Brenda Wootton - Lyonesse

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http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/history/people/brenda_wooton.htm

from the 1982 RCA Records album
"Lyonesse"
PL 37656

Recorded at John Knight Studio, Ponsongath, LIzard, Cornwall.
Engineer John Knight.

"Lyonesse is a country in Arthurian legend, particularly in the story of Tristan and Iseult. Said to border Cornwall, it is most notable as the home of the hero Tristan, whose father was king. In later traditions Lyonesse is said to have sunk beneath the waves some time after the Tristan stories take place, making it similar to Ys and other lost lands in medieval Celtic tales, and perhaps connecting it with the Isles of Scilly."
(wiki)

song by Richard Gendall

Brenda Wootton - vocals
David King - acoustic guitar

(apologies for vinyl jump near the start)

Lyonesse, Lyonesse, where was your shore?
Houses and villages, houses and villages, seen no more,
Lyonesse,Lyonesse,under the sea,
Dreams lie with mermaids, children to be,
Dreams lie with mermaids, children, to be.
Royal line. Royal line, where your domaine?
Of your bright palaces, of your bright palaces, none remain,
Royal line, Royal line, will you return?
Where bones lie mouldering under the fern,
Where bones lie mouldering under the fern.
Every year, every year, life springs again,
Giving new chances, giving new chances, healing pain,
Dream woven palaces round each new child,
Dream woven palaces round each new child.
Cornish child, Cornish child, you are today,
Travelling with everyman , travelling with everyman, on your way.
Cornish child, Cornish child within your life's will,
There is a Lyonesse that can be still,
There is a Lyonesse that can be still.
Lyonesse, Lyonesse, where was your shore?
Houses and villages, houses and villages... seen no more... seen no more.

from; http://www.noosfere.com/JackVance/jv_wootton.html
many thanks Jack!

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[heavybreizhad]

Une grande dame pour une superbe interprétation. Salut à nos cousins de Kernow/Cornwall

[Mehefinheulog1]

@heavybreizhad merci!

[Beatmyguest001]

Lyonesse, we are told, was once a country beyond Land's End that boasted fine cities and 140 churches; then, on November 11th 1099 a great storm blew up and the marauding sea swept over it, drowning the luckless inhabitants and submerging the kingdom beneath the waves. Sailors told how they had heard the church bells of Lyonesse ringing beneath the waves.

[VitelliniF]

This is magic and wonderful.

Notes and lines forming a beautiful poem...

Thank you for sharing

[misombra]

This lady's got pipes of steel and awesome

[Beatmyguest001]

@Mehefinheulog1 Oh, I swear that wasn't there before, haha - thank you! I wrote down what I thought she was saying and I got it pretty much spot on save for a few words. Cheers!

[Beatmyguest001]

Could anyone please give me the lyrics to this wonderful song?

[cornubian]

Arta Ef A Dhe. Nyns yu marrow, Myghtern Arthur, Arta ef a dhe.

Agan Tavas! Agan Teere! Agan Dyw!

Kernow bys vykken! Arta bys vykken!

Artorius Rex. Rex Quandam. Rexque Futurus.

[Beatmyguest001]

beautiful, love it

[paulclin1]

tout simplement merveilleux................