Norma Waterson: Death and the Lady
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- čas přidán 22. 12. 2011
- Norma Waterson (vocals)
Martin Carthy (guitar)
From the Open University course "Norma Waterson: English Folk Singing" available for free via iTunes
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Song, in its many forms, surrounds us - and may have been a feature of life since the very beginnings of human history. It is practiced in every society in the world, its importance undiminished in modern times. The tracks on this album focus on English Folk singing, the traditions behind the songs, and the stories behind the traditions. Performances from folk singer Norma Waterson complete the fascinating journey through English folk heritage. This material is drawn from the Open University course AA317 Words and music. - Hudba
John Renbourn's group also had a fine version of this.
I note that Germanic languages treat death as a grammatical masculine and portray it as male; Romance and Slavic languages treat it as a grammatical feminine and portray it as female. Russian legend bowdlerizes "her" as Marya Morevna, princess of an island in the sea, but "her" true name isn't uttered. You don't call "her"; "she" calls you.
Thank you, Mr. Boyd! I'm honored!
Rest in peace, Norma. You, along with Martin and the other Watersons have been a key player in the early British folk revival. Bless you and thank you so much. ❤️
RIP a wonderful voice and spirit. What a treasure along with her entire family.
Norma Waterson, a superlative exponent of legendary songs, a lovely, friendly, kind person, a member of an exceptionally gifted singing family and someone I knew and admired. She will be very much missed but her reputation and recorded work will live on and gain stature. I first heard the Watersons in the Blue Bell in Hull, many years ago, an experience for which I am very grateful. Thank you, thank you, Norma. You live on in our memories.
RIP Norma thank you for the songs spells and magic.
RIP Norma - you are going to be very much missed by many of us xx
Old Leatherstocking sent me here. Both versions are wonderful. This one is tragically beautiful; his haunting...
Norma is a National treasure
The best kind of National Treasure! She is only a National Treasure to people, like us, who know who she is!
And Martin, as well
Bless you dear, old, bones, Norma. you can have a good rest now.
Wonderful that this footage exists. 2 giants from the UK Folk scene captured while they're still with us.
RIP Norma. Thank you for a lifetime of beautiful music.
RIP Norma. I've loved your music, both alone and the music you made with Martin all my life.
"Your time's up, You've got to go"
RIP Norma Waterson, beautiful lady
I love to hear Norma talk. and sing of course.
This wonderful family is my Royal Family.
R I P Norma !! From America here.
RIP Norma. Thank you for the music.
Bless you Norma..."your times up...you've got to go..." and boy will we miss you xxx
This is one of the best traditional songs ever collected in the England.
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!
I'M A BRAZILIAN FAN, AND REALLY LOVE ALL YOU DO.
WHAT A WONDERFUL SONGS!
THANK YOU SO MUCH . GOD BLESS YOU! ! !
Music is a universal language!
RIP Norma - thanks for the songs and the singing.
she sounds ruddy goooood
"Your time's up, you've got to go." RIP Norma.
Death is out there stalking us once again, folks!
That guitar part! Just the right amount of simple, sparse, harmony!
i love her lovely, old, face !
Lovely to hear this ancient song revived and kept alive by two iconic English Folk musicians. Shirley and Dolly Collins perform a fineversion of this song on their 1970 album, "Love, Death and the Lady".
I love the un-easy, but beautiful, atmosphere of this song that can only be found in old-English and American folk music.
I agree! Have you ever heard songs from Vienna Area? Old and New? It is worth
RIP Norma
Wise words. Whoever wrote this song is long gone, as we'll all be. RIP Norma
Wonderful. It's so great that these songs are preserved in this way.
A sad loss, rest in peace Norma.
Thank you, thank you. These are people who can never be replaced.
Norma. Thank you for reminding of this moving song with a great text. I wish I could have heard the 30 verses. - Hans
Came to this education from a lockdown drinking country music session. Than you X
Waterson:Carthy sings Death and the Lady
As I walked out one day, one day
I met an aged man by the way.
His head was bald, his beard was grey,
His clothing made of the cold earthen clay,
His clothing made of the cold earthen clay.
I said, “Old man, what man are you?
What country do you belong unto?”
“My name is Death-have you not heard of me?
All kings and princes bow down unto me
And you fair maid must come along with me.”
“I'll give you gold, I'll give you pearl,
I'll give you costly rich robes to wear,
If you will spare me a little while
And give me time my life to amend,
And give me time my life to amend”
“I'll have no gold, I'll have no pearl,
I want no costly rich robes to wear.
I cannot spare you a little while
Nor give you time your life to amend,
Nor give you time your life to amend”
In six months time this fair maid died;
“Let this be put on my tombstone,” she cried,
“Here lies a poor distressed maid.
Just in her bloom she was snatched away,
Her clothing made of the cold earthen clay.”
I like the bargaining to amend her life, but Norma is clearly singing "to lament."
A dark and beautiful song...
This is absolutely divine. God bless and thank you for this beautiful song
It is so sad to lose your mother I’ve really enjoyed listening to Norma, I hope Eliza and Martin are thriving and doing well
Good night & God bless Norma you and your Brother, Sister, Husband and Daughter have been such an inspiration to a Barnsley redundant miner xxx
RIP Norma, what a voice and what joy you brought
As a musician, I have learned more from Martin Carthy than from anybody else about how to accompany the voice, or any lead part for that matter. He's always been great at it, and he keeps getting better.
RIP Norma. Mossy Christian posted this song, a very apt choice indeed for you in your memory. Rest well.
I love how the verses are about to sound happy and major key but suddenly become dark on certain notes
A veritable modal mystery tour.......part mixolidian & some locrian + dorian here & there...........?!!
Classic Martin Carthy. He uses it to great effect!
What a story she tells ❤️🌿🦋
Rip Norma. These videos are a testament to you
absolutely love this.
Sometimes you hear a performance of a song which takes over all your attention and even your respiration. This was one of those performances. Totally amazing!
Luz eterna para Norma Waterson. Gigante.
Goodbye to a wonderful singer. 😥
What's there left to say? I saw Norma , Martin and Eliza playing in London in the nineties. They were a fine group. Norma did her version of "The Lowlands of Holland." Brilliant as ever. Rest in Peace.
I hope you are resting in peace, dear lady. God knows you gave us much joy.
Fantastic!
beautiful!
Thanks so much for posting.
That guitar part! Just the right amount of simple, sparse, harmony!
Norma I love your version ........Thanks x
perfection. Thank god for you in this time of flatness. xxx
Priceless.
Wonderful...
Me too! Never heard of her 'til today I found her via River Man covers. She's awesome.
Thank you both for such a wonderful song. It has been difficult to learn but really worth it.
A big thank you to all the people that had the foresight to record and document these treasures.
Norma Norma beautiful
Feels oddly relevant these days...
so powerful
Love her heart
Of course, this beautiful song fits perfectly with Holbein's illustratrions - Dance of Death - & in particular - The Noble Lady...
Rest In Peace my love.
I came across this song through John Smith, a version is here:
Death and the lady - John Smith
Spellbinding. I like this here version as well, it's amazing how a 400 year old song still lives on!
Interesting how a mourning song can sound lovely ❤... kind of 😁😂 Wonderful Folk Song
wish I could sing as well as Norma Fantastica!
RIP Norma.
Peter Bellamy sings conversation with death which is similar to this , lovely song this is
Rest easy Norma
only just heard - RIP
Norma is a SPECULATOR--i KNOW she's playing with people's fates behind the curtains in the stock market!
Norma does some wonderful modern songs too - her version of Jerry Garcia's 'Black Muddy River' is a classic.
ooooh i wish she would sing all 30 verses!
Now my God have mercy on our loved ones when does not.
Don't know about witchcraft but she's absolutely casting a spell here!
how relevant to covid 19 days
Dear Danny, All early American folk songs came from the English but mainly Scots and Irish settlers. Read about your Appalachian history, it's very revealing where the songs came from. Enjoy the music.
@widhbnw efDwdwDWin west Yorkshire before the industrial revolution part of the process of making woollen textile was that families used to lay out wool on the floor of a cottage/ home and walk up and down the wool to ready it for spinning.
Thay called these families walkers .
@widhbnw efDwdwDW I'm afraid it's almost impossible nowadays to read about Appalachia without being told the culture and people are predominantly Scots Irish and German. The English have been completely airbrushed from history. Most settlers actually came from Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina and were of English decent. As you correctly stated many of the so called 'Scots Irish' came from the English northern counties. You only need to have half a brain to notice that most of the surnames and settlement names are English. What really amuses me on the comments section is when an English folk song is being shown there is always somebody who states how much he enjoys celtic music because an ancestor was Scots Irish. Pathetic. More often than not this person has a quintessentially English surname. A chap named Tucker was the last offender I noticed.
I’ve noticed this too but why don’t the English comment on it more?
@@Bella-fz9fy
Some of us do.
Thirty verses ! That's a full concert .
Does anyone know where to find more music like this? Particularly if sung by Norma, she's such a lovely voice. Thank you!
www.topicrecords.co.uk/category/norma-waterson/
There you have it-once we open our eyes to see through things there is no turning back to see the old way ;)))
Cheers!
Where are the full 30 verses to read, to study and to play?
Compare with Lloyd Chandler's O Death (A Conversation With Death), covered by Ralph Stanley et al. Appalachian music has its roots in Scotland, Ireland and England.
Thanks for the heads up. I checked it out and I like .
Shirley Collins does a good job of this song too.
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Point?--humour. Can you imagine her doing what i describe? One type of humour is to superimpose to character the idea of them being something completely extraneous to their world. You gotto laugh, cheers!
PS appart from that i have great affection for these two btw
anyone know the chords? or would be kind enough to transcribe?
I would like to know too. Mr carthy likes to use alot of different tunings, im not sure if this is in standard tuning. I suspect not.
I transcribed the whole song! Here's a link:
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@@TheFolkRevivalProject Oh my gosh you are legendary I love you
@@beepybooper4181 Have a look at my other videos for more content about traditional music :)
How are Martin and Norma related?
wat
Here is the John Renbourn version:
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Ooof
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DOES NORMA AND ELIZA CARTY PRACTICE WITCHCRAFT?
and your ridiculous point is ?????
Covid-19 prescience
Portraying her as a woman of occult powers (which she is -lol) for humour's sake, dit is wat