Wow -- Mary Travers is the freak'in "mom" mtRNA|DNA to Gisel Bündchen, among the recent decade's mega-top-dollar-paid fashions models ever...whereas, many contemporaneous critics et al narrow thinkers, discounted Mary's "strong looks" as, at best, a cruder version of the "Julie Christie school of peroxide-locks"; whereas, in retrospect--at least for newer generations--review of the ubber-graphical stagings, w/high-key lighting, proves my salient point. Not my type, but lookers all the same!
I still miss Mary so much. Even though this is a song where she doesn't have a solo, here mare presence just radiates. I got to see PP+M do this song at several of their holiday concerts.
Today is "All souls Day" and I remember with gratitude all that Mary Travers brought us through her gift of music. Lord have mercy on her beloved soul - Rene
In 1966 I taught my fraternity this song, entered us in Greek Sing and went from last place in 65 to first Thank you PP&M Thank you for that and so so much more. Newport Folk festival early 60s every summer and so many other places I sat and listened in awe and knew I was in musical heaven. Mary now you are in heaven with choirs of angels. The tears I now cry are of joy for the half century of music we were all blessed with rest well Mary
@pbesmer well in that genre maybe, but King's X and Rush are two trio bands that have a surprisingly amazing full sound, and you forget they're a trio sometimes
PP&M was my first album. Their music formed my life in many instances. G-d bless Mary Travers and the fond continuing work of Peter and Paul. They have brought many tears to me over the years.
The old English custom of "soul-caking," or "souling," originated in pre-Reformation days, when singers went about on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, to beg for cakes in remembrance of the dead. This is a lovely version of a very old song.
The old English custom of "soul-caking," or "souling," originated in pre-Reformation days, when singers went about on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, to beg for cakes in remembrance of the dead. This is a lovely version of a very old song.
Thank you for Peter, Paul and Mary, especially Mary what a soul.
Sincerity of musicality that renders three, actually four counting the bass player, into one incredible singularity of beauty.......they were the best.
isn't it amazing the wonderful sound that can happen with 2 accustic guitars & harmonies. No fancy stuff just talent & blend different voices together. It is a lost art.
No one could possibly improve on this version of the song. It puts a smile on my face every time I hear it. "The streets are very dirty my shoes are very thin I have a little pocket to put a penny in." :)
i was so pleased to find this song . all my life , christmas wasn't christmas unless i heard a'soalin' at least once on the radio during the holidays . i love peter , paul and mary - always have , always will .
In Japan, Japanese lyrics are put onto the last verse "Now to the lord..." and have become an independent hymn. So I hypothesized that this brain-staying tune was synthesized from two different traditional songs in UK, Ireland, or US.
This is the original "Soul Cake". Paul Stookey wrote it together with Tracey Batteast & Elena Mezetti, based on the English folk song Hey ho, nobody home. First released on Peter, Paul and Mary's second album, Moving (1963).
@kaarekjohnsen Interesting, parts of this song remind me of the German traditional folk song "He jo spann' den Wagen an". Probably totally unrelated, though...
@pianoman74 You are right! I does remind quite a bit of that German folk song. And I don't think it's improbable that they are related. (By the way, I find that the title is "Hejo, spann den Wagen an".)
RIP Mary Travers... terribly missed, especially at this time of year. Love Peter Paul and Mary. They were truly an inspiration... not only to their generation, but for all of those to come.
I love this song so much. My dad taught me this song, and we sing it together every Christmas. But I know I'll never be able to do it as well as Mary did. RIP.
tranurse, they are definately NOT brothers, Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow. After over 40 years as a trio they might as well be family though. We will all miss Mary Traverse.
In 1983, I proposed to Mary after a concert in Louisville. My wife had to spoil it all and tell Mary I was already hitched.
"Well, Big Al," said Mary, "Call me old fashioned, but I just don't date married guys." What an exuberant laugh she had. I will savor that moment and all the songs she still sings in my heart until it is my turn to cross to the other side.
my young brother to learnning on a guitar by this song in now
number6fever 1 day ago
thumbs up if was the first song you learned on guitar :D
MinatoNamikaze0627 1 month ago 2
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Wow -- Mary Travers is the freak'in "mom" mtRNA|DNA to Gisel Bündchen, among the recent decade's mega-top-dollar-paid fashions models ever...whereas, many contemporaneous critics et al narrow thinkers, discounted Mary's "strong looks" as, at best, a cruder version of the "Julie Christie school of peroxide-locks"; whereas, in retrospect--at least for newer generations--review of the ubber-graphical stagings, w/high-key lighting, proves my salient point. Not my type, but lookers all the same!
CarCriticAssessor 2 months ago
christ I love this song.
empath06 2 months ago
how come Peters right up the high end of the frettboard
Malloyism 2 months ago
so happy I finally found this song :)
VioLAPlaYer239 3 months ago
i love playing this song
MrMaxinne 3 months ago
@MrMaxinne dude you can play this song? that is so cool!! :D
we sing part of it for music theory :)
VioLAPlaYer239 3 months ago
@VioLAPlaYer239 yeah, i love to play it. so much fun.
MrMaxinne 3 months ago
@MrMaxinne im in the middle of tryin to learn it, i love this song
Quinndows7 2 months ago
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MrMaxinne 3 months ago
I still miss Mary so much. Even though this is a song where she doesn't have a solo, here mare presence just radiates. I got to see PP+M do this song at several of their holiday concerts.
hnc52 3 months ago
すっげー好きｖｖ
miyukin28 3 months ago
This is awesome! Thank you for performing this and sharing beautiful music with us for generations to come! Blessed be Peter, Paul & Mary
priestesskandiranson 4 months ago
Today is "All souls Day" and I remember with gratitude all that Mary Travers brought us through her gift of music. Lord have mercy on her beloved soul - Rene
mammyoriordan 4 months ago 2
Good Lord Sting slaughtered this song...the Original Peter, Paul & Mary blows his away, hands down!
nunnyadamnbusiness 4 months ago
In 1966 I taught my fraternity this song, entered us in Greek Sing and went from last place in 65 to first Thank you PP&M Thank you for that and so so much more. Newport Folk festival early 60s every summer and so many other places I sat and listened in awe and knew I was in musical heaven. Mary now you are in heaven with choirs of angels. The tears I now cry are of joy for the half century of music we were all blessed with rest well Mary
Kitandroxandbec 6 months ago
sting destroyed this song!
70sdude117 6 months ago 2
Memories to die for - thanks.
dockolb 6 months ago
my choir sung this last year, first time i herd it all the way through, i fell in love with it!
lolzdogs111 7 months ago
I love PPM
gonn425 8 months ago
I miss Mary so much it hurts. It aches when I see her smile. I shouldn't be sad..... she sings with the angels now, contributing to their chorus....
startrekkin1701 9 months ago
No trio in the last 50 yeqars has equaled them for perfection of sound
pbesmer 10 months ago 14
@pbesmer well in that genre maybe, but King's X and Rush are two trio bands that have a surprisingly amazing full sound, and you forget they're a trio sometimes
soocool78 2 months ago
The starting music of this song is copied in some other popular song, not remembering it right now, anyone know?
salman06p0020 11 months ago
You just cannot beat PURE TALENT!!!!!
debiedog1 11 months ago 3
yee boy
ainskpb 11 months ago
miss you Mary
jbdmed 1 year ago
r.i.p. mary
Hawkee316 1 year ago
my heart is heavy - rip Mary! Your music and talent and most definitely your essence and mission will be sorely missed! God bless you!
Pilotpatty1 1 year ago
A friend met and married Mary after meeting her on the street in Manhattan... I have been with Paul over the years in work, philanthropy...
Super trio... great memories.
TY! Neal
Nealhugh 1 year ago
PP&M was my first album. Their music formed my life in many instances. G-d bless Mary Travers and the fond continuing work of Peter and Paul. They have brought many tears to me over the years.
nikocw 1 year ago 2
One of my favorite Christmas songs and PPM songs!
saticoyguy 1 year ago 2
One of my favorite Christmas songs and PPM songs!
saticoyguy 1 year ago
Perfect trio, the little Jewish guy, the tall Christian, and the wild woman who ran with the wolves. I love PPM!
verbaud 1 year ago 3
How to lift a musical style beyond the realm of "just" folk music to something eternal.
dickidoo123 1 year ago
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The old English custom of "soul-caking," or "souling," originated in pre-Reformation days, when singers went about on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, to beg for cakes in remembrance of the dead. This is a lovely version of a very old song.
jannyg47 1 year ago
The old English custom of "soul-caking," or "souling," originated in pre-Reformation days, when singers went about on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, to beg for cakes in remembrance of the dead. This is a lovely version of a very old song.
jannyg47 1 year ago 3
I love this song- very haunting! I used to steal my parents records and vacate upstairs and listen all day!
hippojuice23 1 year ago
my sisters and i sing this in rounds together - i love it!
monniewoooood 1 year ago
They are using four mics....very rare very splendid. Great cheek bones on Mary...i will miss her
electricslipper 1 year ago
love the song but it really is hard to learn!
smrodan 1 year ago
Thank you for Peter, Paul and Mary, especially Mary what a soul.
Sincerity of musicality that renders three, actually four counting the bass player, into one incredible singularity of beauty.......they were the best.
chev39rsh 1 year ago 2
isn't it amazing the wonderful sound that can happen with 2 accustic guitars & harmonies. No fancy stuff just talent & blend different voices together. It is a lost art.
BBBYpsi 1 year ago 3
I can hardly look at Mary these days without tears coming to my eyes.
thehistorywatcher 1 year ago
No one could possibly improve on this version of the song. It puts a smile on my face every time I hear it. "The streets are very dirty my shoes are very thin I have a little pocket to put a penny in." :)
thehistorywatcher 1 year ago
One for Peter, One For Paul, One for Mary, bless'd us all
episkipos 1 year ago 2
ah, No body's home is how i heard is as a child
cub68134 1 year ago
Mary is the brightest star in the sky.
debiedog1 1 year ago
everything about mary is pure beauty
swampzoid 1 year ago
i was so pleased to find this song . all my life , christmas wasn't christmas unless i heard a'soalin' at least once on the radio during the holidays . i love peter , paul and mary - always have , always will .
nurseforsure1 1 year ago 4
the version that I can play is a bit different, but this one is still pretty good.
MrMaxinne 1 year ago
We miss you Mary... RIP and God Bless you always
TheNYcat74 1 year ago 2
In Japan, Japanese lyrics are put onto the last verse "Now to the lord..." and have become an independent hymn. So I hypothesized that this brain-staying tune was synthesized from two different traditional songs in UK, Ireland, or US.
soyereses 2 years ago
This is the original "Soul Cake". Paul Stookey wrote it together with Tracey Batteast & Elena Mezetti, based on the English folk song Hey ho, nobody home. First released on Peter, Paul and Mary's second album, Moving (1963).
kaarekjohnsen 2 years ago 3
@kaarekjohnsen Interesting, parts of this song remind me of the German traditional folk song "He jo spann' den Wagen an". Probably totally unrelated, though...
pianoman74 1 year ago
@pianoman74 You are right! I does remind quite a bit of that German folk song. And I don't think it's improbable that they are related. (By the way, I find that the title is "Hejo, spann den Wagen an".)
kaarekjohnsen 1 year ago
my school's acapella group did this song, it sounded great
soocool78 2 years ago
Such a beautiful song...
ral1334 2 years ago 4
RIP Mary Travers... terribly missed, especially at this time of year. Love Peter Paul and Mary. They were truly an inspiration... not only to their generation, but for all of those to come.
Jennifer72384 2 years ago 46
i can play this (my grandma taught me how)
jtstripes 2 years ago
@jtstripes its a pretty easy song to play but it is fun and sounds really good
tgetbehead 2 years ago
Thanks so much for uploading this for us.The guitar playing and their harmonies are amazing!
Albertan1956 2 years ago 3
i miss mary .... RIP
ThePhyCoKilla 2 years ago 4
I love this song so much. My dad taught me this song, and we sing it together every Christmas. But I know I'll never be able to do it as well as Mary did. RIP.
00MissDani00 2 years ago
you can tell by looking at this, they were brothers and a sister. i miss mary.
tranurse 2 years ago 2
tranurse, they are definately NOT brothers, Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow. After over 40 years as a trio they might as well be family though. We will all miss Mary Traverse.
rdwfire41 2 years ago
brothers and sisters by choice. i know they aren't related by blood.
tranurse 2 years ago
:) my college choir is doing this!
choirchick22 2 years ago
very,very good!But I like Sting's version,sorry about this ;)
rudygosiek 2 years ago
don't be sorry, I love Sting, but this version,to me,is better, both are good
jbdmed 2 years ago
IMO This is a better version of Soul Cake. Sting says Soul Cake too many times in his version.
backhandgrip1 2 years ago
'A Soul cake is a small round cake which is traditionally made for All Souls' Day to celebrate the dead'
lynettekomidar 2 years ago
I heard Sting sing this recently. I hadn't thought of it in many years. I love the Peter, Paul & Mary version.
Lindabel15 2 years ago
Ah my lost youth .
Happy days happy memories.
Good stuff
ddddd1438 2 years ago
Rest in peace Mary! Condolences to Peter and Paul.....her family and friends too
deirdremulcahy 2 years ago 2
May you rest in peace Mary! Condolences to Peter and Paul!
deirdremulcahy 2 years ago 2
In 1983, I proposed to Mary after a concert in Louisville. My wife had to spoil it all and tell Mary I was already hitched.
"Well, Big Al," said Mary, "Call me old fashioned, but I just don't date married guys." What an exuberant laugh she had. I will savor that moment and all the songs she still sings in my heart until it is my turn to cross to the other side.
bigal6868 2 years ago 2
I used to sing this in a choir. The christmas memories bring tears to my eyes. Beautiful song.
canadarox14 2 years ago 2
RIP Mary.... :'(
crisalvini 2 years ago 3
Love this song. It seems Christmasy to me.
rootedsorrow 2 years ago
It doesn't get any better than this.
The World will never be the same without Mary.
Bless her Soul.
fauxgrace 2 years ago 7
One of my favorite songs.
Thank you.
rjcb3 2 years ago 5
God Bless you Mary Travers and rest in pace, we will miss you.
Gargoyle2556 2 years ago 45
Glad you're back.
You are a star.
Excellent as usual.
yipchow 2 years ago 2