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"Matty Groves", also known as "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard" or "Little Musgrave", is a ballad probably originating in Northern England that describes an adulterous tryst between a young man and a noblewoman that is ended when the woman's husband discovers and kills them.
"Matty Groves" is an English folk ballad. According to a report in the London Times of March 2, 1945, this song was specially written by the composer Benjamin Britten and dedicated to the musicians of the German POW camp Oflag VII B the previous year.
Fairport Convention released a popular version of Matty Groves in 1969 using the traditional "Shady Grove" tune on their album Liege and Lief. The tune was also used by folk duo John Roberts and Tony Barrand for "The False Lady", a variant of "Young Hunting".
Matty Groves Lyrics: A holiday, a holiday / And the first one of the year / Lord Darnell's wife came into the church / The gospel for to hear / And when the meeting it was done / She cast her...
3 de ago. de 2024 · Matty Groves is one of Fairport Convention’s best known ballads, set by them to the tune of the Appalachian song Shady Grove (Roud 4456).
30 de jul. de 2015 · Musicological scholarship says “Shady Grove” originated with the song “Matty Groves,” That song dates reliably to the early 1600s. As it traveled from Europe to the US, it grew more abiguous and mysterious. Is “Shady Grove” a place, or a person? Evidently the answer is, “Yes.”
5 de oct. de 2017 · Matty Groves is one of the many Francis Child ballads. The traditional folk song originated in Northern England in the 17th century and tells the story of a lord’s wife who has an affair with a...
