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10 Nov 99 - 08:05 PM (#134380) Subject: STEP BY STEP need melody From: dcoffin@cove.com Can any of you mudcatters offer up the melody to this song. I've got the beginning I think from my recolection of someone singing it but can't seem to get the middle part. Help me if you can (I'm feeling dooooown) not really. Thanks |
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11 Nov 99 - 12:02 AM (#134483) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Step by Step need melody From: Jeremiah McCaw Not enough info to lock the song down solid. You might be referring to "The Garden Song" ("Step by step, row by row; I'm gonna make this garden grow...") by David Mallett. Pretty sure you'll find it in the DT by that title. For sure it's in the "Rise Up Singing" songbook. |
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11 Nov 99 - 01:58 AM (#134511) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Step by Step need melody From: Stewie No, 'Step by Step' is right. The lyrics are part of the preamble to the constitution of the early coal miner's union. Part of it is on 'Carry It On' - Pete Seeger, Jane Sapp and Si Kahn Flying Fish. The tune is to the Irish 'The Praties they grow small, over here'. As I recall there is a thread on foot about that tune. I have a full version of the lyrics somewhere, but I can't recall where at the moment. Regards, Stewie. |
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11 Nov 99 - 08:25 AM (#134556) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Step by Step need melody From: alison you can find the tune of the praties they grow small at Mudcat MIDIs under "p" for praties.... if you need the GIF of the dots, let me know..... slainte alison |
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22 Jul 06 - 11:27 AM (#1789860) Subject: Tune for Step by Step Please From: GUEST,heather Does any one know the tune for the round 'Step by Step the longest march can be won?'Thanks. |
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22 Jul 06 - 02:16 PM (#1789998) Subject: RE: Tune for Step by Step Please From: Charley Noble Well, I usually start it out of Am... Charley Noble |
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22 Jul 06 - 02:30 PM (#1790009) Subject: RE: Tune for Step by Step Please From: GUEST,Ian Pittaway You'll find it on Sweet Honey in the Rock's album, The Other Side. |
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22 Jul 06 - 02:35 PM (#1790014) Subject: RE: Tune for Step by Step Please From: wysiwyg Sweet Honey clip: HERE ~S~ |
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22 Jul 06 - 02:38 PM (#1790021) Subject: RE: Tune for Step by Step Please From: Peace Link to the notes on sheet music. Pete Seeger put the melody to it. from unionsong.com/u030.html |
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22 Jul 06 - 03:48 PM (#1790075) Subject: Origins: Step by Step From: Joe Offer Here's what Pete Seeger says in his songbook, Where Have All the Flowers Gone?:
Step by step the longest march It was printed in the preamble to the constitution of an early coal miner's union. Says Wally, "good verse." Says I, "What's the tune?" "I don't know," says Wally, "I suppose some old Irish tune might fit it. Like the song from the Irish famine of the 1840's, 'The Praties they Grow Small.'" "Let's try it," says I. It fit. And has been sung to that melody ever since. So, is it Waldemar Hills, Hille, or both? In most things I've seen about People's Songs, he's Hille - but he's identified as "Hills" in copyright information for "Step By Step" in two Seeger songbooks. Click to play (joeweb) |
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22 Jul 06 - 04:15 PM (#1790084) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune for Step by Step Please From: Peace 5.- Pas a pas (Step by step) Ll: autor desconegut. Mús: Waldemar Hills i Pete Seeger/Rah-mon Roma The site that's from www.rah-mon.com/espectacles/espec/seegers.html is Spanish, but that attribution appears there. This is a pic of Rah-mon Roma. It's my lot in life to confuse situations. |
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22 Jul 06 - 04:23 PM (#1790087) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune for Step by Step Please From: Peace Incidentally, the spelling 'Waldemar Hills' googled in quotation marks gives only that one site, so I suspect it's a misspelling. A google of "waldemar Hille" provides scads of sites showing Hille as an author of articles and contributor to various publications. There is a NYT article (July 12, 1990) that mentions him here. The pertinent part is quoted below: "Waldemar Hille joined the Communist Party 48 years ago believing that the movement would create a more compassionate and humane America. Today, as Communism falters in Europe, the 82-year-old Mr. Hille is fighting to preserve ''an important people's institution,'' a retirement home for political activists. We're not just wallowing in resignation here,'' said Mr. Hille, a pianist who is one of nine residents of the home, Sunset Hall in downtown Los Angeles. ''We're fighting for our rights.'' Other residents said their building offered them a special environment of humanistic intellectualism." |
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03 Aug 06 - 06:22 PM (#1800914) Subject: Tune Req: step by step From: GUEST,blether Does anyone know the tune to the round 'Step by step the longest march can be won?'
-Joe Offer, Forum Moderator- |
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03 Aug 06 - 06:37 PM (#1800918) Subject: RE: Tune Req: step by step From: Peace Step by Step Step by step the longest march Can be won, can be won Many stones can form an arch Singly none, singly none And by union what we will Can be accomplished still Drops of water turn a mill Singly none singly none Sound sample here. I think you should be able to extrapolate the balance of the music from what's in that sound sample. G'luck to ya. |
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04 Aug 06 - 03:10 AM (#1801190) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune for Step by Step Please From: Joe Offer I meant to do a MIDI for the previous request, but I forgot. Here 'tis: Click to play |
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07 Jun 10 - 09:43 AM (#2922341) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune for Step by Step Please From: Canyonguy Heard a nice version on Amy Goodmans show democracy now |
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07 Jun 10 - 09:51 AM (#2922344) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune for Step by Step Please From: Jack Campin The site Peace linked to is Catalan, not Spanish. Looks like an interesting project. |
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07 Jun 10 - 02:21 PM (#2922507) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune for Step by Step Please From: wysiwyg There is another wonderful song by the same name. I oughtta post the lyrics, unless Rasmussen beats me to it. We do it often in worship. I may have a soundfile if I can find it. ~Susan |
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14 Nov 15 - 01:23 PM (#3750891) Subject: Chord Req: STEP BY STEP union song... longest march From: open mike We are approaching the 100th anniversary of the killng of Joe Hill in Utah. Many people and groups have been commemmorating the centenieary with celebrations and memorials. We are holding an event in Chico CA with songs and the story of Joe Hill's life. Joe was a union organizer and sogngwriter who has inspired and influenced many. I plan to sing a couple of songs.... one is STEP BY STEP, a song for miners in a minor key Step by step the longest march can be won, can be won Many stones can form an arch, singly none, singly none And by union what we will can be accomplished still Drops of water turn a mill, singly none, singly none. I would appreciate any advice on the chords to this....thanks! I can be reached at: veraloe@gotsky.com |
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14 Nov 15 - 04:54 PM (#3750919) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune/Chords: Step by Step From: Joe Offer Here are the chords from the Pete Seeger songbook, Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
You can also find chords in the Rise Up Singing Songbook. I'd suggest that you might want to sing this song a cappella. -Joe- |
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14 Nov 15 - 06:39 PM (#3750938) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune/Chords: Step by Step From: open mike https://vimeo.com/21558278 this is a great round....acapella, yes ...from the preamble to the constitution of the American Mineworkers Association (1863) I find that i prefer these chords (capO ON 2) Am G Am Em Am / Am Am Dm Dm E |
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14 Nov 15 - 09:16 PM (#3750963) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune/Chords: Step by Step From: CupOfTea I always hear this in my memory with John McCutcheon singing it with hammer dulcimer that has been muted to sound like a marimba at first, then fully ringing out. John is a superb Union organizer, and one of the reason Local 1000, the traveling musicians union, exists. If he wants to play instruments with it, more power to him. A song so simple can swell marvelously when a great musician takes it on. When I sing it, I always wonder if my carpenter union president grandfather would have known it back in the 50s and 60s,msnd sung it as well. Joanne, sadly at a non union job |
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23 Apr 24 - 12:15 PM (#4201455) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WORLD IS ON THE MOVE (Blanchard...) From: Jim Dixon From Davidson's Complete Collection of the Songs, Scenas, &c. of Henry Russell [edited by George Henry Davidson] (London: The Music-Publishing Company, [1852]), page 82: THE WORLD IS ON THE MOVE. Words by F. L. Blanchard, music by Henry Russell THE world is on the move,— Look about, look about; There is much we may improve,— Do not doubt, do not doubt; And, for all who understand, May be heard, throughout the land, A gloomy warning voice at hand, Ringing out, ringing out. Though gloomy hearts despond, At the sky, at the sky, There's a sun to shine beyond, By-and-by, by-and-by. Ere the vessel that we urge Shall beneath the surface merge, A beacon on the verge Shall be nigh, shall be nigh. Step by step, the longest march Can be done, can be done; Single stones can form an arch, One by one, one by one: And, with union, what we will Can be accomplish'd still,— Drops of water turn a mill; Singly, none! singly, none! Brag and bluster, float as froth, O'er the wave, o'er the wave; Gory treason, worse than both, Fools may rave, fools may rave; But the honest hands that link With the solemn heads that think, And for pikes use pen and ink, Are the brave, are the brave! Let us onward, then, for right,— Nothing more, nothing more; And let justice be the might We adore, we adore. Build no hopes upon the sand! For a people hand-in-hand Can make this a better land Than before, than before. Our country's bless'd with all,— Look around, look around; No tyranny nor bloodshed Here is found, here is found:— So with heart and voice we'll cheer The Queen we love so dear: Let her reign in peace, not fear From those around, those around. - - - Here is a poster, from the Victoria and Albert Museum, advertising a performance by Henry Russell, in which The World is on the Move is mentioned. It also says, at the bottom: “Correct Books of the Words, Sixpence each, to be had in the Theatre.” May we assume this is the above-mentioned book? Musical notation of the melody line can seen in One Hundred Songs, Music and Words, by Henry Russell (London: Davidson, [1860?]), page 31. The Library of Congress has a report that The World is on the Move was sung at a temperance convention in New York in 1853. |
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23 Apr 24 - 02:14 PM (#4201456) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WARNING BELL From: Jim Dixon This is the oldest dated copy I can find. Note: there are some differences, compared to the version attributed to Blanchard & Russell: the lack of repeats; one additional verse, and one less; and a couple of words. From Puppet Show, No. 10, London: May 20, 1848, page 84: THE WARNING-BELL. [no author is given] I. The world is on the move, Look about! There is much we may improve, Never doubt; And for all who understand, A Warning-Bell at hand May be heard throughout the land, Ringing out. II. The shadows that are found We may scorn, In the sunny rays around They are born; And as dawn succeeds to night, So the rays of Freedom’s light Turn the darkness of our sight Into morn! III. Though gloomy hearts despond At the sky, There’s a sun to shine beyond By-and-bye. Ere the vessel that we urge Shall beneath the surface merge, A beacon on the verge Shall be nigh. IV. Step by step the longest march Can be done; Single stones will form an arch, One by one; And with union what we will Can be all accomplished still— Drops of water turn a mill— Singly, none! V. Brag and bluster float as froth O’er the wave; Gory treason, worse than both, Fools may rave; But the honest hands that link With the solemn heads that think, And for pikes use—pen and ink. Are the brave! VI. Let us onward then for Right, Nothing more; And let Justice be the might We adore. Build no hopes upon the sand, For a People hand-in-hand Can make this a better land Than before. |
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23 Apr 24 - 06:18 PM (#4201467) Subject: RE: Origins/Tune/Chords: Step by Step From: GerryM Typing john mccutcheon step by step into Google videos will bring up several recordings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdd2DCcS7pk |
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24 Apr 24 - 03:26 PM (#4201542) Subject: Lyr Add: LOOK ABOUT (E. L. B.) From: Jim Dixon Another variant, from The People's Press, and Monthly Historical Newspaper, Vol. 2, No. 19, (London: James Watson, June, 1848), page 92: LOOK ABOUT: A RHYME FOR THE TIMES. E. L. B. The world is on the move; Look about! There is much we may improve, Do not doubt! And for all who understand May be heard throughout the land A warning-bell at hand, Ringing out. Shadows cast upon the globe, Over all, May enfold it with a robe, Like a pall; But as day must follow night, So the shade that veils the sight Shows what brilliancy of light Bids it fall. Though gloomy hearts despond At the sky, There’s a sun to shine beyond, Bye-and-by. Ere the vessel that we urge Shall beneath the surface merge, A beacon on the verge Shall be nigh. Dark shadows that abound, We may scorn. In the sunny rays around They are born; And as dawn succeeds to night, So the darkness on the sight Does but show the coming light Of the morn! Step by step the longest march Can be done. Single stones will form an arch, One by one; And with union what we will Can be all accomplished still— Drops of water turn a mill— Singly, none! Brag and bluster float as froth O’er the wave; Gory treason, worse than both, Fools may rave; But the honest hands that link With the solemn heads that think, And for pikes use—pen and ink. Are the brave! Let us onward then for Right, Nothing more; And let Justice be the might We adore. Build no hopes upon the sand, For a people hand-in-hand Can make this a better land Than before. |
