This clip of Steeleye Span adtes back to when the band’s very first lineup included Maddy Pryor, Ashley Hutchings, Tim Hart, Peter Knight and a very youthful Martin Carthy.
Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span “All Around My Hat”
Strangers In The Room: A Journey Through The British Folk Rock Scene 1967-73
British Folk Rock 1967-1973 – the tip of the iceberg but an interesting and varied collection from the Grapefruit genre anthology series.
And that’s despite the confession of folk brigand Eliza Carthy (Louder Than Words festival interview, Manchester, 2018) that she can’t stand Folk Rock and has never knowingly listened to a Fairport Convention album.
She’ll not be interested then to hear how sixty tracks gather together the familiar with the less so. Songs that you’ll know from the folk tradition and plenty of others which again, might be less so. If there’s anyone who could lay a claim to knowing all the bands and all the songs then you perhaps deserve a place at the head of the table if not the Eggheads team. Steeleye Span, Ralph McTell Continue reading
Steeleye Span “Gaudete”
TRADITIONAL
Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete
Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudeteTempus adest gratiae, hoc quod optabamus
Carmina laetitiae devote redamusGaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete
Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudeteDeus homo factus est natura mirante
Mundus renovatus est a Christo regnanteGaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete
Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudeteEzechielis porta clausa per transitur
Unde lux est orta salus inveniturGaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete
Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudeteErgo nostra cantio psallat iam in lustro
Benedicat domino salus regi nostroGaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete
Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete