Fairport Convention é considerada a primeira banda inglesa de electric folk. Formada em abril de 1967 por Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings e Shaun Frater, o Fairport rapidamente evoluiu do estilo de versões cover de músicas "west coast" estadunidenses para um estilo individual que mesclava rock com canções tradicionais britânicas.
Marcada por várias mudanças na formação em sua primeira década, o Fairport Convention desmembrou-se
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
...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.