Lyr Add: Banks of Sweet Italy (Incredible String..

Subject: Lyr Add: BANKS OF SWEET ITALY (Robin Williamson)
From: GUEST,old hippie
Date: 23 Nov 10 - 06:13 PM

just a beautiful song....
...............................
And must you go, my flower, my gem,
My laughter and my hope of joy,
To follow fortune through all the world?
May luck pursue you, my darling boy.

The sun shines bright in France.
Yellow it shines on high Barbary.
O be my light of day.
Tarry not long on the banks of sweet Italy.

A golden ring is a precious thing,
Red stockings and shoes o' green,
A dwelling place with painted door,
A wide white bed to love you in.

Summer's gone with calm days.
Ungentle now is Biscay Bay.
A cold fear claims my heart.
God save all sailors from the cruel waves.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Incredible String Band
From: oldhippie
Date: 24 Nov 10 - 08:38 AM

above from someone else with a similar 'cat name, but I agree.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Incredible String Band
From: michaelr
Date: 24 Nov 10 - 04:49 PM

This song have a name?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Incredible String Band
From: bobad
Date: 24 Nov 10 - 04:57 PM

Banks Of Sweet Italy

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Incredible String Band
From: GUEST,Primalform
Date: 25 Nov 10 - 04:22 AM

It's from Earthspan, 1972. Listen to it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAjXCSD0sB0

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Incredible String Band
From: Brian Peters
Date: 25 Nov 10 - 05:33 AM

I wonder whether RW had 'The Demon Lover' in his head when he came up with the song title?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Incredible String Band
From: GUEST,bankley
Date: 25 Nov 10 - 11:54 AM

I'm having mescaline flashbacks

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Banks of Sweet Italy (Incredible String..
From: GUEST,a friend of ISB
Date: 09 Mar 11 - 09:29 PM

This song has some present relevance.
Nobody wants to send troops to Libya, the "high Barbaree" alluded to.
So on the way back "tarry not long on the banks of sweet Italy".