Martyn Wyndham-Read (born 23 August 1942 in Crawley, Sussex) is an English-… Read Full Bio ↴Martyn Wyndham-Read (born 23 August 1942 in Crawley, Sussex) is an English-born folk singer, notable as a collector and singer of Australian folk songs, having lived and worked in Australia from 1960 to 1967 and a regular visitor ever since. in addition to solo recordings and a range of collaborations, he also records as Martyn Wyndham-Read & No Man's Band.

In 1960 Wyndham-Read moved from Sussex to Australia where he worked on Emu Springs sheep station in South Australia. It was while he was there that he heard, first-hand, the old songs sung by some of the station hands at Emu Springs and he became captivated by these songs and the need to know more of them and where they came from grew. He moved to Melbourne and became part of the folk song revival there and throughout Australia during the early 1960s.

Wyndham-Read returned England in 1967 and met up with the renowned singer and song collector Bert Lloyd, who himself had spent time in Australia. Wyndham-Read was asked by Lloyd to be part of the album ‘Leviathan’ on the Topic label. Soon after he started recording for Bill Leader.

In the early 1970s Wyndham-Read started the ‘Maypoles to Mistletoe’ concerts which portray the seasons of the year through song, music, dance and verse. This show has been performed for the last 37 years and has in itself become a tradition at Christmas time in and around the Sussex area.

Wyndham-Read is also the instigator of the well-acclaimed Song Links Project, these are two book- and- two CD sets a celebration of English Traditional Songs and their Australian variants, and Song Links 2 compares and contrasts English traditional songs with versions that have travelled over the Atlantic and been sung (and further developed) in North America with a cast of folk performers representing the cream of singers specialising in traditional songs from their own country.

Wyndham-Read fell in love with the Australian Traditional songs and has been singing these as well as English Traditional songs since then. He was well-known for his involvement in the Folk scene in Australia in the early sixties at The Reata, Frank Traynor's, Emerald Hill, and other venues. Also very involved with new songwriters such as Graeme Miles, Stan Graham, Mike Silver, Mike O'Connor, Eric Bogle, amongst many.He is involved with shows such as Maypoles to Mistletoe and Down the Lawson Track, and the Song Links project.

His first recordings were as Brian Mooney, Martyn Wyndham-Read, David Lumsden, with the 1960 album "Moreton Bay". His first solo album was "Australian Songs" in 1965.

Also in 1965, has was part of Brian Mooney, Glen Tomasetti, Martyn Wyndham-Read with the album "Will Ye Go Lassie Go?".

In 1966, he was part of Martyn Wyndham-Read, Danny Spooner, Gordon MacIntyre & Peter Dickie, with the album "A Wench, a Whale and a Pint of Good Ale".

From 1997's "Beneath a Southern Sky", he has recorded a series of albums as Martyn Wyndham-Read & No Man's Band.

www.martynwyndhamread.com

The Last Song
Martyn Wyndham-Read Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'The Last Song' by these artists:

12 Stones I'm sorry for needing You to carry me So simple sometimes…
AAR This may be the last thing that I write for…
Above the Law experience, so you know it's gonna be some mega shit,…
Åç»ðÕ½»úFoo Fighters This is the sound The here and the now You got to…
All American This may be the last thing that I write for…
Amanda Merdzan I'm forgetting how your lips felt to kiss. I'm forgetting ho…
Appease As life goes by, the deafening silence The loneliness from …
Baby Lemonade This is the last song I will ever sing Regarding all the…
Bedford Would you hate this song if you thought it was…

Big Azz Ko [P. Diddy] 1, 2, 1, 2 Yeh why'all can hear me Make…
Big Azz Ko Bristal Loon Mark Curry & P. Diddy [P. Diddy] 1, 2, 1, 2 Yeh why'all can hear me Make…
Blueprint [Verse One] I was top ten before I ever made a…
Blutengel Hast du dich jemals gefragt Was von dir bleibt, wenn du…
Bob Seger Don't you know it doesn't matter Who you are or…
Brian Wilson Hold on tight and everything will be alright I've never real…
Camera Obscura I can't call you My phone will be relieved You can't call…
Charlotte Martin I trace your outline and how it has changed It's been…
D.F.C. ANDREO Smith-hyphen-Moore-hyphen-Brown-hyphen-Gore, Some mor…
D.J. O.G. Style I found a key For an unlocked door I took the long…
Daddy and The Long Legs The process taught me a lot of things About the Law…
Death By Stereo Go! Take the roadless travel down. A place I had to find…
Destroyer You get up, you stand up You pull your head on…
DJ Scholar/Eazy-E I took our pictures off the wall Off the shelf Off the…
Don Mescall May the sun rise up to meet you At the start…
E.K I took our pictures off the wall Off the shelf Off the…
Edge of Sanity An empty paper in front of me And the pen…
Edward Bear Did you know I go to sleep and Leave the lights…
Elton John Yesterday you came to lift me up As light as straw…
Foo Fighters This is the sound The here and the now You got to…
G4 Yesterday you came to lift me up As light as straw…
GEE$ (Yeah) (Yeah, uh) The past few years, shit been so real It's…
Griffin Anthony [Verse] I’m still not sure who won the war Sights once set…
Hilary Duff Someday you'll find the place It's the place where love take…
Iggy Azalea All I hear is bitches ain't shit All men are liars You…
Imagination Movers This is the last song of the night Pretty soon, Daddy's…
J.P. McClain & The Intruders Damn, woah, this really the last song (Yeah) And i'm still…
Jeffrey Altergott This is the last song of the show When the lights…
JLS That am I gonna do when the last song's over I…
Johnny Indovina As I try to understand With the pen held tightly in…
Josh Williams For a long time now, I've been tryin' to make…
Laura Dawn This is the last song i'll ever write you I…
Lawrence There's nothing left to say We need to make a change I…
Lillasyster THE LAST SONG I stayed up all night last night Cause I…
Loon [P. Diddy] 1, 2, 1, 2 Yeh why'all can hear me Make…
Lucero Little Mara Lee always sings so sweet On the banks…
Lucero (Country) Little Mara Lee always sings so sweet On the banks…
Lucky Soul Born on a tear That seeps from the dagger shaped hole…
Luminism In the end, we're different Great respect with nothing in co…
Marianne Faithfull Lost his own, taken down All his songs Till his all alone An…
Martin Kember Ohhh Ohhh Yeah [Verse 1:] It's been over a year since …
Matthew Check This is the last song that I’ll write, this is…
McFly The time has come to say goodbye The sun is setting…
McFly/小飞侠 The time has come to say goodbye The sun is setting…
Midnight Reign Take my breathe away Say all I need to hear And it…
Nguru Last song Refrain Every new day tells you stories Every new…
O. B. Buchana This is the last song of the record! This is the…
Orleans They say the ocean has its mountains Thrusting high beneat…
P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family [P. Diddy] 1, 2, 1, 2 Yeh why'all can hear me Make…
P. Diddy & The Family [P. Diddy] 1, 2, 1, 2 Yeh why'all can hear me Make…
P. Diddy Mark Curry Big Azz Ko & Loon [P. Diddy] 1, 2, 1, 2 Yeh why'all can hear me Make…
Paley & Francis Show me how it is again We don't need to know…
Perrion Too much boasting and bragging Gotta cut it out before a Nig…
Persephone I came to you in my darkest hour We used to…
Pig Destroyer This is the last song I'll ever write About your pale skin I…
Poison When I lost my way You were my light When the others…
Poisonblack There is not much in this life I enjoy anymore Everything's…
R.U.D.E. Listen uh 잘못 눌린 건반이 마치 너 같아 (너 같아) 바뀐…
Rihanna Here we are Midair off of the cliff Staring down at the…
Robert Cole Band This is the last lie we will share This is the…
S What a mess you've made of Your pretty head I can't believ…
Sabrina Shauna Uh uh Hey Uh uh See now it’s been 2 months And I thought…
Secondhand Serenade I wish my life was this song 'cause songs they…
Sevendust (not one thought for us but did you really think) Something…
Slaine If this the last song I ever wrote If it were…
Slaine (La Coca nostra) If this the last song I ever wrote If it were…
Sleater-Kinney This song, your song Is the last song I'll ever…
Sofi Maeda The Last Song The shadow of death is here Shrouded in dark…
T-Nutty Watching the stars.... till they're gone like an actor…
The All-American Rejects This may be the last thing that I write for…
The Bob Seger System Don't you know it doesn't matter Who you are or…
The Broken Family Band I've got one good song left in me And it's poring…
The Judas Factor There's no words to describe the feeling The helplessness, …
The K&S Band This is the last lie we will share This is the…
The Secrets The sunsets here are never quite as breathtaking as you…
The Smashing Pumpkins This is the last song This is the last song I'll…
Theory of a Deadman The light that's in your eyes, like everyone wants it to…
Thomas Dybdahl I left my heart in New York City I left my…
Thousand Foot Krutch You can throw away your expectations now And all the things…
Thunderstone Long after midnight, I'm still wide awake I'm rolling and sw…
Tide Lines On the edge of my mind is a fragment of…
Tim Halperin When it's over, I go numb And lose the feeling for…
Tom & Laura Misch It's the last country song by The last country band In the…
Tom Misch & Carmody As we stand alone There were ways we could've learned to…
trees HOUSE GIG WEEKENDS ON MY MIND POTHEAD BITCHES STEALING LIGH…
TRISOMIE 21 Can't remember feeling real And the candle burning bright Vi…
Tullycraft I was thinking of you And that you wouldn't believe all…
V.I.T.A.L. Emcee Damn, woah, this really the last song (Yeah) And i'm still…
Viper Under the dark I'm growing Cut by the light that goes…
X Japan Watching the stars till they're gone Like an actor all alon…
Yelawolf Everybody's asking me lately where I'm from They wanna know …
Yo-Yo Ma Kathryn Stott Odair Assad & Joseph Gramley You aren't who you were back then and your current self…
[unknown] The last lost song of the twentieth centuryCame out of…