The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #39849   Message #569039
Posted By: Melani
10-Oct-01 - 12:26 PM
Thread Name: Singing In Dialect
Subject: RE: Singing In Dialect
Well, gee, Boab, I think you're saying something about a ring around the moon portending a storm, and the sheep huddling down in a protected area. But I wouldn't attempt to pronounce any of it. No matter how beautiful a song might be, I personally would not attempt THAT degree of dialect. A word or two thrown into mostly English I can manage. But there are a lot of songs in straight English that I wouldn't attempt, just because they don't seem to "fit" me. I sing a lot of chanteys that were originally sung only by men, and I have found that I have an instinctive feeling about whether a certain song will work for me. If it doesn't feel right, I wouldn't attempt to sing it. I have heard songs that don't "fit" me sung very well by another woman, so I guess it's just really personal.