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Lyr/Tune Req: Devon, Glorious Devon
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Subject: Devon, Glorious Devon From: BC Date: 06 Sep 02 - 07:12 PM For more than 35 years I have had two and a half verses (plus the chorus) for 'Devon, Glorious Devon' - a great song. Can anyone please provide any more? |
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Subject: RE: Devon, Glorious Devon From: greg stephens Date: 06 Sep 02 - 07:37 PM Alas, no, I only know the first bit. But if you care to start a Devon sub-group of Mudcat like the Hull boys I'll be glad to drop in(unless you're from south Devon, in which case too bad, I'm from Barnstaple). |
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Subject: RE: Devon, Glorious Devon From: Wotcha Date: 06 Sep 02 - 08:45 PM I went to school down Tivvy ... I get back once every couple of years ... if you start something let me know! Cheers, Brian |
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Subject: RE: Devon, Glorious Devon From: John MacKenzie Date: 08 Sep 02 - 11:28 AM I love the lines As crumpy as a lump of lead Be a loaf without good leaven But the yeast Mother England, do make for her bread Is Devon, is Devon glorious Devon Giok |
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Subject: RE: Devon, Glorious Devon From: Nigel Parsons Date: 08 Sep 02 - 11:37 AM Three and a half verses are Here Nigel (35 mls ENE of Foreland Point, Devon) |
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Subject: RE: Devon, Glorious Devon From: Liz the Squeak Date: 08 Sep 02 - 03:16 PM Huh, it's only so beautiful because Dorset's too small to hold it all! Dorset is even more beautiful than Ireland - saw a CD yesterday of "Oirish" songs, a collection of songs that was so Oirish it would make your teeth itch... all nicely packaged on a picture of Gold's Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset! Remember the Hovis bread adverts of the 1970's? That boy and the long walk up the hill? Couldn't be farther from Yorkshire and still stay in mainland England... it's the same hill in Dorset!! LTS |
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Subject: Lyr Add: DEVON, GLORIOUS DEVON (Sir Edward German) From: Joe Offer Date: 08 Sep 02 - 05:38 PM We've been getting too many links and too few lyrics lately. Links die, lyrics live forever. These are the lyrics Nigel linked to. -Joe Offer- DEVON, GLORIOUS DEVON Written by Sir Edward German (1862 - 1936, born Edward German Jones). Combe and tor, green meadow and lane, birds on the waving bough. Beetling cliffs by the surging main, rich red loam for the plough. Devon's the font of the finest blood that braces England's breed. Her maidens fair as the apple bud and her men are men indeed. When Adam and Eve were dispossed of the garden, hard by Heaven, they planted another one down in the West - 'twas Devon, 'Twas Devon, glorious Devon. Spirits to old world heroes wake by river and cove and hoe. Grenville, Hawkins, Raleigh, Drake and a thousand more we know. To every land the wide World oer some slips of the old stock roam. Leal friends in peace, dread foe in war, with hearts still true to home. Old England's Counties, by the sea, from East to West are seven. But the gem to that fair galaxy 'tis Devon, 'tis Devon, glorious Devon. Dorset, Somerset, Corn'all, Wales may envy the likes of we. For the flower of the West, the first, the best, the pick o' the bunch us be. Squab pie, junket and cider brew, richest of cream from the cow. What'd old England wi'out 'em do, and where'd un be to now? As crumpy as a lump o' lead be a loaf wi'out good leaven. But the yeast mother England did use for her bread be Devon, be Devon, glorious Devon. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: BC Date: 08 Sep 02 - 07:34 PM Many thanks to Nigel Parsons for the FULL version - great. Many thanks also to others who have offered various comments. No links now needed - all done and dusted! BC |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: Nigel Parsons Date: 09 Sep 02 - 07:12 AM Joe: sorry, I'm never sure whether to link or post, particularly when (as in this case) the author is not yet 70 years in the sod, and the site I linked to was unable to say where the copyright lay Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: Tattie Bogle Date: 09 Sep 02 - 06:44 PM Any chance of posting the tune too? My husband's from Sidmouth, but can't get him singing in public, though he's got a great voice! This one might persuade him! Tattie B |
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Subject: Devon, Glorious Devon - melody From: GUEST,Don Date: 22 Aug 04 - 11:03 PM I have the words to "Devon, Glorious Devon". Can anyone help on the melody? Is it sung to anything well known? |
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Subject: music rqd: devon glorious devon From: GUEST,Geo Date: 04 Oct 04 - 02:06 AM Where can I get the music to Edward German's "Devon, Glorious Devon", preferably on line? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/tune req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: masato sakurai Date: 04 Oct 04 - 04:49 AM "Glorious Devon" is on Peter Dawson: Songs and Arias (with sound clip). According to Plymouth Song Index, "Glorious Devon" is in these songbooks: Edwardian songbook: drawing-room ballads, 1900-1 1982 Songbook |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/tune req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: Inükshük Date: 04 Oct 04 - 01:53 PM Forgive me for this. My Dad was from Plymouth and I can still hear him reciting, "Devon, Devon, glorious Devon, where it rains six days of seven, and on the seventh day it pours." But I can still recall the lush green meadows and the laden orchards. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/tune req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: Tattie Bogle Date: 04 Oct 04 - 07:24 PM Only 2 years to get the tune: I'd given up on it! Thanks, Masato, for coming up trumps again! |
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Subject: mus rqd: Devon Glorious Devon From: GUEST,Max Date: 08 Jan 05 - 01:10 AM I've tried this before with no luck. I need the music to Edward German's "Devon, Glorious Devon." Is it available via audio file or even printed? Max |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: Joe Offer Date: 08 Jan 05 - 02:37 AM Hi, Max - I moved you over to this thread. You'll find partial answers above - but so far, no notation. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: BB Date: 10 Jan 05 - 03:09 PM I have a copy of the words and music (words, by the way, are by Harold Boulton - not Edward German), which I am happy to snail-mail a copy of to anyone who needs it, in exchange for the copying and postage costs. (Sorry if that sounds mean, but money is extremely tight at present.) PM me if you want a copy. Max, you'll have to sign up to Mudcat to PM me. Barbara |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: The Unicorn Man Date: 11 Jan 05 - 03:00 PM This sounds like a lovely song. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Devon, Glorious Devon From: GUEST,John in Brisbane Date: 17 Jan 05 - 04:05 AM If it's easier all round I can get this in the next couple of days. Regards, John Title: The Edwardian song book [music] : drawing-room ballads, 1900-1914, from the catalogue of Boosey & Co. / selected and introduced by Michael R. Turner and Antony Miall Publication: London : Methuen, 1982 Description: 1 score (232 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm Notes: Contains 34 songs. ISBN: 0413497909 Subject(s): Ballads, English Songs (Medium voice) with piano Other Author(s): Turner, Michael R. Miall, Antony Other Title(s): Land of hope and glory England, my England Drake's drum The trumpeter The old superb My old shako Drake goes west Won't you join the army? Trottin' to the fair My ain folk Glorious Devon My dear soul The cornish emigrant's song Macushla Linden lea Danny boy Up from Somerset Nirvana Kashmiri song Till i wake Dreaming of thee Roses Thora I hear you calling me Mighty lak a rose Falmouth town Toddles Mother o' mine Stonecracker Beyond the dawn Friend o' mine Down the vale Good night, dear heart The maiden in grey |
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