Festival of LOVE: The Traditional Songs

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

23 amazing folk acts each performing a traditional love song for the Folk on Foot Festival of LOVE on Valentine’s Day 2021, featuring Nancy Kerr and James Fagan: The Streams of Lovely Nancy: Heidi Talbot: The Blackest Crow; Seth Lakeman: Portrait of My Wife; Lady Nade: Good Looking/Hank Williams; Kris Drever: Westlin’ Winds; O’Hooley and Tidow: Lullabies for Flynn; Chris Wood: A Cornish Young Man; Bella Hardy: Low Down In The Broom; Sam Lee: Blanafanen; Rachel Newton: For Love; Eliza Carthy: Bottle; Beth Porter and the Bookshop Band: Tuesday Morning; Gwilym Bowen Rhys: Gwen Iliw’r lili; Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver: Rolling In The Dew plus tunes; Martin Simpson: Donal Og; Kerry Andrew: Pleasant and Delightful / The Loyal Lover; Seckou Keita: Toubaka;Peggy Seeger: Wedding Dress Song; Kitty Macfarlane: The Snow It Melts The Soonest; The Breath: Brid Bhan; Steve Knightley: Courting is A Pleasure (arr Nic Jones); Karine Polwart: Ae Fond Kiss (Burns); Jon Boden: Live Not Where I Love

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0:00.0	On Valentine's Day, we brought together an amazing 28 top folk performers to serenade you with love songs in our six-hour festival of love.
0:31.7	Each artist sang an original love song, a traditional love song, and a cover version of someone else's love song.
0:37.9	Well, now we've distilled the songs into three themed episodes of folk on foot.
0:42.6	This one brings together all the traditional songs, and we've listed the titles on the show notes for the episode.
0:48.4	So settle down, get in a romantic mood, and relive the Festival of Love.
0:55.2	The streams of lovely Nancy divide in three parts,
1:01.1	where the lads and molasses do meet the sweethearts,
1:07.5	in drinking good liquor which makes me to sing,
1:13.6	And the bells in the valley make my heart for to ring.
1:22.6	A sailor was walking a walking along
1:28.3	Said he to his true love, I'll sing you a song
1:34.3	Tears a false hearted lady which makes me to say
1:41.3	Fair you well lovely Nancy for I must away
1:49.0	On yonder high mountain a wild fowl fly
1:55.0	There is one dove among them that flies are so high My heart's on her wings as she flies far and near so on high when i'm thinking on jimmy my dear sweet fowls have i taken till ended my life that i ne'er will be married nor any man's wife so fair and true-hearted for'er i'll remain and I'll neil of another till my love comes again.
2:43.0	The streams of lovely Nancy divide in three parts where the lads and the lasses do meet the sweethearts
2:56.6	in drinking good liquor which makes me to sing and the bells in the valley make my heart for to ring. sing. The blackest crow that ever flew would surely turn to white.
3:46.6	If ever I approve falls to you, bright day would turn tonight.
3:58.3	Bright day will turn tonight, my love.
4:03.3	The elements would mourn.
4:09.3	If ever I prove false to you, the seas will rage and burn.
4:20.3	As time draws near, my dearest dear, when you are nightless part.
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