Biography:
Shirley Collins MBE (born Shirley Elizabeth Collins on 5 July 1935 in Hastings, Sussex) is an award-winning British folksinger who was a significant contributor to the English Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s. She often performed and recorded with her sister Dolly Collins, whose accompaniment on piano and portative organ created unique settings for her sister's plain, austere singing style. Collins's seminal recording is considered by many to be 'Anthems in Eden', released in 1969.
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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!
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!
An amazing song, really fun to play along to. It's by Shirley Collins and The
Albion Country Band and I didn't know under which name to submit the chords to. But here they are.
D G A D
My father's the king of the gypsies, it is true,
D G Em A
Me mother, she learned me some camping for to do.
D G A
They put the pack all on my back, and they did wish me well,
D G A D
Then I went up to London, some fortunes for to tell.
D G Em A
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell,
D G A D
And I went up to London, some fortunes for to tell.
D G A D
As I was a-walking down a fair London street,
D G Em A
A handsome young squire I chanced for to meet,
D G A
He viewed my brown cheeks and he liked them so well,
D G A D
Says he, “My little gypsy girl, can you me fortune tell?
D G Em A
Can you me fortune tell, can you me fortune tell,”
D G A D
Says he, “My little gypsy girl, can you me fortune tell?”
D G A D
“Oh sir,“ I replied, “Give me fast hold of your hand.
D G Em A
I see you have riches, and houses, and land,
D G A
And all your lovely ladies, you must lay them all aside,
D G A D
I am the little gypsy girl that is to be your bride,
D G Em A
That is to be your bride, that is to be your bride,
D G A D
I am the little gypsy girl that is to be your bride.”
D G A D
He led me through woods and through valleys green, I'm sure,
D G Em A
Where he had got servants to open up the door
D G A
On the softest bed of down then served me so well
D G A D
That in nine months after his fortune I did tell.
D G Em A
His fortune I did tell, his fortune I did tell,
D G A D
That in nine months after his fortune I did tell.
Chords by COTH
http://www.shirleycollins.co.uk/
Albion Country Band and I didn't know under which name to submit the chords to. But here they are.
D G A D
My father's the king of the gypsies, it is true,
D G Em A
Me mother, she learned me some camping for to do.
D G A
They put the pack all on my back, and they did wish me well,
D G A D
Then I went up to London, some fortunes for to tell.
D G Em A
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell,
D G A D
And I went up to London, some fortunes for to tell.
D G A D
As I was a-walking down a fair London street,
D G Em A
A handsome young squire I chanced for to meet,
D G A
He viewed my brown cheeks and he liked them so well,
D G A D
Says he, “My little gypsy girl, can you me fortune tell?
D G Em A
Can you me fortune tell, can you me fortune tell,”
D G A D
Says he, “My little gypsy girl, can you me fortune tell?”
D G A D
“Oh sir,“ I replied, “Give me fast hold of your hand.
D G Em A
I see you have riches, and houses, and land,
D G A
And all your lovely ladies, you must lay them all aside,
D G A D
I am the little gypsy girl that is to be your bride,
D G Em A
That is to be your bride, that is to be your bride,
D G A D
I am the little gypsy girl that is to be your bride.”
D G A D
He led me through woods and through valleys green, I'm sure,
D G Em A
Where he had got servants to open up the door
D G A
On the softest bed of down then served me so well
D G A D
That in nine months after his fortune I did tell.
D G Em A
His fortune I did tell, his fortune I did tell,
D G A D
That in nine months after his fortune I did tell.
Chords by COTH
http://www.shirleycollins.co.uk/
