Lyr Req: Roseville Fair (Bill Staines)

Subject: Heard it - can't find it - Help
From: Osmium
Date: 19 Feb 00 - 11:28 AM

Heard a song; I know its well known but the bits of lyrics I think I remember don't work in the search. The song is about two lovers who meet at a fair; it mentions the band, corn fields, her looking lovely and (I think) being dressed in blue - jog anyone's memory?

Subject: RE: Heard it - can't find it - Help
From: Susan of DT
Date: 19 Feb 00 - 11:38 AM

Reseville Fair?

Subject: RE: Heard it - can't find it - Help
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 19 Feb 00 - 11:45 AM

Try this

Jon

Subject: RE: Heard it - can't find it - Help
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 19 Feb 00 - 06:04 PM

Sure sounds like Bill Staines' "Roseville Fair" to me. It's on his Whistle of the Jay CD on Folk-Legacy. CLICK HERE

That was his first recording of the song.

Sandy

Subject: RE: Heard it - can't find it - Help
From: Osmium
Date: 19 Feb 00 - 06:50 PM

Roseville Fair it is. Thanks for your time. Osmium (a psuedonim for as thick as it gets)!!!

Subject: words to dulcimer tune
From: MV
Date: 22 May 00 - 12:13 PM

Does anyone know of words to "The Rosedale Fair," a tune I learned on the mountain dulcimer from an old gentleman now deceased.

Subject: RE: words to dulcimer tune
From: black walnut
Date: 22 May 00 - 12:47 PM

Is it possibly the Roseville Fair? We sing it at our song circle, and I could eventually find you the words....

~b.w.

Subject: Lyr Add: ROSEVILLE FAIR (Bill Staines)
From: black walnut
Date: 22 May 00 - 12:59 PM

Sorry about the spacing; it's a cut and paste. I couldn't pull it out of DigiTrad, and I'm not even sure if this is what you're looking for....
(Retrieved from http://www.risa.co.uk/sla/index/11/11657.html)

~black walnut
.................................................

ROSEVILLE FAIR
Bill Staines

Oh, the night was clear and the stars were shinin'
And the moon came up, so quiet in the sky
And all the people gathered round while the band was a-tunin'
I can hear them now ... playin' 'Comin' Through the Rye'

She was dressed in blue and she looked so lovely
Just a gentle flower of a small town girl
Then he took her hand and they danced to the music
With a single smile, she became his world

(Chorus)
And they danced all night ... to the fiddle and the banjo
Their driftin' tunes, seemed to fill the air
So long ago, but they still remember...
When they fell in love, at the Roseville Fair

Now, they courted well, and they courted dearly
They'd rock for hours in the front porch chair
Then a year went by ... from the time that he met her
And he made her his, at the Roseville Fair

(Repeat chorus)

So here's a song for all of the lovers
And here's a tune ... that you can share
May you dance all night ... to the fiddle and the banjo
Oh, the way they did at the Roseville Fair
Oh, the way they did ... at the Roseville Fair

Subject: RE: words to dulcimer tune
From: Ma-K
Date: 22 May 00 - 09:59 PM

See Mary didn't I tell you this was a great place

Subject: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: GUEST,skarpi at work.
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 08:41 AM

Hallo all, Well Tamóra is playing 18. of Agust here in Iceland, and we need a lyric with a song called " Rosevill Fair " can enyone help? I heard this song with a croup from Canada The McGinty.

All the best skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: Tony Burns
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 08:43 AM

It's here Skarpi.

Subject: RE: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: GUEST,skarpi at work
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 08:47 AM

Thank you Tony this was quick. All the best skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: Noreen
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 01:50 PM

Crikey that was fast! Goung for the record?!

Subject: RE: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 10:00 PM

I believe that is the record, although I think there's a chance that Jeri also did it - a reply with a useful link posted in two minutes. My best is three minutes, and I think I did that only once.
Anybody want to try for one minute?
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 22 Jul 00 - 01:53 AM

Skarpi -

I'm unable to reach you through the personal messages. I have a question about a friend I'm trying to look up in Iceland. Is there another way to contact you? Thanks.

-chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Jul 00 - 04:46 AM

Hi, Chanteyranger - Skarpi is listed in Mudcat Resources.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: Midchuck
Date: 22 Jul 00 - 06:47 AM

Oh, the mud was deep, and the midway noisy
And the smell of fried dough filled the air
The very first time I came up from Joisey
to have some fun, at the Tunbridge Fair.

You were dressed in....well, that was the attraction
And you got goose bumps in the cold night air.
And the people gathered round, just to catch the action,
At the girly show, at the Tunbridge Fair.

(Cho.)

And you danced all night, and the moon shone brightly
On your rosy cheeks, and your curly hair.
And I fell in love, so I came back nightly
To the girly show, at the Tunbridge Fair.

That's as far as I've gotten. Collaborators are invited to add on....

Peter.

Subject: RE: Skarpi needs lyric-Roseville fair....
From: Susan of DT
Date: 22 Jul 00 - 04:19 PM

(from dick greenhaus)

"Give me your A," said the fiddle to the banjo,
"Or your G or D. I don't much care..."
And we sat around, while the band was tuning
All night long, at the Roseville Fair.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roseville Fair (Bill Staines)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 13 Jun 22 - 05:54 PM

joe - check lyrics

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roseville Fair (Bill Staines)
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jun 22 - 03:19 AM

My word, they were children:

Chris Wood & Andy Cutting 'History Man/Roseville Fair

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roseville Fair (Bill Staines)
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 14 Jun 22 - 05:25 AM

My word, they were good. We saw them many times. Sublime.