If I Prove False (Cara Dillon single)

Infobox Single
Name = If I Prove False


Artist = Cara Dillon, John Smith
from Album =
A-side = "If I Prove False"
B-side = "If I Prove False (live DVD version)"
Released = May 19 2008
Format = CD single, Digital download
Recorded = 2008
Genre = Folk, Pop
Length = 4:08
Label = Charcoal Records
Writer = traditional
Producer = Sam Lakeman
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = This Time/I Wish You Well
(2006)
This single = "If I Prove False"
(2008)
Next single =
Misc =

"If I Prove False" is a single by folk artist Cara Dillon. The single was released in conjunction with the release of her first full length DVD The Redcastle Sessions. The song became a live favourite for the singer during 2007 when she toured with guitarist and singer John Smith. The single is a duet with him, and is a traditional song. The single received airplay on national and regional radio stations, and was on the RTE Radio One playlist and BBC Radio Ulster playlist. The single is Dillon's first release under her own record label, "Charcoal Records".

Tracklisting

#If I Prove False
#If I Prove False (live DVD version)

Different Versions

In the Redcastle Sessions performance of this song, as well as when performed live, Cara sings the following lines towards the end of the song, followed by the chorus, sung by her alone:

"Night wind go tell my sailor man"

"I'll be waiting in the day"

"I long to feel his warm embrace"

"In this cold and hardy year"

The song is derived from a traditional song that is known under various titles, including "The Lass of Roch Royale", "Oh Who Will Shoe My Foot", "O, Who Will Shoe your Pretty Little Foot" and "The False True Lover". [The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection url = http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/0131/index.html]

Other Recordings

*The Lass Of Loch Royale (If I Prove False) - Kelly Joe Phelps
*If I Prove False To Thee - Bohola

Personnel

*Cara Dillon - vocals
*John Smith - vocals, guitar
*Stuart Duncan - fiddle

Notes and references