Lyr Add: THE HAZEL DELL

Subject: Lyr Add: THE HAZEL DELL
From: JenEllen
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:37 PM

THE HAZEL DELL
G. F. Root

In the Hazel Dell my Nelly's sleeping
Nelly loved so long
And my lonely, lonely watch I'm keeping
Nelly lost and gone
Here in the moonlight often we have wandered
Through the silent shade
Now where leafy branches drooping downward
Little Nelly's laid

CHORUS:
All alone my watch I'm keeping
In the Hazel Dell
For my darling Nelly's near me sleeping
Nelly dear farewell

Oh, I little thought when last we parted
Nelly, thy sweet breath
Would be hushed and I left broken hearted
Mourning for thy death
Though a sad smile o'er thy face was fleeting
Tearlets in thine eye
Could I think those words my last greeting
Nelly dear goodbye

In the Hazel Dell my Nelly's sleeping
Where the flowers wave
And the silent stars are nightly weeping
O'er poor Nelly's grave
Hopes that once my bosom fondly cherished
Smile no more for me
Every dream of joy alas has perished
Nelly dear with thee

Now I'm weary, friendless and forsaken
Watching here alone
Nelly, thou no more will fondly cheer me
With thy loving tone
Yet forever shall they gentle image
In my memory dwell
And my tears thy lonely grave shall moisten
Nelly dear farewell

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE HAZEL DELL
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:51 PM

You can find the lyrics and MIDI to "The Hazel Dell" at http://pdmusic.org/root-gf.html, along with many other songs by George Frederick Root (aka G. Friedrich Wurzel). Root was born in 1820 and died in 1895. Wurzel, by the way, is a German word for "root." He used his German surname Wurzel for his minstrel songs.
Can't say I like the MIDIs at PD music, but they do give you a good idea what a song sounds like. I could do without the electronic drums and cymbals. You can find a recording of this song on the new CD by Mudcatter Guy Wolff
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE HAZEL DELL
From: Guy Wolff
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 05:49 PM

This is so cool to find.Jen Ellen were did you come across the words . The vertion I am working from comes from the collection of the Litchfield Connecticut Historical So. Most of the colection is from 1803 but the notation for Hazel Dell looks earlier.. WORDS TO A TUNE !!! YAY MUDCAT !! All the best Guy The cd is comming Dec 10th !!!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE HAZEL DELL
From: masato sakurai
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 07:15 PM

From Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920:

The hazel dell (New York, New York, William Hall, 1853) [sheet music] .

Hazel dell (New York, New York, William Hall & Son, 1854) [sheet music]

There're other sheets and arranged compositions (just put "hazel dell" into the seach box; Click here). This must have been a very popular tune.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE HAZEL DELL
From: nutty
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 12:41 PM

You can see the whole 1853 sheet music here, on the Levy site

The Hazel Dell

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE HAZEL DELL
From: Guy Wolff
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:17 PM

Thanks Joe for the link to the tune.. It is definatly the same tune and the harmoneys are almost the same.. I loved the computerized DRUMS !! Realy fun.. I think the tune is older then the words by George F Root but thats just a wild uneducated intuative non academic guess .. It sounds quite Scotish with a bit of "Cut & Dotting" !!! This is the tune I played of Oakley at Nellies last year.. .. Great the see all the links Thanks to all here !!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE HAZEL DELL
From: Amos
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 06:22 PM

Jen, that's just byoodiful!!


Thanks!!

I want to hear you sing it at the next Runamuck!! Serious!!


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