She Moved through the Fair - recordings

29 Aug 01 - 05:40 AM (#537294)
Subject: Moving through the Fair
From: GUEST,[e-mail]

I am seeking to trace every recording of "She Moved through the Fair" and would greatly welcome help from Mudcatters.

Cheers.

PS. As you can see I don't mind split infinitives.

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29 Aug 01 - 05:46 AM (#537298)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: IanC

If you're looking for every recording, you'll have to use something like a Google search on the net. Good luck, you'll probably come up with quite a lot.

In the meantime, this thread may be of some help.

Cheers!
Ian

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29 Aug 01 - 05:48 AM (#537299)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: nutty

You may have your work cut out .... a search of GOOGLE lists almost 400 recordings GOOD LUCK

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29 Aug 01 - 07:05 AM (#537328)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: Murray MacLeod

Guest Inishowen, I am trying to figure out the relevance of your partiality to split infinitives, but am having no success. You didn't use any split infinitives in your post ..............

Murray

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29 Aug 01 - 08:29 AM (#537371)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: John P

Alan Stivell -- Chemins de terre
With a great French accent.

William Pint and Felicia Dale -- Hartwell Horn
An instrumental version, with hurdy-gurdy.

Telynor (my band) -- Celtic and Traditional Music
Now out of print. We gender-switched the words for a female vocalist.

JP

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29 Aug 01 - 06:58 PM (#537771)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: GUEST,donone.com

i heard a fantastic version of this song by a band called something like Mounting Rhodes. I thing the singer was called Sheelzy.

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29 Aug 01 - 07:02 PM (#537774)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: AliUK

split infinitives are now part of english grammar, take it from me I teach english for a living.

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30 Aug 01 - 08:07 AM (#538027)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: Madhatter

I understand there is a radio station in the states that only plays variations of "she moved through the fair"

first time I heard it was on an "All About Eve" Album and Boyzone have a version on one of their CD'S

Madhatter

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30 Aug 01 - 09:46 AM (#538068)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: Ringer

Yeah, AliUK: I'll take it from you that you teach English for a living.

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30 Aug 01 - 10:09 AM (#538081)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: GUEST,Calach

Feargal Sharkey (ex punk band Stiff Little Fingers, who sang "My Perfect Cousin") sang a very definitive version on an album called "Celtic Moods" a couple of years ago.
The most haunting I've ever heard.

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30 Aug 01 - 03:36 PM (#538340)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: GUEST,Curious

Calach,
You're in grave danger of incurring AliUK's wrath as English teacher (teacher of English?). What is a "very definitive version" as opposed to a "definitive version"?
Curious

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31 Aug 01 - 12:56 AM (#538719)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: AliUK

Fergal Sharkey was with the Undertones who were good, then he went solo, was crap and thankfully disappeared.

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31 Aug 01 - 09:26 PM (#539395)
Subject: RE: Moving through the Fair
From: GUEST,AKRick

Before Napster croaked, I got a couple dozen versions of this tune (in order to work out an arrangement of my own). My favorites are Sinead O'Connors w/ the Chieftains, and a beautiful accapella version from the Anne Briggs collection. By the way, I highly recommend the Briggs collection ... 22 tunes, only 4 with accompaniment.

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