12 Feb 00 - 08:59 PM (#177384) Subject: Lyr Add: FARE THEE WELL, MY DEAREST DEAR^^ From: Alan of Australia G'day, From the Penguin Book Of English Folk Songs, Ed Pellow's rendition of the tune of Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear can be found here.
FARE THEE WELL, MY DEAREST DEAR
'Fare thee well, my dearest dear, fare thee well, adieu,
'You'll have silver and bright gold, houses and land,
'Your gold I'll count as dust when that you have fled,
And so nimbly then she dressed all in man's attire,
To Venice we were bound with our hearts content,
Our ship was cast away, misfortune it did frown,
Previous song: The False Bride.
Cheers, ^^
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20 Dec 12 - 10:31 AM (#3454759) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Add: Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear From: davidkiddnet I think the most beautiful arrangement of this is on Shirley and Dolly Collins "Anthems in Eden" track 9 BGOCD442 |
20 Dec 12 - 01:17 PM (#3454806) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Add: Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear From: Artful Codger I'm partial to the version by Phil Cooper, from Written in Our Eyes. As soon as I heard his rendition, I wanted to learn the song. I sing (unaccompanied) a longer version, which gives more of the initial dialog (some good bits adapted from the rather lengthy broadside), and close with an echo of the first verse that flips the roles. |
20 Dec 12 - 04:10 PM (#3454926) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Add: Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear From: Edthefolkie I too love the version by Shirley Collins from 1976. It's an excellent arrangement, performed by Simon Nicol on acoustic guitar, Pat Donaldson on bass, Dave Mattacks on drums and John Rodd on anglo concertina. PLUS a lovely sackbut band - Roger Brenner alto, Colin Sheen and Paul Beer tenor, Martin Nicholls, bass. It was a sort of pinnacle of the first electric folk era IMHO. I'd been following the Albion Band and the Etchinghams round their London gigs for a few years and really hoped that Shirley would record more tracks like this, but it didn't happen for personal reasons. It was originally recorded in 1976 for the "Amaranth" vinyl album which had six newly recorded songs on the A side, and "Anthems In Eden" on the B side. All of the "Anthems" and "Amaranth" tracks later appeared on CD. Better have a look for them on the shelves I think. |
21 Dec 12 - 05:46 AM (#3455207) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Add: Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear From: The Doctor There is also an excellent version on Trio Threlfall's CD 'Revisited', or even 'Morning Tempest' if you can find it. |