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07 Sep 03 - 10:42 AM (#1014345) Subject: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: GUEST,Helge,Norway Trying to find the lyrics to a song I heard by Bert Jansch,Dragonfly. hlyster@c2i.net |
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07 Sep 03 - 10:56 AM (#1014352) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: Sorcha No luck with a search. |
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09 Sep 03 - 01:27 PM (#1015585) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: GUEST,Helge Is there anyone who knows this one |
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26 Sep 03 - 03:58 AM (#1025048) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: Marco I never heard this one sung by Bert Jansch. Where did you listened it? |
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26 Sep 03 - 02:15 PM (#1025223) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: The Borchester Echo 'Dragonfly' is a track on the Danish compilation album Poor Mouth issued in the mid 1970s. |
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28 Sep 03 - 02:46 PM (#1025855) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: Jim Dixon This discography says "Dragonfly" was written by John Bidwell, and performed by Bert Jansch on "Poormouth," an album released in 1976 on the ExLibris label in Denmark; and says the recording was "otherwise unreleased." However, The Albion Band performs something called "Dragonfly" (by Martin Bell) on their 1990 album "Songs from the Shows" and Ashley Hutchings performs something called "Dragonfly" (by Cathy LeSurf) on his 2000 album "Along the Downs: The Countryside Collection Album." Is it possible all these songs are related? I was unable to find any lyrics or sound samples. |
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28 Sep 03 - 05:47 PM (#1025968) Subject: Lyr Add: DRAGONFLY (Bert Jansch) From: delphinium "Dragonfly" lyrics, transcribed from listening to Bert Jansch on Poor Mouth: Dragonfly, shines with the colours of the river Where shadows lie, among the swaying leaves With the fruits of summer passing, my lover as she waits. Still she smiles, with all the beauty of the river. Still she sighs, among the swaying leaves As she loves the earth's beauty, kind mother of all. They cannot see, then they should look into her dark eyes They're open wide, they cannot tell a lie They should listen to her singing, sweet songs from all time. ===== Jim, I think the Martin Bell / Cathy LeSurf "Dragonfly" on the Hutchings / Albion Band records that you mention are one and the same song (and also same recording), but different from the John Bidwell one that Bert Jansch sings. It's a sort of melancholy instrumental on electric violin. Pentangle do another different (jazzy) "Dragonfly" which they wrote, on their Open the Door album - I think Bert Jansch plays on it (and other Pentanglers), Jacqui McShee sings. Two other different instrumental songs called "Dragonfly" that I like are by Marc Brierley on The Electric Muse and by Shave the Monkey on their CD Dragonfly - Brierley's is especially good, a lovely light guitar piece with nice harmonics. There are probably lots more Dragonfly songs out there - and why not, what a lovely being! |
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28 Sep 03 - 05:53 PM (#1025971) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: GUEST Strawbs did one based on a mixolydian mode on the album - wait for it - Dragonfly circa 1970 |
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28 Sep 03 - 10:33 PM (#1026093) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: Jim Dixon There definitely are lots more "Dragonfly" songs, as you can see if you perform a search at AMG - All Music Guide, which lists 110 recordings. I just picked out a few that were done by English folkies. Maybe you will recognize more than I did. Now I see there's one by Pentangle, too, on their album "Open the Door" (1985). Thanks for posting the lyrics. |
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17 Jan 04 - 08:17 AM (#1094784) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly,Bert Jansch From: GUEST,Gene Hi As i saw that Delphinium is very good at transcription from listening, could I ask you if you know the lyrics of "Tell me what is true love?" from Bert Jansch (Rosemary Lane) It would be very kind of you if you can find them for me because I can't find them anywhere!! |
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16 Nov 07 - 07:04 AM (#2195192) Subject: Lyr Add: TELL ME WHAT IS TRUE LOVE (Bert Jansch) From: GUEST, Sminky TELL ME WHAT IS TRUE LOVE Bert Jansch Tell me, what is true love Tell me, how shall I know Shall there be a sign, like Autumn That brings the Winter her snow. Now love is like a little boy Building castles in the sand And the higher he builds them The longer they stand. And if someone did shoot down The white snowy dove Then your heart is filled with sorrow Like the pain of true love. |
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16 Nov 07 - 07:55 AM (#2195210) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly (Bert Jansch) From: The Sandman yes ,I have dragonfly by Marc Brierly ON AN EP,a very good instrumental.Dick Miles |
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11 Aug 08 - 10:44 AM (#2410562) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly (Bert Jansch) From: GUEST,Brandon Tingley I found this album some years back and digitized it. I'd be willing to send a couple of mp3s around if anyone is interested. They just have to email me at: moc.laimg@stghilstghil which is, of course, reversed, which will hopefully confound the spambots. |
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11 Aug 08 - 10:47 AM (#2410563) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly (Bert Jansch) From: Peace "which is, of course, reversed, which will hopefully confound the spambots." It will. |
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11 Aug 08 - 05:10 PM (#2410955) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dragonfly (Bert Jansch) From: dulcimerjohn 'Dragonfly' is the first song Dave Cousins wrote for his new dulcimer on the Dragonfly (strawbs)album in 1970. Very simple but hypnotic. |