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Basket Of Light (1969) |
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1. Light Flight |
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Let's get away, you say, find a better
place, Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da... |
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Stepping from cloud to cloud passing in
their flight |
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Time passes all too soon, how it rushes by, Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da... |
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Strange visions pass me by, winging
softly thru the sky Swirling, the waters rise up above my
head. Da do da, - da, do da .... |
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2. Once I Had a Sweetheart |
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Once I had a sweetheart and now I have
none; Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I
did see; But when I awakened I found it not so; I'll venture through England, through
France and through Spain I'll set sail of silver and steer
toward the sun After I'm gone, After I'm gone, After I'm gone... |
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Summertime is with us once
again Trees and grass and bushes
green again Winter world will be with
us once again Grass and bushes withered,
and the trees are bare Now the new born year has
come once more Someday
all will turn to green again |
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This ae nighte, this ae nighte, When thou from hence away art past, Every nighte and alle, If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon, If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gav'st
nane From Whinny-muir when thou may'st pass, From Brig o' Dread when thou may'st
pass, If ever thou gavest meat or drink, If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane, This ae nighte, this ae nighte, Traduzione in inglese moderno (Doug Johnson) This night, this night, When you are past here If ever you gave socks or shoes And Christ receive your soul When (if) you have passed Whinney
Moor If you ever gave food or drink If you never gave food or drink This night, this night |
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5. Train Song |
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Fare thee well, little lady Thought I tried my best Love is a basket of light |
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6. Hunting Song |
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As I did travel all on a journey I spied a young man riding a fine horse And there followed after ten kings and
queens I plume to his helmet, a quiver and a
bow Still farther I journeyed through the
hills and the valleys "Oh may I ask you kind sir where
you are going? "I have here a magic horn to
deliver "The gift that you bear for your
brother the king Wearily I crossed the stream to the
castle "My good lord, all off to war in
thy armor "My lady, you have no need for to
worry . . . la la la . . . While underneath the spreading oak a
knight with white device "Young noblewoman riding by, pray
tell me have you seen A thousand days have come and passed,
the Lord returns this night But fate has played its wanton game,
the circle come full turn |
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Sally go round the roses (sally go
round the roses) Sally don't you go, don't you go downtown Sally go round, oh Sally don't you go Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the roses) Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the roses) |
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8. The Cuckoo |
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The Cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings
as she flies. As I once was a-walking and talking one
day I wish I was a scholar and could handle
the pen. |
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Well I once could have married the
king's third son "When will you forsake your house
carpenter But will you have to maintain me a
bound She took her two babes by the hand Now she dressed herself in her very
best Well she hadn't been gone but a short,
short time Well if you had all the gold and the
silver too Well they hadn't been sailing but a
short, short time "I see bright hills of Heaven my
dear "Oh I wish I was back to my house
carpenter |
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9. House Carpenter (Versione riportata nei canzonieri) |
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Well I once could have
married the King's third son "Will you forsake
your house carpenter "But would you have to
maintain me a bound She took her two babes
by the hand She dressed herself in
her very best Well she hadn't been
gone but a short, short time "Well if you had
all the gold and the silver too They hadn't been
sailing but a short, short time "I see bright hills of
heaven my dear "I wish I was back to
my house carpenter |
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Musicians Instrument |
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The Jaynetts,
from The Bronx, NY, recorded one of the more discussed recordings of all
time, the Sally, Go 'Round The Roses was a number two song for the Jaynetts in 1963. Zell had this odd little number, "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses," when Tuff Record's producer-label executive Abner Spector came to town looking for some material; and a girl group. The meeting of Spector, the Jaynetts, and the mystifying lyrical ambiguity of Zell's "Sally" would culminate in the creation of a rock and roll classic Johnnie Richardson recalled to one rock historian, "What happened was that Abner Spector was an electronics nut. He took the girls in the studio on a Friday, and they didn't get out of there until everybody was on the track. Anybody that came in the studio that week, he would put them on. Originally, I think he had about 20 voices on 'Sally.'" The cost of the project alone, Richardson figured was over $60,000 - an unheard of amount of money to spend on recording a pop single in 1961. Zelma "Zell" Sanders was the mother of Johnnie Louise Richardson who was a touring member of the Jaynetts after she had been part of the singing duo of Johnnie & Joe. Johnnie suffered a stroke and died on 10-25-88. Sally, Go 'Round The Roses was reprised by Grace Slick & the Great Society just prior to her joining the Jefferson Airplane. Sally Go Round the Roses Sally go 'round the roses. (Sally go
'round the roses.) Sally don't cha go, don't cha go
downtown. Sally go 'round the roses. (Sally go
'round the roses.) Sally, baby, cry, let your hair hang
down. What about the songs cryptic interpretation? "Sally, Go Round the Roses" is a timeless wonder of a song featuring an odd hypnotic rhythm and soft voices seductively rising and falling. The lyrics seem to portray Sally in an alluring bed of roses, catching an eyeful of her lover with another. Another interpretation of this song is Sally a "closeted" lesbian who sees her "baby" also female with "another girl" which is the "saddest thing in the whole wide world" except perhaps being a lesbian in 1963. The roses "won't tell her secret" Of course her "secret" is her homosexuality and she has no one to confess it to, but the roses where she "can sit and cry, not a soul will know." "Sally Go Round the Roses" very poignantly describes the way lesbians must have felt back in the early 60's when must of them felt that they had to hide their sexual orientation. Another interoperation is the following. "Baby" to refer to a guy was typical of lots of girl-group recordings (e.g. "Be My Baby"). Sally had just lost her virginity to the guy and now he's with another girl. Others think the song is about a religious experience, or possibly a mental breakdown. It has been said "Sally, Go Round the Roses" was derived from English folk music. Others say it it was Black jump rope or Jacks playing rhyme. (Information on this page taken from a discussion from rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s) |
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The song goes back probably to the legend of the miraculous horn, prepared by the fairy Morgana, the sister of King Arthur. The horn was able to detect whether a woman had committed adultery, because drinking it an adulteress could not drop the wine. The fairy Morgana had sent the horn to Camelot by one of his knights, to expose the Queen Guinevere, who was known as a relationship with the knight of the Round Table Lancelot. During the voyage, the horn was subtracted from Sir Lamarok, one of the knights of King Mark, and it drank his wife, Queen Isolde (who was known as a relationship with Tristan) and the other ladies of the court (very few of which passed the test). |
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In the original album the song is credited to the five Pentangle although being very similar to a traditional folk song. |
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In the text of this song and the next one, House Carpenter, they are shown in italics the parts sung by Bert Jansch. |
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Trascrizioni |
Tracks N. 2, 5, 6 transcribed by Doug Johnson. N.3 transcribed by Barbara Rezzonico |
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Copyright Information: Published 1969 Transatlantic Records Ltd. / Carlin Music: 1,3,4,5,6,8,9 / Mother Mistro: 2 / Copyright Control: 7 |
| In 1970-71, the Pentangle were several times guests in BBC programs in which they presented their recent songs, particularly those of this album, Basket Of Light, their biggest hit. The video is very good as usual for BBC and from these videos we scanned a series of images of the five musicians, in addition to the few existing. The images are taken from executions of House Carpenter, Light Flight and Hunting Song. |
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| Danny, Jacqui and John on sitar | Performing House Carpenter | |
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| Bert on banjo and second voice | ||
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| John playing sitar | And on voice on Hunting Song | |
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| The standard stage with Jacqui on the center | Jacqui McShee | |
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| Jacqui and Terry | Terry Cox on Hunting Song | |
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| Danny Thompson | Performing Light Flight |
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