REQ: Lyrics and midi files
Lesley Henneberger
writing the lyrics and putting the music in the background for those
tunes for which I have the lyrics. Unfortunately I can't find the
lyrics for several songs. Can anyone help me with the lyrics or cite
a reference to the lyrics of:
After the Battle of Aughrim
Blue Bonnets Over the Border
Brian Boru's March
Country Gardens
Mist Covered Mountains
I also have some unidenifiable tunes whose file names are:
Anne_e.mid
Adieudun.mid
Hewlett.mid
Travels.mid
Welcomsc.mid
If the name doesn't ring any bells you can listen to them
at my folk page. It's at
http://www.epix.net/~lesley/folk.html
Thanks very much!!!I'd appreciate any help at all!
Lesley Henneberger
les...@epix.net
http://www.epix.net/~lesley
Howard Mitchell
......
> I also have some unidenifiable tunes whose file names are:
>
> Anne_e.mid
> Adieudun.mid
> Hewlett.mid
Hewlett.mid is ...er "Hewlett" by Turlough (O')Carolan (1670-1738) a
blind Irish harper responsible for many fine tunes.
I'll take a look at the rest.
Howard Mitchell
Pat Gamache
>
>
>The Hewlett should have not words, at least not any that I have heard of...It is an O'Caolan piece for the harp. Our group plays it regularly at weddings, parties, etc. have you checked the lyrics index within Ceolas for the others, particularly the Blue Bonnets song? I think I saw something over there once. Hope this helps. Pat Gamache <p...@jax-inter.net>
Henrik Norbeck
>
>I have been collecting folk midis for part of my home page. I'm
>writing the lyrics and putting the music in the background for those
>tunes for which I have the lyrics. Unfortunately I can't find the
>lyrics for several songs. Can anyone help me with the lyrics or cite
>a reference to the lyrics of:
>
>After the Battle of Aughrim
me if I'm wrong.
>Blue Bonnets Over the Border
>Brian Boru's March
I don't think this one has any lyrics either.
>Country Gardens
>Mist Covered Mountains
If you mean the jig "The Mist Covered Mountain" (composed by Junior Crehan),
it doesn't have any lyrics that I know of.
>
>I also have some unidenifiable tunes whose file names are:
>
>Anne_e.mid
>Adieudun.mid
>Hewlett.mid
This one is a tune composed by the blind harpist Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738)
and it's called "Hewlett".
>Travels.mid
>Welcomsc.mid
>
--
Henrik Norbeck, Stockholm, Sweden
henrik....@mailbox.swipnet.se
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1789/ Irish & Swedish Tunebook
Richard Robinson
Henrik Norbeck <henrik....@mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote:
>>
>>After the Battle of Aughrim
>I think this is a lament for the pipes, and does not have any lyrics. Correct
>me if I'm wrong.
I've never heard it played slow, I know it as a polka :-)
See my tunebook for the dots, if interested.
--
Richard Robinson, Leeds, UK ric...@beulah.demon.co.uk
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
Craig Cockburn
<henrik....@mailbox.swipnet.se>
>
>>Country Gardens
>>Mist Covered Mountains
>If you mean the jig "The Mist Covered Mountain" (composed by Junior Crehan),
>it doesn't have any lyrics that I know of.
>
>>
>
soundtrack - the Gaelic name is chi mi na morbheanna
Craig
--
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http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~craig/
Sgri\obh thugam 'sa Gha\idhlig ma 'se do thoil e.
Henrik Norbeck
>
>In article <4l6jj2$6...@mn5.swip.net>,
>Henrik Norbeck <henrik....@mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>After the Battle of Aughrim
>>I think this is a lament for the pipes, and does not have any lyrics. Correct
>>me if I'm wrong.
>
>I've never heard it played slow, I know it as a polka :-)
>See my tunebook for the dots, if interested.
>
You're probably right. There are (at least) two "Battle of Aughrim" tunes.
One of them is a march (and could also be played as a polka), and the other
one is a lament or slow air. I might have confused the names of the tunes.
jmax...@ivory.trentu.ca
The Mist Covered Mountains as far as I know isn't considered a jig. It's
played either as an air or as a waltz. It's a traditional Scottish tune, but
I am unsure of its original origin.
Jim
Lesley Henneberger
>The Mist Covered Mountains as far as I know isn't considered a jig. It's
>played either as an air or as a waltz. It's a traditional Scottish tune, but
>I am unsure of its original origin.
>
>
>Jim
>
The version I have on my page is also slow - I think an air rather
than a waltz, though I can't be sure given my limited musical
background...
Incredibly a friend of mine found lyrics for Mist Covered Mountains, I
have no idea where!
Lesley
http://www.epix.net/~lesley/folk.html
Lesley Henneberger
les...@epix.net
http://www.epix.net/~lesley
Folk Music Midi Page at:
http://www.epix.net/~lesley/folk.html
Turlough Carolan Page at:
http://www.epix.net/~lesley/carolan.html
Anselm Lingnau
Craig Cockburn <cr...@scot.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Ann an sgriobhainn <4l6jj2$6...@mn5.swip.net>, sgriobh Henrik Norbeck
> <henrik....@mailbox.swipnet.se>
> >If you mean the jig "The Mist Covered Mountain" (composed by Junior Crehan),
> >it doesn't have any lyrics that I know of.
>
> Perhaps the Mist Covered mountains is the tune on the Local Hero
> soundtrack - the Gaelic name is chi mi na morbheanna
AFAIK these are two different tunes.
Anselm
--
Anselm Lingnau ......................... lin...@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de
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microprocessor folks. --- John Mashey
Craig Cockburn
Lesley Henneberger <les...@epix.net>
>jmax...@ivory.trentu.ca wrote:
>
>
>>The Mist Covered Mountains as far as I know isn't considered a jig. It's
>>played either as an air or as a waltz. It's a traditional Scottish tune, but
>>I am unsure of its original origin.
>>
>>
>>Jim
>>
>The version I have on my page is also slow - I think an air rather
>than a waltz, though I can't be sure given my limited musical
>background...
>
>Incredibly a friend of mine found lyrics for Mist Covered Mountains, I
>have no idea where!
>
The Gaelic lyrics are in most Gaelic song books, it's one of the
most popular Gaelic tunes around. I think it's a Harris emigration
song.
Barrie McCombs
: >The version I have on my page is also slow - I think an air rather
: >than a waltz, though I can't be sure given my limited musical
: >background...
: >
: >Incredibly a friend of mine found lyrics for Mist Covered Mountains, I
: >have no idea where!
: >
: The Gaelic lyrics are in most Gaelic song books, it's one of the
: most popular Gaelic tunes around. I think it's a Harris emigration
: song.
Ryan's Fancy (from Newfoundland, now split up) did a version of MCM in
English. This was my first exposure to the tune. I only found out it
was a traditional fiddle tune in the past few months.
- Barrie
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jmax...@ivory.trentu.ca
In article <317e7e73...@newsserver.epix.net>, les...@epix.net (Lesley Henneberger) writes:
>jmax...@ivory.trentu.ca wrote:
>
>
>>The Mist Covered Mountains as far as I know isn't considered a jig. It's
>>played either as an air or as a waltz. It's a traditional Scottish tune, but
>>I am unsure of its original origin.
>>
>>
>>Jim
>>
>than a waltz, though I can't be sure given my limited musical
>background...
>
>Incredibly a friend of mine found lyrics for Mist Covered Mountains, I
>have no idea where!
The lyrics you refer too are a later creation based on the title of the air. I
believed it's called 'The Mist Covered Mountains of Home'. There is also
another song by the Rankins (not the gaelic one) called 'Hush Hush' which has
also been put to The Mist covered Mountains. I'd be really interested if
anyone had any idea of its origin (ie. date, composer).
The version in the film 'Local Hero' is done as really nice waltz.
Jim