TalkAwhile - The Folk Corporation Forum

hello everyone, as you can probably tell im new here ,i have an unhealthy interest in folk music especially irish folk, but i can be persuaded to listen to all kinds of folk especially cajun and bluegrass.However my main reason for posting this request is to try and achieve a goal from 1972. At that time my local radio station in Manchester ,England was Piccadilly, they ran a programme called Folkspan every week and on one occasion i caught the last few minutes of a song performed by Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny as vocalist . Now my question , does any one know where i can obtain , look at or download song lyrics for the band, i only have a very brief couple of lines from the end of the song , but it was such a fantastic sound that i have been trying to find it since then any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks Russ.. :-\

Have you tried typing the lyrics into google and searching?
I'm sure if you typed them here, someone would identify the song for you.

If you post the lyrics that you have on here, I should think one of us could identify the song for you. Welcome to the forum  :) Do stick around.

To echo the others post the lyrics and be amazed at the collective knowledge, there are some that will know even if it was only performed one time.

Also welcome

wasnt that hawkwind ::)

We could all sing them to you as well ;D We are new here to, and every one is so friendly

Correct Jim you are a font of 70's trivia. ;D

if only i could turn that font of bullsh1t into money ::)

Wonder when Russell, the original poster, is going to ask us all his question? :)

I would imagine he took my advice about using google ...  :)

http://www.lyricsdownload.com/fairport-convention-lyrics.html

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Sandy-Denny-Lyrics/42FB76985A694CCA48256AE0001AFCB2

Ok, 1972; Sandy Denny.  That limits it already.  Let's have a sweepstake.  I'm feeling something Leige & Lief.

Come all ye rolling minstrels ;)

Wish he'd share it - could put us all out of our misery and we could get on with the serious business of writing bo**ox in other threads;D

Perhaps he's just teasing us all to see what we know?  ::)

i know nothing

Name, rank and serial number?  Izz zat all?

Ve haff vays of making you talk....

It refreshing to know that I'm not the only one here who has watched too many episodes of HOGAN'S HEROS.........made the difference between a passing and failing grade in German, I believe!

hogans?
psshaw, it was the germans in 'allo ,allo ::)

mind you the french policeman caused half the population to fool thirr fronch

Ahhh.....I see, Jim.  My mistake, sorry.

By the time ALLO, ALLO came out, it was too late for me.  Being weened on the Bavarian dialects in HOGANS, I just never could grasp that Lower Saxony twang in ALLO!   ;)

sorry ive not been online lately not had any internet for a week,(good old virgin media)..thanks for your responses all gratefully recieved.. the lyrics i can remember for those who may know are from the end of the chorus and are something like     "and the porter is still waiting, to take us down the line(i think), thanks for any help you may come up with....regardsruss

Could you mean "The conductor is weary. He's stuck out on the line."?

If so the song is I'll keep it With Mine, from What we did on our Holidays

I am shocked that this took four hours we really must do better and answered by one of my US brothers you should all be ashamed. ;D ;D ;D

Decided to give the song a listen as it has been awhile and the  lyric is "The conductor, he's weary. He's still stuck on the line"

I was close

sorry, no cigar

what can i say , many many many thanks, this means so much. i shall certainly be visiting this site a lot more for info and advice, once again many thanks to all who contributed, cheers russ...

It is a Bob Dylan song by the way.

Yes, one of the few Dylan covers that makes it sound like anything but a Dylan song.
Another is The French Girl by Ian & Sylvia, as well as by Gene Clark.