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As a young girl, I trod each year the long, misty lane to Nottingham's ancient Goose Fair. No longer trading geese, it seemed a place of mystery and magic, with Gypsy fortune-tellers lining the route, and at the fair strange 'freak shows' including mermaids, bare-fist boxing matches, wrestling, and games at which fortunes could be won. In Tuvan belief, the initiation of a fiddler depends on successfully entertaining the 'lords' of the earth and the air throughout the night. Mr Baker's tune to 'Death & the Lady' (an alternative title to my song) included here was recorded in Maidstone by Frances Collinson in 1946.
lyrics
In Nottingham town, a fog in the air,
It was the time of the old Goose fair,
A lady was walking as she made her way,
She met an old man, she met an old man,
These words to her did say.
‘Oh you seem so young, and you seem so gay,
It’s a shame I know that I should you stay,
With your long black hair and your voice so free,
But your time has come, love, your time has come
And you must away with me.’
Oh the lady did weep and the lady did moan:
‘The path is so steep and I’m all alone,
The night’s so black, love, and I cannot see,
Oh won’t you wait, sir, oh won’t you wait,
And come again for me?’
‘Beneath my coat, see what I hold,
A bow of silver, a fiddle of gold,
These will guide you and show you the way,
Through the darkest night, love, through the darkest night
Until the break of day.
She played for the lords of the earth and air,
For those who laugh and those who despair,
With a fiddle of gold and a silvery bow,
For very life, love, for very life,
She played both long and low.
She played for the souls of the craftsmen of old,
Lace makers, miners and blacksmiths so bold,
For the forests of Sherwood and Trent water deep,
For very life, love, for very life,
She played for their dancing feet.
When morning broke, a song in the air,
‘You shall have your fun at the fair’,
A gentle breeze in her hair,
And when she turned, love, and when she turned,
He was no longer there.
credits
from Goshawk,
track released June 7, 2014
Carole Pegg: Words & Melody
Carole Pegg: vocals, fiddle
Radik Tülüsh: shoor flute, kargyraa throat-singing
Richard Partridge: double bass
Dan Wilde: acoustic guitar
Carole Pegg was lead singer and fiddler with pioneering folk-rock band Mr Fox with an acclaimed solo singer-songwriter album
Carolanne Pegg. Radik Tülüsh, was the former wild fiddler with Tuvan band Yat-kha. He is currently a member of Tuvan band Huun-Huur-Tu and has made two solo albums....more
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