Subject: ADD: Requiem (Dave Goulder) ^^ From: Stewie Date: 03 Mar 00 - 06:31 PM REQUIEM (Dave Goulder)
When the signals were green, did you sit by line
Well, they've silenced the whistle, the coal is all burned
Oh Britannias and Jubilees, Compounds and Crabs
Well, I've given me kettle and me old tin can Source: 'From the album Dave Goulder and Liz Dyer 'January Man'. Another train song for which I would appreciate a little help. Any ideas whether 'Compounds and Crabs' (what it sounds like) is correct? I tried searching steam engines on the net - even model sites - but was simply sent around in circles without becoming any the wiser. There seemed to be quite a bit on American steam trains, but not much on British ones - that I could find. My source for this is an early Dave Goulder record, but I've forgotten its name. I pretty sure 'Mallard' is the correct title for the song, but my recollection may be faulty. Whatever, it's a great song. Does anyone recall the name of the album it is from? --Stewie. ^^ |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: Stewie Date: 03 Mar 00 - 07:25 PM Well, my recollection was totally faulty. I just found the original cassette on to which I had dubbed this song years ago - I had thought it lost forever. The correct title of the song should be 'Requiem', not 'Mallard'. The album it came from was Dave Goulder and Liz Dyer 'January Man'. It had some other great songs like 'Pigs Can See the Wind', 'January Man', 'Faraway Tom'. Unfortunately, I made no note of the record label. I'll see if Joe can repair the stuff-up for me. --Stewie. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: Snuffy Date: 03 Mar 00 - 08:22 PM Britannias were post-war 4-6-2 express engines, built by the nationalised British Railways. Oliver Cromwell was one of the Britannia class Jubilees were 4-6-0s, introduced in the mid-1930s by the LMSR Compounds probably means the 4-4-0 Midland Railway compounds (pre WW1) Crabs were powerful (for UK) 2-6-0 mixed traffic locos introduced about 1930 on the LMSR Mallard was a streamlined A4 Pacific (4-6-2) of the LNER. Has this helped, or added to your confusion? Wassail! V |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: Stewie Date: 03 Mar 00 - 09:13 PM Snuffy Thank you very much indeed for all that information - it is very much appreciated. A few friends and I are putting together an entertainment on train songs for presentation at a folk festival later this year. The reason is that the top half of the Northern Territory, where we live, may (although we won't hold our breath) finally be linked to the rest of Australia by the construction of a railway line that was first promised in the first decade of last century! It's nice to be as accurate as possible, so I thank you again for sharing your knowledge. Cheers, Stewie. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: Stewie Date: 03 Mar 00 - 09:20 PM Joe, Thanks for fixing up the title and attribution. --Stewie. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: wildlone Date: 04 Mar 00 - 12:15 AM Dave Goulder worked on the railway for years and wrote songs of british railways and railway men. I have got a couple of his lps I will look them out later today. The last I heard Dave was building dry stone walls for a living. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: The Shambles Date: 04 Mar 00 - 06:40 AM Darn!
I thought this was going to be a folksong about DUCKS. Nice song though. I have got a tune called God's Wonderful Railway, if anyone is interested. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: wildlone Date: 04 Mar 00 - 03:05 PM Requiem For Steam, The Railway Songs of Dave Goulder. recorded on Big Ben records BB 00.04 The Man Who Put The Engine in The Chip Shop. Fellside FEO65 the above are on vinyl. Stone,Steam and Starlings. Harbourtown HARCD 017. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: phil jl Date: 06 Mar 00 - 06:22 PM Stewie Is there any chance of you posting a tune for Requiem ?
Phil |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mallard From: Stewie Date: 06 Mar 00 - 08:47 PM Phil, I don't know how to do it, but I'll see what I can organise. --Stewie. |
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