19 Sep 97 - 09:04 AM (#12557) Subject: John Kirkpatrick "yarn" title/lyrics? From: Ian Bittle I am looking for the title and/or lyrics for a song I heard John Kirkpatrick perform many years ago with Martin Carthy in Dallas.I believe it was an original and dealt with a fisherman's untimely end. The focal point was "a piece of yarn" and was from a mother/sweetheart point of view, I believe. I've never heard it since, but it haunts me now. Any help? |
19 Sep 97 - 10:02 AM (#12560) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: AndyG Hi, I do know the song, its title is something like "All for a piece of Yarn". I also know a girl who sings it and I'll try to get the lyrics from her. Assuming that nobody posts them before I get the chance, which won't be until next week at the earliest, I'll try to get them to you. It might have been recorded on JK's album Blue Ballon, but I can't dig up a track list. AndyG |
19 Sep 97 - 10:04 AM (#12561) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: AndyG Oops! Make that Blue Balloon AndyG |
23 Sep 97 - 09:07 AM (#12953) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Wolfgang (Hell) Martin Carthy once recorded "Little ball of yarn" (it is in the DT). Could that be the one? Wolfgang |
28 Sep 97 - 10:14 PM (#13420) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Ian Bittle Thanks for the responses. I'm working on getting a copy of Blue Balloon. It's one of John's that I missed somehow. I really appreciate your info. |
03 Oct 97 - 05:09 PM (#13907) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: LaMarca Don't have the song myself, but I remember Kirkpatrick singing it with Carthy on their tour here 10-12 years ago. The song is about the tradition of fishermen's wives and sweethearts knitting their loved ones intricate Arran-style sweaters. Each cable pattern is unique to the knitter, which has the somewhat gruesome advantage of making a drowned man easier to identify by the pattern of the sweater he's wearing. The song was a lament for the men for whom the sweaters were knit. I'd love to get the lyrics... |
14 Oct 97 - 07:27 AM (#14702) Subject: Lyr Add: A LENGTH OF YARN (John Kirkpatrick) From: AndyG At Last (or even At Length)
as promised, the lyrics to:
A LENGTH OF YARN All through the town in a hundred houses An old one sits in her empty room 'Oh, cursed be the creaking wagoner's wheels, `Nine months I held him in my womb All through the town the lantern swings 'I know the hand that sheared the fleece, 'See here, there's a place where a length of yarn A young one sits in her empty room, And all for a length of yarn. John Kirkpatrick. AndyG |
14 Oct 97 - 07:55 AM (#14705) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: AndyG Correction! v2 l5: One year to the day since wagoner's cart AndyG |
14 Oct 97 - 12:55 PM (#14721) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Shula Dear Andy G., Would have made a dandy addition to the Women's Song Circle. Know this is getting to be my favorite refrain, but, with great appreciation for these splendid lyrics, and without apology, request the tune. This'un's too good not to be able to sing! Thanks, Shula |
15 Oct 97 - 08:57 AM (#14784) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: AndyG Corrected correction :( v2 l5: One year to the day since the wagoner's cart Shula, AndyG |