Kate Rusby - Sir Eglamore (live, with lyrics) video free download


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Uploaded: 2009/02/21

first song from the album 'Hourglass'

Sir Eglamore was a valiant knight,

fa la lanky down dilly,

He took up his sword and he went to fight,

fa la lanky down dilly.

As he rode o'er hill and dale,

All armored in a coat of mail,

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da, lanky down dilly..

Out came a dragon from her den,

fa la lanky down dilly,

That killed God knows how many men,

fa la lanky down dilly.

When she saw Sir Eglamore,

You should have hear that dragon roar

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da, lanky down dilly.

Well, then the trees began to shake,

fa la lanky down dilly,

Horse did tremble and man did quake,

fa la lanky down dilly.

The birds betook them all to peep,

it would have made a grown man weep,

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da, lanky down dilly.

But all in vain it was to fear,

fa la lanky down dilly,

For now they fall to fight like bears,

fa la lanky down dilly.

To it they go and soundly fight,

the live-long day from more 'till night,

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da, lanky down dilly.

This dragon had a plaguey hide,

fa la lanky down dilly,

That could the sharpest steel abide,

fa la lanky down dilly.

No sword could enter through her skin,

Which vexed the knight and made her grin,

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da, lanky down dilly.

But as in choler she did burn,

fa la lanky down dilly,

He fetched the dragon a great good turn,

fa la lanky down dilly,

As a yawning she did fall,

he thrust his sword up, hilt and all,

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da, lanky down dilly.

Like a coward she did fly,

fa la lanky down dilly.

To her den which was hard by,

fa la lanky down dilly,

There she lay all night and roared,

the knight was sorry for his sword,

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da

Fa la la m ba di n da da n da da.

Comments

9 years ago

Brooke Shaw

love this song [ grandma ]

10 years ago

Lazy Shark

is this a child ballad? if so, which #?

10 years ago

dogstar75

lyrics are in the video description. click the words "Show more" above.

10 years ago

Chloe Smith

Can have you to put lirys

10 years ago

Skydiver

The big guy is Eglamore.

10 years ago

USERNAMEfieldempty

Fa la la-n-ba, dee-n-da da-n-da, Fa la la-n-ba, dee-n-da da-n-da, Fa la la-n-ba, dee-n-da da-n-da, lanky down dilly... :-)

11 years ago

dogstar75

no, i meant what i said. being proven wrong is fine. being insulted isn't.

11 years ago

HeWhoAvoidsTheLight

so...in other words, you do mind being proved wrong?

11 years ago

dogstar75

I don't mind being proved wrong because, frankly, its not that important but I won't be called a 'depraved sicko' on my own channel, so knock it off or i'll delete and block you

11 years ago

jajajacky1

These are the probably the same depraved sickos that try to associate Mary Paul and Peter's Puff the Magic Dragon with choofing.

11 years ago

Ashley Autumn

Don't listen to them, they're about as wrong as wrong can be. I hate people who listen to here-say instead of doing the actual research. It would take less than 10 minutes with Google search to find the original Sir Eglamore stories and read them to know what they're really about =/

11 years ago

Ashley Autumn

Actually, Sir Eglamore was originally written about a knight rescuing a maiden from a tree, but dragons have become more popular so they've changed the words. Back when this was written (14th century) dragons weren't actually all that popular in tales and wild boars were considered far more scary, probably because they were a legitimate threat of the time. The song comes from the Tales of Sir Eglamore of Artois. I suggest you read the actual stories that the song is an adaptation of.

11 years ago

Ashley Autumn

#moodmusic #amwriting :)

11 years ago

Michelle Bousaada

Oh the two top comments...I am shielding the innocence of my eyes! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....this is about a dragon and a knight...no sex mentioned whatsoever and it shall stay that way, now goodnight to you!

11 years ago

foxfire33cm

Your songs are soon amazing. Check out my channel.... If you want.

12 years ago

Naming The Twins

Another brilliant Kate Rusby production - Kate your vocals just flow so beautifully and effortlessly. You're an inspiration, Kath & Robbie Naming the Twins

13 years ago

maedh

Mind you, in earlier versions of the song (it's a few centuries old), the dragon is male, so make of that what you will...

14 years ago

David Crown

im almost positive to ''lanky down dilly'' is slang for doing the deed...and there at the end when ''she lay all night and roared''bit of a loud one id say then he the knight''was sorry 4 his sword''well he should be they had been going at it all night long ,id be sorry 4 mt sword as well,just saying...lol

14 years ago

dogstar75

@roninony or, we know the history of the song and exactly what the song is about. just saying.

14 years ago

roninony

I'd say that was a huge stretch of the imagination, but if that's what you want to think, then go for it.

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