“My name is Death, cannot you see? in 2006 for their CD Quiz: How many of these Mastermind music questions can you answer? This page has been archived and is no longer updated. . The Everlasting Circle (no. You can upload folk songs by clicking on 'Post a Song' on the top. Waterson:Carthy sang Death and the Lady And then the mortal toll was paid Death and the Lady, [ This account of the death of a black hotel worker is drawn from contemporary history - Bob Dylan wrote it almost as soon as the court case had ended - and yet it has a theme that runs as far back through folk music history as the texts allow us to see. Whether you’re 9 or 90, it’s unlikely that you haven’t heard the songs on this list. His wife, the illustrator Katherine Soutar, said via Twitter on 20 November: Last night the world lost a great songwriter, musician and human being. Song About Death No. So, as we head towards this year's Radio 2 Folk Awards, here are 10 examples of songs that go beyond the bounds of human decency (and are all the better for it): Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy - Died For Love at Folk Awards 2014, 3rd party content may contain ads - see our FAQs for more info. His head was bald, his beard was grey, Bellowhead > Read about our approach to external linking. A Folk Song a Week. His cheeks were of the mortal clay. Or what strange place he did belong. The text would imply a great age to the song, and Roud’s earliest 288 Each verse offers a chance to find where representatives of a particular rank might be found - from sergeant down to private - with the officers described as being variously "lying on the canteen floor" to "miles and miles behind the line". He noted: The classic story of bumping into Death whilst out and about. Ages; existing English broadsides, also entitled [ All kings and princes bow down unto me A quick search of Ye Olde English Dictionary finds that "Jim crack" or "gimcrack" used to mean "cheap," and "corn" was shorthand for corn whiskey. A Thousand Miles or More. 99) but to a different tune. Bernie Cherry sang Death and the Lady collector Alfred Williams in the words were set to a reworking of Rakish Paddy, or Francis M. Collison from Mr Baker of Maidstone, Kent, and published She begs for a kiss, but he warns her that his lips are "cold as the clay" and that a kiss from him would end her life too. iTunes: Mike Bosworth sang Death and the Lady are recorded in text as early as 16th century. in 1977 on their Transdatlantic album Lloyd’s Another Day, Another Story. E nglish folk singer-songwriter Bill Caddick has passed away at the age of 74. in 2012 on his Fellside CD He begs to come inside to get warm ("oh my hat is frozen to my head, my feet are like two lumps of lead"), and despite the risk of discovery, she eventually lets him in and one thing leads to another. Blaydon Races. Nor give you time your life to amend, Frank Purslow has written about the song in He noted in the CD booklet: The theme of a conversation between the grim reaper and a lovely young “Write on my tomb”, the lady cried. ; Bodleian Nuala Kennedy sang Death and the Lady They can also express our deepest sorrow and help us to begin healing.. 2 Hours Non Stop Worship Songs 2019 With Lyrics - Best Christian Worship Songs of All Time - Duration: 1:53:55. A woman throws herself on the grave of her true love, desperate for one last kiss to relieve her grief. John Henry is an American folk hero.An African American, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"—a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel.. Death and the Lady Henry Martin. Death Is Not The End - Bob Dylan. Ian King sang Death and the Lady By Death so cruelly was betrayed Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (To Celia) Drunken Sailor (What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor) And you are one of those branches three, ); and in the Journal of the Folk-Song Society (volume i, p. 162).. 83.169.20.58; I'll give you costly rich robes to wear, There are plenty of folk songs that warn young women against the reputation-shredding advances of lecherous men, from the direct O Soldier Won't You Marry Me to the poetic Let No Man Steal Your Thyme. It concerns a woman who kills her two new-born children with a knife. They turn out to be the ghosts of her children, who tell her that she's bound for hell. Greensleeves is an English folk song of uncertain origin; i t dates back to 1580, per haps earlier Oh Shenandoah is an older American folk song of uncertain origin Molly Malone is a Irish folk song Auld Lang Syne is a poem written by the great Scottish bard Robert ("Bobbie") Burns and sung to a Scottish folk … ; Wiltshire View this list less as a “best of” and more as a psychological breakdown of nostalgia in pop music. Funeral songs are able to express how we feel about our loved one that passed away.. where she noted: Many English folk songs begin with the words Shirley Collins sang this version in 1970 as title track of her and her sister Dolly's album Love, Death & the Lady. English Folk Singing”. ; Ballad Index ShH22 I asked him why he came that way, I asked him how he came that way, So come along with me.”, And not long after this fair maid died; second nature to the Watersons in their heyday, transforming the tune by on his CD of songs from the Baring-Gould Collection, Songs from many genres will be found, including: bluegrass, old-time, Christian, Celtic (Irish, & Scottish), English, Welsh, Canadian, Australian, & American. Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, Cold Haily Rainy Night (or Cold Blow and a Rainy Night, Let Me In This Ae Nicht and even The Laird o' Windy Wa's) has retained its potency as a stark contrast between what people will say to get what they want, and how they will behave once they get it. as the 26 May 2013 entry of his project What country do you belong unto?” It's a dark song here and she did what was Blackwaterside. on his 2020 EP And you fair maid must come with me.”, “My name is Death, oh don't you see? I met an old man on my way, By Ben on April 15th, 2010. Settle down, this is what they call a page-turner. No longer glory in your pride. ; Mudcat 17303 The song puts me in mind of the sombre scene from There are many forms of this folk tale in plays. As Williams collected no melodies at all, The Great Messenger of Mortality and Nor give you time your life to amend”, “Fair lady, lay your bequests aside, By contrast, the poor privates (or battalion, depending on the version of the song) can be found "hanging on the old barbed wire". And you fair maid must come along with me.”, His head was bald his beard was grey, on their 2019 CD Please help us to improve the FolkCloud and send us some folk songs from your country. The story goes that the film’s director, Robert Altman, gave the task to his teenage son to write the lyrics for “the stupidest song ever written”. returned home from the Crusades, plays a long game of chess with Death, on a All in the morning early.”, “I'll give you gold and jewels rare, . If you'll spare me a little while longer.”, “Fair lady, lay your robes aside, I Still Cry - Ilse de Lange. Your time is come and you must away.”, “Lady, leave your robes aside, In the Shirley Collins version, he then explains that their love, while it was once "the fairest flower that e'er was seen / Has withered to the stalk", going on to add: "The stalk is withered dry, true love / So must our hearts decay / Then rest yourself content, my dear / Till God calls you away". Your time is come, and you must away.” , In six months time this fair maid died; Like all good stories, folk music is largely about three things: sex, death and politics. Share. I’ll give you all of my earthly share, Her clothing made of the cold earthen clay.”, And not long after this fair maid died, “Here lies a poor distressed maid, Upper and lower case don't matter. I'll give you costly robes to wear, Matters of the heart have a habit of turning red, raw and bloody in traditional songs, and so it goes with Died for Love, also known as A Sailor's Life, Sweet William, and Willie the Bold Sailor Boy (and performed by everyone from Fairport Convention to The Watersons). The search BIRD -DEATH ("Death" with a hyphen attached to the begining) will net you all the songs about birds but exclude those in which death occurs. They adapted their lyrics from the version in the The song - as performed by Jeannie Robertson, Steeleye Span, Planxty and The Imagined Village - tells the story of a handsome soldier or traveller stuck outside the window of a young woman on a rotten evening. Sex, death and politics. It is available for free from You might encounter the Devil, who you could outwit, or Death, who you couldn't. Death and the Lady Shirley Collins sang this version in 1970 down from a Mr Baker of Maidstone, Kent, in 1906, collector unknown. > But this song from the 1918 trenches didn't make the cut, probably because it portrays the hierarchy of army life in quite a brutal light. This is a centuries old folk song, popularized by Lead Belly, which has seen several cover versions, including Led Zeppelin’s, which sounds the best. All in the morning early. The Gardener. His coat was of a myrtle shade, I met an old man all on the way. All in the merry month of May 53, 2d ed. Lloyd's Different music instrument or different style of folk music maybe used. THIS COLLECTION includes more than 3700 lyrics for traditional, folk and old songs. The Kingston Trio was one of the most successful folk groups of its kind, inspiring various other trios to dress alike and tell jokes between their renditions of traditional folk songs. , “My name is Death, oh can’t you see. And we all come stumbling after. His clothing made of the cold earthen clay, After Woody’s death the orphan pieces of lyric were distributed by the Woody Guthrie Foundation archive to selected musicians and lyricists. Blow The Man Down. One Hundred English Folksongs (1916)]. from which our version is derived. In other words, what at first sounds like a lament from a strangely loyal slave suddenly reads like the man is kickin' back and enjoying some cheap booze after his jerk master's "accident." BBC Radio 2 - The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe. lonely Scandinavian seashore. Caber Feidh (The Deer's Antlers), claimed by both the 32: “Candle In The Wind” By Elton John Sir Elton John first released this beautiful piano ballad in 1973 in honour of the late Marilyn Monroe who had died eleven years earlier. It's the song of a desperate, ill person begging for their life, with Death himself boasting that he will shut the body down, and why? I cannot spare you a little while live in a tunnel: Matt Lazenby sang Death and the Lady Ewan MacColl became the leading writer of English protest songs in the 1950s, with pro-communist songs such as "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh" and "The Ballad of Stalin", as well as volatile protest and topical songs concerning the nuclear threat to peace, most notably "Against the Atom Bomb". All in the morning early. She proposes marriage, but he's not interested, puts his hat back on and heads out into the storm, leaving her reputation in tatters. The birds did sing and the lambs did play, His clothing made of the cold earthen clay. poor would die.” Well, it isn't good job too! +24db. I have struggled to put them in APPROXIMATE/BEST GUESS date order. And you are one of those branches three, > Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin sang Death and the Lady in Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. She also sang Death and the Lady In this case, it's 24-year-old tobacco plantation owner William Zantzinger, who rapped Hattie Carroll with his cane for not serving his drink fast enough. His head was bald, his beard was grey, Which is the kind of stark message from the hereafter that you never really got in Ghost. Burlesque on her 2016 album A service to honour the life and legacy of a loved one that has passed away would be incomplete without funeral songs. One of the oldest folk songs containing a supernatural theme is "The Wife of Usher's Well" (commonly called "The Lady Gay"), an English ballad reflecting the view that excess grief will cause the dead to return. The Constant Lovers Life and Death Contrasted date back to the late 17th century. altering just a couple of notes. The ballad Death and the Lady was collected in 1946 by Francis M. Collison from Mr Baker of Maidstone, Kent, and published in Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. entry shows it having been published in in 2008 on Sketch's eponymous album As I walked out one day, one day She collapsed and died of heart failure, and he received a six-month jail sentence. As I walked out alone one day, recordings. Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. If a few more years, my life you’ll spare.” , “I'll have no gold, I'll have no pearl, Layers of Ages His head was bald, his beard was grey, The Dovetail Trio sang Death and the Lady “If life was a thing that money could buy, the rich would live and the There are some for which I have no clue as to a date, so some may appear randomly placed. I want no costly rich robes to wear. Singing the Bones. He later performed a rewritten version titled “Goodbye England’s Rose” at … In The Knoxville Girl, sung by, among others, The Lemonheads, Elvis Costello and Nick Cave (who knows a thing or two about murder ballads), the singer hits the object of his affections with a stick, many times, although earlier variants have her stabbed with a knife, and then drowned for good measure. This wonky pop song sees frontman Isaac Brock vow to carry on the memory of the person who has died, singing, “ Your body may be gone / I’m gonna carry you in / In my head, in my heart, in my … , CJS2/9/1158 V ERSIONS of this ballad, with tunes, are in Mr. Kidson’s Traditional Tunes (p. 30); in Songs of the West (No. Songs of the West Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. COL/5/28] A Maid in Bedlam. Here are my favourite 5 folk songs that make beautiful lullabies (that most of you will probably already know!) ravaged Europe, and this song may well have started its life then. Check out the artists we're taking to SXSW! But the blade becomes unwashable - the more she wipes it, the "more red" it grows. ] Desperate to find him, she sets out to sea herself and meets the Queen's ship. “As I roved out one May morning”, a device for setting the song up, Gigspanner Big Band Live. I'll give you costly robes to wear, ; trad. The 21 songs here depict 21 distinct ways of coping with, embracing, and analyzing the past. No more in life will your body stay, We then adjusted a few of the words and the tune but it’s still the same song! The game of life is hard to play I’m gonna lose it anyway The losing card I’ll someday lay So this is all I have to say. much as a fairy tale opens with “Once upon a time”. She says dead Matty, so Lord Donald kills her too, and buries the two lovers in the same grave, with her on top, because she's posher. He noted: Collected by Captain Hale Munro from an old man in Newton Abbott Goodnight Irene by Huddie William Ledbetter by. Blue Cockade, The. Nearly all are from English speaking parts of the world, although there are a few foreign language items. Media > Music > Top Ten Songs About the Death Penalty. England during the early 20th century, including the one published by the No longer glory in your pride. a Mrs. R. Sage of Chew Stoke 19-20, Bellowhead recorded Death and the Lady on her 2016 album 21. This (and the similar Index of Child Ballads and Index of Laws Ballads) is a quite crude song list that is automagically generated from the title lines in the song pages.But at least you can search in it for whatever you need. VWML CJS2/9/1158 In 2004, at least 21 illegally employed Chinese migrant workers died while picking cockles in Morecambe Bay, when they were caught by the incoming tide. 1. No. Folk song definition, a song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next, often existing in several versions, and marked generally by simple, modal melody and stanzaic, narrative verse. Outraged, the Lord finds the couple in bed, and insists that Matty fight. As I walked out one morn in May That was set at the time when the Black Death Roud 1031 Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. “Here lies a poor distressed maid. The folk ballad Lord Randall is an example of an Anglo-Scottish border ballad. The oldest extant written song in the English language, "Sumer is icumen in" (Summer's coming in) found in a mid-12th century manuscript, with delicate melodic curves set in polished counterpoint, can be seen to be, in reality, a country dance. Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film The Seventh Seal, where a Knight, as title track of her and her sister Dolly's album What follows are 20 of the finest songs about death, kicking the bucket, biting the dust, buying the farm, and catching the last train for the coast. The John Renbourn Group sang Death and the Lady They sang it on their 2008 CD All in the merry month of May, Bold Champions. in 2002 with somewhat different verses on their fourth album, and Jon Boden sang it as the 7 May 2011 entry of his project And all alone this pretty maid Folk-Songs of the Upper Thames (London: Duckworth, 1923), [VWML COL/5/29, As we've seen, folk music works exceptionally well at putting across the personal side of a story with political ramifications, and this is just as true when it's sung about a recent event. A number of oral versions were collected in the south and south west of Waterson:Carthy > The birds did sing and the lambs did play; 7 emotional songs by musicians who miss their father, 10 film soundtrack moments that’ll have you crying in your popcorn. Some funeral songs can also help us joyfully celebrate an extraordinary life. Each version tends to end in a similar way, with the singer realising he's bound for prison, and maybe the gallows, and also most certainly for eternal damnation. We came across this song in Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Some of the songs mention artist, vocalist or composer names, this should not be taken to mean that they are an accurate version of the piece as performed or composed by the named person. The birds did sing and the lambs did play, I'll give you all my earthly share, I'm Movin' On - Rascal Flatts. They've released more than 40 albums in the last 50 years, and have become somewhat of an institution in contemporary folk … This video is from the 2009 Open University course “Norma Waterson: Lloyd's Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. It's a tale of a woman pining for her true love who has set out to sea and not returned. Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. Kate Burke and Ruth Hazleton sang Death and the Lady Folk & Country Funeral Music. China Roses - Enya. > She asks if they have seen William, and after some discussion over the cut and colour of his coat and hair, they tell her he has drowned. Death and the Lady harks back centuries, but these words were noted The tune is my own. Folk Music from England, Scotland, Ireland, & America: Lullabies and Sad Songs; Lyrics, Historical Information, MIDIs and Tune Related Links From what strange place did he lately stray. Rosie Hood noted: Collected in 1946 by Francis M. Collison from Mr Baker of Maidstone, Kent “Write on my tomb,” the lady cried, You may use OR as well as AND, and multiple keywords are (obviously) permitted. In this documentary, made by Howard Sounes, author of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, we find out more about the case from first hand witnesses, and even hear from Zantzinger himself, who turns out not to be much of a Dylan fan. I met an old man by the way. printed sources of one kind or another—it would seem that it has only On this walk you might encounter your true love, or a seducer, or perhaps These are 8 of the all time best folk songs that everyone should know. One Hundred English Folksongs A woman sends her children away to get an education, they die, she grieves, and they return to … His cheeks were like the mortal clay; Lords, Dukes and Ladies bow down to me. and at the Gigspanner Big Band's concert at Nettlebed Folk Club in January 2017. Love, Death & the Lady. Roud 1031 By Chance It Was. The Folk Handbook. Mon Nov 16, 2020 now revised by Malcolm Douglas and issued as on his Musical Traditions album The ballad Death and the Lady was collected in 1946 by And now, sweet maid, make no delay, Barrack Street. 3) Next is the song ‘Another Man’s Done Gone’, were the lyrics were inspired from small ‘orphan’ lyric pieces authored by Woody Guthrie (the world famous American folk singer / composer). Last updated Behave the Bravest. I asked him what strange countryman, Carey, Sailor's Songbag, pp.38-39, in 1778. maiden has featured in European ballads, plays and paintings since the Middle Then the guilt starts. Lords, dukes and ladies bow down to me. As I walked out alone one day I met an aged man by the way. The Constant Lovers And give me time my life to amend, Whom Death now lately hath betrayed.”. 7 Southern murder ballads and outlaw folk songs based on true stories Updated Jan 13, 2019; Posted Nov 12, 2015 7 Southern murder ballads and folk songs based on real events 11.12.15 Canadee IO. This queasy tale of infanticide has been sung by everyone from Cecilia Costello to The Dubliners (who recorded a version called Weile Weile Waile) and Nancy Kerr. on their 2000 album Matty, who is naked, strikes the first blow, but is immediately killed, and Lord Donald then asks his wife which of the two she prefers. To find songs about birds in which someone dies, use BIRD AND DEATH. A Dark Light. [the Cecil Sharp collection She then meets two babies in the entrance to a church, and tells them she'd treat them wonderfully if they were hers. Sung by Peter, Paul and Mary; written by … Death Is Not The End - Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue. , COL/5/28 What A Lovely War retold the history of the First World War using popular songs of the time as a darkly comic way of satirically retelling the story of the conflict. Ghost In This House - Alison Krauss. and Vaughan Williams and Lloyd's As if we need experts to tell us nursery rhymes are downright creepy, folklorists Iona and Peter Opie confirm it in their Oxford English Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.They call the tunes, most of which made their way into print by the eighteenth century, "fragments of ballads or of folk songs, remnants of ancient custom and ritual and may hold the last echoes of long-forgotten evil." From the first verse, he finds himself wishing he could have stepped forward to warn them, the way "our mothers" warned local children, that you can't outrun the tide, and then introduces this poetic refrain: "For the tide is The Devil, it will run you out of breath / Race you to the seashore, chase you to your death / The tide is the very Devil and the Devil has its day / On the lonely cockle banks of Morecambe Bay. If you, by chance, haven’t heard them, hear them now, for they are classics. Lords, Dukes and Squires bow down to me. been collected from six traditional singers, and that there are no sound Martin Carthy noted: Norma learned Death and the Lady from If you will spare me a little while Classic English Folk Songs (London: EFDSS, 2005). There might be a lot of carousing along the way, and there may be some discussion of farming or the occasional comedic skit to tickle your fancy, but the principal themes remain constant and they are always delivered with rude gusto. Some versions of the song end here, but Died for Love (as performed here by Martin and Eliza Carthy) continues, with a verse in which her father enters her bedroom to find her "hanging by a rope", with a note attached to her chest asking him to bury her with marble stones at her head and feet, with a snow-white dove in the middle, "just to let the world know that I died for love.". A traditional US folk song performed by Lew Bear, Oh Death is rated in the top 10 darkest folk songs of all time. (London, EFDSS Publications, 1972), p. 121, Such meetings This is part of my Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales & America website. “Let this be put on my tombstone,” she cried, History of the Ballad No longer glory in your pride. Songs From the West I'll give you all my wealth in store, Andy Turner sang Death and the Lady Shirley Collins > Worship Songs Recommended for you Dance tunes are the common origin of both Minstrelsy and Folk songs. Peter Knight sang Death and the Lady Her passion is such that, after a year-long graveside vigil, her man rises up to speak to her, so that he can truly rest in peace. “Here lies a poor distressed maid, Maggie Boyle sang Death and the Lady And you fair maid must come with me.” , “I'll give you gold, I'll give you pearl, See? A man spots a woman he likes the look of, so he takes her to a remote location to pitch woo, but kills her instead. ", 10 long-awaited albums that will be the soundtrack of 2019, 8 predictions for music in 2019 from expert pop forecasters, 7 of the most scathing record reviews of the year, 9 brilliant music videos that you may have missed in 2018, Test your knowledge of the year in music with our poptastic quiz, 7 heartbreaking Christmas songs that might make you cry. Days - Kirsty MacColl. As Joan Bakewell explains in this report, the 1960s musical Oh! This song came from Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music > Folk Music > Songs and Tunes Index of Songs and Tunes. Revd Sabine Baring-Gould noted very similar words in Whom Death now lately hath betrayed.” , Server: No more in life you may abide Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for 40 Most Popular American Folk Songs - Paul & Margie on AllMusic - 1998 Journal of the English Folk Dance & Song Society 5/1 (1946), pp. Also known as Conversations with Death, this song comes from the Appalachian mountains, wellspring of country music. “My name is Death—hast heard of me? VWML SBG/1/1/460 Also if you can write an article about folk music of Sri Lanka, we can put your article on folkcloud with your name. James Findlay sang Death and the Lady THE SONGS IN THIS COLLECTION are from the American popular vernacular music idiom, and include folk, traditional, regional and religious songs. And give me time my life to amend”, “I’ll give you gold and jewels so rare, It's about people in the higher echelons of society abusing those who are lower down and appearing to get away with it. I’ll give you costly robes to wear. If you'll let me live a few years more.”, “I'll give you gold and riches rare, These are songs from my site that were popular in England, arranged in chronological order. [ Bernie: This is from the ] A Folk Song a Day. Sketch. Quiz: Have you been getting these lyrics wrong all this time? Matty at first refuses her advances, then capitulates, but one of Lord Donald's servants has told his master. Songs > The song was popular with the soldiers (but not their commanding officers) during the latter days of the war, and was recreated by Chumbawamba for their a capella collection of insurrectionary old folk tunes, English Rebel Songs 1381–1984. I'll Fly Away - Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch. in 2010 on his Fledg'ling album And you must come along with me, Songs > , 776 a long lost lover returned from fighting abroad for seven weary years. The Demon Barbers got Death and the Lady Of course, this was the theme music for M*A*S*H* (1970) and later an instrumental version for the TV show. , I said, “Old man, what man are you? and is the only version of this ballad that Cecil Sharp collected in Somerset. Also known as One True Love and Cold Blows the Wind (as performed above by Bellowhead), this is a song of mourning that takes a dark turn into gothic nihilism. See more. With Powder, Shot and Gun. These songs were sung acapella and often had repeating lines. Top Ten Songs About the Death Penalty. May these morbid faves live on forever. 5 things we learned from Bros' chat on Radio 2, How Bring Me the Horizon became one of the UK’s biggest bands, Sign in to the BBC, or Registerif (require.s.contexts._.config.paths['idcta']) {require(['idcta/idcta-1'], function(idcta) {if (idcta && typeof idcta.addUserOrigin === 'function') {idcta.addUserOrigin('id4-cta-6aa135bb-3515-42cc-9a64-b89dd54802b7');}});}, Listen to Nancy Kerr in session for World on 3. Blow Boys Blow. in 2011 on their CD Songs > This April 2019 video shows them singing Death and the Lady from Michael Raven's book Hynde Horn to the tune of Simple: "I'm Death I come to take the soul / Leave the body and leave it cold / To draw up the flesh off of the frame / Dirt and worm both have a claim.". Puff the Magic Dragon. This recording was released in the same year on their CD and further studies can be found in the Matty Groves (as sung here by Ben Nicholls) is the story of a young man who catches the eye of the local lord's wife - in Sandy Denny's version of the song with Fairport Convention, he's Lord Donald, but the names and song titles change often. ], English Traditional Songs and Carols Lodestar Radio 1 Live Music - Bring Me The Horizon, Tom Walker & Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Leave A Light On. in 2015 on Gigspanner's CD ; VWML COL/5/29 Just in her bloom she was snatched away, Rod Stradling nored in the accompanying booklet: Although Roud has 110 instances of this wholly English song—all from Panic Grass & Fever Few. Like all good stories, folk music is largely about three things: sex, death and politics.