#willy o'winsbury

[eyeballjellomold]

realized last night that this is the music for the Summerisle Beltane procession .

There's this cool lyric where the king is like, "no homo, but-"

And "It is no wonder," said the king "That my daughter's love you did win For if I was a woman, as I am a man My bedfellow you would have been"

this is apparently the first recorded version :

[greencheekconure27]

* based on the ones I see referenced most

Propaganda is welcome!!!!! (Including recordings and art)

Please reblog

[dreamsofalife]

((Shy sings Willy O'Winsbury as a lullaby to her kids. It's a good thing they don't understand what's going on in the song, despite how pretty it is.))

[therequisitewatson]

I appreciate my man Willy O'Winsbury, who went alright your highness, I'll marry your daughter but I am NOT going to be king. Avoiding responsibility like a champ. What an absolute legend.

[sylvanarama]

Here's a song about a man so pretty the king wasn't even mad he doinked his daughter, and instead of hanging him offered to make him his heir (and definitely wanted a piece) - to which the man said "naw, gonna take your daughter on a trail ride, peace"

Sometimes folk music is wild

This one is Child Ballad 100 and was made popular by Andy Irvine of Sweeney's Men in 1968 - but he used the wrong tune by mistake, which by chance fitted these words perfectly. The original story is a wild ride too

[amoebasareverysmall]

I don’t know old these people are but I’m kinda hoping this is how my 30s looks

[intangible-rice]

The king in the medieval scottish folk ballad “Willie O’Winsbury” as he gets ready to execute the guy who slept with his daughter:

[theartistknownaslymond]

Post-canon F/P for the playlist ask please (possibly around Philippa and Joleta’s girls night out?)

So! I already did a mini-playlist for the girls' night out fic(s) (link1, link2), and didn't want to let an F/P playlist get taken over by the kind of stuff Joleta might sing karaoke to (which is actually very valid and good music, just not very F/P! If anyone wants that playlist too, just drop me an ask...)

And then, that decided, the first draft of the playlist trashed, I just spent an age trying to work out what actual romantic music there was from the '80s/early '90s. Of course, one track remained through all my editing, and that was a Kate Bush one. Finally, I am pleased with what has come together though.

tant que je vive

a band AU playlist for Francis and Philippa facing the open sea 💙🌊

1) Bert Jansch - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 2) R.E.M. - Strange Currencies 3) Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night 4) Cock Robin - The Promise You Made 5) Richard Thompson - King of Bohemia 6) 10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me 7) R.E.M. - Perfect Circle 8) Kate Bush - The Sensual World 9) Anne Briggs - Willie O'Winsbury 10) Peter et Sloane - C'est la vie d'château avec toi 11) Maurice Jarre - Lara's Theme 12) Björk - Venus As A Boy 13) Nick Drake - Northern Sky 14) Nic Jones - Master Kilby 15) The Cure - Close To Me 16) Black - Wonderful Life 17) ABBA - Waterloo

As before, fcs are Johnny Flynn and Lucy Farrell. Discussion under the cut.

*Deep breath* No pressure, says Dorothy. It's just that Francis and Philippa are SO IN LOVE, so PERFECT for one another, so ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH that how could anyone else possibly understand (Jo this isn't about your Jerott issues shut up). She'd die for him. He'd die without her. They're going to be *SO HAPPY* when they're together but they did their best to make it deeply angsty beforehand. So what the hell do you put on their playist?! I had a few modern songs for them, but I'm enjoying keeping these a bit more period appropriate, so had to have a go. Some tracks are here for the lyrics, some are here for the vibes. I think it's mostly a fun playlist and not too angsty, but. I'm not sure what you need to ask for to unlock the Cheesiest Timeline of this AU yet, so just keep sending requests until we get there, I guess?

1) because the modern Offa Rex version is one of my ultimate Songs For Them. I couldn't find a period version with lyrics that I liked as much, but Bert Jansch is a Scottish folk guitar legend and this is a lovely instrumental version. 2) AU Francis/Philippa vibes are a bit...what if Michael Stipe's stage persona and Natalie Merchant were stayed together and wrote beautiful, impenetrable, complicated pop/rock/folk/grunge hits together? 3) I don't think I need to explain this one. It's a great big romantic I'd-do-anything song. 4) *smugly places a song about promises on an F/P fic*  oh no wait now pain. Because you lot get to suffer too, here are ALL the lyrics to a song Spotify randomly recommended for this playlist that is more F/P than anything I could have come up with myself: If I laid down my love To come to your defense Would you worry for me With a pain in your chest? Could I rely on your faith to be strong To pick me back up and to push me along? Tell me

You'll be there in my hour of need You won't turn me away Help me out of the life I lead Remember the promise you made Remember the promise you made If I gave you my soul For a piece of your mind Would you carry me with you To the far edge of time? Could you understand if you found me untrue Would we become one, or divided in two Please tell me

You'll be there in my hour of need You won't turn me away Help me out of the life I lead Remember the promise you made Remember the promise you made

Could I rely on your faith to be strong To pick me back up and to push me along? Please tell me

You'll be there in my hour of need You won't turn me away Help me out of the life I lead Remember the promise you made Remember the promise you made Remember the promise you made Remember the promise you made 5) This has also been a longstanding F/P song of mine, and I figured 1994 was just about early enough for it to be period-appropriate in a post-canon playlist. 6) Again with the Natalie Merchant. She may be more of a Kate fc, but this song is pure F/P: Have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning Please don't hide them just because of tears Let me Send you off to sleep with a "There, there, now stop your turning and tossing" Let me Know where the hurt is and how to heal Spare me? Don't spare me anything troubling 7) This one is for the Vibes. I just think it's *beautiful*. 8) This is the Kate Bush song that stayed on every version of this playlist. Based on the final chapter of Ulysses - literary and sexy, just like Francis and Philippa. 9) Again, broadly vibes rather than lyrics - the mysterious blond can be Francis, sure, but the main thing is it's a fairly consensual and lovely folk song, and I love this version by Anne Briggs so much. 10) Because I put their biggest hit on the angsty Francis pining playlist, I thought they'd like one where they just get to enjoy it. 11) The balalaika on Willie O'Winsbury reminded me of this, and again, it's a big iconic love song. 12) A bit on the literary and sexy side again. 13) I only encountered The Most Cheerful Nick Drake SongTM through a cover by my faves, Maximo Park, but I think Francis and Philippa deserve it in any iteration. 14) Another Romantic Folk Song for the vibes! Nic Jones was one of the most astonishingly brilliant folk guitarists. 15) Vibes. Robert Smith said it's meant to be unsettling, but I actually think it's just gorgeous? Also Francis 'I've waited hours for this / I've made myself so sick' Crawford finally realising Philippa wants him back. 16) Just vibes again. Even though the lyrics have him on his own, he still longs for another. Plus sea, plus blue eyes, etc. Too beautiful to leave off. Sun in your eyes The heat is in your hair They seem to hate you Because you're there And I need a friend Oh, I need a friend To make me happy Not stand here on my own Look at me standing Here on my own again Up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide It's a wonderful, wonderful life No need to laugh and cry It's a wonderful, wonderful life 17) Yes I meant to put this version on.

[abelkia]

La playlist de l'émission de ce jeudi matin sur Radio Campus Bruxelles entre 6h30 et 9h: Mendelson "Algérie" (Le dernier album/Ici d'ailleurs/sortie officielle: 15 octobre 2021) Houari Benchenet "Taachki Felghir" (Le Monde du Raï/Buda Musique/1988) Marika Papagika "Zmirneikos Balos" (I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore/Mississippi Records/1931-2007) Stephanie Hladowski "Willy O'Winsbury" (The High High Nest/Singing Knives/2008) Richard Youngs & Simon Joyner "Story of Jhon" (Summer Through My Mind/Ba Da Bing!/2013) Alvarius B. "Funny Thing Is..." (Baroque Primitiva/Abduction/2011) Brigitte Fontaine & Areski "Moi aussi" (7"/Saravah/1972) Caetano Veloso "Lua, lua, lua, lua" (Jóia/Philips/1975) Melvin Van Peebles "Lilly Done the Zampoughi Everytime I Pulled Her Coattail" (Brer Soul/A&M Records/1969) Abner Jay "I'm So Depressed" (True Story of Abner Jay/Mississippi Records/1969-2009) Jacques Dudon "L'Ange, le diable et les colimaçons" (Erosion distillée/Monster Melodies Records/1969-2016) Sarah Davachi "Abeyant" (Antiphonals/Late Music/2021) Céline Lory, "L'amour vin" (En corps y​-​bride/Autoproduction/2019) Les brochettes "La Plymouth" (Sous mes bandages, des cicatrices/Brute Production/1993) Cabaret Voltaire "This is Entertainment" (The Voice of America/Rough Trade Records/1980) Sonic Youth "Tunic (Song for Karen)" (Goo/Geffen Records/1990) Cat Power "Cross Bones Style" (Moon Pix/Matador Records/1998) Geneviève Castrée "Chanson pour le tigre" (Pamplemoussi/L’Oie de Cravan/2004) Super Mama Djombo "Dissan na M'bera" (Golden Afrique/Network Medien/1980-2005) Ignatz & De Stervende Honden "Height of Noon" (Saturday's Den/Ultra Eczema/2021) Jim O'rourke "Something Big" (Eureka/Drag City Records/1999) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUKRL13gfmY/?utm_medium=tumblr

[wellofmissouri]

Took forever to connect willie o'winsbury to the wicker man songs. Too long.

[elucubrare]

i've been sent home from the Wilds because of the pandemic, so i'm, of course, baking, and -- 

well, it's a long story. i was going to hand-knead my brioche, because, i thought, how hard can it be? and the answer is impossible and the dough is so sticky it will haunt your hands forever. so i got out the dough hooks for my hand mixer, which barely made it through this process, it was overheating like a tired laptop, 

and so I couldn't listen to music, so I was singing the ballads I can sing all of (Mary Hamilton and Willie o'Winsbury, mostly) and it's a great feeling of continuity despite differences in equipment (all the Caitrìonas and Màiris and Fionas who've sung those songs probably would have loved that hand mixer). 

[willieowinsbury]

okay so i think the most on brand part of my life is that i lost my watch and i'm not allowed to have my phone at the apple orchard where i'm an instructor so the way i count the time in between groups is determined by how far i can get into willie o'winsbury before someone starts walking at me

[renmorris]

willy o'winsbury wouldn’t treat me like this

[ch-dld-bft-brit-omm]

Anne Briggs (1971) (Full Album)

All songs are traditional. "Blackwater Side" 0:00 "The Snow It Melts The Soonest" 3:50 "Willie O'Winsbury" 6:15 "Go Your Way" 11:47 "Thorneymoor Woods" 16:02 "The Cuckoo" 19:39 "Reynardine" 22:52 "Young Tambling" 25:52 "Living By The Water" 36:35 "Ma Bonny Lad" 40:28