up with her very own interpretation.

 

 

 

 

The Wolf Song, written  by Dora and performed with Jenny Bliss in May 2019 at The King Arthur pub in Glastonbury, Somerset.

 

 

You can find out more about Dora, hear a song from her new album ‘The Quest’ and find out what influenced her song and story writing, by listening to this new Somerset Libraries Podcast where she is interviewed by Jeremy Thompson-Smith.

 

The legends of the Selkies are close to Dora’s heart, some of her music was featured in this podcast about Selkies, including her song ‘The Selkies’, and her version of ‘The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry’.