Mudcat Café Message

sj

User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
GUEST,LynnT	lyrics that work with different melodies (30)	RE: lyrics that work with different melodies	14 Apr 02
The DC-area group Clam Chowder does a wonderful version of the medieval Deo Gratias Anglia to the tune of the Banana Boat Song. They sing one verse straight first -- Our King went forth to Normandy With faith and might of chivalrie Therefore England doth call and crie Deo Gratias Anglia before the tenor breaks out into Belafonte's Deo! De-e-e-oh! Deo gratias Anglia The calypso rhythms start, and it all goes downhill from there. In Sacred Harp music, there's the concept of Common Meter -- 4/4 time with a particular line length. Anything in CM, such as Amazing Grace, can be sung to the tune of anything else in CM, such as O Little Town of Bethlehem, or House of the Rising Sun, or Yellow Rose, or many more. LynnT

Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.