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]
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
[Verse]
C Dm
In Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
Em F C
Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
Dm
Three game-keepers' houses stood three-square
Em F C
About a mile from each other they were
Dm Em F
Their orders they were to look out for the deer
C G C
Long, long the day
[Verse]
C Dm
Me and the dogs went out one night
Em F C
The moon and stars were shining bright
Dm Em
O'er hedges, ditches, fields and stiles
F C
With my three dogs running close by me heels
Dm Em F
To catch a fat buck down in Thornaby fields
C G C
Long, long the day
[Verse]
C Dm
That very first night, I had bad luck
Em F C
For one of me very best dogs got shot
Dm Em
He came to me all bloody and lame
F C
Right sorry was I for to see the same
Dm Em F
And not being able to follow the game
C G C
Long, long the day
[Chorus]
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
[Instrumental]
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
[Verse]
C Dm
I looked at his wounds and found them slight
Em F C
'Twas done by some keeper out of spite
Dm Em
I'll take a right stick all in me hand
F C
And I'll search the woods till I find that man
Dm Em F
I'll tan his old hide, right well, if I can
C G C
Long, long the day
[Verse]
C Dm
Then I went home and went to bed
Em F C
And Limping Jack went out in me stead
Dm Em
He searched the woods around at length
F C
'Til he found a buck rough lying dead the ground
Dm Em F
'Twas my little dog that gave him his death wound
C G C
Long, long the day
[Chorus]
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
[Instrumental]
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
[Verse]
C Dm
He got a butcher to skin the game
Em F C
And likewise another to sell the same
Dm Em
The very first joint that he offered for sale
F C
It was to an old woman who sold bad ale
Dm Em F
She had us all up in Nottingham gaol
C G C
Long, long the day
[Verse]
C Dm
The Nottingham assizes are over and past
Em F C
And we three chaps got free at last
Dm Em
The bucks and does shall never roam free
F C
For a poacher's life is the life for me
Dm Em F
A poacher I will always be
C G C
Long, long the day
[Chorus]
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
[Outro]
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
[Verse]
C Dm
In Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
Em F C
Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
Dm
Three game-keepers' houses stood three-square
Em F C
About a mile from each other they were
Dm Em F
Their orders they were to look out for the deer
C G C
Long, long the day
[Verse]
C Dm
Me and the dogs went out one night
Em F C
The moon and stars were shining bright
Dm Em
O'er hedges, ditches, fields and stiles
F C
With my three dogs running close by me heels
Dm Em F
To catch a fat buck down in Thornaby fields
C G C
Long, long the day
[Verse]
C Dm
That very first night, I had bad luck
Em F C
For one of me very best dogs got shot
Dm Em
He came to me all bloody and lame
F C
Right sorry was I for to see the same
Dm Em F
And not being able to follow the game
C G C
Long, long the day
[Chorus]
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
[Instrumental]
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
[Verse]
C Dm
I looked at his wounds and found them slight
Em F C
'Twas done by some keeper out of spite
Dm Em
I'll take a right stick all in me hand
F C
And I'll search the woods till I find that man
Dm Em F
I'll tan his old hide, right well, if I can
C G C
Long, long the day
[Verse]
C Dm
Then I went home and went to bed
Em F C
And Limping Jack went out in me stead
Dm Em
He searched the woods around at length
F C
'Til he found a buck rough lying dead the ground
Dm Em F
'Twas my little dog that gave him his death wound
C G C
Long, long the day
[Chorus]
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
[Instrumental]
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
[Verse]
C Dm
He got a butcher to skin the game
Em F C
And likewise another to sell the same
Dm Em
The very first joint that he offered for sale
F C
It was to an old woman who sold bad ale
Dm Em F
She had us all up in Nottingham gaol
C G C
Long, long the day
[Verse]
C Dm
The Nottingham assizes are over and past
Em F C
And we three chaps got free at last
Dm Em
The bucks and does shall never roam free
F C
For a poacher's life is the life for me
Dm Em F
A poacher I will always be
C G C
Long, long the day
[Chorus]
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
[Outro]
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
Stef Chura
Stef Ekkel
Stef Lang
Stefan Andersson
Stefan Demert
Stefanie Werger
Stefano Landi
Stefano Langone
Stefano Rosso
Steffany Gretzin (...)