My first date with my then 17 year old girlfriend was at a Steeleye Span gig. Maddy was wearing that same yellow dress and she sang and danced up on some kind of boom arm for one of the numbers. Magical. That was back in the ‘mid 70s. My girl is 62 now , I’m 73 and we’re sweethearts still.
Hadn't ever heard it before today. The song is referred to early in Graham Coxon's autobiography. So glad I put my bookmark in the book and found this song.
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@@TomTwainNot sure about that. I think Peter Knight must have had a momentary lapse of attention and bought the wrong instrument to the miming session. He played the Mandolin heard here; had to mime it on the violin. Whoops!
A style of singing that has virtually vanished..no autotune or electronic jiggery-pokery..if you felt you were losing the notes you just put your hand over your ear and self-tuned yourself.
You are not alone lad. I'm 59 and my son is 28. He likes one or two songs from this era, but he much prefers music from the 70's and 80's. We had the best music ever.
It'd be a lot greater if they hadn't edited the song* down to the point where it makes almost no sense. *actually a combination of two songs, of course
Such a happy memory song...1975 Just met my beloved wife of 40 years...now no longer with me, taken by the dreadful disease Alzheimer at 70 years of age...have some tears now.
Sorry to hear this my sister and brother are both going through the same thing while they are still there they are not it’s a terrible affliction peace to you and I love that this music also
Absolutely brilliant song and video. What a bloody voice Maddy Prior has got. Don't let anybody tell you folk music has no passion, they're talking out their behind!!
Have you ever heard any old traditional recordings of the song? I featured two of them (and this version) in the video I just uploaded: ua-cam.com/video/293fUgqyHAw/v-deo.html
Have you ever heard any old traditional recordings of the song? I featured two of them (and this version) in the video I just uploaded: ua-cam.com/video/293fUgqyHAw/v-deo.html
@@jrb1802uk What the hell? Pablo Picasso did that. As well, the father of a young lady from university was 56 when his daughter was born to his second wife. The old man had three daughters from his first marriage and two step daughters, a son who died and frightened the hell out of his grandsons. Nasty.
First got it in 1976. Listening to it in 2021. Had the chance to dance it with Maddy herself in an open air festival during the late 80s, while the band was performing it. Probably the most unforgettable moment in my life.
I lived in Belsize Park in the early 70's, Maddy Prior live in the bedsit next to me. Oh what fun we had making her costumes. Some of my happiest days of youth, oh to be back there again. I'm 73 now, it's all behind me now, but happily I can revisit with the help of wonderful UA-cam🤩
This is so unusual..i can imagine people singing this kind of melodies hundreds of years ago in the countryside of England. Fantastic. Stays in your head after hearing it.
I'm french, and I adore Maddie Prior and his group since about 40 years. For me , " live at last" is a monument, which allows me to discover the british folk, like Lindisfarne and so on. I've always been impressed by the passion and the talent of these artists, like in my country by Malicorne or Tri Yann for example... The good music has no frontiers....And that is very very good music and good musicians.... Love you..
Have you ever heard any old traditional recordings of the song? I featured two of them (and this version) in the video I just uploaded: ua-cam.com/video/293fUgqyHAw/v-deo.html
I’m an American with very little British or Irish blood flowing through me, but still, I listen to Steeleye Span quite a bit, and love Maddy’s voice, and the guys’ harmonies. Absolutely delightful stuff.
Not my real last name. I used to use it on the air, during the nearly 30 years I worked as a radio DJ. My real last name ends in -SON, and is of Scandinavian origin. Quite a bit of German prior to that.
I've often thought if i worked as a DJ my name would be "The Disc Meister .... Chance Dubois". But I suppose Davis is equally as exotic if you are Scanda Germano American
My mum showed me this song during quarantine and I’ve been shouting “all around my hat, I will wear the green ribbon” like a complete maniac. God this lockdown and solitude has made me completely psychotic.
Oh Maddy....... The best example of how a folk singer should sing and smile and dance and move. You and Annie Haslam are the best at what you do in the world. Long life Maddy, and thanks for the good times.
I first heard this song in London in December 1975 after having been stationed in Germany for nearly four years. The two top songs on English radio were all around my hat and I'm a lumberjack by Monty python. I'd never heard either song before, and my first impression was that British radio seemed pretty weird. Over the next few days they both grew on me, and I soon realized that British radio was in fact pretty groovy.
I just can't stop crying in the joy of their offerings while listening to them. Maddy's voice is one of the finest ever in this kind of music and their harmonies and arrangements knock their songs out of the park. God I love this group.
+Bud Weiss I so agree with you, the harmony in all their songs is just amazing, unlike some stuff of today that passes under the banner of music. And it just seems as if they enjoyed giving music to their followers, they all look happy .
@@Loreman72 Simon & Garfunkel were directly inspired by British folkies like Davy Graham and Martin Carthy. As in «Anji» and «Scarborough Fair». Went both ways.
And absolute proof that one can exude sex appeal from the stage while totally clothed. A concept that's totally lost on the likes of Pop Princesses Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande.
My dad used to sing this when I was a child. He was of the 70s generation and grew up on classic British and Irish music, particularly rock. Proud to say he gave me a good music education. Love and miss you, Dad. RIP ❤
I saw Maddy at the Acorn, in Penzance, and she is the ONLY performer I have ever seen who took her baby on stage with her, to care for and at the same time take care of the audience. Maddy is a legend, and the band were stunning !
Pat Benatar occasionally did the same thing back in the 80's.. Although, judging from the volume of her band back then, I don't know if she was doing the kid any favors.
My Irish grandmother gave me the 45 record to this song about 30 years ago and I was impressed with the song then and still love it! British band Status Quo did a great cover of it since then and Maddy Prior sang on with them live which was fantastic and gave me chills
This takes me back to the mid-seventies when pubs had jukeboxes. Me and my friend Eileen went to the pub at lunchtime and had one too many drinks and we played this record and were singing & dancing around the pub, then everyone was joining in. Rather jolly, we went back to work but was quickly fired. Eileen was my best mate at the time and she sadly died in 1990 but i have some great memories of us having lots of fun and laughter and of course, good songs like this one.
One of the best songs I ever heard in my life. I thought at turning 50 this year I had heard all the classics, even though in 1975 I was only a toddler, but I'm in to 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's music. I had heard of Steeleye Span but didn't know their music. Then one day last week 'all around my hat' started on my you tube playlist. I immediately checked to see who sang that wonderful song, and I am now a Steeleye Span fan. Maddie carries herself with such grace and the other band members are great too. Love from Ireland to Steeleye Span.
I didn't hear this until 1978 and thought it was an 'oldie' from three years before. Here we are in the next century still listening to the same music since the industry is totally broken.
I remember seeing her perform with Steeleye Span at the Berkeley School of Music, and then later with simply a keyboardist at Johnny D's Uptown in Somerville. I approached her with an ancient Steeleye Span album and asked her to sign it. She could not have been more gracious; asking me about myself and introducing me to the keyboardist (I wish I could remember his name). Lovely person.
Steeleye Span was a joy to hear and behold. They had a long-time friendly competition with Fairport Convention for best folk-rockers of their generation. The new generation of British folk-rockers draw much of their inspiration from Steeleye Span.
Just brilliant good fun folk rock. Saw them at Colston Hall ( hope I’m allowed to say that now!) in Bristol singing this about the same time. Maddy had half the audience dancing in the aisles .
This was played at my 29 year old nieces funeral recently , everuone took to the floor and sang along . Not a dry eye in 5he house. Rest in peace johan x
I was introduced to them by a friend of mine . always loved them and all the "English Electric Folk" Groups. .Thanks for the Internet we can go back home .... for a while.
I was 16 when this came out and I remember my schoolmates being into it more than I was. I now realise how wrong I was - on so many levels it’s possibly the greatest song of all time.
Me too, Matthew. This was just everyday musical fodder at the time as there was so much talent around in those days. Now, in hindsight, much hindsight, I realise how skilled and talented Steeleye Span and others of the era were. Today's rubbish is so artificial and/or electronic noise.
"possibly the greatest song of all time" Definitely not as good as all that, but it is certainly a commercial peak for the group and for folk-rock. It did involve creative compromises for them, though, not least working with Mike Batt.
Forgotten the number of times I've seen them back in the day. Love Maddies voice - so pure. Rest of the band are great too. Oh! Playing the tapes in the car and singing along. Those were the days. Haven't seen them for years. Came across this by chance. From a 72 year old.
Had vague memories of this song from my youth (I was 6 in 1975). It was pure joy rediscovering this years later. The harmony is breathtaking and Maddie’s voice is as pure as a mountain stream.
Now this takes me back 30 years. Amazingly I could remember all the words, now that shows a good choir master, when they teach you something and you literally never forget it.
Love this and the version Maddy did with Status Quo. She was bouncing round the stage with Quo and really enjoying herself. She's a real fun character as well as a brilliant, brilliant singer
I am 52, and I don't know how it is possible, but I first heard this song only yesterday! I got onto Steeleye Span from the Christmas Carol Gaudete. I listened to All Around my Hat, all day long. I said yesterday and here I am again...
Real musicians and vocalists playing amazing music, think I must have seen Steeleye five or six times at least. Maddy came to The Village Pump Festival many years ago and after she had performed she came and sat down in the middle of the field with everyone else and watched the other performers, at one point she got up and did this amazing dance to a fast fiddle number, totally brilliant
I saw them at a folk festival in Essex around 1973. Maddie put her beer down on the stage and my mate drank it. When she finished the song she picked up the empty can and bellowed "Who's drunk my fucking beer?" My mate sheepishly owned up. I can't remember if he bought her another. It was a long time ago.
I was at a folk festival near Chelmsford around 1970 when my friend Kevin picked up Maddie's beer can off the stage and drank it. When she picked it up after finishing the song and realised it was empty she screamed "Who's drunk my fucking beer?" Kevin sheepishly admitted it. Never forget that. Haha!
Ipswich folk festival 1970, great performance by Tim and Maddy. I sang next and at the Guthrie verse "come with dust and gone with the wind" a storm nearly blew all the equipment away. Maddy held a pint of ale, she smiled at me and asked "Where's the loo?". I was 19 so It was all exciting. (72 now...)
Have you ever heard any old traditional recordings of the song? I featured two of them (and this version) in the video I just uploaded: ua-cam.com/video/293fUgqyHAw/v-deo.html
Blimey. I'm watching Robson Green weekend escapes and this tune crops up as part of a wellness therapy . Brilliant. Southampton University 1971 and I was there to see them. Thanks for the memories.
I used to hear this on the radio a lot when I was a child in the late 70s and it always stayed with me. It still sounds brilliant and I love her sweet voice
Ms. Prior really sells this old folk song with her singing with a smile, her eyebrow lifts and facial expressions. I think the band wanted the audience to understand that the sentiments of this old song are no different from what was felt in 1975, and indeed today.
Had forgotten all about this song until about 5 years ago when it came on the car radio. Within seconds i was transported back to Xmas 1975. My dad had bought this and played and played it until we were begging him to stop. He lit up when he put it on one a teenager that's just discovered the greatest song ever. Hearing it was especially poignant as he was in the advanced stages of dementia at the time and has since passed on. Driving everyone mad in heaven with it, I expect. Ah, the power of music. I
"He lit up when he put it on one" I don't know what that means, but it sounds to me as though you might be able to make a claim under the #metoo thing.
Great song, great harmonies and the lead singer has some style and class and a very unique voice and stage presence! Almost an old fashioned charm about her! What an awesome song!
I remember listening to this on the radio as a 20 year old. Saw Maddy and her new crew 2 years ago in Southport and cried my eyes out....... it was so good. A new one song for me at the Southport concert was Spotted Cow, simply brilliant.......thoroughly recommended if you have never heard it before
Researching for my Yule radio show I stumbled across this video, I've enjoyed many Steeleye shows over the years, every one a corker and very memorable. Maddy's voice is the best. As I left for home after one gig, I heard the sound of the band performing a rock standard - after a full show! That's a band that enjoys their music.
I still have the album with song in it, on vinyl! One of my favorite songs, ever, even if it is over 100 years old. I hear it was written in the 19th century.
I woke up with an "All Around my Hat" ear-worm this morning, had to hear it, for the first time since 1975. Awesome stuff. I was 14 years old in 1975 and I loved it back then too.
i remember i heard that song in 1975 and i did'nt know who were singing it, i live in Belgium and didn't know Steeleye Span at that time there was no internet to look at and it was very frustrating. So i'm happy to hear it now !
Aah, I see ... that's why.. this is making me wanting to play Tubthumping by Chumbawamba out loud ! .. though they do have some other drinks besides the cider ... "we'll be singing ''
My first date with my then 17 year old girlfriend was at a Steeleye Span gig. Maddy was wearing that same yellow dress and she sang and danced up on some kind of boom arm for one of the numbers. Magical. That was back in the ‘mid 70s. My girl is 62 now , I’m 73 and we’re sweethearts still.
Jesus hope she washed it for the love of Judas Priest haha dude.
That's disgusting you dated a 17 year ar old when you were 29.
@@unknownkingdom 😂
@unknownkingdom Would you say the same if she was 27 and he was 39?
@@unknownkingdom Don't be such a prude.
Saw them in concert last night. She is 75 now but she's still got it. An excellent evening.
One of the great voices.
Baby, I am 76 soon and still got the Blues! I am dancin' to every tune here... haha, we were simply a great generation!!!!!!
I love this music! ❤
Hadn't ever heard it before today. The song is referred to early in Graham Coxon's autobiography. So glad I put my bookmark in the book and found this song.
Timeless, as with most music of the 70's, so glad I was part of it.
too right Steven, along with 60s golden times indeed
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@Lennon Darren Instablaster =)
Me too!!! Not t much more needs saying.
Loved them back then, love them still. What a wonderful, distinctive voice Maddy has!
Too true she is fantastic.
That is ridiculously brilliant. Vocals, phrasing, accenting, bass, drums, guitars. Staggering.
You forgot consonants...
@@crinolynneendymion8755 ... and Violin...
I'd say best voice ever IMHO
Yes indeed, they totally nailed it! This song was released the year I was born and it hasn't grown old.
@@TomTwainNot sure about that. I think Peter Knight must have had a momentary lapse of attention and bought the wrong instrument to the miming session. He played the Mandolin heard here; had to mime it on the violin. Whoops!
Shes lovely isnt she, fancied her like mad then, I was 16 at the time and what a great voice 👍🙂😘x WOOF
Same here x
Same here, i was 16 ❤
She's the sexiest woman I've ever laid eyes on! She even looks better now!
woof indeed
You can all get in the queue. It starts behind me. 😊
Maddie, Jacqui mcshee, Sandy Denny and Annie Haslam my god there was some vocal talent around in Britain in the 70's.
Anne Briggs, Shirley Collins :-)
Annie haslam hails from my hometown of bolton she sure doesnt sound it though what a voice
Nios fearr in eireann
@@bigfish74f I found out that she currently lives in my county.....15 minutes away. Have been a BIG fan since 1974.
A style of singing that has virtually vanished..no autotune or electronic jiggery-pokery..if you felt you were losing the notes you just put your hand over your ear and self-tuned yourself.
My son is 17, I'm 54. He just told me that this is great stuff! I'm somewhat happy about this!
You are not alone lad. I'm 59 and my son is 28. He likes one or two songs from this era, but he much prefers music from the 70's and 80's. We had the best music ever.
curlyjim2550 We certainly did! Nothing else will ever come close & don't get me started on the tuneless crap that is today's 'music'
;-)
It'd be a lot greater if they hadn't edited the song* down to the point where it makes almost no sense.
*actually a combination of two songs, of course
My 20-year-old just said "I don't hate it".
Baby steps...
Folk at its finest, this the 1970s at its best! Bless beautiful Maddy what a talented woman 😍
She's stunning actually
@@anthonydevitt3206 One of the many great female folk singers.
...Just for the joy of singing together... let this spirit last forever
Yeman
Yes definite brilliant
Such a happy memory song...1975 Just met my beloved wife of 40 years...now no longer with me, taken by the dreadful disease Alzheimer at 70 years of age...have some tears now.
God bless you x
Great memories. Sending love to you
Sorry to hear this my sister and brother are both going through the same thing while they are still there they are not it’s a terrible affliction peace to you and I love that this music also
❤
Absolutely brilliant song and video. What a bloody voice Maddy Prior has got. Don't let anybody tell you folk music has no passion, they're talking out their behind!!
We need a fart cover of this.
Knocks spots off Steely Dan or should that be Pan(ned by the Critics)😂
There's a reason this has over a million hits. It's still terrific!
Well Said!!!
Song and voice that will be remembered, superb voice always. Modern singers sound like trash up against Maddy
Have you ever heard any old traditional recordings of the song? I featured two of them (and this version) in the video I just uploaded:
ua-cam.com/video/293fUgqyHAw/v-deo.html
@@TheFolkRevivalProject Ugh!
a million hats.
Well.... Will you look at that. A group who can sing and play instruments. No choreographed mix dancing to a backing track. Proper music. Magic.
Have you ever heard any old traditional recordings of the song? I featured two of them (and this version) in the video I just uploaded:
ua-cam.com/video/293fUgqyHAw/v-deo.html
To be to be sure
And they are fully clothed.
@@curlytheunacceptable.4298 HAhah yes indeeedy.
While these are the actual musicians, it is a record company video so they are in fact miming to a backing track! I do agree it is magic!
I'm 89 years young, and I'm so glad that my 5-year-old son introduced me to this band! Somehow, I never knew about them before.
Well, you grew up with the Big Bands - another great era in popular music! Frank & Dean, at least, were still recording hits when this was new.
Fred
You Have One Cool Grandson!
Wait, you was 84 when your Son was born??
Haha 🤣🤣🤣
@@jrb1802uk What the hell? Pablo Picasso did that. As well, the father of a young lady from university was 56 when his daughter was born to his second wife.
The old man had three daughters from his first marriage and two step daughters, a son who died and frightened the hell out of his grandsons. Nasty.
First got it in 1976. Listening to it in 2021. Had the chance to dance it with Maddy herself in an open air festival during the late 80s, while the band was performing it. Probably the most unforgettable moment in my life.
That’s brilliant!! 😃👍👌👏
I've been listening to this song for 44 years 1975 to 2019 it gets better and never tire of it.. steeleye span thanks for the music..
I am too my friend. I'm 63 now and i've always loved this band. Their music never gets old.
I'm 14 and have been listening to this with my dad for years.
My mum used to sing this to me when I was a babber 😊
Saw them in concert in Buffalo, NY, June 1970. Listened ever since.
Same here 🤗
Just listened to her singing this song tonight. She hasn't lost it ❤
I remember watching this very programme, what a wonderful gentle time.
I lived in Belsize Park in the early 70's, Maddy Prior live in the bedsit next to me. Oh what fun we had making her costumes. Some of my happiest days of youth, oh to be back there again. I'm 73 now, it's all behind me now, but happily I can revisit with the help of wonderful UA-cam🤩
This is so unusual..i can imagine people singing this kind of melodies hundreds of years ago in the countryside of England. Fantastic. Stays in your head after hearing it.
This comment is to underrated 🤣🤣
@@JPBinni137 hmmm, you could be right there , back centuries ago when England belonged mostly to to the English. 🙄🙄🙄🙏❤️🇬🇧❤️🙏 Dec twenty two
@@paulcrisp9861 😅😅🤣🤣 You are awesome! Well done sir!
@@JPBinni137 pleased it made you 😃 smile, hope santa 🎅 brings you something good, maybe a time machine so yo can travel at will. 🙄🙄🤣😅
Without the electric guitars
And here I am a Brit living in Canada, lovin loving the old stuff 😎
Anyone else just found themselves going down a very long 70's rabbit hole for the evening?
I started with Pentangle - Wedding Dress and ended up here😂
@@jessalexander3243 Yeah, that would be more than enough to do it
Yep!🤣🥰
Fiddlers Dram next…
I'm french, and I adore Maddie Prior and his group since about 40 years. For me , " live at last" is a monument, which allows me to discover the british folk, like Lindisfarne and so on. I've always been impressed by the passion and the talent of these artists, like in my country by Malicorne or Tri Yann for example... The good music has no frontiers....And that is very very good music and good musicians.... Love you..
Have you ever heard any old traditional recordings of the song? I featured two of them (and this version) in the video I just uploaded:
ua-cam.com/video/293fUgqyHAw/v-deo.html
Pov' tache !
I agree with you Jan, músic don't Recognition no bounderies. Lindisfarne were great yeaj
Give us some more French or European artists. Always keen to hear new (to me) musicians.
Love you ❤️
I’m an American with very little British or Irish blood flowing through me, but still, I listen to Steeleye Span quite a bit, and love Maddy’s voice, and the guys’ harmonies. Absolutely delightful stuff.
Davis is a Welsh sir name. Pretty British.
Not my real last name. I used to use it on the air, during the nearly 30 years I worked as a radio DJ. My real last name ends in -SON, and is of Scandinavian origin. Quite a bit of German prior to that.
I've often thought if i worked as a DJ my name would be "The Disc Meister .... Chance Dubois". But I suppose Davis is equally as exotic if you are Scanda Germano American
I like yours! Mine, I didn’t pick for exotic. I wanted something easier to spell and pronounce than my real last name.
You should listen to "Lovely on the Water".
My mum showed me this song during quarantine and I’ve been shouting “all around my hat, I will wear the green ribbon” like a complete maniac. God this lockdown and solitude has made me completely psychotic.
Green willow
It’s doing that to a lot of people now.
And yet you didn't manage to figure out the words.
Louis: I'm also in solitude but a friend of mine said work hard when you're alone.
This song is full of joy. It sounds still so fresh and catching. Timeless song.
Remember it well, it was a great time for all kinds of different music, loved this one.
Im definitely still listening in 2024
Me too. Love it!! I'm Irish but I love English folk ❤
There's lots of us.
Oh Maddy.......
The best example of how a folk singer should sing and smile and dance and move.
You and Annie Haslam are the best at what you do in the world.
Long life Maddy, and thanks for the good times.
Good point. Many in the folk/bluegrass world look like they are trying to pass a pineapple when they go for the high notes!
Both wonderful singers 👍
Sandy Denny ?
@@peterquin499 I'm sure he would have included Sandy Denny in his post were she still with us.
@@fazilamzirf8887 Cross-reference: See "Bob Dylan." 🤣🤣🤣
I never even knew I liked folk music yet this is one of my all time favourites of ANY genre! 🤔1️⃣🎧💥
I first heard this song in London in December 1975 after having been stationed in Germany for nearly four years. The two top songs on English radio were all around my hat and I'm a lumberjack by Monty python. I'd never heard either song before, and my first impression was that British radio seemed pretty weird. Over the next few days they both grew on me, and I soon realized that British radio was in fact pretty groovy.
I just can't stop crying in the joy of their offerings while listening to them. Maddy's voice is one of the finest ever in this kind of music and their harmonies and arrangements knock their songs out of the park. God I love this group.
+Bud Weiss I feel the same ...
Same here...
+Bud Weiss I so agree with you, the harmony in all their songs is just amazing, unlike some stuff of today that passes under the banner of music. And it just seems as if they enjoyed giving music to their followers, they all look happy .
Maddies' confidence is infectious in this clip, what a great band.
Had the pleasure to see them March 71 they were the warm up for jethro Tull , happy days! 😉🇬🇧
I loved this music so much. This band, Lindisfarne, Horslips, Pentangle etc.......brilliant music.
'The fog on the Tyne is all mine is all mine' :-)
That Simon & Garfunkel-inspired 70s folk revival!
all great stuff you are right
Now you are talking...
@@Loreman72 Simon & Garfunkel were directly inspired by British folkies like Davy Graham and Martin Carthy. As in «Anji» and «Scarborough Fair». Went both ways.
Reminds me of road trips with my parents! These bands need to be remembered!
It’s like UA-cam reached into my happy memories to recommend my fave Steeleye Span song!
Well that was the 70s, when an electro folk band was in the charts. Best decade ever!
Maddy always knocked my socks off and she sings like an angel. O.K. she's a babe.
Amazing song with great instrumentals and incredible vocals. Not forgetting to mention that Maddy Prior is an absolute babe.
WAS an absolute babe, a tad wrinkly these days still got the voice though
"amazing song" Actually a conflation of two songs - and this is edited down from the album version, to the point where it becomes incoherent.
@@normaneustice1112 happens to us all my friend
And absolute proof that one can exude sex appeal from the stage while totally clothed. A concept that's totally lost on the likes of Pop Princesses Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande.
@@normaneustice1112 Like Charles Barkley says, "Father Time is undefeated."
My dad used to sing this when I was a child. He was of the 70s generation and grew up on classic British and Irish music, particularly rock. Proud to say he gave me a good music education. Love and miss you, Dad. RIP ❤
Aww Bec! I too am of the 70s generation and loved my classic rock music.
I saw Maddy at the Acorn, in Penzance, and she is the ONLY performer I have ever seen who took her baby on stage with her, to care for and at the same time take care of the audience. Maddy is a legend, and the band were stunning !
Pat Benatar occasionally did the same thing back in the 80's.. Although, judging from the volume of her band back then, I don't know if she was doing the kid any favors.
Back in the late 70's Pat Benatar did the same thing.
Hope the babe was wearing earprotectors.
Ears were 'protected' with masses of cotton wool, vaseline and plugged in !
My Irish grandmother gave me the 45 record to this song about 30 years ago and I was impressed with the song then and still love it! British band Status Quo did a great cover of it since then and Maddy Prior sang on with them live which was fantastic and gave me chills
Nah status quo version crap this is the real deal with steely span maddie great voice did they do any other songs were are they from
This takes me back to the mid-seventies when pubs had jukeboxes. Me and my friend Eileen went to the pub at lunchtime and had one too many drinks and we played this record and were singing & dancing around the pub, then everyone was joining in. Rather jolly, we went back to work but was quickly fired. Eileen was my best mate at the time and she sadly died in 1990 but i have some great memories of us having lots of fun and laughter and of course, good songs like this one.
One of the best songs I ever heard in my life. I thought at turning 50 this year I had heard all the classics, even though in 1975 I was only a toddler, but I'm in to 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's music. I had heard of Steeleye Span but didn't know their music. Then one day last week 'all around my hat' started on my you tube playlist. I immediately checked to see who sang that wonderful song, and I am now a Steeleye Span fan. Maddie carries herself with such grace and the other band members are great too. Love from Ireland to Steeleye Span.
I recently bought a boxed set of all five Steeleye Span albums. They were the best of the British folk rock bands. Maddie Pryor's voice is glorious.
"They were the best of the British folk rock bands." Or American.
"all five Steeleye Span albums" They've released a lot more than five.
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misterteaification Yes, at least seventeen in fact (I’ve lost count).
@@misterteaification Mikey joyfully stated he'd bought a boxed set of 5 albums. Hopefully he will find even more thanks to you. 🪕🎶
Aw. This was my birth year. What loveliness was occurring and I was oblivious to it at the time!
I didn't hear this until 1978 and thought it was an 'oldie' from three years before. Here we are in the next century still listening to the same music since the industry is totally broken.
'The hairs around my tw@t' was the version I seem to recall us singing back in 75. Now 60+ and very ashamed of the teenage exuberance.
Generation X know it as "All around my ARSE!"
Oh you were AWFUL, but i like you 😂
@@richardcummins5465 Yes, the "campness" of Dick Emery is totally appropriate!
I HAVE NOT HEARD THIS FOR YEARS BUT NOW IT IS IN MY HEAD AND I CANNOT STOP IT MADDY IS UNBELIEVABLE
I remember seeing her perform with Steeleye Span at the Berkeley School of Music, and then later with simply a keyboardist at Johnny D's Uptown in Somerville. I approached her with an ancient Steeleye Span album and asked her to sign it. She could not have been more gracious; asking me about myself and introducing me to the keyboardist (I wish I could remember his name). Lovely person.
Steeleye Span was a joy to hear and behold. They had a long-time friendly competition with Fairport Convention for best folk-rockers of their generation. The new generation of British folk-rockers draw much of their inspiration from Steeleye Span.
Ich habe den tollen Song erst jetzt zum ersten Mal gehört. Der geht ab sofort jeden Tag mindestens 1 mal durch den Player.
Just brilliant good fun folk rock. Saw them at Colston Hall ( hope I’m allowed to say that now!) in Bristol singing this about the same time. Maddy had half the audience dancing in the aisles .
This was played at my 29 year old nieces funeral recently , everuone took to the floor and sang along . Not a dry eye in 5he house. Rest in peace johan x
My condolences sir. 🤗
I was introduced to them by a friend of mine . always loved them and all the "English Electric Folk" Groups. .Thanks for the Internet we can go back home .... for a while.
Another Roger Green liked them in the Glos. folk scene in the mid late seventies
I was 16 when this came out and I remember my schoolmates being into it more than I was. I now realise how wrong I was - on so many levels it’s possibly the greatest song of all time.
Me too, Matthew. This was just everyday musical fodder at the time as there was so much talent around in those days. Now, in hindsight, much hindsight, I realise how skilled and talented Steeleye Span and others of the era were. Today's rubbish is so artificial and/or electronic noise.
"possibly the greatest song of all time"
Definitely not as good as all that, but it is certainly a commercial peak for the group and for folk-rock. It did involve creative compromises for them, though, not least working with Mike Batt.
Thank the GODS for a hippy mother and her Great taste in Music!
Forgotten the number of times I've seen them back in the day. Love Maddies voice - so pure. Rest of the band are great too. Oh! Playing the tapes in the car and singing along. Those were the days. Haven't seen them for years. Came across this by chance.
From a 72 year old.
Had vague memories of this song from my youth
(I was 6 in 1975). It was pure joy rediscovering this years later. The harmony is breathtaking and Maddie’s voice is as pure as a mountain stream.
Now this takes me back 30 years. Amazingly I could remember all the words, now that shows a good choir master, when they teach you something and you literally never forget it.
It's a 19th century folk song.
@@kurttappe it's actually a) a blend of two songs, "All Around My Hat" and "Farewell He", and b) heavily shortened from the album version.
Love this and the version Maddy did with Status Quo. She was bouncing round the stage with Quo and really enjoying herself. She's a real fun character as well as a brilliant, brilliant singer
I am 52, and I don't know how it is possible, but I first heard this song only yesterday! I got onto Steeleye Span from the Christmas Carol Gaudete. I listened to All Around my Hat, all day long. I said yesterday and here I am again...
bellow the salt. El mejor LP de la historia. The best lp in the word history of music. An 64 years old spanish man.
Real musicians and vocalists playing amazing music, think I must have seen Steeleye five or six times at least. Maddy came to The Village Pump Festival many years ago and after she had performed she came and sat down in the middle of the field with everyone else and watched the other performers, at one point she got up and did this amazing dance to a fast fiddle number, totally brilliant
Haven't heard this for years. Loved it back then and still love it today.
One of my earliest musical memories. I'm now 46 and still love it.
Wonderful Music, 50 years old, but fantastic!
I saw them at a folk festival in Essex around 1973. Maddie put her beer down on the stage and my mate drank it. When she finished the song she picked up the empty can and bellowed "Who's drunk my fucking beer?" My mate sheepishly owned up. I can't remember if he bought her another. It was a long time ago.
Folking brilliant. My mum and dad loved this 👋☘️
I was at a folk festival near Chelmsford around 1970 when my friend Kevin picked up Maddie's beer can off the stage and drank it. When she picked it up after finishing the song and realised it was empty she screamed "Who's drunk my fucking beer?" Kevin sheepishly admitted it. Never forget that. Haha!
I’m 20 years old and I love this so much!!!!
My mum would play this song when i was a kid still have lovely memory's of traveling to Yorkshire with her playing this xx
Ipswich folk festival 1970, great performance by Tim and Maddy.
I sang next and at the Guthrie
verse "come with dust and gone with
the wind" a storm nearly blew all
the equipment away. Maddy held
a pint of ale, she smiled at me and
asked "Where's the loo?". I was 19
so It was all exciting. (72 now...)
Upbeat folk music! As a former traditional folk singer I loved them!
I loved this song when I first heard it when I was 7 years old, now I'm 51, and it's still a classic. Talent never fades away, first class!
Have you ever heard any old traditional recordings of the song? I featured two of them (and this version) in the video I just uploaded:
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Oh sweet jesus, Maddy is absolutely beautiful, jesus her smile, her body, what a beautiful lady. I could listen to her sing all day long...Wonderful.
Blimey. I'm watching Robson Green weekend escapes and this tune crops up as part of a wellness therapy . Brilliant. Southampton University 1971 and I was there to see them. Thanks for the memories.
This song always reminds me of christmas.
The last time I looked all around my hat was deficient of hair follicles.
I used to hear this on the radio a lot when I was a child in the late 70s and it always stayed with me. It still sounds brilliant and I love her sweet voice
My 13 year old sings along --in fact for a number of years already...I was her age when it hit the shores of SouthAfrica!A great track...
maddy pryor...beautiful voice...great song!!!
Brilliant vocals! Such a timeless song.
Ms. Prior really sells this old folk song with her singing with a smile, her eyebrow lifts and facial expressions. I think the band wanted the audience to understand that the sentiments of this old song are no different from what was felt in 1975, and indeed today.
Had forgotten all about this song until about 5 years ago when it came on the car radio. Within seconds i was transported back to Xmas 1975. My dad had bought this and played and played it until we were begging him to stop. He lit up when he put it on one a teenager that's just discovered the greatest song ever. Hearing it was especially poignant as he was in the advanced stages of dementia at the time and has since passed on. Driving everyone mad in heaven with it, I expect. Ah, the power of music. I
"He lit up when he put it on one"
I don't know what that means, but it sounds to me as though you might be able to make a claim under the #metoo thing.
@@misterteaification oops, typo, when he put it on.
Great song, great harmonies and the lead singer has some style and class and a very unique voice and stage presence! Almost an old fashioned charm about her! What an awesome song!
The singer reminds me of my lovely aunt Margaret who is no longer with us, such a kind caring lady.
I remember listening to this on the radio as a 20 year old.
Saw Maddy and her new crew 2 years ago in Southport and cried my eyes out....... it was so good.
A new one song for me at the Southport concert was Spotted Cow, simply brilliant.......thoroughly recommended if you have never heard it before
Researching for my Yule radio show I stumbled across this video, I've enjoyed many Steeleye shows over the years, every one a corker and very memorable. Maddy's voice is the best. As I left for home after one gig, I heard the sound of the band performing a rock standard - after a full show! That's a band that enjoys their music.
Loved listening to this in the 1976 hot summer 👍🇬🇧
No swearing, no sex, no violence, just a good song.
No references to drugs, killing police or beating up on women, either.
Just good old fashioned sadistic blood and gore (longlankin song)
I’m thoroughly done with geezers whining about modern vs. older music. They act as if they’re the first one to ever post that bs.
@@chasbodaniels1744 Goodbye :-)
Exactly 👍🏼😏
I still have the album with song in it, on vinyl! One of my favorite songs, ever, even if it is over 100 years old. I hear it was written in the 19th century.
I woke up with an "All Around my Hat" ear-worm this morning, had to hear it, for the first time since 1975. Awesome stuff. I was 14 years old in 1975 and I loved it back then too.
i remember i heard that song in 1975 and i did'nt know who were singing it, i live in Belgium and didn't know Steeleye Span at that time there was no internet to look at and it was very frustrating. So i'm happy to hear it now !
I'm a true Heavy Metal hydra, but this stuff makes me smile. Good shit (man!)
A wonderful amalgam of the old and the new. Loved it in the 70s and love it now.
This song makes me smile...I makes me want to dance round a may pole and swig cider in the sun on a summers day....
CIDER! yes absolutely a cider song!
Ria666 great great music but don't wait until summer to swig the cider
aaaaarrrrgh well said me beauty
Aah, I see ... that's why..
this is making me wanting to play Tubthumping by Chumbawamba out loud !
.. though they do have some other drinks besides the cider ... "we'll be singing ''
it dont need a summers day mate!! lol
It's great fun to shout for this song at a Steely Dan concert, and conversely to request that these earbashers play "Do it again".
See you at the next Ryan Adams gig!
Magical voice, excellent band. Glad to so many others who appreciate them.