Richard Thompson - Beeswing
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- I was nineteen when I came to town, they called it the Summer of Love
They were burning babies, burning flags. The hawks against the doves
I took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrum Street
And I fell in love with a laundry girl who was working next to me
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
Brown hair zig-zag around her face and a look of half-surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights, there was animal in her eyes
She said "Young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind
If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind"
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
She was a lost child, she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
We busked around the market towns and picked fruit down in Kent
And we could tinker lamps and pots and knives wherever we went
And I said that we might settle down, get a few acres dug
Fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug
She said "Oh man, you foolish man, it surely sounds like hell.
You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well"
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
We was camping down the Gower one time, the work was pretty good
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost and I thought maybe we should
We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch
And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch
Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough back on the Derby beat
White Horse in her hip pocket and a wolfhound at her feet
And they say she even married once, a man named Romany Brown
But even a gypsy caravan was too much settling down
And they say her flower is faded now, hard weather and hard booze
But maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
And I miss her more than ever words could say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
Well I wouldn't want her any other way - เพลง
Possibly one of the greatest songs ever written.
One of my own favorites. A guy I dated learned it over night and played it on my daughter's little blue kid guitar and 1 string was missing. He still broke my heart but what a special gift it was. It's in my special memories. 🦩
Beeswing, Dimming of the Day, Vincent Black Lightning...these three songs alone place RT in a pantheon of the greatest lyricists ever. The pictures they paint, the sound of his voice, his musicianship, it's just mindboggling talent this man has
Well said! 3 of my favorite songs!! I substitute with Harley Davidson...💞
"Dad's gonna kill me" ... lyrics like the best novelists, inhabiting a character. Lou Reed's ambition fulfilled.
Vincent Black Lightening seemed to describe my dad's life pretty well, he was even called Jimmy. Played it at his funeral and to this day i can't get through the whole song. Richard Thompson is a legend.
Try The Woods of Darney
"Maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse".
Stunned by this line. What a piece of genius.
same here. amazing lyrics. genius.
One of the best lines ever.
djdaforce22 love the lyrics wonderful lyrics
Could you explain to me what it means?
Sure, the song is at least partly inspired by English folk singer, Anne Briggs, who led a kind of mythical existence in the 60s, travelling round Britain and Ireland and living wildly. So if you read the rest of the lyrics and a bit about Anne Briggs' story, you understand a bit more about what Richard is saying here - the romanticism of her lifestyle and also, perhaps, the sadness of it? Anyway - check out Anne Briggs and her songs.
Many wonderful poets and songwriters capture the mixed blessing of being alive as a human, but nobody has ever captured it better in a single song as RT has here. Utterly, gut wrenchingly beautiful.
all about the emotion and what Sir Thompson puts into it. Van Halen could never pull this off.
Driving down a busy road, I heard this song on the radio. I had to pull over to listen it out. I could vision the girl. the same spirit as my one lost love from 45 years before
She was her own thing, wanted to visit Darwin, I was well employed in Perth.
She left one night. I never found out where she went.
I miss her still.
+Philip Price I know how you feel.. I watched her walk away.. not understanding it was for the last time..
I was driving (through suburban Melbourne) one night a few decades ago listening to one of the music shows on RN when this came on. I was immediately and completely carried away by it, such an incredible song in every way, lyrically, melodically, the story, the spirit, the performance, everything. Above all else it's a truly COMPLETE song, perfectly realised. Once heard, never forgotten.
back a century or 2, the Beeswing who set England ablaze -- they made a hot movie about her -- was Lady Caroline Lamb. tho married, her big squeeze was Lord Byron ("Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.").
I know the feeling me too
Good man.
So glad I've finally caught up with this song and I'm not ashamed to admit I've shed tears listening to it's beauty.
Terry Eggett I shed tears everytime I hear this song. I can go years without hearing it but the effect is the same.
Hi Paula, thought I'd get back. A very beautiful song..take care.
Me too. It’s beautiful
Same here @@paulahunt5621
Terry Eggett Hi Terry, checking on you a year later as I listen to this song and shed a few tears.
The first time I heard this song, I was literally stunned. It's rare to find poetry in music. With Richard Thompson, it's a normal occurrence. Thank you for this video.
I agree though I'm compelled to say perhaps you were not literally 'stunned.' I'm sorry. I'm drunk and tired and my mom was a grammar Nazi. (In defiance of mother, I'm assuming that "Nazi" should be capitalized, and I'm not checking first.)
You should check out the futureheads a Capella cover
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I saw him in a small venue in Miami in 1992...he played for the first time...I was staggered by the poetry
@@nicholasj.evancik7878 Lucky you! I was only like 9 years old in 1992 haha
The first time i heard this song i was on a jobsite with my old man many years ago before my dad passed. I heard it on the site radio. It struck me soo deep i litterally stopped doing my job and stood listening, welled up with emotion. Theres not many songs that have that effect on me. Years later i shared this treasure of a song with my wife. Not a day that goes by that she doesnt ask me to play it.
Needless to say this song has a special spot in our hearts
This song is on another level. It's got everything a song could ask for
I had the privilege of attending a performance of Richards, January 14 this year, 2023 at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair New Jersey. Absolutely Awesome. And in all honesty, If I was just listening to this and not seeing his younger appearance, you could not tell a lick of difference in his singing or playing between this and the performance then! He's a force of nature!
Richard is one of those rare things himself.
A genius with a huge sense of understanding and a soft heart.
20+ years of listening to Beeswing and only just discovered the person who inspired it - Annie Briggs. What a voice she had.
Same here. Only you had a month more than me. Thanks for the info.
Possibly still has. Who knows what she still gets up to while washing the dishes or whatever..... She is only 79 and at 75 Richard Thompson still has a solid singing voice.
"The last I heard she was sleeping rough, back on the Derby beat. White Horse in her hip pocket and a wolfhound at her feet." I don't think there are two lines of lyric in all of music that I love more.
I love this so much ❤
@@BillMurrayismyuncle it’s the last line that gets me .i wouldn’t want her any other way.forgive me if I messed it up a bit,but it does my head in truly.keep on rockin’
I know someone like that. Yes I loved her, still do, but the demons drive her on. Yes, she hurts herself, but she hurts me as well.
@@Tagurrit I understand. 😢
I am in collision with every stone i ever threw “That would have to be my favourite line.David Gray
"You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well." I like to think this is one of my husband's favorites. (I wish he'd play it for me more often.) He met me when I was a laundry girl, and he took me out of there. We're together now more than 30 years.
One of the best songs ever. The lyrics, the guitar playing, the performance, the combination of all its elements communicates something beyond your regular good song.
My favorite Richard Thompson song.
So beautiful it makes one ache...
Makes me think of my late ex.
😞😞😎😎🙏🙏
One of those very rare songs that have you crying with every single listen. Genius.
Holy shit, 1st time hearing this. Wow. Absolutely wow
I remember the first time I heard it! It was listening to some public radio station on the east side of Tennessee. It was pouring rain, and I had another 800 miles left to drive, but I found a pen and scribbled down some lyrics to remember it by. I posted on Usenet asking if anyone could identify the lyrics and that was my introduction to Richard Thompson!
The first time I heard this I was seeing him live and wasn’t very familiar with him. I enjoyed all the show but when he played this toward the end it was all but a holy experience.
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This song is as fine as a beeswing.... fragile and delicate beyond words.
This is the most beautiful song of love lost I have ever heard. He is so freakin' talented!!!
totally!!! Brilliant poet on top of his beautiful guitar work.
I’ve heard countless attempts at covering this song and nothing comes even close to this performance. Richard Thompson is a stone cold genius.
Listen to Christy Moores version its very good also
This was my mum. Her nickname was bee and she used to say to the children “see a bee, think of me”. I’m always reminded of her when I hear this song
Yeah.
Beautiful memory
Richard is, quite simply, a supreme master of guitar and songwriting. I've had the pleasure of seeing him live and he's nothing short of stunning.
I wouldn't say underrated for those that are aware of his considerable talent, superb musicianship and amazing songwriting ability will always bestow upon him all the accolades he richly deserves.
Top çlass
Saw him last night. So stunned how consistently good his songwriting is thru all the decades. And his performance is top notch as this vid demonstrates. What a freaking gem.
@@benvonwildenhaus2277 & where did you see him?
I loved a woman like this once. God keep her in peace and bring her joy, wherever she is now.
The only thing he does as well as play guitar is write and perform amazing songs. A true gift to humanity
I once loved (and still love) a similar type of girl..I still think of her a hundred times a day.. 💔
Not a single word is wasted. There is no limit to the amount of times you can listen to this back to back.
One of the best songs ever written, by one of the best songwriters.
im 19 ive been to 4 of his concerts he never disapoints i can gladly say, he's one of the best simply put
met one like her still think about her 40 yrs later
stargate669 i'm sad for you if you haven't met such a woman yet, they are special.
stargate669 i got it.
***** yup, precisely !
***** and to you.Still hoping for something !
Most of you don't understand us when we show up anyway. Takes just as rare a man to appreciate us.
This is pure genius. One of the best songs ever written
For everyone who relates to this
For everyone who's been there
For Christy and for Richard
Thank you for this song . Thank s to everyone who said they liked it.
Thanks to anyone who ever plays this in a bar if I am not there to buy the round.
This song tell me I am not the only one who has these feelings.
I needed to know that.
Losers die alone. Losing love does not make you a loser just human !
A million have been there before a million more will follow.
Thank you Richard !
One of the greatest songwriter storytellers of all time!
Always a treat when mr.Thompson stops by . IT appears as if he isn't doing much as he plays but it works.
Richard is a national treasure for certain.A musical gymnast and one of the best song writers and musicians on planet earth.I love this story.genius 💖
Probably Thompson's finest song, so wonderfully sad but true, about a person who can't adjust to the realities of life (like so many of us!)
Disagree. She had a very different set of realities of life than the ‘conventional’ ‘choices’- I have a friend in such a relationship now and I cant warn hime and he doesn’t see it but she is clearer than any human I have ever met about what works for her and its nothing conventional although he still thinks or hopes he can bend her a little more to the conventional. She is however absolutely magnetic…. This is both an amazing song and also an amazing performance of it. ‘She never could resist a winding road’ is a great partner song to this and there is a great clip of rt and joan baez doing it live
I believe it’s about Anne Briggs the singer
This song always reminds me of the young people I knew in 1968 - Josh, Toni, Annie, Joe, Gareth, Cindy, Jan. Josh died the following year. I wonder how many of those young people survive.
This song never fails to bring tears to my eyes. It is so beautiful.
Ah, me too friend, me too.
this man, is the most underrated artist,he is, simply brilliant,and, he should be, way more known,but, then again, its cool,secret heros, like him, are more my kind of artist...
Love this man with all of my heart and I believe it’s the 1st time I think I’ve seen him without wearing his beret! One of my favorites of his.
You can see why he wears the beret.
This is just magic, my father played me this song thinking I would like it. I have to say Dad "You were spot on."
I love Richard Thompson. This is my favorite song he does.
His voice reminds me of Alan Rickman...lol
The voice! Yes!
Every man has loved a free spirit like her at some time. Keep them safe, enjoy them, and then move on.
You're right, John, except we understand it as hindsight...and now there's nobody around for me in my golden years! (I like to promote the point to possible candidates that 'Older man & younger woman is where it's at!' ;-) They know it in their heart...but we're/I'm not 'hot' enough to quench an estrogen fire!
My all time favourite folk song.
A working class hero pining for lost love, a better life.
Could their be more beautiful and sad a story?
Makes me cry every damn time!.
Love you Richard
I am English and always fascinated by hard it is to create English music which avoids being a pastiche of American music especially in terms of lyrical content. I write poetry myself and struggle to avoid the shackles of people like Dylan. In this song Richard Thompson achieves this to a remarkable extent
What a pro. A live performance which you couldn't better in a studio. Massively under rated talent.
SirPeter6464 totally, the studio version is not as fine as this.
Saw him last night, and several of the versions live were way better than the studio recordings. Including this one, and Vincent black lightning.
Not under rated, just undiscovered by too many. Rated highly by those who have discovered
Naw just someone who loves his trade a craftsman 👌
@@francisoboyle sure that's the truth.
I've been a RT fan since the mid -80s . This song is so beautiful. In an interview from Acoustic Guitar magazine in 1995 Richard talks of the people he knew dropping out from accountancy and the like to live on communes etc. The song has that longing and nostalgia. It's so beautifully written , lyric wise and his guitar playing of the highest order. RT is truly one of the greatest. EVER.
Thanks for a that bit of insight.
This guy is just first class, pure quality. It's a privilege just to listen to him sing his songs.
I can't get through it without crying. Beautiful.
What a very great singer-songwriter Richard Thompson is!
I wonder how many times he had to play it before he could perform it without crying , excellent song !
Good question, even your thought provoking comment elicits tears.
What a classic song!!! It is being covered by many and often quite beautifully. That is probably the highest tribute to the song writer. I have played them over an over, like I am addicted to them.
It matters not how many times I hear this song, I can go months without listening to it and yet each time the result is the same, I end up in tears. I wonder what it feels like to have someone adore a person as much as the character in this song did? It takes someone very strong to let go of someone or something they love, to make that person happy.
sarina1014 b
I have and still think of her every day and miss her
I have done that. After four years she said I was not who she thought I was. That night I cried so hard my body racked until there were no more tears to come, only heart break. The next day I moved out.
Timothy Goodman I’m sorry Timothy, one foot in front of the other my friend. May you find peace.
Bill Parry ?
I've been listening to this tune as long as I can remember it seems, still rips my heart out every time...
One of my all-time favorite songs. Richard Thompson, what a songwriter!
Cheers RT I absolutely love this tune, every drunken night ends here and an odd sober one too.
great comment. half drunk myself and back here again
Thanks for uploading Cleapatr. Great song, great performance, and a genius artist. Top drawer.
Beautiful - love both Richard and Christy singing this - respect to both.
This is too beautiful for words!
This! This! This is the finest example of songwriting and delivery I've ever heard. Richard Thompson has no peer.
This is one of the beautiful songs that evokes nostalgia in a way that is hard to explain, I'm sure it's different for every individual life led, one of the great story songs I've ever heard, if not the greatest
One of the great love songs of all time. I've seen him perform this many times and it always moves me to tears like the first time. Genius songwriting and performing.
One of the most beautiful songs in the history of the world, but others r billionaires when all of their songs sound the same. The world is so f’d up. 😢
One of the greatest story songs ever written. His understated guitar combined with an incredible story add up to an experience that can draw tears from me at times.
Saw Richard last night. He played this one, one of my faves. Awesome show.
This is an incredibly good song. The lyrics, the melody, the delivery -- all coming straight from the heart, and in our mind's eye we can picture the two at each stage of the song with brilliant clarity. Simply amazing.
Absolutely love this song. Simply wonderful.
if this isn't a perfect song I don't know what is. absolutely stunning.
Richard Thompson YOU are a rare thing. Genius.
This is such a beautiful song and gives me goosebumps everytime
Nothing less than a masterpiece!
just fallen in love with him all over again.
Bumped into a local old timer he spoke about richard thosmon and he was also I to guitars and would build his own, now im here listening 😊
Can't quite describe this song... memories,loss yearning of past times. We've all been there. Heartache.
richard thompson is just brilliant... his voice.. the atmosphere... lovely
Honestly this deserves to stand up as some of the greatest English art to have ever been produced
A simply stunning piece of music. Humbling and beautiful
What a sad beautiful song.... Pain always brings out something special when creating master pieces such as these lyrics and melody. Delightful RT. :-) What a gem this was my Angel Warrior. Magnificent..... :-))))
He is a musical genius - fantastic guitarist, lovely singer and his lyrics are pure poetry.
One of Richard's finest songs. Exquisite.
No one does Beeswing as well as Richard Thompson, without a doubt.
Possibly my favorite song ever
Absolute genius. This song reminds me of my dear friend who passed away this year. Rest in light, Kathryn.
The best ballad ever. How it's played with one pair of hands...
Beauty caught in a song, I can hear her beauty having never seen her.
Acoustic perfection, a unique artist at one with his instrument, his voice and a beautiful song .. how can 26 musically challenged fools dislike this!!!
Chris Wilson I think it's called freedon
I didn't finish that slagging I was about to write ,freedom of choice you half wit.
This song is so beautiful. His love for her was gentle, and patient, adoring . . . . and tragic. He couldn't keep her so he let her go. I'd give anything to see a picture of her.
I have one. Unfortunately I can’t post it here though. But I would if I could.
Look up folksinger Anne Briggs. That's her.
Yep. Anne Briggs. Look up Black Waterside her version.
Hard to believe how anyone could thumbs down this song. Then I look at the world around me ---- Ah yes!
Just a beautiful sad story captured in song forever
Sublime songwriting and performance. Lost love is so powerful, the once entwined to becoming estranged can never be replaced.
His talent is stunning. Skills honed over hours turned into years rings true: just like his music. Thank you for this
I've been vaguely aware of Richard Thompson over the years. Had one Fairport Album i liked & was a big fan of Steeleye Span. Heard this song on Sirius XM Deep Tracks on my way to work & almost had to pull over to manage the tears. If you have ever loved a woman like this consider yourself beyond blessed.
This song breaks my heart everytime. Maybe I'll listen again..
This song is amazing
Easily one of the greatest songs ever written.
Heard it for the first time a few weeks back and I loved it like my lost love.Brilliant stuff.
This song is perfect. Well crafted in every possible way. It has an emotional affect on me every time I hear it. Every. Time.
It doesn't matter who is a better singer. It is how you express the song. Thompson clearly express realness to what he is singing as it is his experiences, he wrote it. It's not about having the strongest voice, it's about passion.
I so agree with you Stewart. What a delightful song it is....
Except strangely his voice has moe and mor powerful as the years have gone by. With Sweet Warrior he hit a peak Guns are the Tongues in particular and Dads going to Kill me as well.
Makes me cry everytime. So beautiful, and so much irony ...
Never fails to get me, always breaks me to tears,
What a song
one of my all time favourites and one hell of a performance - if he sang that to me I'd have stayed put :)