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26 Jun 02 - 01:29 PM (#737501) Subject: THE FERRY BAGPIPER From: MMario Ferry Bagpiper a scan? photocopy? abc? midi? solfage? |
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26 Jun 02 - 02:08 PM (#737540) Subject: RE: Tune Req: THE FERRY BAGPIPER From: Zhenya I know this tune by the name "Ferrybank piper" and it's on Robbie O'Connell's album "Close to the Bone." (Green Linnet.) Are you trying to get hold of the music? I wasn't sure what you were asking about...And those lyrics need to be corrected! |
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26 Jun 02 - 02:21 PM (#737547) Subject: RE: Tune Req: THE FERRY BAGPIPER From: MMario If you know a more correct version of the lyrics - then please post them. and I am trying to get the tune in a format that can be transmitted other then aurally. (I can't transcribe by ear.) |
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26 Jun 02 - 04:35 PM (#737659) Subject: RE: Tune Req: THE FERRY BAGPIPER From: McGrath of Harlow I thought it was The Fairy Bagpiper. |
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26 Jun 02 - 05:24 PM (#737693) Subject: RE: Tune Req: THE FERRY BAGPIPER From: Zhenya I only meant that the title part of the lyrics needs to be corrected! The rest looks fine. I don't know of any printed source for the music. I did a quick internet search but didn't find anything helpful. Sorry. |
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26 Jun 02 - 06:35 PM (#737762) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FERRYBANK PIPER (Robbie O'Connell From: radriano MMario, the title is "The Ferrybank Piper" composed by Robbie O'Connell. I have a recording of the author singing the song - if you like I can include a copy with that other item I was going to send you. The words in the link you posted aren't that far off but since the author is still alive I guess we should try to be more accurate. Here are the lyrics as I know them. I think they're pretty close to the original. The Ferrybank Piper Composed by Robbie O'Connell By the river in the evening a piper used to play And down along the railway tracks he'd play songs sad and gay His pipes were always well in tune and people used to say The sounds would echo on the evening tide and carry miles away Chorus: So here's to the Ferrybank Piper May his sad tunes never die May his gay tunes raise your weary hearts Til in your grave you lie Sometimes he'd pipe a haunting tune, sometimes he'd hum a song But always a crowd would gather round and follow him along And the sound of their voices in the evening sky would rise and linger long But no more is there the echo on the evening tide, now that he is gone And now when I walk down that lane and hear the river flow I think of that old piper and the songs he used to know A happy tune runs through my head, I sing it soft and low And I hear the echo on the evening tide like the days of long ago Regards, Radriano |