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Fine Horseman
Fine Horseman
[ Roud - ; Mudcat 37134 ; Lal Waterson]
Lal Waterson sang her own composition on her and her brother Mike's 1972 album Bright Phoebus. She was accompanied by Richard Thompson and Martin Carthy, acoustic guitars, Clare Deniz, cello, and Sue Harris, oboe. A 1971 demo with just guitar accompaniment and somewhat different verses was included in 2017 on the of the album's reissue's bonus CD.
Anne Briggs sang an early version of this song on her 1971 album The Time Has Come. She commented in her sleeve notes:
Lal Knight has written a number of songs—this is the first of hers that I heard. I'd like to sing all the songs she's written, but better still I'd like to hear her sing them herself. Ordinary guitar tuning in Am shape.
Cover Versions
- Anne Briggs on her album The Time Has Come (1971)
- Dave Smith and Judy Dinning [of Lucky Bags, qv infra] on their LP Waiting for the Change (Rubber Records RUB 043, 1983)
- Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) with Dan Ar Braz, guitar, Huw Warren, keyboards, Jim Sutherland, percussion, and Patsy Seddon, Camac electro-harp, on their second album No More to the Dance (1988)
- Barbara Dickson on her album Dark End of the Street (1995)
- Dick Gaughan on his album Redwood Cathedral (1998) and The Definitive Collection (2006)
- Lucky Bags on their album Delight in Disorder (1998)
- Erica Smith on her album Erica Smith (2001)
- Dayteller (Jim Boyes, vocals and electric guitar; Barry Coope, keyboards; Steve Page, percussion; Sam Smith, oud; Gary Warmington, stick bass) on the tribute album Shining Bright: The Songs of Lal & Mike Waterson (2002)
- June Tabor with the Creative Jazz Orchestra live at the Purcell Room, London, 4 October 1998 on her anthology Always (2005)
- The Owl Service on their EP Wake the Vaulted Echo, (2006), on The Pattern Beneath the Plough, Parts 1 and 2 (2011), on Garland Sessions (2012), and on the anthology The Inner Octave (2011)
- King Creosote on Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson (2007)
- Tinkerscuss on their album Mythago (2007)
- Lisa Knapp on the CD Music and Migration III (2013)
- Promise & the Monster, Feed the Fire (2016)
Lyrics
Lal Waterson's 1971 demo | Lal Waterson on Bright Phoebus |
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Sleeping in my bed, |
Sleeping in my bed, |
Rain falls and the wind roars, |
Rain falls and the wind roars, |
Your dreams among my dreams |
Your dreams among my dreams |
Good morning to you, farming man, |
Good morning to you, farming man, |
Good morning likewise maiden and man, |
Morning likewise maiden and man, |
(repeat first verse) |
(repeat first verse) |
Anne Briggs sings Fine Horseman | |
Sleeping in my bed, | |
Rain falls, wind roars, | |
Your dreams among my dreams | |
(repeat first verse) |