Sandy Denny - Fhir a Bhata

[@julietteandrews9918]

In the late seventies, I was studying education at Gipsy Hill College in Kingston upon Thames, London,Uk. When we heard that she died, there was a big wake in the bar. She was an icon, a voice so special, the best voice that came out of the British Isles. I still listen to my vinyl albums of Fairport Convention. She has a voice like no other.

[@xaquinparedesinsua8821]

Yo también soy sandydennista..de siempre y para siempre..

[@mikmcd2075]

british isles ...?

[@brianhall9958]

The whole of the UK. England Scotland Wales ireland and associated islands@@mikmcd2075

[@jamespope4792]

I remember Gypsy Hill in the late 70s! Wasn’t into Sandy Denny then but have ‘found’ her since. Lovely voice.

[@julietteandrews9918]

@@jamespope4792 They were great days. I miss them.

[@deborahgrabien3125]

No one has ever sung like Sandy Denny. No one ever will. She had a voice like no one else.

[@johnhiscott-walsh5198]

❤

[@manricofiorentini4957]

the best female voice ever!

[@108nirvana]

공감합니다

[@nl12689]

You said it so good... thanks

[@Vessanpönttöpää]

monica törnell

[@derekfarrellmusicontheisleofwi]

A kindred spirit. I was first drawn into the wonderful magic of Sandys music in 1969 whilst still in school . What We Did On Our Holidays . Met her at the Redcar Jazz Club in 1972. She spoke of supernatural vibrations. I was only a shy awe stricken 17 year old and couldn't say much though I thought we'd meet again. Her music helped me through bedsit Land and beyond. I visited her grave in Putney Vale with my partner about 7 years ago. The Lady is at peace and we'll meet on the ledge. I'm so happy we were born in the same blessed musical era .

[@grahamwheelwright5031]

Beautiful sentiments.

[@stewartmcmanus3991]

Spent some happy nights at the Redcar Jazz Club.

[@alasdairmilne808]

How many times have I cried, and wished her back to life !

[@DG19075]

As have I! Her voice is so moving!

[@chriscoles8579]

As have I….

[@portcullis5622]

Today (6th January 2023) marks the 76th anniversary of the birth of Sandy Denny. Astoundingly beautiful voice.

[@MM-vv8mt]

I like to imagine that every era in the history of the British Isles had a voice like Sandy Denny's. How fortunate we are that we had hers to listen to.

[@wornpick1]

I come back to it every night, to shed a tear unashamedly.

[@marmadukegrimwig]

The greatest ever voice in British Folk.

[@folkmusicgirl]

Sandy, the purest voice of them all. So hard to believe she was only 19 when she sang this song. I have listened and listened to many versions on KZbin of others covering this song,. none can compare to Sandy's. There are some others who do a nice version with technically good voices but there is no one can sing it like Sandy. We will miss you for all time...such sadness that you are no longer here.....

[@julietteandrews9918]

Best voice ever that came out of the British Isles. As voted too by the main musical press.

[@grahamwheelwright5031]

Listening to this now deep into the early hours it makes me glad, in this sorrowful and hate-filled world, to have been brought into this existence and shared the humanity that is embodied in this woman's soul.

[@pacu9]

You like this one, then?

[@grahamwheelwright5031]

@@pacu9 You could say that, yes. 🙂 I've recently listened to Sandy and Like An Old Fashioned Waltz, and don't think I've ever heard a more beautiful and expressive voice. Katherine Priddy, whose career is currently blossoming, shows potential though.

[@robsawalker]

You and me both, my brother.

[@erictull2089]

Her voice is like a crystal dagger through my soul. I see that Thea Gilmore has revived some old songs Sandy wrote immediately before she died that have never been heard. Thea does a good job but there will only ever be one Sandy Denny.

[@suzannelawson9215]

I have listened to many, many covers of this song. Some by known artists as well as unknown artists. Some are solo artist's, some trios as well as full orchestrated arrangements, Some are very good but NONE, none come close to Sandy's incredible cover. Just cannot get over this astounding one by Sandy Denny... I never fail to be in awe of how someone can sing like Sandy did, my God to have this gift is just unbelievable beyond words..

[@reemclaughlin4260]

True.,🙏🏼🌸

[@annasmith1385]

Such a hauntingly beautiful voice

[@Min61449]

What a voice! What a talent! What a sad life.

[@bobstrong7117]

When I heard Sandy had died. I fell down on the sidewalk and cried. Never met her. Somehow she got inside me.

[@folkmusicgirl]

Have you read the book, "No More Sad Refrains, The Life and Times of Sandy Denny" written by Clifton Heylin. Very good book for Sandy Denny fans.I still feel sadness when I think of how she died way too young and if medical care had been given sooner, she may have lived.

[@Anzevuil]

I have that book. It's fucking heartbreaking. I have been listening to her for at least 3 decades. The last line of comfort in a life filled with suicidal depression.

[@Anzevuil]

Also...I live in Buffalo, and the connection with Sandy and Jackson C.Frank...the pain rides much deeper than most people will be willing to travel into. :'(

[@lordjagged8625]

Such sad stories, Sandy and especially Jackson...must have been something special when they sang/played together...

[@flightonenine]

wow

[@charliestehlin506]

I listen to this song over and over and can never seem to get enough of Sandy's hauntingly, beautiful voice! I just love the way she expresses the word comfort in this song! "...to com fort me...." What talent! What magic in her voice! Her voice has an effect on me!

[@Erythrosin]

When Sandy died, I remember the huge sense of loss throughout traditional music circles. Every folk club had people in tears singing this song in tribute.xx

[@YashaVatrushka]

This brings me to tears every single times. What a song, what a voice....

[@folkmusicgirl]

I agree 100 %! I have heard many, many well known singers & groups cover this song and although there are some very good versions out there - absolutely no one, no one, can come close to the stunning vocals of Sandy Denny singing this song! Just totally incredible singing!

[@folkmusicgirl]

Perfection - lovely, lovely voice. I have listened to Sandy Denny's singing for decades. From my travels to London and going to a folk club that she sang at many years before I went there called Bunjies Folk Cellar. Started buying her LPs so long ago and I often think about what Sandy would have gone on to do with her music. It is a bittersweet thought....but this was not to be. She was gone way too young.

[@huubcyber841]

what a voice, so great. The whole day I can listen to her. Thanks that there is so much on KZbin

[@nathenialsplaceofficial]

Pure, assured and not a hint of self-consciousness. Beautiful and timeless.

[@kevykev38]

I'm a brand new fan of hers. She had a beautiful way with each and every song she graced.

[@patnocat]

Check out her album "solo".

[@clarettheband]

Never heard this song, sung so beautifully sing some of her songs myself. My neighbour Roger Hill (late of the Chris Barber Band), toured with Fairport replacing Richard Thompson in 1971, and his old friend JB remebered her too, both introducing me to her music. They too are now past. Sandra (Clarettheband)

[@mrslreed]

I cannot think of another song where the human voice is so beautiful.

[@michaelworse6034]

As always no one mentioned Anne Briggs ! 2 and a half records weren't enough to not be forgotten .

[@delby66]

@Theseustoo Astyages You cannot forget Gay Woods of Steeleye Span fame.

[@AnnihilatingAngel]

Pure & magical - yes, that's exactly what this magnificent music is.

[@IlBaroneRozzo]

I've never heard about Sandy Denny before watching this video 2 minutes ago. This song is enough to say that her death was an immeasurable loss.

[@ggoannas]

Suburban Patriot She is the second voice on Led Zeppelin's Battle of evermore.

[@IlBaroneRozzo]

@@ggoannas didn't know that, I'm not familiar with Led Zeppelin

[@lindaarrington9397]

Me to . I'm glad I found her music So beautiful....

[@kiri101]

@@ggoannas Really? Never knew that, I'll give it another spin.

[@reemclaughlin4260]

If you’re lucky enough to have the vinyl Zeppelin gave her an ‘honorary symbol’, which they’d never given before or after. It’s on the inside sleeve. 🌸🍀

[@mabui67]

una voz que muy lejos de apagarse sigue brillando y emocionando,la mejor voz del folk rock británico.

[@funkyprepper]

I get goose bumps when i resonate with beautiful music. Right now.... im covered with them. Unbelievably amazing ❤

[@philipmarshallward]

Comes from a radio show recorded in 1966. It's been reissued on the 4 CD set Sandy Denny Live At The BBC.

[@maximumblue8394]

Such a haunting beautiful voice,reminds of a time that never really was.

[@jasonbernhardt8649]

This kind of frighteningly powerful stuff just sat in the vault for years.

[@anajinn]

Brilliant rendition! Brilliant voice! Thanks for posting.

[@Agnos66]

Sandy wiecznie żywa i niezapomniana.... była równie wielka jak Joplin, Morrison, Hendrix, Buckley, Drake - i równie nieodżałowana. Sandy Denny lives forever !

[@therichyalf]

The only voice I have ever heard that sounds like an angel.

[@charliestehlin506]

This is my first time hearing this song from Sandy.....just amazing! My gosh! To think that such a beautiful voice, with all of the soul and passion she puts into it......so long gone from this plane and just now, all these years affecting me the way it does. I could cry!

[@7arboreal]

Her father was Scottish and her grandmother was fluent in Gaelic and very musical. Sandy may not be singing in the original language but she sure had a Celtic soul.

[@7arboreal]

Andrew Sommerville What point are you adding to my comment?

[@paddymeboy]

Don't know what 'Celtic soul' means, I'm not sure it means anything. She sings in a plummy English accent and she hasn't got the tune quite right. Still, she deserves credit for doing this at a time when most Scots, never mind English, couldn't even have pronounced the title...not sure they could even now, tbh.

[@marvinallen6468]

I always thought so too.You can hear it.

[@W-E-A-P]

it was Irish Gaels who brang Gaeilge Gaelic to Scotland and Isle of man all native Irish Gaeltacht speakers know every words spoken by Fellow Gael from Albain.. The Scottish were pics from picland . the Irish Gaels named it Albain Mac Mc Ó all ó Ghaeil na hÉireann 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@tomasomaonaigh7659]

@@W-E-A-P Tiocfaidh ar la? ☦️

[@3tangle3]

she was the finest modern english folk voice

[@Gmoore59]

magical voice, so beautifully sung.

[@paulpayton8238]

I never met or seen this lady but she knows my heart through her songs lyrics, it's heartfelt soulful, I love it she was gifted God bless her soul, Paul p Birmingham England x

[@harmoniabalanza]

A genius. Touched mightily by the muse. And here so short a while.

[@biglizardbackyard1230]

Never heard of her before. Thank you for posting such a beautiful song and voice!

[@johnrungen4309]

I saw her in London so many years ago, I am still enjoying her fantastic voice and songs.

[@fishcalledrick]

hearing this voice is like being of the presence of an angel!!!

[@superpixiewoo]

I love Sandy Denny! Listening to her music since I was a teenager.

[@richardday8176]

Such a Voice ! Such a Songwriter ! Far too few know of how brilliant she was and her music will always be x

[@DavidOfWhitehills]

Also shown here, brilliant guitarist.

[@richardday8176]

Very True !

[@alfgilzean3362]

What A beautiful song sung by this amazing lady. Her voice is just lovely.

[@AnnihilatingAngel]

Wonderful beyond words. The tragic passing of this magical lady still rends the heart after all these years....

[@gdionwood]

What an incredible loss of beauty & talent to the world!

[@johnpatton804]

Used to play this in Zambia and colleagues of many nationalities were entranced.

[@paullavan1853]

Nobody could ever touch Sandy - I totally agree with you. God Bless.

[@BoudiccaBlanc]

Sandy ... The best of the best! May she R.I.P. Thank you for uploading this song :)

[@lornehadikin5983]

I just heard her for the first time this morning, and fell immediately fell in deep love, and now I'm told she has left us... ?? I am so broken......... :'(

[@lindaarrington9397]

So beautiful. I just found her tonight. Wonder soul.

[@patrickmichaels1312]

I presume by now you have discovered the unlimits of her wonder.

[@irisheyes0058]

Excellently haunting,...very sad loss at only 31,where does the time go

[@DaithiBOC]

Sandy Denny had a beautiful voice! I have heard the song by many others but have never heard it in English before. Not all songs translate to a foreign language well, this did. Lovely song!

[@oscarmclennan762]

she devastates my soul in a wonderful way

[@historiasmusicales8879]

Descubrí a Sandy Denny no hace mucho, y he de admitir que desde el primer momento me sedujo su voz y su despliegue de dulzura y nostalgia. Gracias.

[@lindamckenzie4543]

Thank you, Sandy. So precious. 💕🕊️

[@douglaskerins6030]

Sandy always leaves me speachless

[@ivosonnenberg9853]

Wenn i was young boy, i was so in love with her.. many woman since than used my heart as a tent, to only sleep in, and still the wind is blowing cold, but if i think of sandy i am not in need of blankets, wenn she died she took part of me with her, i will ask it back in heaven and listen on and on to her music there, as i do here.

[@marblox9300]

She is the great voice on Battle of Evermore.

[@SeaBassVamp]

Extraordinary..majestic voice!

[@Packyboy]

Sandy never had a chance.. I’ll be in London in April I’ll visit her grave. Beautiful voice.

[@johnhiscott-walsh5198]

♥

[@nicktighe3093]

carla fuchs is keeping her music alive along with a new album with unrecorded songs she wrote. kepp it up carla

[@akist8455]

Sandy forever ... A sublime voice !!

[@aonghas100]

This song can not express itself so clearly as it does in the gaelic language in which it was written.I do enjoy the way Sandy Denny has done this..Moran taing a'shandaidh.

[@marie-rosedaly4234]

🌹Incredible beautiful voice keep coming back to listen for years🌹

[@fledsondeandrade6179]

Não devia ter partido... Não era seu destino Não deveria ter sido seu fim Só resta saudades! Miss You, Sra Sandy

[@domingosmelo9416]

my favorite female singer...hey ladysonja great taste...greetzzz from a portugees male who lives in belgium :-)

[@clarindaheb]

Beautiful...so,so sincere and True..

[@mariewylie6339]

Sandy Denny....so much missed... love this song..

[@dlr4767]

My sister almost named her son (Scott) Tam Lin based on Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention's song. This is a pretty tune. I've been listening to other versions, including the original gaelic. She has such a fine voice here. We were born in the same year, 11 months apart.

[@RAddisonpeAce-WaRRioR]

Tradition has always been me vetterin' the "R" runes, that of travellor. I could never hear enough of the lyrics, her voice from first ever in 1967 thru 1978 in studying Ecology and socialism was perfect in tones. The folks-scene Britain was partly stoic, but her voice carried as remnants of pastime in space-Time; even thruout London on my 1980-- visit there. The folks people gathered somewhere in the countryside, and the Ecology group were there fRom Berkeley CAL. They did a wondrous skit, lots of singing and someone falling downstairs, fit 'n drunk--as they had supposed she'd been from what they'd known of her. Years before, 1973-4, the same Ecology gRoup, tried to hear her in LOS, but she yelled into the microphone, as we knew she'd ruined that once-in-a-lifetime voice, that we'd so admired in her like a queen's parlor overture-- she'd so delicately developed in her teens...and ohh what a voice to fall in love with her was about!

[@thomassoffen5972]

beautiful

[@Rahoorkhuitable]

Sandy Denny has the allowance to guard ye!!! Through the armies of the Dead. Very important.

[@sanderslongdrive]

Some folk travel through life never truly understood on a profound level, and I suspect Sandy to be one of them. (Was she even understood by anyone during her final years on a spiritual / emotional level?) The first thing for me which stands out about Sandy is her fast brain and acute intelligence. Likely she never made a show of it, and so perhaps it was never fully recognised? She was a mixer, not an aloof person. I very much like 'Fhir a Bhata' as Sandy reveals traces of the romantic / whimsical / mystical sides of her nature. Although clearly well read I also feel that spiritual mystery was a close companion. Perhaps never able to fully comprehend it, she nevertheless beautifully captured such within the breezes of some of her songs. She would have made a great duet with Bob Dylan singing 'Blowin' in the Wind.'

[@HugoSTAR13Xx]

UNE VOIX UNIQUE.... UNE MERVEILLE POUR LES OREILLES TANT LES MODULATIONS DE CETTE VOIX SONT ETENDUES.....LE CHANT DES SIRENES....

[@brucecauvet8228]

She had the voice of an angel! Pretty good guitarist, too. 6 and 12 string.

[@manricofiorentini4957]

ultra earthly voice...nobody like Sandy!

[@planetgong86]

OMG I've never heared this one!!! Magic!

[@Confucius_76]

She's like a Celtic princess from the mists of time

[@thewizard1177]

Only discovered her in'22 , completely enchanting ❤

[@shirleyforrest6897]

Listened to this on train journey from Derry to coleraine with the beautiful views of the mountains and lock foyle northern ireland.pure magic.thankyou I'll not forget that.xx

[@ajones2603]

Sandy was so beautiful...her voice so pure ..she kept me sane.....

[@TheLydiaR]

A unique voice and talent.

[@tomdrischler4053]

I admit I never heard of her before Robert Plant sang with her in battle of evermore! What a great singer!

[@rachelaspogard6587]

Beautiful voice and talent, so tragically destroyed by the demons of drugs.

[@StephenSeabird]

Rachel Aspögård Alcohol, in her case. Her story is well told in a chapter of an excellent book, Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music by Rob Young.

[@rachelaspogard6587]

Will check it out...I still listen to her....still an inspiration!

[@StephenSeabird]

Agreed. She captures something timeless. The first solo album, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens is a favourite, and a live recording of Bruton Town is to my mind the most powerful version I've ever heard of a widely recorded song/tragedy - available on the deluxe 2-cd issue of the above, and on a big collection called Who Knows Where the Time Goes.

[@rachelaspogard6587]

Those all sound like the are Worth hunting for....

[@hippychicka]

+StephenSeabird thanks l will check for this

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

Beautiful guitar work. Unique voice.

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Damn I love Pentangle, the thought of them bubbled to the surface and sure old KZbin gave me 3hrs of bliss. And thanks to the uploader as well, forgot to check your name. Also, we share the admiration for the best version of the much covered "Mattie Groves". g'nite now

[@MikeSmith-wd4hn]

Ah yes! Pentangle! That takes me back to my mis-spent - but thoroughly enjoyed - youth. Pentangle: simply superb - were able to truly capture drama in song.

[@lorenbliss]

I first heard her in the hopeful '60s -- I am 84 years old -- and from that first moment knew hers as the most exquisitely beautiful human voice I would ever hear. It has always seemed to me it was as if she were reincarnated from some unfathomably ancient past to give us a haunting glimpse of the indescribable loveliness we have lost to patriarchy -- that her life was so tragically short because she found the intensifying darkness of this dreadful era ultimately unbearable.

[@wendihowieson]

Truly Beautiful

[@ladysonja]

Hello! It is Scots Gaelic... it means Oh, My Boatman.

[@mikem9001]

Well, strictly no. "Fear a' bhàta" (the phrase used by the lady who originally composed this song in the 18th century) means just Man of the Boat, or Boatman. There is no possessive pronoun in it. Also, its nominative case, not vocative. Sandy tried to change it to a vocative case, but didn't quite get it right - she should have sung "A fhir a' bhàta", not Fhir a bhàta". But anyway, she sings it beautifully, and thank you for posting it.

[@pablo_cabeza_Bilbao]

La belleza, soñar, cautivar, volar, dejarse ir, amanecer, lluvia sobre la piel, lágrimas...

[@russcohen3779]

The greatest women’s folksinger of all time.

[@mickyhurd5394]

voice of an angel

[@colm47]

Man Of Iron is the last track on CD1 of the 2CD Anthology "No More Sad Refrains". Hope that helps! THe Lady was the greatest female folk singer from England if not the greatest female vocalist from England.

[@AnkieRusticus]

Always loved Sandy Denny!!! Beautiful voise!!

[@TheAMTRAK]

Sublime comme tout ce que Sandy Denny a chanté . Quelle voix!!!!

[@Exposetheluciferianagenda]

This is insanely beautiful

[@cynic7466]

Goosebump music, love a boatman or not😍