Artist: Dave Swarbrick
Dave Swarbrick's lyrics & chords
Dave Swarbrick (born 5 April 1941; died 3 June 2016) was an English folk musician. He played violin, viola, mandolin, and guitar. His work with Fairport Convention from 1969 is usually credited with leading them to produce their seminal album Liege and Lief (1969) which initiated the electric folk movement. Swarbrick was born in New Malden, Surrey and grew up in Birmingham. He learnt the rudiments of the violin from a local fiddler and attended the Birmingham College of Art (now the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design) in the late 1950s. Pl...read more
The sheepstealer The bonnie black hare Bold benjamin Banbury bill Peggy and the soldier Farewell nancy Dargason Unfortunate tailor Whalecatchers A question of sport Reynardine Box on her head Treadmill song Mermaid Brave wolfe The french ambassador Died for love Bonny lass of anglesey King knapperty Matt hyland Princess royal Locks and bolts Newlyn town Old tom of oxford Three sea captains The lonesome death of hattie carroll Flitter dance Wat ye wha i met medley Arthur mcbride Perfumes of arabia White hare The heilanman Heartbreak hotel The skewbald We brought the summer with us Virginny Palaces of gold The worcestershire wedding William taylor the poacher The brown girl Creeping jane Such a war has never been The fair haired child Carthys march Sweet alban I courted a damsel Brass band music After the thrill Thomas and sally I know my love Banksie Tam lin Now be thankful Lochmaben harper The white cockade Time to ring some changes The new mown hay Finale medley When first to this country Pleasure and pain Fiddlestix The blind man he could see Around cape horn Lassies of neilston The pepper pot Nothing rhymed Sloth Foolish Isle of man set My little fiddle The dogs they had a party Jim jones in botany bay Me with you Rising for the moon Teribus farewell to aberdeen Tail taddle Parthenia etc Jamaica County pie Earl of moray Hong kong blues Tunes my mother taught me Pittengardeners rant Close to the wind Brides march etc Si bheag si mhor Praties they grow small Banbury bill; maid of the mill; highland mary Loving hannah Whenever John parfit Miss stevenson; turnabout Maid of australia Ril gan anim The poor ditching boy Three irish tunes John goudy Noble square dance Father kelly Barney brallaghan Shannon bells fairy dance miss Temptation rag Farewell to gibraltar
