We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Lovely Joan, The Sportsman's Hornpipe, Bryan O'Lynn, The Connachtman's Rambles

from First Brew by Mitchell and Vincent

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD of the album First Brew set in a full colour card case with the main painting cover image of “Teapot #1” by the Somerset artist Mary Lynch which is also on the CD face.
    Inside features a photo of 'The Fiddler's fingers' by John Barwood and a photo taken at Villa Veertien (Dieren, The Netherlands).
    On the back is a full track listing of the nine sets of tunes and songs.
    The card case is inside a cellobag which helps protect it and is a lot easier to get into than shrink-wrap!

    Includes unlimited streaming of First Brew via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 10 days

      £5 GBP or more 

     

about

The melody for Lovely Joan was used as the counterpoint tune in Ralph Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on "Greensleeves".

lyrics

Lovely Joan

A fine young man it was indeed,
Mounted on his milk-white steed.
He rode, he rode, and he rode all alone
Until he came to lovely Joan.

“Good morning to you, my pretty maid.”
And “Twice good morning, sir,” she said.
He tipped her the wink, and she rolled her dark eye.
Says he to himself, “I'll be there by and by.”

“Oh, don't you think these pooks of hay
A pretty place for us to play?
So come with me, me sweet young thing,
And I'll give you my golden ring.”

So he pulled off his ring of gold,
Says, “Me pretty fair miss, do this behold.
Freely I'll give it for your maidenhead.”
And her cheeks they blushed like the roses red.

“Give me that ring into my hand
And I will neither stay nor stand.
For this would do more good to me
Than twenty maidenheads,” said she

And as he made for the pooks of hay,
She leapt on his horse and tore away.
He called, he called, but he called in vain,
For Joan she ne'er looked back again.

Nor did she she think herself quite safe
Until she came to her true love's gate.
She'd robbed him of his horse and ring
And she left him to rage in the meadows green.

credits

from First Brew, track released August 4, 2015
Traditional English song followed by traditional tunes, all arranged by Mitchell and Vincent.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Mitchell and Vincent image

Mitchell and Vincent UK

David Mitchell and Graham Vincent are a folk duo from Dorset and Somerset who play a lively mix of traditional tunes which they have arranged for Fiddle and Classical Guitar alongside songs from around the British Isles.
They have performed at a whole variety of festivals, events and concerts around the UK and abroad. ... more

contact / help

Contact Mitchell and Vincent

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like Mitchell and Vincent, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now