Lovely on the Water

"Lovely on the Water" (Roud 1539) is an English folk song. It has been found only a handful of times, and authentic audio recordings have never been made.

A written version was collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams from the singing of Mr Hilton at South Walsham, Norfolk on 11 April 1908,[1] and published in the Journal of the Folk Song Society.[2] Vaughan Williams' hand-written notes and transcription can be viewed via the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library online, as well as an audio rendering of the transcription.[3]

Vaughan Williams used this Norfolk version for the first movement of his "Six Studies in English Folk Song" (1926).

Steeleye Span recorded the song in 1971 using the melody and lyrics collected by Cecil Sharp, including it as the final track on their second album, Please to See the King. Since then, many other folk musicians have covered the song,[2] presumably inspired by Steeleye Span's recording.

References


  1. "Lovely On The Water (Ralph Vaughan Williams Manuscript Collection (at British Library) RVW2/1/75)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  2. "Lovely on the Water (Roud 1539)". mainlynorfolk.info. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  3. "Lovely On The Water (Ralph Vaughan Williams Manuscript Collection (at British Library) RVW2/1/75)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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