Subject: lyrics to'Fine flowers in the valley' From: GUEST,laurence Date: 12 Jul 01 - 11:23 AM shantalla has recorded this piece,i'd love the lyrics to it thanks |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: lyrics to'Fine flowers in the valley From: IanC Date: 12 Jul 01 - 11:30 AM You could look for "The Cruel Mother" in the DT/Forum Search. Here's some discussion of it though. There's also a version of "The Cruel Brother" with a similar refrain.
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: lyrics to'Fine flowers in the valley From: Brian Hoskin Date: 12 Jul 01 - 11:34 AM You can listen to this track via Realaudio on their website, you could probably catch the lyrics from there: Brian |
Subject: Lyr Add: FINE FLOWERS IN THE VALLEY (B Dickson) From: radriano Date: 12 Jul 01 - 11:36 AM Laurence, here are the lyrics as sung by Barbara Dickson: Fine Flowers in the Valley Barbara Dickson She sat down below a thorn Fine flowers in the valley And there she has her sweet babe borne And the green leaves they grow rarely Smile not so sweet, my bonnie babe And you smile so sweet, you'll smile me dead She's taken out her wee penknife And twanged the sweet babe o' its life She's dug a grave by the light of the moon And there she's buried her sweet babe in As she was going to the church She saw a sweet babe in the porch O, sweet babe, if you were mine I would clothe ye in the silk so fine O, mother dear, when I was thine You did not prove to me so kind Richard |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: lyrics to'Fine flowers in the valley From: katlaughing Date: 12 Jul 01 - 12:00 PM There are a lot of verses, in dialect, with nice sequencing of the tune at CONTEMPLATOR |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: lyrics to'Fine flowers in the valley From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 12 Jul 01 - 03:03 PM I hadn't come across Shantalla before; it's a rather nice arrangement of the song. Thanks to Brian for the link. For Laurence's benefit, I'll explain that Professor Child (English and Scottish Popular Ballads) gave the Cruel Mother group of songs his number #20; the version Shantalla has recorded is the one he published as Version B; it was originally printed, with music, in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (1787-1803). Kat's link above goes to a copy of that version. The text Radriano has quoted above from Barbara Dickson is that version, too, though "twanged" should be "twinn'd" (i.e., "separated"), and Ms. Dickson has substituted "dug" for the original "howket", and "clothe" for "cleed". There are a few additional, insignificant differences. Shantalla stick very closely to the traditional text, though their singer sings "And there she's kissed her babe new-born" in the first verse. I put a list of links to substantive material on various versions and relatives of this song here and at other sites, including Lesley Nelson's "Contemplator", in this previous thread: The Cruel Mother |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: lyrics to'Fine flowers in the valley From: katlaughing Date: 12 Jul 01 - 03:15 PM Sorry, Malcolm, I didn't realise you'd already linked to that one in a previous thread. I also couldn't remember Lesley Nelson's name, all I could think of was Barry Taylor. Thanks for clarification and information. kat |
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