Sandy Denny: Who Knows Where the Time Goes? BBC John Peel Sessions

In this affecting, introspective performance, here young Sandy Denny asks: "Who knows where the time goes?"
Isn't it true that everyone over 30 years or so starts to wonder where the time goes? By 50, this sentiment becomes even more telling. And by 60, all Hell breaks loose given the nimble, cruel march of time. Time is the enemy of life - especially an unfulfilled one.
Sandy Denny
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny "Sandy Denny" (6 January 1947 - 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".
Recording
"This solo live studio recording of 11 September 1973 for the BBC Radio 1 show “Sounds of the Seventies”, hosted by John Peel, was first broadcast in the UK on FM Stereo on 25 September 1973. It was first published in 1997 on The BBC Sessions 1971-73 and later in 2007 on the 3 CD+DVD set Live at the BBC". (Courtesy: mainlynorfolk.info).
Lyrics (as sung here)
Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I shall still be dreaming
I do not count the time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But I shall still be here, I have no thoughts of leaving
I have no thoughts of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
And I am not alone while my love is near me
And I know it shall be so 'til it's time to go
So come the storms of winter there
And then the birds in spring again
I do not fear the time
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?

[@katemaxwell2804]

I will turn 71 in a week, I first bought "Leige and Leaf" in my twenties. Lost the original record but downloaded it and listen to it regularly. This song has a whole new meaning for me now. Who knows where the time goes, huh???

[@davidfagan6930]

PLEASE respond to my message: I live in Newfoundland, an island on the east coast of Canada. I feel the passion in your message. I am very "touched" by this song--and your comment.......................

[@chris7brook]

Hippie Birfday!🤡

[@normanleach5427]

from one bath to another, how stupid This haiku is at ground zero in this zen-zone world of immediacy. Impermanence and constancy, ten thousand archs of reality with their enterances and exits and all the while there is this moment of observation and participation...Such affinities! -- of desire, avoidance and loss -- from before birth and the long after all has passed...how stupid -- that peace is not continually acknowledge as our origin, the progenitor of our destiny and ultimately, our home all along. children seek to splash and spill this puddle as well [Night thoughts]

[@ronaldpetrin5823]

I grew up with this british wooden music. They sure set high standards.

[@hltvieira6354]

That was my first Fairport album, too. Got everything they recorded bit by bit & have Sandy's Anthology box set. What a loss her death was to the world.

[@lindafay6637]

On one of our first dates, my beloved husband Robert told me this was his favorite song of all time. He passed away in his early 40s in 2005. Im lying in bed listening with my bedroom window open hoping the sound makes its way to him in heaven tonight. I long for him daily. Rest in peace, Bobby. My love for you is eternal.❤😢

[@AntPDC]

A most moving comment Linda, thank you.

[@tadthemod]

I am so sorry, A very long time to grieve. Blessings.

[@1MrMoor]

My sorrow for him and for you knows no end. I weep….and then I smile as I think of your loving convictions. You truly are an amazing human dear lady.

[@noverguy]

What a wonderful post. Made my morning.

[@sherryimhof2037]

Grief never leaves. It is simply buried by the business of survival until there’s a reminder. I say this to you with a heavy heart… remember the love and give thanks that you were lucky enough to share him for any length of time. Say thank you, as you place your right hand on your heart. Some of us never had the experience of true love. Better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. Count your blessings and rise up a new person and step over the pathway of grief onto a new glorious path that awaits you. I have loved and lost many times. What I learned from those wounded experiences is that I never learned to love myself. Now it’s all changing. When you learn to love who you are and honor your life, you open the doors and they all come running. You will find love again. Don’t compare. Just ask for a new and greater experience of love. Know that it is coming once you open the doors again. Be brave. Clear the veils in front of you. Peace and love from my heart to yours.

[@nbenefiel]

I lived in Dublin during the seventies. I lived in a house with a tight group of friends. The woman who owned the house was a friend of Sandy’s. She visited a few times. We would all sit by the fire, drink tea, and sing and play until dawn. When news of her death hit us, we were all in tears. She was not only a great singer songwriter, she was a Hell of a lot of fun. Aoife, the owner’s child must be in her 50’s now. She was a toddler then. I used to read to her and chase her around the garden. Who knows where the time goes?

[@adriennebrown3778]

Wow, fantastic to hear that. My group of friends in Dublin 70s adored Sandy Denny & we had her album on play a lot

[@vickieshelton9242]

My brother age 62 I held his hand he passed Sept. 1st long battle....these lyrics have a deeper meaning so true. Enjoy life cherish it, every minute

[@serigrapher2]

I lost my brother too. Five years ago now. He was 61.I held his hand...

[@loboblue5441]

My deepest condolences

[@smeejit]

@@serigrapher2 May their memory be a blessing - remember how much joy you gave them.

[@larciabella]

My condolences........God Bless your brother and your family.

[@larciabella]

@@serigrapher2 my condolences.

[@46metube]

"when you're young, time lasts forever. when you're older, you realise it never did." Anon.

[@paulasommer2922]

I often say, when we were young, the time passed SO slowly but as we get older it goes SO fast……slips through our fingers if you let it.

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

@@paulasommer2922 Yup, basic math.

[@jeffblack5024]

One of the best songs ever written by one of the finest British singers. Nothing more needs to be said.

[@JamesDavidWalley]

Apparently, I was only the second song she ever wrote.

[@philiphicks1273]

Kinda limits the conversation at parties though....

[@johnthatcher4534]

@@philiphicks1273 just listen then.

[@davewilson2051]

@@philiphicks1273 stop going to parties .have you lost your tiny mind .

[@AR-iy1kl]

seconded

[@lancerx1759]

If there is a more beautiful voice than Sandy Denny i have yet to hear it in the year of 2023

[@Jason.King.at.your.service]

Eh Alex Harvey?. Lemmy? Brian Johnson? I rest my suitcase.

[@robinholmescnx]

Not better, but Judith Durham and Maddy Prior are my other favourites.

[@robmimi6796]

Yes I agree 👍

[@cricket-wd2zy]

Another great voice, Eva Cassidy❤️Both beautiful voices.

[@planetwaft349]

And 2024 still one of the best songs

[@bluesriot2]

she was so very young when she wrote this, and just past thirty when she left us much too soon, a remarkable song from a woman who did not achieve nearly the recognition she deserved, she is nothing short of a uk national treasure

[@adriennebrown3778]

Her reputation was & is huge with me & friends who were teenagers in the 70s in Ireland 🇮🇪

[@zinzanzut1]

Same as Nick Drake..virtually ignored when they were alive..held in reverence long after they are dead

[@miketurek3074]

Loved this song back when I was 20 and now at 70 it has even more meaning.

[@PortsmouthCityWatchorg]

You have company there.

[@landesart]

Me too! Though I went just 60 last week :-) The truth, like Joni Mitchell's "Both sides now" - early wisdom that grows better with the times...

[@lindascanlan6317]

Yes

[@samandjennysambrook]

I know you're way of feeling my friend..we grow old too soon and often wise to late...have you listened to a song by Charles Aznavour called YOUNG! Wow it's a killer,but so true.👍

[@brendadrumm9451]

Im 73 ive heard dif versions of this all beautiful in deed where does the time go god bless its now going so fast as if its on rollerskates stop the world i want to get off

[@paulwood5803]

I think I just found THE song I want played at my funeral...... yeah I'm old enough to start thinking about these things now and I'm sitting here teary eyed listening to this.

[@reemclaughlin4260]

This will be played at my service as well. ☮️

[@proslipbrakelubrication1922]

Played it for Mum when she was ill and she chose it to drift off to….

[@theresamalone3704]

I had the same thought, simply beautiful farewell till we meet again, song 💜🎵☮️

[@padgedunbar9400]

I'm in my early 50s, but have already mentioned a fair while back to some family members that if they don't go before me, then to play or perform this song in some form or another at my funeral (the Fairport version from Unhalfbricking, with Richard Thompson's sublime guitar, is my own personal fave). "Come the storms of Winter, And then the birds in Spring again, I have no fear of Time" is also what I would like on my headstone, my epitaph. A truly wonderful song, written by a truly wonderful singer.

[@jenfisher-bradley2623]

Saw the band at the Roundhouse in 1970. She sang this song. It went deep into our hearts. I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity. Thank you to my dear friends who took me there, such a fond memory.

[@hattyburrow716]

I was there then too!

[@garryfrost8829]

This is the definitive version of this song, it has such a reality with Sandy's stripped-down acoustic guitar accompaniment. I have turned 67 and like many others on this list still feel 25, we truly do not know where the time went, let's hope there is much more to come.

[@robertm7071]

I am also 67 and feel as I was in my early thirties before long-term illness struck me down. I cannot quite reconcile my mental outlook with the date on my birth certificate. Good luck to you. Have a long happy and healthy life and don't let anything budge you from you 20s.Keep your mind in the era when beautiful music such as this was being made.

[@willrichardson519]

My mum's 86 and says she feels like she's 17

[@dana102083]

@Stacey Michaels hugs xo

[@granthurlburt4062]

She was a terrific pianist too. SO MUCH talent and creativity and honesty. So sad how soon her life collapsed. Why couldnt someone save her?

[@grahamlockley4435]

@@willrichardson519 Inside every 60 year old is a 16 year old saying 'What just happened?'

[@blairbrownie1223]

I truly did not know a thing about her until this morning as I listened to Led Zeppelin’s Battle of Evermore, and saw that she was the female vocalist. Now I’m here and very moved by her. I will keep exploring this woman’s story and voice

[@kenelkins1841]

Enjoy the journey. Be prepared to get reacquainted with your soul.

[@tonirose6776]

Just discovered her due to a snippet of this song played in Brian and Charles. I realised I had listened a lot to Fairport Convention decades ago and did not 'know' she was the lead singer. Poor thing had a hard life.

[@foxilaidee]

@@tonirose6776 and sadly too short

[@johnhawkins9826]

superb writer and musician who fronted the original Fairport,

[@SeekerGoOn2013]

You will not be disappointed - except for her demise.

[@Itchicoo-Park]

A true English rose who lost her way. An angelic voice that is sadly missed. Sweet dreams Sandy 😢

[@dicktaylor9054]

This only becomes more beautiful, more poignant and more precious with each passing year.

[@aptbroker1]

I'm 72 and I feel this song more and more. We don't have much time left. Sad...

[@helenswan705]

but lifetimes we are yet to see, I hope

[@thomasbrady9146]

This song meant so much to me at my wife of 54 yrs. this song was part of her video memorial. I will miss my wife always and hope she meets Sandy in heaven and tells her how much this song meant to me

[@gulfgypsy]

There's so much I don't know -- But of the very few things I am certain, is not even death can break the bond of two souls woven together. It transcends this world, beyond time and space, it's as eternal and endless as the heavens. Your dear wife, your friend, your heart, your laughter and partner, is with you still -- Your heart still holds her just as her heart forever holds you. The one who holds my heart is gone from this world but lives on in forever within me.

[@bjohnston3659]

Mr. Brady, how are things?

[@simonandrews3694]

Exactly the same for me - it was my Wife's favourite song

[@petesquire2954]

The Good go to Heaven early.

[@andywood9256]

❤

[@ParcelOfRogue]

A contender for the Greatest Song Ever

[@annchristinebaker3636]

Got my vote

[@chriswhitworth7793]

I was honoured to know Sandy, in Kingston and Wimbledon, in the 60s. I will never forget her. A troubled lady but with the soul and voice of an angel.

[@peterballan7952]

She was indeed, a very troubled lass. I kew her briefly whilst on the folk scene, briefly, and she had many more troubles than I did ! and I thought I was screwed up ! But, she was impossible not to love.

[@jankelley749]

I grew up with Sandy....we lived in the same street in Wimbledon until she was about 15, then they moved to the house that features on the cover of Unhalfbricking. My younger sister was the same age as Sandy and went to the same school. We used to all get together at our house and listen to records when we were adolescent. She was very lively. The last time I saw her she was walking down the road in a blue duffle coat, loads of curly blonde hair, and I remember thinking how cool she looked! So long ago now! Where indeed did the time go? It sadly didn't wait for Sandy - she left us too soon. 😢

[@TheToolnut]

@@jankelley749 The fact that Sandy Denny isn't a household name is a travesty. There should be a statue of her in London. She was a musical genius, 👍🇮🇪 🇮🇪

[@sanderslongdrive]

If a soul remains untroubled in this world then it will ultimately face much learning.

[@davidneller7681]

@@jankelley749 Hello Jan. Thank you for such a moving account of Sandy's early life. Exact memories fade over the years but I believe I saw her perform (pre-Fairport) at the Fighting Cocks folk club at Kingston and the Albany Folk Club above the pub near Clapham Junction and was 'blown away' by how great she was then - and when I discovered that we were both born in Nelson Hospital at Merton Park in the same year and were residents at Wimbledon a chill went down my spine! I am 75 this year, but sadly Sandy died far too early. I have visited her grave at Putney Vale a couple of times and I'm glad that the 'Lady' is so well remembered even now.

[@thomasbrady9146]

This was part of my wife's video after she died this past 2020. We were together for 54 years.

[@icanseeformiles9387]

So sorry for your loss. Hope you take good care of yourself

[@jamesdevine1005]

In heaven.

[@kierandevenney5616]

May she be resting amongst the angels in heaven

[@rosslocincam9916]

Respect. You are fortunate to have shared your life with a wife of such fine taste.

[@davidharris1562]

My best friend of 47 years was a huge fan of Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention, he passed away 6 weeks ago, after an extremely short illness, still can’t get over the fact he’s passed away, more of a brother than a friend, he was always there for me through my troubles and tribulations, we were apprentices together, he had Meet me on the ledge played at his funeral. Still can’t listen to this, Matty Groves and Meet Me On The Ledge without getting emotional

[@emmceeee]

My God, that's beautiful.

[@beniciomoldenado2315]

For years I listened to the Judy Collins version of this song and loved it. Today I learned about this one. Wow! I am 76 now and I still love learning to appreciate music and musicians with whom I am not familiar. Life is short, listen to music, play music.

[@markhunter8554]

I'm guessing you like Crimson as well.

[@granthurlburt4062]

They are both great. It is one of Judy's best songs IMHO.

[@pmangum6879]

I hear you.

[@tullochgorum6323]

This isn't "a" version - it's "the" version! Sandy wrote it, by the way, in case you didn't realise. Particularly poignant in the light of her untimely passing.

[@richardsavino3612]

Her voice is autumn...soft reds and browns of a woolen muffler against a North wind...fire crackling, the smell of peat hanging in the air like a harbinger of sadness

[@OhtobeinIreland]

You are a poet, my dear!❤️

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

Haha ..you said woolen muffler 😁😁😁😁😁

[@richardsavino3612]

@@HUMPTYNUGGET that's a scarf in brit talk

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

@@richardsavino3612 woosh...

[@markthistlewood]

That’s beautifully put!

[@richardfearn6638]

Had this song played at my daughters funeral, she was just 40 years old

[@AntPDC]

Deeply sorry to read that Richard. Regards, and best wishes.

[@ArchieFatcackie]

Very sorry to hear this Richard. I can’t begin to think what you’re going through.

[@thrummer1953]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@andrewevans6309]

So sorry for your loss.

[@richardloring7545]

My Mum died at 40..Tragic...Sorry bout your girl...

[@travelinben1966]

The voice of an angel who became one far too soon.R.I.P. Sandy.

[@davidjarvie9546]

One of the greatest songbirds of British music, miss you very much Sandy,🎵🎶🎵🇬🇧👍🙏

[@stephenhudson7039]

A song for growing older. I’m 68 & love Sandy ❤️

[@joysmith1213]

Same here, Stephen ❤

[@sheilafranks8444]

And me now 68 used to lay in bed listening to sandy denny, nick drake , ground hogs , curved air it touched me then and touches me more .not a crier but nearly moved to tears

[@jappychap2003]

I'm 75 and still getting tearful.

[@robertmcdougall3166]

I am not a lover of Folk music, yet I know of no other singer / songwriter who could capture the passing of the seasons so poetically as Sandy did. Her skills as both a singer and songwriter were so vastly underrated. Her grandparents were from Dundee, I recall, and I had the pleasure of seeing her in concert in Scotland. When it comes to my own passing, what a perfect song to depart to.

[@portcullis5622]

Sandy Denny and Nick Drake. The music of both is tied to the British landscape and seasons for me. The same with some of Ian Anderson's (Jethro Tull) finest songs.

[@stevethomas7704]

"She sang about serfs and noblemen with the naturalism of a woman describing everyday life, and she sang about everyday life as if from the perspective of a woman a thousand years ago" - Greil Marcus.

[@DrB81]

I’m from Dundee and I did not know that about her grandparents. Cheers.

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

Sandy is my favorite singer from that era. This song makes me cry

[@23theseeker50]

This is a beautiful song from the lovely, lovely Sandy Denny I always feel so sad hearing this song but I love the great, wonderful Sandy Denny she left us early and we miss her so, so much R.I.P MY BEAUTIFUL SANDY DENNY AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING MY SWEET ONE. MISS YOU SO MUCH.

[@markmacintyre3422]

Why when Sandy starts to sing, I’m flooded with memories and begin to cry uncontrollably???

[@arneemilbredland2339]

You`re not the only one.

[@Kriegsgefangener31]

Because her voice is perfection, and because we lost her way, way too early.

[@ianperry8860]

Because it,s your history your remembering my friend and better times.

[@donnabowen4107]

Thank you. I agree. Her voice puts me in another realm.

[@winfieldritzert2176]

Same...

[@williampaul8556]

76 years old now. This is the question.

[@gregdray8199]

Looove Sandy's voice so sad she's been gone so long but she left so much beauty behind in her songs. I relive every joyful moment listening to her though I know not where her soul rests. A prayer and gratitude for her life.

[@Baat23-o8q]

Lets never forget Sandy, a true understanding of the soul. She will live forever. Happy days Sandy.😄

[@wolframbatz7086]

Maybe there are 5 greatest female singers of the hole world … ever. Sandy is one of them. Her voice accompanies me, my whole life. *And* I am german, living in Hamburg.

[@carolbailey118]

You should listen to Carol Kidd another Scottish star 😊

[@greghobbs1728]

Richard Thompson has just released his memoir. In it, he states that she was so empathic and sensitive that she was missing a layer of skin. For those who can grasp the full meaning of those characterizations, it shows his well earned wisdom and goes a long way in explaining why she was a great musician and why she left us so early.

[@nedgentz5740]

I'm reading it now

[@TheToolnut]

I believe Sandy had extra ordinary levels of emotional intelligence hence the out of this world song writing abilities.

[@davidkeith9015]

I agree a bit like Nick Drake

[@richardhague4527]

Some people are too sensitive sometimes ,too empathetic feeling others pain etc.maybe sandy was , coupled with her genius, she wasn't destined for long on this earth. But she will never be forgotten ,she's too good for that,

[@niharikasharma678]

She’s my John Keats❤

[@snilloc52]

If I want to have a good cry and remember those who have left and gone on all I have to do is listen to this beautiful emotional song sung by this beautiful voice and the tears will flow but my heart will sing with sweat sadness.

[@Teds991]

Beautiful words, thank you 👏

[@petemee2876]

What a beautiful voice, beautiful song, the lyrics are so powerful. This will be played at my funeral

[@user-xv4fk5ok5b]

Up there with the best, so uplifting and yet so sad. I've listened to this song, sung by the angelic voice of Sandy Denny, for over 50 years. I will never tire of hearing it. The lyrics have more meaning you are 70+, but it had me hooked when I was a teenager. It is a song for all ages....timeless!

[@tomwillits7650]

Beautiful song and performance! Sandy outdid herself with this song of the angels!

[@stayingsober7802]

I don't think it goes anywhere. I might be living in a dream where everything that's ever been & ever will be is right here in this moment. The only place I've ever been able to experience the Divine is in the present moment. Listening to Sandy sing this gorgeous song is reminding me to slow down, breathe, & be. Good morning, Sandy, & thank you.

[@thrownforaloop58]

Your insights are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing that.😎

[@simonjames3845]

I am 66 now and Sandy's voice has been with me for much of that time.

[@luisreina9943]

Like me. And I'm 66 years old too

[@richardhague4527]

I'm in the 66 club too, but lm a late comer to sandys voice . Now lm under her spell and nothing l can do

[@devil_pls]

One of the best random recommandations I ever clicked on here on KZbin. Glad I found this Gem.

[@davidfountaine3218]

One of the greatest female voices of all time

[@markcarson9023]

Herself and Annie haslam.

[@davidfountaine3218]

@@markcarson9023 Agree on that one Mark. Also an incredible voice, only player her the other day.

[@marleyjake]

One of the greatest voices.

[@alfching2499]

She never had any confidence in herself.She Was a Capricorn like myself.

[@marleyjake]

@@alfching2499 On the other hand, you might say, as someone else wrote and sang, "I ain't dead yet, my bell still rings." Mick Houghton's fine biography of Sandy, 'I've Always Kept a Unicorn" provides plenty of evidence that although she had doubts, she also had plenty of confidence too. Besides, some say that the last critter standing always was, always is, and always will be a Capricorn . . . never underestimate the ol' goat.

[@TenMinuteDrumSolo]

Like the poster pinned above I too am on the verge of turning 71 and bought the "Liege and Leaf" album upon its release in 1969, though I still have my copy. For the next 40+ years I floated along blissfully unconcerned about aging until I hit 60 and realized I'd reached a milestone. When someone dies before turning 60 folks say, "So sad, she/he died so young", but when someone 60 or over dies they say, "Oh well, she/he lived a good life." It wasn't until around age 64 or 65 that I was stunned by the notion of how incredibly FAST all that time had gone by. I felt almost as though I'd been in a coma and didn't sense the passing of time, in my head I'm still 24 years old. Though I must say that one of (the few) happy perks of making it this far is that the dust settles and you finally get to see what's really important - as it turns out it's a surprisingly short list. Anyway, my work is done now and so I'm just going to take in the scenery...

[@AntPDC]

I'm pretty sure that snuffing it at 60 - 70 is by no means regarded as a "good innings" these days. 75+ seems to be the new threshold. And isn't it a bummer that, by the time one reaches a certain age, all the trivia which used to occupy our minds falls away - though not entirely. My father used to climb ladders; crawl on his conservatory roof to do repairs at 82 years old because he still thought himself 22 - and paid the price with various accidents. Thank you for your lovely comment TMDS, and best wishes.

[@1999zrx1100]

Turning 65 next month, can’t tell my friends enough to retire and smell the roses. They are all still running for the money they don’t need. Your words are so true. Where did the time go. Be Well. 🙏

[@timsusie2]

Very true how fast time goes by. Reminds me of lyrics from Pink Floyd's time............And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run.....you missed the starting gun! Cherish every day we are given.

[@mshumphreys4457]

can so relate to that !

[@newtonpo1]

Well stated and true. 70 in April, who knows indeed

[@johntucker9438]

I was in love with sandy when I was 16 I'm 65 now and love her just as much.

[@tiaarcher1749]

The tears are falling. I don't even know how l got to this place in my life.

[@tomipresley6246]

hope you not crying tia,dont cry hun things will get better

[@tiaarcher1749]

@@tomipresley6246 thank you. Going through a divorce...26 years. Didn't mean much in the end. You can't compete with youth!

[@tomipresley6246]

@@tiaarcher1749 hi tia, honey have saw so many times guys leaving something special for something younger and you know what tia have saw these guys months later hunched shoulders , long faces and i would say 9 out of 10 of those relationships did not work out and you may not realise it now but you did not lose anything, what a cheating partner, he lost you a person who knows what love and feelings are, really hold your head up , say your prayers things will improve

[@tiaarcher1749]

@@tomipresley6246 god bless you Tomi , you've done me good x

[@tomipresley6246]

@@tiaarcher1749 thank you that very kind , just telling you the truth hun, god bless you too tia x

[@morriganravenchild6613]

A timeless classic.......still as powerful as it was way back then......perfection.....

[@mickyfinn1948]

Just a young woman of 20 when she wrote this sung yet it resonates with a much older generation now. Thanks for the upload Anthony - the pictures are just right for this music from all those years ago.

[@AntPDC]

Agreed Michael. Lost to the world at such a young age.

[@glynnrawle3719]

I read somewhere that she was 16 or 17 when she wrote this. Don’t know how true that is but I’ve always loved it.

[@johnizard5145]

@@glynnrawle3719 Extraordinary that this lyric was written by a 20 year old. None of us should fear the time .

[@efil4zaggin666]

Dont worry it resonates with us young'uns too

[@grahamhowes6904]

We booked Sandy for Norwich City College - it was a magical concert and alas turned out to be one of her last. We were worried as her representative said that if the piano wasn’t properly tuned she would walk off … obviously we got it right as she couldn’t have been more charming. I surreptitiously hung two mikes from the lighting gallery and alas there was more piano than voice and worse the reel disappeared in one of many moves. Class act!

[@AntPDC]

A lovely recollection, thank you Graham. I spent many happy years living in Norwich, and latterly the North Norfolk coast. Magical.

[@steveharris5008]

never heard this version before; right from the start brings tears to my eyes...

[@planetwaft349]

What a beautiful voice.

[@richardhague4527]

Never been a big folk fan, but sandy is on a higher level than any female singer lve ever heard , heartbreaking quality ,superb.tragic loss when sandy went😪

[@info781]

Never heard of her until today. I do not know how any man could not respond to a voice like that , warm and embracing like a crackling fire in a cozy room on a cold day.

[@cath1460]

Glad you found the song :) x

[@joanhenry1866]

She used to be in Fairport Convention. Check it out,

[@dunruden9720]

@@joanhenry1866 She used to BE Fairport Convention.

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

@@dunruden9720 You're doing Richard Thompson a disservice there.

[@downhillblur708]

@@HoratioFitzbastard +1

[@dandyshiraz]

Sandy starts singing and my body caves in . My soul turns to marshmallow and my heart folds itself in half .

[@grahammacfarlane9103]

Lovely reaction.

[@edforeman6401]

Gives me chills.

[@mattamos2267]

You must be extra careful if your soul turns to marshmallows.

[@dandyshiraz]

@@mattamos2267 Ties in with what I’ve heard 👍

[@michaelsandovalmusik]

Same here. This is magical.

[@Packyboy]

The song and the singer never fails.🎼🎼🎼 I’ve come to understand and I do not fear the time ,thank you for the work Sandy.💐

[@janwarren100]

One of the most beautiful songs ever, sung so beautifully by the amazing Sandy Denny!!

[@richardtychmanowicz1197]

The very best Female vocalists of her generation .Met her in Cheltenham Town Hall after the gig when she was presented with flowers for being voted Female vocalist of the year in 1978. Still playing her music in 2021.

[@cormackeenan8175]

These song were written and performed when we thought that music could change the world.

[@patricklevinerose1359]

I hear this song and it seems to be 1977 again. We lost Sandy Denny the year after I lost Mom. Sandy’s precious tender voice in this song, brings me back to Sunday nights. Mom played it then. It brings me back to those nights.

[@bikerbid]

This is one of the most moving versions of this superb track. It takes me to a time, a place, a person I loved dearly and a life of challenging time.

[@efil4zaggin666]

From tears of sadness and despair at life and the world, to tears of joy from all the wonderful things life offers - this song conjures up so much emotion in me that I almost don't want to listen to it... I'd never heard this song until recently, how it's not one of the most famous songs to ever come out of Britain is beyond me

[@ellieblair3087]

A beautiful ageless, timeless, thought provoking song sung by a Musical genius.

[@sarahmagee9008]

It might be 50 years since I last heard Sandy Denny's name. Richard Thompson is performing in Hollywood in a couple of weeks & I was refreshing my memory like the name of that group whose first album I listened to 100 times when I was a junior-senior in college was "Fairport Convention." Somebody said he feels 25. I'm 74 and sometimes I'm emotionally 18--before I accrued baggage. It feels awfully good!

[@ShapGranite]

I'm 38, first heard this at 14, and have been enchanted ever since, through the hardest and sweetest of times - completely bewitching.

[@manricofiorentini4957]

My favourite female vocalist ever, nobody like Sandy!

[@ewantaylor5626]

Dusty ?

[@AntPDC]

@@ewantaylor5626 Quite possibly Ewan, but in a different idiom.

[@peter.a.langan5872]

Kate Wolf did a phenomenal version of this song and she also left us too young.

[@utube4619]

She sings it beautifully very expressive, it makes one count the seasons.....

[@roberthayes9842]

Her voice still sends shivers down my back 50 year's later, timeless

[@Stationario]

Beautiful song, beautiful voice, beautiful everything

[@lisathwaites9241]

I first came across this most talented beautiful woman when my father brought a "Fairport convention" album home. He had borrowed it from a teacher at the "Adult Education centre he worked at. I was 18 mad on music and me and my father had that bond in music. Id rush home on a Friday after getting paid with albums so diverse from "Alison moyet" to "The carpenters." Like so many people music is and has always been a massive part of my life. I got home one Friday he met me at the door so happy telling me this was a new (New to him) band the lady was "Sandy Denny" she blew me away and needless to say my wages went on every record I could get my hands on. It was the 80s I had no interest in pop. So this went on for yrs and 30yrs later he was diagnosed with "Altzheimers". We still had the music and that never changed he still knew the words to all her songs always asking me to sing "Who knows where the time goes" (which turned out to be the one he knew even when he stopped talking)I would visit and sing the words he would finish the song at the End. He passed four yrs ago and was singing it right up until that day. Thank you sandy for the music that shaped me as an adult and gave me away to communicate with my dad when nothing was left to say in other peoples minds. At the age of 51 I still know every word of every song you sang to us and play them everyday. So again thank you lovley lady I know your music will continues to inspire people for many yrs to come.x

[@AntPDC]

What a touching, heartfelt account Lisa. Thank you.

[@lisathwaites9241]

@@AntPDC All very true. I lost my mum only 6 months after my dad and "Who knows where the time goes" I played at both funerals. She is and will always be a pioneer for generations of female singers and in my opinion one of the very best.

[@francescarose3325]

Who cannot listen and weep for lost loves and dreams?

[@johnnyecoman9121]

Yes, you are right, that is the heart of the song.

[@martycrow]

This is the most beautiful, raw and authentic rendition of this most extraordinary song that I have heard. As I come closer to my final selections, this will surely make my limited shortlist. It will surely mark many a life.

[@sandro22273]

Sandy mi commuove,sono passati molti anni ma è come fosse adesso,grazie!

[@AntPDC]

Grazie Alessandro!

[@juliesanger4245]

THIS YOUNG LADY 'S VOICE AND MUSIC ALLOW ME TO FEEL , FEEL SOME OF THE FEELINGS THAT ARE SO PAINFUL TO FEEL ! I LOVE HER AND THE WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT HER

[@dutchy777]

The BEST folk singer of all time

[@johnhutsler8122]

I just discovered Sandy Denny right now. I'm 1:50 into the first song I've ever heard by her and I'm sad that I've never heard of her before now, but also happy that she's now in my catelogue of great music. Wow. This is wonderful

[@billmoss2877]

I will always love Sandy. That's just the way it is.

[@buzzpedrotti5401]

The most beautiful version I have heard. The voice of an angel.

[@markstudden9090]

I agree - this is the most delicate, graceful, intricate, perfectly judged performance of the song that I know of, and so well recorded.

[@livmurray1958]

I'm a Canadian and I've never heard such a Voice such as Sandy's and this great Band until I moved to the EU, Sandy is up there with the rest of the Greats, Legends, Rip young lady, you are Sorely missed xxxxxx🌺🌺🌺🌺😭✍️🙏💔💖💗

[@louise3088]

Check out Eva Cassidy.

[@samkohen4589]

Joni Mitchell and Buffy Saint Marie, both from Saskatchewan

[@livmurray1958]

@@louise3088 oh yes we Canadians are well aware of Eva thank you darlin!

[@livmurray1958]

@@samkohen4589 Joni has been well Respected by Canadians and the Irish for many reasons, historically in their music. Sometimes I forgot who I listened to when younger I had great Mentoring in all so fortunate 👌🇨🇦❤️🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@johnj.watson6094]

What an incredible voice this woman had. I could listen, listen and listen again, yet never hear enough. A rare talent. Eager to learn more about her.

[@michaelandrews2229]

Sandy Denny, an absolute miracle! What an angelic voice! I still have my imported double album " History of Fairport ", I got back in 1972. Timeless. Each time I play it, I feel as blessed, as I did, as when she was alive. Here's to you Sandy, thank you so much!

[@grendel_nz]

Have you heard Nora Fischer?

[@steveharris5008]

got it myself...

[@Baat23-o8q]

What an amazing find for me. Sandy Denney, the greatest voice of her generation, but probably the greatest voice in history.

[@cliffraleighnc2997]

Thank you for sharing these rare precious memories and moments that give us older folks a quick trip back to the joy and passion of youth. I wonder what the sacred, serene moments of today’s youth will be in their later years.

[@alberthutchison6469]

Johnnie Walker said this is the best British rock folk song of all time and I agree a sadly missed unique voice

[@grubbs104]

Jim Beam always loved The Blue Hills of Kentucky

[@lancerx1759]

Absolutely Beautiful !!

[@eniobatista1420]

Alguém do Brasil ouvindo esse clássico deixa o like Rip Sandy

[@taolhandooque9984]

Euuu ! Vim pela série Hospital Linux na Netflix! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔

[@ikramreffas4308]

a timeless singer with a magnificent voice dead so soon ... definitively made history with her mythic contribution in the legendary led zep lV . R.l.P Sandy so pure and so lovely woman .

[@johnbrereton5229]

I saw her, at I believe her last performance, somewhere in London she was pregnant but performed beautifully. A few weeks after, a friend who had been with me, stopped me in the street and told me she was dead. Who knows where the time goes, indeed!

[@mgeeees460]

Just incredible. She was also amazing on Zeppelins battle of evermore. R.I.P Beautiful

[@michaelawford7325]

Been a Sandy Denny fan for 56 years, no one has been better.

[@kevingiblin4122]

Amazing thanks ❤😂😮😅😊

[@jeltinagerritsen8048]

Lovely to hear her voice again.

[@XANDER1944]

at 77 y.o. this song still reduces me to tears !

[@garyedwards2497]

This beautiful song sung by a wondrous singer puts me straight back to the sweetest time of my life. Sandy Denny encapsulated those gentle times .

[@richarddean4763]

This lady has written several of the very very best and they enchant ever more

[@raekersey7376]

Anyone else crying?

[@alfching2499]

She was a reckless bird.she didn’t need many drinks too cause havoc,She was pissed when she slid down the staircase.I’m sure the other side of her may Affend some but it’s the gods honest guv

[@markdirenna159]

@@alfching2499 not sure what the point of this is.

[@user-pf3mq2kk6j]

Yup

[@lekunberriko1]

magical song

[@davidmadison2491]

One if my all time favorite singers, a good friend turned me onto her in the early 80s, he passed away recently, he was a fanatical fan of hers. So sad that she died so young.

[@markcarson9023]

Her haunting duo with plant was esqusite battle evermore.

[@hamishmclay3159]

at 73 myself, I won a signed copy of Liege & Lief, sadly some years after Sandy had left us - it is certainly a prize possession of mine and was presented at one of the Fairport Cropredy Conventions in the mid eighties: oh what a lucky man I am

[@jsommer2611]

We saw F. C. in Berkeley in 75 or 76. I wished I had seen her earlier in her short career. Truly one of the greatest voices ever placed on this earth. AntPDC, thanks for your fine work on this. I am swooning.

[@danunger9712]

It was 1975 & I was at that concert. Superb