Peggy Seeger - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1957) video free download

Gee Bud

how pristine a song - it brings the perfume of the Scotland in the nostrils - indeed, bird songs too. (At the same time I adore Johnny Cash's interpretation, aswell :-)

hundredsand

Sounds very Highlands folk. Lovely like birdsong.

bastardfingers

I do like the super commercial roberta copy but it is a bit silly. It sounds like a disney song. This is real heart.

michael wheeler

sorry but eva cassidy has made this uncoverable no one will top that voice 

Vince Calegon

Fascinating.

7425park

In terms of folk, I guess I prefer Peter Paul & Mary version. Otherwise, I like the Sex Pistol's version "The First Time Ever I Spewed Your Face"!

MCM4S

Beautiful…It has much deeper feeling than other versions. That is, in my opinion.When was it recorded?

Danni Chick

its sweet, i like it xox

Kathryn Kahn

You have to put it into perspective. This is a folk song, not a more commercialized seduction. Yes, her vocals are a little rough. I just listened to several covers of this song and I like the Gordon Lightfoot one the best. We are all entitled to our opinions. That was a pretty provocative song for its time.

Albert Mills

I cannot believe some of these comments. I too like the Roberta Flack version but it is commercialized to make it sound that way. The original is written, folk style, to convey a man's love for his partner. It is supposed to have a slightly raw edge to it. It is a song for everyone to sing, not just confined to a recording studio. I wonder what the great American public would have thought had they know that Roberta was signing a song written by and for a communist. . . !

Judith Frank

The Chad Mitchell version is like cuddling up in a cozy blanket. Would someone please put it on youtube? 

kurtisle

Roberta Flack added what the song didn't have...soul.

Brian Ng

This is the WORST version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"!!! I think the reason why this happened is because it was in 1957, but Peggy Seeger stinks! >:(

John Gee

The Chad Mitchell trios version is the best I have heard, also Gordon Lightfoot did a great version

John Coffman

The first time ever I heard this song I thought I was hearing my heart sing. But it was The Chad Mitchel Trio. All the other versions fade in comparison. Roberta Flack's version is okay in its own right. This one has its merits, as well. But the ultimate is Chad Mitchell.

David Mattey

I seem to remember I was on a train returning from a summer school trip to St ives in I believe 1973 or 1974 .Kirsty MacColl my Art class mate told me that her Dad had written TFTEISYF .And that it had been the most covered song of the year?. And that the royalties were substantial. I dont know if I believed the story at the time. I have just googled it. Now I know she was telling the truth. I dont have the courage to look for Kirsty on Utube.

Muffett53

Now I understand...how this song came to be and why it sounds this way. Ewan ...James Henry Miller ... was Scottish. This was sung long before the cover by Roberta. I love that version. So it makes it feel odd to sit and listen to this...but I have a better understanding now...knowing the why and how and that time period ...the 50's. I was just a tyke but I do remember the 50's. Have older siblings who were into the birth of rock as it was ...and I am glad I was old enough to experience and remember some of it.

Willie Finn

nice to hear it as ewan intended....peggy does well but nothing can compare with roberta flack`s version.

walleyrange

Roberta! 

walleyrange

Roberts Flacks version brought me here. I gave it a listen but didn't like it. Maybe I just don't get folk music because this seems all over the place to me. What amazes me is how Roberta Flack could hear the potential in this. Maybe that's why she made it big and I work in a bank!!!

Peggy Seeger

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Peter, Paul & Mary

Peter, Paul & Mary - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack

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Ewan MacColl

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