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- From: s1mbm@isuvax.iastate.edu
- Subject: Re: Words (and chords?) to "Fair Flower of Northumberland"
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- References: <1992Dec30.014656.10684@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:21:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.014656.10684@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>, scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) writes:
- >Looking for words and chords to a song -- the title was something
- >like "Fair Flower of Northumberland", and the tag line on each
- >chorus was a minor variant of "and you're still the fair flower
- >of Northumberland." The story was that some handsome chieftan was
- >captured but convinces the local noblemans daughter to free him.
- >Has a nice pair of surprises at the end, neither of which I'll
- >reveal here. Ring any bells? I've never heard it on record or
- >radio, but the person who sang it claimed it was "traditional".
- >I'd ask her myself, but haven't seen her in a decade or so.
- >--
- >"When Dexter's on the Internet, | "Make me taste like things I've never
- > can Hell be far behind?" | tasted before!" Mr Peanut to Candied
- > scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us | Bergen in `Caramel Knowledge'
-
-
- Dick Gaughan does a magnificent version of this song. Sorry, I don't happen
- to know which recording it's on, but any lover of folk music really should
- try to get all his stuff, anyway. I would also appreciate seeing all the
- lyrics in print, as I've never quite been able to figure out all the song's
- Scottishisms from listening alone.
-
-
- Get down from your horse, yer a brazen-faced hoor,
- Although yer the fleur a Northumberland.
-
-
- michael mcdonald
-