I thought this song was called "the girl from the hiring fair"..? anyways, it's a brilliant song. the fretless bass, the violins, the guitars.. all sooo beautifully put together. Not actually a hard song to figure out lyric-wise, though :p
Depends whose version you hear. Ralph McTell (who wrote it) calls it 'The Girl from the Hiring Fair' but Fairport Convention (who he wrote it for) call it just 'The Hiring Fair'
Depends whose version you hear. Ralph McTell (who wrote it) calls it 'The Girl from the Hiring Fair' but Fairport Convention (who he wrote it for) call it just 'The Hiring Fair'
I thought this song was called "the girl from the hiring fair"..? anyways, it's a brilliant song. the fretless bass, the violins, the guitars.. all sooo beautifully put together. Not actually a hard song to figure out lyric-wise, though :p
Depends whose version you hear. Ralph McTell (who wrote it) calls it 'The Girl from the Hiring Fair' but Fairport Convention (who he wrote it for) call it just 'The Hiring Fair'
Depends whose version you hear. Ralph McTell (who wrote it) calls it 'The Girl from the Hiring Fair' but Fairport Convention (who he wrote it for) call it just 'The Hiring Fair'