Lyr Req: The Rose of Avalon (Robert J. Currie)

Subject: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: skarpi
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 01:51 PM

Halló all , does anyone know something about this song " Avelone" maybe I spell this wrong but I heard it on radio and one of the line where " the rose of Avelone " so If you know please post on this thread. All the best from Iceland Skarpi.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: Long Firm Freddie
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 02:05 PM

Could be Sweet Rose of Allandale, which is in the digitrad.

LFF

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: skarpi
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 02:12 PM

No , I know that song , this has diffrent melody. thanks though, Skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 02:57 PM

Two possible candidates are The Rose of Athlone, a popular song of the 1920s or thereabouts, and The Rose of Avalon, about which I know nothing beside the title...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: Snuffy
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 06:52 PM

Or even the Rose of San Antone?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: skarpi
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 08:00 PM

I think it´s the rose of avalon, I know I my spelling it not right. All the best skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: delphinium
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 11:20 AM

The Cornerboys of Halifax Nova Scotia recorded "Rose of Avalon" on their CD "Dukes of Granville Street" (1996). I don't have it but one reviewer says the song is an original by them.

Here's part of the review (at www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/5917/) so you'll know if this is what you heard:

Extract:
All of this is by way of introduction to the first CD from the Cornerboys, Halifax's best (yes, I said best!) pub band. The CD was recorded live at the Split Crow (not Halifax's best pub, but not a bad choice - they do serve Tartan on tap, which is a good thing!), and it exudes atmosphere. You can hear the crowd at almost every turn joining in the good time with the band, a four piece outfit that consists of Rob Currie, Carl Poirier, Kit Hunt, and Remy O'Brien. They all sing, but Currie is, as the boys say themselves when introducing each other, the band's 'leader'. He handles the majority of the lead vocals with a strong voice full of emotion and, at the appropriate times, sly and knowing wit. He also bears an uncanny resemblance to the actor who played Margaret's husband in "Margaret's Museum", but that's another story.

All of the traditional instruments are here, including the banjo, tin whistle, mandolin, and bhodran, so fans of Irish and Scottish folk tunes will be plenty pleased. The Cornerboys also take stabs at bluegrass, Neil Diamond (with a super cover of "Sweet Caroline"), country, and Maritime folk, on songs such as "Mother Miramichi" and the Stan Rogers number "Watching the Apples Grow". The high point has to be the one original tune in the bunch, however, Currie's stunningly beautiful "Rose of Avalon", with a mournful tin whistle 'solo' standing out. The only downside to the album is that they don't do their reggae-rap version of "Barrett's Privateers" (you have to hear it to fully appreciate it's twisted genius). Oh well. Maybe next time!

RATING ***1/2 [Best tracks "Mother Miramichi" "Rose of Avalon" "Railroad Work Song"]

contact: Marcel Cloutier @ Talent Source 1541 Barrington Street, Suite 404 Halifax, Nova Scotia
ph:[phone] fax: [phone]

[My bolding]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: MMario
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 11:39 AM

Thanks for that, delphinium - and BTW - a belated welcome to the mudcat!

Would anyone have an "in" with this group and possibly get permission to post the lyrics, and/or convince one of them to join and post?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Av
From: GUEST,bailey
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 11:24 PM

Axl Rose, what?

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: ROSE OF AVALON (Robert J. Currie)
From:
Date: 16 Feb 04 - 08:50 PM

The Rose of Avalon
(as performed on "Dukes of Granville: CORNERBOYS Live at the Split Crow")
) 2003 Robert J. Currie

   

C                 G/B      Am       C/G
As I walked out in first daylight
 
                      F             C         G
Through the streets of old St. John's
 
           F          G       C              Am
'Twas there I met a wondrous sight
 
         F           G     C   G
The rose of Avalon
 
                  C             G/B         Am       C/G
'Twas her dark eyes first that captured me
 
     F         C                  G
A gentle light in them shone
 
    F               G           C        Am
I stood transfixed, as fair as this
 
                 F           G   C  C7
Was the rose of Avalon
 

Chorus
 
      F            G                C            Am
A precious pearl is the mainland girl
 
          F             C           G
With beauty like the dawn
 
             C              G/B        Am          F
But I'll make my stand in Newfoundland
 
               C          G     C    G
With the rose of Avalon
 
  
  I'll build for her a little house
A chair to rest upon
And by the sea, she'll live with me
The rose of Avalon
 
And when I must go, again to know
This lonely road I'm on
I'll sing my part 'til it reach her heart
The rose of Avalon
 
Chorus
 

  No happier a man could be
Than to have his eyes upon
The rocky east Atlantic shore
And the rose of Avalon
 
And if she'll stay here at my side
And if my love is strong
She'll be content to be my bride
The rose of Avalon

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: ' Avelone ' The Rose of.......Avalon
From: masato sakurai
Date: 16 Feb 04 - 09:43 PM

"Rose of Avalon" by Rob Currie can be heard here.