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30 Aug 16 - 02:33 PM (#3807622) Subject: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: GUEST I'm looking for lyrics of Eliza Carthy's Acres of Ground from The Imagined Village. |
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30 Aug 16 - 06:49 PM (#3807658) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: cnd I'll get to the lyrics here in a second, but here's some info about the song: 7 Acres Of Ground Eliza Carthy Written by Eliza Carthy Vocals and Fiddle: Eliza Carthy; Acoustic Guitar and Viola: Ben Ivitsky; Double Bass: Ali Friend; Cello: Barney M Brown; Tabla, Dhol Drum and Shaker: Johnny Kalsi; Top Line Electric Guitar: Tom Salter; Skank and Twang Electric Guitar: Simon Emmerson Recorded by Ben Ivitsky at Bamboo Studios; Cello and percussion recorded by Martin Russell at Sonic Innovation 1; Double bass and Simon's electric recorded by Mass at Sonic Innovation 2; Mixed by Mass at MP Studios, London (Source: https://realworldrecords.com/release/229/the-imagined-village/) "Eliza Carthy's distinctive vocals and fiddle playing feature on her self penned re-working of the old 'Dilly Song': Acres of Ground." (Source: http://imaginedvillage.com/releases/) Now for the lyrics. I've found the video online on Youtube and Slacker (for those Canadians who've had YouTube block their access to "topic" videos, as often seems to be the case) |
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30 Aug 16 - 07:33 PM (#3807663) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: cnd By the way, I have no clue what "dallemory" is ACRES OF GROUND (Eliza Carthy) Come in, I will sing for you What will you sing for me? I can sing you one So listen to my one One is, one is all alone And [[dallemorry??]] will be solved CHORUS Counting the days till work Monday, Tuesday, and third If I could see you I'd have you in my hands and hear you whine Whine for your love and time Whine for your love Come in, I will sing for you What will you sing for me? I can sing you two So listen to my two Two and one will never meet It's feathers for you and down for me One plus one will never be And nobody knows but the devil and you and me CHORUS Come in, I will sing for you What can you sing for me? I can sing you three Oh listen for my three Three, three, well it's good for me Well it's gone to sinners who paid his fee Three, three, well it's good for me Well it's gone to sinners who paid his fee CHORUS Come in, I will sing for you What will you sing for me? I will sing you four So listen to my four Four, four, it's been the bad and the door There was acres of ground, I'd not knelt hers before Four, four, it's been the bad and the door There was acres of ground I'd not seen there before CHORUS Whine for your love and time Whine for your love Transcribed from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSRjxyfIEN8 People who can't hear it there, you can hear it here: http://www.slacker.com/song/eliza-carthy/acres-of-ground/10850975 And here's the Dilly Song for those who don't know it: http://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Bob-and-Jacqueline-Patten-Collection/025M-C1033X0279XX-2500V0 |
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30 Aug 16 - 11:58 PM (#3807683) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: Reinhard One is one is all alone And ever more he will be so |
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31 Aug 16 - 06:42 AM (#3807711) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: cnd That makes sense, Reinhard. I don't know why I had so much trouble with that line yesterday. |
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31 Aug 16 - 01:14 PM (#3807774) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: Reinhard I admit that I also couldn't decipher this line at first, until I compared it to the first verse of Come And I Will Sing You (The Twelve Apostles): Come and I will sing you, What will you sing me? I will sing you one-o. What will the one be? One the one that's all alone and ever more shall be so. |
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06 Sep 16 - 12:11 PM (#3808661) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: Jim Dixon I think I'm hearing this: Four, four, between the bed and the door, There's acres of ground I'd not noticed before. Four, four, it's been the bad and the door, There was acres of ground I'd not seen there before. Furthermore, I'm not at all sure it's not "house" instead of "hands" and "give you wine" instead of "hear you whine" And in a few places I hear "one-o" "two-o" etc. but it's not consistently there. |
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26 May 17 - 09:24 AM (#3857245) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: GUEST,Randolph Booth come in I will sing for you what will you sing for me I can sing you one so listen to my one One is, one is all alone and ever more it will be so counting the days till when monday, tuesday and then if i could see you i'd have you in my house and give you wine wine for your love and time wine for your love come in I will sing for you what will you sing for me I can sing you two so listen to my two two in one will never be it's feathers for you and down for me one plus one will never be and nobody knows but the devil and you and me counting the days till when monday, tuesday and then if i could see you i'd have you in my house and give you wine wine for your love and time wine for your love come in i will sing for you what can you sing for me i can sing you three oh listen for my three three, three, well it's good for me well it's gone to sinners who paid his fee three, three, well it's good for me well it's gone to sinners who paid his fee counting the days till when monday, tuesday and then oh if i could see you i'd have you in my house and give you wine wine for your love and time wine for your love come in I will sing for you what will you sing for me I will sing you four so listen to my four four, four between the bed and the door there is acres of ground i'd not noticed before four, four between the bed and the door there is acres of ground i'd not seen there before counting the days till when monday, tuesday and then oh if i could see you i'd have you in my house and give you wine wine for your love and time wine for your love wine for your love and time wine for your love |
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03 Dec 18 - 06:00 AM (#3964447) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: GUEST re three: should be "three, three was good for me, Was gone as soon as he paid his fee" |
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06 Jan 21 - 11:03 AM (#4086723) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: Cattia Can anyone help me? I don't understand the meaning of the verse: it's feathers for you and down for me. Grazie mille |
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06 Jan 21 - 12:02 PM (#4086734) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: cnd That's a pun; "down" is the softer under-feathers of birds used in nicer pillows and sleeping bags. The singer is saying she'll get the nicer things and the other person will get the worse parts. |
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07 Jan 21 - 04:51 AM (#4086856) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Acres of Ground (Eliza Carthy) From: Cattia thanks for the help in translation https://terreceltiche.altervista.org/come-and-i-will-sing-you/ |