Come Write Me Down Ye Powers Above - Rapunzel & Sedayne (aka Venereum Arvum)

From the 'Songs from the Barley Temple' gig we did as part of the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering April 2010. This is random & unedited audience footage, received with thanks though for future reference whilst it's nice to know the old songs can still inspire romance, pay more attention to the camera. Good sound though. CWMD is from the singing of The Copper Family via the singing of Ian McCulloch of the Durham City Folk Club, where Rapunzel developed her harmony; instruments: Indian lap-top harmonium and Turkish Karadeniz Kemence (aka Black Sea Fiddle). This performance dedicated to Ian Curtis and Peter Bellamy.

Come write me down, ye powers above
The man that first created love,
For I've a diamond in my eye
Wherein all my joys and comforts lie,
Wherein all my joys and comforts lie.

I will give you gold, I will give you pearl
If you can fancy me, dear girl,
Rich costly robes that you shall wear
If you can fancy me, my dear,
If you can fancy me, my dear.

It's not your gold shall me entice
To leave off pleasures to be a wife
For I don't mean or intend at all
To be at any young man's call,
To be at any young man's call.

Then go your way you scornful dame
Since you've proved false I'll prove the same
For I don't care but I shall find
Some other fair maid to my mind,
Some other fair maid to my mind.

Oh, stay young man don't be in haste
You seem afraid your time will waste
Let reason rule your roving mind
And unto you I will prove kind,
And unto you I will prove kind.

So to Church they went that very next day
And were married by asking, as I've heard say,
So now that girl she is his wife
She will prove his comfort day and night,
She will prove his comfort day and night.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Morpeth
• Gathering
• Come
• Write
• Me
• Down
• Copper
• Family
• Folk
• Traditional
• English
• Song
• Kemence
• Harmonium
• Barley
• Temple

[NitrousMcBread]

I really love what you two are doing. Thankyou.

[Fabyr]

Great sound and performance!