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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[Intro]
Bm A
[Verse]
Bm
"I am a forester of this land
Bm
As ye may plainly see
D
It's the mantle of your maidenhead
Bm A
That I would have from thee"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
He's taken her by the milk-white hand
Bm
And by the leylan sleeve
D
He's lain her down upon her back
Bm A
And asked no man's leave
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
"Now since you've lain me down young man
Bm
You must take me up again
D
And since you've had your will on me
Bm A
Come tell to me your name"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Instrumental]
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
[Verse]
Bm
"Some call me Jim, some call me John
Bm
Begad it's all the same
D
But when I'm in the king's high court
Bm A
Erwilian is me name"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
She being a good scholar
Bm
She's spelt it over again
D
"Erwilian, that's a Latin word
Bm A
But Willy is your name"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
Now when he heard his name pronounced
Bm
He mounted his high horse
D
She's belted up her petticoat
Bm A
And followed with all her force
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Instrumental]
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
[Verse]
Bm
He rode and she ran
Bm
A long summer day
A
Until they came by the river
Bm A
That's commonly called the Tay
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
"The water it's too deep, my love
Bm
I'm afraid you cannot wade"
A
But afore he'd ridden his horse well in
Bm A
She was on the other side
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
She went up to the king's high door
Bm
She knocked and she went in
A
Said, "One of your chancellor's robbed me
Bm A
And he's robbed me right and clean"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Instrumental]
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
[Verse]
Bm
"Has he robbed you of your mantle?
Bm
Has he robbed you of your ring?"
D
"No, he's robbed me of me maidenhead
Bm A
And another I cannot find"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
"And if he be a married man
Bm
Hanged he shall be
D
And if he be a single man
Bm A
He shall marry thee"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
This couple they got married
Bm
They live in Huntley town
D
She's the Earl of Airlie's daughter
Bm A
And he's the blacksmith's son
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Outro]
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm A
[Verse]
Bm
"I am a forester of this land
Bm
As ye may plainly see
D
It's the mantle of your maidenhead
Bm A
That I would have from thee"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
He's taken her by the milk-white hand
Bm
And by the leylan sleeve
D
He's lain her down upon her back
Bm A
And asked no man's leave
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
"Now since you've lain me down young man
Bm
You must take me up again
D
And since you've had your will on me
Bm A
Come tell to me your name"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Instrumental]
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
[Verse]
Bm
"Some call me Jim, some call me John
Bm
Begad it's all the same
D
But when I'm in the king's high court
Bm A
Erwilian is me name"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
She being a good scholar
Bm
She's spelt it over again
D
"Erwilian, that's a Latin word
Bm A
But Willy is your name"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
Now when he heard his name pronounced
Bm
He mounted his high horse
D
She's belted up her petticoat
Bm A
And followed with all her force
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Instrumental]
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
[Verse]
Bm
He rode and she ran
Bm
A long summer day
A
Until they came by the river
Bm A
That's commonly called the Tay
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
"The water it's too deep, my love
Bm
I'm afraid you cannot wade"
A
But afore he'd ridden his horse well in
Bm A
She was on the other side
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
She went up to the king's high door
Bm
She knocked and she went in
A
Said, "One of your chancellor's robbed me
Bm A
And he's robbed me right and clean"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Instrumental]
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
[Verse]
Bm
"Has he robbed you of your mantle?
Bm
Has he robbed you of your ring?"
D
"No, he's robbed me of me maidenhead
Bm A
And another I cannot find"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
"And if he be a married man
Bm
Hanged he shall be
D
And if he be a single man
Bm A
He shall marry thee"
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Verse]
Bm
This couple they got married
Bm
They live in Huntley town
D
She's the Earl of Airlie's daughter
Bm A
And he's the blacksmith's son
[Chorus]
Bm A Bm
With me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an
[Outro]
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Bm D Bm A Bm A Bm
Stef Chura
Stef Ekkel
Stef Lang
Stefan Andersson
Stefan Demert