VOYAGE
OF THE MOON
MARY HOPKIN
SONGWRITER:
DONOVAN
COUNTRY: WALES
ALBUM: POST
CARD
LABEL: APPLE
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR:
1969
Mary Hopkin (born 3 May
1950), credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti (from her marriage to Tony
Visconti), is a Welsh folk singer best known for her 1968 UK number one single
"Those Were The Days". She was one of the first musicians to sign to The
Beatles Apple label.
Postcard, known as Post Card, is the debut
album by Mary Hopkin. It was produced by Paul McCartney and released by Apple
Records in February 1969 in the UK and in March 1969 in the US. It reached number 3
in the UK and number 28 in the US. It also reached number 26 in Canada. The original US version differed from the
UK version by including the hit single "Those Were the Days" instead
of a cover of "Someone to Watch Over Me". The album included three songs written by
the folk singer Donovan, one of which, "Lord of the Reedy River", was
deemed to be one of the album highlights by AllMusic critic Richie Unterberger. Rolling Stone
critic John Mendelsohn regarded Hopkin's voice as being well-suited to the
Donovan songs, although he considered the songs themselves to be
"ponderous and over-long". Unterberger felt that the only problem with
the album was that it contained too many pre-rock standards, in accordance with
McCartney's tastes, which were not as well suited to Hopkin as more simple folk
songs. Mendelsohn
praised McCartney’s production as much as Hopkin’s singing. The album was launched
by Hopkin at the Post Office Tower, London, on 13 February 1969. McCartney
attended.
The 2010 CD reissue includes both "Those
Were the Days" and "Someone to Watch Over Me", as well as four
bonus tracks including "Turn! Turn! Turn!", which was the B-side of
"Those Were the Days", and Hopkin's second single "Goodbye",
written by McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney, plus five versions in Italian, Spanish,
German and French of "Those Were The Days" as a digital download.
The moon is like a boat my Love
Of lemon peel afloat my love
And with a sail of gauze my love
She seems to slightly pause
Upon her silent way
All on her starry way
I see her pearly decks my love
Set in with diamond specks my love
I see her pearly mast my love
Far from her seashell past
And softly does she sway
All on her starry way
Of silk they have been spun my love
Her ropes that limply run my love
Down to her carved prow my love
Down to her mermaid prow
And gently does she sway
All on her starry way
She seems to link her long my love
and if spell by a song my love
I know she terries thought my love
And journey unforgot
She makes her starry way
She makes her starry way
All in the sea of sky my love
The moonships sail and fly my love
Tho' many are their kind my Love
Tho' all need but one wind
To make their starry ways
To make their starry ways
And there will come a time my love
O may it be in mine my love
When men will proudly rise my love
And board to sail the skies
Moonships from all the spheres
Moonships from all the spheres
The men be bathed in light my love
The women clothed in white my love
All in that wonderous fleet my love
As each the other meets
Will smile and softly sing
Will smile and softly sing
And on some distant sand my love
The ships will gently land my love
Fair folk will meet them there my love
With flowing golden hair
And great will be their joy
and great will be their joy
The moon is like a boat my love
Of lemon peel afloat my love
And with a sail of gauze my love
She seems to slightly pause...
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