Lovingkindness Song Circle

Subject: PH-Stardreamer
From: Wkailey
Date: 01 Oct 97 - 03:19 PM

Stardreamer has Waltzing With Bears.

Joe, since you have all her stuff, perhaps you know an address where one can write to order through the mail?

Well, enough of this. Time for a new song. What about Mountains O' Mourn. I learned it from Don McLean's Playin' Favorites album, which is all folk music and blue grass and therefore by far the best of McLean's albums (in my humble opinion). To my surprise (I just checked) it's not in the DT. Here's the bit I can remember.

She lives far away o'er the mountains
Where the little birds sing on the trees
And the cabin's all covered with Ivy
And Ollie is waitin' for me.
Yodel-ay-heedlee, yodel-ay-heedlee
Yodel-ay-hee-deedlee-dee.
The day I bid goodbye to Ollie,
That day I will never forget.
For the tears bubbled up from their slumber;
I fancy I see them yet.

. . . /

And she said, "My dear boy, don't forget me,
'Til we meet here again or above."
Yodel &c.

Another pretty song off the same album that also fits our mood here is Mountains of Mourne. That is in the DT.

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From:
Date: 01 Oct 97 - 08:08 PM

Don MacLean of American Pie fame? "Starry, Starry Night" is a lovely song and fit for a Loving Kindness folk collection.

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: Joe Offer
Date: 02 Oct 97 - 02:12 AM

Wkailey, the only CD vendor I like to recommend is Folk Legacy, because they're so nice. They have lots of good folk music, and lean toward traditional, New England, and Canadian stuff. They're at www.folklegacy.com, but it's better to call them at [phone] and hope they've got time to chat a bit. Owners Sandy and Caroline Paton often answer the phone. They are musicians themselves, and they recorded many of the label's early records in the field, finding the best unknown performers all over the English-speaking world.
You can order all the adult Herdman albums at www.rounder.com - Rounder owns the Flying Fish and Philo labels Priscilla Herdman records on. Besides, there are RealAudio samples available at Rounder.
But I have to admit that the only place that has all the CD's and that has the best prices is CD Now, www.cdnow.com. Their delivery is quick, and they ship internationally.

But I have to make another plug for Folk Legacy. The four Bok-Muir-Trickett albums and the four "Golden Ring" albums certainly fit well into the "Lovingkindness thread. And if you order ten CD's, you get a substantial discount.
-Joe Offer-

Folk Legacy

Rounder-

CD Now

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From:
Date: 02 Oct 97 - 12:49 PM

Joe, I agree about Folk Legacy. I e-mailed them with a question and got a very friendly and informative response.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ (Wade Hemsworth)
From:
Date: 03 Oct 97 - 09:48 AM

Here is a happy song or waltz recorded by Stringband, from Toronto, as well as by its author Wade Helmsworth, who presently has a CD of his works on the market. In Canada, there used to be a cartoon shown on television as a "filler" wherein this song was sung and illustrated.

Stringband said "If Wade Helmsworth were American he'd be a national hero. However, he is Canadian."

THE LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ
(Wade Hemsworth)
If you ask any girl from the parish around
What pleases her most from her head to her toes
She'll say "I'm not sure how it's business of yours
But I do like to waltz with a log driver

(Chorus)
For he goes burling down, down the whitewater
That's how a log driver learns to step lightly
Burling down, down the white water
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely

When the drive's nearly over I like to go down
To see all the lads while they work on the river
I know that come evening they'll be in the town
And we all want to waltz with a log driver

(Chorus)
To please both my parents I've had to give way
And dance with the doctors, the merchants, the lawyers
Their manners are fine, but their feet are of clay
There's none with the style of a log driver

(Chorus)

Now I've had my chances with all sorts of men
But none is so fine as my lad on the river
So when the drive's over, if he asks me again
I think I will marry my logdriver

(Chorus)

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From:
Date: 03 Oct 97 - 09:51 AM

Almost have the hang of it. There should have been a break after the second (chorus). The chorus is the one that begins "For he goes burling down. . ."

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: Alice
Date: 29 Apr 99 - 01:53 PM

refresh for Love's Old Sweet Song lyrics request. alice

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: Susan A-R
Date: 29 Apr 99 - 11:43 PM

Let's see, there's "The Dutchman" by Michael Smith (?) The Bluebird Song, (have no idea who wrote it, it's about counting bluebirds. One, you'll have sadness, two, you'll have joy, Three, get a present, four, get a boy, Five, receive silver, six, receive gold, Seven. a secret that's never been told, Eight, a love letter with promises three, Nine means a true love as true as can be.

Subject: Lyr Add: LORD OF ALL HOPEFULNESS
From: Joe Offer
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 03:40 AM

I think we need to continue this circle now, what with all the bad news we've been hearing. Here's one especially dedicated to Catspaw:

LORD OF ALL HOPEFULNESS
lyrics: Jan Struther, 1901-1953
© Oxford University Press, London
Tune: Be Thou My Vision (Slane)

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares can destroy,
Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,
Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,
Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,
Be there at our labors, and give us, we pray,
Your strength in our hearts, Lord at the noon of the day.

Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,
Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,
Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,
Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,
Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,
Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,
Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Aug 00 - 11:40 PM

refresh, again, some lovely sentiments and songs....

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: Alice
Date: 15 Aug 00 - 05:52 PM

aaahh.... one of my favorite old threads

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: Alice
Date: 03 May 01 - 09:29 PM

I refreshed this last year in August, but no one else was inclined to pick up on the thread again. This thread is what mudcat used to be for me.

From Thomas Moore, "As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow,
While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below,
So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile,
Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while."

Alice

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: wysiwyg
Date: 03 May 01 - 09:42 PM

Welcome back, Shula.

~S~

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: GUEST,Dancing Mom
Date: 03 May 01 - 10:24 PM

This is wonderful stuff, a great resource. I've been looking for songs of a loving, spiritual nature to sing. This has been helpful. Sharon

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: Shula
Date: 04 May 01 - 02:30 AM

Dear Folks,

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 May 01 - 03:12 AM

Yes? *G*

~S~

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: Shula
Date: 04 May 01 - 06:33 AM

Dear Folks,

I wrote an entire note up there -- honest to Gosh! Poltergeists, p'raps?

I wanted to say how glad I am to be back at the 'Cat, and how delighted I am to see this friendly old thread refreshed -- what a thoughtful welcome!

Since so many of you have been very gracious in asking after my health, I'll tell you about it here. I don't want to start another thread with my own name on it, and all my old chums are likely to find me lounging about this thread I started so long ago, anyway.

I "still" have dilated congestive cardiomyopathy; when a virus "eats" part of your heart, it doesn't regenerate, you just manage as well as you can for as long as you can. Sometimes I am pretty sick, other times I can sustain the illusion of normalcy for several hours at a time. I was too sick for awhile to post regularly, and then, quite unexpectedly, I had a nice hiatus for almost a year, when I was feeling well enough to get about and do "regular" things, if I didn't push too hard. I didn't spend much time on the computer at all then, because it was so nice to be up and around. But that wasn't the main reason I have been so long away.

My mother-in-law and my father both passed away during the last year and a half. Settling their affairs took up most of Akiba's and my energies. These weren't tragic or unexpected deaths; both my dad, and Akiba's mom were elderly and ill. In my father's case, his passing was a blessing. He had lung and throat cancer, and was expected to live a few more wretched, pain-filled months, when he died peacefully in his sleep. Akiba's mom was eighty-eight, widowed and very frail; she had simply finished living. both of them left a lot of things to take care of, however, and we aren't done with all the minutiae even now.

We planned the funerals, ourselves. Since Akiba is a convert, and my father wasn't Jewish, we were each in the odd position having to devise a Christian service for our deceased parent, in spite of being Jews, ourselves. I am considering posting to the "Melting Pot Muddles" thread about that.

I also think it might be nice, since this is a music site, to start a thread about the musical choices in funeral services. We did some nice things, I think. Wouldn't it be nice to gather many such stories into a helpful musical resource for other Mudcatters who are preparing funeral services for loved ones? (I hope that doesn't sound too maudlin. I know I would have liked such a ready-made set of suggestions as I went about doing this necessary office to honour our parents.)

Again, I am touched that so many of you remember me -- an so pleasantly, too -- 'tis a wonder! I have missed you; it is nice to come home.

Shalom,

Shula

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: Alice
Date: 04 May 01 - 09:18 AM

I don't have time to make the links right now, but if you type "funeral" into the forum search box, here are some of the previous threads that come up on the topic:

What song do you want at your funeral?

Singing thu the tears- how?

Tune Req: Your favorite WAKE tunes and Songs

Bagpipes at funerals

BS: Your own funeral

Funeral tunes, songs that heal

Help: Funeral Song

Good to see you hear again, Shula.

Alice

Subject: RE: Lovingkindness Song Circle
From: maeve
Date: 07 Jan 07 - 10:28 AM

Here's a lovely old thread. Perhaps it fills a need now, as well, so...

refresh!