"Farwell, Farewell" - Fairport Convention [Audio]

[noseexplorer]

so ideal ,

[oldiron2007]

Sandy may have been a britt.......but she had the voice of an Angel......Oh yes

[thefoggiest]

@AnAnonymusCat I too sang 'love' for ages until I stopped and thought about it :P

[thefoggiest]

@AnAnonymusCat I think the correct version is actually "loathe". It would make sense anyway, as the previous line is "I would, if welcome I were", suggesting that the singer isn't welcome. I love this song too though, what a great song to have sung to you as a lullaby! @catndryer "loathe" means "hate".

[mastergrass157]

Its not just beautiful, her voice is PERFECT!

[tasblue1949]

My old amp has died so listening via YouTube. First saw them at Essex Uni. in 1969 - Sandy was awesome (rip). Some of the nicest music ever.

ps the cover for 'what we did ..' was drawn on a blackboard that day at Essex - I should have nicked it for posterity.

[TheRickynow]

It really is such a beautiful record and Sandy's vocal still sends happy shivers down my spine!

[catndryer]

"for they loathe me, every one"......I don't understand this part of the lyric

[jepz11]

Am not a native English speaker.

Can anyone say what 'swear a year' might mean here? Is it an expression?

[coramunroe]

It would be like saying "I promise to stay with you for one year." It's an older saying that not many English people would use anymore.

[Boviss1]

This one pierces me anyway, magical.

[LTcrew]

among the most beautiful songs in history IMHO

[charliebrockett]

Such a beautiful voice and timeless tune

[volgodon]

The tune is for the Fause Foodrage, Andy Irvine got the reference wrong when looking for a tune, Sweeney's Menj sang it and even more influentially, Anne Briggs, and the rest is history.

[bonifaciomusso]

researched it - Thompson set lyrics over a much older song as did Andy Irvine's Willy of Winsbury tune, which actually belonged to Fause Foodrage fable trad anon ?

[jatsar]

Which was copied from Mr. Smith...etc etc....most of this stuff is traditional music...just enjoy the execution and the voices....beautiful!

[bonifaciomusso]

Perfect stuff - we think it is one of the loveliest of songs

Kate Rusbys hommage is pretty good too - 'John Barbery'

how old is the melody - is a Fairport original tune or Trad anon ?

[coramunroe]

It was written by Richard Thompson.

[volgodon]

Seconded.

[zebraboy777]

Perfect.

[coramunroe]

It certainly is =)

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