Subject: RE: Lyr Req: McCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: GUEST,G-Mac Date: 06 Feb 08 - 03:39 PM I saw Ian McCalman recently at a folk night and asked him if he new where the song came from. He couldn't remember although he did say that he'd changed and/or added some of the words. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: Wolfgang Date: 15 Aug 04 - 03:31 PM I am pleased, for sure, and say a big thanks you all. Placenames of Norse or Gaelic origin sung in Scottish dialect/language is the ultimate transcription challenge for me, a challenge I still fail each time I try. Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: GUEST,Cattail (No cookie) Date: 14 Aug 04 - 02:55 PM Hi Turlough, how nice to see this finished at last, and I'm sure Wolfgang will be pleased when he sees it. So I was right about the V sound in the first line of last verse, but who could have guessed that it would be the name of a mountain. Thanks so much for putting it on here for us all, (and completing Wolfgang's hard work). Cheers Cattail ! |
Subject: Lyr Add: KORA (from the McCalmans) From: Turlough Date: 14 Aug 04 - 08:36 AM Hi everybody, Herma, who started this thread many years ago, gave me the transcription of Kora that she got from Nick Keir. Although Nick never sang Kora (as far as I know), he tried to get the words, and I think he did a great job. Anyway, here it is: Kora Cho: Kora of the upland dell Kora of the haunted well Glad the bondage, sweet the spell Rouse me dear to thee Then we wandered through the brake Then we sailed upon the lake Smooth the waters, fair Loch Tree Through my true love and me Cho Then we climbed the mountains steep While the world lies hushed in sleep Often resting here to keep Magic watch that none may see Cho Ben a Vrecht, aye Corrie Sheen In our mossy homeland green I will meet thee, fairy queen In the hour that none may see Cho That's it! Ben a Vrecht is a mountain, Corrie Sheen is an upland peak. Still, I would really like to know who wrote this. It may be traditional, but even traditional songs have authors... Somehow, to me it doesn't sound like a very old song, so somebody may still know something about it. Anybody? T. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: Cattail Date: 18 Feb 04 - 03:16 PM Hi all, Malcolm. The record sleeve gives no information on the tracks at all, the record label says "trad arr The McCalmans". Sorry I can't give you any more than this. Wolfgang. Thanks for the thanks, I listened to this on speakers and two different types of headphones to pick out the various words, it does make a difference to hear it from different sources,and at varying volume levels. In that first line of the last verse, the words "then I rest", sound on the record as "then abrevst or abreast", (it certainly sounds like a V in it), which doesn't make much sense with the context and feel of the rest of the verse, which is why I went for "then I rest". Possibly it's a dialect word of some kind, any Scots out there know this one? Keep at it, you'll get there in the end. Cheers Cattail ! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: Wolfgang Date: 18 Feb 04 - 04:44 AM Cattail, Thanks a lot. I agree that improving on an already started transcription is much easier. But your improvements do make a difference for me. We are now much closer to what they sing. Malcolm, I'd like to know that too. I have taped that record back in those times when I didn't care about those things and only noted the title. Now it's different for me. I even have bought CDs/LPs of which I had the music on tape already just for this information. Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 17 Feb 04 - 07:06 PM What writer and/or source credits do they give? |
Subject: Lyr Add: KORA (from the McCalmans) From: Cattail Date: 17 Feb 04 - 06:10 PM Wolfgang. A difficult one for you! Not a bit of it! You've done a wonderful job of transcribing it. Much better than I could have done if I had tried it on my own from scratch. As it was I copied and pasted your lyrics into text and then altered the text as I heard different words. (Makes it soooo much easier). I have marked the changed words with an asterisk, (these are only what *I* hear of course), and like you, I am not entirely happy with the first line of the last verse, I hear corrie and sheen but am not very happy with the word rest, perhaps someone else can have a go at this, they may hear something different again. If enough people have a go at it we'll end up getting it right. (Something about monkeys, years, and Shakespeare come to mind here) Anyway, enough already, thanks again for the help Wolfgang and here's my attempt at it. KORA CH.: Kora of the upland dell, Kora of the haunted well, glad the bondage, sweet the spell, draws* me, dear, to thee. Then we wandered through the brake, then we sailed upon* the lake, smooth the waters, fair Loch Tree, to* my true love and me. CH.: Then we climb the mountain steep*, while the world lies couched* in sleep, often resting here to keep magic watch that none may see. Ch.: Then I rest, by corrie sheen*** in a mossy homeland green I will meet thee, fairy queen in the hour that none may see. Ch.: Cheers for now Cattail ! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: Cattail Date: 17 Feb 04 - 03:38 PM Hi all. You probably already have this link to the McCalmans site, but I'll put it here again for what it's worth. http://www.mccalmans.com/ (clicky maker don't seem to work) Lots of their lyrics there but unfortunatly it doesn't have Kora on it. I do have the album and I'll have a listen later on and see if I can fill in the gaps, that is if no one else beats me to it. Cheers for now Cattail ! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: GUEST,Martin Ryan Date: 17 Feb 04 - 09:55 AM Wolfgang It's just that Cora is a fairly common girls name in Ireland - so I was wondering.. Regards |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: Wolfgang Date: 17 Feb 04 - 09:40 AM The McCalmans write Kora, but it could be in other places. Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: GUEST,Martin Ryan Date: 17 Feb 04 - 07:49 AM On a very minor point - I wonder if that's "Cora" rather than "Kora"? Regards |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: Wolfgang Date: 14 Nov 99 - 07:28 AM Now that's a really difficult one to transcribe for me due to both the singing of the McCalmans and the low quality of my tape. I can't vouch for much more than about half of the lines and I do not show all the bits I'm not yet contented with. Please help. I like the song. Wolfgang
KORA |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: Susanne (skw) Date: 03 Nov 99 - 06:18 PM I've got the 'House Full' lp, I just haven't got time to take the words down just now. Maybe I'll manage within the next fortnight. If I remember rightly it shouldn't be too difficult - but that's something I've thought before ... - Susanne |
Subject: MacCalmans song Kora (House Full lp) From: herma Date: 01 Nov 99 - 07:54 AM After the succes of my former request! Have been trying to find these lyrics for years, can someone help? |
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