The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11335 Message #2618872
Posted By: open mike
26-Apr-09 - 01:46 AM
Thread Name: Pretty waltzes with lyrics (songs)
Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics
back in 2002, glen Reid wrote: "For my money,the old time waltz, that literally sends chills up my spine is the beautiful "Parlez-Moi D'amour" (Speak To Me Of Love). I could be wrong,but I think its French-Canadian in origin and the best version I ever heard was recorded by Catherine McKinnon in her Singalong Jubilee days, on an album called "Voice of an Angle"
i presume he meant Voice of an Angel....
I just realized that the old camp tune that we used to sing in Girl Scouts, RISE UP O FLAME is in waltz tempo. Rise up, oh flame, by thy light glowing. Show to us beauty, vision, and joy. ...