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08 Dec 03 - 03:55 AM (#1067669) Subject: Lyr Add: THE CAMBRIC SHIRT (from Brand & Ritchie) From: Roberto Please, help. I can't understand a word in the last stanza in this recording of Child #2. Could somebody check? Thank you. Roberto THE CAMBRIC SHIRT Oscar Brand & Jean Ritchie, Riddle Me This, Riverside Can you make me a cambric shirt? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Without a seam or needlework Then you shall be a true lover of mine Can you wash it in the well Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Where water ne'er ran nor rain never fell Then you shall be a true lover of mine Can you dry it on a thorn Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Which never has grown since Adam was born Then you shall be a true lover of mine Can you clear an acre of land Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Between the sea water and the salt strand Then you shall be a true lover of mine Can you plow it with a hog's horn Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme And seed it down with one pepper corn Then you shall be a true lover of mine Can you tie it up in a sack Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme And send it to market all on a rat's back Then you shall be a true lover of mine Can you deep it all in the salt sea Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme And still bring it back to home and me Then you shall be a true lover of mine And when you ... and done this work Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Then you may have your cambric shirt Then you shall be a true lover of mine |
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08 Dec 03 - 01:04 PM (#1067878) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: GUEST,Lighter This version is very close to those that say "When you have finished and done this work." Hope this helps. |
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09 Dec 03 - 03:46 AM (#1068272) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: Roberto Thank you, but it isn't the missing word. I know many different versions and recordings of this ballad, but I can't understand what Jean Ritchie says in this particular one, instead of the usual "finished and done" or "done and finished". Anyone has this LP? Roberto |
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09 Dec 03 - 04:48 AM (#1068285) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: The Borchester Echo In the Dr Faustus version of The Cambric Shirt, Tim van Eyken sings "done and finished". It's broadly similar to the version above, with the addition of several verses. The major lyrical difference is that "Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" is substituted by "Tell me a riddle and sing me a rhyme". Their source is Roy Palmer's book Bushes and Briars. The outstanding features of the Dr Faustus version (which can be heard on their Fellside recording The First Cut) are, for me, Paul Sartin's outstanding oboe playing and the dramatic build-up of four voices in harmony. |
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09 Dec 03 - 07:07 PM (#1068825) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie) ...and when you've gone and done this work...good ole mountain grammer. |
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10 Dec 03 - 03:13 AM (#1069060) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: Roberto Gone and done! Thank you: that's it. Roberto |
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10 Dec 03 - 01:13 PM (#1069525) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: KathWestra Well yes, Roberto, kytrad should know! That's our own Jean Ritchie's Mudcat handle. Good song, that! Kathy |
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27 Jul 06 - 02:19 AM (#1794279) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: open mike CAN SOMEONE TELL ME JUST WHAT A CAMBRIC SHIRT IS?? |
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27 Jul 06 - 12:19 PM (#1794642) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: nutty Cambric is the material that the shirt is made from. ---- a finely woven white linen. |
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27 Jul 06 - 08:48 PM (#1794987) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: GUEST,Art Thieme ...and the line was "Presley, Page, Rosemary and Thieme!" As I've mentioned before a few dozen times in this forum: It's taken from the folksinging quartet we had. Made up of Elvis, Patti, Rosemary Clooney, and me. (Art Thieme) |
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28 Jul 06 - 01:03 PM (#1795544) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ritchie & Brand's Cambric Shirt From: GUEST Wow! I remember seeing Presley, Page, Rosemary and Thieme at Woodstock. You all should never have broken up. |
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11 Jul 12 - 04:20 AM (#3374803) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cambric Shirt (Ritchie & Brand) From: GUEST,Dan Booth Cohen Milt Okun and Ellen Stekert recorded the song for Riverside Records in the 1950s. The missing word is "fool" Now when the fool has done all is work, Why then you can tell him to come get his shirt, For then we will be... It's on the album Everybody Sing which includes tracks by Oscar and Jean. |
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13 Jul 12 - 04:14 PM (#3375859) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Cambric Shirt (Ritchie & Brand) From: Big Mick I guess if I were to choose, I would choose Jean Ritchie's words. |