Comments | gauroth: Hi ho, hi ho, holiday, the best day of the year

gauroth

Hi ho, hi ho, holiday, the best day of the year

Aug 06, 2010 22:09

Ok, who recognised the song 'Matty Groves' and who can remind me of the band that sang it in the... 70s? I know it was a Famous Band, and I will KICK MYSELF when I know the name ( Read more... )

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sartorias August 6 2010, 21:15:14 UTC

Pentangle, maybe?

gauroth August 6 2010, 21:20:33 UTC

Oh, I love 'Pentangle!' My record of 'Basket of Light' wore out until I couldn't hear the music for the scratches!!

dancing_crow August 6 2010, 21:27:05 UTC

I was thinking Steeleye or Fairport...

kalypso_v August 6 2010, 22:06:52 UTC

Well, Fairport's is the famous version... though I also have the Fair Field version from the Laurie Engel Fund (scroll down page for details).

Wikipedia says... johnz0mbie August 7 2010, 14:02:38 UTC

..."Matty Groves" is an English language folk ballad that describes an adulterous tryst between a man and a woman that is ended when the woman's husband discovers and kills them. It dates to at least the 17th century, and is one of the Child Ballads collected by 19th-century American scholar Francis James Child. It has several variant names, including "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard."