Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?

Subject: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Shaneo
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 03:47 PM

Two songs here I need help naming , I know it's not much to go on , as I only have a few words , still , someone may know them.


1. (v1)there's a little girl waiting down by the old river waiting just for
my love I've got to go meet her
          (chr) she's been mine for years haven't seen her in a long long
time

2. (v1)there was a man in this town land who was a auctioneer

(chr) who'll give 300 hundred quid who will be the 1st to bid

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: GUEST,spb-creative
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 04:07 PM

NBased opn the Mayor of Casterbridge?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Peace
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 04:11 PM

The first is entitled "Down By the Old River". Found this:

Dick Curless letras


Down By The Old River


Composição: Desconhecido

There's a little girl a waiting down by the old river
Waiting just for my love so I got to go meet her
She say she is lonely just for me only
I got to go down to please her down by the old river

She's been mine for years I haven't seen her a long long time
She said on my return if my love for her still burns she would be mine
There's a little girl a waiting down by the old river
Waiting just for my love so I got to go meet her

[ steel - guitar ]

She's been mine for years...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Peace
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 04:46 PM

http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/curless.htm

See Dick Curless, ALBUMS (scroll down a bit). It's #4 down on the album list.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Peace
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 04:50 PM

"1. (v1)there's a little girl waiting down by the old river waiting just for
my love I've got to go meet her
(chr) she's been mine for years haven't seen her in a long long time"

Do you have anything else a guy could go on? I'm finding nowt for it at all.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Jim Lad
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 04:56 PM

Ah, the second one's about a Fiddle Auction. It'll come to me.(or somebody)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Peace
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 05:05 PM

SORRY

Wrong cut and paste two above. I meant

"2. (v1)there was a man in this town land who was a auctioneer

(chr) who'll give 300 hundred quid who will be the 1st to bid "

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Jim Lad
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 05:43 PM

As usual! I was away off in the wrong direction.

THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER'S HAND
(music by Randy Koslosky based on poem by Myra Welch)

It was battered and scarred and the auctioneer thought it hardly worth his while
To waste much time with the old violin but he held it up with a smile
He said it may not be much but it's all we've got left, we might as well sell it too
Who'll make a bid for this old violin. Just one more and we'll be through

Then he said, "One, give me one dollar. Who'll make it two?
Only two dollars? Who'll make it three?
Three dollars twice, well that's kind of nice. But, who's got a bid for me?
Raise up your hand. Don't wait any longer. The auction soon will end
Who'll give me four… that's just one dollar more to bid on this old violin"

Well the air was hot and the people were still as the sun was setting low
From the back of the crowd a gray-haired man came forward and picked up the bow
He wiped the dust from the old violin and tightened up the strings
Then he played out a melody pure and sweet, as sweet as the angels sing

(violin solo)

The music ceased and the auctioneer, with a voice that was quiet and low
Said, "What is my bid for this old violin?"and he held it up with the bow

Then he said, "One, give me one thousand. Who'll make it two?
Only two thousand? Who'll make it three?
Three thousand twice, well that's kind of nice. But, who's got a bid for me?
The people cried out "What made the change? We don't understand"
Then the auctioneer stopped and said with a smile
"The touch of the master's hand"

Many a man with his life out of tune and battered and scarred with sin
Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd, much like the old violin
But the Master comes and the foolish crowd never quite understands
The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought
By the touch of the Master's hand

(violin solo)

The people cried out "What made the change?"
They don't understand
The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought
By the touch of the Master's hand

Sorry.
Nice one though?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Peace
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 05:48 PM

Ya know, I'd thought that too.

THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER'S HAND (Original poem)
By Myra Brooks Welsh

Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
to waste much time on the old violin,
but held it up with a smile
"What am I bidden, good folks," he cried,
"Who'll start the bidding for me?"
"A dollar, a dollar"; then two!" "Only two?
Two dollars, and who'll make it three?
Three dollars, once; threedollars twice; going for three.."
But no, from the room, far back,
a gray-haired man came forward and picked up the bow;
Then, wiping the dust from the old violin,
and tightening the loose strings,
he played a melody pure and sweet
as caroling angel sings.

The music ceased, and the auctioneer,
with a voice that was quiet and low,
said; "What am I bid for the old violin?"
And he held it up with the bow.
A thousand dollars, and who'll make it two?
Two thousand! And who'll make it three?
Three thousand, once, three thousand, twice,
and going and gone," said he
The people cheered, but some of them cried,
"We do not quite understand what changed its worth."
Swift came the reply:
"The touch of a master's hand."

And many a man with life out of tune,
and battered and scarred with sin,
Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd,
much like the old violin,
A "mess of pottage," a glass of wine,
a game - and he travels on.
"He is going" once, and "going twice,
He's going and almost gone."
But the Master comes,
and the foolish crowd
never can quite understand the worth of a soul
and the change that's wrought
by the touch of the master's hand.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Jim Lad
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 05:52 PM

Great Song!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Not much to go on ?
From: Shaneo
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 06:03 AM

Thanks Jim and Peace ,great stuff , The first song 'Down By The Old River' does not seem very well written ,,not much to it , but then again you would have to hear it played.
The second is much better , there's a message there for all.