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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
B F# B E
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[Verse]
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There was a woman in our town and in our town did dwell
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She loved her old man dearly, but another man twice as well
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
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She went down to the doctor to see if she could find
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Anything in the whole world to make her old man blind
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
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“Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and make him eat them all
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And when he's finished he'll be so blind, he won't see you at all”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
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So the doctor he wrote a letter and he sealed it with his hand
B E
And he sent it up to the old man, to make him understand
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
But the old man being a crafty bugger, he knew it all before
B E
He ate 'em up and he says, “My dear, oh, I can't see you at all”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Instrumental]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
[Verse]
F#
Says he, “I'll go to the river and there myself I'll drown”
B E
Says she, “I'll walk along with you, to see that you don't fall down”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
They walked along together till they come to the river's brim
B E
So gently there she's kissed him and she crept away behind
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
She ran and she ran behind him, to try to push him in
B E
But the old man heard and he jumped aside and she went tumbling in
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Instrumental]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
[Verse]
F#
So loudly she did holler and loud for mercy call
B E
But the old man says, “I am so blind, I can't see you at all”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
She swam and she swam and she swam around, till she come to the further brim
B E
But the old man got the barge pole and he pushed her further in
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
“Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones to make your old man blind
B E
But if you want to murder him, you must creep up close behind”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Outro]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
[Verse]
F#
There was a woman in our town and in our town did dwell
B E
She loved her old man dearly, but another man twice as well
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
She went down to the doctor to see if she could find
B E
Anything in the whole world to make her old man blind
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
“Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and make him eat them all
B E
And when he's finished he'll be so blind, he won't see you at all”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
So the doctor he wrote a letter and he sealed it with his hand
B E
And he sent it up to the old man, to make him understand
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
But the old man being a crafty bugger, he knew it all before
B E
He ate 'em up and he says, “My dear, oh, I can't see you at all”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Instrumental]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
[Verse]
F#
Says he, “I'll go to the river and there myself I'll drown”
B E
Says she, “I'll walk along with you, to see that you don't fall down”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
They walked along together till they come to the river's brim
B E
So gently there she's kissed him and she crept away behind
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
She ran and she ran behind him, to try to push him in
B E
But the old man heard and he jumped aside and she went tumbling in
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Instrumental]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
[Verse]
F#
So loudly she did holler and loud for mercy call
B E
But the old man says, “I am so blind, I can't see you at all”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
She swam and she swam and she swam around, till she come to the further brim
B E
But the old man got the barge pole and he pushed her further in
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
“Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones to make your old man blind
B E
But if you want to murder him, you must creep up close behind”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Outro]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
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