Lyr Add: The Widow's Walk

Subject: Lyr Add: THE WIDOW'S WALK^^
From: Big Mick
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 03:22 AM

Per a request from Blessings Barbara, I am copying this here from a posting I did earlier at The Mudcat Campfire

The Widow's Walk by Brendan Nolan

She stood by the window,
as the waves crashed the shore,
To watch him come home,
as he had times before.

CHORUS:

Oh, carry him home to me,
Break the sea down for him,
Carry my love home to me.

It's late in the year,
and the storm winds awaken,
To the hardiest of sailors,
the sea does not beckon

CHORUS

At their shady cove moorings,
the small boats rock gently,
Safe from the sea winds,
till the new season's plenty

CHORUS

This room is my refuge
from the toils of the day,
It's here I find peace,
and it's here I can pray, that you'll

CHORUS

If the sea take my love,
to his grave in the ocean,
God make me a silkie,
that I might lie with him................
^^

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Widow's Walk
From: Barbara
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 11:26 AM

Thanks, Mick, that was gorgeous when you sang it, tho I liked the others too, like Dublin in the rare ould days, and the wee babby Moses, and...
Can you post a tune for folks like me who don't remember them in one hearing? I remember it was beautiful, and that the chorus didn't resolve, but that's not enough to sing it...
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Widow's Walk
From: MMario
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 12:22 PM

yes, please post tune....I've been searching for it since this was first mentioned.

MMario

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Widow's Walk
From: Big Mick
Date: 11 Aug 99 - 07:25 PM

I have sent THE FAIR ONE a sound file and asked her to do a MIDI of it for us. This gentleman has written a number of great tunes and from time to time I will post more of them.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: Tune add: The Widow's Walk
From: alison
Date: 12 Aug 99 - 07:33 AM

Hi,

Thanks to Big Mick sending me a recording through the computer using Mediaring... here is the tune...

I am not 100% sure how accurate it is... it was a bit distorted and in the chorus there was a harmony going which I had to try to work around... hope I got most of it right though....

Slainte

alison

MIDI file: WIDOW'~1.MID

Timebase: 480

Name: The Widow's Walk
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
Key: D
Start
0000 1 71 094 0238 0 71 094 0002 1 71 084 0718 0 71 084 0002 1 71 099 0478 0 71 099 0002 1 71 107 0238 0 71 107 0002 1 69 100 0718 0 69 100 0002 1 66 093 0478 0 66 093 0002 1 64 094 0478 0 64 094 0002 1 64 087 0718 0 64 087 0002 1 66 084 0238 0 66 084 0002 1 64 100 0478 0 64 100 0002 1 61 092 0718 0 61 092 0002 1 64 096 0238 0 64 096 0002 1 64 098 0718 0 64 098 0002 1 64 113 0238 0 64 113 0002 1 66 094 0478 0 66 094 0002 1 67 103 0478 0 67 103 0002 1 66 088 0478 0 66 088 0002 1 64 104 0478 0 64 104 0002 1 62 087 0478 0 62 087 0002 1 64 087 0478 0 64 087 0002 1 62 092 0478 0 62 092 0002 1 61 081 0478 0 61 081 0002 1 57 095 1918 0 57 095 0002 1 57 103 0478 0 57 103 0002 1 59 100 0718 0 59 100 0002 1 61 090 0238 0 61 090 0002 1 62 092 0478 0 62 092 0002 1 61 089 0701 0 61 089 0019 1 59 091 0240 1 57 095 0003 0 59 091 0475 0 57 095 0002 1 62 095 0718 0 62 095 0002 1 64 090 0238 0 64 090 0002 1 62 092 0478 0 62 092 0002 1 61 094 0718 0 61 094 0002 1 59 090 0238 0 59 090 0002 1 57 094 0478 0 57 094 0002 1 62 095 0718 0 62 095 0002 1 64 079 0238 0 64 079 0002 1 62 094 0478 0 62 094 0002 1 61 090 0478 0 61 090 0002 1 62 090 0718 0 62 090 0002 1 61 086 0238 0 61 086 0002 1 59 095 2878 0 59 095
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:The Widow's Walk
M:3/4
Q:1/4=100
K:D
BB3B2|BA3F2|E2E3F|E2C3E|E3EF2|G2F2E2|D2E2D2|
C2A,4|-A,4A,2|B,3CD2|C3B,A,2|D3ED2|C3B,A,2|
D3ED2|C2D3C|B,6|-B,6||

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Widow's Walk
From: MMario
Date: 12 Aug 99 - 08:35 AM

Bless you, Alison!

While there are many who will quibble over a note, I'm happy if I can get even an inkling of the tune. By the time I get through with singing one, it rarely resembles the original anyway, so a rough approximation is allright.

As John in Brisbane said sometime last night, the contirbutions of many to this forum and databse are great, but I believe you stand out amongst them!

MMario

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Widow's Walk
From: alison
Date: 12 Aug 99 - 08:47 AM

Thanks for the kind words

send me an email address and I'll send you the music as a GIF

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Widow's Walk
From: Big Mick
Date: 12 Aug 99 - 12:02 PM

Yeah, your welcome.