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Thread #102225 Message #3313938
Posted By: GUEST,Guest, Nan
27-Feb-12 - 05:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: camp song about home in tyrol
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp song about home in tyrol
I've been looking for this song for awhile. I had to guess at the lyrics some because they aren't on the back of the album. The 1965 issue of It's a Small World, LP (record) Pictured here:
This has the lyrics cited by: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp song about home in tyrol From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 02 Aug 08 - 11:55 AM
Great, great. I'm glad we found Stephen's song.
Now, to get back to 'Peter's fountain,' which is a rough translation of the other song we've been discussing. I believe a 'Bruenne' (sp)is a well or spring.
I sang this song as an eighth-grader in Milwaukeeland, and the words were leearned were more faithful to the original. The tune was the same as Joe's MIDI above.
Oh, I go to Peter's fountain and what do I hear? From the misty swamp far away, cuckoo calling so clear.
'Tween Easter and Whitsuntide, all the snow melts away. Then my girl goes and marries, leaving me in dismay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Except that for some un-rhyming reason, they've made the last word "Distress."
and I hear the chorus a little differently. I won't attempt to write it down. But - I have the album. So, if anyone wants here, I can try to get it into an MP3 format and put it up.
Thanks so much you all for helping me re-discover it!