Pentangle - Basket Of Light (1969)

Progressive temalı olarak nitelendirilen Basket of Light, grubun hem ticarî hem de popülarite açısından zirve yaptığı albümüdür. En başarılı şarkısı İngiltere’de müzik listelerinde ilk beş içine girme başarısını göstermiş Light Flight’dır. Caz esintileri ile dikkat çeken bu şarkının yanı sıra, tipik folk özelliğini gördüğümüz Once I Had A Sweetheart; dinlerken çok keyif aldığım Spring Time Promises ve yine folk tınıları ile bezenmiş Sally Go Round Roses albümün diğer parlayan şarkıları arasında gösterilmektedir.

Pentangle hiç eskimeyen bir grup, aradan geçen yıllar onları unutturmamış aksine hayran kitlesini günümüze kadar taşımıştır. Zaten bunun en önemli göstergesi albümlerinin aradan geçen onca yıla rağmen derlemeler şeklinde çeşitli isimler altında yeniden piyasaya sürülmesidir. 2000 yılında bu sefer CD formatında hazırlanan Light Flight, bonus şarkılarla desteklenmiş, Sally Go Round The Roses iki farklı versiyonuyla daha albümde yerini almıştır.

Doğrusunu isterseniz Light Flight en geç edindiğim albüm, Benim için sürpriz sayılacak değişik şarkıları da içinde barındırıyor. En çok ilgimi çekenlerden biri de dini (Katolik) motiflerle bezenmiş olan gotik tarzdaki Lyke-Wake Dirge. Bu aslında Pentangle’ın önemli özelliklerinden biri. Müziklerinde genel anlamda bu motifin izlerine rastlamak mümkün.

Bütün şarkıları tek tek saymak niyetinde değilim ama sanırım müzik otoritelerinin tercihleriyle benimkiler biraz farklı. Yukarıda genelde kabul görmüş olan şarkıların isimlerini verdim benim özel tercihim ise şu beş şarkıdan yana: Hunting Song, Train Song, Light Flight, Spring Time Promises ve House Carpenter,

Şunu da belirtmeden geçemeyeceğim, her ne kadar solist olarak McShee ön plâna çıkıyor olsa da Bert Jansch’ın yorum gücünü bu albümde bir kez daha görüyoruz.

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Albümde yer alan şarkılar
1. Light Flight
2. Once I Had A Sweetheart
3. Springtime Promises
4. Lyke-Wake Dirge
5. Train Song
6. Hunting Song
7. Sally Go Round The Roses
8. The Cuckoo
9. House Carpenter
10. Sally Go Round The Roses (Alternate Version #1)
11. Sally Go Round The Roses (Alternate Version #2)
12. Cloud Mountain (B-Side Single)
13. I Saw An Angel (B-Side Single)

1. Light Flight

Let's get away, you say, find a better place,
Miles and miles away from the city's race,
Look around for someone lying in the sunshine
Marking time, hear the sighs, close your eyes...
Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...
Stepping from cloud to cloud passing in their flight
Visit the frosty stars in the backwash light
Star becomes a vision, never mind the meaning,
Hidden there, moving fast, it won't last...
Time passes all too soon, how it rushes by,
Now a thousand moons are about to die
No time to reflect on what the time was spent on,
Nothing left, far away, dreamers fade
Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...
Strange visions pass me by, winging softly thru the sky
Over the water, oooohh
Swirling, the waters rise up above my head.
Gone are the curling mists how they all have fled.
Look, the door is open, step into the space
Provided there
Da do da, - da, do da ....

2. Once I Had a Sweetheart

Once I had a sweetheart and now I have none;
Once I had a sweetheart and now I have none;
He's gone and left me;
He's gone and left me;
Gone and left me in sorrow to mourn.
Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see;
Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see;
My own darling jewel sat smiling by me
My own darling jewel sat smiling by me
But when I awakened I found it not so;
But when I awakened I found it not so;
My eyes like some fountain with tears overflowed;
Eyes like some fountain with tears overflowed.
I'll venture through England, through France and through Spain
I'll venture through England, through France and through Spain
My life I'll venture on watery main
My life I'll venture on watery main
I'll set sail of silver and steer toward the sun
I'll set sail of silver and steer toward the sun
And my false love will weep, my false love will weep
False love will weep for me after I'm gone
After I'm gone, After I'm gone, After I'm gone...

3. Springtime Promises

Summertime is with us once again
Flowers blooming everywhere again
And the cold days of winter are behind us now
And the springtime promises all come true
Trees and grass and bushes green again
The sky's so blue, I don't remember when
The cold days of winter took the sun away
But the spring time promises all came true
It's summertime now so please don't throw it away
Winter world will be with us once again
Flowers dying everywhere again
And the warm days of summer will they far behind
And the springtime promises soon forgot
Grass and bushes withered, and the trees are bare
Dark and cloudy skies and people in despair
And the warm days of summer seem so far away
And the springtime promises still forgot
It's wintertime so you've got to wait a while
For the spring time promises to come true
Now the new born year has come once more
Gentle showers are with us as before
It's the time when all promises are now made true
And the springtime sun returns anew
Someday all will turn to green again
Flowers will burst of seeds to bloom again
The warm days of springtime tell us all is past
Can you feel your promises will be true
It's springtime now, be happy again

4. The Lyke Wake Dirge

This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Every nighte and alle,
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.
When thou from hence away art past,
Every nighte and alle,
To Whinny-muir thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule.
If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon,
Every nighte and alle,
Sit thee down and put them on;
And Christe receive thy saule.
If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gav'st nane
Every nighte and alle,
The whinnes sall prick thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thy saule.
From Whinny-muir when thou may'st pass,
Every nighte and alle,
To Brig o' Dread thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule.
From Brig o' Dread when thou may'st pass,
Every nighte and alle,
To Purgatory fire thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule.
If ever thou gavest meat or drink,
Every nighte and alle,
The fire sall never make thee shrink;
And Christe receive thy saule.
If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane,
Every nighte and alle,
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thy saule.
This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Every nighte and alle,
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.
Traduzione in inglese moderno (Doug Johnson)
This night, this night,
Every and all nights
Fire and flame and candle light
And Christ receive your soul
When you are past here
Every and all nights
To Whinny Moor you'll come at last
And Christ receive your soul
If ever you gave socks or shoes
Every and all nights
Sit yourself down and put them on
And Christ receive your soul

But if socks and shoes you gave no one
Every and all nights
And Christ receive your soul
When (if) you have passed Whinney Moor
Every and all nights
To the Bridge of Dread you'll come at last
And Christ receive your soul

When (if) you have passed the Bridge of Dread
Every and all nights
To the flames of Purgatory you'll come at last
And Christ receive your soul
If you ever gave food or drink
Every and all nights
The fire will never affect you
And Christ receive your soul
If you never gave food or drink
Every and all nights
The fire will burn you to the bone
And Christ receive your soul
This night, this night
Every and all nights
Fire and flame and candle light
And Christ receive your soul

5. Train Song

Fare thee well, little lady
Trains are carrying me
One and a two, three and a four thousand miles
Miles from you
Thought I tried my best
To be your man
Can't you see, can't you feel that burning into my soul?
Don't you understand?
Love is a basket of light
Grasping so tight
Shining bright just ain't right to be caught in the night
Caught in the basket of light

6. Hunting Song

As I did travel all on a journey
Over the wayside and under a dark moon
Hanging above a mountain
I spied a young man riding a fine horse
Chasing a white hart and all through the woodland
Head of a hunting party
And there followed after ten kings and queens
Laughing and joking, the white hart they'd seen
Bloodied running into the bushes
I plume to his helmet, a quiver and a bow
There's nowhere to run now, there's no place to go
The hunt is cast and ready
Still farther I journeyed through the hills and the valleys
Until upon the verge of despair I sat and rested
And there did pass a princely knight poursuite [pursued] by a lady
And this she did say:
"Oh may I ask you kind sir where you are going?
And pray tell unto me sir why you do hurry
Strange that I should meet you here, come sit by me".
"I have here a magic horn to deliver
And one from this silver and gold horn I hold, sir
Shall prove all to be false, lovers beware!"
"The gift that you bear for your brother the king
I gladly would carry to the banquet this even'
What fair sport this would be for the maidens at court."
Wearily I crossed the stream to the castle
Where I found shelter from the cold wintry wind
And food did I have and plenty
But the Lord and Lady seemed so sad
For these words they did say unto each other:
"My good lord, all off to war in thy armor
Leaving me here alone to weep and to worry
Take care lest misadventure
Shall overcome thy kindly heart
My good lord, all off to war in thy armor."
"My lady, you have no need for to worry
I'll return victorious and true unto thee
Take care, lest misadventure
Shall stain your heart and lead to woe
My fair lady you have no need for to worry."
. . . la la la . . .
While underneath the spreading oak a knight with white device
Upon a shield of black, and deep in grief and sorrow sings
His unrequited love
"Young noblewoman riding by, pray tell me have you seen
Queen Azelda the fairest maid, in company she rides
For I swear to have revenge."
A thousand days have come and passed, the Lord returns this night
The victor from the bloody wars proven his fearsome might
As ever he would claim
But fate has played its wanton game, the circle come full turn
The magic horn has done its work, cried "Falseness is found out!"
The sorrowed quest is over.

7. Sally, Go 'Round The Roses

Sally go round the roses (sally go round the roses)
Sally go round the roses (sally go round the pretty roses)
Hope this place can't hurt you (hope this place can't hurt you)
Roses they can't hurt you (roses they can't hurt you)
Sally don't you go, don't you go downtown
Sally don't you go-o, don't you go downtown
Saddest thing in the whole wide world
Is see your baby with another girl
Sally go round, oh Sally don't you go
Sally don't you go, Don't you go downtown
Oh, don't you go downtown
Saddest thing in the whole wide world
See your baby with another girl
Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the roses)
Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the pretty roses)
They won't tell your secret (they won't tell your secret)
They won't tell your secret, Oh no won't tell your secret
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Sit and cry with the door closed
Sit and cry so no one knows
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Saddest thing in the whole wide world
See your baby with another girl
Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the roses)
Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the pretty roses)
Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the pretty roses)

8. The Cuckoo

The Cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies.
She bringeth good tidings, she telleth no lies
She sucketh white flowers for to keep her voice clear
And she never sings "cuckoo" till summer draweth near
As I once was a-walking and talking one day
I met my own true love as he came that way
Though the meeting him was pleasure, though the courting was woe
For I've found him false hearted, he'd kiss me, and then he'd go.
I wish I was a scholar and could handle the pen.
I'd write to my lover and to all roving men
I would tell them of the grief and woe that attend on their lies
I would wish them have pity on the flower, when it dies

9. House Carpenter

Well I once could have married the king's third son
And a fine young man was he
But now I'm married to a house carpenter
And a nice young man is he
"When will you forsake your house carpenter
And a-go along with a me
I will take you to where the grass grows green
On the banks of the River Dee."
But will you have to maintain me a bound
To keep me in slavery?".
"Well I have seven ships
They will soon be at land
And they at your command shall be."
She took her two babes by the hand
And gave them kisses three
"Sit still at home you darling little babes,
Keep your father sweet company."
Now she dressed herself in her very best
Like a high-born lady was she
She shimmered and she shivered3 and she proudly stepped
As they walked by the banks of the sea
Well she hadn't been gone but a short, short time
Until she wept for sor'
"I would give all the gold in this round world
Just to see my babes once more."
Well if you had all the gold and the silver too
That ever did cross the sea
You never would be at land anymore
And your babes you will never more see
Well they hadn't been sailing but a short, short time
About two weeks, three or four
When the ship sprang a leak and they were doomed
And they were far away from the shore
"I see bright hills of Heaven my dear
Where angels come and go
I see bright hills, that's Hell my dear
Where you and I must go."
"Oh I wish I was back to my house carpenter
I'm sure he would treat me well
But here I am in the raging sea
And my soul is bound for Hell."