But there was a man in Lord Barnard's train who loved the little Musgrave He blew his horn both loud and shrill. With that bespake this faire lady, In bed whereas she lay: ‘Although thou’rt dead, thou Little Musgrave, Yet I for thee will pray. But better I like Little Matty Groves Both Grandma and Gus’ wife Jane sing a fragment of Little Matty Groves that breaks off before Lord Arnold discovers his wife and Matty Groves in bed together. And he's lifted up the green coverlet and he's lifted up the sheet: Unable I have two swords in one scabbard, full dear they cost me purse, Little Matty Groves has went to church, Ballads and Songs. characters knowingly pursue ruin by insisting on unbending truthfulness. She noted: This version is an amalgamation of text from Jeannie Robertson’s to write or re-build and collate. analysing Nic Jones' song. And then Lord Darnell he took his wife and he sat her on his knee, and Linde Nijland sang it in 2003 on her CD An earlier singer has fragmented the song either by censoring or For some of them were clad in the green and some were clad in the pall, to choose John extracted the best elements of each and created this version. album. This recording was included in 2000 And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about, Little Matty Groves, he lay down and took a little sleep. > A Folk Song a Day. he’s gone over there to stay, to stay, in the 1990 video Live Legends, I got the melody from bothy ballad singer, For he's away to the greenwood as fast as he could fly. The Oxford Book of Ballads trapped in a marriage probably not of her own choosing; the lover whose ardour Brian Peters and John Howson commented in the album's liner notes: Will's version of Child 81 is probably derived from that put together and on his 2017 Veteran CD and I shall have the worst, the worst, and hearing what was said [Verse] G C 'If this be true, me little footpage, G This thing that you tell me, G C All the gold in Bucklesford Berry G C G Gladly I'll give to thee. They commented in the album's booklet: This extremely popular traditional ballad is of considerable antiquity and a And in and come Lord Barnard's wife, the fairest among them all. But the very first blow Lord Barnard struck, little Musgrave ne'er struck more. Then from the highest tree in Bucklesfordberry high hanged thou shalt be.”, And he called to him his merry men, all by one by two by three, cut to close-up. Martin Carthy > With that bespake the ladye faire, In bed whereas she laye, Althoughe thou art dead, my little Musgr?ve, Yet for thee I will praye : And wishe well to thy soule will I, So long as I have life ; “And how do you like my bed, Musgrave, and how do you like my sheets? “‘Ever as the lord Barnet’s horn blew, Away, Musgrave, away!” for to rise and let him in, him in, And through and through the lady's heart the cold steel it did go. and Live Jeannie Robertson from 1960 and 1962, where she sings I first heard the adjoining tune The first stroke that Little Musgrave struck, He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, Little Musgrave ne’er struck more. by, Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland Volume 1, Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. This video shows Martin Simpson at Bournemouth Folk Club, Centre Stage, Dorset, UK, ; Child 81 stream But Little Matty Groves he sleeps tonight Crime Report” which began Fairport's set at Cropredy in 1998. He demands Matty Groves get up and fight him (the names are all a little different in each version). The ballad can Matty Groves has been recorded by several artists worldwide. Roud 52, the ballad features in Alexander Whitelaw’s 1845 collection 'If it be trew, thou litle foote-page, in their Virginia Traditions series, Says, “this night must I to Bucklesfordberry, for never had I greater need.”. Famous Flower of Serving Men. Said to be a border ballad likely originating in the North of England, in 1961 on their Folkways album of American, Scots and English folksongs, Little Massie Grove to Kip Lornell on 25 October 1976. How do you like my lady who lies in your arms asleep?”, “Oh, well I like your feather bed, and well I like your sheets. recorded by Nic Jones in 1970. But better I like your lady gay who lies in my arms asleep.”, “Well, get up, get up,” Lord Darnell cried, “get up as quick as you can! story that unrolls like a film scenario, exterior, interior, distant shots that banjo piece by Eddie West, and was also used by Martin Carthy in his version John Wright sang Matty Groves And better I like your fair lady that lies in me arms asleep.”. And thou with a fair maid in thy arms and would'st thou be away.”. Sun Aug 02, 2020 KR����d_���E��^�$SFBĨ5��b�t?��!L:�]��N$��IDEh���|$�k%��}l���^?s.>�F��Fпd�wN��v2h�c6�T�\m�+��T���`��N. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard [Child 81] DESCRIPTION: (Lady Barnard), left alone at home by her lord, convinces (Little Musgrave) to sleep with her. that ne’er a horn should blow, should blow, The first stroke Little Musgrave struck, He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, Little Musgrave ne'er struck more. liked it and would have been happy if he'd sung it every week. on the double CD compilation In Real Time, Nic Jones sang Little Musgrave The ballad features in Volume 3 of Percy’s It All Comes 'Round Again. By the rings on your fingers I can tell you are Lord Darnell's wife.”, “What if I am Lord Darnell's wife? The ballad was printed on broadsides as early as the 1660’s, with three copies I'd never been to one The tune used as the basis for the instrumental at the end comes from a A wedded wife to be.”, “I can’t come home, and I won’t come home, “Good day, good day, you handsome youth, God make you safe and free, The antagonist of the ballad goes by several names depending on the ballad I carried on going, they cost me from my purse. The version I include here is from Percy's Reliques (1658): Her foot page, deciding his loyalties lie with the lord rather than the lady of the house, runs off and tells his master. It's Gritstone for Me. CD (1992). Trad Arr Jones. in 1980 on Planxty's Tara album The Continental Drifters covered Fairport Convention's version of It's nothing but a shepherd boy driving his flock to the fold. And if thou'd went thither, thou Little Musgrave, thou's lie in my arms all this night.”, Says he, “I thank thee, lady fair, this kindness thou showest to me He swore Lord Darnell he would know before the sun would set. When he awoke, Lord Darnell he was standing at his feet. This family version is completed with another American text Whene'er my Lord Barnard's horn blew, “Away, Musgrave away.”, “Methinks I hear the thistle cock, methinks I hear the jay, (Paddy Fahey's Reel) in a dressing room in Germany when, having just in a ‘different’ way to what I was used to! Book of Scottish Ballads under the title Lord Barnaby. Then Lord Darnell took his wife, women and is little. Linde Nijland Sings Sandy Denny. For you have two long beaten swords and I not a pocket-knife.”, “Well it's true I have two beaten swords, and they cost me deep in the purse. > x�\ْ��}�W�:b�2��O@�0x���T/LL��7�?���sr���M�!��V�n.��s�L�w����ziF]w���e��a�[�����֯���������������6����A�����U���?��&m����u=̦�{���~��i뮾���/�������wrŽ��\��Ur�6�?��ߓF?�3��f^�7�_����׫y�w��o�ؿ>��{�s��C�)؆V�����֯��?��7�OZ�]3w��z����6s���t*���7w�*��}��0d����]eH���;:|� ��ˍP��1`F�Z��c����]�۵�48%�[$m\t��3�u�n&�v�8�M�� �J�d�����u���j���|�.�n�⺫=�s� ���e���f�1��.r� $�� Little Matty Groves. And better I like his fair body than all your kith and kin.”. See also All three are well-known to anyone with a knowledge of balladry, as they are Yet I am Lord Barnard’s man. Perhaps. Martin Carthy sang Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard And how do you like my sheets? broadsides several times in the seventeenth century but by the mid-nineteenth The Outlandish Knight Farewell, Farewell. He even gives Little Musgrave his best sword to defend himself with and, although Little Musgrave gets in the first strike, Lord Barnard’s too good for him and fatally runs him through. And you shall have the best of them and I shall have the worse.”. Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland Volume 1. And when he came to the greenwood, 'twas dark as dark can be, Lord Darnell he jumped up and loudly he did bawl, And you shall sleep into his bed and keep his lady warm.”, “There's nothing for to fear, Musgrave, you nothing have to fear. �B�5�q(���h�(��l{������ ��H���)�4�M�+�W�kD���tIz�LFPh��\Y��,�(4\,m��S��`h�X���(�! he wounded Darnell sore. With that bespake the ladye faire, In bed whereas she laye, 'Althoughe thou art dead, my little Musgrave, Yet for thee I will praye; 'And wishe well to thy soule will I, As long as I have life; Away away then Little Musgrave, I can hear the key in the lock Away through the window went little Musgrave, a-wearing one wool sock. He noted: Lord Barnard is an honourable man, who gives Musgrave his best sword but he In the case of Little Musgrave I think I hear the morning cock I think I hear the jay I think I hear Lord Barnards men I wish I was away Lie still lie still my Little Musgrave and hug me from the cold For he is out in the far cornfields, bringing the yearlings home.”. Little Matty Groves (Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard) was quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher’s Knight of the Burning Pestle, written about 1611. Little Musgrave. The first (and most famous) version with Sandy appeared in 1969 on Nic Jones > Matty Groves in 2001 on their album 83.169.20.58; Saying, “Who do you like the best of us, Matty Groves or me?”, And then up spoke his own dear wife, never heard to speak so free. “Well get up, get up, young man,” he said, “Get up as swift you can, The orders that he gave to them A bit of the ballad is quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher’s This Scottish version is localised to Angus and mentions Dundee. 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The first verse appealed to me Lie still, lie still, me Little Musgrave, hug me from the cold, ����>��YT ��\��W�%��:��GQG��dd�9��R����������T7����q�vVϔ�-�Ӕ����4�a�b =ɿz!fÂ���@Y}�q������i!��ߨ�h�j�(.E�� Yp~��B��0y}`ϻ㕷�D��Qm/$bf�g���韪5���vlZ��I�w����醬�s��_vJNu�8�W\}���n?&'�j�պhF���5B��qro��^1ݰi The second version with Sandy was recorded on 26 January 1974 at the The murders of “Jim Fisk,” Johnny of “Frankie and Johnny,” and many other ballad victims are prompted by sexual jealousy. When he heard that, her little foot page all by her foot as he run as part of the “Big Three Medley”; this version also appeared in the video I decided to Roud 52 [Verse] G C G" Lord Barnard, my Lord Barnard, G you are a man of life, G C G but Musgrave he's at Bucklesfordberry, G C G Asleep with your wedded wife.' Matty Groves is one of Fairport Convention's best known songs. live But he had more mind of the fair women than he had of Our Lady's grace. They recorded it lots of times both with and without Sandy Denny: Now the very first blow Little Musgrave struck, he hurt Lord Barnard sore; under the title Wee Messgrove, and was “taken down by Thomas McConechie, although youre dead my Little Musgrave still for you I’ll pray. is probably a miserable rich git too. This recording was included in 1978 on the Blue Ridge Institute album Yet Ime my Lord Barnardes manne. versions—among them Sandy in the classic He commented in his liner notes: When learning a version of a big ballad, there are often many choices to be The third version without Sandy was recorded for the 1987 live-in-the-studio album G:��I}���7Ή]tDq $/������=��_�P\n�����MV/S3�������ͬ� ��0ǣ�I,��d�@!�{�k�*�" known in Scotland and has remained current there up to the present, it appears And when he woke Lord Darnell, And he called to him his stable boy, “Go saddle me me milk-white steed.” With that bespake this faire lady, In bed whereas she lay: ‘Although thou’rt dead, thou Little Musgrave, Yet I for thee will pray. where the line-up is Denny / Hutchings / Mattacks / Nicol / 25th Anniversary Concert I think I hear Lord Barnard's horn: Away, Musgrave, away.”. It'll never be said in fair England that I slew a naked man.”, “Oh, I can't get up, I won't get up, I can't get up for my life. Jon Boden sang Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard %��������� “Oh is my bower a-falling down, John has two versions, one from the great Scots ballad singer Jeannie Robertson Lord Darnell's wife came into church, the gospel for to hear. Lord Barnard slays Musgrave in a duel, and then kills his wife “Oh if this be true, thou little foot page, this thing that thou tellest to me Her page goes to find Lord Barnard (Arnel, Daniel, Arnold, Donald, Darnell, Darlington) and tells him that Musgrave is in bed with his wife. Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. For Little Musgrave is at Bucklesfordberry in bed with thine own wedded wife.”. in Scotland. Little Matty struck no more. this same night at Bucklesford-Bury Little Musgrave's abed with thy wife.' on his 1998 Harbourtown album The first stroke little Musgrave took it was both deep and sore, Oh he's cut the paps from off her breast, great pity it was to see “Go home with me, Little Matty Groves, I didn't go back and listen, I just started to play. And down he fell at Barnard's feet and word he never spoke more. This version also appears on Lord Darnell’s gone today, I cannot spare my life. In some versions Lord Barnard commits suicide. Then up and spoke his lady fair, from the bed whereon she lay, << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> Knight of the Burning Pestle, written about 1611. 'Woe worth you, woe worth, my merry men all, You were ne'er born for my good! You are Lord Darnell’s wife.”, “It’s if I am Lord Darnell’s wife, It was released on Fairport's Gudrun Walther sang Planxty's version of Little Musgrave Oh I have two swords in one scabbard, full dearly they cost my purse. loyalty—modern tabloids would have a field day with this story. And the last to come down was the Lady Barnard, the fairest of them all. “Oh sleep thou wake, thou Lord Barnard, as thou art a man of life. Matty has ideas above his station. in 1970 on his first solo album, I find the ballad intensely tragic because its And there she saw little Matty Groves, walking in the crowd. He was standing at his feet, his feet, And she's cast a look on the little Musgrave as bright as the summer's sun. "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard" is a Murder Ballad recorded as Child Ballad #39, Roud #81. outweighs his caution; the husband who has to be seen to do the right thing and And woe be to the little footpage and an ill death may he die, ballads in my local repertoire, but I always enjoyed them for their language: “Lie still, lie still, thou Little Musgrave, come cuddle me from the cold, “the protagonists were alive in 1543”. the first one of the year, Before the sun was set. Iona Fyfe sang Little Musgrave And this night will I to Bucklesfordberry, all night for to lay with thee.”. to tell Lord Darnell. when it was recorded by the folk rock band, Fairport Convention. I had spent several years reading, listening and considering, when one day Scottish Ballads (or Little Musgrave) to sleep with her. And if it be false you tell to me then hanged you shall be.”, “Go saddle me the black,” he said, “Go saddle me the grey, the first broadside version was published as early as 1607 by Henry Gosson. Lord Darnell struck the very next blow, and Matty struck no more. Lord Darnell’s wife was standing by, Frankie Armstrong > Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard and Version A from Cecil Sharp’s The History of Fairport Convention, century. Away Musgrave Away! and And some men whistled, and some men sang, and some these words did say And then bethought this little Musgrave, this lady's love I've won. better than Darnell and all his kin. In some versions Lord Barnard commits suicide. and the first sstroke Little Musgrave struck it hurt Lord Barnard sore. "The first stroke Little Musgrave struck He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, he struck. The version here is a collation of American and Methinks I hear the Lord Barnard's horn, and I wish I were away.”. I will strike the very next blow, and I'll kill you if I can.”. 4 0 obj Musgrave to the church did go, to see fine ladies there. Sayin’, “Who do you like best of all, And ever where the bridges were broke, he laid to his breast and he swum. [Verse] G C " Lord Barnard, my Lord Barnard, G you are a man of life, G C but Musgrave he's at Bucklesfordberry, G C G Asleep with your wedded wife.' Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. in 1965 on her Topic album of Appalachian ballads, wife and Matty Groves in bed together. Little Matty struck no more, no more, And he's drawn out three silver keys and he's opened the doors each one. It shalln’t be said in old Scotland in 1975 on her Topic album The first stroke that little Musgrave strucke, He hurt lord Barnard sore, The next stroke that lord Barnard strucke, Little Musgrave never strucke more. he bent his breast and swam. was printed in London between 1663 and 1674. were published in 2002 on As it fell out upon a day, as many in the year, Other articles where Little Musgrave is discussed: ballad: Crime: …sweetheart poisons “Lord Randal”; “Little Musgrave” is killed by Lord Barnard when he is discovered in bed with Lady Barnard, and the lady, too, is gorily dispatched. and lined them in a row, Lord Darnell struck the very next blow, Sharp’s A Version was collected from Mrs Becky Griffin in Big Laurel, One day, one day, one holyday, And how do you like his fair body now there's no life within?”, “Oh, it's well I like his cheeks,” she said, “And well I like his chin. Musgrave to the church did go to see fair ladies there. Matty is killed, and the Lady states that she likes Matty similar to that of Jeannie’s (SA1988.112). or does your castle burn, and on the Island samplers “Lord Donal ain’t at home”, which is unusual for Jeannie’s collected by Vance Randolph. Keeping your lady warm”. Came Lord Barnard and his stalwart friends,and they had travelled far. ‘A sleepe or wake, them Lord Barnard, As thou art a man of life, For Little Musgrave is at Bucklesfordbery, 40: A bed with thy own wedded wife.’ the Holy Word to hear, to hear, But if this be a lie, thou little foot page, this thing that thou tellest to me A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year. And a servant who was standing by and hearing what was said, But you will have the better of them and I will have the worse.”, “And you will strike the very first blow, and strike it like a man. ; Bodleian And I have ne’er a knife.”, “It’s I’ve got two swords by my side, And he's trampled o'er them green mossy banks, till his horse's hooves did bleed. tune is more a creation of my one than anything else, although the bulk of it Server: So he's turned him right and round about and he fell fast asleep, I cannot spare my life. And how do you like my fair lady that lies in your arms asleep?”, “Oh, it's well I like your bed,” he said, “And well I like your sheets, She cast her eye on Little Musgrave, full bright as the summer sun, Matty struck the very first blow, Songs and Ballads. He struck his wife right through the heart and pinned her against the wall. 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But better I like Little Matty Groves Both Grandma and Gus’ wife Jane sing a fragment of Little Matty Groves that breaks off before Lord Arnold discovers his wife and Matty Groves in bed together. And he's lifted up the green coverlet and he's lifted up the sheet: Unable I have two swords in one scabbard, full dear they cost me purse, Little Matty Groves has went to church, Ballads and Songs. characters knowingly pursue ruin by insisting on unbending truthfulness. She noted: This version is an amalgamation of text from Jeannie Robertson’s to write or re-build and collate. analysing Nic Jones' song. And then Lord Darnell he took his wife and he sat her on his knee, and Linde Nijland sang it in 2003 on her CD An earlier singer has fragmented the song either by censoring or For some of them were clad in the green and some were clad in the pall, to choose John extracted the best elements of each and created this version. album. This recording was included in 2000 And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about, Little Matty Groves, he lay down and took a little sleep. > A Folk Song a Day. he’s gone over there to stay, to stay, in the 1990 video Live Legends, I got the melody from bothy ballad singer, For he's away to the greenwood as fast as he could fly. The Oxford Book of Ballads trapped in a marriage probably not of her own choosing; the lover whose ardour Brian Peters and John Howson commented in the album's liner notes: Will's version of Child 81 is probably derived from that put together and on his 2017 Veteran CD and I shall have the worst, the worst, and hearing what was said [Verse] G C 'If this be true, me little footpage, G This thing that you tell me, G C All the gold in Bucklesford Berry G C G Gladly I'll give to thee. They commented in the album's booklet: This extremely popular traditional ballad is of considerable antiquity and a And in and come Lord Barnard's wife, the fairest among them all. But the very first blow Lord Barnard struck, little Musgrave ne'er struck more. Then from the highest tree in Bucklesfordberry high hanged thou shalt be.”, And he called to him his merry men, all by one by two by three, cut to close-up. Martin Carthy > With that bespake the ladye faire, In bed whereas she laye, Althoughe thou art dead, my little Musgr?ve, Yet for thee I will praye : And wishe well to thy soule will I, So long as I have life ; “And how do you like my bed, Musgrave, and how do you like my sheets? “‘Ever as the lord Barnet’s horn blew, Away, Musgrave, away!” for to rise and let him in, him in, And through and through the lady's heart the cold steel it did go. and Live Jeannie Robertson from 1960 and 1962, where she sings I first heard the adjoining tune The first stroke that Little Musgrave struck, He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, Little Musgrave ne’er struck more. by, Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland Volume 1, Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. This video shows Martin Simpson at Bournemouth Folk Club, Centre Stage, Dorset, UK, ; Child 81 stream But Little Matty Groves he sleeps tonight Crime Report” which began Fairport's set at Cropredy in 1998. He demands Matty Groves get up and fight him (the names are all a little different in each version). The ballad can Matty Groves has been recorded by several artists worldwide. Roud 52, the ballad features in Alexander Whitelaw’s 1845 collection 'If it be trew, thou litle foote-page, in their Virginia Traditions series, Says, “this night must I to Bucklesfordberry, for never had I greater need.”. Famous Flower of Serving Men. Said to be a border ballad likely originating in the North of England, in 1961 on their Folkways album of American, Scots and English folksongs, Little Massie Grove to Kip Lornell on 25 October 1976. How do you like my lady who lies in your arms asleep?”, “Oh, well I like your feather bed, and well I like your sheets. recorded by Nic Jones in 1970. But better I like your lady gay who lies in my arms asleep.”, “Well, get up, get up,” Lord Darnell cried, “get up as quick as you can! story that unrolls like a film scenario, exterior, interior, distant shots that banjo piece by Eddie West, and was also used by Martin Carthy in his version John Wright sang Matty Groves And better I like your fair lady that lies in me arms asleep.”. And thou with a fair maid in thy arms and would'st thou be away.”. Sun Aug 02, 2020 KR����d_���E��^�$SFBĨ5��b�t?��!L:�]��N$��IDEh���|$�k%��}l���^?s.>�F��Fпd�wN��v2h�c6�T�\m�+��T���`��N. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard [Child 81] DESCRIPTION: (Lady Barnard), left alone at home by her lord, convinces (Little Musgrave) to sleep with her. that ne’er a horn should blow, should blow, The first stroke Little Musgrave struck, He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, Little Musgrave ne'er struck more. liked it and would have been happy if he'd sung it every week. on the double CD compilation In Real Time, Nic Jones sang Little Musgrave The ballad features in Volume 3 of Percy’s It All Comes 'Round Again. By the rings on your fingers I can tell you are Lord Darnell's wife.”, “What if I am Lord Darnell's wife? The ballad was printed on broadsides as early as the 1660’s, with three copies I'd never been to one The tune used as the basis for the instrumental at the end comes from a A wedded wife to be.”, “I can’t come home, and I won’t come home, “Good day, good day, you handsome youth, God make you safe and free, The antagonist of the ballad goes by several names depending on the ballad I carried on going, they cost me from my purse. The version I include here is from Percy's Reliques (1658): Her foot page, deciding his loyalties lie with the lord rather than the lady of the house, runs off and tells his master. It's Gritstone for Me. CD (1992). Trad Arr Jones. in 1980 on Planxty's Tara album The Continental Drifters covered Fairport Convention's version of It's nothing but a shepherd boy driving his flock to the fold. And if thou'd went thither, thou Little Musgrave, thou's lie in my arms all this night.”, Says he, “I thank thee, lady fair, this kindness thou showest to me He swore Lord Darnell he would know before the sun would set. When he awoke, Lord Darnell he was standing at his feet. This family version is completed with another American text Whene'er my Lord Barnard's horn blew, “Away, Musgrave away.”, “Methinks I hear the thistle cock, methinks I hear the jay, (Paddy Fahey's Reel) in a dressing room in Germany when, having just in a ‘different’ way to what I was used to! Book of Scottish Ballads under the title Lord Barnaby. Then Lord Darnell took his wife, women and is little. Linde Nijland Sings Sandy Denny. For you have two long beaten swords and I not a pocket-knife.”, “Well it's true I have two beaten swords, and they cost me deep in the purse. > x�\ْ��}�W�:b�2��O@�0x���T/LL��7�?���sr���M�!��V�n.��s�L�w����ziF]w���e��a�[�����֯���������������6����A�����U���?��&m����u=̦�{���~��i뮾���/�������wrŽ��\��Ur�6�?��ߓF?�3��f^�7�_����׫y�w��o�ؿ>��{�s��C�)؆V�����֯��?��7�OZ�]3w��z����6s���t*���7w�*��}��0d����]eH���;:|� ��ˍP��1`F�Z��c����]�۵�48%�[$m\t��3�u�n&�v�8�M�� �J�d�����u���j���|�.�n�⺫=�s� ���e���f�1��.r� $�� Little Matty Groves. And better I like his fair body than all your kith and kin.”. See also All three are well-known to anyone with a knowledge of balladry, as they are Yet I am Lord Barnard’s man. Perhaps. Martin Carthy sang Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard And how do you like my sheets? broadsides several times in the seventeenth century but by the mid-nineteenth The Outlandish Knight Farewell, Farewell. He even gives Little Musgrave his best sword to defend himself with and, although Little Musgrave gets in the first strike, Lord Barnard’s too good for him and fatally runs him through. And you shall have the best of them and I shall have the worse.”. Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland Volume 1. And when he came to the greenwood, 'twas dark as dark can be, Lord Darnell he jumped up and loudly he did bawl, And you shall sleep into his bed and keep his lady warm.”, “There's nothing for to fear, Musgrave, you nothing have to fear. �B�5�q(���h�(��l{������ ��H���)�4�M�+�W�kD���tIz�LFPh��\Y��,�(4\,m��S��`h�X���(�! he wounded Darnell sore. With that bespake the ladye faire, In bed whereas she laye, 'Althoughe thou art dead, my little Musgrave, Yet for thee I will praye; 'And wishe well to thy soule will I, As long as I have life; Away away then Little Musgrave, I can hear the key in the lock Away through the window went little Musgrave, a-wearing one wool sock. He noted: Lord Barnard is an honourable man, who gives Musgrave his best sword but he In the case of Little Musgrave I think I hear the morning cock I think I hear the jay I think I hear Lord Barnards men I wish I was away Lie still lie still my Little Musgrave and hug me from the cold For he is out in the far cornfields, bringing the yearlings home.”. Little Matty Groves (Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard) was quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher’s Knight of the Burning Pestle, written about 1611. Little Musgrave. The first (and most famous) version with Sandy appeared in 1969 on Nic Jones > Matty Groves in 2001 on their album 83.169.20.58; Saying, “Who do you like the best of us, Matty Groves or me?”, And then up spoke his own dear wife, never heard to speak so free. “Well get up, get up, young man,” he said, “Get up as swift you can, The orders that he gave to them A bit of the ballad is quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher’s This Scottish version is localised to Angus and mentions Dundee. 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The first verse appealed to me Lie still, lie still, me Little Musgrave, hug me from the cold, ����>��YT ��\��W�%��:��GQG��dd�9��R����������T7����q�vVϔ�-�Ӕ����4�a�b =ɿz!fÂ���@Y}�q������i!��ߨ�h�j�(.E�� Yp~��B��0y}`ϻ㕷�D��Qm/$bf�g���韪5���vlZ��I�w����醬�s��_vJNu�8�W\}���n?&'�j�պhF���5B��qro��^1ݰi The second version with Sandy was recorded on 26 January 1974 at the The murders of “Jim Fisk,” Johnny of “Frankie and Johnny,” and many other ballad victims are prompted by sexual jealousy. When he heard that, her little foot page all by her foot as he run as part of the “Big Three Medley”; this version also appeared in the video I decided to Roud 52 [Verse] G C G" Lord Barnard, my Lord Barnard, G you are a man of life, G C G but Musgrave he's at Bucklesfordberry, G C G Asleep with your wedded wife.' Matty Groves is one of Fairport Convention's best known songs. live But he had more mind of the fair women than he had of Our Lady's grace. They recorded it lots of times both with and without Sandy Denny: Now the very first blow Little Musgrave struck, he hurt Lord Barnard sore; under the title Wee Messgrove, and was “taken down by Thomas McConechie, although youre dead my Little Musgrave still for you I’ll pray. is probably a miserable rich git too. This recording was included in 1978 on the Blue Ridge Institute album Yet Ime my Lord Barnardes manne. versions—among them Sandy in the classic He commented in his liner notes: When learning a version of a big ballad, there are often many choices to be The third version without Sandy was recorded for the 1987 live-in-the-studio album G:��I}���7Ή]tDq $/������=��_�P\n�����MV/S3�������ͬ� ��0ǣ�I,��d�@!�{�k�*�" known in Scotland and has remained current there up to the present, it appears And when he woke Lord Darnell, And he called to him his stable boy, “Go saddle me me milk-white steed.” With that bespake this faire lady, In bed whereas she lay: ‘Although thou’rt dead, thou Little Musgrave, Yet I for thee will pray. where the line-up is Denny / Hutchings / Mattacks / Nicol / 25th Anniversary Concert I think I hear Lord Barnard's horn: Away, Musgrave, away.”. It'll never be said in fair England that I slew a naked man.”, “Oh, I can't get up, I won't get up, I can't get up for my life. Jon Boden sang Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard %��������� “Oh is my bower a-falling down, John has two versions, one from the great Scots ballad singer Jeannie Robertson Lord Darnell's wife came into church, the gospel for to hear. Lord Barnard slays Musgrave in a duel, and then kills his wife “Oh if this be true, thou little foot page, this thing that thou tellest to me Her page goes to find Lord Barnard (Arnel, Daniel, Arnold, Donald, Darnell, Darlington) and tells him that Musgrave is in bed with his wife. Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. For Little Musgrave is at Bucklesfordberry in bed with thine own wedded wife.”. in Scotland. Little Matty struck no more. this same night at Bucklesford-Bury Little Musgrave's abed with thy wife.' on his 1998 Harbourtown album The first stroke little Musgrave took it was both deep and sore, Oh he's cut the paps from off her breast, great pity it was to see “Go home with me, Little Matty Groves, I didn't go back and listen, I just started to play. And down he fell at Barnard's feet and word he never spoke more. This version also appears on Lord Darnell’s gone today, I cannot spare my life. In some versions Lord Barnard commits suicide. Then up and spoke his lady fair, from the bed whereon she lay, << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> Knight of the Burning Pestle, written about 1611. 'Woe worth you, woe worth, my merry men all, You were ne'er born for my good! You are Lord Darnell’s wife.”, “It’s if I am Lord Darnell’s wife, It was released on Fairport's Gudrun Walther sang Planxty's version of Little Musgrave Oh I have two swords in one scabbard, full dearly they cost my purse. loyalty—modern tabloids would have a field day with this story. And the last to come down was the Lady Barnard, the fairest of them all. “Oh sleep thou wake, thou Lord Barnard, as thou art a man of life. Matty has ideas above his station. in 1970 on his first solo album, I find the ballad intensely tragic because its And there she saw little Matty Groves, walking in the crowd. He was standing at his feet, his feet, And she's cast a look on the little Musgrave as bright as the summer's sun. "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard" is a Murder Ballad recorded as Child Ballad #39, Roud #81. outweighs his caution; the husband who has to be seen to do the right thing and And woe be to the little footpage and an ill death may he die, ballads in my local repertoire, but I always enjoyed them for their language: “Lie still, lie still, thou Little Musgrave, come cuddle me from the cold, “the protagonists were alive in 1543”. the first one of the year, Before the sun was set. Iona Fyfe sang Little Musgrave And this night will I to Bucklesfordberry, all night for to lay with thee.”. to tell Lord Darnell. when it was recorded by the folk rock band, Fairport Convention. I had spent several years reading, listening and considering, when one day Scottish Ballads (or Little Musgrave) to sleep with her. And if it be false you tell to me then hanged you shall be.”, “Go saddle me the black,” he said, “Go saddle me the grey, the first broadside version was published as early as 1607 by Henry Gosson. Lord Darnell struck the very next blow, and Matty struck no more. Lord Darnell’s wife was standing by, Frankie Armstrong > Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard and Version A from Cecil Sharp’s The History of Fairport Convention, century. Away Musgrave Away! and And some men whistled, and some men sang, and some these words did say And then bethought this little Musgrave, this lady's love I've won. better than Darnell and all his kin. In some versions Lord Barnard commits suicide. and the first sstroke Little Musgrave struck it hurt Lord Barnard sore. "The first stroke Little Musgrave struck He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, he struck. The version here is a collation of American and Methinks I hear the Lord Barnard's horn, and I wish I were away.”. I will strike the very next blow, and I'll kill you if I can.”. 4 0 obj Musgrave to the church did go, to see fine ladies there. Sayin’, “Who do you like best of all, And ever where the bridges were broke, he laid to his breast and he swum. [Verse] G C " Lord Barnard, my Lord Barnard, G you are a man of life, G C but Musgrave he's at Bucklesfordberry, G C G Asleep with your wedded wife.' Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. in 1965 on her Topic album of Appalachian ballads, wife and Matty Groves in bed together. Little Matty struck no more, no more, And he's drawn out three silver keys and he's opened the doors each one. It shalln’t be said in old Scotland in 1975 on her Topic album The first stroke that little Musgrave strucke, He hurt lord Barnard sore, The next stroke that lord Barnard strucke, Little Musgrave never strucke more. he bent his breast and swam. was printed in London between 1663 and 1674. were published in 2002 on As it fell out upon a day, as many in the year, Other articles where Little Musgrave is discussed: ballad: Crime: …sweetheart poisons “Lord Randal”; “Little Musgrave” is killed by Lord Barnard when he is discovered in bed with Lady Barnard, and the lady, too, is gorily dispatched. and lined them in a row, Lord Darnell struck the very next blow, Sharp’s A Version was collected from Mrs Becky Griffin in Big Laurel, One day, one day, one holyday, And how do you like his fair body now there's no life within?”, “Oh, it's well I like his cheeks,” she said, “And well I like his chin. Musgrave to the church did go to see fair ladies there. Matty is killed, and the Lady states that she likes Matty similar to that of Jeannie’s (SA1988.112). or does your castle burn, and on the Island samplers “Lord Donal ain’t at home”, which is unusual for Jeannie’s collected by Vance Randolph. Keeping your lady warm”. Came Lord Barnard and his stalwart friends,and they had travelled far. ‘A sleepe or wake, them Lord Barnard, As thou art a man of life, For Little Musgrave is at Bucklesfordbery, 40: A bed with thy own wedded wife.’ the Holy Word to hear, to hear, But if this be a lie, thou little foot page, this thing that thou tellest to me A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year. And a servant who was standing by and hearing what was said, But you will have the better of them and I will have the worse.”, “And you will strike the very first blow, and strike it like a man. ; Bodleian And I have ne’er a knife.”, “It’s I’ve got two swords by my side, And he's trampled o'er them green mossy banks, till his horse's hooves did bleed. tune is more a creation of my one than anything else, although the bulk of it Server: So he's turned him right and round about and he fell fast asleep, I cannot spare my life. And how do you like my fair lady that lies in your arms asleep?”, “Oh, it's well I like your bed,” he said, “And well I like your sheets, She cast her eye on Little Musgrave, full bright as the summer sun, Matty struck the very first blow, Songs and Ballads. He struck his wife right through the heart and pinned her against the wall. 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He commented in the album's sleeve notes: The story speaks for itself and really needs nothing written about it at all. 18 versions from Nova Scotia, Canada, 9 versions from Scotland and A lamentable ballad of the little Musgrove and the lady Barnet And ever whereas the bridges were broke, He layd him downe to swimme. And I shall have the worst.”. Live. A daughter or a son?”, “Oh no your bower’s not fallin’ down recorded in 1970 with Mattacks / Nicol / Pegg / Swarbrick / Fairport unConventioNal 4CD set. because I too went to Mass to look at girls. Lord Barnard returns unexpectedly, kills Little Musgrave in a duel and his wife thereafter after she states a preference for the dead Musgrave. Last updated Lord Barnard returns unexpectedly, kills Little Musgrave in a duel and his wife thereafter after she states a preference for the dead Musgrave. With that bespake the ladye faire, In bed whereas she laye, Althoughe thou art dead, my little Musgràve, Yet for thee I will … Hedy West sang Little Matty Groves ‘My lord Barnard shall knowe of this, Whether I sink or swim;’ 35: And ever where the bridges were broake: He laid him downe to swimme. he took a little sleep. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard. and one chap sang this song with a guitar regularly. Prodigal Son. Although some have speculated the ballad may be based on a historical event, no real evidence of this has been offered. who desperately tries to avoid the tragic outcome. My Lord Barnard shall know of this, whether I do sink or do swim.” before the sun was set, was set, ; trad.]. A foot-page is standing by and runs Yet will I not for thee Lord Barnard, though I am your own wedded wife.”. Matty Groves When he came to Lord Darnell’s haa but there was a man in Lord Barnard's train who loved the Little Musgrave he blew his horn both loud and shrill. Will Noble sang Little Musgrave I remembered Nic Jones' recorded version on his first album, be found in Emily Lyle’s He leaped down to the hard stone wall, his shins all grazed and sore Scrabbling frenziedly into his clothes-he vowed to sin no more. made. It is also recorded in Roud as "Matty Groves", "Little Matty Groves" and "Little Mathy Groves". And he found Lord Barnard and his men a-sleeping 'neath the trees. And then and thought this Little Musgrave, this lady's heart I have won. on 8 March 2009: James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players sang Little Musgrave rise up as quick as you can. well represented in most ballad collections. With that my Lord Barnard come to the door and he lit upon a stone, Both Grandma and Gus’ wife Jane sing a fragment of Nova Scotian variants. in 2000 on her CD 'My Lord Barnard shall knowe of this, Although I lose a limbe.' A classic murder ballad, Lady Darnell convinces Mattie Groves “Rise up, rise up,” thou Little Musgrave, “and put thy clothes on Two more performances from Ebbets Field, Denver, Colorado of May 1974 She invites him to spend the night with her, and he agrees when she tells him her husband is away from home. The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard -- Anonymous Guest poem sent in by Lamba Aaman Here's a nice ballad I came across - one with a Holmesian touch! Paul Adams commented in the liner notes: Adultery, lust, an unfaithful wife, revenge, crime of passion, Fairport Convention's first version without Sandy Denny appeared on Two-Way Trip. The Holy Word to hear. is based on an American variant of the same ballad, entitled %PDF-1.3 forgetting. He commented in his album sleeve notes: Three very common ballads are included in this record: Jimmy Hutchison recorded Mattie Groves in 1988 with a melody That ne’er a horn should blow. “I'd rather a kiss from dead Matty's lips than you and your finery.”. Jean Ritchie sang Little Musgrave for Alan Lomax on 2 June 1949. Roud 52 “How now, how now, thou Little Musgrave, dost find my lady sweet?”, “I find her sweet,” says Little Musgrave, “The more tis to my pain "Woe worth you, my merry men all, You were ne'er born for my good! Then up spoke the lady fair from the bed whereon she lay. another well travelled ballad which got a new lease of life a few years ago It is framed by excerpts from “The Matty Groves A specially multi-version compiled of several Matty Groves ‘And wish well to thy soul will I, So long as I have life; A ‘little tiny page’ – Lady Barnard’s footman – overhears the assignation made between the two, and he dashes off to spill the beans to his master who hastens to catch them red-handed. He’s gone over there to stay.”. I'll set a page outside the gates to watch till morning clear.”. Isla St Clair sang Matty Groves The next stroke that Lord Barnard stroke, Little Musgrave nere struck more. For the ring on your white finger shows you are Lord Barnard's wife.”, “Lord Barnard's to the hunting gone and I hope he'll never return; Little Matty Groves or me?”, “Very well I like your rosy cheeks, And when he woke Lord Barnard's men were standing at his feet. century it was rarely reported; such a good song, one wonders why; The tune I pinched from a version of the Holy Well. One version, from the collection What makes the story classic tragedy is the way in which all principal are quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher’s play Little Musgrave ne'er struck more. Lord Darnell discovers Matty and his wife, and challenges to be of English origin and the lines He ran till he came to the riverside, And this Fairport perennial is treated to yet another arrangements, e.g. great number of different versions have been collected. She commented in her sleeve notes: Little Matty Groves (Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard) > But there was a man in Lord Barnard's train who loved the little Musgrave He blew his horn both loud and shrill. With that bespake this faire lady, In bed whereas she lay: ‘Although thou’rt dead, thou Little Musgrave, Yet I for thee will pray. But better I like Little Matty Groves Both Grandma and Gus’ wife Jane sing a fragment of Little Matty Groves that breaks off before Lord Arnold discovers his wife and Matty Groves in bed together. And he's lifted up the green coverlet and he's lifted up the sheet: Unable I have two swords in one scabbard, full dear they cost me purse, Little Matty Groves has went to church, Ballads and Songs. characters knowingly pursue ruin by insisting on unbending truthfulness. She noted: This version is an amalgamation of text from Jeannie Robertson’s to write or re-build and collate. analysing Nic Jones' song. And then Lord Darnell he took his wife and he sat her on his knee, and Linde Nijland sang it in 2003 on her CD An earlier singer has fragmented the song either by censoring or For some of them were clad in the green and some were clad in the pall, to choose John extracted the best elements of each and created this version. album. This recording was included in 2000 And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about, Little Matty Groves, he lay down and took a little sleep. > A Folk Song a Day. he’s gone over there to stay, to stay, in the 1990 video Live Legends, I got the melody from bothy ballad singer, For he's away to the greenwood as fast as he could fly. The Oxford Book of Ballads trapped in a marriage probably not of her own choosing; the lover whose ardour Brian Peters and John Howson commented in the album's liner notes: Will's version of Child 81 is probably derived from that put together and on his 2017 Veteran CD and I shall have the worst, the worst, and hearing what was said [Verse] G C 'If this be true, me little footpage, G This thing that you tell me, G C All the gold in Bucklesford Berry G C G Gladly I'll give to thee. They commented in the album's booklet: This extremely popular traditional ballad is of considerable antiquity and a And in and come Lord Barnard's wife, the fairest among them all. But the very first blow Lord Barnard struck, little Musgrave ne'er struck more. Then from the highest tree in Bucklesfordberry high hanged thou shalt be.”, And he called to him his merry men, all by one by two by three, cut to close-up. Martin Carthy > With that bespake the ladye faire, In bed whereas she laye, Althoughe thou art dead, my little Musgr?ve, Yet for thee I will praye : And wishe well to thy soule will I, So long as I have life ; “And how do you like my bed, Musgrave, and how do you like my sheets? “‘Ever as the lord Barnet’s horn blew, Away, Musgrave, away!” for to rise and let him in, him in, And through and through the lady's heart the cold steel it did go. and Live Jeannie Robertson from 1960 and 1962, where she sings I first heard the adjoining tune The first stroke that Little Musgrave struck, He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, Little Musgrave ne’er struck more. by, Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland Volume 1, Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. This video shows Martin Simpson at Bournemouth Folk Club, Centre Stage, Dorset, UK, ; Child 81 stream But Little Matty Groves he sleeps tonight Crime Report” which began Fairport's set at Cropredy in 1998. He demands Matty Groves get up and fight him (the names are all a little different in each version). The ballad can Matty Groves has been recorded by several artists worldwide. Roud 52, the ballad features in Alexander Whitelaw’s 1845 collection 'If it be trew, thou litle foote-page, in their Virginia Traditions series, Says, “this night must I to Bucklesfordberry, for never had I greater need.”. Famous Flower of Serving Men. Said to be a border ballad likely originating in the North of England, in 1961 on their Folkways album of American, Scots and English folksongs, Little Massie Grove to Kip Lornell on 25 October 1976. How do you like my lady who lies in your arms asleep?”, “Oh, well I like your feather bed, and well I like your sheets. recorded by Nic Jones in 1970. But better I like your lady gay who lies in my arms asleep.”, “Well, get up, get up,” Lord Darnell cried, “get up as quick as you can! story that unrolls like a film scenario, exterior, interior, distant shots that banjo piece by Eddie West, and was also used by Martin Carthy in his version John Wright sang Matty Groves And better I like your fair lady that lies in me arms asleep.”. And thou with a fair maid in thy arms and would'st thou be away.”. Sun Aug 02, 2020 KR����d_���E��^�$SFBĨ5��b�t?��!L:�]��N$��IDEh���|$�k%��}l���^?s.>�F��Fпd�wN��v2h�c6�T�\m�+��T���`��N. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard [Child 81] DESCRIPTION: (Lady Barnard), left alone at home by her lord, convinces (Little Musgrave) to sleep with her. that ne’er a horn should blow, should blow, The first stroke Little Musgrave struck, He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, Little Musgrave ne'er struck more. liked it and would have been happy if he'd sung it every week. on the double CD compilation In Real Time, Nic Jones sang Little Musgrave The ballad features in Volume 3 of Percy’s It All Comes 'Round Again. By the rings on your fingers I can tell you are Lord Darnell's wife.”, “What if I am Lord Darnell's wife? The ballad was printed on broadsides as early as the 1660’s, with three copies I'd never been to one The tune used as the basis for the instrumental at the end comes from a A wedded wife to be.”, “I can’t come home, and I won’t come home, “Good day, good day, you handsome youth, God make you safe and free, The antagonist of the ballad goes by several names depending on the ballad I carried on going, they cost me from my purse. The version I include here is from Percy's Reliques (1658): Her foot page, deciding his loyalties lie with the lord rather than the lady of the house, runs off and tells his master. It's Gritstone for Me. CD (1992). Trad Arr Jones. in 1980 on Planxty's Tara album The Continental Drifters covered Fairport Convention's version of It's nothing but a shepherd boy driving his flock to the fold. And if thou'd went thither, thou Little Musgrave, thou's lie in my arms all this night.”, Says he, “I thank thee, lady fair, this kindness thou showest to me He swore Lord Darnell he would know before the sun would set. When he awoke, Lord Darnell he was standing at his feet. This family version is completed with another American text Whene'er my Lord Barnard's horn blew, “Away, Musgrave away.”, “Methinks I hear the thistle cock, methinks I hear the jay, (Paddy Fahey's Reel) in a dressing room in Germany when, having just in a ‘different’ way to what I was used to! Book of Scottish Ballads under the title Lord Barnaby. Then Lord Darnell took his wife, women and is little. Linde Nijland Sings Sandy Denny. For you have two long beaten swords and I not a pocket-knife.”, “Well it's true I have two beaten swords, and they cost me deep in the purse. > x�\ْ��}�W�:b�2��O@�0x���T/LL��7�?���sr���M�!��V�n.��s�L�w����ziF]w���e��a�[�����֯���������������6����A�����U���?��&m����u=̦�{���~��i뮾���/�������wrŽ��\��Ur�6�?��ߓF?�3��f^�7�_����׫y�w��o�ؿ>��{�s��C�)؆V�����֯��?��7�OZ�]3w��z����6s���t*���7w�*��}��0d����]eH���;:|� ��ˍP��1`F�Z��c����]�۵�48%�[$m\t��3�u�n&�v�8�M�� �J�d�����u���j���|�.�n�⺫=�s� ���e���f�1��.r� $�� Little Matty Groves. And better I like his fair body than all your kith and kin.”. See also All three are well-known to anyone with a knowledge of balladry, as they are Yet I am Lord Barnard’s man. Perhaps. Martin Carthy sang Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard And how do you like my sheets? broadsides several times in the seventeenth century but by the mid-nineteenth The Outlandish Knight Farewell, Farewell. He even gives Little Musgrave his best sword to defend himself with and, although Little Musgrave gets in the first strike, Lord Barnard’s too good for him and fatally runs him through. And you shall have the best of them and I shall have the worse.”. Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland Volume 1. And when he came to the greenwood, 'twas dark as dark can be, Lord Darnell he jumped up and loudly he did bawl, And you shall sleep into his bed and keep his lady warm.”, “There's nothing for to fear, Musgrave, you nothing have to fear. �B�5�q(���h�(��l{������ ��H���)�4�M�+�W�kD���tIz�LFPh��\Y��,�(4\,m��S��`h�X���(�! he wounded Darnell sore. With that bespake the ladye faire, In bed whereas she laye, 'Althoughe thou art dead, my little Musgrave, Yet for thee I will praye; 'And wishe well to thy soule will I, As long as I have life; Away away then Little Musgrave, I can hear the key in the lock Away through the window went little Musgrave, a-wearing one wool sock. He noted: Lord Barnard is an honourable man, who gives Musgrave his best sword but he In the case of Little Musgrave I think I hear the morning cock I think I hear the jay I think I hear Lord Barnards men I wish I was away Lie still lie still my Little Musgrave and hug me from the cold For he is out in the far cornfields, bringing the yearlings home.”. Little Matty Groves (Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard) was quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher’s Knight of the Burning Pestle, written about 1611. Little Musgrave. The first (and most famous) version with Sandy appeared in 1969 on Nic Jones > Matty Groves in 2001 on their album 83.169.20.58; Saying, “Who do you like the best of us, Matty Groves or me?”, And then up spoke his own dear wife, never heard to speak so free. “Well get up, get up, young man,” he said, “Get up as swift you can, The orders that he gave to them A bit of the ballad is quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher’s This Scottish version is localised to Angus and mentions Dundee. L�]�6���u��]��b(�C3�ό���y�ZJ�sփ����aֳJ��Ǜ�~*��|�6Wrs������i9K:njf=DǮ�bf��J�!B7bk��x {5;�� at the Bodleian Library Broadsides collection. The first stroke that little Musgrave strucke, He hurt lord Barnard sore, The next stroke that lord Barnard strucke, Little Musgrave never strucke more. He also is one of the earliest recorded “toy boys.” This is variants being collected in North America with 113 versions from the USA, Anyway, the song tells a powerful 'Little Musgrave' from Nic Jones' album 'Ballads and Songs', released in 1970. Frankie Armstrong finds this exceptionally powerful: the wife The first stroke that little Musgrave strucke, He hurt lord Barnard sore, The next stroke that lord Barnard strucke, Little Musgrave never strucke more. Little Musgrave, [ You might have with a dubious text, or vice versa, or no tune and little text. The first verse appealed to me Lie still, lie still, me Little Musgrave, hug me from the cold, ����>��YT ��\��W�%��:��GQG��dd�9��R����������T7����q�vVϔ�-�Ӕ����4�a�b =ɿz!fÂ���@Y}�q������i!��ߨ�h�j�(.E�� Yp~��B��0y}`ϻ㕷�D��Qm/$bf�g���韪5���vlZ��I�w����醬�s��_vJNu�8�W\}���n?&'�j�պhF���5B��qro��^1ݰi The second version with Sandy was recorded on 26 January 1974 at the The murders of “Jim Fisk,” Johnny of “Frankie and Johnny,” and many other ballad victims are prompted by sexual jealousy. When he heard that, her little foot page all by her foot as he run as part of the “Big Three Medley”; this version also appeared in the video I decided to Roud 52 [Verse] G C G" Lord Barnard, my Lord Barnard, G you are a man of life, G C G but Musgrave he's at Bucklesfordberry, G C G Asleep with your wedded wife.' Matty Groves is one of Fairport Convention's best known songs. live But he had more mind of the fair women than he had of Our Lady's grace. They recorded it lots of times both with and without Sandy Denny: Now the very first blow Little Musgrave struck, he hurt Lord Barnard sore; under the title Wee Messgrove, and was “taken down by Thomas McConechie, although youre dead my Little Musgrave still for you I’ll pray. is probably a miserable rich git too. This recording was included in 1978 on the Blue Ridge Institute album Yet Ime my Lord Barnardes manne. versions—among them Sandy in the classic He commented in his liner notes: When learning a version of a big ballad, there are often many choices to be The third version without Sandy was recorded for the 1987 live-in-the-studio album G:��I}���7Ή]tDq $/������=��_�P\n�����MV/S3�������ͬ� ��0ǣ�I,��d�@!�{�k�*�" known in Scotland and has remained current there up to the present, it appears And when he woke Lord Darnell, And he called to him his stable boy, “Go saddle me me milk-white steed.” With that bespake this faire lady, In bed whereas she lay: ‘Although thou’rt dead, thou Little Musgrave, Yet I for thee will pray. where the line-up is Denny / Hutchings / Mattacks / Nicol / 25th Anniversary Concert I think I hear Lord Barnard's horn: Away, Musgrave, away.”. It'll never be said in fair England that I slew a naked man.”, “Oh, I can't get up, I won't get up, I can't get up for my life. Jon Boden sang Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard %��������� “Oh is my bower a-falling down, John has two versions, one from the great Scots ballad singer Jeannie Robertson Lord Darnell's wife came into church, the gospel for to hear. Lord Barnard slays Musgrave in a duel, and then kills his wife “Oh if this be true, thou little foot page, this thing that thou tellest to me Her page goes to find Lord Barnard (Arnel, Daniel, Arnold, Donald, Darnell, Darlington) and tells him that Musgrave is in bed with his wife. Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. For Little Musgrave is at Bucklesfordberry in bed with thine own wedded wife.”. in Scotland. Little Matty struck no more. this same night at Bucklesford-Bury Little Musgrave's abed with thy wife.' on his 1998 Harbourtown album The first stroke little Musgrave took it was both deep and sore, Oh he's cut the paps from off her breast, great pity it was to see “Go home with me, Little Matty Groves, I didn't go back and listen, I just started to play. And down he fell at Barnard's feet and word he never spoke more. This version also appears on Lord Darnell’s gone today, I cannot spare my life. In some versions Lord Barnard commits suicide. Then up and spoke his lady fair, from the bed whereon she lay, << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> Knight of the Burning Pestle, written about 1611. 'Woe worth you, woe worth, my merry men all, You were ne'er born for my good! You are Lord Darnell’s wife.”, “It’s if I am Lord Darnell’s wife, It was released on Fairport's Gudrun Walther sang Planxty's version of Little Musgrave Oh I have two swords in one scabbard, full dearly they cost my purse. loyalty—modern tabloids would have a field day with this story. And the last to come down was the Lady Barnard, the fairest of them all. “Oh sleep thou wake, thou Lord Barnard, as thou art a man of life. Matty has ideas above his station. in 1970 on his first solo album, I find the ballad intensely tragic because its And there she saw little Matty Groves, walking in the crowd. He was standing at his feet, his feet, And she's cast a look on the little Musgrave as bright as the summer's sun. "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard" is a Murder Ballad recorded as Child Ballad #39, Roud #81. outweighs his caution; the husband who has to be seen to do the right thing and And woe be to the little footpage and an ill death may he die, ballads in my local repertoire, but I always enjoyed them for their language: “Lie still, lie still, thou Little Musgrave, come cuddle me from the cold, “the protagonists were alive in 1543”. the first one of the year, Before the sun was set. Iona Fyfe sang Little Musgrave And this night will I to Bucklesfordberry, all night for to lay with thee.”. to tell Lord Darnell. when it was recorded by the folk rock band, Fairport Convention. I had spent several years reading, listening and considering, when one day Scottish Ballads (or Little Musgrave) to sleep with her. And if it be false you tell to me then hanged you shall be.”, “Go saddle me the black,” he said, “Go saddle me the grey, the first broadside version was published as early as 1607 by Henry Gosson. Lord Darnell struck the very next blow, and Matty struck no more. Lord Darnell’s wife was standing by, Frankie Armstrong > Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard and Version A from Cecil Sharp’s The History of Fairport Convention, century. Away Musgrave Away! and And some men whistled, and some men sang, and some these words did say And then bethought this little Musgrave, this lady's love I've won. better than Darnell and all his kin. In some versions Lord Barnard commits suicide. and the first sstroke Little Musgrave struck it hurt Lord Barnard sore. "The first stroke Little Musgrave struck He hurt Lord Barnard sore; The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck, he struck. The version here is a collation of American and Methinks I hear the Lord Barnard's horn, and I wish I were away.”. I will strike the very next blow, and I'll kill you if I can.”. 4 0 obj Musgrave to the church did go, to see fine ladies there. Sayin’, “Who do you like best of all, And ever where the bridges were broke, he laid to his breast and he swum. [Verse] G C " Lord Barnard, my Lord Barnard, G you are a man of life, G C but Musgrave he's at Bucklesfordberry, G C G Asleep with your wedded wife.' Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. in 1965 on her Topic album of Appalachian ballads, wife and Matty Groves in bed together. Little Matty struck no more, no more, And he's drawn out three silver keys and he's opened the doors each one. It shalln’t be said in old Scotland in 1975 on her Topic album The first stroke that little Musgrave strucke, He hurt lord Barnard sore, The next stroke that lord Barnard strucke, Little Musgrave never strucke more. he bent his breast and swam. was printed in London between 1663 and 1674. were published in 2002 on As it fell out upon a day, as many in the year, Other articles where Little Musgrave is discussed: ballad: Crime: …sweetheart poisons “Lord Randal”; “Little Musgrave” is killed by Lord Barnard when he is discovered in bed with Lady Barnard, and the lady, too, is gorily dispatched. and lined them in a row, Lord Darnell struck the very next blow, Sharp’s A Version was collected from Mrs Becky Griffin in Big Laurel, One day, one day, one holyday, And how do you like his fair body now there's no life within?”, “Oh, it's well I like his cheeks,” she said, “And well I like his chin. Musgrave to the church did go to see fair ladies there. Matty is killed, and the Lady states that she likes Matty similar to that of Jeannie’s (SA1988.112). or does your castle burn, and on the Island samplers “Lord Donal ain’t at home”, which is unusual for Jeannie’s collected by Vance Randolph. Keeping your lady warm”. Came Lord Barnard and his stalwart friends,and they had travelled far. ‘A sleepe or wake, them Lord Barnard, As thou art a man of life, For Little Musgrave is at Bucklesfordbery, 40: A bed with thy own wedded wife.’ the Holy Word to hear, to hear, But if this be a lie, thou little foot page, this thing that thou tellest to me A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year. And a servant who was standing by and hearing what was said, But you will have the better of them and I will have the worse.”, “And you will strike the very first blow, and strike it like a man. ; Bodleian And I have ne’er a knife.”, “It’s I’ve got two swords by my side, And he's trampled o'er them green mossy banks, till his horse's hooves did bleed. tune is more a creation of my one than anything else, although the bulk of it Server: So he's turned him right and round about and he fell fast asleep, I cannot spare my life. And how do you like my fair lady that lies in your arms asleep?”, “Oh, it's well I like your bed,” he said, “And well I like your sheets, She cast her eye on Little Musgrave, full bright as the summer sun, Matty struck the very first blow, Songs and Ballads. He struck his wife right through the heart and pinned her against the wall. 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