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Beautiful. What a nice chap Sam is -so respectful to a master of his trade.

Dave Swarbrick and the rest of Fairport Convention have been a light house for me since my college years '66-'70. I saw them play in Philadelphia and have listened to their folk rock psychedelic synthesis as an inspiration to playing. "Dirty Linen", "Eastern Rain", "All Be Thankful" and "Sir Patrick Spence" come to mind, along with, "Who Knows..." Thanks for posting.

Absolutely Brilliant, what a great young man, thank you

"Maggot" is actually a 16th-17th century term meaning a short, lively dance tune similar to a whim or fancy.

Idiotic comment from the Guardian. Is the folk music of Cameroon "arthritically black"? The English scene is perfectly open to anyone who wants to join in, and British musicians are generally on the left and engage in all kinds of cross-cultural projects. EFM emerged from a largely white culture, and I can't see any reason why it should be in some way shamed and cancelled.

I have no idea how Sam Sweeney ended up taking over my CZcams feed, but he has, and I am glad because I have been bingeing on his music for days now. Such sweet and perfect tones. I’m determined to learn all of the tunes on his Unfinished Violin album. Just lovely pure music.

Awesome

What a beautiful voice. I needed to hear this lament. Thanks and God bless.

This footage will be treasured even more, every single year.

I remember swarb taking his trousers off at the July wakes festival cos some one jumped into a pool!!!!

A Pilgrim’s Way is an poem by Rudyard Kipling written in the early 1900s then later it was put to music by Peter Bellamy in 1982

An utterly irreplaceable gentleman.

Doesn't need the violin.

One of my favourite versions. ❤️👏

Dave Swarbrick was arguably one of the greatest musicians that has ever lived..... the world is a colder and somewhat quieter place without him.... R.I.P Swarb xx

I had a wonderful hour talking with Swarb in the back room of his house in Coventry before he moved to Wales. He was keeping warm in front of a coal fire whilst dressed in a long white nightgown. I had a chat with Sam recently and he told a great story about meeting him in the same house whilst Swarb was dressed in the same nightgown! So funny...

Absolutely beautiful

“ Guitar is an orchestra in your lap “ - awesome 😎

So glad I found this. Thankyou.

So in love. Yes young lovers. R.

Lovely!

💖💕💖

Beautiful

Such a terrible loss to the folk world..sadly sadly missed...RIP SWARB !

Great stuff

Love it😀

You must listen to Adam Faiths recording of this..

OMG 12yo Sam! lol

Anyone know the tune of this version of "While Shepherd"?

This made me cry - the last xmas I had with my mum was 2017 - she died 18th January 2018.

awesome performance....

Happy and sad to see SWARB on this clip.

Absaloutely fantastic Irish of course go girls

DADGAD is the gift that keeps on giving. It makes so many wonderfully beautiful and unique sounds possible. Been playing for 30 years and I still find lovely quirks of the tuning daily.

so wonderful to be able to hear this!

Absolutely brilliant... You two are absolutely inspirational.

Amazing how he came back after double lung transplant. Never smoke kids!

I’d love to watch them one day and I’ve just discovered Belinda’s first solo album, “music is my silence” and I love every single one.

OMG at 6:07 there’s an arm behind Belinda! That freaked me!

Dave Swarbrick's fiddle playing has been one of the foundations for how I approach the guitar!!! I play Rock,Blues-Jazz/Fusion & I find I get the best results by listening to music played by other instruments!!! Dave Swarbrick was a true original & I can't understand why his life & music aren't studied as a university campus!!!?

Great performance, but it always annoys me when tunes that most think are 'traditional' are actually written by real living musicians and they are never given any credit. So lets give credit to Neil Davey for the two pebm kemp tunes :)

3:19 touché, my young whelp.

It is refreshing to see Sam quietly listening to what Swarb has to say when he is a bloody good fiddler in his own right. Sam obviously wants to learn from the best! [RIP Swarb]

I can never get over how beautiful this song is

No, “in July, it was up to his EYE”....

Beautiful voices

Belinda's voice is amazing, love these two singing together. More to them than just Gentleman Jack. (brilliant though it is). Will buy all their CDs ASAP.

Love the harmonies. Voices are perfect for folk songs. Thanks.

Simply wonderful .. such talent best Xmas song I've heard for the last 20 years 🤗

Lyrics : Hush awhile, hush awhile, sleep now for me. Lay yourself softly if my babe you be, Or did some fay creeping from your crib steal you sleeping And leave me a creature that's nothing of me? My bairn was often silent and would sleep through half the night. And he greeted me every morning with a smile so full of light, But now you are much altered and do bawl the whole night through, So hush a while, my darling, so I might know it's you. Hush awhile, hush awhile, sleep now for me. Lay yourself softly if my babe you be, Or did some fay creeping from your crib steal you sleeping And leave me a creature that's nothing of me? Your father says you're not his own nor any child of man's, But I think you have your father's smile, your father's gentle hands, And I pray that you will love me like your father used to do, So hush awhile, my darling, so I might know it's you. Hush awhile, hush awhile, sleep now for me. Lay yourself softly if my babe you be, Or did some fay creeping from your crib steal you sleeping And leave me a creature that's nothing of me? Your skin was like the lily fair, as soft as winter snow, Not like some screaming devil with his scarlet face aglow Who wails across the wind's soft sighs that creep the casement through, So hush a while, my darling, so I know it's you. Hush awhile, hush awhile, sleep now for me. Lay yourself softly if my babe you be, Or did some fay creeping from your crib steal you sleeping And leave me a creature that's nothing of me? If your mother couldn't love you, though a fairy babe you be, I would take you to the forest and I'd leave you 'neath yon tree, But while you are all I have, love, I still will cleave to thee, For whatever else you are, love, still your mother's love you be. Hush awhile, hush awhile, sleep now for me. Lay yourself softly if my babe you be, Or did some fay creeping from your crib steal you sleeping And leave me a creature that's nothing of me?