Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy - Bows of London

[rayggallagher1974]

Eliza dosn't realise how good she is.



[ooshamaga]

man, I wish Martin Carthy was my dad....

[mouldybear]

Stop press. Try and hear Jody Stecher's superb version of "Oh The Wind And The Rain". Another version of this "The Two Sisters" ballad.

[mouldybear]

Wonderful version of Child ballad "The Two Sisters" available on Topic with Dave Swarbrick. Great story which still gives me

delicious shivers. Many great versions of ballad.

[TomRAFC]

i love martins more recent vocals. now his voice has aged he sounds even more "folk". one of my favourite songs of martins, up there with the two magicians, the trees they do grow high and the bed making

[coramunroe]

Makes me wish I had the talent to play the violin.

[ronatholl]

lovely



[chinatree1]

Excellent stuff, thanks for posting.

[MorrisManDanceMan]

thanks to fiddernick for sending this to me very good thank you

[babystreetfighta]

I wish more English people were aware of their rich heritage

[putkettleonfilms]

Isn't this song the basis of Loreena McKinnett's song "The Bonnie Swans"? Wonderful performances, thanks for sharing this.

[TomRAFC]

@putkettleonfilms both songs and many more are based on an ancient british ballad

[TheFamousFlower]

Mastery.

[MarkTK36thIL]

There were two little sisters a-walking alone Hey the gay and the grinding Two little sisters a-walking alone By the bonny bonny bows of London And the eldest pushed her sister in Hey the gay and the grinding Pushed her sister into the stream By the bonny bonny bows of London Oh she pushed her in and she watched her drown Hey the gay and the grinding Watched her body floating down By the bonny bonny bows of London

[MarkTK36thIL]

Oh she floated up and she floated down Hey the gay and the grinding Floats till she come to the miller's dam By the bonny bonny bows of London And out and come the miller's son Hey the gay and the grinding Father dear here swims a swan By the bonny bonny bows of London Oh they laid her out on the bank to die Hey the gay and the grinding Fool with a fiddle come a-riding by By the bonny bonny bows of London

[MarkTK36thIL]

And he took some strands of her long yellow hair Hey the gay and the grinding Took some strands of her long yellow hair By the bonny bonny bows of London And he made some strings from this yellow hair Hey the gay and the grinding Made some strings from this yellow hair By the bonny bonny bows of London And he made fiddle pegs from her long fingerbone Hey the gay and the grinding Made fiddle pegs from her long fingerbone By the bonny bonny bows of London

[MarkTK36thIL]

And he made a fiddle out of her breastbone Hey the gay and the grinding Sound would pierce the heart of a stone By the bonny bonny bows of London But the only tune that the fiddle would play Was Oh the bows of London The only tune the fiddle would play Was the bonny bonny bows of London So the fool's gone away to the king's high hall Hey the gay and the grinding There was music dancing and all By the bonny bonny bows of London

[snailgiraffe]

I can't express how much I love these people...

[crlcripps]

Yeah, me too. Had shivers the first time I heard Martin on the radio, and here too 0 only the hair's rising on the back of my neck here, they're so good.

[greenbakelite]

Yes indeed - I was in this audiance in london and the concert was fab - martin was on top form - Norma was lovely but very tired ( not your singing dear ) Eliza was eliza xxx

[viking1au]

Martin doing what he does better than anyone else. He would do this unaccompanied if he had to, or better still, this, with Eliza. She will certainly carry on the family heritage.

[drmlabs]

similar to the Song "Oh the Dreadful Wind & Rain" great, spooky, tunes. Thanks!

[sunbeams7]

Liza carthy is a goddess, martin is a national treasure, but liza is a heartbreaker....er I do beg your pardon got a bit carried away there

[viking1au]

Eliza, with parents Martin & Norma, (both now M.B.E.) in this concert, are amazing, Eliza taking up the role once played by Dave Swarbrick, in earlier days, BUT WITH A FIDDLE STYLE OF HER OWN. - Eliza will be "the next big thing" in Brit folk music. --- Have a look at "Country Life", Worcester City, and the Wife of Usher's Well.--- It is all great stuff!

[tomokra]

Wonderful quality!!! What is the venue? What year? I would love to see more of this evening. I'd love to see the whole thing!

[frinjery]

Martin Carthy & friends, live from the Union Chapel, Islington, London

From 2002, BBC4 sessions