Bonny Portmore by Loreena McKennitt

Subject: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: Shannon
Date: 17 May 99 - 11:40 AM

G'day all. I recently heard the song "Bonny Portmore" by Loren a McKennitt and really loved it. Does anyone know where I could get a copy of this Cheers, Shannon

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: LEJ
Date: 17 May 99 - 11:49 AM

Shannon- the song is from Loreena's CD The Visit . It should be available at most music stores.

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: Alice
Date: 17 May 99 - 12:10 PM

Shannon - you can support the Mudcat forum and buy the CD online by clicking on the catfish jumping out of the banjo at the top of the Mudcat Cafe page (Music Boulevard, CDNow, CD Universe).

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: Peter T.
Date: 17 May 99 - 04:17 PM

If you are looking for the lyrics and the chords, try a forum search here (Click on to Forum Seach and Type the name in) -- there was a thread a long time ago, started by me, and answered by the sainted Brenda, Frank in the Swamps and others. It was a life saver at the time!
Yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: Shannon
Date: 18 May 99 - 08:57 AM

To everyone that answered my thread - thanks very much. Your help and effort are greatly appreciated as always. The 'catters have always been good to me so there is never any question of buying music etc anywhere else if the cat can help! Thanks again to everyone, love Shannon

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From:
Date: 19 Feb 01 - 09:00 PM

Hi, I really love Lorrena McKinnett's version of Bonny Portmore too. Did anyone come back with the chords or notes for this, if so I would like you to send them to me. Also this is my first attempt at finding lyrics and chords to this sort of music. Do you know any sites where I might find help. Would be really grateful Thanks... Regards ...Jacqui

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 19 Feb 01 - 09:19 PM

Your first step would be to type bonny portmore into the "Digitrad and Forum Search" box on the main Forum page; this will get you links to all sorts of very interesting information about the song, including lyrics and a midi of the tune, that people have posted here in the past.

Malcolm

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From:
Date: 27 Feb 01 - 06:02 AM

Hi Malcolm,

I have tried the forum search and checked through all the listings on that thread, none of them have the chords as such, although a girl by the name of Becky has tried - I'm not sure how roman numerals equate to chords???

It could be me, as this is the first time in Mudcat, but I've tried most things! If anyone can help that would be great! I play the harp and sing, living down under and would like to find more of lyrics and chords to my fav music - Womens Heart 1 & 2, Celtic Women,Celtic Love Songs Loreena McKinnett, Connie Dover, Deloris Keane, Mary Black etc. So if anyone can help that would be great

Cheers... Jacqui

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: GUEST,Reta
Date: 27 Feb 01 - 09:35 AM

The address for her official site is, www.quinlanroad.com.
I have been a fan or 6 yrs. now. She is one of the most generous and non commercial talents ever. She has everything on her site.
Enjoy!
Reta

Subject: Chords Add: BONNY PORTMORE (from Lorena McKennitt)
From: Peter T.
Date: 27 Feb 01 - 09:52 AM

Hi Jacqui,
The Roman numerals in Becky's posting relate to the number of the chord in a key. A I chord is the first chord, like a C in the key of C; a IV would be an F, and a V would be a G. A ii would be a D, but because it is in lower case letters, she means a Dminor. If you know the key you want to play it in, you just slot the relevant chords in. Bonny Portmore is:
I-V-ii-IV
I-V-IV-V
ii-I-ii-IV
ii-I-IV-V.

If you were playing it in D, it would be:
D-A-Em-G
D-A-G-A
Em-D-Em-G
Em-D-G-A.


It is pretty easy to hear the places in each line where the chords change.
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: MARINER
Date: 27 Feb 01 - 04:25 PM

Bonny Portmore, by Loreena can also be heard on the compilation album "The Sound of Stone" which was issued as a fundraiser by The Burren Action Group, a band of people who sucessfully opposed Irish Government plans to build an "interpretive centre" on the beautiful Burren in Co. Clare.It's a beautiful album,featuring the cream of Irish musicians and Loreena McKennitt, of course.Worth seeking out

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: GUEST,celtic4raven
Date: 27 Feb 01 - 08:46 PM

Hi Peter,

I did try and email you as it seemed you may have some answers on this after reading through all the threads!But it came back, address incorrect, so floundered there! I just got a reply from you and Joe all in one day, so I am amazed at how helpful you both are, thanks so much for all your help, the roman numerals ideas is great (if you know how it works!) I'm sure it will help others too, it is such a beautiful song.

Kind Regards...Jacqui

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: GUEST,PJ Curtis.
Date: 28 Feb 01 - 04:33 PM

Thanks Mariner...yes, Loreena's Bonny Portmore is on 'The Sound Of Stone' a Fund raising album I produced in '94 to halp save a beautiful corner of the Burren here in Co. Clare/ Also on the Cd is davy Spillane, Tommy Peoples, Sharon Shannon and Luka Bloom. You can get a copy for a paltry £10Ir. pounds (plus £2pounds P&P) from me c/o The Old Forge

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: GUEST,PJ Curtis PT 2. to above.
Date: 28 Feb 01 - 04:35 PM

OOOps..as I was saying, you can get the Cd from me PJ Curtis, The Old Forge, KIlnaboy, CO Clare, Ireland. (Yes, I know a shameless plug). pjc

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: Peter T.
Date: 28 Feb 01 - 06:02 PM

PJ - a tip of the hat from an environmentalist over the seas. It was a great project. How did it all turn out?
yours, Peter T.
P.S. Jacqui, you might try varying the IV and V chord with each other occasionally -- the version I did above occasionally sounds not quite right (but there are variations).

Subject: RE: Bonny Portmore by Lorena McKennitt
From: GUEST,John Leeder
Date: 28 Feb 01 - 10:53 PM

By way of background, in an interview George Lyon and I did with Paddy Tutty (published in the Canadian Folk Music Bulletin, vol. 33, no. 2 (June 1999)), Paddy told us that Loreena learned the song from Eileen McGann, Eileen learned it from Paddy, and Paddy got it from a book that she bought while travelling in Ireland.

I'm curious whether anyone learned the song from any other source, and whether anyone else has recorded it (especially having learned it otherwise than from the McKennitt/McGann/Tutty trail).