Lyr Req: Still He Sings (from R & B Dransfield)

Subject: hep please
From: willishakesplay
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 05:42 AM

after night there comes the day ....help with history and origins please
and forgive mis-spelt title....
thanks

Subject: RE: hep please
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 05:50 AM

Not quite clear what ref you are after, Willi. Following is the first verse of The Streets Of Derry in DT; is this any connection with what you seek? Or is it a Shax ref you seek as your post-name might suggest?

"And after morning there comes an evening,
And after evening another day,
And after false love there comes a true love,
Come listen now to what I say."

~Michael~

Subject: RE: hep please
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 07:36 AM

"Row on" in the DT has "There's dawn beyond the night..."

Subject: RE: hep please
From: willishakesplay
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 11:47 AM

Not streets of derry.. know that one.. but thanks for note...

this was recorded by Barry Dransfield...
After night there comes the day
And so the dark will pass away
With the dawn a wondrous thing is born
Come the day !!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: after night there comes the day
From: Commander Crabbe
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 08:00 PM

There is this at the following url:

http://www.steinchristian.de/Gedichte/gedicht28.html

Help

I look in your eyes and what did I see
A dark land around a dark sea
But soon I'll be there and blow clouds away
So moon can be light up your way

Some passion and a helping hand
Will lead you through the land
And show you where the boat lies
To cross the sea of tears and cries

But after night there comes the day
And after rain there comes the sun
And you will find another way
To laugh and love and have fun

You have to sail the sea of tears
Walk over Heartbreak Hill
And then you possibly will
Leave the land of all those fears

It's easier to stay behind
But it will hurt you more
Come take this trip and you may find
Someone you love and adore

Might be what you're after!

CC

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: after night there comes the day
From: Little Robyn
Date: 23 Sep 11 - 02:49 AM

I haven't heard Barry Dransfield do it but I have an idea that Allan Taylor used to sing. I caught him at Laycock in 1972 and I'm sure that was one he did then.
Robyn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: after night there comes the day
From: howbe on
Date: 23 Sep 11 - 03:35 AM

Robyn is right. It's a song by Allan Taylor called Still He Sings and was recorded on an excellent Album called The Lady ( 1971 )
I used to have a copy of the LP which I'll try and locate and post the lyrics if I can.

Subject: Lyr Add: STILL HE SINGS (Allan Taylor)
From: howbe on
Date: 23 Sep 11 - 05:02 AM

Hi again Willi.
Have found LP together with very useful lyric sheet.

STILL HE SINGS - Allan Taylor ( March 1971 )

After night there comes the day
And so the dark will pass away
Through the dawn a wonderouse thing is born
Comes the day.

When the minstrel sings his song
And the people wander on
Still he sings for the pleasure music brings
Still he sings

When the colours seem to fade
Perhaps your standing in the shade
Just for you the colours filter through
Just for you.

When the words begin to rhyme
And then flow as rich as wine
Then you've heard, the poets spoken word
Rich as wine.

Repeat 1st verse ?

Whilst typing this have just noticed a similarity with the song
The Singers Request as recorded by Nic Jones. Interesting ??
Anyway hope this helps.
Cheers Dom

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: after night there comes the day
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 23 Sep 11 - 06:57 PM

R&B Dransfield recorded it and you'll find it on their LP "Lord of All I Behold"; which can't have been that long after the song was written.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: after night there comes the day
From: Reinhard
Date: 24 Sep 11 - 12:46 AM

Robin Dransfield sings Still He Sings at the Medway Folk Centre, November 14, 1972.