asktangledhair:
our tour with love among the mannequins starts tomorrow.
tangled hair are playing in a variety of forms at these locations
18th sir joseph whitworth manchester
20th redhouse sheffield
22nd old blue last london
23rd louisiana bristol
24th caseys canterbury
25th the link fleet
26th the fighting cocks kingston
27th the albert brighton
amen
guyss how come you didn’t play leeds?
“Matty Groves” is an English folk ballad that describes an adulterous tryst between a man and a woman that is ended when the woman’s husband discovers and kills them. It dates to at least the 17th century, and is one of the Child Ballads collected by 19th-century American scholar Francis James Child. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matty_Groves
- Was on the high, high holy day
- The very best day in the year
- Little Matty Groves had gone to church
- holy words for the year
- holy words for the year
-
- the first to come to come down, was dressed in red
- and the second one dressed in green
- the third to come down, was Lord Daniel’s wife
- just as fair as any queen
- just as fair as any queen
- then Matty Groves says to one of his men
- see the fair one dressed in white
- although she is Lord Daniel’s wife
- I’ll be with her tonight
- I’ll be with her tonight
-
- well the little footpage was standing by
- and he heard every word that was said
- he says “Lord Daniel shall know tonight
- before I go to bed
- before I go to bed”
-
- he had 15 miles for to go that night
- and 10 of them he run
- he run til he come to the broken bridge
- then he bent to his breast and he swung
- he bent to his breast and he swung
-
- he swum til he come, to where the grass was green
- he took to his feet and he run
- he run til he come, to Lord Daniel’s gate
- he rattled at the bells and they rung
- he rattled at the bells and they rung
-
- “what news, what news”, Lord Daniel says,
- “what news to me have you brung”
- “little Matty Groves, is in the bed with your wife
- and their hearts both beat as one
- and their hearts both beat as one”
-
- “now if the truth you’ve told to me,
- a rich man you shall be,
- but if a lie, you’ve told to me,
- I’ll hang you to a tree
- I’ll hang you to a tree”
-
- he gathered him up about 50 good men,
- he done it with a free good will
- then he popped his bugel to his lips
- he blowed it loud and shrill
- he blowed it loud and shrill
-
- “I better get up” said little Matty Groves
- “I better get up and go
- I know your husband is coming home
- for I heard his bugel blow
- I heard his bugel blow”
-
- “lay down, lay down, my precious one
- lay down and go to sleep
- it’s only my father shepherd’s horn
- and he’s calling for his sheep
- he’s calling for his sheep”
-
- so they lay down, together again
- and they soon were fast asleep
- and when they awoke it was broad daylight
- Lord Daniel at their feet
- Lord Daniel at their feet
-
- “get up from there, you naked man
- and put you on some clothes
- i never intend for to have it said
- that a naked man I slew
- that a naked man I slew”
-
- “Oh give me a chance”, said little Matty Groves,
- “a chance to fight for my life
- for there you have, two very fine swords
- and me not as much as knife
- and me not as much as knife”
-
- “Oh yes I have, two very fine swords
- and they cost me deep in the purse
- you may have, the finest one
- and I will take the worst
- yes I will take the worst”
-
- then Matty Groves struck, the very first lick
- and he wounded Lord Daniel’s sword
- Lord Daniel struck the very next lick
- and he drove Matty Groves to the floor
- he drove Matty Groves to the floor
-
- then he taken his lady, by the hand
- and he set her on his knee
- and he says “now which, do you love the best
- little matty groves or me
- little matty groves or me”
-
- “very well I like your rosy cheeks
- very well I like your chin
- but better I love, little matty groves
- than you and all of your kin
- than you and all of your kin
-
- You can take my grave on a pretty green hill
- dig it wide and deep
- and put a little Matty Groves in my arms
- Lord Daniel at my feet
- Lord Daniel at my feet”
