Silkie - You've got to hide your love away 1966
Original by 'The Beatles' (1965)

The Silkie was England's answer to American folk music groups like Peter, Paul and Mary. The quartet was made up of students from Hull University and comprised Sylvia Tatler (vocals), Mike Ramsden (guitar and vocals), Ivor Aylesbury (guitar and vocals) and Kevin Cunningham (double bass).

Managed by Brian Epstein, the band received help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison to record their cover version of "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", (on 9 August 1965 at the IBC Studios) at about the same time as The Beatles' own version was being released on their soundtrack album Help!. The song charted in the UK at # 28.

Lyrics
Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If shes gone I cant go on
Feelin two-foot small

Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

Hey youve got to hide your love away
Hey youve got to hide your love away

How could I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state Im in

How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

Hey youve got to hide your love away
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