A Red Red Rose(Live at Pearl's) by Eva Cassidy

A Red Red Rose (Live at Pearl's) sung by Eva Cassidy on September 14, 1994. Pearl's was the name of a small restaurant in Annapolis, Maryland where Eva performed a number of times. The lyrics of this song were written by the famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns.

This is one of my favorite songs by Eva. You will hear a few words by Eva interacting with the audience before she begins singing this glorious, lovely ballad.

The complete lyrics are as follows:

A Red Red Rose
(lyrics written by Robert Burns)

My love is like a red red rose
That's newly sprung in June
My love is like a melody
So sweetly played in tune

As fair thou art my bonnie lad
So deep in love am I
And I will love thee still my dear
Though all the seas gone dry

Though all the seas gone dry my dear
And the rocks melt with the sun
I would love thee still my dear
Though the sands of time be run

So fare thee well my bonnie lad
And fare thee well a while
And I would come to you again
Though it were ten thousand miles

Though it were ten thousand miles my dear
Though it were ten thousand miles
I would come to you again
Though it were ten thousand miles

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• tribute

[bergerfry]

I notice that she asks if people are still awake in a couple different videos. The one flaw I can find with Eva is that she never learned the difference between people sleeping and people being mesmerized.

[Joner888]

@bergerfry I don't think I quite agree with you. At the time when Eva made these remarks, people did not realize how great a singer she was & therefore did not pay much attention to her performances. She had very small audiences & earned very little money(really very little) from her singing. In retrospect & now(in the present) everyone in the world realizes how great a singer she was.

[antigeekess]

This live performance, like the few others we have from Eva, is a national treasure.

Thanks for posting it.

[Hardrick]

How this song (and especially when sung by Eva) makes my Scottish heritage come to life. I see my long gone father and his father who were so proud of Scotland. Even though I'm advanced in age myself, the tears flow and my heart feels the emotional strain for a homeland I never knew but can't forget. Peter AIKMAN

[jewel1260]

What a beautiful voice and mesmerizing rendition of Red Red Rose! So simple and pure in quality. I'm sorry but I have to disagree with some people calling her insecure. She may have been shy but to her credit she stood in front of live audiences and sang her songs which is more than I can say for any of us. I would say humble is a better description and that is why she sings so beautifully.

[cathiefredrickson]

So so very beautiful, what an incredible voice, breath taking!!!

[BABO334]

so little you people know about Eva. She was the most popular singer in Washington.DC and recieved numerious awards from local music associations. shows were done in front of sell out crows at one of the most popular night spots in DC Her remarks were made "are you people still awake" because she just didn't know what else to say.

[Singa2570]

The beauty and perfection of her singing just render me speechless.  Wish I could say more.

[glasgow1234]

What an absolute perfect version of my most favourite of Scottish Songs! She may not be Scottish but she is certainly a bonnie lass and i'm sure there just has to be a wee bit of Scottish blood somewhere there with a voice like hers! I know she is up there now with the famous bard Rabbie Burns singing to him and all of heaven :)

[davidleauanae]

It would have been an honour to have the privilege to see Eva Cassidy live in concert.

RIP EVA !!!

[SDD3204]

@bergerfry Unfortunately her audience was more likely mesmerized by the food in front of them at the time. I too can't believe she could sing like this night anfter night with only a handful of regular friends to appreciate her. They came to Pearls just to listen and support her.

[SDD3204]

@bergerfry Read that Eva played at Pearls regularly (anybody know the address?) Played at Treaty of Paris in Annapolis too. Folks came to eat rather than listen, so perhaps lack of appreciation frustrated Eva a bit? Nevertheless Eva never sought out fame in her lifetime and was painfully shy on stage at times. I live nearby. Today CDs are stocked locally but she is barely known by 10% of the local population here even though she is IMHO the most (only?) famous person from her home town by far!

[dedicateddad]

@Joner888 Sorry - I think you're incorrect. Nobody could possibly have heard/SEEN this - and not felt in the presence of The Divine.

Everyone I know who has ever heard her sing has gone on to listen to everything else they could find. I can't imagine what it must have been like to go out for dinner, see some blonde chick with a guitar and then have THIS happen?!

"Mesmerized" indeed!

Must also remember she was PAINFULLY shy and very insecure -- this is where the "awake" is born IMHO

My $0.02

[reallyrolly]

@Joner888 , you are so correct, have read her biography, and due to her lack of confidence, she always thought people didn't like her performances..if only she know