Burl Ives sings from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

One of the best known of the English and Scottish ballads collected by Francis James Child. One of the first songs I ever heard. My parents had a recording of Burl Ives singing a version of this song. My brothers and sisters and I loved it so much we made a home movie, no longer surviving, in which we acted out the story.

This is one of the best-known of all the ballads collected by Francis James Child. There are hundreds of variations and many different tunes. The story is straightforward: The heroine rejects her lover's advances. He dies of a broken heart. She realises she made a mistake and dies as well. They are buried side by side, a rose grows from his heart and a briar from hers, and they tie themselves into a lover's knot - so love has triumphed after death. The first known reference to the song occurs in the diary of Samuel Pepys, on January 2, 1666, when he reports hearing it sung by an actress he liked by the name of Mrs. Knipp, though no printed versions have been found until the following century. I first heard this sung by Burl Ives on his 1953 10 inch Decca Album, "Folksongs about the Fair Sex". He learned this song as a young child, and sang it at his first performance - at a reunion of old soldiers in Hunt City. I loved Burl Ives' rendition of this song from an early age, so much so that, as a teenager, I made a home movie with my younger brothers and sisters in which we acted out the story, with Burl Ives' song as the sound track. The 8mm film was unfortunately destroyed in a fire some years later. The song has been recorded by many performers including Joan Baez, The Everly Brothers, Crystal Gayle, Simon and Garfunkel and Emmy Rossum (in the movie, "Songcatcher"), I have uploaded an a capella version of the song previously, but this rendition is much closer to the Burl Ives version I learned as a child. My a capella version of this song is on my fourth CD, "Pigs Might Fly and Other Politically Incorrect Ballads".

It's my version of what it would sound like if Celtic Frost sang Froggie Went A Courtin' to the tune of Circle of the Tyrants.

Burl Ives sings from Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer

Princess and I enjoying a beautiful Indian Summer. Princess is 10 weeks old now. Music is "Goober Peas" - Burl Ives

Musicians and poets at a St Ives festival fringe event, September 2006

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/As_I_Was_Going_to_St._Ives First Appearance: Episode 0045 January 9, 1970 As I Was Going to St. Ives is a nursery rhyme which has been around since the 1700s, though the subject has been thought to originate from the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus. It was performed as a song in the first season of Sesame Street. Two Anything Muppets, a boy (performed by Jim Henson) and a girl (Frank Oz), test each other's wits as he tries to get her to solve a difficult math problem. She ends up turning the tables on him by asking him how many were going the other way. ** NOTE: All clips and videos remain the sole property of the respective copyright holders. No videos are for sale, nor do they imply challenge to ownerships. They are intended strictly for entertainment, educational, and historical purposes, and fall under the "Fair Use" guideline.

A Night of Ives A Collection of David Ives Comedies Directed by Angela D. Miller This is a Play Trailer / Preview for a production running at UTAS Annexe Theatre July 10th-11th only. Bookings: 6324 4450 Seats are limited so please book now! SEE http://www.playler.com for more details on the show Playler™ Design: Chris Jackson ©2008

Surfing at St Agnes ( Shorter Version )

Take a short look out to Land´s End in the UK

I bet my 2 eldest daughters £5 that they would not go in to the sea above their shoulders on Christmas Day 2007. The location is Portreath Cornwall

A Windy Night in Portreath,Cornwall

Trevarno Video Produced by Rewind Studios www.rewindstudios.co.uk

Mousehole is a fishing village in West Cornwall with a most beautiful harbour. In late September the village begins preparations for their famous Christmas Lights, as it has done for over 40 years. Illuminated usually from the Saturday in the middle of December, until the Friday at the end of the first week of the New Year. Video Produced by Rewind Studios www.rewindstudios.co.uk

Is You !!!!!!! there is just one thing I need..... Took all the funtime christmas shows and a really great song and edited them both