Ed Harcourt: Farewell Nancy

From: Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, ANTI- 2006.

Buy CD: http://www.amazon.com/Rogues-Gallery-Pirate-Ballads-Chanteys/dp/B000GGSMD0/re...

Explanatory liner notes by record label ANTI-:

Ed Harcourt - vocals, piano; Kate St. John - oboe, accordion; Rory McFarlane - bass
Warren Ellis - strings; Leo Abrahams - guitar; Andy Newmark - drums; Martyn Barker - percussion
Recorded in London at Sanctuary / Town House Studios - Engineered by Tim Roe, assisted by Tom Hough
This ballad was published in Joyce's Ancient Irish Music (1873). There are published versions of closely related songs going back to at least 1810. In some versions of the story Nancy does indeed dress in men's clothing and follow William to sea. In a related song, Jack Monroe, Nancy's sailor is wounded and she saves him.

The artist Edward Henry Richard Harcourt-Smith in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Harcourt

Artist's page:
http://www.myspace.com/edharcourt

Image: Lara by De Koekkoek, July 14, 2006
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkd/189545941

Lyrics and annotations in
http://ismaels.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/rogue%e2%80%99s-gallery-the-art-of-th...

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• siren
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• sailor
• girl
• lake
• willow
• woman
• vintage
• ballad
• shanty
• drinking
• halyard
• chantey
• shanties

[neonatat7]

Loved it!

[guisar81]

Awesome album.