As I Roved Out - Andy Irvine video free download
Andy Irvine at Mighty Fine Guitars, Lafayette, CA, September 2012. A Vortex Production, filmed and edited by Jeff Peach.
Song lyrics graciously supplied by Patrick from 'AndyzFanz'.
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Words & Music: trad. / Arr.: Andy Irvine
[Learnt from the singing of Brigid Tunney of Belleek, Co. Fermanagh]
As I roved out on a bright May morning
To view the meadows and the flowers gay
Whom should I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under yon willow tree
I took off my hat and I did salute her
I did salute her most courageously
When she turned around, well the tears fell from her
Saying: "False young man, you have deluded me"
"A diamond ring I own I gave you
A diamond ring to wear on your right hand"
"But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
And married the lassie that had the land"
"If I married the lassie that had the land, my love
It's that I'll rue till the day I die
When misfortune falls, sure no man can shun it
I was blindfolded, I will ne'er deny"
Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber
The thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turn around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold, sure 'tis brass I find
And I wish the Queen would call home her army
From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain
And every man to his wedded woman
In hopes that you and I shall meet again
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Comments
10 years ago
donal lane
Flipping genius 11 years ago
garry walsh
is this available on a dvd?? great performance from a great man12 years ago
Bert Mariën
Do not tell me: The Beatles have returned and one of them is a lady. (Grin.)Love this kind of music. Well... I normally like all kinds of acoustic music. The only music(?) I do not like is "House" and "Techno".12 years ago
ThreeTimesThrough
Check out some of our stuff, we have fun. We bill ourselves as Kinda Keltic, a real mix of Irish, Scottish and American traditional music. Our channel is Three Times Through, same channel that listed the Irvine stuff.12 years ago
Bert Mariën
I DO like Irisch and/or Scottish music.12 years ago
Bert Mariën
Don't mind old recordings. I listen to music from 1920 - 1930 as well. I'll go searching. Thanks for the info.12 years ago
ThreeTimesThrough
Do a search for Andy Irvine Planxty. You will get hits, old recordings but wonderful stuff.12 years ago
Bert Mariën
Have a link?12 years ago
Jeff Peach
Check out some of his work with Planxty, Andy is one of the greatest...12 years ago
Bert Mariën
This is my first time encounter with this guy. like him. And also always loved his stile of music. Let us call it "old time religion".12 years ago
AndyzFanz
Bill is right & this is what I meant by the finger muscles doing all the 'remembering', without the player having to focus much mental attention onto the playing while it's happening; it's like an automatic pilot, isn't it? ... ;-) ... Coming back to Andy himself, I'd love to hear him explain in detail how he gradually developed his style into what it is now: a complete new method of playing the mandolin family of instruments. Until then, we'll all try to figure it out by ourselves! Patrick.12 years ago
ThreeTimesThrough
Bill Keith (Famous Banjo Player) once told me that you need to practice the fingering until it just comes out almost without thought and eventually that evolves into mixing the pieces together, without thought. Probably easier to just have a second brain like Andy!12 years ago
AndyzFanz
He once said something like "... You need to be a little schizophrenic to synchronise the singing and the fingering, but you mustn't try too hard or it fails; you need to sing and play and, at the same time, think of something else altogether!" And it's true; we've all been 'there', once the lines are learned and the finger muscles have 'memorised' the action. Another 'trick' I learned from observing Segovia, is to look ahead to where your fingers will go next on the fretboard. Patrick.12 years ago
AndyzFanz
Ahaaa! So, *that's* where the fingers should go!!! ... ;-)) With kind regards; Patrick.12 years ago
ThreeTimesThrough
He totally amazes me when he combines vocal, bouzouki and harmonica. I am quite sure he has 2 musical brains. It is very difficult to play like he does, sing songs with so many verses and throw in harmonica breaks. Truly a musical genius..12 years ago
ThreeTimesThrough
Certainly my pleasure to upload. Not only was a treat to see Andy in such and intimate environment but then to get to edit it. Spent a lot of time watching his fingering while editing!12 years ago
AndyzFanz
Dear Jeff, ;-)) This is another of my all-time favourites among Andy's many great songs! The only previous recording of *this* version of 'As I Roved Out' is on Peter Ratzenbeck's album 'Resonances', where Andy accompanies himself on his Sobell long-scale [20.5ins] mandola tuned CGDG [at fret 0], just as in this clip [GDAD + capo5]. However, he didn't add the harmonica at the time, so it's really nice to have it in this performance. Thank you *so* much! ;-)) With kind regards; Patrick.12 years ago
Macdara Ó Faoláin
I am pretty sure this is the only solo performance of this! Great treat! Thanks so so much!Related Videos
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