If you've gotta go, go now, if not you must stay the night...
...And who wouldn't have wanted to stay the night with the wondrous singer-songwriter, Sandy Denny, who is famous for hanging out with John Bonham, Nick Drake and Keith Moon, and who also sang on some of Led Zepplin's albums - Did you know that, mes musical fruits?!
Sandy died at the tender age of 31, and the usual riders apply to her early departure...
Her friend, and fabulous fellow vocalist, Linda Thompson, said of Sandy: "...they all knew how fantastic she was. Robert Plant was the loudest singer on the planet at the time, and Sandy could blow him off the stage. You'd have to hold on to the furniture when Sandy was singing. So these guys knew what a star she was. And like a lot of girls who are unhappy about the way they look, she became one of the boys".
Here are the lyrics to Fairport Convention's Si tu dois partir, (also Bob Dylan's - If you gotta go, go now, mais as the ethereal Joan Baez mentioned recently when we saw her in concert, '...but then, Bob Dylan has stolen a lot of songs...' So who knows, mes enfants du vanessa paradis...?!)
C'est pas que je te demande
Que faire que tu ne jamais fais
C'est seulement qu'il fait trop tard
Et il fait trop noir pour trouver la porte
...And it's too dark to find the door...
Mais si tu dois partir, va t'en
Mais si tu dois partir, va t'en
Si non, tu dois rester la nuit
C'est pas que je te demande
De prendre part dans ce jeu
C'est seulement je n'ai pas de montre
Comme toujours faire le par contre
Mais si tu dois partir, va t'en
Mais si tu dois partir, va t'en
Si non, tu dois rester la nuit
Tu sais j'aurais des cauchemars
Et aussi mauvaise conscience
Si je t'empêche de faire
Ce que vraiment tu espère
Mais si tu dois partir, va t'en
Mais si tu dois partir, va t'en
Si non, tu dois rester la nuit
"Si Tu Dois Partir", (also named "Si Tu Dois Partir, Va T'En") is a French-language cover of Bob Dylan's "If You Gotta Go, Go Now". It is Fairport Convention's only charting single in the UK.
It may also be notable as having a percussion break involving wicker chairs and a renegade beer bottle. Did you hear it, my leetle bat-ears? Non?! Shame on you!
This was the band's only charting single, reaching number 21 and staying in the British Chart for nine weeks.
See this NYC graffiti? "Denny loves Sandy!" I love it...
Here are Dylan's lyrics, if you want to check them out CLICKIE
