A simple 70-second instrumental break is like whoa.
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Track:Lovely in the Water
This English folk-rock group recorded their arrangement of a traditional folk song "Lovely in the Water" in late 1970 for their second album Please to See the King. In the lyrics, provided below for those of you who, like me, often find it easier to understand lyrics if they're transcribed, a Navy sailor tells his unhappy girlfriend he has to go help fight in an ocean battle, saying, "Oh, we soon must sail away, for its lovely on the water to hear the music play," meaning, I guess, that he's looking forward to the "lovely cannons' roar." How John Cage of him. Anyway, between the 2:32 and the 3:42 marks is a simple instrumental solo that takes the whole thing in a different direction, for me quite transcendant. I can't think off-hand of another recording by anyone where something like this happens. I can hear only two electric guitars and an electric bass accompanying singer Maddy Prior. Listed are Martin Carthy, Tim Hart and maybe Peter Knight (possible guitarists), and Ashley Hutchings (probable bass player). The photo above might have later men in it.
As I walked out one morning
In the springtime of the year,
I overheard a sailor boy,
Likewise a lady fair.
They sang a song together,
Made the valleys for to ring,
While the birds on the spray in the meadows gay
Proclaimed the lovely spring. Said Willy unto Nancy,
"Oh, we soon must sail away, For its lovely on the water
To hear the music play.
"For our Queen, she do want seamen,
So I will not stay on shore.
I will brave the wars for my country
Where the blund'ring cannons roar."
Poor Nancy fell and fainted,
But soon he brought her to.
For it's there they kissed and they embraced
And took a fond adieu.
"Come change your ring with me my love,
For we may meet once more,
But there's one above that will guard you, love,
Where the blund'ring cannons roar.
"Four pounds it is our bounty,
And that must do for thee
For to help the aged parents
While I am on the sea.
"For tower hill is crowded
With mothers weeping sore,
For their sons are gone to face the foe
Where the blundering cannons roar."
Comments (17)
Maddy is a treasure - the stories I could tell - when MOG fixes the music streaming problem, we can all hear the tune!
Can't ya just hum it,rummy?
how'd I do?
Ooooh, that was soooo nice. What will MOG be like when we can no longer upload mp3's? Maybe like it twas in the beginning? Hard to even remember the no mp3 days.
in some ways the content and comedic element in those old posts was better even though you had to figure out a way to hear those songs.
Agreed cp..It definitely forced folks to write "a little harder." The music almost always speaks for itself, so we had to make head way in other directions..I dunno if the community would have been as strong if MP3 uploads were always allowed. I could be wrong.
inrumford, Cody and cpetersonart3, that you would would swarm here, though bereft of this post's tuneage, is touching. Ah, yes, the good old days, when hardworking david hyman would try to generate some response, any response, from us laggards by showing YouTubes of our favorite acts.
If one of us were to somehow be caught up on all of each other's recent posts, impossible as that is to imagine, and sensed a general lull in MOG life, just remember that there is an infinite number of exciting posts from the past that slipped past us when we weren't looking.
So many good ones in the archives...fairportfan has some doozies.
MusicRX, how wonderful of you.
My pleasure to help out.
Can Muisc RX be my doctor under the new healthcare plan?
The sound of the cut seems midle eastern..very cool. Is it supposed to be traditional? or are they fusion-ing?
Damn, I have nothing from S.Eye Span...What should I search for?
Cody, you should search for adventure, fulfillment, love, security----wait, I mean, oh, I get it. I know only about this two-disc retrospective The Lark in the Morning, which started out with me wondering if I'd wasted my money, but did end up having nine other viable tracks out of 33: A Calling-On Song, The Blacksmith, Johnny Was a Shoemaker, The Blacksmith, Rave On, Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig & Willie Clancy's Fancy, Four Nights Drunk, Captain Colson, and General Taylor.
thanks Charles..I'll get a hunting for it.
Ahhhhh. Always adored ye olde Span albums, Spikey one. And what a lurvely track - on the water or off.
Mike, so you're one of their initiates. Good form, laddie!