FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND - ALISTAIR HULETT - GREEN LIGHT SMITTY VERSION

THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND - ALISTAIR HULETT - GREEN LIGHT SMITTY PUB VERSION
(TFFON)

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Category: Education
Originally Uploaded: May 13th, 2008
Clover Studio
Length: 05:01
Rating: 5


This was recorded live in a Radio Station in Spain. It was a spur of the moment thing and it played Globally in Real Time. Alistair grabbed an old Guitar and let rip. Perhaps his best delivery ever. He called it his Rough and Ready version of "TFFON" The Fair Flower of Northumberland - always good for a free beer at the Pub.

Fair Flower of Northumberland

The provost's aye daughter was making her lane
Oh but her love was easy won
And she heard a Scots prisoner a making his mane
And she's the fair flower of Northumberland

"It's oh, gin the lassie would borrow a key"
Oh but her love was easy won
"And I'd make her a lady of high degree
If she'd loose me out of this prison stang"

Oh she's gane then tae her faither's bed stock
Oh but her love was easy won
And she's stolen the keys for many a braw lock
And she's loosed him out of his prison strang

Oh she's gane ben tae her faither's stable
Oh but her love was easy won
And she's ta'en a horse that's both fleet and able
To carry them ben tae bonnie Scotland

As they were a riding across the Scot's moor
He said, "Oh but her love was easy won
Get doon frae my horse, you're a brazen faced whore
Although you're the flower of northumberland"

"It's I hae a wife in my ain country
Oh but her love was easy won
And I cannae do nothing wi a lassie like thee
So go get ye back tae Northumberland"

"It's cook in your kitchen I surely will be"
Oh but her love was easy won
"And I'll serve your lady most reverently
For I dare nae go back tae Northumberland"

"It's cook in my kitchen ye cannae well be
Oh but her love was easy won
For my lady, she winnae hae servants like thee
So get ye back tae Northumberland"

But laith was he the lassie tae tyne
He said, " Oh but her love was easy won"
So he's hired an old horse and he's feed an old man
To carry her hame tae Northumberland

But when she gaed in, her Faither did froon
And said, " Oh but her love was easy won
To be a Scot's whore and you're fifteen years old
And you're the fair flower of Northumberland"

But when she gaed in, her mither did smile
And said, " Oh but her love was easy won
You're nae the first that the Scots hae beguiled
And you're still the fair flower of Northumberland"

"For ye winnae want bread and ye winnae want wine
Oh but her love was easy won
And ye winnae want silver to buy a man
And you're still the fair flower of Northumberland"

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I am honored to inform you that this version was in fact Arranged and Performed by none other than Alistair Hulett himself. It is in fact what he refers to as his Rough and Ready Performance of "The Fair Flower of Northumberland". A Classic Celtic Folk Song. To Wit:
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I am truly delighted to find my rough and ready performance of this great ballad so elegantly illustrated in this clip. Well done to the producer! Many thanks! Alistair Hulett
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So there it is. The rest of the story. To find a more polished version of this Great Song by Alistair Hulett. For Lyrics and Chords you may visit him Online at: http://www.alistairhulett.com/ More: http://www.folkicons.co.uk/alistair.htm http://www.folkicons.co.uk/alisbio.htm http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/int/hulett.html http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1125972252&channel=219646953&... http://unionsong.com/reviews/hulett/ or any of about 100,000 other locations.
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Recorded by numerous various Artist's. One version Arrangement by Kat Eggleston. It also includes one interpretation, but leaves the door open to other interpretations as well. Performed by numerous Pub Bands and Recorded by Artists like Alistair Hulett a Native Scott Musician who lived many years in Australia and then returned to Scotland. Sometimes controversial as numerous versions, arrangements and interpretations exist. Sometimes referred to as Balad No.9. Based on a the story of a Scottish knight who is taken by the Earl of Northumberland. The knight persuades the Earl's daughter, (the fair flower) to free him and come with him to Scotland, by promising to marry her. As soon as they reach his home, he tells her to return to Northumberland as he already has a wife and children. She pleads with him to take her as a servant, or to kill her, both of which he refuses. The knight returns her to her people. Her father complains of how easily her love was won, and all blame the seduction on Scottish treachery, and all say that she will be allowed to return home. MOTE: There are many versions and verses to the song depending on Artist, Arrangement Dialect and Audience etc.

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[OutlawMinniePearl]

I need to get a fix of this exact performance of this exact song every so often! Take me away to the Wild Borders. . .

[OutlawMinniePearl]

You're not the first that yon Scots have beguiled. . . Ladies have ALWAYS loved outlaws!!!

[tuktukskagal]

This is a beautiful place:so peaceful and secluded.

And a great traditional song too. Thanks for this vid IB.

[IMTheMagicRat]

killer vid! *****! clarence

[Sleepingsun4]

Lovely song and such a beautiful video..!

[weeyin1155]

What an excellent song, performance and video. Thank you. Hugs..Jan and Susan ♥