the handsome cabin boy. kate bush

[wytchcroft]

there are LOADS of traditional songs about girls disguised as boys going off to Sea
and they influece my ship fics a lot - so here's a quick modern example of one of them.
i love it.

Comments

[stoshagownozad]

wow beautiful... and fearful song!

[wytchcroft]

folks songs - they are often so!!:))

[stoshagownozad]

and the melody itself - it's sounds for me like a spells chant... that could be even a lullaby, but what dreams could the child get then?

[wytchcroft]

it IS a spells chant.... eeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[alicia_h]

This is a beautiful, wonderful song. Thank you so much for posting it! It's one of those songs you feel like you've half-heard before because of the complicated interwoven threads of traditional songs.

There's something about Kate that's so haunting and enthralling.

[wytchcroft]

oh i'm glad you liked it:)) it is a trad song so you may have heard another version. i wish there was a decent vid for Fairport's 'A Sailor's Life' and Pentangle's 'Twas a Maid Deep in Love', but ah well... and yeah, Kate's voice is something else:))

[recycledfaery]

:) Another good one.

[wytchcroft]

glad you enjoyed it sweetie:))

[neversremedy]

Ah! Hauntingly beautiful. I'm quite glad I had not yet made my "Ocean's Daughter" CD, because this might very well be the first song on it (with credit to you, of course).

[wytchcroft]

credit to Kate you mean!:))) glad you enjoyed it:)

[neversremedy]

No, credit to you for introducing me to the song. I adore Kate Bush, but I'd never heard her sing this before. ^_^

[wytchcroft]

:)) ah - twas a b-side. check this out
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4jvdt_kate-bush-my-lagan-love_music

[svetlana0777]

Thank you for posting a such nice song!

For me it sounds like ballad... :)

[wytchcroft]

oh it is! a very old Ballad. :)