Peter Bellamy - Oak, Ash and Thorn video free download

Sammi w

Absolutely love harmonies like this. Wonderful song.

Kore Arabin

Fantastic!

naztubez

Thanks for posting. I was reading about Peter today and it was saying that he is a lost folk legend who was considered one of the most popular characters to emerge from the British folk scene. A mainstay of the english folk club circuit during the 70s and 80s.

LeftLib

OF all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun, Than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn. Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs, (All of a Midsummer morn!) Surely we sing no little thing, In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!

LeftLib

Oak of the Clay lived many a day, Or ever AEneas began. Ash of the Loam was a lady at home, When Brut was an outlaw man. Thorn of the Down saw New Troy Town (From which was London born); Witness hereby the ancientry Of Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!

LeftLib

Yew that is old in churchyard-mould, He breedeth a mighty bow. Alder for shoes do wise men choose, And beech for cups also. But when ye have killed, and your bowl is spilled, And your shoes are clean outworn, Back ye must speed for all that ye need, To Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!

LeftLib

Ellum she hateth mankind, and waiteth Till every gust be laid, To drop a limb on the head of him That anyway trusts her shade: But whether a lad be sober or sad, Or mellow with ale from the horn, He will take no wrong when he lieth along 'Neath Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!

LeftLib

Oh, do not tell the Priest our plight, Or he would call it a sin; But - we have been out in the woods all night, A-conjuring Summer in! And we bring you news by word of mouth- Good news for cattle and corn- Now is the Sun come up from the South, With Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!

LeftLib

Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs (All of a Midsummer morn): England shall bide till Judgment Tide, By Oak, and Ash, and Thorn!

Matthew Sunday

absolutely wonderful

PaulFesh

Thank you so much for posting this, such a great song!

nobodysbard

Wonderful! Would love to see more of this classic album posted -