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Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes
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Subject: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: PHJim Date: 26 Sep 22 - 12:06 AM Well, they don't have to be about bagpipes, but they do have to mention bagpipes in the lyrics. Google seems to want to give me songs accompanied by bagpipes like "Mull Of Kintyre" or "Amazing Grace". |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add - Piper on the Hilltop - John Warner From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 26 Sep 22 - 01:29 AM PIPER ON THE HILLTOP, John Warner (1989) 42 second audio snippet from Who Was there? John's second CD with Margaret Walters, recorded in 1997. John was moved by the unexpected sound of bagpipes being played near the Spence shops in Belconnen near Canberra. The moment was climaxed by a dramatic summer thunderstorm rising over the Brindabella Range, an outcrop of the Snowy Mountains. A 'pibroch' is a traditional bagpipe air serving as a call to battle or a lament. It's a hot December evening And there's herald of a change In the mighty clouds that roll across The Brindabella Range. There's a piper on the hilltop By the supermarket square, And his pibroch falls like sunset clouds Above the city air. The chattering of kids at play, The sullen roar of cars The thunder of a jet plane's flight Above the rising stars. I sit beside my window And I listen to the town And an aching air, an old lament, Like mist comes drifting down. Then Spence gives way to Glencoe, Bonny Charlie's at Dunbar, And the 'Flowers of the Forest,' They all are gone awa' A breeze disturbs the silent leaves, Rolling thunder brings the change With the pibroch for Belconnen Town By the Brindabella Range |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Joe Offer Date: 26 Sep 22 - 01:50 AM How about Maggie Lauder? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,Lang Johnnie More Date: 26 Sep 22 - 05:45 AM https://youtu.be/LrD4BC_4IDA |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,Lang Johnnie More Date: 26 Sep 22 - 05:47 AM https://youtu.be/RJ9zN0aTqCo |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST Date: 26 Sep 22 - 05:52 AM The Piper that played before Moses |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,Lang Johnnie More Date: 26 Sep 22 - 05:54 AM https://youtu.be/CDxnjvC1IEQ https://youtu.be/gArRFYmLcQ0 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,The Sandman Date: 26 Sep 22 - 08:29 AM BANTRY GIRLS LAMENT Oh the girls from the Bawnóg In sorrow may retire And the piper and his bellows may go home and blow the fire |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Bainbo Date: 26 Sep 22 - 09:39 AM I like the line in Ron Kavana’s Irish Ways, which lists all the things that make Ireland special for him: “A piper alone, unaware of a stranger’s attention.” |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,RA Date: 26 Sep 22 - 10:37 AM Hamish Henderson's 'Farewell to Sicily' - "Tune the pipes and drub the tenor drum", etc |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Steve Gardham Date: 26 Sep 22 - 12:27 PM The Cow ate the Piper (Irish) should get it by Googling. Donald was a PIPER, A 14-18 PIPER. (Scots) as sung by Ian (jock) Manuel. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Dave the Gnome Date: 26 Sep 22 - 04:11 PM No man's land (Green fields of France) "Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Phil Cooper Date: 26 Sep 22 - 11:05 PM This is a song by our friend, Glenn Shubert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulqhj5FvXRc |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,Hole In The Pipers Bag Date: 27 Sep 22 - 02:27 AM I remember Kevin Burke singing this in London in the early 70s when he was just a wee slip of a boy. I imagine "packtoe" and "gateau" are misunderstandings of Gaelic words. Anyone have an idea what they might be? The Hole In The Pipers Bag Mrs. Gilhooley gave a good party one night She invited us all to attend. We gathered a gang, jumped down to her house A few pleasant hours for to spend. There was Duffy and Charlie and Flynn and meself Well, a crowd wasn't hard for ta find, But the t'ing most important we almost forgot We near' left the piper behind. We invited him down to the party He brought his bagpipe just by chance We asked him to sing, but he says,"Ah, no, But I'll play yuz a a bit of a dance." He picked up his pipes, he started to play Some one got to foolin' about And cut a great hole in the bag of his pipes And here is the tune that came out: Naaaaa, needeleedelum needeligh needeleedeleedel num nee nigh daloh dalah daleedeleedel lumdeeligh daligh daloh dadeedeleedel dalumdeeligh dalohdaleedeleedeligh When the piper found out that his bag it was cut Sure he gave a great leap on the floor And he slipped about in a quick hammer style And he landed him under the jaw Mrs. Levi, she fainted, they all made a rush Trying to get out of the door But the piper had nine of them takin' the count And he swore he would lick twenty more. Well, if ever ya go to a party Ah, you'd better keep this in your mind Don't get vexed with a piper For you'll find him a gentleman kind But if trouble should start keep out of his way For he carries an awful packtoe Ah, you won't hear it comin' but whoop when it lands Sure, you'll know it's an Irish gateau. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: BobL Date: 27 Sep 22 - 03:13 AM call to battle Why did I read that as "call to cattle?" Conjures up some intriguing images. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,jim bainbridge Date: 27 Sep 22 - 06:13 AM Donald was a piper, hey for-a-haddie Hey for-a-hoo, for a-hey for a-haddie Ho for-a-hum, for a hey for-a-haddie Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Aberdeen-a-haddie Hoochan dochan hoochan dochan, hoochan dochan- ay chorus of a mainly spoken song the 'Daft Piper' roughly translated from the old Davie Stewart version. I never heard Ian Manuel do it, but RAB Collinson, stalwart of TMSA festivals certainly does a great job of it -tune- the 'Drunken Piper' |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: PHJim Date: 27 Sep 22 - 02:21 PM Many thanks for all of the suggestions. The only one I could think of was "Danny Boy" and I wanted to avoid it. I only needed one song and I really liked the John Warner song PIPER ON THE HILLTOP, so that's the one I've learned. Thank you so much Sandra in Sydney. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Vic Smith Date: 27 Sep 22 - 03:24 PM Jim Bainbridge's post above reminds me of the evening decades ago at Elsie's Folk Club in Cowden Pound. He was singing The Daft Piper learned from our mutual hero Davy Stewart and was singing the chorus he has written out but he didn't sing the last line so it was my voice that rang out - Hoochan dochan hoochan dochan, hoochan dochan- ay - and I was puzzled that I was the only ons singing. Jim laughed so much it was a while before he could finish the song, |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Vic Smith Date: 27 Sep 22 - 03:32 PM Could I add the song written by Mary Brooksbank which I have seen with three or four different titles but which goes: - As I cam by Strathmartine Mains |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,Lang Johnnie More Date: 27 Sep 22 - 04:24 PM I posted links to 2 versions of "Donald Was A Piper" above. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 27 Sep 22 - 07:36 PM PHJim - I love pipes & the only time I've ever avoided them was when John & Margaret launched their album waaaay back last century It was at our folk club, in the upstairs Hall of a late 19th century sandstone & wood Town Hall. The Piper on the hilltop was waiting in the porch for his cue & walked across the hall then down the stairs, but I'd jumped into the kitchen & closed the door having heard the practice across the perfect acoustic room & down the equally perfect acoustic staircase. Another lovely memory was being part of a New Years Eve crowd following a pipe band thru the dimly lit Botanic Gardens as they headed for their bus. sandra |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Reinhard Date: 28 Sep 22 - 12:58 AM Long Johnnie More, you could have avoided further references to the same song by clearly describing your YouTube links, e.g. Mairi Campbell: The Piper and the Maker https://youtu.be/LrD4BC_4IDA Andy M. Stewart: Dinny the Piper (Roud 8147) https://youtu.be/RJ9zN0aTqCo Jim Reid: Daft Donal (Roud 5140) https://youtu.be/CDxnjvC1IEQ Mick Broderick & The Whistlebinkies : Donald Was a Piper (Roud 5140) https://youtu.be/gArRFYmLcQ0 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 28 Sep 22 - 04:45 AM Place "bagpipe" in the upper left search and 19 Digital Traditions versions pop up. Sincerely, Gargoyle Of course my choose is: https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5786 THE BALL OF KERRIEMUIR (BALLYNORE) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: GUEST,Lang Johnnie More Date: 28 Sep 22 - 05:58 AM True - or people could have taken the time to look at them. But I take your point, and will be more accurate in the future if similar situations arise. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about bagpipes From: Tattie Bogle Date: 28 Sep 22 - 07:14 PM Yes, the first one that came to my mind was “The Piper and the Maker”: great song. But agree with Reinhard’s point about posting the name of the song as well as the link: or you can put the song title into your link when setting it up. |
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