Ha sido de los grupos más importantes del folk-rock británico, con acercamiento a postulados sónicos de la costa Oeste estadounidense. Por su formación pasaron artistas como Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, etc.
Comenzó en 1967 como sexteto. En primera instancia estaba integrado por la cantante Judy Dyble, el cantante Ian Matthews, el guitarrista y cantante Richard Thompson, el guitarrista y vocalista Simon Nicol, el bajista Ashley Hutchingns, y el bateria Martin Lamble.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
...COME ALL YE ROLLING MINSTRELS... by Fairport Convention -----------------------------------.......................
*from 'Liege & Lief' (1969)*
Intro:
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Verse 1:
DADAGD Come all ye rolling minstrels, and to-gether we will try. DADAGD To rouse the spirit of the earth, and move the rolling sky.
Verse 2:
DADAGD Those that dance, will start to dance, and those who don't, will stay. DADAGD In time to list our merry tune, that we play for you to-day.
Chorus 1:
AmD So come all ye rolling minstrels, and together we will try. DADAGD To rouse the spirit of the earth, and move the rolling sky.
Interlude:
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Verse 3:
DADAGD Our fiddler, he just loves to play, and that's why he plays so good. DADAGD And now he plays a vio-lin, made out of solid wood.
Chorus 2:
AmD So come all ye rolling minstrels, and together we will try. DADAGD To rouse the spirit of the earth, and move the rolling sky.
Interlude:
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Verse 4:
DADAGD Pos-sessor of the magic touch, and no ma-gician he. DADAGD Will play for you some magic notes in-stead, as you will see.
Chorus 3:
AmD So come all ye rolling minstrels, and together we will try. DADAGD To rouse the spirit of the earth, and move the rolling sky.
Interlude:
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Verse 5:
DADAGD Sound of beating on the drum, song be-hind, you'll hear. DADAGD And to the rhythm of gui-tar, we hope you'll lend an ear.
Chorus 4:
AmD So come all ye rolling minstrels, and together we will try. DADAGD To rouse the spirit of the earth, and move the rolling sky.
Interlude:
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Verse 6:
DADAGD Well, the man who plays the bass, does make, those low notes that you hear. DADAGD And the high notes come from you and me, for we will sing so clear.
Chorus 5:
AmD So come all ye rolling minstrels, and together we will try. DADAGD To rouse the spirit of the earth, and move the rolling sky.