Steeleye Span - New York Girls

[@ClaireRhymesw1thBear]

Played this song while cooking dinner. Noticed my daughter dancing "The floss" to it. Proof its a dance worthy tune no matter your generation.

[@jocksmen]

MAGNIFICENT..........Remember the airplay when this came out. Peter Sellers "CLASS ACT" taken far too soon from us (RIP).

[@TheUncleBilly]

Priceless, and a wonderful memory of the versatility of Peter Sellers.

[@QMPhilosophe]

I saw Steeleye Span in 1973 - have been listening to them ever since. What a great band!

[@eddiehawkins7049]

Only ever saw Maddy Prior once, but the fun and happiness she exuded has stayed with me for 40 years or so.

[@johnatkin69]

She's a lovely woman too. After we saw Steeleye play at York's Grand Opera House once, we sat with Maddy and some of the rest of the band and had a few beers afterwards. She's very down to earth and friendly, as were the others. They shut the bar before Bob Johnson could get a drink and he stormed off in a huff which was a shame because he was the only one who didn't sign my programme.

[@jamesgornall5731]

Had my picture taken with her last year with my Mother, a lifelong Steeleye fan who went from 71 to 16 in the blink of an eye

[@anselman3156]

Love Seller's mischievous touch! True Goon!

[@regquarton4921]

Peter Sellers on ukulele-WOW!

[@hudsonbailey674]

Bravo! A cocktail of genre regarding this splendid ensemble. I'm an eclectic regarding art but this style of performance is electric.

[@skylarkman2000]

Amazing band , true musicians. Lovely song too !

[@LeighLofgrenPhotographer]

just fabulous listening to them and they were the best

[@jamesgornall5731]

Still touring

[@timlarge7420]

Watched Steeleye play live on stage last night, Maddy played the Uklele. .

[@Gwid01]

@QMPhilosophe I'm jealous. I wish I had been around then, since I didn't find out about them til the early 90's when we were getting heavily into Celtic/traditional music. They are a superb band. Must've been great seeing them live back then. Thanks for the upload, john. Great song, even without Maddy taking lead-- shows that all members of the band could hold their own weight. Nice one. :))

[@brianstevens7789]

That's brilliant.

[@keithkeller4156]

Thanks & Sharing........

[@garryburrows8987]

brilliant music

[@mcfrdmn]

Lovely song.

[@briankiernansmith2433]

absolutely beautiful, beats bellowhead any day.

[@deankeith830]

Brian Kiernan Smith no it doesn't!!

[@eddiehawkins7049]

I like both. They can be different without one being better than the other.

[@FarTooManyFrogs]

I actually got an explanation on a different video, and I looked it up myself. "Santy" is also a word for "Prostitute". There's a story behind every folk song.

[@Darko769.]

Reminds me of Far and Away the film....Great feeling song...

[@FarTooManyFrogs]

New York Girls. Gotta love Steeleye Span!

[@tomench]

I just thought, as I tought before about that, thou it doesn't have to mean anything but maybe old english from french: santé "means health" that make me picture it as in the times whjen they built new york, maybe a yorkshire bloke it was,, or maybe if we look the places are somewhere else completly. Good day to .. I'll surely check out your page! .. Nice song

[@balthazarMona]

love it

[@jocksmen]

@johnatkin69 all i found was "shanty" the irish that were the poorest of the poor. hope it helps, as i think she sings shanty.????

[@slygingerdog]

@meadowlarks100 Hi there, thanks for that. Yes , Bellowhead are a great band, and in fact I sometimes wish Steeleye would also produce a bigger sound, although their latest lineup has certainly gone a long way towards that. Maybe it's me that's grumpy !

[@alpha-omega2362]

oops, I thought this was Steeley Dan... thought it was an unusual song for them and where did the girl come from? well now I know.... nice group anyway......

[@kowens1956]

44 Bleecker st. thats the NY Bowery.

[@Tipi_Dan]

The lyric is "my dear Auntie" (in the "naughty" sense), not "my dear Honey". Please note also that the sailor's name is "Jack R. Malone"; a subtle play on words indicating that when his "Auntie" absconded with his personal effects he was left to take the matter of his unfulfilled urges into his own hand.

[@Ellimir]

+Tipi Dan FWIPW, most traditional singers I know sing "My dear Annie."

[@Tipi_Dan]

Please enlighten them.

[@makinandrew]

Got that right

[@johnmiller8975]

Peter Sellers OMG holy shit

[@gifyifhkhmcucyk6865]

Mfw a British neo folk band does some old song about my city for some reason

[@meadowlarks100]

@slygingerdog That is true- bellowhead are quite grumpy looking. I like both bands in different ways. I think I like the 'big band'-ness of bellowhead, whereas steeleye's charm is its simplicity.

[@LibraryPervert]

Thank you for the lyrics. It finally clarifies that the "gay porn" at the end actually is "Cape Horn"!

[@smartalek180]

+Library Pervert And just what's wrong with "gay porn," he asked, indignantly?

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Someone's triggered....

[@MrEoin23]

Maybe you should change your name to Lady Mondegreen. :)

[@Macangusagain]

the great Finbar Furey of Ireland

[@jimhaynes897]

Peter Sellars on Ukelelee

[@davidjanson9900]

i knew i had heard this before . bellow head reinvented the past (badly)

[@BTWynn98]

+david janson Come on man, you don't seriously think that this song was written by Steeleye Span? Bellowhead did exactly what Steeleye did, their own interpretation of a shanty. Each band did it in a different way, and neither is objectively better or worse than the other.

[@davidjanson9900]

+Benedict Wynn i didnt say steeleye span first recorded this( seriously) i said i had heard this before,and i am sorry you dont agree with my opinion, but the mere fact that you took the trouble to publish the words"come on man" is not in anyway going to change my opinion, if you are going down the punk ,shanty route then the pogues would be an admiral(sic) choice.

[@makinandrew]

It goes back over 150 years. Long before Bellowhead or Steeleye Span

[@davidjanson9900]

agreed ,this calls for a shanty top ten 1 stormy weather boys 2 rio grande 3 whiskey johnny 4 mr stormalong 5 haul away joe 6 greenland whale fisheries 7 lowlands 8 the sailors alphabet 9 farwell and adieu 10 drunken sailor

[@deankeith830]

david janson give me a Bellowhead gig any day

[@slygingerdog]

can anyone suggest what the Bellowhead version of this song has that this one doesn't. I think this is every bit as good . At least Steeleye Span smile. Has someone told all the members of Bellowhead to look miserable whenever they have their picture taken ?

[@deankeith830]

slygingerdog it has life and joy

[@balesbailey5137]

Ned Seagoon lives on!

[@solarbuduk]

Is it not short for "away your sanity"?

[@barrycross2585]

any info of Peter Sellers involvement, I love it but how did he get involved in it?

[@makinandrew]

Maddy Prior told the crowd at Fairport Cropredy Festival just last weekend (August 12th 2016). They were practising this song and someone said, "it really needs a ukulele". Nobody around the table could play the ukulele, but someone eventually said, "I think Peter Sellers plays the ukulele...". The rest, as they say, is history.

[@jocksmen]

SONG WAS USED IN THE GANGS OF NEW YORK.

[@borgduck]

Jack Frost How ironic, I was just thinking of that movie! And you're right!

[@borgduck]

borgduck I hope Steely Dan appreciate this, since *they're* from New York.

[@jocksmen]

+borgduck GET YOUR FACTS CORRECT. YOU ARE 100% WRONG!!!!!!

[@borgduck]

Jack Frost *BE CLEARER! WHICH FACT IS 100% WRONG?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@jocksmen]

+borgduck STEELEYE SPAN ARE "ALL" 100% ENGLISH OK?

[@rhombusskullvsteal1]

away my sanity

[@jocksmen]

ANYONE KNOW ANOTHER FAMOUS PERSON WHO LOVED THE EUKE??

[@MsAppassionata]

+Jack Frost George Harrison

[@jocksmen]

+MsAppassionata VERY GOOD. A PLUS MY FRIEND. HAPPY NEW YEAR.!!!!!!

[@MsAppassionata]

Jack Frost Same to you!

[@dav01kar]

+Jack Frost Yeah Viv stanshall.

[@medusaman1]

Tiny Tim

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Hmm, is the reference to Polka a sly critique of NYC girls not being in-tune with dancing it or something?

[@DotyFuzz]

my dear Annie not honey

[@stanbest3743]

Probably from the shanty Santy Anna, and also probably aweigh not away. Great version Maddy really can sing!

[@alsoknownasloofagourddalgr2254]

y7C my favorite lineup of steeleye is the drummer one hutchings

[@johnatkin69]

I'm not sure what santy relates to in this song. The only thing I do know is it is a christian name for a male.

[@a24-45]

I think "santy" is a crossover from the US sea shanty "Santy Anno" kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIGslKp8gNeHq9U For a couple of reasons: 1. "New York Girls" is obviously sailors' song. It is very typical of the genre of sailors' bar-room songs about sex workers. 2."And away santy" is exactly the kind of easy-to-pick-up-and-join-in chorus line beginning with "away" found in many sea shanties. 3. Sailors who went to New York probably already knew the "Away Santy Anno" chorus, since that shanty originated in the Americas. Familiar lyrics would make "New York Girls" easier to learn. Fun Fact: the words "Santy Anno" are a corruption of "Santa Anna" , the name of a Mexican president and military general in the early decades of the C19th. Sailing crews back in the day were often illiterate, and for many English was not their mother tongue, so they frequently misheard/mispronounced/words in shanties.

[@pmball7454]

I just uploaded a video for The Fox: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZnEkKGpjdqMrMk

[@wick1860]

"santy"-= phallic reference

[@bobhellier]

OH come on Min play that modern banjo music

[@karenfield7980]

Poor fella!

[@neilchristopher7520]

Honey?

[@ilanmatheus3849]

Assassin’s Creed bring me here

[@jamesrobinson2917]

Olde English for Sanity.......

[@jamesrobinson2917]

NO, it's an Olde English word for sanity.

[@olivertaplin]

Don't think Sellers would have liked a Gentile term like "Christian Name" he hated his fathers religion

[@tigngina9]

Much prefer Bellowheads version

[@deankeith830]

tigngina9 well said Sir

[@albionparish]

stop that sinful rhythm type singing Min!!

[@miketarrant7853]

I think Peter Sellers destroys this song. I want to hear the song not some "Goon Show" voice