Eliza Carthy - Country Life

[greenjack1959l]

I so love this, have the Watersons original on tape nothing to choose between, great

[AllyB750]

yeah, great, love this - spontaneous, with camera work to match!

[whitehorsetom]

good job with vid.Any one know the chords and words? Ta

[NightingaleHMP]

Eliza is so beautiful and talented shes a joy to watch and listen to.

A natural musician and a natural beauty too.

Thanks for sharing this.

[pappyfiddle]

I wished I lacked technical skill like this.

[pwei34]

@pappyfiddle : I think the "lack of technical skill" refers to ezz1951's daughters filming technic (I believe she was 9yo at the time). Eliza is pretty amazing.

[fassaalbrecht]

A very good song and Eliza Carthy is also pretty damn hot.

[TheBitterWeed]

What a great feel this has. Cheers.

[jimmysherriff]

So, is this song an old country ballad or was it originally written by the Watersons?

[Countrybanburybill]

An old English song.

[jimmysherriff]

Ah ok. Thought it would have been. Thanks.

[BobTheMunificent]

When I watched this vid previously, the synch was 100% spot on... Youtube seems to have done something in the meantime - very odd.

Anyway... Absolutely fantastic - thanks to the poster's daughter for recording it!

[Hargiwald]

The lip synch look is the good old youtube audio delay that plagues alot of older videos.

Anyway, I love this, thank you. The version she does with Oyster Band is good, but this is amazing! Better energy and feeling, for sure. If there only was a version like this with good sound quality I'd buy the CD for this song alone.

[Artyfartyify]

check out the boscastle buskers version. i think its the best iv heard

[viking1au]

Bad lip synch; otherwise great.

[peaceandlove14ify]

lip synch lol

[viking1au]

Must be a way of converting file to something that re-establishes lip synch. This seems to be a common problem with youtube.

[claudybanks]

This is a totally gob-smacking version of this song. I have the "For pence and spicy ale" album, but this is a revelation. Don't you just envy her upbringing, LOL?!!!!! She's superb.

[surreal12]

Sh*t ... I meant to reply that this was a brill comment ... but clicked the wrong icon ... sorry... :-(((

[monyotone]

patrick wolf - the bachelor?

[DeepestSleep]

yes, indeed.

[TheFamousFlower]

Marvelous! She's so cool.

[pemberville]

The Puget Sound Revels start the Spring Equinox Sing-a-long with this every year

[mycrate]

Er...Tom hark anyone?

[marxy1917]

Thank you so much for posting this - you've made my day!

[RachelEMacD]

What are the lyrics. This is so much fun!

[Countrybanburybill]

It's an English standard called " Country Life" available on "The Watersons" album called "For pence and spicy ale" onTopic records from 19075. Eliza ids the daughter of Norma Waterson who was on that album.

[pemberville]

in the spring we sow at the harvest mow; and that is how the the seasons round they go. But of all the thingsis choose i may i may 'twould be rambling in the new mown hay FOR

-REFRAIN

i lke to rise when the sun earily in the morning i like to hear them small birds singing merrily upon their laylums and hurrah for thelife of a country boy and to ramble in the new mown hay

in winter when the sky is grey we hedge and we ditch our times away. (cont. on anotheryone sorry)

[pemberville]

but in the summer when the the sun shine gay, we go rambling through the new mown hay FOR-

REFRAIN-

[samisyosam]

When are you and Martin going to make another collaborative album like Dinner? I've been playing that album on my radio show(s) on the berklee internet radio network for quite some time. I consider it one of my favorite folk albums of all time.

[cryingonion2]

I saw Eliza Carthy do this song as part of the "Big Session" with the Oyster band - it blew me away, but its also great to see your film of her doing it with much less accompaniment - equally amazing! Thanks for posting

[dano4734]

absolutely wonderful

thank you for sharing

Dan O'Connell (olddude - mudcat)

[bob1oughti2000]

Love how she makes it look so easy. The strangest thing is how she can give life to older style songs.

[beccabock]

shes so so good.

[mrduckspeak]

Move over Nigella...Eliza is THE goddess!!

[NightingaleHMP]

Oh isnt she beautiful.??  A skillful singer and musician too! I luv Eliza!!

Thanks for sharing.

[Alishamoly]

smashing!

[Babe5677]

I love Eliza Carthy she rocks. A few years ago she came to my school Northcott School to do a concert she was so cool and so wild. We asked her questions at the end. Then I met her before I went home. And she talked to me and she gave me her autograph. I also have her on CD.

[drmlabs]

brilliant! This is what folks music is all about. Wish I coulda been there. Thanks for posting!

[ocdinmusic0vo]

I have yet to master playing and singing at the same time....it's REALLY hard with the violin.

[NightingaleHMP]

I adore this lady Eliza Carthy is beautiful and she is an incredible musician and singer. I could watch and listen to her for hours...going to see if I can find more video of her now...wel done and THANK YOU!!

Eliza I love you...!!

[viking1au]

Eliza Carthy is HOT, HOT, HOT. Thanks for this video.

[bastaerd]

a great foot tapper

[viking1au]

Brilliant perfomance. Shame about video, but I reckon we are all lucky to have this.

[RFF5]

She's incredible live, saw her two weeks ago with the Ratcatchers whom were equally awesome. Love her voice, so much better than Cara Dillon and Kate Rusby.

[viking1au]

Yes, the "technical" comment was for the film maker. This is a very up front performance from Eliza, and a good one at that. Would love to see her do more of this sort of stuff. 10 out of 10.

[bigyellowcat]

I agree with brentfratica - the energy of her performance shines through. Eliza Carthy is always a delight to see live.

[brenfratica]

Thanks for capturing the spirit and energy of this performance, never mind the 'technical' issue - you've captured something precious and special - I for one am very grateful.

[HellenicChild]

I love this song. It's on The Big Session Volume 1 by The Oyster Band. I don't understand though who is lacking technical skill - definitely not Eliza. The daughter doing the filming me thinks!

[Micky1964]

She meant the daughter... Eliza's magnificent, of course.

[kitstar10]

never heard this song...is it on any album?

[pwei34]

Its not on The Definitive Collection; Rice or Heat Light & Sound. There are versions by other artists about. If you want a more modern vision of Country Life try the "Show of Hands" video, also on you tube.

[Mixtyplinx]

There's an excellent close harmony version on the Watersons' For Pence & Spicy Ale collection.

[aitkenpeter]

fabulous

[cushty1]

Eliza, you make it look such fun.