June Tabor
June Tabor (born 31 December 1947 in Warwick, England) is considered one of… Read Full Bio ↴June Tabor (born 31 December 1947 in Warwick, England) is considered one of the foremost English folk singers of her generation. Aside from her highly-acclaimed solo music career, she has also combined her talents with greats such as Maddy Prior (as one half of Silly Sisters), Martin Simpson, Elvis Costello and Oysterband. In 2004, and again in 2012, she was named Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. In 2011 the album "Ragged Kingdom" by June Tabor & Oysterband was named "Album of the Year" in the fROOTS critics poll.
Tabor's earliest public performances were at the Heart of England Folk Club (at the Fox and Vivian pub) in Leamington Spa in the mid 1960s. In the late 1960s an appearance at the Sidmouth Folk Festival led to folk club bookings and she contributed to various records. One of her earliest recordings was in 1972 on an anthology called Stagfolk Live. She also featured on Rosie Hardman's Firebird (1972) and The First Folk Review Record (1974). At the time she was singing purely traditional unaccompanied material but in 1976 she collaborated with Maddy Prior on the Silly Sisters album and tour, with a full band that included Nic Jones. It provided the launching pad that same year (1976) for her first album in her own right, Airs and Graces. She later joined again with Prior, this time using the name Silly Sisters for their duo. Starting in 1977 Martin Simpson joined her in the recording studio for three albums before he moved to America in 1987. (Simpson has returned from America to be a guest guitarist on albums in the 2000s.) After his departure, she started working closely with pianist Huw Warren.
In 1990, Tabor recorded an album with the folk-rock band OysterBand entitled Freedom and Rain. She went on tour with OysterBand, and the Rykodisc label published a limited-run promotional live album the following year. Many of her current fans first discovered her through this tour and album with the OysterBand. In 1992 Elvis Costello wrote "All This Useless Beauty" specifically for Tabor, and she recorded it on Angel Tiger.
Since then her solo albums have included:
A Quiet Eye (1999)
Rosa Mundi (2001)
An Echo of Hooves (2003)
At the Wood's Heart (2005)
Apples (2007)
Ashore (2011)
Ragged Kingdom is a 2011 album by June Tabor & Oysterband.
Since 2006, Tabor has also been working with Huw Warren and Iain Ballamy as Quercus.
Website: www.junetabor.co.uk
Tabor's earliest public performances were at the Heart of England Folk Club (at the Fox and Vivian pub) in Leamington Spa in the mid 1960s. In the late 1960s an appearance at the Sidmouth Folk Festival led to folk club bookings and she contributed to various records. One of her earliest recordings was in 1972 on an anthology called Stagfolk Live. She also featured on Rosie Hardman's Firebird (1972) and The First Folk Review Record (1974). At the time she was singing purely traditional unaccompanied material but in 1976 she collaborated with Maddy Prior on the Silly Sisters album and tour, with a full band that included Nic Jones. It provided the launching pad that same year (1976) for her first album in her own right, Airs and Graces. She later joined again with Prior, this time using the name Silly Sisters for their duo. Starting in 1977 Martin Simpson joined her in the recording studio for three albums before he moved to America in 1987. (Simpson has returned from America to be a guest guitarist on albums in the 2000s.) After his departure, she started working closely with pianist Huw Warren.
In 1990, Tabor recorded an album with the folk-rock band OysterBand entitled Freedom and Rain. She went on tour with OysterBand, and the Rykodisc label published a limited-run promotional live album the following year. Many of her current fans first discovered her through this tour and album with the OysterBand. In 1992 Elvis Costello wrote "All This Useless Beauty" specifically for Tabor, and she recorded it on Angel Tiger.
Since then her solo albums have included:
A Quiet Eye (1999)
Rosa Mundi (2001)
An Echo of Hooves (2003)
At the Wood's Heart (2005)
Apples (2007)
Ashore (2011)
Ragged Kingdom is a 2011 album by June Tabor & Oysterband.
Since 2006, Tabor has also been working with Huw Warren and Iain Ballamy as Quercus.
Website: www.junetabor.co.uk
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June Tabor Lyrics
A Place Called England I rode out on a bright May morning Like a hero…
A Proper Sort of Gardener Once upon a time I found a garden, Picked the brightest…
A Smiling Shore So he found his way To the smiling shore A year or…
All Our Trades Are Gone We will sit here in the morning Of the summer and…
All This Useless Beauty It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to…
All Tomorrow's Parties And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow′s…
Apples and Potatoes Yonder come the devil with his pitchfork and shovel He was…
April Morning 'Twas on one April morning, just as the sun was…
Aqaba Aqaba Aqaba (Bill Caddick) A man, lost in time and sp…
Barbry Ellen In Scarlet Town where I was born There was a fair…
Beat the Retreat I'm beating my retreat Back home to you I'm beating my ret…
Beauty and the Beast: An Anniversary It is winter now, And the roses are blooming again, Their …
Behind the Wall Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the…
Belle Rose J′ai tchilyi la belle rose, J'ai tchilyi la belle rose, Tchi…
Bentley and Craig In 1952 in Croydon town The streets still scarred from the…
Body and Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Bonnie James Campbell High upon highlands and low upon Tay Bonny James Campbell r…
Bonny May Bonny May, a shepherding has gone To call the sheep to…
Casey Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down T…
Caseys Last Ride Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down …
Clerk Saunders Oh it was a sad and a rainy night And the…
Cold and Raw I'm beginnin' to hear voices and there's no one around Well…
Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron ′Twas on a Monday morning That I beheld my darling She looke…
Fair Margaret and Sweet William Sweet William arose on a May morning And he dressed himself…
False False False, false have you been to me, my love Oh, when…
Fine Horseman Sleeping in my bed Strange thoughts are running through my h…
Finisterre Farewell, Finisterre, Sleep away the afternoon Just rockin…
Four Loom Weaver I′m a four loom weaver, as many a man knows I've…
Genesis Hall My father he rides with your sheriffs And I know he…
Go From My Window Go from my window, my love, my dove, Go from my…
Happed in Mist Happed in mist these twenty-five eventful years seem to me…
Hard Love I remember growing up like it was only yesterday, Mom and…
He Fades Away There's a man in my bed I used to love…
Hughie Graeme Lords have to the mountains gone, a-huntin' of the fallow…
i I want to vanish This is my fondest wish To go where…
I Never Thought My Love Would Leave Me I never thought that my love would leave me Until that…
I Want To Vanish I want to vanish This is my fondest wish To go where…
I Will Put My Ship In Order I will put my ship in order And I will set…
i wonder what's keeping my true love tonight I wonder what′s keeping my true love tonight I wonder what's…
I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight? I wonder what's keeping my true love tonight I wonder what'…
I'll Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places That…
I've Got You Under My Skin I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in…
Joseph Cross There's word from the caf? That the old mans ailin' His eyes…
King of Rome In the West End of Derby lives a working man He…
Lay This Body Down Lay This Body Down Oh graveyard, oh graveyard I'm walking t…
Le Petit Navire C'était un tout petit navire C'était un tout petit navire …
Le Vingt-cinquième Du Mois D'octobre Le vingt-cinquième du mois d'Octobre Le vingt-cinquième du m…
Les Choses les Plus Simples C′est quand la nuit m'échappe et que je ne peux…
Lisbon And it was on one Whitsun Wednesday, the fourteenth day…
Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight "Good, my lord, will you stay then about my father's…
Mayn Rue Plats Don't look for me where leaves are springing. You will…
Mississippi Summer My hands are as cracked as an August field Burned in…
Mrs Rita Oh kind Mrs. Rita I never will tell The way that…
Mrs. Rita Oh kind Mrs. Rita I never will tell The way that…
Must I Be Bound Must I be bound while you go free? Must I love…
My Love Came To Dublin My love came to Dublin one fine Sunday morning My love…
No Good at Love You said you wanted me to stay, Still hoping for a…
No Man's Land Well how do you do, young Willie McBride, Do you mind…
Now I'm Easy For nearly sixty years I've been a Cockie Of droughts and…
O My Luve's Like a Red Red Rose O my luve's like a red red rose That's newly sprung…
One Night As I Lay On My bed One night as I lay on my bed, I thought about…
Out of winter / waltzing's for dreamers Play me a blues song, fade down the light I'm sad…
Pavanne Pavanne, cold steel woman Pavanne. How do you love a woman …
Pharaoh Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel The dogs of…
Plains Of Waterloo As I rode out one fine summer's morning Down by the…
Pull Down Lads Haul down, lads Pass the billy round, lads Tara to Silvie, t…
Queen Among The Heather Oh, as I rode out one morning fair Over lofty hill,…
Reynard the Fox A good many gentlemen take great delight In hunting poor Rey…
Reynardine One night upon my mountain walls two miles below Fermoy I…
Rhosyn Wyn / Winterrose Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Aus einer Wurzel zart Wie uns die…
Rose Of Picardy She is watching by the poplars Colinette with the sea-blue e…
Roseville Fair Oh, the night was clear and stars were shinin' And the…
Rumours of War There are soldiers marching on the common today They were t…
Searching For Lambs "What makes you rise so soon, my love, Your journey to…
Seeds of Love I sowed the seeds of love I sowed them in the…
Send Us A Quiet Night Tonight the sky seemed so crowded with stars You'd think the…
Shallow Brown Bound away to leave you Shallow oh shallow brown Bound awa…
Shameless Love Some will call it a love song, honey Lost in the…
She Moves Among Men "Speak to me gently before we begin" She pleads but they…
She's Like the Swallow She′s like the swallow that flies so high She's like the…
Shipbuilding Is it worth it A new winter coat and shoes…
Skewball You gallant sportsmen all, pray listen to me story It's of…
Soldiers Three We Be Soldiers Three We be soldiers three Pardona moy, je …
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
Sophisticated Lady Sophisticated lady tryin' to change my ways Just because you…
Strange Affair This is a strange affair The time has come to travel…
Streets of Forbes Come all of you Lachlan men and a tearful tale…
Sudden Waves The waves, there are waves, sudden waves break over me There…
The Auld Beggarman As I was a-linking o'er the lea, The finest weel that…
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Now when I was a young man I carried me…
The Banks of the Sweet Primroses As I walked out on a midsummer's morning To view the…
The Bleacher Lassie of Kelvinhaugh As I was a-walking one fine summer's morning All along by…
The Bonny Boy I once loved a boy, and a bonny, bonny boy And…
The Bonny Hind It's May she comes and may she goes down by…
The Border Widow's Lament My love, he built me a bonny bower And clad it…
The Brean Lament The waters they washed them ashore, ashore And they never wi…
the crown of roses When Jesus Christ was yet a child He had a garden…
The Dancing Saturday night at the Adam Smith Hall The couples all move…
The Devil and Baliff Mcglynn One fine sunny evening last summer I was straying along…
The Easter Tree Rain falls upon the Easter Tree, the squirrel shakes his…
The Fair Maid of Wallington When we were silly sisters, seven sisters were so mild Five…
The Fiddle And The Drum And so once again My dear Johnny my dear friend And so…
The Fiddler The fiddler's fingers bend upon the soundboard As steady as…
The Grazier's Daughter Grazier's Daughter Oh the grazier's daughter living near …
The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry An earthly nourris sits and sings, And aye she sings, "Ba…
The Great Valerio High up above the crowd The great Valerio is walking The r…
The Grey Funnel Line Don't mind the rain or the rolling sea, The weary night…
The Irish Girl I walked on a northern shore Where the sandywort sped on…
The Jute Mill Song O, dear me, the mill is running fast And we poor…
The King of Rome (David Sudbury) In the West End of Derby lives a working…
The Merchant's Son A merchant′s son, he lived in wrong And to the begging…
The Month Of January It was in the month of January, the hills all…
The Oggie Man Well the rain's softly falling and the oggy man's no…
The Old Garden Gate As I walked out one May morning So early in the…
The Old Man's Song If they ask you where the old man's gone You may…
The Rigs Of Rye 'Twas in the month of sweet July, Before the sun had…
The Scarecrow As I walked out one summer's morn, Saw a scarecrow tied…
The Turn of the Road Will you walk with me Beyond the road's turning, Where Day…
Unicorns We were traveling north to sing and play For friends that…
Verdi Cries Verdi Cries (Merchant) The man in 119 takes his tea all …
Waiting for the Lark Sleep on child, it is not quite day For the moon…
What Will We Do What will we do if we have no money? Oh true…
What Will We Do? What will we do if we have no money? Oh true…
Where Are You Tonight Where are you tonight I wonder Where will you be tonight…
While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping Oh I've got a dog got a good dog too And…
Windy City Somewhere in the ether they are talking ship to shore But…
You Don You don't know what love is 'Til you've learned the meaning…
Young Waters All about you and the winds blows cold, and the…