Marianne Faithfull - She Moved Thru' The Fair

From the album North Country Maid (1966)
Trad. arr. John Mark. Adaptation by Herbert Hughes with words by Padraic Colm.

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[blahblahblah85]

Wow her version is beautiful.

[sverigregrabb]

Could anyone upload Marianne Faithfull's version of 'North Country Maid'? She did it far better than any of the others.

[trcomputer]

some people like this recorrding better than the 1980s recording

[suzannji]

Beautiful.

[DancesWithJoy]

@patsematary Hi there! I know what a cappella is and where I am from we often refer to singing songs as 'reading' them. It means giving ones own interpretation to something. So this is both!! :-) peace

[PinkPolish98]

Can you find " She's got a Problem "

By Marianne Faithful

I've found it once but the quality sucked...

[patsematary]

@DancesWithJoy the track  you recall was apparently cleaned off from youtube,

Correctly it is "a cappella " singing, not a "reading" since Marianne sings without any band support.

[desertshore]

psychedelically awesome. is brian playing sitar on this??

[DancesWithJoy]

I also really like her reading of this song from the Blazing Away album.

[euroserf]

I love to hear non-Irish people singing Irish songs as they put a different slant or interpretation on them, which makes it interesting.

For example Sting singing the Scots/Irish " Mo Ghile Mear" (My darling hero ???)

or Kate Bushes rendition of " Mna na hEireann " ( women of Ireland ) both on youtube !

[euroserf]

Excellent version...have a listen to Sinead O'Connors version ...it's good too.

[melismayhem]

Please post more from North Country Maid, especially How Should I your true love know?