Great stuff, it doesn't get much better than Shirley and Dolly. I've been collecting her LPs since the early 70s, not an easy or inexpensive task, even in those days!
It was Hankey the Squire as I've heard men say Who rode out a-hunting on one Saturday They hunted all day but nothing they found But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground About eight o'clock, boys, our dogs they throwed off On Leatherhead Common, and that was the spot They tried all the bushes but nothing they found But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground They whipped their dogs off and they kept them away For I do think it proper she should have fair play They tried all the bushes but nothing they found But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground They mounted their horses and they rode off the ground They rode to the village and alarmed it all around "It is late in the evening, I'm sorry to say, She cannot be removed until the next day." The next Sunday morning about eight o'clock Some hundreds of people to the spot they did flock For to see that poor creature, your hearts would have bled Some cold and some violence came into their heads She was took off the Common and down to some inn And the man that has kept it, his name is John Sims. The ner was sent for and the jury they joined And soon they concluded and settled their mind. Her coffin was brought, in it she was laid And took to the churchyard that is called Leatherhead. No father, no mother, nor no friend I'm told Came to see the poor creature laid under the mould. So now I'll conclude and I'll finish my song And those that have done it shall find themselves wrong. For the last day of Judgement the trumpet shall sound And their souls not in Heaven I'm afraid won't be found.
What I wanted to say is that, yes AndiMax, I too have long admired the 'No Roses' version but it seems grossly overproduced compared with this utter gem of simplicity.
Whether she actively knew or not, fact is she rips off a lot of ancient Irish ballads and airs. Likely ignorant of it after listening to her talk of white english slaves and indentured to America! Pitiful but typical ignorance of history and of who were the main slaves and supposed indentured sent! To be fair to her, at the time and especially since Hanoverians invented the british - the modern rewrite of history had the Irish all but written out, purposely.
Shirley had a ravishing and ethereal voice..what team work with Dolly too
Great stuff, it doesn't get much better than Shirley and Dolly. I've been collecting her LPs since the early 70s, not an easy or inexpensive task, even in those days!
Proud that she came from my hometown
What an astonishingly tasty performance, both vocals and exquisite keyboard arrangement. What a treat to have been in the audience.
Wow
Great version
"No Roses" gets a lot of play on my stereo! Flawless production, lyrics, and vocals. A real gem.
Very fine, the best of all our music xxx
Agreed. Shirley is the purest England.
Truly wonderful
I treasure these postings very much. Thank You.
Thank you.
It was Hankey the Squire as I've heard men say
Who rode out a-hunting on one Saturday
They hunted all day but nothing they found
But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground
About eight o'clock, boys, our dogs they throwed off
On Leatherhead Common, and that was the spot
They tried all the bushes but nothing they found
But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground
They whipped their dogs off and they kept them away
For I do think it proper she should have fair play
They tried all the bushes but nothing they found
But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground
They mounted their horses and they rode off the ground
They rode to the village and alarmed it all around
"It is late in the evening, I'm sorry to say,
She cannot be removed until the next day."
The next Sunday morning about eight o'clock
Some hundreds of people to the spot they did flock
For to see that poor creature, your hearts would have bled
Some cold and some violence came into their heads
She was took off the Common and down to some inn
And the man that has kept it, his name is John Sims.
The ner was sent for and the jury they joined
And soon they concluded and settled their mind.
Her coffin was brought, in it she was laid
And took to the churchyard that is called Leatherhead.
No father, no mother, nor no friend I'm told
Came to see the poor creature laid under the mould.
So now I'll conclude and I'll finish my song
And those that have done it shall find themselves wrong.
For the last day of Judgement the trumpet shall sound
And their souls not in Heaven I'm afraid won't be found.
This is gorgeous. Thank you so much for posting!
What I wanted to say is that, yes AndiMax, I too have long admired the 'No Roses' version but it seems grossly overproduced compared with this utter gem of simplicity.
Whether she actively knew or not, fact is she rips off a lot of ancient Irish ballads and airs. Likely ignorant of it after listening to her talk of white english slaves and indentured to America!
Pitiful but typical ignorance of history and of who were the main slaves and supposed indentured sent!
To be fair to her, at the time and especially since Hanoverians invented the british - the modern rewrite of history had the Irish all but written out, purposely.
very sad post, you need to get out more
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This nutter posts on many of Shirley's videos and it is usually a variant of this nonsense.