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Lyr Req: Two Magicians -at Reed College Renn Fayre DigiTrad: HIDE WILLIE HIDE THE TWO MAGICIANS TWA MAGICIANS TWO MAGICIANS Related threads: Lyr Req: The Two Magicians (A. L. Lloyd) (18) Lyr Req: Coal-Black Smith? / Two Magicians (25) (origins) Origins: Two Magicians (61) Chords Req: Two Magicians (14) Twa Magicians (7)
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Subject: a shot in the dark? From: kstork@unforgettable.com Date: 19 Sep 98 - 09:49 PM OK. I have a clear recollection of hearing a version of the song TWO MAGICIANS, sung a capella, at the Feast at Renn Fayre in the early 80s (maybe 1984?). About the only thing that is clear, for various reasons..... Lyrics were similar, though not identical, to those posted in the database for this song. Also included something about: "he became the cold cold clay and smothered her all around...." Tune nothing like the database, which sounds like a dirge. Anyway, any info about this song (or if you happened to have been there.... ) please let me know. Kevin PS: a street musician in Boulder also played me a version, quite like the one I recalled, in summer '96. Click for related thread |
Subject: RE: From: kevin ryan Date: 20 Sep 98 - 02:13 AM Kevin, If you're merely looking for another version, Steeleye Span does one on their "Now We Are Six" album. You mentioned the line--"he became the cold clay..." That's the version they use. The tempo and melody are rather more lively. |
Subject: ADD: Two Magicians From: Joe Offer Date: 20 Sep 98 - 03:42 AM Click here to get to the remarkable Steeleye Span site where I found these lyrics: -Joe Offer- Two Magicians
Maddy Prior: vocal; She looked out of the window as white as any milk Chorus: Chorus She became a duck, a duck all on the stream Chorus She became a star, a star all in the night Chorus She became a rose, a rose all in the wood Chorus She became a nun, a nun all dressed in white Chorus She became a trout, a trout all in the brook Chorus She became a corpse, a corpse all in the ground Chorus |
Subject: RE: Two Magicians - at Reed College Renn Fayre From: GUEST,Broadside Johnnie Date: 01 Feb 03 - 03:38 PM Kevin Stork, 'Twas I whom you recall from the Reed Renn Fayre, probably 1983 or 1984. I used to run around in a tunic made from an old burlap sack with a black hood crudely stitched on it. The fact that my performance persisted through the Renn Fayre haze and all these years gladdens my heart. Thanks. Made my day. Joe, and Kevin Ryan: yes, that is the version I learned as a lad, when the commercial FM band was still more like community and college radio. The station I listened to had put Alison Gross into their 'rotation' which captivated me (what is it about sex and sorcery that mezmerizes the male pubescent imagination?) I still perform this song, most recently, last night at the Elephant & Castle (SW Second at Washington in Portland) where I occasionally chime in with Spinnaker, and cover their breaks. I just happened to be poking around digitrad looking for these lyrics (so I didn't have to type them up myself). I'm teaching my wife to play autoharp, and this is one of the songs she said she wanted to learn. My working repertoire includes numerous other songs rendered by Steeleye Span, chiefly from Parcel of Rogues, Below the Salt, and Now We Are Six. Cheers, Broadside Johnnie English, '83: The Humbling Task: An Exaltation of Robert Burns (The title is the best-written part ;-) ) |
Subject: RE: Two Magicians - at Reed College Renn Fayre From: Broadside Johnnie Date: 01 Feb 03 - 06:32 PM and now I'm a Mudcat member, too. |
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