01 Dec 99 - 10:07 PM (#143474) Subject: The Orange Tree From: Will Does anyone have the lyrics of this most unusual Orange song ? Or can anyone point me in the direction of a recording of it ?I know bits and piesces of it from I was a youngster, but have lost most of it. Thaks, Will |
02 Dec 99 - 01:43 AM (#143545) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Helen Will, Can you post some of the lyrics so that we can identify it more easily. There is an Australian song based on a poem by John Shaw Neilson called The Orange Tree but I'd be surprised if this is the one you are talking about. I've got the words in a book somewhere, but since I moved house I can't find 3/4 of my books - they are all here somewhere but not in the same old places on the bookshelves that they used to be. If you think it's the right one I'll hunt it out. It's about a child in an orange tree being questioned by an adult. She ends up saying "Hush, I'm listening like the orange tree" Helen |
02 Dec 99 - 02:47 AM (#143555) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Wolfgang Will, could it be The Old Orange Tree from The Ulster Orange/Unionist/Loyalist~Songbook? Wolfgang |
14 Jul 00 - 04:08 PM (#257770) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: *Conrad Bladey Peasant-Inactive A good old song too! To learn the truth about the orange order go here -a comprehensive survey concerning tradition and celebration and song http://www.bcpl.net/~cbladey/orange.html Conrad |
15 Jul 00 - 07:41 AM (#258054) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Roger in Sheffield in the new Northern Ireland there is room for both our traditions and room for mutual respect between both our communities nice line from that website so how about a little respect from now on I am going off Oranges Lemons are less bitter Roger |
15 Jul 00 - 09:26 AM (#258080) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: GUEST,Henry That's the one - with minor variations - that I learned as a child from recordings of the late great Richard Hayward. My father's house was nothing if not catholic in its musical tastes.:-)But Henry |
15 Jul 00 - 01:43 PM (#258205) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Bill D .....to quote a musician in a concert... "you don't have to believe EVERYTHING you sing"...some songs are just good songs, no matter what your politics are |
15 Jul 00 - 03:01 PM (#258239) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Roger in Sheffield never looked at the dates on these posts before. Helen really is in a different time zone. Did you find that song Helen sounds interesting. Roger |
15 Jul 00 - 08:54 PM (#258375) Subject: Lyr Add: THE ORANGE TREE (John Shaw Neilson) From: Stewie Roger, in case Helen does not find her copy, here is the text of John Shaw Neilson's lovely poem. Richard Keam did an album, setting 13 of Neilson's poems to music: Richard Keam 'On the one string: Songs from the verse of Australia's "navvy" poet' Talunga Music TMS 011. However, it does not include 'Orange Tree'. Martyn Wyndham-Read also set a number of Neilson poems to music, perhaps including the 'Orange Tree'. I do have a recording of it, though, set to music by Cathie O'Sullivan on Cathie O'Sullivan with Cleis Pearce 'High Places' Larrikin LRF-128. Enjoy:
THE ORANGE TREE --Stewie. |
16 Jul 00 - 01:35 AM (#258513) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Helen Thanks, Stewie. I did find the book but fogot all about posting the words here. I haven't heard the albums by richard Keam or Martyn Wyndham-Read but I have to confess I really don't like Cathie O'Sullivan's version. Roger, my time zone is -10 hours from Greenwich Meridien, and about 14 hours before Mudcat time, I think. Helen |
16 Jul 00 - 04:52 AM (#258552) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Roger in Sheffield Thanks for that Stewie. A very interesting poem . When was it written, I am assuming that John Shaw Neilson is no longer alive?. Sorry Helen I only meant that when this post appeared on my screen yesterday I assumed (wrongly) that it was new. Later I noticed that it had been pending for seven months hence ...different time zone. Roger |
16 Jul 00 - 09:46 AM (#258613) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Stewie Hi Roger, Neilson was born in 1872 and died in 1942. Evidently, he began writing verses as a youngster and continued for many years, but it is not possible to determine the composition date of many of his important poems. An incomplete collection of his poems was first published in 1934. --Stewie. |
26 Aug 05 - 01:10 AM (#1549990) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Q (Frank Staplin) Oldpoetry.com dates the poem 1919. The Orange Tree No source given. The website places it in the Childrens category. |
26 Aug 05 - 05:31 AM (#1550074) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: Brian Hoskin A little confused here, why are some of the postings in this thread out of chronological sequence?
-Joe Offer- |
09 Feb 08 - 10:46 AM (#2257657) Subject: RE: The Orange Tree From: GUEST,William in Ulster The Orange Tree version about the Orange Order is a much better song than that Aussie poem of the same Title. Keep it Orange |