The Banks of the Sweet Primroses

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The Copper Family

The Copper Family are a family of singers of traditional, unaccompanied English folk song. Originally from Rottingdean, near Brighton, Sussex, England, the nucleus of the family now live in the neighbouring village of Peacehaven. The family first came to the attention of folklorists in the late nineteenth century and received wider attention during the folk revival of the 1960s. They have a unique style of harmonised a capella singing, which is in stark contrast to the typical style of solo singing found among English folk singers. It is unknown whether this style is a remnant of something that was once popular, or if it is a unique phenomenon.Unlike many traditional singers, the family wrote down their own songs. Their unusual singing style has been passed… more »

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As I walked out one midsummer morning
 For to view the fields and to take the air,
 Down by the banks of the sweet prim-e-roses
 There I beheld a most lovely fair.

 Three long steps I stepp-ed up to her,
 Not knowing her as she passed me by,
 I stepp-ed up to her thinking for to view her,
 She appeared to me like some virtuous bride.

 I said, Fair maid, where are you going,
 And what's the occasion for all your grief?
 I will make you as happy as any Lady
 If you will grant me once more a leave.

 She said, Stand off, you are deceitful,
 You are deceitful and a false young man,
 It is you that's caused my poor heart for to wander,
 And to give me comfort lies all in vain.

 I'll go down in some lonesome valley
 Where no man on earth shall e'er me find,
 Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices,
 And every moment blows blusterous winds.

Come all young men that go a-courting,
 Pray pay attention to what I say.
 There is many a dark and a cloudy morning
 Turns out to be a sun-shiny day.

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