11 Jul 01 - 01:29 PM (#504174) Subject: the little land From: GUEST,travelingsavage Has anyone got the lyrics for a song on an old limeliters album called The Little Land. Sung by Glen Yarborough - it tells of getting caught by the fairies and taken to the little land. Some of the words go: When you're in the little land, there's daimonds on the wall, but when you'r back on that cold hillside, cold pebbles after all. Thanks so much |
11 Jul 01 - 02:03 PM (#504205) Subject: RE: the little land From: Hollowfox It was written by Malvina Reynolds, and I remember seeing it in one of her songbooks. It's not in the DT. Does anybody know if there's a Malvina website? |
12 Jul 01 - 03:54 AM (#504742) Subject: RE: the little land From: IanC Just curious, but I take it this isn't a setting of the pome by Robert Louis Stevenson?
Cheers! |
12 Jul 01 - 12:19 PM (#505053) Subject: RE: the little land From: Hollowfox No, it's not. Malvina wrote it as a commentary on Hollywood, I'm told, but the song stands beautifully on it's own. |
20 Dec 11 - 10:42 AM (#3277130) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LITTLE LAND (Malvina Reynolds) From: Jim Dixon THE LITTLE LAND As sung by Malvina Reynolds on "Another Country Heard From" (1960) In They'll Into their little land underneath the ground. When you're in the little land, they fill your hands with gold. You think you stay for just a day; you come out bent and old. CHORUS: Oh, my enchanted, have a care! Run, run from the little folk, Or you'll have When you're in the little land, you watch the wee folk play. You see them through a game or two; you come out old and gray. CHORUS Lights shining in the little land from diamonds on the wall, But when you're back on the brown hillside, it's cold pebbles after all. CHORUS Music in the little land, it makes the heart rejoice. It charms your ear so you cannot hear the sound of your true-love's voice. CHORUS Malvina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXQOJ2AeBTo Limeliters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YQdpvO4s_w |
20 Dec 11 - 04:04 PM (#3277321) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: Stewart Deadlies?? Dead leaves in your in your pockets and snow flakes in your hair Little Boxes and other handmade songs by Malvina Reynolds - Oak Publications 3002, 1964 p. 40 Cheers, S. in Seattle |
20 Dec 11 - 04:10 PM (#3277323) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: Charley Noble Good catch! Charley Noble |
20 Dec 11 - 04:14 PM (#3277325) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: Stewart Thanks Charley Here in Seattle we have dead leaves in our pockets and rain drops in our hair S. in Seattle |
20 Dec 11 - 05:18 PM (#3277373) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: Jim Dixon Darn! I concede you're right about "dead leaves" but I'm a bit disappointed. I liked "deadlies." I had no idea what they were; I figured they were something from mythology—poison mushrooms, or poison berries maybe. I tried to look up "deadlies." I even found a book called "The Seven Deadlies"—it means seven deadly sins. It must be one of the 3 best mondegreens I've committed. The other two were "vilesome breath" for "vows of wrath" in TRIALS, TROUBLES, TRIBULATIONS and "spinning orrery" for "spinning all around me" in THE POOREST COMPANY. |
06 Aug 13 - 12:34 PM (#3546180) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: GUEST,Michael Cooney Also, it's Ireland, not "our land". I think Malvina was embarrassed about this song because she did it in a fake Irish accent on her first record. I heard she asked Folkways to stop putting the record out. But I also think that it's a great song about TV, though she didn't think of it that way. |
04 Mar 16 - 10:28 PM (#3776705) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: GUEST,Nancy Schimmel (Malvina's daughter) The Irish accent was not entirely fake. Her father was shanghaied into the US Navy as a teen-aged Yiddish-speaking immigrant from Budapest and learned English from the New York Irish crew of the ship he served on. He had a bit of an Irish accent till the day he died. So she grew up with it. |
04 Mar 16 - 10:35 PM (#3776708) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: GUEST,Nancy Schimmel (Malvina's daughter) Oh, and the little folk won't "draggle" you (make you wet and dirty). They will "dazzle" you because they are trying to entice you to stay. |
18 Apr 17 - 10:13 PM (#3851127) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: leeneia Thanks, Joe. I enjoyed the singing of the Limelighters. |
19 Apr 17 - 03:59 PM (#3851287) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: BrooklynJay Thank you so much, Joe! Just unearthed my copy by the Limeliters. Pity their version isn't on YouTube. Glenn Yarbrough's vocals are hauntingly beautiful on this one. Jay |
19 Apr 17 - 04:59 PM (#3851299) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Little Land (Malvina Reynolds) From: BrooklynJay Oops - my error! The Limeliters' version is on YouTube at the link above, but when I first clicked on it, all I got was a brief tourism ad for Canada and no song followed. Only when I returned to Mudcat then clicked the link again did it take me directly to the song. Everything seems to be okay now. Thanks again, Joe! Jay |