Tam Lin

Recorded on March 28, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder.

[@kqueller]

SJ Tucker's / Trickie Pixie's version of this traditional ballad is absolutely the hottest ever done. Some big-name groups like Steel-Eye Span and Fairport Convention had recorded it before, but no other version can remotely hold a candle to this!

[@cyrodilicbrandy]

I love the guy with the guitar in the background. He's so psyched to be doing his little jig, bless him.

[@tammycapp4448]

Im 90% sure that’s Tony of Vixy and Tony

[@eatmorebananaz]

I love how everyone's just swaying, but the guy playing the guitar is really going for it, haha

[@Dylan_-_]

That’s called being coked out with a couple drinks in em’ 🤣🤣

[@cucaulwell1287]

_The lyrics are already in the comments, by the lovely Anti Deon, but they're disjointed and hard to follow, so I'm reposting them up here._ *refrain:* I forbid ye maidens all who let fly your lovely hair to go down to Carterhaugh for young Tam Lin is there x2 Janet tied her kirtle green above her knee and not below and she's gone to Carterhaugh as fast as she can go Janet tied her kirtle green above her knee and not below and she's off to Carterhaugh as fast as she can go She's come to the roses growing wild she's pulled a single one when a wild young man appears and cries 'O, lady, let alone! 'How dare you pull my roses out, How dare you break my tree How dare you run in these green woods Without asking leave of me? ' Says Janet fair 'this wood's my own My father gave it me And I can pluck myself a rose Without asking leave of thee. ' Bold as brass, he takes her hand and color rises to her skin She looks the young man in the eye and knows him now for young Tam Lin. *refrain* Janet holds her petticoats well above her dirty knee and she's away to her father's hall just as fast as she can hie. All the ladies of the court at their play turn red as rose except for Janet, fainting fast, green as growing grass she goes Out then speaks her father dear, doting, caring, meek and mild. 'Janet, darling daughter mine, I fear you go with child. 'Father, if I be with child, be sure myself shall bear the blame. There's not a knight within your hall shall get the baby's name. Father, if I be with child, 'twill prove a wondrous birth for well I swear it's not the get of any mortal man on earth.' *refrain* Janet's tied her kirtle green When near nine months are gone And she's away to Carterhaugh, To speak with young Tam Lin. But young Tam Lin will not be found and Janet's in despair to the forest floor she falls and swift her lover catches her Janet asks 'Tam Lin, my love, why is it in these woods you hide?' 'The queen of faeries stole me hence, alas, when I was but a child. 'My lordly sire was a skillful man and hunting he loved well but I was prey for the faerie Queen when from my horse I fell. 'Ever since, in yon green hill, with the Queen I'm bound to dwell I'd never tire of living there for Faerie does me well 'But at the end of seven years, the queen doth pay a tithe to hell I am so fair and full of flesh, I fear 'twill be myself.' *refrain* Tonight's the night of Halloween, and the fairy court will ride; And she that would her true love win at Miles Cross must bide. 'But how shall I thee ken, Tam-lin? Or how shall I thee know? Amang a troupe of faerie knights, The like I never saw?' 'First let pass the horses black then let pass the brown Run ye to the milk white steed and pull that rider down. 'They will change me in your arms into a deadly adder but hold me fast and fear me not I am the baby's father They will change me in your arms into a bear or lion bold but hold me fast and fear me not I am the father of your child 'At last they'll change me in your arms into a naked knight. Then cast your mantle over me and keep me out of sight. *refrain* Gloomy, gloomy, was the night, And eerie was the way, As Janet in her mantle green To Miles Cross did hie. The heavens dressed in baleful black and all was silent as the grave, But Janet waited in the dark Her own true love to save Betwixt the hour of twelve and one, the north wind blew and tore and rent she heard the elfin bridles ring upon the wind where e'er it went Janet stood, with mind unmoved, The gloomy heath upon, And louder, louder rang the bells, As the fairy court came riding on. And first rode by the night black steeds and then went by the brown; then up she ran to the charger pale and pulled her lover down. They changed him in her arms to all the beasts and flames and hateful things, but she did all that her lover bade and young Tam Lin she won. Up then spoke the Faery Queen An angry queen was she. 'Woe betide the wretch who's ta'en the best knight of Our company. 'Had I but known, Tam-Lin, she said What defeat this night I'd see I'd've stolen both thine eyes and changed thee fast into a tree Had I but known, Tam-lin, she said before we left this night to roam, I'd've et thy heart of flesh and left thee with a heart of stone!' *refrain x2* Janet tied her kirtle green above her knee and not below and she's off to Carterhaugh as fast as love can go.

[@faldrich1990]

the guitar man alone earns this a like =D

[@eatmorebananaz]

I love his voice SO MUCH! It sends shivers down my spine ^_^

[@mikelstormraven]

Love the hypnotic rhythm and the voices which draw me in.

[@Kevin15047]

2 Deaf people watched this video. The look on Sooj's face when she messed up was so adorable. Anyone else notice that we Pagans seem to have more than our fair share of musical greatness?

[@noahreed5890]

Oh ,and Sooj sings , Betsy plays cello , and Alec sings and plays the fiddle , also they could also all play the drum .

[@IvyPane]

Eeep, she forgot the lyrics for a moment~ XD One of my favorite songs of this group~

[@wintersking4290]

The one singer's mic died actually.

[@Dylan_-_]

Bro definitely having the best 20-40 minutes of his life. Probably got couple drinks in em too

[@Londubh]

No, he didn't

[@Londubh]

@BrokenMessiah13 Well, it's either Tricky Pixie + Vixy & Tony, or Kitten Sundae + AJA, it's kinda fluid... But generally, yes.

[@antideon8664]

Gloomy, gloomy, was the night, And eery was the way, As Janet in her mantle green To Miles Cross did hie. The heavens dressed in baleful black and all was silent as the grave, But Janet waited in the dark Her own true love to save

[@antideon8664]

'Had I but known, Tam-lin, she said before we left this night to roam, I'd've et thy heart of flesh and left thee with a heart of stone!' **refrain**

[@antideon8664]

Should I write down the lyrics here ?

[@strutt01]

They have a movie of this also.

[@TheCelestialDancer]

I wish I could find the lyrics for this version it's a little different from what I found and this is awesome I'd like to learn it

[@antideon8664]

'But at the end of seven years, the queen doth pay a tithe to hell I am so fair and full of flesh, I fear 'twill be myself.' refrain

[@antideon8664]

Says Janet fair 'this wood's my own My father gave it me And I can pluck myself a rose Without asking leave of thee. Bold as brass, he takes her hand and color rises to her skin She looks the young man in the eye and knows him now for young Tam Lin.

[@antideon8664]

Janet asks 'Tam Lin, my love, why is it in these woods you hide?' 'The queen of faeries stole me hence, alas, when I was but a child. 'My lordly sire was a skillful man and hunting he loved well but I was prey for the faerie Queen when from my horse I fell. 'Ever since, in yon green hill, with the Queen I'm bound to dwell I'd never tire of living there for Faerie does me well

[@Drakelah]

@KuroiTama You can download the tracks from Tricky Pixie's websites as MP3s.

[@JNothing001]

Thanks to New World Witchery where I first heard this!!!

[@faldrich1990]

haha he is really feeling it :D

[@noahreed5890]

This is not Tricky Pixie , Tricky Pixie only has Sooj , Alec , and Betsy , but this has them and additional people .

[@ribbontoast]

I believe the other people are Vixy (the other singer) and Tony (guitar man in the back).

[@sharonbarbour6187]

What group is this? I recognize Alexander James Adams and Betsy Tinney, but I don't know the others. Are they a group?

[@Londubh]

AJA+ Betsy+SJ Tucker == Tricky Pixie, but I don't remember the name of the others

[@antideon8664]

Tonight's the night of Halloween, and the fairy court will ride; And she that would her true love win at Miles Cross must bide. 'But how shall I thee ken, Tam-lin? Or how shall I thee know? Amang a troupe of faerie knights, The like I never saw?'

[@wintersking4290]

The unseen ones are indeed find of maiden's long hair...

[@antideon8664]

If you want to view the lyrics in order go to the part where I say the chorus , well I wrote refrain but it's the same thing , anyway go up from there .

[@antideon8664]

'First let pass the horses black then let pass the brown Run ye to the milk white steed and pull that rider down. 'They will change me in your arms into a deadly adder but hold me fast and fear me not I am the baby's father

[@noahreed5890]

I forgot the father's words so here they are : All the ladies of the court at their play turn red as rose except for Janet, fainting fast, green as growing grass she goes Out then speaks her father dear, doting, caring, meek and mild. 'Janet, darling daughter mine, I fear you go with child.

[@antideon8664]

Up then spoke the Faery Queen An angry queen was she. 'Woe betide the wretch who's ta'en the best knight of Our company. 'Had I but known, Tam-Lin, she said What defeat this night I'd see I'd've stolen both thine eyes and changed thee fast into a tree

[@antideon8664]

She's come to the roses growing wild she's pulled a single one when a wild young man appears and cries 'O, lady, let alone! 'How dare you pull my roses out, How dare you break my tree How dare you run in these green woods Without asking leave of me?

[@noahreed5890]

Sorry , the refrain isn't there I was mistaken .

[@antideon8664]

'They will change me in your arms into a bear or lion bold but hold me fast and fear me not I am the father of your child 'At last they'll change me in your arms into a naked knight. Then cast your mantle over me and keep me out of sight. refrain

[@antideon8664]

'Father, if I be with child, be sure myself shall bear the blame. There's not a knight within your hall shall get the baby's name. Father, if I be with child, 'twill prove a wondrous birth for well I swear it's not the get of any mortal man on earth.' refrain

[@antideon8664]

You can find the lyrics at Tricky Pixie . com . Sorry it won't let write down a name of a website .

[@antideon8664]

Janet's tied her kirtle green When near nine months are gone And she's away to Carterhaugh, To speak with young Tam Lin. But young Tam Lin will not be found and Janet's in despair to the forest floor she falls and swift her lover catches her

[@martinbodlovic5900]

Might marry the singer

[@antideon8664]

Janet tied her kirtle green above her knee and not below and she's off to Carterhaugh as fast as love can go.

[@antideon8664]

No , Sooj just needed to get a drink of water .

[@antideon8664]

And first rode by the night black steeds and then went by the brown; then up she ran to the charger pale and pulled her lover down. They changed him in her arms to all the beasts and flames and hateful things, but she did all that her lover bade and young Tam Lin she won.

[@antideon8664]

Janet tied her kertle green above the knee and not below then she's gone to Carterough as fast as she can go refrain

[@antideon8664]

Betwixt the hour of twelve and one, the north wind blew and tore and rent she heard the elfin bridles ring upon the wind where e'er it went Janet stood, with mind unmoved, The gloomy heath upon, And louder, louder rang the bells, As the fairy court came riding on.

[@antideon8664]

refrain : I forbid ye maidens all who let fly your lovely hair to go down to Carterough for young Tam Lin is there I'm sorry I can't write down very much down now I'm in a hurry and don't have much spare time . I'll write down more a little later .

[@antideon8664]

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