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Sandy Denny - Crazy Man Michael
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Song Lyrics
Within the fire and out upon the sea,
Crazy Man Michael was walking.
He met with a raven with eyes black as coals,
And shortly they were a-talking
``Your future, your future, I would tell to you.
Your future, you often have asked me.
Your true love will die by your own right hand.
And Crazy Man Michael will cursed be.``
Michael he ranted and Michael he raved,
And beat at the four winds with his fists-o.
He laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore,
For his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss-o.
``You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate,
You speak for the devil that haunts me
For is she not the fairest in all the broad land,
Your sorcerer`s words are to taunt me.``
He took out his dagger of fire and of steel,
And struck down the raven through the heart-o.
The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin,
And the cold earth did wonder and start-o.
``Oh, where is the raven that I struck down dead,
That here`d lie on the ground-o?
I see but my true love with a wound so red,
Where her lover`s heart it did pound-o.``
Crazy Man Michael, he wanders and walks,
And talks to the night and the day-o.
But his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clear
And he longs to be far away-o.
Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes,
And asks of the wild woods their pardon.
For his true love is flown into every flower grown,
And he must be keeper of the garden.
Release History
The Sandy Denny song "Crazy Man Michael" appears on the following albums:
14 August 2000
No More Sad Refrains - The Anthology
- Fotheringay (3:07)
- Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (4:13)
- Crazy Man Michael (4:40)
- Farewell, Farewell (2:40)
- The Ballad Of Easy Rider (4:55)
- Nothing More (4:16)
- The Sea (5:32)
- The Pond And The Stream (3:19)
- Banks Of The Nile (8:07)
- Late November (4:38)
- John The Gun (5:07)
- Next Time Around (4:25)
- The North Star Grassman And The Ravens (3:29)
- When Will I Be Loved (3:16)
- Learning The Game (2:10)
- Here In Silence (3:51)
- Man Of Iron (7:38)
- It'll Take A Long Time (5:12)
- Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (4:26)
- Listen, Listen (3:56)
- The Lady (4:00)
- It Suits Me Well (5:04)
- Solo (4:23)
- Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (4:11)
- Friends (3:34)
- Carnival (5:47)
- No End (6:38)
- Stranger To Himself (Demo Version) (2:20)
- One More Chance (Demo Version) (3:48)
- For Shame Of Doing Wrong (4:31)
- One Way Donkey Ride (3:34)
- I'm A Dreamer (4:45)
- All Our Days (7:16)
- No More Sad Refrains (2:50)
No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology (disc 1)
- Fotheringay (3:07)
- Who Knows Where The Time Goes? - BBC Session - John Peel 11/9/73 (5:35)
- Crazy Man Michael (4:40)
- Farewell, Farewell (2:40)
- The Ballad Of Easy Rider (4:55)
- Nothing More (4:16)
- The Sea (live) (5:10)
- The Pond And The Stream (3:19)
- Banks Of The Nile (8:07)
- Late November (BBC Session - Bob Harris 24/8/71) (5:10)
- John The Gun (BBC In Concert - Paris Theatre 16/3/72) (3:15)
- Next Time Around (BBC In Concert - Paris Theatre 16/3/72) (4:44)
- The North Star Grassman And The Ravens (BBC In Concert - Paris Theatre 16/3/72) (3:43)
- When Will I Be Loved (3:16)
- Learning The Game (2:10)
- Here In Silence (3:51)
- Man Of Iron (7:38)
22 November 2010
Sandy Denny
- Blackwaterside (live) (3:24)
- Blues Run the Game (home demo) (3:26)
- Come All Ye (4:55)
- Fotheringay (3:07)
- I Wish I Was A Fool For You (For Shame Of Doing Wrong) (4:25)
- I Wish I Was a Fool for You (For Shame of Doing Wrong) (live) (4:32)
- It'll Take A Long Time (5:12)
- It'll Take a Long Time (demo) (4:39)
- Late November (4:38)
- Matty Groves (live) (8:19)
- Nothing More (4:16)
- On My Way (3:02)
- Solo (4:23)
- The False Bride (3:38)
- The King and Queen of England (home demo 1) (3:52)
- The Sea Captain (demo) (3:08)
- The Sea (demo) (5:20)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (home demo 2) (3:36)
- Blackwaterside (4:12)
- Gold Dust (3:56)
- John The Gun [Live] (4:47)
- Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (4:11)
- Milk and Honey (home demo) (3:39)
- Motherless Children (home demo) (2:31)
- Mr Lacey (2:55)
- Next Time Around (demo) (5:05)
- Reynardine (4:33)
- Rising for the Moon (home demo) (3:05)
- Stranger to Himself (live) (3:45)
- Sweet Rosemary (2:27)
- Sweet Rosemary (demo 2) (2:34)
- The Sea (5:32)
- Who Knows Where the Times Goes? (5:08)
- Winter Winds (demo) (2:14)
- You Never Wanted Me (3:21)
- Book Song (3:13)
- By the Time It Gets Dark (acoustic demo) (3:22)
- Candle In The Wind (4:10)
- For Nobody To Hear (4:13)
- For Nobody to Hear (demo) (4:23)
- I'm a Dreamer (live) (4:46)
- Matty Groves (8:08)
- Milk and Honey (live) (3:24)
- One More Chance (home demo) (3:46)
- Soho (home demo)
- Something You Got (live) (2:26)
- Tell Me What You See In Me (3:38)
- The Optimist (demo) (4:31)
- The Pond and the Stream (demo) (3:06)
- The Sea Captain (3:09)
- This Train (2:05)
- Whispering Grass (3:58)
- Winter Winds (2:10)
- Been on the Road So Long (live) (2:43)
- Down In The Flood (3:20)
- Down in the Flood (live) (3:14)
- Farewell, Farewell (2:40)
- Friends (3:34)
- It Ain't Me Babe (home demo) (3:44)
- Milk & Honey (4:22)
- One Way Donkey Ride (acoustic version) (3:53)
- Peace In The End (4:02)
- She Moves Through The Fair [Live] (4:11)
- Stay Awhile With Me (2:22)
- Take Me Away (4:23)
- Take Me Away (live) (4:42)
- The King and Queen of England (home demo 2) (3:52)
- "The Lord Is in This Place... How Dreadful Is This Place" (2:01)
- The Way I Feel (original version) (4:02)
- Tomorrow Is A Long Time (3:55)
- Tomorrow is a Long Time (demo) (3:33)
- Wretched Wilbur (demo) (2:36)
- After Halloween (home demo) (2:59)
- All I Need Is You (2:19)
- Carnival (5:47)
- Crazy Lady Blues (demo) (3:32)
- East Virginia (home demo) (3:23)
- I'll Keep It With Mine (5:56)
- John The Gun (5:07)
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door [Live] (4:16)
- Nothing More (live) (4:21)
- One Way Donkey Ride (3:34)
- That'll Be the Day (live) (3:01)
- The Banks of the Nile (alternate take) (7:30)
- The Deserter (4:22)
- The Last Thing On My Mind (3:33)
- The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (4:28)
- The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (demo) (2:35)
- The Quiet Land of Erin (live) (3:43)
- The Way I Feel (4:47)
- 3.10 To Yuma (3:37)
- Autopsy [Demo] (4:27)
- Dark The Night (4:30)
- Eastern Rain (3:36)
- Easy To Slip (3:25)
- Geordie (home demo) (3:42)
- I'm A Dreamer (4:45)
- Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (live) (4:11)
- Listen, Listen (3:56)
- Listen, Listen (demo) (5:07)
- Lord Bateman (6:14)
- Next Time Around (4:25)
- Rising For The Moon (4:09)
- Sail Away To The Sea (3:23)
- Tam Lin (7:20)
- The Pond And The Stream (3:19)
- The Sea (live) (5:10)
- What Is True? (home demo) (3:28)
- Winter Winds (take 1) (2:16)
- All Our Days (7:16)
- And You Need Me (3:14)
- At The End Of The Day (6:29)
- Banks Of The Nile (8:07)
- By the Time It Gets Dark (band demo) (3:25)
- Crazy Man Michael (4:40)
- In Memory (home demo) (2:31)
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor (3:19)
- Nottamun Town (3:07)
- Now And Then [Demo] (3:48)
- Restless (4:09)
- Silver Threads & Golden Needles (3:42)
- Stranger to Himself (home demo) (2:17)
- The Lady (4:00)
- The Lady (demo 2) (3:01)
- The Lady (live) (3:45)
- The Optimist (3:26)
- Bushes and Briars (3:53)
- Bushes and Briars (demo) (3:51)
- Come All Ye (take 1) (5:24)
- Crazy Lady Blues (live) (1:34)
- Fotheringay (acoustic version) (3:05)
- Gold Dust (live) (3:53)
- I Love My True Love (home demo) (2:25)
- Let's Jump The Broomstick (2:43)
- Losing Game (3:25)
- No More Sad Refrains (live take) (3:05)
- Nothing Else Will Do (Sandy Denny lead vocal) (2:13)
- Pretty Polly (2:58)
- She Moves Through The Fair (3:30)
- Take Away the Load (home demo) (1:26)
- Until The Real Thing Comes Along (3:43)
- White Dress (3:45)
- Been On The Road So Long (5:01)
- By the Time It Gets Dark (home demo) (3:14)
- Eppie Moray (4:06)
- I'm a Dreamer (live take) (5:26)
- It Suits Me Well (5:04)
- It Suits Me Well (demo) (5:03)
- Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (home demo) (2:24)
- Matty Groves (take 1) (7:44)
- Meet On The Ledge (2:49)
- No End (6:38)
- No More Sad Refrains (2:50)
- She Moves Through the Fair (acoustic version) (5:02)
- Solo (live) (4:46)
- Stranger To Himself (2:53)
- Two Weeks Last Summer (live) (4:17)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (with strings) (4:03)
- Wretched Wilbur (2:36)
- All Our Days (choral version) (3:23)
- And You Need Me (with strings) (3:08)
- Ethusel (home demo) (4:51)
- Full Moon (4:29)
- Genesis Hall (3:35)
- I'm a Dreamer (home demo 1) (4:08)
- Mr. Lacey (live) (2:56)
- My Ramblin' Boy (3:42)
- Solo (alternate version) (4:30)
- The Music Weaver (3:21)
- The Music Weaver [Demo] (3:04)
- The North Star Grassman And The Ravens (3:29)
- What Is True? (3:12)
- Wild Mountain Thyme (3:31)
- 3:10 to Yuma (re-recorded version) (3:19)
- By The Time It Gets Dark (3:24)
- Carnival (home demo) (3:09)
- Crazy Lady Blues (3:24)
- Dawn (3:43)
- Ecoute Ecoute (3:56)
- Full Moon (home demo 1) (5:01)
- It'll Take A Long Time [Live] (4:59)
- Late November (live) (3:26)
- Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (without strings) (4:10)
- No End (piano version, alternate take) (10:32)
- Si Tu Dois Partir (3:18)
- Still Waters Run Deep (2:32)
- Tell me What You See in Me (with added sitar) (3:23)
- The Banks of the Nile (live) (7:23)
- Throwaway Street Puzzle (3:06)
- After Halloween (2:56)
- Autopsy (4:23)
- For Nobody to Hear (original version) (4:24)
- Friends (alternate take without strings) (3:31)
- Gypsy Davey (3:40)
- I'm a Dreamer (alternate take without strings) (4:24)
- If You Saw Thro' My Eyes (2:22)
- Memphis Tennessee (live) (3:28)
- Pretty Polly (re-recorded version) (2:35)
- Setting of the Sun (home demo) (2:34)
- Stay Awhile with Me (with strings) (2:14)
- Still Waters Run Deep (acoustic version) (2:53)
- Take Me Away (home demo) (4:00)
- The Ballad Of Easy Rider (4:55)
- Whispering Grass (demo) (4:13)
- Wretched Wilbur (live) (2:59)
- A Sailor's Life (11:08)
- All Our Days (full length version) (8:26)
- All Our Days (home demo) (3:24)
- Blackwaterside (alternate take) (4:17)
- Boxful of Treasure (home demo) (1:41)
- Dark the Night (alternate take) (4:35)
- Dear Landlord (4:06)
- Full Moon (acoustic version) (4:18)
- Interview (1974) (4:32)
- It's A Boy (0:44)
- Milk and Honey (re-recorded version) (4:26)
- One More Chance (8:21)
- The Music Weaver (without strings) (3:25)
- Tomorrow Is a Long Time (live) (3:57)
- Trouble (live) (4:00)
- Two Weeks Last Summer (2:03)
- Until the Real Thing Comes Along (demo) (3:24)
- A Sailor's Life (original version) (11:13)
- At the End of the Day (alternate take without strings) (6:29)
- Bruton Town (band rehersal) (live) (4:27)
- Cajun Woman (2:42)
- Candle in the Wind (acoustic version) (4:18)
- Here In Silence (3:51)
- Interview (1974 no. 2) (8:05)
- Next Time Around (alternate take without strings) (4:45)
- No More Sad Refrains (home demo) (3:04)
- No More Sad Refrains (without strings) (2:31)
- The Last Thing on My Mind (re-recorded version) (3:22)
- The North Star Grassman and the Ravens (live) (2:31)
- They Don't Seem to Know You (home demo) (2:23)
- Walking The Floor Over You (4:19)
- Water Mother (2:06)
- White Dress (alternate version) (3:26)
- Dawn (alternate version) (3:25)
- Full Moon (alternate version) (4:18)
- Gerrard Street (home demo) (1:49)
- Gypsy Davey (Joe Boyd mix) (3:32)
- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor (re-recorded version) (3:08)
- Man Of Iron (7:38)
- Moments (Bryn Haworth) (3:25)
- No End (alternate take without strings) (6:39)
- No End (Solo piano version) (7:36)
- One More Chance (live) (8:21)
- Sir Patrick Spens (3:35)
- Still Waters Run Deep (home demo) (3:06)
- That'll Be the Day (2:00)
- The 12th of Never (2:28)
- What Will I Do with Tomorrow (2:24)
- Are the Judges Sane? (3:18)
- Fotheringay (home demo) (1:58)
- I Wish I Was a Fool for You (For Shame of Doing Wrong) (original version) (4:19)
- Late November (Joe Boyd mix) (4:20)
- Love's Made a Fool of You (3:07)
- No More Sad Refrains (live) (2:27)
- One More Chance (take 1) (3:29)
- One Way Donkey Ride (home demo) (4:08)
- Percy's Song (6:46)
- Sweet Rosemary (demo 1) (3:00)
- The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (take 1) (7:30)
- Breakfast in Mayfair (3:35)
- Gold Dust (alternate version) (4:18)
- I'm a Dreamer (home demo 2) (4:31)
- I Need You (1:41)
- Million Dollar Bash (2:54)
- She Moves Through the Fair (home demo) (4:03)
- The Lady (demo 1) (3:24)
- The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (take 4) (5:35)
- Two Weeks Last Summer (Joe Boyd mix) (3:35)
- Who Knows Where the Times Goes? (live) (7:09)
- Willie and the Hand Jive (3:23)
- After Halloween [Demo] (2:58)
- Full Moon (home demo 2) (4:01)
- Mr. Lacey (Sandy Denny lead vocal version) (2:57)
- Still Waters Run Deep (original version) (2:34)
- The Time Has Come (home demo) (4:01)
- When Will I Be Loved (3:16)
- Learning The Game (2:10)
- Makes Me Think of You (home demo) (2:47)
- Moments (acoustic version) (3:27)
- Seven Virgins (home demo) (2:54)
- A Little Bit of Rain (home demo) (2:30)
- Go Your Own Way My Love (home demo) (4:09)
- Cradle Song (home demo) (2:28)
- Blue Tattoo (home demo) (2:58)
- The Quiet Land of Erin (home demo) (3:20)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (home demo 1) (4:31)
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