08 Jun 01 - 11:17 PM (#479582) Subject: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to my aun From: Gypsy The temptation was great to spell Aunt, as Ant, to make it fit...but the mental picture.....Anyway, have lyrics to this great song from (where else, but PHC, of course) but can't recollect the tune. Anyone remember? Got dotz? or ABCz? Thanks, all. Will share lyrics if any interested. |
09 Jun 01 - 11:27 PM (#480028) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Gypsy Ah, c'mon, surely someone other than i has listened to this one! He'p me, he'p me, please. |
10 Jun 01 - 02:01 AM (#480074) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: GUEST,Al I heard it too, but I don't know where to get the lyrics. I do remember they applied quite well to me at this stage of life. |
16 Jun 01 - 12:03 AM (#484823) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Gypsy The lyrics i got...tis the written tune that i seek. Someday will be clever enough to write what i hear down on paper, but not that educated yet. Anyone out there with the tune? |
16 Jun 01 - 12:55 AM (#484842) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Joe Offer So, Gypsy, you have the lyrics and you aren't going to share them with us? Is that the Mudcat Way? -Joe Offer- Sorry to tease - I know you offered to post the lyrics. Please do. |
21 Jun 01 - 11:03 PM (#489398) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Gypsy Will do, just gotta transcribe them. Might be able to pull the tune out of the woodwork that way, huh? |
16 Jul 01 - 10:25 PM (#508219) Subject: Lyr Add: GOODBYE TO MY UNCLES (Garrison Keillor) From: Gypsy Goodbye to my Uncles, farewell to my Aunts Prairie Home Companion/Garrison Keillor Tune: Unknown, but familiar. Good-bye to my uncles, farewell to my aunts, One after the other, they went to lie down. In the green pastures, beside the still waters, and----make----no----sound. Their arms that held me, for so many years, their beautiful voices, no longer I hear. They're in Jesus' arms, and he's talking to them, in the rapturous New Jerusalem. I know they're at peace, in a land of delight, but I miss---them---to-night------ I miss that lost world, that can never return, where the kerosene lamps and the wood fires burn. The woods and the sheds are home to me, and the outhouse is gloo----my. The horses nicker, when we brush their coats, we feed them some corn and a bucket of oats. The smell of their sweat, and the wood of the barn, on a hot summer day, on a mid-western farm. The magical woods and the innocent sky, I bid---them----goodbye. Good-bye Eleanor, Aunt Franny, and Joe. Good-bye Uncle Jim and Elsie and Dawn. One after the other, you went to lie down, and now----are-----gone. You'll always be present, in my memory, and who is this little girl, walking towards me? She calls me Uncle, I smile at her, I wish she'd known mine, what sweet men you were. But she takes my hand, and I know what to do I'll try----to----be----you We'll walk in the meadow, and look at the trees, I'll point out the birds as you taught them to me. We'll sit side by side, with a book in between, She'll point to a word, and I'll say what it means. And when she is sleeping, the day is too long, I'll sing----her-----your-----song segue into Nearer Thy God to Me Lookee there, could cut and paste just like the rest of ye! Would still love an ABC of the tune, if any out there know it. I guess with having so much death in my world lately, this song really touches me. Thanks, all. ---Jeff (PA)--- |
16 Jul 01 - 10:28 PM (#508221) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Gypsy I spoke too soon. Joe, couldja fix it with the line breaks? Didn't know i would have to do that in the original, figured that the paste would act like a picture gypsyslinkingbacktokindergartentolearnhowtomanagethepastepot.......... |
16 Jul 01 - 10:42 PM (#508237) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: MMario Gypsy - line breaks are explained (along with a lot of other good information) in the FAQ - the first thread in the forum. Scan down until you find the link for basic HTML - clicking on that will give you the basics and a few fun tricks. Note: I'd explain it here - but to do it right needs an HTML trick I haven't mastered. |
16 Jul 01 - 10:46 PM (#508239) Subject: Lyr Add: NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE From: Gypsy Thankee kindly, MMario, will do. Now, let's see if i do any better on the segue....jus' in case any other inquiring minds don't remember it! Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, Darkness be over me, my rest a stone. Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God to Thee. Refrain There let the way appear, steps unto heav'n; All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given; Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise, Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I'll fly, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain There in my Father's home, safe and at rest, There in my Savior's love, perfectly blest; Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee. Refrain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---Jeff (PA)---
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16 Jul 01 - 10:48 PM (#508240) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Gypsy ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!! back to school for me..... |
20 Jul 01 - 03:40 PM (#511411) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Gypsy Thanks for making pretty for me, Jeff. Appreciate muchly. |
23 Jul 01 - 12:19 PM (#512620) Subject: Tune Add: GOODBYE TO MY UNCLES (Garrison Keillor) From: IvanB Here's the tune, transcribed form Garrison's performance on the 10/28/00 show: MIDI file: GBYUNCLS.MID Timebase: 192 Name: Goodbye to My Uncles This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the latest version of MIDItext and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1 |
23 Jul 01 - 05:10 PM (#512852) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Burke Here's a link to the show Sounds to me like lots of other 'standards' but not any one in particular. Much more upbeat "Nearer, my God, to Thee" than I'm used to. |
23 Jul 01 - 10:19 PM (#513026) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Goodbye to my uncles, farewell to m From: Gypsy Ivan, you darling man, you! Thank you so much for putting into ABC for me. Can't tell you how much i appreciate this! |