Subject: RE: Keeper of the Songs From: Felipa Date: 15 May 19 - 06:40 PM thank you Freddy, and thanks Robbie for sharing the lyrics here |
Subject: lyr add:The Keeper of the Songs - Robbie O'Connell From: FreddyHeadey Date: 12 May 19 - 09:04 PM Here you are Felipa ... email from Robbie ... Freddy, I'm glad you like The Keeper of the Songs. I pasted the lyrics to below. If you want to put it on Mudcat, that's fine with me. Robbie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Keeper of the Songs A tribute to Frank Harte © 2007 Robbie O'Connell Slievenamon Music [BMI] That once brash voice is silent now, no more we'll hear it soar To call us back to Dublin's streets or Napoleon's cruel war To feel again the nation's pride as our heroes made a stand Or the sorrows of our countrymen when great hunger gripped the land And though his voice rings out no more, his words still linger on Those in power write the history, those who suffer write the songs It was on the streets of Boyle one day, he heard a tinker's song Of those heroes bold in Knockanure who bitterly were wronged His life would never be the same from that fateful moment on For he realized he'd found the truth in the verses of a song And though his voice rings out no more, his words still linger on Those in power write the history, those who suffer write the songs For the voices of his people and the stories that they told He cherished like a wealthy man might treasure bars of gold Their songs like ghosts that long endured through centuries now gone Were proudly given life once more by the keeper of the songs And though his voice rings out no more, his words still linger on Those in power write the history, those who suffer write the songs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: FreddyHeadey Date: 11 May 19 - 10:18 PM Sounds like a good song, shame the acoustics in that video are so echoey. |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Felipa Date: 11 May 19 - 05:50 PM the next line Frank often said was "and given our history, we have a lot of songs" Mick Moloney or Robbie O'Connell(?) wrote a song tribute to Frank Harte which features the line "those in power write the history; those who suffer write the songs". I'm trying to track down the lyrics online and in the process, I came upon this tribute by Mick Moloney to Frank Harte after Frank died in 2005: http://journalofmusic.com/focus/those-who-suffer-write-songs I haven't found the lyrics yet, but I've found the chords! https://chordify.net/chords/robbie-o-connell-sings-keeper-of-the-songs-at-o-flaherty-irish-music-retreat-2011-benjamin "The Keeper of the Songs" is on youtube sung by Robbie McConnell "The Keeper of the songs" video on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/53914205 |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Liam's Brother Date: 01 Mar 00 - 07:13 PM Hi Frank! Reserve a copy for Bonnie and me. We look forward to hearing it.
All the best, |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: GUEST,Frank Harte. Date: 01 Mar 00 - 04:52 PM Lamarca, Regarding the CD. of Songs on Napoleon Bonaparte...the date of issue really depends on Donal Lunny and at the present moment he has little time available.... he is very busy recording and completing recordings with his band Coolfin. With a bit of luck I hope that it may be issued some time in May.
Slan........Frank
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Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: GUEST,Frank Harte. Date: 01 Mar 00 - 04:42 PM Lamarca, Regarding the CD. of Songs on Napoleon Bonaparte...the date of issue really depends on Donal Lunny and at the present moment he has little time available.... he is very busy recording and completing recordings with his band Coolfin. With a bit of luck I hope that it may be issued some time in May.
Slan........Frank
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Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: GUEST,Frank Harte Date: 01 Mar 00 - 04:35 PM To Lamarca,...... Yes I hope to be over in the U.S. again this summer. and to Angelika, I would be pleased if you chose to quote me in your book. Slan........Frank |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Geli Date: 01 Mar 00 - 02:25 PM I forgot to say that I think the Mudcat is one of the best places I've come across in the net. I'll definitely be around regularly from now on - thanks to Wolfgang who drew my attention to it. Geli |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Geli Date: 01 Mar 00 - 12:21 PM Frank, I'm so glad you replied to my question. Thanks!! I'm writing a textbook unit on Ireland for German learners of English and I desperately wanted to use this quote but couldn't very well have done so without knowing who to ascribe it to. But now I can. I hope you won't mind being quoted in the book. Regards, Angelika Thiele |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: lamarca Date: 29 Feb 00 - 08:57 PM Glad to see you here, Frank. When is your collection of Napoleonic songs due out? Any chance of "Say Me a Song" being re-released on CD, too? I was really happy to hear you in person at the Washington Irish Festival in 1998 (after playing "Daybreak and a Candle End" to death). Hope you will be touring over here in the US again soon! |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Harte Frank Date: 29 Feb 00 - 07:43 PM Angelica Theile Angelica, Regarding that quotation; I have not visited the Mudcat for a very long time and so I was unaware that there was a question about whom I was quoting, until I met with Tom Munnelly and Nicholas Carolan at the recption for Altan's new record last night. Well the answer is ...either with or without quotations... I was indeed quoting myself. Frank. |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Harte Frank Date: 29 Feb 00 - 07:21 PM |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: GUEST,Martin Ryan Date: 23 Feb 00 - 04:03 AM Frank is in the final stages of producing a CD of Napoleonic songs - which shouild be well worth hearing. Regards |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 22 Feb 00 - 07:55 PM That's what living tradition is all about. |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: GUEST,J.A.Franks Date: 22 Feb 00 - 07:33 PM while attending gaelic roots at Boston College last year i sat in for a week during songs and ballard history classes wich were taught by Frank Harte and who Frank is quoting here is himself |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: John Moulden Date: 22 Feb 00 - 06:45 PM On the page of the notes which would be eleven, if they had been numbered, Frank says at the bottom: "As I have said many times before: ...."This in power ... songs." and we have an awful lot of songs." It seems that he *is* quoting himself. |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Sorcha Date: 22 Feb 00 - 05:24 PM While looking, I did come across something that said,"As Frank Harte says often......." Maybe he quoted himself? |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Martin _Ryan Date: 22 Feb 00 - 05:20 PM I do, I do - but I suspect even Frank himself won't know! Regards |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: Liam's Brother Date: 22 Feb 00 - 02:54 PM Ask Mudcatter Martin Ryan. He probably sees Frank once a month.
All the best, |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 22 Feb 00 - 01:43 PM And there's Arthur O'Shaughnessy's The music-makers We are the music-makers,
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Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Feb 00 - 10:24 PM GUEST,Angelika Thiele-- I don't know the answer to this, but are you familiar with the Gourd Records recording, The World Turned Upside Down? All material is American Revolutionary War period. Good stuff. |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: katlaughing Date: 21 Feb 00 - 09:27 PM Here is an interesting one on the subject, by Shelley:
Most wretched men |
Subject: RE: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: MarkS Date: 21 Feb 00 - 08:48 PM Probably the same guy who wrote "History is written by the winners." Other than that, can't help much. |
Subject: Who does Frank Harte quote? From: GUEST,Angelika Thiele Date: 21 Feb 00 - 08:28 PM The booklet to Frank Harte and Donal Lunny's CD "1798 - the first year of liberty" starts with the following quote: "Those in power write the history, those who suffer write the songs". Does anybody who is quoted here? Angelika |
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