Mary Black-Transatlantic Sessions

Mary Black

[@bernardbarry4258]

A while since I’ve heard Mary Black. This is her at her very best. Her voice just carries you away!!!

[@Vigilante311]

I listened to this when my friend hannah took her own young life, i dont think ive ever cried as much in my life, rest easy sweet hannah, you were too beautiful for this world

[@charleshenry1100]

Transatlantic Sessions, the best musicians and singers at that time and still today too. Tanks for posting.

[@AtomicTuberHD]

Been a Mary Black fan since I can remember. I remember a Mary Chapin Carpenter gig where she ran on stage to sing St Christopher with her. Such a pure voice, her sister Frances has a great voice as does her son Danny lead with the Coronas. Have some old Black Family stuff on cassette yes cassette. Unbelievable.

[@billgr024848]

The old ones are still the best...thanks for the memories!

[@minstrelbhoy]

Truly magnificent, Mary has no equals and never will. Absoloutely note perfect... an audio masterpiece.

[@auldnickdevlin]

i enjoy everything mary does. she is one of my heroines. may your songs go on forever mary.

[@Tickettyboo1959]

Perfect pitch, if ever I have heard it, wonderful...

[@auntsal123]

Cannot but stir the emotions Beautifully sung . I will take this with me when heaven calls..............Thanks

[@Marnigato]

The melody of this song is an old scottish traditional called Willy O`Winsbury. It was a Pentangle-Song fromtheir last album `Solomons seal

[@astromystic]

I play this song at least once per day. I love the pure musical quality of these mainly acoustic Transatlantic Sessions, mostly lacking syncopated beat. And I love the art of Mary Black who has never been more beautiful than during these sessions, in my arrogant opinion.

[@IDriveAnAudi]

Looking for Fairport Convention and stumbled across this gem! I am so glad I did! I'll love Sandy forever, and investigate Mary Black further for sure.

[@BesiegeThis]

gives me goose bumps every time I hear her singing this :D

[@harvobro]

Georgeous! I think I recognize Jay Ungar, Aly Bain, and Jerry Douglas... all in their younger days. Marvelous music! Thank you for posting this.

[@usercubby11]

Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention also did a beautiful version of this tune many years ago.

[@jayrayinnv]

A beautiful rendition by my favorite living singer of a song by my favorite songwriter (Richard Thompson). This - along with Mary's version of "By the Time it Gets Dark" (by my second-favorite song writer :-))- are two wonderful postings from the Transatlantic Sessions. Thank you to whoever put these up.

[@wbhenderson]

"Farewell, Farewell" by Nicholas John Talbot and Richard ThompsonFarewell, farewell to you who would hear, You lonely travelers all.The cold north winds will blow again. The winding road does call.And will you never return to see Your bruised and beaten sons.O, I would, I would if welcome I were, For they loathe me every one.And will you never cut the cloth, Nor drink the light to be?And can you never swear a year To anyone but he?No, I will never cut the cloth, Nor drink the light to be,But I'll swear a year to he who lies Asleep alongside or me.Repeat first verse

[@josephorlando5244]

Indeed!

[@LochMeikle]

Good news for all fans is the release of the DVD "Transatlantic Sessions: Series 3" bringing together the best of Nashville, Ireland and Scotland to perform what has been called "the greatest backporch shows ever". All of the six half-hour programmes from the BBC/RTÉ TV series are included, recorded in a beautiful old converted farm steading in the Perthshire Highlands.

[@IrishRover00]

How beautiful is this. Simply fantastic.

[@KRASIPARVANOV]

This is what I call PERFECT... Thank you for sharing, whoever you are. God Bless You.

[@susanders68]

Farewel Farewell. Sandy Denny with Fairport Convention sings it like an angel.

[@NSResponder]

If I ever meet a woman who can sing like that, I'm hers. -jcr

[@pictiad]

Mary black one of the best live artists ive seen

[@unterwant]

goes right in the middle of my soul beautiful !!

[@weeweelegs]

beautifull Mary

[@danzathemanza67]

this would have to be one of the most heart felt song l have heard. thank you mary daniel

[@no5eyparker]

Yup Mary Black the Irish popular folk and pop singer, here singing a Scottish folks song and backed by the creme de la creme of fiddlers Scottish and American.

[@goldengreen73]

My mom's father had lived in Utah for more than 20 years before coming back to the Balkans and starting his own family. My mom's sister then went back to the place some 40 years ago, stayed there with her husband and kids and now her grandchildren don't even now our language...and that's sad. Yes, this song is about the Irish and the Croats, the Serbs and the Poles, the Germans and the Italians and just about everyone who has ever left his homeland to start a new life someplace else.

[@MrTilaws]

just plain ole wonderful !!!

[@joebroad09]

Still THE best female Irish singer EVER.

[@donraff7605]

Sandy Denny with Fairport Convention also a great version.

[@buckdowner]

A haunting, and a chilling venture deeper into that uncharted heart...

[@dennyking]

I've only found Mary Black relatively recently drawn in by her wonderful voice. I heard a ballad of hers on Bob Harris's BBC2 show about 2 years ago but don't know what it was - I wish I could hear it again. It's made me look for it anyway and find things like this clip - all good!

[@murtlemcturtle]

Clear Diction.Beautiful.

[@weeweelegs]

would love to see Mary in another, future Transatlantic sessions, Keep them coming Gerry and Aly

[@gskarogiannis]

So,so beautifull.

[@KennyFraserDotcom]

Transatlantic Sessions 2 is to be officially released on DVD in September 2011. You can pre-order it at Music Scotland.

[@breffnipark]

Beauiful woman ! Beautiful voice !!!!! :)

[@rodsnap]

On an other level, superb.

[@kierabyrne09]

amazing what a voice!! cant wait to see her in feb :)

[@kay9luvr]

So beautiful!

[@StevieB1362]

Who is this woman with this beautiful voice. Simply beautiful. Thanks for posting this.

[@rfdarsie]

Pentangle also sang Willy o' Winsbury with this tune, on their album "Solomon's Seal" from 1972. Tune is listed as "traditional" on the album.

[@HEADSUPBERKELEY]

This is so beautiful. Thanks for posting

[@swirlingone]

Farewell, farewell to you who would hear You lonely travellers all The cold north winds will blow again The winding road does call. And will you never return to see Your bruised and beaten sons O I would, I would if welcome I were For they loathe me every one. And will you never cut the cloth Nor drink the light to be And can you never swear a year To anyone but he. No I will never cut the cloth Nor drink the light to be But I'll swear a year to he who lies Asleep alongside of me

[@dreastubes]

sheer joy

[@Elderwilliam]

BOHOJO7- you will find Golden Mile on the album Babes In the Wood released by The Grapevine Label

[@kerryg100]

She smashed it....

[@hanlina]

Aye, and don't forget the scots who have one of the largest immigrant communities in the world and feel just the same as the aforesaid nationalities, alba gu braith....

[@spunkydogfish]

Filmed at Montgreenan Mansion, Ayrshire. I used to help out there. They all stayed with us for a month.

[@rgadave]

Takes some beating !.

[@weeweelegs]

Mary your beaufill

[@RTFan52]

RT wrote the lyrics, but tune is from the traditional "Willy O'Winsbury". Great song and beautiful version though. The lyrics apparently refer to RT's girlfriend, Jeannie Franklin who was killed in the Fairport car crash in 1969. She was a dress designer, thus the references to "cutting the cloth".

[@facusnia]

What can you say about this music, it is epic, and beautiful.

[@bluesetanta]

God Would be Proud of this

[@paullavan6098]

This is very, very good, but Sandy was truly great, and could never be equalled by anybody, even by this talented lady. Check out Mary's Annachie Gordon, though.

[@KathrinIG]

Series 3 will be available on DVD on Amazon UK on Nov 12th :). But I haven't found a listing for series 1 and 2 yet. Series 1 and 2 is already available on Audio CDs though. Series 3 will be released on Audio CD in November as well. Just as Series 2 there will be a volume 1 and 2 of it.

[@unclebobunclebob]

I never understood why Mary never went over bigger in the U.S. but some over the top singer like Celine Dion did. No accounting for taste.

[@whearndon]

traditional cutting of cloth for swaddling clothes during first pregnancy

[@gaspode18]

The tune is - it is an old Scottish folk tune. The word here are by Richard Thompson.

[@egorn1971]

Farewell, Farewell

[@brenda3847]

I believe her name is Mary Black

[@clarebannerman]

Tá an cailín seo agus an amhrán go hiontach ar fad ~~~ Mícheál.

[@JosephEaorle]

it seems similar to crossing the rubicon, I mean cross the point of no turning back, but it's just a guess.

[@OhMordecae]

Thanks, that's a neat site. There was a good article written there about the meaning of the song, but it still seems speculation. Would love to have asked the writer, himself.

[@ClothytheCat]

On another thread on these sessions, KZbin member Tomtscotland, who posted several and seems knowledgable, says that these BBC sessions will be released by "Pelicula Films" very soon. This is excellent news, as everybody had until now been saying you can't buy them, which I think is / would have been a travesty had remained so.

[@garistin1]

Sounds very much like "willie of winsbury" ?

[@talkto20john]

maybe its a religious reference, in ireland a man of the cloth is a priest or clergyman. probably not though...

[@billiebigalo]

Could be a reference to touching cloth?

[@coelacanth9821]

This came up when i searched for " Fause Foodrage"; but it's not exactly,is it? Isn't this "farewell farewell",which is an adaptation of the former? ...Does anyone know where i can find a recording of the traditional folk song?

[@SuperAllanjames]

+coelacanth You won't because it is not traditional. It was written by the as-yet-hardly-shaving Richard Thompson when he was around 18 years old. It's on 1969's monster "Leige & Lief" album from Fairport Convention.

[@metalpiper]

well put...lol

[@OhMordecae]

Absolutely love the song, but what does "cut the cloth" mean?

[@MrTilaws]

where is she playing please

[@JosephEaorle]

what does it mean, do you know?

[@discoveryman59]

You can give a site called songmeanings a try.

[@niallmac44]

I have to disagree with Paul Lavan. I had thought that any song Sandy sang she owned for ever and anyone else would be, at best, a cover. Mary proved me wrong. To paraphrase a certain Jesuit, a shock. a terrible shock but a very pleasant one.

[@paullavan6098]

If you think that this is better than Sandy's version you should be in a padded cell. "Jesuit?" they should definitely lock you up forever.

[@julianBraga]

Paul Lavan Come come; such an unfriendly response where surely we are entitled to our own opinions.

[@georgemcelroy3058]

+Paul Lavan Paul, I just listened to Sandy's version. I think most anyone would need a padded cell based on your outlook. This is a better version. Sandy Denny was great, but this version is awesome. That being said, I am buying some of Fairport Convention's work today.