The Minstrel ~ Dan Fogelberg [ CC ]

"A love song to my first sailboat. A lovely Celtic melody to a lady who served me well." (Dan Fogelberg)
Fan tribute to great singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg. "The Minstrel" from the "River of Souls" album (released 1993). Special thanks to Jean Fogelberg for her permission to use Dan's photos, and to many artists for their professional photographs and artworks. Thank you all Danfans for your falling in love with Dan's music. "There's a love in my life neither mistress or wife" ??? Let's find out who she is....Enjoy!

The Minstrel (Lyrics)
There's a love in my life neither mistress or wife
And she waits for me every morning by the sea
Where the fishing hawk wheels and the sun warms the seals
There she lays at her silent anchorage for me
She is fine, she is fleet - she will run, reach or beat
With a song in her rigging and her sails
And when day is done we will lay two as one
And sleep 'neath the rolling rhythm of the stars

And we sail away off to Jericho Bay
Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
And the song that she sings me, it brings me such peace
When the seas rise up angry and high
She's a friend of mine...The Minstrel

There are loons off to port and the porpoises sport
In her wake as she breaks the rolling main
And with the wind in her sails, we will run with the whales
As they swim through their dark, diminishing domain

And they sail away off to Jericho Bay
Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
And the song that she sings me, it brings me such peace
When the seas rise up angry and high
She's a friend of mine...The Minstrel

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[chrismayka]

Hi, So sorry, don't know your firstname!

What a very pleasant surprise you have send us this morning!

A wonderful videoclip with GREAT PICTURES and this song is AMAZING !!!

I enjoyed it very much, the orchestra, the singing and all the instruments sounds SO WELL, MY COMPLIMENTS!! BRAVO!!

Very sweet of you to think about us, because we are practicing the song "Sail along Silvery Moon", thanks.

Have a very nice day and week,

Dearest greetings Chris - Mayka - YouTube chrismayka - Holland.

[JMEagle101]

Thank you Chris & Mayka for your kind words, I will subscribe your "Sail along Silvery Moon" video. Greeting from USA.

[cryintheforest]

You did it again and it was so beautiful that my tears are falling.Thank you so much!!! Dan could have give so much more! It`s so sad that he`s gone so soon! There will never be another like him! THANK YOU!!!

[JMEagle101]

Dan's music will stay with us forever, thank you my friend!

[asquare176]

This is one of those songs, which you should close your eyes,get lost in the melody and let the lyrics become your eyes. Such imagery within this song.Only Dan could write a song about a sailboat, and make it feel so romantic.

[JMEagle101]

Very true, only Dan could.

[p4458700]

Was there any other musician in this world who can write such beautiful songs and incorporate his own feelings and experience in life into melody and lyrics like Dan Fogelberg did? None. And there'll never be another Dan, I'm afraid. Thanks, Bill, once again, for taking us to a sail on the Minstrel!

[MichaelNancy89]

Absolutely beautiful and so honoring to a love of his life, something so ordinary but yet so purposeful, so captured and yet so free. My inner soul has been stirred once again....

[pjameson51]

I continue to be astounded by the creativity of so many of my Dan Brothers and Sisters; his music is so inspirational. He truly was the Leader of the Band, and I am sure he leads a choir of angels in heaven.

[kj4utube1]

A beautiful, and haunting, song....reminds me of Dan's First Christmas Morning cd. Thank you so much for posting this and many of Dan's other wonderful works! I may be his biggest fan....

[Sandandthefoam]

Special thoughts of Dan on what is his 60th Birthday. Thinking of him sailing Minstrel beyond our earthly world. Your spirit is now free...to sail the seas forever more...

[mikey1829]

GREAT Job here...Dan would have been pround and impressed

[HiVybe]

...sail me away with the whales, between the sea and the skies to chance meet Dan and his minstrel somewhere sipping a beer smiling and listening quietly in Jericho Bay...

[neesies777]

@p4458700 I love this song and the way Dan sings it, the melody, lyrics. It's so very DF! He was the best at expressing his feelings through his music and yet magically could reach so many people who could relate. His music is timeless and he will forever live in my heart. Ever on Dan. :-)

[fromthispoint]

Very good !!!!!!!!!

[mikey1829]

This is just so beautiful it leaves me speechless.Great pics to an incredible song by a class act .Miss you Dan....RIP

[darkrider1952]

It was no surprise that Dan had a love instantly with the sea and it written and lived so we could enjoy it also. Very cool Thankyou