Songwriter (credits consistently not included on KZitem) was Si Kahn. About a mill in Aragon, Georgia built in 1898, and survived for another century as a place of manufacturing of various textile products. It burned to the ground in 2002, but the proud smokestack still stands.
@sharonvyse3686
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful version sung and played. Lovely to see MCC melody on this one. Transatlantics were and are very special performances. 🇨🇦 🍁
@GaryKennedy-rw1yi
8 күн бұрын
Just heard this for the first time tonight on BBC Four, I'm blown away 🤯 Such a beautiful song and beautiful sung too 👏👏👏
@robertm7071
Жыл бұрын
As soon as the instruments came in it was impossible not to shed a tear. Wonderful singing and such exquisite playing.
@thomasmclurg1849
5 жыл бұрын
If i wrote a song i would love to play at transatlantic sessions. Cream of the crop...
@cameronsmith6755
6 жыл бұрын
I hope Mr. Kahn has heard this version of his classic. Beautiful!
@PurpleBeattie
7 ай бұрын
A thing of beauty is a joy forever ♥️🏴
@jkalarkhall
9 жыл бұрын
Truly wonderful original song, sung by a magnificent singer - what's not to like!! Of course the multi-talented group of musicians and singers make the whole performance even greater than the sum of these mighty constituent parts! I was lucky enough to see & hear Karen sing this live at the transatlantic sessions concert in Glasgow just a few months before the programs came out on the BBC! Like others below this was my favourite performance of the whole series 6!
@margaretjoanmacisaac4766
8 жыл бұрын
stunningly sad and beautiful...
@evjoja
7 жыл бұрын
Shivers down my spine, this is so sad and so beautiful
@montelee8244
5 жыл бұрын
Great song and performance
@paulroberts5677
10 жыл бұрын
I've found this song but called Belfast Mill. It's the same song. Love how these folk do it.
@_TheFlowerofScotland
2 жыл бұрын
At the east end of town at the foot of the hill, there‘s a chimney so tall it says Aragon Mill. But there‘s no smoke at all comin’ out of it’s stack, since the mill has shut down it‘s never coming back. And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town weave and spin, weave and spin There's no children playin‘ in the dark narrow streets, since the mill has shut down, it's so quiet that I can't sleep. The mill has shut down, but it's the only life I know tell me, what will I do, tell me, where will I go? And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town weave and spin, weave and spin. I'm too old to work, and I'm too young to die. Tell me, where will I go now, my family and I? There‘s no use anymore for these cotton mills it seems but the sound of the loom still haunts my dreams.
@bobhartman-berrier5074
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't see anybody credit the writer, Si Kahn. He wrote it in the early 70's, and then a few years later Seldom Scene picked it up and made it a bluegrass classic.
@lizthor-larsen7618
4 жыл бұрын
early 70s? wow it sounds so 30s
@suzannerodriguez8600
3 жыл бұрын
The Mill Run Dulcimer Band did a good job of it too!
@leostewart363
3 жыл бұрын
Bob,what was his other great composition.
@sylviaashton3562
6 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song, I heard it first by a performer at a local folk club. I love this rendition of it.
@johnbutcher1710
3 жыл бұрын
amazing , lost for words ...
@Stringman1950
5 жыл бұрын
What a gorgeous melody.
@ukdodger
10 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Thanks for posting.
@jeffgates7146
7 жыл бұрын
I live in aragon today is my first time hearing. Lived through the closing, hauntingly true.
@SusanElliot
10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful take one another old favourite.
@briany08
8 жыл бұрын
such a haunting song but in a nice way.sends shivers through me.
@richardpowell1645
9 жыл бұрын
this is the original song. Belfast Mill is a homage to this song; the spirit resonants throughout the UK where all the mills have closed.
@suzannerodriguez8600
3 жыл бұрын
Here in the Midlands of South Carolina also. Dozens of mills moved over seas, leaving thousands unemployed. The milltowns supplied everything to these poor people. Schools for their children, churches, homes and jobs. For generations that is all those families knew and how were they paid for their loyalty? They showed up for work, only to find the gates of the mills chained and locked. Many are dead now but many still live, never having been able to find employment elsewhere. The mills were, literally, the only life they knew and there is no training or help for them here. It's a tragic, heartbreaking story and I have always wondered why the news people have never done a documentary about it. We always hear about the people who live in the coal mining towns but you never hear about the tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, who dedicated their lives to the cotton mills. The health problems they have are just horrible.
@l.briant3537
Жыл бұрын
It's by Si Kahn. It's a song from USA 1970 Mill in Aragon, Georgia
@robertdigout5008
Жыл бұрын
This is the first version of this song I've heard since I heard it sung by the group, Bok Muir and Trickett in the 80's. Great job!
@sandraharrison1348
9 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful!
@petercallaghan9851
6 жыл бұрын
Karen Matheson - I'll finally get to Scotland next year, 2019. Is your kettle on? God, how I'd love to have a cuppa with you. My surname is Irish but I am Scottish through and through. I'll bring biscuits!
@michaelgrimes1131
Жыл бұрын
Aeh! I'd love to see Scotland again myself!
@garistin1
9 жыл бұрын
superb ... was near tears ...
@dr.maguriandoctor652
3 жыл бұрын
Wow ....A plus.........really well done.....old music teacher.....xo
@paul1826
7 күн бұрын
A beautiful performance
@StuartShearlaw
10 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite song on the whole TS 6 series, love it!!!
@ukdodger
10 жыл бұрын
Mine too.
@KennethWilliamElkington
4 жыл бұрын
No one touches Hazel Dickens' version imo... she oozes that poignant hard-scrabble Appalachian vibe... her haunting voice cuts deep.
@PurpleBeattie
2 жыл бұрын
Is it just me but I would never praise another version on another musicians rendition. If I had nothing to say about this version then I would say nothing.
@KennethWilliamElkington
2 жыл бұрын
@@PurpleBeattie I understand your sentiment, but the intention of my comment was to make others aware, of Hazel Dickens... a treasure.
@PurpleBeattie
2 жыл бұрын
@@KennethWilliamElkington then to do that I would have praised both renditions highlighting that I appreciate Karen however there may be another version worth listening x
@leostewart363
3 жыл бұрын
Pick up by the Furys but Christ it an embarrassment when you hear the origonal done by artisans such as these.Close to finest in collection
@ulrichfriehe3459
7 ай бұрын
Listen to the Dry Branch Fire Squad version of the song.
@bobmoshe
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful version, but where's the attribution to Si Kahn?
@jamielaidlaw
7 жыл бұрын
Goodness
@tsb3093
2 жыл бұрын
Great song and fantastic performance…however the lyrics were not accurate in the tale of Aragon Mill as the mill of that name in fact did reopen under new ownership at about the time the song was composed. Doesn’t change anything….just an interesting anecdote.
@johnmorrissey397
6 жыл бұрын
Think Mary Black also released this song back in the day also a classics
@Ravenscaller
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting interpretation. They changed the melody quite a bit. Hazel Dickens sings it like it was written. Three chords and the truth.
@mactcampbell
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. This is a good version. That's what makes folk music so interesting, No rigid format.
@Stringman1950
4 жыл бұрын
Love all the players, but Danny Thompson’s expressions are remarkable.
@paddymcdaid3447
4 жыл бұрын
Hazel dickens the best. U not bad hen. 🐶woof👍
@voicecheck4976
7 жыл бұрын
Fair play to Karen getting up and doing this
@robertsmyth4998
4 жыл бұрын
Karen sang it solo at Celtic connections possibly two years ago, even more touching , a beautiful lady
@lizthor-larsen7618
4 жыл бұрын
nice
@mactcampbell
2 жыл бұрын
No mistake about it, Karen could sing.
@gerardtango7884
Жыл бұрын
Ex "life in a northern town"
@kidcharlemagne7238
7 жыл бұрын
Still think Planxty are the definite version, Andy's voice haunts me to ZZZZZland :)
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