I get a ominous feel about this song. The music and the way it's performed is just so beautiful but the lyrics are absolutely terrifying. Is there anyone who knows if there's a tale, myth or true story behind the lyrics. Also I think the "the wind light as a thief " is a reference to him beeing about to steel her life. I really like that the ending is kind of given away already in the second line: "... was Elisa Day"
It is a rewrite of a traditional folk song known as "The Oxford Girl", "The Wexford Girl", "Hanged I Shall Be" (Performed by the Albion Band under this title), "The Miller's Apprentice" and many other titles.
It is a rewrite of a traditional folk song known as "The Oxford Girl", "The Wexford Girl", "Hanged I Shall Be" (Performed by the Albion Band under this title), "The Miller's Apprentice" and many other titles.
Oysterband also rewrote it but from the point of view of the gossips in the local pub and the reporters writing about the crime. Their version is called "The Oxford Girl" and begins: - "I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl"
Oysterband also rewrote it but from the point of view of the gossips in the local pub and the reporters writing about the crime. Their version is called "The Oxford Girl" and begins: - "I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl"
I get a ominous feel about this song. The music and the way it's performed is just so beautiful but the lyrics are absolutely terrifying. Is there anyone who knows if there's a tale, myth or true story behind the lyrics. Also I think the "the wind light as a thief " is a reference to him beeing about to steel her life. I really like that the ending is kind of given away already in the second line: "... was Elisa Day"
It is a rewrite of a traditional folk song known as "The Oxford Girl", "The Wexford Girl", "Hanged I Shall Be" (Performed by the Albion Band under this title), "The Miller's Apprentice" and many other titles.
It is a rewrite of a traditional folk song known as "The Oxford Girl", "The Wexford Girl", "Hanged I Shall Be" (Performed by the Albion Band under this title), "The Miller's Apprentice" and many other titles.
Oysterband also rewrote it but from the point of view of the gossips in the local pub and the reporters writing about the crime. Their version is called "The Oxford Girl" and begins: - "I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl"
Oysterband also rewrote it but from the point of view of the gossips in the local pub and the reporters writing about the crime. Their version is called "The Oxford Girl" and begins: - "I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl"