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In which Richard Thompson exits the Fairport lineup, and the band is reduced to a quartet of Simon Nicol, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, and Dave Mattacks.
The loss of big guns Ashley Hutchings, Thompson and Sandy Denny was felt, but amazingly, although it isn't nearly as well known as Liege and Lief or Full House, this
record reached the highest chart position of any Fairport LP, making number eight in England. Swarbrick led the group in even
more of a traditional British folk vein. By now everybody involved was singing (with Nicol and Swarbrick usually alternating
on lead), and they managed to pull it off, mostly by virtue of the honesty of their voices and instrumental work almost as
vital and animated as any in their history. From the beautifully sung and exciting opener "Lord Marlborough," the album should
strike a responsive chord with any folk or folk-rock enthusiast--especially enjoyable are the singing on the buoyantly humorous
title track and the viola/violin duet between Swarbrick and Nicol on "Bridge Over The River Ash."
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Dave Mattacks |
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Bass, Drums, Piano, Vocals |
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Simon Nicol |
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Bass, Dulcimer, Guitar, Viola, Vocals |
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Dave Pegg |
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Bass, Viola, Violin, Vocals |
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Dave Swarbrick |
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Mandolin, Mandoline, Violin, Vocals |
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John Wood |
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Engineer, Producer |
Angel Delight
Swarbrick/Nicol/
Pegg/Mattacks
John the Wood went out one day
To view the scene
from a different angle
He stood and watched a child at play
A-tinkling on an old triangle
Dave the Drum who was passing
by
Bought the toy with a coin he'd picked up
You should have seen the gleam in his eye
As he saw a tune he's gleaned
up, shined up
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
Out in the rain if you
want a cup of tea
Dodge the puddles in the yard
The lord of the land's coming round to complain
It's hard
The
peacock flew to a very high tree
He didn't like grass or concrete fairies
Put me where the action is
I'd rather be
with the next-door hairies
Simon spied the bathroom door
In his hand's a herb shampoo
Waiting for the waters raw
So
little time, so much to do
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
Stand in
a line, take a book along
There's time for a game of cards
Now it's your turn and the water's all gone
It's cold
The
next to appear was the . . .
He needs a rest or at least he says so
You probably think that he's flipped his lid
'Cos
he wears high heels and a snow-white trousseau
Five foot three yet he stands so tall
And on the ground his feet are
never
Friends may come and friends may go
But the fiddle bill goes on for ever
La la la la la la la la la la la la
la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
The music room would make you grin
It's cold as a freezing pit
There's
a hole in the wall where a lorry came in
Let's split
I quite like a breast of chicken
And I'm crazy about aspic and
roast quails
But the sight to make my pulse rate quicken
Is a dozen nice fat snails
On the other hand, there's Pegg
on the bass
Whose tastes in food are very much wider
You'll see a smile light up his face
At a couple of kippers
and a glass of cider
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
Stand on a chair
if you want to watch the box
The fleas can jump a mile
Peer through the haze watching Top Of The Pops
And smile.
ANGEL DELIGHT
Yield: 10 Servings
1 sm Angle food cake
1 lg Carton sour cream
1 sm Pkg. instant vanilla pudding
2 c Milk
1
cn Cherry pie filling
Break up angel food cake into large bowl. Mix vanilla pudding with milk and
add sour cream. Combine pudding and sour cream in bowl with cake. Let sit in refrigerator until firm. Top with cherry
pie filling and refrigerate until cold.
This in the interests of we thought you'd like to know, so there!
Sir William Gower
I am a sailor, both stout and strong
To a goodly vessel I do belong
Well guard and anchored and well equipped
Sir William Gower and a very fine ship
Our captain in his cabin lay
When a dreadful voice to him did say
"This night with me in
the deep you'll be
So prepare yourself and your company"
The sky grew dark and the sea grew still
Though the men were
fearful and the air was chill
Sir William rose to meet his men
Saying "Hear me now for I'll not speak again"
"I loved my mother when she was alive
And to my sister
I gave babies five
I killed my wife and her children three
So I now must face what has come for me"
"You'll lash a timber close to my side
And throw me out on the water wide
And if I swim then let me be
But if I sink them pray for me"
So we tied his head and we tied his feet
And around his middle a winding sheet
At every knot the sea did stir
Grew ready for the murderer
And then we saw his open grave
The likeness of a single wave
That
swept our ship from her stern to her bow
And bore away Sir William Gower.
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Side One
Lord Marlborough
Sir William Gower
Bridge over the River Ash
Wizard of the Worldly Game
The Journeyman's Grace
Side Two
Angel Delight
Banks of the Sweet Primroses
Instrumental Medley:
The Cuckoo's Nest/
Hardiman the Fiddler/
Papa Stoor.
The Bonny Black Hare
Sickness and Diseases
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