Lyke Wake Dirge/A Dance For A Maid (3 strings!!)

This is an old Christian song from England. Just the first verse from it. And the little piece at the end is what I wrote.

I found this old guitar with three stirngs and found a nice tuning to it. So I decided to record this for your viewing pleasure:) I hope you enjoy it's dark and powerful atmosphere.

Here are the lyrics for Lyke Wake Dirge. They are pretty hard to translate into modern English. But it's mainly about not giving to the poor people and that we will regret it when we die.

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This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Every nighte and alle,
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.

When thou from hence away art past,
Every nighte and alle,
To Whinny-muir thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule.

If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon,
Every nighte and alle,
Sit thee down and put them on;
And Christe receive thy saule.

If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gav'st nane
Every nighte and alle,
The whinnes sall prick thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thy saule.

From Whinny-muir whence thou may'st pass,
Every nighte and alle,
To Brig o' Dread thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule.

If ever thou gav'st silver and gold,
Every nighte and alle,
At t' Brig o' Dread thou'lt find foothold,
And Christe receive thy saule.

But if silver and gold thou never gav'st nane,
Every nighte and alle,
Down thou tumblest to Hell flame,
And Christe receive thy saule.

From Brig o' Dread whence thou may'st pass, Every nighte and alle,
To Purgatory fire thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule.

If ever thou gav'st meat or drink,
Every nighte and alle,
The fire sall never make thee shrink;
And Christe receive thy saule.

If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane,
Every nighte and alle,
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thy saule.

This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Every nighte and alle,
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• lyke
• wake
• dirge
• daniel
• renbourn
• traditional
• folk
• music
• england
• dance
• for
• maid

[glaoud]

Godd Daniel ;It sounds medieval.Friendships

[DanielRenbourn]

Merci:)Tu devez jouer Belle qui tiens ma vie?? ma chanson française, médiévale et préférée:)

[MartinFaversham]

This is a lovely version of the song my son! It really projects the atmosphere of the song..

[DanielRenbourn]

Thank you.. I picked up this old guitar and tuned it to god knows what and started paying a little tune that I could not put my finger on.. And then I remembered it was Lyke Wake Dirge.. It's a powerful song.. I must find the time to learn all the original lyrics.. Shalom..

[horsegaldressage]

Good job P-Cat.

I had no idea you were musical!

[Chastalard]

That was lovely! Why didn't you do the whole song...love your voice and style! I can hear you singing 'She moved through the Fair'...keep it up!

[Holgerstefanhart]

Hi Daniel, i have more than 80 CDs of Jansch, Renbourn, Pentangle, McShee and Thompson. I love their music for more than 30 years and still do. I think you can be a relative of John Renbourn :-). Isn´t it?

[skillisme]

are you related to John Renbourn?

[whatmatt3rs]

This song paints a dark image, and you portrayed that very well.

[kornkom]

cool