Origin: Wind That Shakes The Corn

Subject: RE: Tune to Wind That Shakes the Corn
From: clueless don
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 09:20 AM

If you're talking about what I *think* you're talking about, it's "The Wind that Shakes the Corn", which has essentially the same storyline as "The Wind that Shakes the Barley", but is sung in "old time waltz" tempo, rather than the more contemplative tempo usually used for "Barley".

The tune that I have always heard used for "Corn" is the same tune as is used for "Tramps and Hawkers", "England's Motorway", "Paddy West", and probably others as well. On the first album by Celtic Thunder (for those who are familiar with it) they used this tune for Terry Winch's song "The Best Years of Their Lives".

If you go to "Paddy West" in the DT, the midi there is almost the same as the tune I know for this song.

Don

Subject: RE: Tune to Wind That Shakes the Corn
From: Noreen
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 03:55 AM

Include a section of (or a link to) the lyrics so we know which song you mean.

Subject: RE: Tune to Wind That Shakes the Corn
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 Mar 04 - 05:34 PM

Isn't it the same as the "Wind That Shakes The Barley"? In the Mudcat midis.

Subject: Tune to Wind That Shakes the Corn
From: GUEST,seascribe
Date: 21 Mar 04 - 01:59 PM

I have the lyrics, but no tune to sing 'em too. Can anyone help me?

Subject: RE: lyrics? Wind That Shakes The Corn
From: Susan of DT
Date: 30 Jan 97 - 09:08 AM

It's also in the DT

Subject: RE: lyrics? Wind That Shakes The Corn
From: Jamas (Tony Hurley)
Date: 28 Jan 97 - 04:00 AM

Ezio - thank you yet again. We obviously enjoy the same type of music.

Tony (Queensland,Australia)

Subject: Lyr Add: WIND THAT SHAKES THE CORN (Irish Rovers)
From:
Date: 28 Jan 97 - 03:43 AM

Tony,

This should be the one you are looking for:


WIND THAT SHAKES THE CORN

I sat within the valley green
I sat with my true love
My sad heart had to choose between
Old Ireland and my love
I looked at her and then I thought
How Ireland was torn
While soft the wind blew down the glen
And shook the golden corn

'Twas hard the woeful words to bring
To break the ties that bound
But harder still to bear the shame
Of English chains around
And so I said, the mountain glen
I'll seek in early morn
And join the brave united men
While soft winds shook the corn

While sad I kissed away her tears
My fond arms round her clung
A British shot burst in our ears
From out of the wild woods round
One bullet pierced my true love's side
A rose pierced by a thorn
And in my arms in blood she died
While soft winds shook the corn

So blood for blood without remorse
I've taken in the glen
I placed my true love's clayful corpse
I joined true Irish men
But around her grave I wander drear
Sometimes in early morn
And with breaking heart sometimes I hear
The wind that shakes the corn

(Recorded by Irish Rovers on Unicorn)


Enjoy
Ezio - Italy

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Note from Joe Offer - these same lyrics are in the Digital Tradition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImvabnIGMu8

Subject: lyrics? Wind That Shakes The Corn
From:
Date: 27 Jan 97 - 06:17 PM

Looking for lyrics to "Wind That Shakes The Corn". This song has been recorded by the Irish Rovers and I believe it uses a similar or same tune as Tramps And Hawkers. Any help appreciated.

Tony Hurley