JOAN BAEZ ~ Henry Martin ~

Joan Baez ~ HENRY MARTIN ~ "As Lee Hays noted, it is often difficult to determine whether a ballad character is a hero or a bandit. Henry Martin is not the bloody pirate of standard fiction, but a rather sweet fellow (almost a seafaring Robin Hood) who turns pirate not for mere gain but to "maintain his two brothers and he". Joan`s sympathies, however, are drawn most intensely to the "merry men" who died attempting to save their "rich merchant goods" from Henry Martin."

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Music

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• JOAN
• BAEZ
• Henry
• Martin

[folkmusicgirl]

I love how Joan sing's this incredible song! Also, what a stunning photograph!

This black & white photo captures the intensity of Joan's face,  It is one of my favourite early photograph's of Joan and rarely ever seen.

[Scout4Me1]

@folkmusicgirl Yes, Joan is a master of this song!

[mscht24]

...top three most beautiful voices i've ever heard...and i can't think of the other two :-)

[Scout4Me1]

:-)

[cloisterene]

perfect

[vagaickie]

I had NO idea that Joan did this piece - what a wonderful suprize to find this!

[MerlePsyA]

Joan Baez early on her remarkable path, her remarkable life trajectory. She really understood balladry. She lets the song tell the story. Her voice is a perfect vehicle for the narrative.

[ajweberman]

for to maintain his crack habit and he

[MrFenek75]

Congratulation to the one who 'slightly ' touched up the lips! Hilarious! 'Collagene JB' in the early 60's? I don't think so!

[freak49]

I haven't heard this since I was in my teens. I was never a big Joan Baez fan but I always loved this rendition. I was hoping to find it here.

[hmart47]

THAT'S MY NAME! :D

[suiru]

I LOVE JOAN

:)

[thomasthought]

Eternal Music 

[Yavor54]

500 years and this song still stands fully strong. In our age of anger and hopelessness, there isn't a voice out there with the compassion found in her's. Our music wove us together in those days. It gave us hope when we might be sent off to VietNam or die in a nuclear inferno.

Now this kind of ...love... seems the height of absurdity. It's out of fashion... yet it is exactly what we need.

[atsanit]

@77Folky Well said 77Folky. As a young boy I used to listen to Joan Baez often. I would take out her record from the black cover showing her beautiful long black hair, and listen with my eyes closes. This song was my favorite and I could visualize the fight on the ocean between the two ships. I actually think the songs loves Henry Martin and his brothers who were poor and had to be pirates to make ends meet. Baez's voice took me to another world...