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Subject: LYRICS REQUIRED - ELVIRA MADIGAN From: GUEST,IAN RIPPEY Date: 06 Dec 02 - 09:17 PM Dear All, Does anyone out there know the complete lyrics of "Elvira Madigan"? (I can remember the first verse, which is shown below). This was (as with "All The Good Times" - the lyrics of which were also the subject of a recent posting by me) on a double vinyl album by the Northern english folk duo "Mr. Fox" (Bob and Carolanne Pegg) about the 1970s. My brother used to have this album but it apparently got lost in one of his many house moves over the years (though he has been in the same one for about 10 years now, since he got married). There is also a film of the same name, which seems to be based on a Swedish couple (the man leaves his wife for Elvira Madigan)who end up committing suicide (as they do in Sweden!). From what I remember of the words, the film follows roughly the same theme (or vice-versa) but I do not know which came first. Elvira was a circus girl who walked the tightrope bravely She travelled through Europe and she knew what men were for He was in the cavalry, wore braid upon his tunic A handsome bearded horseman who had never been to war The chorus goes: You would say if you met them they were golden eyed children For the one thing they wanted they gave up health and fame God help Elvira and God help her lover And God help anyone who tries to do the same I do not know whether the story is based on real life. Madigan is a rather Irish soundin name, and if one was making a fictional film based in Sweden one would probably call the female protagonist Erikkson or something. So perhaps there is some factual basis - better check the Internet. Hope someone out there can help me. IAN RIPPEY 7.12.2002 |
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Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUIRED - ELVIRA MADIGAN From: katlaughing Date: 07 Dec 02 - 01:02 AM It probably doesn't help much, unless you can contact the website owner and ask her for a translation, but I did find the story behind it, plus the lyrics in Swedish, and pictures of the couple at this site. I also found mention of the Mr. Fox album but no lyrics. Good luck! kat |
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Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUIRED - ELVIRA MADIGAN From: katlaughing Date: 07 Dec 02 - 01:07 AM A little more success: you can purchase a cassette tape of both of Mr. Fox's albums for very inexpensively at this site: click here. |
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Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUIRED - ELVIRA MADIGAN From: GUEST,IAN RIPPEY Date: 07 Dec 02 - 11:26 AM Dear All, Thanks to "Katlaughing" for his/her help. There is a website about a poem which someone has written, based on the original film. It apepars that it was based in Denmark, not Sweden, at the following adress http://www.nhi.clara.net/bs0351.htm It looks like I will have to buy the album again! IAN RIPPEY 7.12.2002 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ELVIRA MADIGAN From: SINSULL Date: 07 Dec 02 - 01:23 PM I didn't know there was a lyric. The movie featured Mozart if I remember. Very much a "chick" movie and among my favorites. I sobbed and the guy with me asked "Why didn't he just get a job?" I was just talking about this one with a younger co-worker who thought that "Titanic" was the first "chick" movie. She and others had never heard of Woody Guthrie or Pete Seeger either. There is work to be done. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: ELVIRA MADIGAN From: Red and White Rabbit Date: 07 Dec 02 - 03:04 PM This is the version I know Elvira was a circus girl who walked the tightrope bravely she travelled through Europe and she knew what men were for He was in the cavalry wore braid upon his tunic A handsome bearded captain who had never been to war chorus you would say if you met them they were golden eyed children for the one thing they wanted they gave up health and fame God help Elvira and God help her lover And God help anyone who tries to do the same He left his wife and family and regiment behind him Tore the braid from his tunic Tossed his buttons on the ground She left the roaring crowds and circus lights behind her To go with a deserter and flee from town to town And manys the time they thought they'd found their safety A room to live and shelter from the wind and the rain But a knock at the door or a face at the window And many's the time they were on the road again She sold her last possessions to buy a loaf and butter He robbed a hen house they left once more to roam In the middle of a meadow they both sat down to picnic When he touched Elvira she was cold as a stone She knew that his pistol was hidden in the basket She whispered to her lover make it soon make it soon Elvira chased the butterfly and caught it in her fingers She fell from the tightrope and the audience went home |
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