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13 Feb 11 - 03:21 PM (#3094542) Subject: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: GUEST,Richard A decade or so ago, whilst visiting Uncle Geoff in Padstow, he played me a haunting tune on a cassette tape, a recording of a Radio Cornwall programme. The lyrics went something like 'there are orchids still in Helligan but Poppies at the Somme.' The song is about the men of Mevagissey who went to fight in WWI and left the Tremayne Estate Gardens to lie untouched until the early 90s. Can anyone point me in the direction of tune, lyrics, composer and performer? I barely remember the song but I remember the hair going up on the back of my neck and the lump in my throat. Any leads would be appreciated. |
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13 Feb 11 - 03:51 PM (#3094556) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: Keith A of Hertford It comes from the Cornwall Songwriters show, Lost Gardens of Heligan. http://www.thecornishstore.com/shopp583315671 |
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13 Feb 11 - 04:07 PM (#3094572) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: Keith A of Hertford Er, Unsung Heroes, The Lost Gardeners Of Heligan. |
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13 Feb 11 - 04:07 PM (#3094573) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: Herga Kitty The show was "Unsung Heroes". Or you could PM Hawker, Crowdercref or Cats, who were all in the show.... Kitty |
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13 Feb 11 - 04:09 PM (#3094575) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: Herga Kitty Sorry Richard, have realised you need to be a Mudcat member not a guest before you can send PMs... Keith's link should get you there, anyway! Kitty |
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13 Feb 11 - 05:01 PM (#3094609) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: GUEST,BeeDee Also available d'rec'ly from source, here |
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13 Feb 11 - 07:41 PM (#3094702) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: Hawker Richard, there is, as well as a cd, a book of the script of the show which has the words and music. BeeDees link to Lyngham House Music should sort you out. Cheers, Lucy |
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16 Feb 11 - 10:50 AM (#3096499) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: GUEST,Richard Many Thanks All, I'm on the case and will be playing it soon. Very excited. Richard |
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08 Nov 21 - 05:26 PM (#4125582) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Helligan & the Somme From: Joe Offer The Lost Gardeners of Heligan By John Heslop Don't come here to sleep or slumber Those who slumber now elsewhere With their comrades without number Forever sleeping over there We didn't mean to stay so long We never meant to tarry yonder There's fruit to pick, the weeds grow strong There's trees to fell and saw asunder Now you're only old grafiti Pencilled names on plastered walls Ranged in rows and written neatly A written memory to all We only meant a bit of fun' 'We never meant to stay forever' In the long hot summer sun The work goes on. It ceases never In a heart two names are twining August 1914 's love David left his Charlotte pining And is it her that he dreams of? 'We didn't mean to leave you crying 'We never meant to leave Love true' Now the trees are fallen, dying David fell and died for you Lost for years in briar and nettle Rows of disembodied names Broken cups and rusted kettles Are waiting for those hands again We never meant to grow red poppies Redder than the pain that burned men from flower and fruit and coppice men of soil to soil returned from Anne Coleman
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08 Nov 21 - 06:08 PM (#4125588) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lost Gardeners of Heligan (Heslop) From: GUEST,maeve Joe, I believe it is Jon, not John. |
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08 Nov 21 - 06:28 PM (#4125592) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lost Gardeners of Heligan (Heslop) From: Joe Offer Yeah, I'll correct it later. What I posted was copied from the Singaround chat. |
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08 Nov 21 - 07:56 PM (#4125595) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lost Gardeners of Heligan (Heslop) From: Steve Shaw The garden is about an hour's drive from us. We've been many times. The restoration was a monumental feat. If you go in mid- to late spring you're treated to magnificent displays of rhododendrons and camellias. It's a fantastic day out, and the history is by no means overlooked. The ancient glasshouses, the pineapple pit and the huge walled garden have been fully restored to their former glory and are used now the same as they were before WW1. The lower "jungle" part of the garden is a magnificent valley of lakes, superb trees and forests of tree ferns. |
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09 Nov 21 - 04:12 AM (#4125605) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lost Gardeners of Heligan (Heslop) From: GUEST,Nick Dow Well described, I love it too. It's the walled garden for me. There are DVD's available, if you have been unable to make the journey. |