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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: Tattie Bogle Date: 24 Sep 17 - 08:05 PM Might depend where you come from, and what people in your locality know! And what is a renfaire? In our neck o' the woods, it will be mainly Scottish, with a few Irish, and the occasional American and English. And some mainly for care home gigs! So here is my Scottish list, which probably has a few notable omissions Killiecrankie Both Sides o' the Tweed Rose of Allandale ( but sung as the Corries did it in a martial 4/4!) Follow the Heron Doon in the Wee Room The SS Shieldhall The Crinan Canal The Union Canal (and many other songs by Robin Laing) Pittenweem Joe (and any other John Watt songs) Mingulay Boat Song Skye Boat Song Westering Home Caledonia (Dougie Maclean) Any other songs with Caledonia in the title (quite a few!) Jamie Raeburn Jamie Foyers Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen I belong to Glasgow Miles and the Road to Dundee Anything by Matt McGinn Anything by Jim McLean Anything by Ewan McVicar Anything that Hamish Imlach used to sing Anything by Robert Burns, Tannahill or Fergusson Auld Lang Syne to the original tune Anything by Davy Steele Anything that Tony Cuffe used to sing Yellow on the Broom (+ anything else by Adam McNaughtan) Braw Sailing on the Sea Anything by Jim Reid, including Violet Jacob poems he set to music Any other of Violet Jacob's poems, which others have set to music Any of the much requested songs of some of our current talented songwriters.....and I could go on! |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: FreddyHeadey Date: 24 Sep 17 - 04:14 PM some other threads How to End An Evening thread.cfm?threadid=160790 Good A Cappella Chorus Songs thread.cfm?threadid=8561 what is your favourite chorus song? thread.cfm?threadid=65904 |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: the lemonade lady Date: 24 Sep 17 - 02:05 PM Can I refresh this? Good... Thank you |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: GRex Date: 18 May 11 - 04:47 AM I always get a great audience response when singing "When All Men Sing" GRex |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: GUEST,Megan M Date: 17 May 11 - 10:07 PM Mmario, I've run into the same thing at renfaires! Even to the point of being asked not to do a song that another group used to sing but *didn't anymore.* Also, I really like the Pyrates Royale! Are you familiar with the Crimson Pirates from NYRF? Okay. Songs that come to mind: - "Johnny, I Hardly Knew You" - "Rocky Road to Dublin" - "All Through the Ale"; the only version I've heard at faires is the "All For Me Grog" with the noggin' this and noggin' that -- there are variants, like this one, that I like much more. - "Barley Mow" is a good sing-along and...well, "upbeat" is an understatement... - "The Whistling Gypsy Rover" and "Queen of Argyle" aren't exactly upbeat, but they're good for singing! - "Whiskey, You're the Devil" - "P Stands for Paddy," particularly as the Bedlam Boys do it. - And I know someone probably does "Tom of Bedlam" already, but if they do "For to see mad Tom of Bedlam," you could do the "From the hag and hungry goblin" version. Hope this helps! Let us know what you end up singing. Cheers, Megan |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 17 May 11 - 09:14 AM I found out that today's "old folks" are more like my age! I found a great site for the Parkinsons group I work with: A Compilation of Sing-Along, Folk, & Rock Guitar Songs |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: GUEST,MMario Date: 20 Sep 04 - 09:34 AM Kaleea - the problem being finding "great ones" someone isn't already doing at the same faire!!!! |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: The Unicorn Man Date: 19 Sep 04 - 05:58 PM "The Folkaholicks" My group are in to chorus songs we nicked "The Cotton Mill Girls" off of "Run of The Mill" who sing it a lot, because it's a great song, simple to play and very catchy. |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: Noreen Date: 19 Sep 04 - 05:44 PM Hi MMario! See the following previous threads, and come across the pond to hear some first hand at our festivals (or wait til Getaway 2005 when some of us might be over again, fingers crossed.....!) what is your favourite chorus song? Good A Capella Chorus Songs |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: black walnut Date: 19 Sep 04 - 12:27 PM A.M. - I wanna hear your Buffy the Vampire song!!!!!! ~b.w. |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: Georgiansilver Date: 19 Sep 04 - 05:52 AM Alan Bells "Windmills" is a great, rousing chorus song. "The Mingulay Boat" song also gets 'em going. "My name is Jock Stuart"(A man you don't meet every day) Donovans "Goldwatch Blues" Just a few for you to consider. Best wishes. |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: GUEST,Crystal Date: 19 Sep 04 - 05:13 AM Red Haired Mary is a great song! |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: Kaleea Date: 18 Sep 04 - 11:42 PM Golly gee, Mmario! If you are finding yourself at Renfaires with audience participation needed, check out the tons of songs often thought of as Irish "pub tunes" as many have verses for you & choruses &/or refrain for all. Some of my favs are: Red Haired Mary All For Me Grog (my all-time fav "drinking song!) The Fox et al. |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: dick greenhaus Date: 18 Sep 04 - 09:55 PM Well, one way t5o start looking is to do a DigiTrad Search for "cho:" (without the quotes.) |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: Carly Date: 18 Sep 04 - 02:42 PM I'm not familiar with most of the groups you list, so I may be totally off-base (or off-key?) but I suggest that you ste...uh, learn from the best and take a look at the Copper Family's songs. I know that we who love them hear them in our heads with twenty-seven harmonies, but I have found that songs like Thousands or More are very helpful when trying to get an audience of nonsingers to ohmygoodness sing! Hal and Tow, John Ball (new but sings "old") and Let Union Be also come to mind. See you at the Getaway! Mike, I want to hear your Buffy song! |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: GUEST,MMario Date: 18 Sep 04 - 12:59 PM Thanks for the suggestions! Mike - I'll take you up on that. |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: GUEST,Crystal Date: 18 Sep 04 - 10:04 AM The spoof versions of many of these old standards go down well. Les Barker does lots of great stuff like that. |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: webfolk Date: 18 Sep 04 - 06:35 AM Jez Lowe's stuff usually gets them going, Durham Gaol, High part of the town, that sort of thing |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: Chris Green Date: 18 Sep 04 - 06:02 AM "Babylon Is Fallen" - authentically English Civil War and a great full-throated bellow! It's in the digitrad here http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=415 |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 17 Sep 04 - 05:08 PM Leo, you could do worse than The Rich Man and the Poor Man, a/k/a Hi Ro Jerum, in the DT at CLICK HERE It's a jolly crowd pleaser, in my experience. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: Alaska Mike Date: 17 Sep 04 - 05:01 PM Hey Leo, I've written a great chorus song about the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Not exactly RenFaire material, but audiences really seem to enjoy singing the chorus. We shall discuss further at Ramblewood over a pint or two. Mike |
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Subject: RE: chorus song suggestions From: MMario Date: 17 Sep 04 - 12:38 PM I should post a list of songs that I *can't* use [or rather - shouldn't use]- but at the moment will just bother posting the groups/singers whose repetoires I would rather not rip off any more then I already do... The Pyrates Royale The Corsairs Empty Hats Shanough the Minstrel Jim Hancock Barby Holder Three Hams on Rye Molly and the Tinker Wench Works The Bard O'Neill On the other hand - I'm working on |
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Subject: Need singalong suggestions From: GUEST,MMario Date: 17 Sep 04 - 12:29 PM it's one thing to sing all the "standards" of a favorite singer or group when around the campfire or at a casual sing-around in someone's home - but not so cool to do so if performing at the same venue with the other musicians. As I get to do more actual performing at various ren-faires I'm running into this more and more (it doesn't matter as much if I'm just singing for a friend or two - when I'm singing for an audience and trying to get tips and/or CD sales - it certainly does!) Sing along songs and chorus songs seem to be more popular - but so many of them are "taken" And the songs that I tend to gravitate to tend to be A)sad B)suited to solo voice (sensible since I only have one!) c) no chorus so - I'm looking for songs that would be more upbeat, have a good singable chorus, not be wildly out of place at a renaissance faire. they don't have to be "period" - just not glaringly anachronistic to the average patron. Things along the line of "wild Rover" "Wild Mountain Thyme" or 'Barett's Privateer's' - though I'd also like to steer away from the shanty/sea song end of it since there are a lot of nautical groups at the various ren-faires. any suggestions? |
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