Goodbye

[Peter Bellamy]

Peter Bellamy sang his song Goodbye unaccompanied in 1975 to finish his Topic album Tell It Like It Was. A live recording from Cheddar Folk Club on 22 July 1991 was included on his Free Reed anthology Wake the Vaulted Echoes. He commented in the original album’s liner notes:

In place, because the theme of this record is that of modern or part-modern songs; out of place because it was specifically written to conclude a programme of traditional songs. Ah well.

Lyrics

Peter Bellamy sings Goodybe on Tell It Like It Was

The time has come to say goodbye, I’ve sung my songs for you:
Songs of old ways, songs of good days still ran bravely with the new.
The songs that our grandfathers sung we’ll keep on singing true,
But now it’s time for me to say adieu.

They sung them under creaking sail, they sung them at the plough;
The pattern of their lives has changed, but leaves still deck the bough.
Though all the world was sweeter then, the sweetness still rings through;
But now it’s time for me to say adieu.

Peter Bellamy sings Goodybe at the Cheddar Folk Club

The time has come to say goodbye, I’ve sung my songs for you:
Songs of old days, songs of good ways still ran bravely with the new.
The songs that our grandfathers sung we’ll keep on singing true,
But now it’s time for me to say adieu.

They sung them under creaking sail, they sung them at the plough;
The pattern of their world has changed, but leaves still deck the bough.
Though all the world was sweeter then, the sweetness still rings through;
But now it’s time for me to say adieu.