Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: PHJim
Date: 24 May 20 - 12:54 AM

My friend, the late Zeke Mazurek, would sometimes sing these words to Saint Anne's Reel:

Everybody's wondering if St Anne's real,
If St Anne's real, if St Anne's real.
Everybody's wondering if St Anne's real,
Is she really, really, really, really, really, really, real?

Is she really, really, really, really, really, really, real?
Is she really, really, really, really, really, really, real?
Is she really, really, really, really, really, really, real?
Is she really, really, really, really, really, really, real?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: GUEST,Jerry
Date: 23 May 20 - 12:32 PM

Yes, that’s the chord sequence I use for that song, although I only know the Dubliners’ version. You have to switch to D Major though at some stage to incorporate the reel tune, without which I find the song a bit pointless.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: DonMeixner
Date: 21 May 20 - 12:42 PM

Try it like this. I have altered a few chords perhaps because of some injuries. But it works for me.


G C G    He was standing............
G A7 D   Waiting.......
C D      A one horse place..
G Em    Coffee and.........
G D G    Of fiddlin...........

Repeat Chords for next lyrics         
G C G    Then a dime ,......
G A7D    Walk along ........
C D      yellow light......
G Em    And a welcome in........
G D G    Then they're standing there...........

D C      Said I've.......
D C Em   Was it on another ......
G C G    Was it written on the sky above......
C D G    But I've never heard.....

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 May 20 - 11:12 PM

refresh - needs consolidation

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: meself
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 03:29 PM

I didn't realize that Gordon is from Alberta - I notice he doesn't advertise the fact on his site ... !

Saw him and Richard last summer - great show. Richard's, um, 'physicality' doesn't do much for me, but he's a phenomenal fiddler. And he and Gordon work well together - you're in for a treat.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: Beer
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 03:16 PM

meself,
Gordon is originally from Alberta. He moved to P.E.I. back in the seventies and since has been adopted as a SPUD. Richard Wood and Gordon will be playing for me on May 30th.
ad.

http://www.guernseycove.ca/bio

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: meself
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 01:05 PM

Thanks, Adrien - that's what I was looking for! That seems to me about half-way between the Dubs and John Denver. I may be mistaken, but I think I detect a couple of affected 'Americanisms' in Gordon B.'s pronunciations, in the singing - as if he had listened to the JD version one too many times ....

FWIW, here's a good song I came across: Along the North Shore .

And, just because it's a great song, by Eddy Quinn - unfortunately, the sound is a little mushy, so some of the lyrics get lost: The Girl From Gaspereaux .

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: Beer
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 11:46 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7ANhM4blA


Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: meself
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 10:35 AM

Well, I don't want to squabble and quibble, but you did say that JD's version was 'more appropriate', which I took mean to mean that you found the Dubs version at least somewhat 'inappropriate' - sorry if I misunderstood, which I apparently did.

However, if by "the song's goegraphical roots" you mean Prince Edward Island, you may be surprised at the extent of Irish influence on PEI folk culture which is often evident in speech and musical accents. Somewhat less so now than thirty years ago, but then the song was written about thirty years ago. Given that the Dubliners have a distinctive sound even in the context of Irish music, I think you would find a typical rendering of BSAR in a PEI pub on a Saturday night as close to the Dubliners as to John Denver.

I'll do a little nosing around on youtube to see if I can find anything to illustrate. Just for the heck of it.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: Mr Happy
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 05:08 AM

meself,

Where did I state that the Dubs version was inappropriate?

I really like Ronnie Drew's singing of it.

What I mean is that since JD is American, his rendering is closer to the song's goegraphical roots

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: Effsee
Date: 06 Mar 10 - 11:30 PM

Is it my imgination, but I'm sure I've heard Stan Rogers sing this son? Anyone?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: meself
Date: 06 Mar 10 - 01:32 PM

To clarify: Marion Parson's song is to the tune of St. Anne's Reel, not to the tune of the Ballad of St. Anne's Reel.

Be forewarned: her song is about Anne of Green Gables.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 06 Mar 10 - 12:59 PM

Hear Marion's song to the same tune here--Anne of Three Minutes.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 06 Mar 10 - 12:41 PM

Canada's four Atlantic Provinces share a lot of music tradition, but each is distinct unto itself. Prince Edward Island, not Newfoundland, is the setting for the song. It is about Don Messer, a great fiddler who came from New Brunswick to live on PEI. He later moved to Nova Scotia but has I believe, less connection to Newfoundland. Don called his band The Islanders and PEI claimed him as a native son.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: meself
Date: 06 Mar 10 - 11:52 AM

I don't understand the "much more appropriate" comment, or what a "north American lilt" is. Or the "Newfoundland theme" for that matter. There's nothing "inappropriate" about the Dubliners' version.

(I don't mean to sound grouchy, but I'm sick and, um, grouchy at the moment).

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (D Mallett)
From: Mr Happy
Date: 06 Mar 10 - 05:54 AM

This is a fine song.

I'd only previously heard the Dubliners version along with the reel on the end.

Someone played the reel in the sesh last night, & it prompted me to seek out the song as a poss addition to my repertoire.

Surprised to find its a Dave Mallet composition, tho' it fits as its a Newfoundland theme.

Also just listened to John Denver's version & 'tho its a lot different to the Dubs, its reely good & much more appropriate, given a north American lilt!

Here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQsVQDQHtnM

Subject: RE: ballad of st. anne's reel - tab
From: MMario
Date: 27 Aug 02 - 04:20 PM

I was unable to find tab for the song - but the lyrics and chords are in the link I posted up above.

Subject: RE: ballad of st. anne's reel - tab
From: Áine
Date: 27 Aug 02 - 01:22 PM

Try this progression, John:

G C G
D
C D G C
G C D G

All the best, Áine

Subject: RE: ballad of st. anne's reel - tab
From: GUEST,John
Date: 27 Aug 02 - 01:18 PM

Sorry I wasn't too clear on this. I was looking for the ballad written by Dave Mallett.(Ballad of the st. Anne's reel) John Denver does a nice version of this song.(he was standed in some tiny town on fair Prince Edward isle...

Subject: RE: ballad of st. anne's reel - tab
From: GUEST,Ernest
Date: 27 Aug 02 - 02:13 AM

John,

try "jaybuckey.com". It`s a commercial site with a selection of free stuff for guitar, banjo, mandolin etc. Tab for St. Annes Reel is under the free stuff section.

All the best

Ernest

Subject: RE: ballad of st. anne's reel - tab
From: MMario
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 03:23 PM

chords for Ballad of St. Anne's Reel

Subject: ballad of st. anne's reel - tab
From: GUEST,john
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 03:16 PM

Anyone have the tab and/or chords for Dave Mallett's "Ballad of St. Anne's Reel. thanks much.