Req: a couple of songs and a tune!

Subject: Folklore: a couple of songs and a tune!
From: brioc
Date: 16 Mar 03 - 09:19 AM

hello,
here we are again. Looking for the lyrics and if possible the notation of some songs and tunes.
the first song is The Road to Youghal ( irish ballads and songs of the sea from james n. Healy ) sung by Vin Garbut.
Then , the notation of Spanish Lady
ANd finally a great banjo tune done by the Dubliners from their Album 15 years on, in 1973 called Salamanca!

happy searching!
Brioc

Subject: RE: Folklore: a couple of songs and a tune!
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Mar 03 - 09:42 AM

Lyrics for Road are posted here. Hold on while I go get Salamanca.

Subject: RE: Folklore: a couple of songs and a tune!
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Mar 03 - 09:43 AM

Gif image of Salamanca is here. I'll see if I can find notation for Road and Spanish Lady.

Subject: RE: Folklore: a couple of songs and a tune!
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Mar 03 - 09:52 AM

JC's Tune Finder just crashed, but if you have MidiNotate or NoteWorthy Composer, go here (Contemplator) for Spanish Lady and a Midi will play. With the right program, you can create sheet music from that. No luck yet with Road.

Subject: Tune Add: Road to Youghal
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Mar 03 - 10:30 AM

T:Road to Youghal
M:C|
L:1/4
S:Trad, arr. Paddy O'Brien
R:reel
Z:Set: Road to Youghal/Conlan's Well/Holly Bush
K:G
B|~d2 Bd ABGE|DGBG AE ~E2|GEDE GABd|gbaf gedB|\
GB ~B2 eBdB|AcBG AGEG|gfgd (3efg dB|DEGA BGG:|\
d|gfge ~d2BG|ABcd eAAB|dg~g2 dcBG|FGAc BcBA|\
GB~B2 GBdB|cBcd eAAf|gfgd (3efg dB|DEGA BGG:|

From Walshaw's Web Wide ABC Index

Subject: RE: Req: a couple of songs and a tune!
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 16 Mar 03 - 12:45 PM

The song is usually called Youghal Harbour, and that isn't its tune, I'm afraid. In fact, Healy printed it as My Sunday Morning Maiden; evidently Vin changed the title, hence the confusion with the Road to Youghal reel. The story varies rather among traditional and broadside versions. I don't have the Healy book, but Colm O Lochlainn (Irish Street Ballads, 1939) prints a set which, though rather different in text (taken from a broadside), has virtually the same tune, albeit in a rhythm different from the Garbutt arrangement. It's associated, in slightly different forms, with a number of other songs, too, such as The Streets of Derry, The Galway Shawl and Boulavogue.

X:1
T:Youghal Harbour
S:Colm O Lochlainn
B:Irish Street Ballads, 1939
N:Roud 2734
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
M:3/4
K:F
F|F C F2 A c|f e d2 (fd)|
c A F2 (GA)|G F D3 (D/E/)|F C F2 (Ac)|
f e d2 (fd)|c A (A3/2G/) F G|F F F3 c|
c A c2 d e|f e d2 f d|c A F2 G A|
G F D3 E|F C F2 A c|
f e d2 f d|c A (A3/2G/) F G|F F F3|]


There are a number of broadside editions at  Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads:

Youghall Harbour

Number 2734 in the Roud Folk Song Index.

Subject: RE: Req: a couple of songs and a tune!
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 08:39 AM

LOL, Malcolm! Just proves once again that titles are unreliable.

Subject: RE: Req: a couple of songs and a tune!
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 09:47 AM

JC's is finally back. Here are the choices for Spanish Lady there:Click! You'll have to decide which if any is the one you want.