Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 11 Dec 23 - 12:25 AM

Thanks..that is good, and is somewhat similar

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Dec 23 - 12:10 PM

You could always try asking Ian Telfer. He’s written some little gems, “The Doctor Calls” is another good example.

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Nov 23 - 04:00 PM

Hi, guys...loved the Oyster Band version, but have a question...when I was a kid, (am 70 now) I saw Jake Thackery on a kid's time tv show, may've been Blue Peter or the like, and I could swear he was singing this song? Anybody know if it's that old? Certainly seems like it might be,and perhaps Ian Telfer did a 'Trad arranged' type deal? (Don't have the vinyl to check, sorry)

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Aug 22 - 10:08 PM

tune is Lord Derwentwater's Farewell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yfbZi-hcY

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: Lotusland
Date: 20 Nov 18 - 09:01 PM

If you can sing farewell to tarwathie and mean a place, you can sing farewell to Finnisterre too! There are lots of folksongs that address a place as though it was a person (a whole lot better than our laws when they address corporations as though are people imho). Anyway, one of the beauties of traditional song is that there's lots of room for interpretation. If you want Satander to be a person or a place or a sausage dog, it's okay. When you sing it it's yours!

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: leeneia
Date: 08 Feb 18 - 05:39 PM

Ya know how we speak of a "guitar-shaped object", a thing which looks like a guitar but fulfills none of a guitar's functions? Well, there are a lot of "song-shaped word collections" around today. This song sounds like it's about something, but it's not, really.
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I still think Santander is a person. For example,

Santan(G)der, you hear (Em)me calling
(C)You, that (G)never lost a (D)friend...

How can a city hear someone? How can a city lose a friend?

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST,eric armstrong
Date: 08 Feb 18 - 05:04 PM

Also a long way from Port of Spain (both Finisterre and Santander)I have wondered about this for years since the Oyster Band and June Taber played in Vancouver in the early ninties.I wish I had known that Ian Telfer wrote the song, I could have asked him to explain.

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: leeneia
Date: 08 Feb 18 - 11:09 AM

I wonder is Santander is a variant of Alexander.

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: michaelr
Date: 06 Feb 18 - 07:41 PM

Santander is the capital city of the Cantabria region on Spain’s north coast. It is nowhere near Fisterra (Finisterre).

I like Phil's interpretation... who knows what Ian Telfer was thinking about.

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
Date: 06 Feb 18 - 06:02 PM

"Santander, the sky is falling..."

Always thought it about the lifelong, often long distance, friendship between Alejandro Finisterre (1919-2007) and Leon Felipe (1884-1968) before, during and after the Spanish Civil War. The Battle of Santander was all she wrote for the Republicans.

fyi: Felipe's publisher in exile was Finisterre, Mexico, D.F..

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: leeneia
Date: 06 Feb 18 - 04:15 PM

This will get you started.

"Cape Finisterre is a rock-bound peninsula on the west coast of Spain. In Roman times it was believed to be the end of the known world. The name Finisterre, like that of Finistère in France, derives from the Latin finis terrae, meaning "end of the earth".

Santander is a male personal name. I once met a Santander from Myanmar.

Apparently the singer and Santander spent time together in childhood, looking for buried treasure in the sand. Then they fought and parted. The singer has wandered to the end of the world in either France or Spain, but an eastern breeze reminds him of the past. Now he drinks and he wanders and he remembers Santander.

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 06 Feb 18 - 12:56 PM

Does anyone knows if it means anything?

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST,rdpayne
Date: 13 Dec 17 - 01:36 PM

This is pretty much what I got. I do a walkup on "Santander", C, D/F#, G, one chord per syllable.

So, I agree pretty much the above chords and:

The key is G
The song is I, IV, V, mVI

I will try to transcribe, something that I never been successful at, but at least I have a starting point with (C)San(D)tan(G)der.

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jun 14 - 04:54 PM

This has been bugging me from ages, so I sat down and took the tune out from the Oysterband record. I believe it is the following:

Intro:
D G C G D

(C)Farewell, (D)Finis(G)terre,
(C)Sleep away the (D)afternoon
(C)Rocking (D)with the (G)tide,
(C)Drinking with the (Em)moon
I found a (C)ticket (D)in my (G)pocket
All the way from Port-of-(C)Spain
And the warm wind (D)from the (Em)Indies covered (D)me again.

Santan(G)der, the sky is (C)falling
The tale we told (G)each other has an (D)end
Santan(G)der, you hear (Em)me calling
(C)You, that (G)never lost a (D)friend...

(at the end)
Never Lost a (C)Friend.... (C) (D) (G)...

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST,silly sister
Date: 12 Mar 11 - 02:00 PM

yes, i agree the original version is definitive, but maybe the newer version, like the new cd, will grow on me in time - her recordings often take time to sink in to be fully savored. ps, i also liked wanderer's version..thanks for the link

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: wayfarer
Date: 10 Mar 11 - 05:37 PM

Just heard June Tabor's new recording of this on her recent CD "Ashore" Very dirge-like rendition. I much prefer the flawless original version with the Oyster Band on "Freedom & Rain"

Subject: RE: Tune/Chords Req: Finisterre (Ian Telfer/Oysterband
From: GUEST,Steve
Date: 04 Sep 10 - 07:02 PM

Just heard this song and loved it. Played around with some alternate chords.

(F)Farewell, (G)Finis(C)terre
(F)Sleep away the (G)afternoon
(F)Rocking (G)with the (C)tide
(F)Drinking with the (Am)moon
I found a (F)ticket in my (C)pocket
All the (Am)way from (G)Port-of-(F)Spain
And the warm wind from the (C)Indies covered (G)me again

Santan(C)der, the sky is (F)falling
The tale we told each (C)other has an (G)end
Santan(C)der, you hear me (F)calling
You, that (C)never lost a (G)friend

Subject: RE: melody line & chords for FINISTERRE sung
From: GUEST,Finisterre
Date: 03 Dec 09 - 03:51 PM

chords and lyrics for Finisterre

Subject: Chords Add: FINISTERRE (Ian Telfer/Oysterband)
From: GUEST,wayfarer
Date: 04 Nov 09 - 03:48 PM

I play this with just three simple chords and a capo on the 3rd fret. You can play around with the capo or transpose the chords up or down to find your own key.

Farewell, Finisterre, ( C, G, C )
Sleep away the afternoon ( D, G )
Rocking with the tide, ( C, G )
Drinking with the moon ( C, D )
I found a ticket in my pocket ( C, G )
All the way from Port-of-Spain ( C, D )
And the warm wind from the Indies covered me again. ( C, G, D )

Santander, the sky is falling ( C, G, C )
The tale we told each other has an end ( G, D )
Santander, you hear me calling ( C, G, C )
You, that never lost a friend... ( G, D )

You can check out my "myspace" page to hear it.

www.myspace.com/awandererplays2007

( I can't seem to get the "blue clicky" thing to work.)

Subject: RE: melody line & chords for finisterre sung
From: Two of a Hind
Date: 22 Oct 09 - 08:53 AM

The only people that still sing this and have recorded it that I know are Marula, (Tim & Sue Bryne) from Bristol area and always at Priddy.

Subject: RE: melody line & chords for finisterre sung
From: Mandolinal
Date: 22 Oct 09 - 05:54 AM

Dave, thanks for confirmimg the words. It does help to see that someone else thinks they are the same. still hoping for melody or chords. Anyone help please

Subject: Lyr Add: FINISTERRE (ian Telfer/Oysterband)
From: Darowyn
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 12:15 PM

Finisterre, credited to Ian Telfer of The Oyster Band on the record.

Farewell, Finisterre,
Sleep away the afternoon
Rocking with the tide,
Drinking with the moon
I found a ticket in my pocket
All the way from Port-of-Spain
And the warm wind from the Indies covered me again.

Santander, the sky is falling
The tale we told each other has an end
Santander, you hear me calling
You, that never lost a friend...

We'd often look for gold,
Treasure buried in the sand
We hid it long ago,
Before our wars began
When the world was green and early
And time was on our side
Before the storm got up to blow us far and wide.

Santander, the sky is falling
The tale we told each other has an end
Santander, you hear me calling
You, that never lost a friend...

Farewell, Finisterre,
Sleep away the afternoon
Just rocking with the tide,
Drinking with the moon
Last night I turned the glasses over
And I drank the bottle dry
The moon stared out to sea all night and so did I.

Santander, the sky is falling
The tale we told each other has an end
Santander, you hear me calling
You, that never lost a friend,
Never lost a friend...

It's a very evocative tune, but since I've never played it, I'm not sure of the chords.
Cheers
Dave

Subject: RE: melody line & chords for finisterre sung
From: Mandolinal
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 06:37 AM

Sorry, should have made sure all mesage was in. Yes that,s the one sung by June Tabor

Subject: RE: melody line & chords for finisterre sung
From: Irene M
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 06:32 AM

Any clues would be good.
The Ian Telfer song from Freedom and Rain perhaps?

Subject: melody line & chords for finisterre sung
From: Mandolinal
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 06:20 AM