As I Roved Out

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Robert Plant will release his first music with new band Saving Grace, giving everyone who purchases a ticket to the November UK tour a digital copy of the song “As I Roved Out”. Since forming in 2019, Saving Grace have received numerous acclaims for their live shows with Bob Harris describing it as " One of the best gigs I’ve seen in years" and Toni Woodward, Americana UK providing a perfect summary: “…These five musicians have produced a supreme ninety minutes of music with considered interpretations of others’ compositions, ensuring they present an innovative exploration of the songs whilst maintaining their true essence. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Sometimes it’s the man who makes the running in the relationship but sometimes it’s the girl who takes the lead. Following their incredible live shows, Saving Grace have just announced their first ever track release, “As I Roved Out".

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If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. The girl says there’s plenty of oats for a horse to eat “if he’s able” and there’s plenty of wine for a soldier boy to drink “if he’s able”.The songs usually involve a young man – possibly a soldier, a sailor or even a nobleman – who sees a young girl while travelling through the countryside and manages to charm his way into her bed. The band have been performing together since 2019 but have not yet officially released any music, despite having already recorded an album and Plant trademarking the band name for music and merchandise. She invites him to her mother’s house in the middle of the night saying “devil ‘o one would hear us” – meaning, of course, that no one would hear them. Irish folk music abounds with songs about young maidens “giving” themselves to rakish men who then abandon them the next morning.

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Seventeen Come Sunday", also known as "As I Roved Out", is an English folk song ( Roud 277, Laws O17) which was arranged by Percy Grainger for choir and brass accompaniment in 1912 and used in the first movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite in 1923. However the details of the texts are so different that the Roud Folk Song Index classifies them separately. Furthermore, this odyssey has been undertaken in the spirit of appreciation, musicianship, and exultation: they truly are a band of joy!

The version of As I Roved Out featured here is the one made popular by Christy Moore and later covered by Loreena McKennit on her album The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Following the announcement on August 15 of a November UK tour for Saving Grace, Plant’s Facebook post announcing the tour was edited on August 16 to add the announcement of the band’s first music being released.

Robert Plant will release his first music with Saving Grace

Instead, news about the band is announced through the social media profiles of the individual band members.Plant hasn’t trademarked his own name, either, unlike Jimmy Page who does own trademarks to protect his personal brand including his name, his autograph and the word “ZOSO. The business owns the copyright to much of Plant’s solo career and is frequently credited in the liner notes of his albums, including “Raise The Roof. The Saving Grace filings are the only trademark applications ever filed by Trolcharm Limited or any other business used by Plant to run his solo career. Since then the band has extensively toured Europe, although a US tour was cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.