Elizabeth Fraser - She Moved Through the Fair

Radio rip. For reference only
(c) Photo by Valerie Kabis www.vkabis.com

[@michellerhodes9910]

I have known this song all my life because my mother always sang it and very beautifully too. There are many wonderful versions but this is the one that comes nearest to the same feeling. Elizabeth Fraser has a voice like crystal in water. Enjoy.

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

Absolutely

[@edslcm]

Elizabeth Fraser is Goddess.

[@KenRubenstein]

best version without question.. Liz can read from the telephone book and it would yield a stunning masterpiece.

[@tianasixkiller4771]

Her voice still raises the hair on the back of my neck and the slightest chill that just gives me goosebumps on my arms. Her voice is like an Angel from on high. Hope she sings for many more years to come.❤

[@keithwillb5691]

The angels keep Elizabeth Fraser very close.

[@crushthyflowerss]

She's still wonderful, after all these years. I wish she would just released a solo album. Beautiful angel

[@richardgroves4542]

Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil projects feature Elizabeth's angelic vocal talents prominently. My favourite is "Song To The Siren"

[@euth]

This is a dream come true. My favourite folk song sung by one of my favourite vocalists. I so wish she'd do more folk.

[@Scaleyback317]

Brings me to tears.

[@themysticmuse1111]

She still has it. Absolutely love her.

[@briancapaloff3416]

How can a voice, a rendition of this already wonderful song, be so beautiful?!

[@nikkifarrington-clarke9995]

Omg I am not worthy in the presence of this...my muse singing this most beautiful meditation of a song. devastating. I am lost and it's glorious....

[@perkin2000]

This literally almost hurts to listen to. In a beautiful, melancholic way. I wish I was young again when the lyrics didn't feel so raw. Grasp every moment, we only get one turn of the wheel.

[@chartreusecat6642]

perkin2000 I understand completely; your comment makes me feel less of an alienated weirdo.

[@steelyman08]

Well put! It used to course through us like the very blood in our veins. I think we just become distanced from our own emotions over time. We become jaded rather than wise ~ build up callouses in order to survive. Try staying "raw" and open for 40 years! Perhaps that's why psychedelics are slowly making a come back and being taken seriously in the mental health business. They seem to reopen doors that have been long shut. Take some magic mushrooms and "raw" simply vanishes! The angel returns and the critic is gone. But I digress......(-:

[@EleniEliades_]

perkin2000: With Elizabeth Fraser singing so hauntingly, such beauteous melancholic songs from Ireland or be they older Gaelic traditional songs it matters not at what age one listens, the overwhelming emotional reaction still occurs. Honestly....l'm still in a state of rawness, as you put it so well in your comment. And I am still grabbing tissue paper for my eyes and nose which are currently leaking saltwater and will not stop. Absolutely love how songs like this have the ability to create/elicit such strong emotions. Being an Artist and Musician myself, I can only hope to bring about such strong emotions in others when they see, read or hear my own works. Be well, Ciáo~ 🔥🎹🐾💡🌟

[@1GillianSmith]

I feel the same

[@4LLT0G3TH3R]

The wheel is always turning friend, and you are the wheel

[@beezig]

As soon as I heard this on The Living and the Dead, goosebumps, such a great singer, so good to have her back.

[@romantikart]

this is idol

[@Rose-qd2bl]

I just found this version. Love love Elizabeth. I want this song played at my wedding and at my death.

[@stephanieeyeeod7975]

Liz has just got one of the best voices ever. ❤️ her!!!

[@timnorfolk774]

A lot of discussion here about the soundtrack which was written by The Insects - who also arranged and produced all the songs featured in the show, including 'She moves through the Fair' featuring the unique and wonderful Elizabeth Fraser. The soundtrack is available as a digital download on The Insects website - www.theinsects.co.uk/

[@duncanwcraig9668]

Fraser is supremely talented.

[@antipatsy]

My love for all things Liz brought me here.

[@troygaspard6732]

A timeless folk song. I agree, please release a solo LP Elizabeth.

[@sarahbob8401]

1st time hearing liz do this, Thankyou so much for posting

[@themysticmuse1111]

Her version is otherworldly! Takes this song to a whole new level for me!

[@peterfreeman6677]

Now, that was nice. I hope there's more wherever that came from.

[@y0nd3r]

Wow. Just now hearing this. Thanks for posting. Can't get enough of the woman's voice.

[@robertgreen6104]

Liz, Thank you for singing again. Please release an album.

[@matthewbaker6177]

Ms Fraser is one of my all time favourite singers and I will love her until my last breath. But the All about Eve version of this song is the best I've heard. Just my humble opinion of course.

[@khek242]

Amazing voice and softly. Beautiful Liz Fraser.

[@ambivalentrants]

The noise today, everywhere around us is so obscene. Makes me cry listening to a gem like this.

[@Stella-oo8ko]

Liz, I miss you...

[@gogoyubari366]

Beautiful!

[@gd303uk]

Her voice is awesome a brilliant instrument creating incredible sound , I love her sound : From Cocteau to this amazing

[@stumps03]

thanks Sergey. Only just learned of this song today... Elizabeth is sublime as always

[@kevinmole9982]

wow liz dont ever stop singing your amazing.

[@meli.5058]

I didn't know this woman like today. Beautiful voice.

[@rachfatcat]

Heard a snippet of this on The Living and the Dead and am ashamed to say I didn't recognise it was Liz at the time, even though she's my favourite female vocalist of all time. Can only assume my brain was addled by Colin Morgan and his hot beard. Anyway this is beautiful and her voice still gives me the shivers.

[@esmefb13]

i got it right away -- the shiver first

[@dollcefina]

Wait - that lead character was . . . *MERLIN* ?? Ohmygosh, didn't even recognise him! Oddly, I _did_ recognise him in *The Fall* , but not in *The Living and the Dead* .

[@violetblue3189]

Thanks Sergey ,this is beautiful x May I dedicate this song to my friend Dave [Shum65) who passed away 3 yrs ago this summer .Please check his channel because he really was the Mr Cocteau of You Tube and his homemade vids perfectly celebrate their music and.other bands on the 4AD label.To my friend RIPxx

[@davidspearman7177]

!shocked, I didn't know Shum65 had passed away, he mad such good vids for CT tunes😢

[@vancewright45]

What happened to Shum65?

[@pinkprana777]

I'm so sorry to hear that Dave passed away... I so love his Cocteau videos, perfectly capturing the essence of the music.... Thanks for all he created, may he continue on in freedom

[@WhiteHartDane]

So sorry to hear about that. I've watched perhaps all of his Cocteau videos, and enjoyed every one of them.

[@spinglasshydra]

David and I use to try to outbid each other on eBay. He laughed when I told him, I had two copies of everything Cocteau Twins oriented. On the rarest of rare items, he'd ask me, "Is this for collection 'A' or collection 'B'... ? And if it's 'B' then I want it... !!!" He was a good friend, someone who had the passion of a true "Super-fan" of the Cocteau Twins.

[@lefourbelyon]

straight to the soul.....

[@Jasonnapier100]

The living and the dead brought me here :)

[@kimturner3997]

Me too Jasonnapier 100! Haven't heard this in a long time, so glad I just watched the living and the dead, reminded me how much I loved this song the first time I ever heard it, years ago xx

[@WalesRadio]

All of the music from The Living And The Dead have turned into earworms for me. I can't get enough.

[@feetlikefins7561]

xtigerlilly84x Me, too..and it moves me more each time I listen.

[@KweenBee37]

Me too 💙

[@jeanninereyes6754]

ME TOOOOO!!!! ♥️

[@SickTwistedQueen]

This makes my heart hurt so much, but in a good way. I listened to the Celtic Woman version of this song a lot when I was a kid. So strange to hear one of my favorite vocalists performing it...

[@misisi11]

Beautiful song and lyrics : My young love said to me, "My mother won't mind And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind." And she stepped away from me and this she did say It will not be long, love, till our wedding day." As she stepped away from me and she moved through the fair And fondly I watched her move here and move there And then she turned homeward with one star awake Like the swan in the evening moves over the lake. The people were saying, no two e'er were wed But one had a sorrow that never was said And I smiled as she passed with her goods and her gear And that was the last that I saw of my dear. Last night she came to me, my dead love came in So softly she came that her feet made no din As she laid her hand on me and this she did say: It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day.

[@cardiack5053]

thank you soo much

[@gordongemmell4643]

Simple Minds took the Melody and wrote "Belfast Child" beautiful in it's own right.

[@eveie7252]

The line My father won't slight you for your lack of kind, it should be lack of kine an old word for cows, it makes sense as song comes from a time when a future son in law would be judged by the livestock he owned

[@dollcefina]

@@eveie7252 Ah! Now that makes a lot more sense - thank you so much.

[@gehenna4life1888]

Pure Liz. Just haunting.

[@739335]

OMG! Such a beautiful voice.

[@meezsvale80]

Qué belleza 😍 es esta mujer completa!!!

[@audreymuzingo933]

Beautiful. I don't know why I didn't think to try to find her again in recent years. But I do miss her deeper, 'goat-y' voice, doesn't seem like she's used it in anything since Milk And Kisses. That's weird; usually women have a harder time keeping this high bell-like part of their range.

[@monrudeekoonkong2230]

Cellar of dreams th silencers

[@monrudeekoonkong2230]

Oops sorry! Different reply !

[@nikkifarrington-clarke9995]

Just yessss!outstanding vocals from my muse

[@avrilkilleen1216]

She's feeling it ❤️ what a song what a singer

[@LaburnumAnagyroides]

I have all hair up. More than goosebumps...

[@zeusalexiou]

thanks for the upload!

[@chelseaacidcasual2825]

Pure bliss. Merci.

[@penny6843]

Thank you!!

[@rajeshparmar5457]

Truly Amazing 👍🏼

[@robdog246]

Stunning other worldly

[@ryanx1334x]

never heard this version before , sounds great , its a song ive always liked , i know all about eve covered it also in ‘88

[@raymondvandenbroeck1074]

MAGIC, PURELY MAGIC,

[@theresawalker5656]

beautiful

[@MrHumanracin]

Liz sings on 2 new songs on the soundtrack. You can download it on the producers (The Insects) website.

[@TheGrumpyGuide]

No you can't. The soundtrack is not on there. It hasn't been released yet.

[@MrHumanracin]

That's strange you could buy it as a download album over a week ago... I'm on holidays at the moment but I'll see if I can find the link... It was on a Cocteau Twins Facebook fan page

[@bennydavid]

welcome back

[@tommurphy4094]

Thanks for uploading. Can't believe I've never heard it before. Has a bit of an Indian rather than Irish twang though.

[@BrandonFer]

Enchanting

[@deadinfebruary]

This some angelic shit no cap

[@ScaryLadySarah]

Divine!

[@ZuluPapa1000]

Watch the movie 'Michael Collins'. The soundtrack includes Sinéad O'Connor singing this beautiful song. The particular scene will bring tears to your eyes.

[@greenman6141]

Woof. I've always loved this song. Sandy Denny's version, recorded with Fairport Convention, is gorgeous, and uses her whispery wine dark voice beautifully. Most modern singers pretty much copy Denny's way of performing it. Sinead O'Connor, even a version done by Jacqui McShee in the 2000s...they're lovely, but they're basing it on Denny's. Liz Fraser, doesn't do that kind of thing. Her version is QUITE different. One of the most cited "collectors" of the tune, commented upon the rather middle eastern sound it had. Fraser brings that out much more than other versions. This is beautiful, as is Denny's. I'll take them both!

[@sands7779]

💜

[@darylcumming7119]

❤.

[@andibellamy1016]

Sweet. This is the first time I heard her sing this sing. I always enjoyed the version from Celtic Woman, but now I like them both. Loreena McKenna also dug her heels into her own version of the song as well. Liz would you sing at my wedding?

[@l.l.b4096]

To hear an angel sing brought me here...

[@bigpun7916]

This reminds me of Brave heart before an epic battle is about to take place , this to me is pre war music , get me jacked up .

[@misfitstargazer9695]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@idleuwi]

Please Liz release a solo folk album, this is so beautiful.

[@Jeromechassagnard]

Very nice

[@alanmacdonald5950]

It changes you discover Glencoe the shepherd Liz thank you

[@rpvee]

She seems to tap into the more Eastern influences of the melody. Very cool!

[@escritacriativa4946]

Maravilhoso

[@davidspearman7177]

Soundtrack to The Living and the Dead should be available soon - poss only digitally....?

[@morningmyth3614]

Oh my

[@Hangie]

I was looking for the song that was the end of the fourth episode of TLATD... this doesn't sound like it??

[@ProfessorChomsky]

Fucking beautiful x

[@zeusalexiou]

Any case we listen to other song by Lou in that soundtrack?

[@bee-r]

I want you on my 1st EP 👌🏻❤️💜❤️💜😔🙏

[@sherrywallis7718]

I can't find the Hayfield song from Living and the Dead. Can someone tell me who sings it?

[@violetxoxox]

+sherry wallis I believe the song you're looking for is "The Reaper's Ghost." There are several versions, but the one used in the series is by Sean Cook.

[@pussycats456]

Where can I buy this version?

[@yw1971]

the source of Simple Minds 'Belfast child'

[@vasileiosfilis9284]

!

[@santabrutal]

oh

[@FranckChampion]

is it a soundtrack ?

[@daiseythemoo]

Why isn't Liz Fraser up there with the likes of Adele..She is tops.

[@kevinmole9982]

adele she is not in liz Frasers league no comparison liz is a bird amazing

[@kevinmole9982]

liz is very shy as well and hates mediocrity adele is mediocre

[@joachim595]

Why not just say that they are different and stop creating hierarchies between people? The best way to celebrate someone isn’t to compare them to someone else and claim that one is crap and the other amazing. Voices reflect personalities and that’s amazing.

[@PaulA-lj3gg]

She believes in another way of living her life...and I approve, even though we rarely get to hear this amazing voice anymore. I heard teardrop on the radio yesterday. It kickstarted the search that brought me here. I am so p,eased that I got to listen to this. Elizabeth is amazing. Thanks

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

She's got a little bit more dignity to be more selective about her work. There's enough fanbase not to be seen in the same light as two-bit The Voice/X Factor type shite. I know Adele isn't either, but still overrated, like that mental Gaga freak, who can also piss off!!

[@margaretbrowne3545]

I couldnt sit there shes a young girl look what she did to her body would the the person who told that child to do that it wasnt my father

[@bensons999]

Liz Fraser is close to the top of my favorite singers ever, but, this doesn't quite top the Mary Black (sitar?) version of the song.

[@morningmyth3614]

even better than Anne Brigg's version

[@euth]

I have to agree although Anne's version holds a very special place in time for me

[@chrisnelson7500]

Simple Minds ripped this off with Belfast Child

[@evelynlopez6460]

ho fuck! I can not watch the serie!!

[@nutster9000]

Elizabeth, Sinead O'Connor & Nata Zhyzhchenko of Onuka have to be the greatest singers of all time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWPFdqebeqmaZsU

[@margaretbrowne3545]

She said have some tea and toast i said no im on hungerstrike she said and im homesick how does she no what i told francis

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

Ididnt know she had done it . Fantastic .

[@alecbrown3373]

lovely voice and song - pity about the backing

[@flatus69]

nice , but i like june tabor better

[@peroduanippa]

I was waiting for the song to get good and it never did.

[@valeriechapman1612]

Elizabeth Frazer. - She Moved through the fair. I’ve never heard of this lady singer. This song is a bit way out of my league. It’s so Celtic it hard to define what the song is about. Very disappointed in this song.

[@fromireland8663]

It is about the death of his fiancee just before their marriage. Lyrics by the Irish poet Padraic Columb.

[@margaretbrowne3545]

Picke the religeon thats y i wont read the bible i listen to my father he is the truth ask frances i should ask frances whats the ashes for on ash wedensday

[@heffeday400]

Art Garfunkel do much better then that junk Tough she is an amazing singer