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28 Oct 96 - 02:24 PM (#174) Subject: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: dennis thompson Looking for celtic songs dealing with subject above. If you know where i can get a recording of the song, that helps. thanks. |
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28 Oct 96 - 10:30 PM (#180) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Alex Robert Burns poem "Halloween" mentions many of the old superstitions associated with Halloween. To my knowledge, it has never been set to music, though. Might be a challenge to mate it with an old tune. |
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29 Oct 96 - 08:58 PM (#195) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: dick greenhaus Tam Pierce is one; try looking for @ghost or @seasonal |
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30 Oct 96 - 10:36 PM (#206) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Susan How about Good old Tam Lin. It's a Child, so I'm assuming It's on here. |
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01 Nov 96 - 07:05 PM (#222) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Susan of DT In the DT, try Mrs. Ravoon and Griesely Bride, among the @ghost and @seasonal Dick mentioned above |
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03 Nov 96 - 12:25 PM (#228) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: lindahl@pbm.com Speaking of Halloween-related stuff, where did "Riddles Wisely Expounded" disappear to? It used to be in DT but isn't in this copy? |
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09 Nov 96 - 09:59 PM (#331) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: lwagers@academyonline.org How about "All Soul's Night" by Loreena McKennitt ? If you'd like the lyrics please let me know ... via this thread ... Regards, Lynn |
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10 Nov 96 - 09:37 AM (#337) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Bob Schwarer Not specific to Halloween, but try "the Witch of the Westmerland" |
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10 Nov 96 - 12:01 PM (#339) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: dick greenhaus lwagers@academyonline.org Hi- We ALWAYS want the lyrics. If you post them here, everybody will have them |
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21 Oct 97 - 06:09 PM (#15037) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Joe Offer |
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22 Oct 97 - 08:48 AM (#15073) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Susan-Marie Lyrics to All Soul's Night were just posted to the other halloween songs thread. |
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24 Oct 97 - 11:34 PM (#15170) Subject: Lyr Add: FAITHFUL JOHNNY From: Moira Cameron This one is in the DT. I learned it from my father. I don't exactly know if it is Celtic or not, but it mentions Hallowe'en. FAITHFUL JOHNNY
When will you come again, my faithful Johnny?
Then winter's winds will blow, my faithful Johnny.
Then will you meet me here, my faithful Johnny? (Repeat first verse.) I'd definitely recommend Tamlin, which also specifically mentions the superstition about faeries and what not walking our world on Hallows Eve. Another good Child Ballad for this time of year in Young Benjie (# 86A in the Dover edition) I did a search for this one but couldn't find it. I'll post the lyrics in another message--they're long! |
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25 Oct 97 - 08:03 PM (#15221) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Martin Ryan " A soul a soul a soul-cake Please good Missus a soul cake An apple a pear a plum or a cherry Or any good thing to make us merry..... As in an old Watersons album..... Regards |
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14 Oct 07 - 04:06 PM (#2171043) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: GUEST,mary o does anyone know rhe lyrics to the old halloween song that goes something like this? jack o'lantern burns his canle out on a windy night..... |
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14 Oct 07 - 04:17 PM (#2171052) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Declan I hate to be pedantic (well maybe I enjoy it a little bit) but Halowe'en is All Saint's eve. All Souls day is 2nd November. Probably a bit late to be quibbling over the title of an 11 year old thread. |
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14 Oct 07 - 04:20 PM (#2171056) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: Declan To be even more pedantic (with myself) that should probably be All Saints' Eve. |
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14 Oct 07 - 05:59 PM (#2171133) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: mg The last Halloween in France by Violet Jacobs...she waits for the ghost ofher WWI soldier to visit her that night. mg |
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14 Oct 07 - 08:11 PM (#2171219) Subject: Lyr Add: HYMN FOR THE SAINTS OF WALES (T Rees) From: Nigel Parsons On the basis that there may not be a thread for 'All Saints', I append below a hymn for the Welsh saints written by a Welsh Bishop. This is suited to All Saints Day for churches with a Welsh connection, or for St David's Day (1st March). Hymn for the Saints of Wales Bishop Timothy Rees (1874 – 1939) Bishop of Llandaff (1931- 1939) Usual tune Blaenwern Lord, who in thy perfect wisdom Times and seasons dost arrange Working out thy changeless purpose In a world of ceaseless change: Thou didst form our ancient nation In remote barbaric days, To unfold in it a purpose To thy glory and thy praise. To our shores, remote, benighted Washed by distant western waves, Tidings in thy love thou sentest Tidings of the Cross that saves. Men of courage strove and suffered Here thy holy Church to plant; Glorious in the roll of heroes Shines the name of Dewi Sant. Lord, we hold in veneration All the saints our land has known. Bishops, priests, confessors, martyrs, Standing now around thy throne. Dewi, Dyfrig, Deiniol, Teilo, All the gallant saintly band. Who, of old, by prayer and labour Hallowed all our fatherland. Still thine ancient purpose standeth Every change and chance above: Still thine ancient Church remaineth Witness to thy changeless love. Vision grant us, Lord, and courage To fulfil thy work begun In the Church and in the nation Lord of Lords, thy will be done. Pronunciation (approximate) of the Welsh Saints names Dewi = "dare we" (but without sounding the 'r') Dyfrig = "dove (bird) rig" Deiniol = "dine yol" Teilo = "Tie low" |
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15 Oct 07 - 03:55 AM (#2171350) Subject: Lyr Add: ANGAU / DEATH From: sian, west wales Hey there, Nigel. That reminds me of a hymn that was sung at the Cornish service following the Gorseth Kernow ceremony this past September - it named the Cornish saints. I must have the word sheet here somewhere ... 'cause I never throw anything out. Can't put my hand on it though. Just thought I'd throw the following into the pot. It's interesting on a couple of fronts, I think. It's one of those "O, Death" songs - which would make a great Hallowe'en/All Souls Eve collection in themselves. Also, it's an early version of "All Through the Night", the one most of us would have sung in school, but in a minor key. It was collected in 1911 by Mrs Herbert Lewis in Mold, N.E. Wales. Angau (Death) Ar ryw noswaith yn fy ngwely, Ar hyd y nos yn ffaelu cysgu Gan fod fy meddwl yn ddiamau Yn cydfeddwl am fy siwrnai. (One evening in my bed, (Through the night, failing to sleep (Because my mind was, without doubt, (Brooding about my journey. Galw am gawg a dw^r i 'molchi Gan ddisgwyl hyn i fi sirioli, Ond cyn rhoi deigryn ar fy ngruddiau Ar fin y cawg mi welwn Angau. (I called for a basin and water to wash (Expecting that this would calm me. (But before I could put a drop on my cheeks (On the edge of the basin sat Death. Mynd i'r eglwys i weddio Gan dybio'n siwr na ddeuai yno, Ond cyn i mi godi oddi ar fy ngliniau Ar ben y fainc mi welwn Angau. (I went to church to pray (Thinking surely he wouldn't come there, (But before I could get up from my knees (At the end of the pew I saw Death. Mynd i siambr clos i ymguddio Gan dybio'n siwr na ddeuai yno, Ond er cyn closied oedd y siambr Angau ddaeth o dan y ddaear. (I went to a locked room to hide (Thinking sure he wouldn't come there, (But even though the room was so tightly locked (Death came in through from underground. Mynd i'r mo^r a dechrau ymrwyfo Gan dybio'n siwr na fedrai nofio; Ond cyn cyrraedd dyfnion donnau Angau oedd y capten llongau. (I wend to the sea and began to row (Thinking surely he couldn't swim; (But before I could get as far as the deep sea (Death was the capten of all ships. Ffarwel ferched, ffarwel feibion, Ffarwel holl ryganau gwyrddion; Duw a faddau i mi 'meiau. Mynd sydd raid i ganlyn Angau. (Farewell lasses, farewell lads, (Farewell to the evergreen songs of my youth; (God forgive me my sins. (Now I must go to follow Death. sian |
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28 Oct 07 - 09:33 AM (#2180940) Subject: Lyr Add: HYMNA SYNS KERNOW / ... CORNISH SAINTS From: sian, west wales Found the Cornish hymn when clearing out a handbag (yes - it happens sometimes). HYMNA SYNS KERNOW - HYMN FOR THE CORNISH SAINTS Dew an bys pan y'n dassevys, 'Ros y vap avel penmen, Ha dre dus y lelyon, Tempel dhodho y honen. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Gwynwalo. Sans yu oll an alsyow Kernow Agan Syns may tyrksons-ya Bysydhvenow hag alteryow, Lorgh ha clogh, pregoth, pysy. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Gwynwalo. Otta'neglos ena fundyes Agan syns enora gwren; Cref yth ens, a fydhyans lenwys Pell lafurya hep anken. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Gwynwalo. Tyr an Syns Ot aga whethel Whath a jer Kernewyon dha, Us yn ogas ynweth a bell Dh'agan os aswonvos 'wra. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Gwynwalo. Bedhen lowen gans an syns-ma, Dre ras a waynyas ken tyr, Ny, gormelyn Dew, ow-cana Ryp an Arluth y a vyr. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Gwynwalo. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * God who for the world's first framing, Set his Son as corner-stone Builds his temple, shinging, gleaming, with the men he calls his own. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Winwalow. All these Cornish shores are Holy, Here the saints in prayer did dwell, Raising font and altar lowly Preaching far with staff and bell. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Winwalow. Behold the church there founded, Our saint let us honour now. Strong they were, full of faith, Working long without complaint. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Winwalow. Land of the saints, behold their story. Still cheers good Cornish folk Both near and far away, To our time testifies. *Not in usual English version Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Winwalow. So may we with saints rejoicing Won by grace from every land, Praises of our God still voicing Round the Lord in glory stand. Pyran, Petrok, Pol, Wolvela, Madern, Samson, Winwalow. The hymn-sheet they gave us doesn't say who wrote this, and it gives "Crugyer" as the tune. I remember thinking the tune was vaguely familiar but I can't find it either in the Cyberhymns or in general Googling. By accident, we did end up finding the old St Madern chapel and holywell when we were in Cornwall. A real 'find'. sian |
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01 Nov 07 - 11:03 PM (#2184753) Subject: RE: Halloween/All Souls Eve Lyrics From: GUEST Hello, Sian - I happened across this thread with interest, as I am both Welsh and Cornish ancestry. I thought perhaps the tune your are looking for could by "Crugybar" - I know it as a Welsh hymn. I was going to try to find the music to see if the words fit the phrasing, but my books are all packed up in boxes, due to a major leak in the house. I'll pass the hymn on to my mother, whose people were from Stithians, Cornwall. She will be quite pleased. Regards, Lesley Kansas City |