Biography:
Steeleye Span formed in 1969 from members of Fairport Convention and out of the ashes of Sweeney's Men creating a distinctive fusion of both British folk with electric rock music. The resulting first version of the band was formed by ex-Fairport bassist Ashley Hutchings and built around two pairs of vocalists, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior and Gay & Terry Woods. Rhythm was to be supplied largely by Hutchings' bass, and without drums.
Tensions between the band grew during the production in 1970 of their first album
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Other songs:
- Alison Gross
- All Around My Hat
- All Things Are Quite Silent
- Ancient Eyes
- Australia
- Babylon
- Barnet Fair
- Be Careful What You Wish For
- Beyond The Dreaming Place
- Black Jack Davy
- Bonny Black Hare
- Bonny Moorhen
- Brides Farewell
- Cam Ye Oer Frae France
- Captain Coulston
- Chanticleer
- Child Owlet
- Creeping Jane
- Dance With Me
- Dark
- Demon Lover
- Down In Yon Forest
- Drink Down The Moon
- Edward
- Edwin
- Erin
- False Knight On The Road
- Fire And Ice
- First Dance
- Fishermans Wife
- Following Me
- Gamble Gold
- Gaudete
- Go From My Window
- Gone To America
- Granny Aching
- Hares On The Mountain
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- Harvest Of The Moon
- Heir Of Linne
- Hiver
- I See His Blood Upon The Rose
- I Wish That I Never Was Wed
- Isabel
- Jack Hall
- John Barleycorn
- Just As The Tide
- Just One Heart
- King Henry
- Lady Isobel And The Elf Knight
- Let Her Go Down
- Locks And Bolts
- London
- Long Lankin
- Long
- Longbone
- Lord Elgin
- Lord Gregory
- Lord Randall
- Lovely On The Water
- Lowlands Of Holland
- Mantle Of Green
- Marigold
- Marrowbones
- Mistletoe Bough
- My Love
- Ned Ludd Part 1 Inclosure
- Ned Ludd Part 2 Rural Retreat
- New York Girls
- Now We Are Six
- One Misty Moisty Morning
- Our Captain Cried
- Padstow
- Peace On The Border
- Poor Old Soldier
- Prince Charlie Stuart
- Queen Mary
- Ranzo Mandolin
- Royal Forester
- Saucy Sailor
- Seagull
- See Amid The Winters Snow
- Seven Hundred Elves
- Shaking Of The Sheets
- Sheep
- Sheepcrook And Black Dog
- Sing We The Virgin Mary
- Sir James The Rose
- Some Rival
- Somewhere Along The Road
- Spotted Cow
- Take My Heart
- Tell Me Why
- The Blackleg Miner
- The Blacksmith
- The Bold Poachers
- The Brown Girl
- The Connemara Cradle Song
- The Cruel Mother
- The Dreamer And The Widow
- The First Nowell
- The Hard Times Of Old England
- The Hills Of Greenmore
- The Holly And The Ivy
- The Making Of A Man
- The Old Maid In The Garrett
- The Old Turf Fire
- The Prickly Bush
- The Song Will Remain
- The Story Of The Scullion King
- The Summer Lady
- The Three Sisters
- The Tricks Of London
- The Twelve Witches
- The Unquiet Grave
- The Ups And Downs
- The Water Is Wide
- The Wee Free Men
- The Wee Wee Man
- The Wife Of Ushers Well
- There Was A Wealthy Merchant
- Thornaby Woods
- To Know Him Is To Love Him
- Today In Bethlehem
- Twa Corbies
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- Two Butchers
- Two Constant Lovers
- Two Magicians
- Unconquered Sun
- Underneath Her Apron
- Van Diemens Land
- We Shall Wear Midnight
- Whats The Life Of A Man
- When I Was On Horseback
- Where Are They Now
- Who Told The Butcher
- Whummil Bore
- You Will Burn
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STEELEYE SPAN - KING HENRY
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VERSE 1
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Am G
Let never a man wooing wend
Am G E
That lacketh things three,
Am
A store of gold, an open heart,
G Am
And full of charity;
G
And this was seen of King Henry
Am E
Though he lay quite alone,
Am G Am E
For he's taken him to a haunted hall
Am G E
Seven miles from the town.
VERSE 2
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Am G
He's chased the deer now him before
Am G E
And the doe down by the den
Am
Till the fattest buck in all the flock
G Am
King Henry he has slain.
G
His huntsmen followed him to the hall
Am E
To make them burly cheer,
Am G Am E
When loud the wind was heard to sound
Am G E
And an earthquake rocked the floor.
VERSE 3
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Am G
And darkness covered all the hall
Am G E
Where they sat at their meat,
Am
The grey dogs, yowling, left their food
G Am
And crept to Henry's feet.
G
And louder howled the rising wind
Am E
And burst the fastened door,
Am G Am E
And in there came a grisly ghost
Am G E
Stamping on the floor.
VERSE 4
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Am G
Her head hit the roof-tree of the house
Am G E
Her middle you could not span,
Am
Each frightened huntsmen fled the hall
G Am
And left the king alone,
G
Her teeth were like the tether stakes,
Am E
Her nose like club or mell,
Am G Am E
And nothing less she seemed to be
Am G E
Than a fiend that comes from hell.
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Verses 5 to 8 are all Am...
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VERSE 5 - Am
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Some meat, some meat you King Henry,
Some meat you give to me,
Go kill your horse you King Henry
And bring him here to me;
He's gone and slain his berry brown steed
Though it made his heart full sore,
For she's eaten up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but hide and hair.
VERSE 6 - Am
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More meat, more meat you King Henry
More meat you give to me,
Go kill your grey-hounds King Henry
And bring them here to me;
And when he's slain his good grey-hounds,
It made his heart full sore,
She's eaten up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but hide and hair.
VERSE 7 - Am
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More meat, more meat you King Henry,
More meat you give to me,
Go fell your goss-hawks King Henry
And bring them here to me;
And when he's slain his gay goss-hawks,
It made his heart full sore,
She's eaten them up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but feathers bare.
VERSE 8 - Am
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Some drink, some drink now King Henry,
Some drink you give to me,
Oh you sew up your horse's hide
And bring in a drink to me;
And he's sewn up the bloody hide,
And a pipe of wine put in,
And she's drank up all in one draught
Left never a drop therein.
VERSE 9
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Am G
A bed, a bed now King Henry,
Am G E
A bed you'll make for me,
Am
Oh you must pull the heather green
G Am
And make it soft for me;
G
And pulled has he the heather green
Am G E
And made for her a bed,
Am G Am E
And taken has he his gay mantle
Am G E
And o'er it he has spread.
VERSE 10
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Am G
Take off your clothes now King Henry
Am G E
And lie down by my side,
Am
Now swear, now swear you King Henry
G Am
To take me for your bride.
G
Oh God forbid, says King Henry,
Am G E
That ever the like betide,
Am G Am E
That ever a fiend that comes from hell
Am G E
Should stretch down by my side.
VERSE 11
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Am G
When the night was gone and the day was come
Am G E
And the sun shone through the hall,
Am
The fairest lady that ever was seen
G Am
Lay between him and the wall.
G
I've met with many a gentle knight
Am G E
That gave me such a fill,
Am G Am E
But never before with a courteous knight
Am G E
That gave me all my will.
STEELEYE SPAN - KING HENRY
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VERSE 1
-------
Am G
Let never a man wooing wend
Am G E
That lacketh things three,
Am
A store of gold, an open heart,
G Am
And full of charity;
G
And this was seen of King Henry
Am E
Though he lay quite alone,
Am G Am E
For he's taken him to a haunted hall
Am G E
Seven miles from the town.
VERSE 2
-------
Am G
He's chased the deer now him before
Am G E
And the doe down by the den
Am
Till the fattest buck in all the flock
G Am
King Henry he has slain.
G
His huntsmen followed him to the hall
Am E
To make them burly cheer,
Am G Am E
When loud the wind was heard to sound
Am G E
And an earthquake rocked the floor.
VERSE 3
-------
Am G
And darkness covered all the hall
Am G E
Where they sat at their meat,
Am
The grey dogs, yowling, left their food
G Am
And crept to Henry's feet.
G
And louder howled the rising wind
Am E
And burst the fastened door,
Am G Am E
And in there came a grisly ghost
Am G E
Stamping on the floor.
VERSE 4
-------
Am G
Her head hit the roof-tree of the house
Am G E
Her middle you could not span,
Am
Each frightened huntsmen fled the hall
G Am
And left the king alone,
G
Her teeth were like the tether stakes,
Am E
Her nose like club or mell,
Am G Am E
And nothing less she seemed to be
Am G E
Than a fiend that comes from hell.
---------------------------
Verses 5 to 8 are all Am...
---------------------------
VERSE 5 - Am
-------
Some meat, some meat you King Henry,
Some meat you give to me,
Go kill your horse you King Henry
And bring him here to me;
He's gone and slain his berry brown steed
Though it made his heart full sore,
For she's eaten up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but hide and hair.
VERSE 6 - Am
-------
More meat, more meat you King Henry
More meat you give to me,
Go kill your grey-hounds King Henry
And bring them here to me;
And when he's slain his good grey-hounds,
It made his heart full sore,
She's eaten up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but hide and hair.
VERSE 7 - Am
-------
More meat, more meat you King Henry,
More meat you give to me,
Go fell your goss-hawks King Henry
And bring them here to me;
And when he's slain his gay goss-hawks,
It made his heart full sore,
She's eaten them up both skin and bone,
Left nothing but feathers bare.
VERSE 8 - Am
-------
Some drink, some drink now King Henry,
Some drink you give to me,
Oh you sew up your horse's hide
And bring in a drink to me;
And he's sewn up the bloody hide,
And a pipe of wine put in,
And she's drank up all in one draught
Left never a drop therein.
VERSE 9
-------
Am G
A bed, a bed now King Henry,
Am G E
A bed you'll make for me,
Am
Oh you must pull the heather green
G Am
And make it soft for me;
G
And pulled has he the heather green
Am G E
And made for her a bed,
Am G Am E
And taken has he his gay mantle
Am G E
And o'er it he has spread.
VERSE 10
--------
Am G
Take off your clothes now King Henry
Am G E
And lie down by my side,
Am
Now swear, now swear you King Henry
G Am
To take me for your bride.
G
Oh God forbid, says King Henry,
Am G E
That ever the like betide,
Am G Am E
That ever a fiend that comes from hell
Am G E
Should stretch down by my side.
VERSE 11
--------
Am G
When the night was gone and the day was come
Am G E
And the sun shone through the hall,
Am
The fairest lady that ever was seen
G Am
Lay between him and the wall.
G
I've met with many a gentle knight
Am G E
That gave me such a fill,
Am G Am E
But never before with a courteous knight
Am G E
That gave me all my will.
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