Woolen & Linen/Hark As The Bee Hunts For Treasure

Subject: RE: Woolen & Linen/Hark As The Bee Hunts For Treasure
From: Thompson
Date: 03 Feb 24 - 01:38 AM

Aha, the poet Robert Graves' daddy. Good man.
Nice performance by Danny Priestly (starting 24 minutes in there), but no mouth-slapping - anyone got a version with the rhythm slaps?

Subject: Version: Tis I can weave woollen and linen
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Jan 24 - 03:36 PM

Here's a performance of the song by Danny Priestley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx95lsTWo-w

And Here's a version of "'Tis I can weave woollen and linen" without the bee/treasure chorus: https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=77172

'TIS I CAN WEAVE WOOLLEN AND LINEN
(Alfred Perceval Graves)

'Tis I can weave woollen and linen,
The finest folk wear on their backs;
So, girls, come give over your spinnin',
And wind off your wool and your flax!

Five year at my woollen and linen
I've woven from mornin' to night,
With a heart that beat heavy beginnin',
But is leapin' for ever more light.

For with guineas full up is the stockin',
Sewed safe in the tick of my bed,
And 'tis soon that I'll rest without rockin',
Since at Shrove with my Willy I'll wed.

Authorship:

by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931), "'Tis I can weave woollen and linen", appears in Irish Songs and Ballads, in Songs and Ballads [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "'Tis I can weave woollen and linen", published [1882?] [voice and piano], from the collection Songs of Old Ireland. A Collection of Fifty Irish Melodies Unknown in England, no. 37, arrangement ; London, Boosey & Co. ; dedicated to Johannes Brahms, August 1882 [ text verified 1 time]

Ithis is almost the same as the version posted by Jim Dixon above (click)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen
From: r.padgett
Date: 27 Jan 24 - 02:23 AM

Why not?

Ray

Subject: I have this song performed by vin garbut
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jan 24 - 10:37 PM

Anyone still interested I can upload it

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen
From: leeneia
Date: 08 Apr 21 - 10:54 AM

I've sent the melody to Joe. The original is in B flat, not a folkie favorite, so I changed it to C. If you want to learn the song, follow the link provided by Guest # and look at the beginning of the three verses, so you can see how the pick-up notes change to accommodate the lyrics.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen
From: leeneia
Date: 08 Apr 21 - 12:33 AM

I've made a file of the sheet music linked by Guest #, and I'll send it in for posting tomorrow. I think it was a dance tune, because it has a big range - an octave plus a 4th.

You can always do what I do when it gets too high - re-write that bit.

Thanks, #.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen
From: GUEST,#
Date: 07 Apr 21 - 06:02 PM

https://www.libraryireland.com/Irish-Folk-Songs/Tis-I-Can-Weave-Woollen-And-Linen-1.php

Sheet music with lyrics at that link.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen
From: GUEST
Date: 24 May 12 - 02:26 AM

http://youtu.be/E_5GlbmT17o

here it is. Sorry it took so long to upload.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen
From: GUEST,Stirka
Date: 13 Apr 12 - 06:49 AM

I'd love to hear it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Feb 12 - 07:27 AM

Yes thank-you.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Feb 12 - 05:37 AM

Does anyone still want to hear this? I recorded an mp3 off the LP.

Subject: Lyr Add: 'TIS I CAN WEAVE WOOLLEN AND LINEN
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 09:35 AM

The lyrics and musical notation for one voice and piano can be found in Songs of Old Ireland "the words by Alfred Perceval Graves, the music arranged by Charles Villiers Stanford" (London: Boosey & Co., 1882), page 99:


'TIS I CAN WEAVE WOOLLEN AND LINEN.

'Tis I can weave woollen and linen,
The finest folk wear on their backs,
So, girls, come give over your spinnin',
And wind off your wool and your flax!

CHORUS:
For hark! as the bee hunts for treasure
That's hid in the mountainy bloom,
My shuttle goes buzzing with pleasure,
To gather my gold from the loom.

Five year at my woollen and linen
I've woven from mornin' to night,
With a heart that beat heavy beginnin',
But is leapin' for ever more light.

Now with guineas full up is the stockin',
Sewed safe in the tick of my bed,
And 'tis soon that I'll rest without rockin',
Since at Shrovetide with Willy I'll wed.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hark as the Bee Hunts (Vin Garbutt)
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 03:49 PM

woolen and linen song from album shy tot pommy 1985

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: Lil Dog Turpy
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 01:48 PM

Tune anyone?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: Lil Dog Turpy
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 08:41 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: Lil Dog Turpy
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 01:15 AM

R-J that would be me. Kin tail back again!

Anyone know the tune for this ? I still only know the chorus tune

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: Gurney
Date: 28 Feb 04 - 01:59 AM

He rarely refuses a request, but you will have to stop laughing at his intro long enough to learn the tune.....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: matai
Date: 27 Feb 04 - 03:49 AM

If you could get to the Irish Club Auckland New Zealand by this time tomorrow you could ask him to play it yourself. But I guess that isn't much help.
Good-luck

matai (from down-under)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: rich-joy
Date: 27 Feb 04 - 12:00 AM

"Lil Dog Turpy"?? are you the same one that tried to save the Old Man from the dreaded HOBYAHS ???!!!

R-J

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: Lil Dog Turpy
Date: 20 Feb 04 - 06:08 PM

Thanks for the pointer - I did search the digitrad database with no luck, which is why I posted here. All I need now is the tune lol

Subject: Lyr Add: HARK AS THE BEE HUNTS FOR TREASURE
From: Rain Dog
Date: 20 Feb 04 - 01:02 PM

You could use the lyric search for this site and get this:

Subject: hark as the bee :add Lyric
From: Ted from Australia - PM
Date: 24 Feb 99 - 03:13 AM

HARK AS THE BEE HUNTS FOR TREASURE
Trad slip jig. As sung by Vin Garbutt

CHORUS: Hark as the bee hunts for treasure
That's hid in the mountainy bloom
Me shuttle goes buzzing with pleasure
To gather me gold from me loom.

V1: 'Tis I can weave woolen and linen
The finest folk wear on their backs
So girl come give over your spinnin'
And wind up me wool and me flax. CHORUS

V2: Five years at the woolen and linen
I've laboured from morning to night
With a heart that beats heavy beginnin'
Is beating forever more light. CHORUS

V3: With guineas full up in me stockin' sole
Safe in the tick of me bed
It's soon that I'll rest without rocking
At Shrovetide with Willie I'll wed. CHORUS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: Lil Dog Turpy
Date: 20 Feb 04 - 11:32 AM

Refresh

Subject: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts
From: Lil Dog Turpy
Date: 18 Feb 04 - 06:50 PM

I have been searching for the lyrics and tune for a Vin Garbutt song I heard a long time ago. The tune was a jig and the chorus was

Hark as the bee hunts for treasure
That's hid in the mountain of bloom
My shuttle goes buzzing with pleasure
To gather the gold from my loom

To achieve the jig effect, instructions for the chorus involved slapping your mouth to interrupt the flow of air while singing (you had so see it!) and so the chorus becomes

Hark as (slap) the (slap) bee (slap) hunts for treasure
That's hid (slap) in (slap) the (slap) mountain of bloom
My shu (slap) ttle (slap) goes (slap) buzzing with pleasure
To gather the gold from my loom

Does any one recollect this?