Biography:
Steeleye Span formed in 1969 from members of Fairport Convention and out of the ashes of Sweeney's Men creating a distinctive fusion of both British folk with electric rock music. The resulting first version of the band was formed by ex-Fairport bassist Ashley Hutchings and built around two pairs of vocalists, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior and Gay & Terry Woods. Rhythm was to be supplied largely by Hutchings' bass, and without drums.
Tensions between the band grew during the production in 1970 of their first album
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Other songs:
- Alison Gross
- All Around My Hat
- All Things Are Quite Silent
- Ancient Eyes
- Australia
- Babylon
- Barnet Fair
- Be Careful What You Wish For
- Beyond The Dreaming Place
- Black Jack Davy
- Bonny Black Hare
- Bonny Moorhen
- Brides Farewell
- Cam Ye Oer Frae France
- Captain Coulston
- Chanticleer
- Child Owlet
- Creeping Jane
- Dance With Me
- Dark
- Demon Lover
- Down In Yon Forest
- Drink Down The Moon
- Edward
- Edwin
- Erin
- False Knight On The Road
- Fire And Ice
- First Dance
- Fishermans Wife
- Following Me
- Gamble Gold
- Gaudete
- Go From My Window
- Gone To America
- Granny Aching
- Hares On The Mountain
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- Harvest Of The Moon
- Heir Of Linne
- Hiver
- I See His Blood Upon The Rose
- I Wish That I Never Was Wed
- Isabel
- Jack Hall
- John Barleycorn
- Just As The Tide
- Just One Heart
- King Henry
- Lady Isobel And The Elf Knight
- Let Her Go Down
- Locks And Bolts
- London
- Long Lankin
- Long
- Longbone
- Lord Elgin
- Lord Gregory
- Lord Randall
- Lovely On The Water
- Lowlands Of Holland
- Mantle Of Green
- Marigold
- Marrowbones
- Mistletoe Bough
- My Love
- Ned Ludd Part 1 Inclosure
- Ned Ludd Part 2 Rural Retreat
- New York Girls
- Now We Are Six
- One Misty Moisty Morning
- Our Captain Cried
- Padstow
- Peace On The Border
- Poor Old Soldier
- Prince Charlie Stuart
- Queen Mary
- Ranzo Mandolin
- Royal Forester
- Saucy Sailor
- Seagull
- See Amid The Winters Snow
- Seven Hundred Elves
- Shaking Of The Sheets
- Sheep
- Sheepcrook And Black Dog
- Sing We The Virgin Mary
- Sir James The Rose
- Some Rival
- Somewhere Along The Road
- Spotted Cow
- Take My Heart
- Tell Me Why
- The Blackleg Miner
- The Blacksmith
- The Bold Poachers
- The Brown Girl
- The Connemara Cradle Song
- The Cruel Mother
- The Dreamer And The Widow
- The First Nowell
- The Hard Times Of Old England
- The Hills Of Greenmore
- The Holly And The Ivy
- The Making Of A Man
- The Old Maid In The Garrett
- The Old Turf Fire
- The Prickly Bush
- The Song Will Remain
- The Story Of The Scullion King
- The Summer Lady
- The Three Sisters
- The Tricks Of London
- The Twelve Witches
- The Unquiet Grave
- The Ups And Downs
- The Water Is Wide
- The Wee Free Men
- The Wee Wee Man
- The Wife Of Ushers Well
- There Was A Wealthy Merchant
- Thornaby Woods
- To Know Him Is To Love Him
- Today In Bethlehem
- Twa Corbies
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- Two Butchers
- Two Constant Lovers
- Two Magicians
- Unconquered Sun
- Underneath Her Apron
- Van Diemens Land
- We Shall Wear Midnight
- Whats The Life Of A Man
- When I Was On Horseback
- Where Are They Now
- Who Told The Butcher
- Whummil Bore
- You Will Burn
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
A
[Verse]
D E
The bonny head and the well fed heir
A D
The handsome heir o' Linne
A D E
Yonder he stands at his father's gate
A D E
And nobody bids him in
[Verse]
A G
See where he goes and see where he stands
D A E
The weary heir of Linne
G D A
Yonder he stands on the cold causeway
D E A
And nobody bids him in
[Verse]
D E
He's sold his father's estate and land
A D
He's sold it on a day
A D E
Within three-quarters of a year
A D E
He's not one brass penny
[Verse]
A G
For he has drunk of the wine so clear
D A E
Good company spent his gold
G D A
And now he wanders on the shore
D E A
Hungry, wet and cold
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
His nurse at her window she looked out
A D
Beholding dale and down
A D E
And there she saw this sad young man
A D E
Come walking to the town
[Verse]
A G
“Come here, come here my child,” she said
D A E
“And rest yourself with me
G D A
I've seen you in much better days
D E A
In jovial company”
[Verse]
D E
“Give me a slice of your bread, Nursey
A D
And a bottle of your wine
A D E
I'll pay you for it o'er again
A D E
When I'm the Lord of Linne”
[Verse]
A G
“You'll get a slice of my bread, my child
D A E
And a bottle of my wine
G D A
But pay me when the seas run dry
D E A
You'll never be Lord of Linne”
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
Then he has turned him right about
A D
As any mother's son
A D E
So off he has set and found his way
A D E
And straightway came to Linne
[Verse]
A G
But when he came to the castle strong
D A E
They were all sat down to dine
G D A
A score of nobles there he saw
D E A
Sat drinking at the wine
[Verse]
D E
Some said, “Give him the beef, the beef”
A D
Some said, “Give him the bone”
A D E
And some said, “Give him nothing at all
A D E
But let the beggar roam”
[Verse]
A G
Then up and spake the new-come lord
D A E
A saucy word spoke he
G D A
“Pass round the cup, let my rival sup
D E A
Then send him on his way”
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
He's turned him right and round about
A D
As any father's son
A D E
He's reminded of a leaden key
A D E
His father left with him
[Verse]
A G
His father left a meagre key
D A E
Just before he died
G D A
He bade him keep it secretly
D E A
Till he was most in need
[Verse]
D E
Then forth he went, these nobles left
A D
All drinking in the hall
A D E
And he has found a bolted door
A D E
Below the castle wall
[Verse]
A G
The key has opened up the door
D A E
Wherein lies all his hope
G D A
But where he thought to find good gold
D E A
There stood a gibbet and rope
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
Under the rope was placed a stool
A D
All covered o'er with dust
A D E
The father had condemned the son
A D E
His sentence it was just
[Verse]
A G
The son he sighed, stood on the stool
D A E
Never a word he spoke
G D A
But as he jumped to eternity
D E A
Down the gibbet broke
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
It broke and cracked above his head
A D
He landed on the floor
A D E
And round him rolling, shining bright
A D E
Was a hidden golden store
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
“Oft have I gone with bitter cold feet
A D
Likewise with legs all bare
A D E
And many days walked at these gates
A D E
With sad sorrow and care"
[Verse]
A G
"But now my sorrow's past and gone
D A E
Joy has all returned
G D A
Now that I have gold enough
D E A
To buy my lands again”
[Verse]
D E
As he galloped back through town
A D
He jubilantly crowed
A D E
And he's called out before them all
A D E
The nurse from out her house
[Verse]
A G
“Come here, come here my nurse,” he said
D A E
“I'll pay your bread and wine
G D A
Seas ebb and flow as they will
D E A
Yet, I'm the Lord of Linne”
[Instrumental]
A D E A D E
A D E A D E
[Verse]
A G
He's gone up the Gallowgate port
D A E
In tatty hose and gown
G D A
But he was carried by fifteen lords
D E A
When he came back down
[Outro]
A D E A D
A D E A D E
A G D E
G D A D E A
A
[Verse]
D E
The bonny head and the well fed heir
A D
The handsome heir o' Linne
A D E
Yonder he stands at his father's gate
A D E
And nobody bids him in
[Verse]
A G
See where he goes and see where he stands
D A E
The weary heir of Linne
G D A
Yonder he stands on the cold causeway
D E A
And nobody bids him in
[Verse]
D E
He's sold his father's estate and land
A D
He's sold it on a day
A D E
Within three-quarters of a year
A D E
He's not one brass penny
[Verse]
A G
For he has drunk of the wine so clear
D A E
Good company spent his gold
G D A
And now he wanders on the shore
D E A
Hungry, wet and cold
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
His nurse at her window she looked out
A D
Beholding dale and down
A D E
And there she saw this sad young man
A D E
Come walking to the town
[Verse]
A G
“Come here, come here my child,” she said
D A E
“And rest yourself with me
G D A
I've seen you in much better days
D E A
In jovial company”
[Verse]
D E
“Give me a slice of your bread, Nursey
A D
And a bottle of your wine
A D E
I'll pay you for it o'er again
A D E
When I'm the Lord of Linne”
[Verse]
A G
“You'll get a slice of my bread, my child
D A E
And a bottle of my wine
G D A
But pay me when the seas run dry
D E A
You'll never be Lord of Linne”
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
Then he has turned him right about
A D
As any mother's son
A D E
So off he has set and found his way
A D E
And straightway came to Linne
[Verse]
A G
But when he came to the castle strong
D A E
They were all sat down to dine
G D A
A score of nobles there he saw
D E A
Sat drinking at the wine
[Verse]
D E
Some said, “Give him the beef, the beef”
A D
Some said, “Give him the bone”
A D E
And some said, “Give him nothing at all
A D E
But let the beggar roam”
[Verse]
A G
Then up and spake the new-come lord
D A E
A saucy word spoke he
G D A
“Pass round the cup, let my rival sup
D E A
Then send him on his way”
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
He's turned him right and round about
A D
As any father's son
A D E
He's reminded of a leaden key
A D E
His father left with him
[Verse]
A G
His father left a meagre key
D A E
Just before he died
G D A
He bade him keep it secretly
D E A
Till he was most in need
[Verse]
D E
Then forth he went, these nobles left
A D
All drinking in the hall
A D E
And he has found a bolted door
A D E
Below the castle wall
[Verse]
A G
The key has opened up the door
D A E
Wherein lies all his hope
G D A
But where he thought to find good gold
D E A
There stood a gibbet and rope
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
Under the rope was placed a stool
A D
All covered o'er with dust
A D E
The father had condemned the son
A D E
His sentence it was just
[Verse]
A G
The son he sighed, stood on the stool
D A E
Never a word he spoke
G D A
But as he jumped to eternity
D E A
Down the gibbet broke
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
It broke and cracked above his head
A D
He landed on the floor
A D E
And round him rolling, shining bright
A D E
Was a hidden golden store
[Instrumental]
A G D A G D
A G D A G D E
[Verse]
A D E
“Oft have I gone with bitter cold feet
A D
Likewise with legs all bare
A D E
And many days walked at these gates
A D E
With sad sorrow and care"
[Verse]
A G
"But now my sorrow's past and gone
D A E
Joy has all returned
G D A
Now that I have gold enough
D E A
To buy my lands again”
[Verse]
D E
As he galloped back through town
A D
He jubilantly crowed
A D E
And he's called out before them all
A D E
The nurse from out her house
[Verse]
A G
“Come here, come here my nurse,” he said
D A E
“I'll pay your bread and wine
G D A
Seas ebb and flow as they will
D E A
Yet, I'm the Lord of Linne”
[Instrumental]
A D E A D E
A D E A D E
[Verse]
A G
He's gone up the Gallowgate port
D A E
In tatty hose and gown
G D A
But he was carried by fifteen lords
D E A
When he came back down
[Outro]
A D E A D
A D E A D E
A G D E
G D A D E A
Stef Chura
Stef Ekkel
Stef Lang
Stefan Andersson
Stefan Demert