Origin:Father now our meeting's over/Land on Shore

Subject: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: synbyn
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 05:06 PM

Any help with tune gratefully received- a child remembers it from Broadstairs Folk Week but not accurately & though lyrics come up on google , no tune supplied. Thanks!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu2vqXU-caw

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: Peace
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 05:16 PM

Is thie also called, "Now Our Meeting's Over"?

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: synbyn
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 05:31 PM

thanks Peace: The lyrics as i have them from the child's memory are:

Sisters now our meeting's over
Sisters now we must part
And if we should never meet again
I'll keep you in my heart

And we'll stand by the shore (x3)
And be safe for ever more

Brothers/Mothers/ Fathers are the following verses, but only Fathers came up as a title on Google.

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: Peace
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 05:47 PM

Fathers Now Our Meeting Is Over          C

Fathers, now our meeting is over
Fathers, we must part.
And if I never see you anymore
I love you in my heart

And we'll stand on the shore
Yes we'll stand on the shore
Yes we'll stand on the shore
And be free forevermore

(mothers, sisters, brothers, children)


Found this, but no tune. I will keep looking, buddy. Maybe someone will get in with the answer before we do. Hope so. Later.

Subject: Lyr Add: LAND ON THE SHORE
From: Peace
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 05:51 PM

YO.

Just read that this is also called

LAND ON THE SHORE

Fathers now our meeting is over,
Fathers we must part,
And if I never see you anymore
I'll love you in my heart.

Chorus:
And we'll land on the shore
Yes we'll land on the shore
Yes we'll land on the shore
And be safe forever more.

Mothers now, our meeting is over
Mothers we must part,
And if I never see you anymore
I'll love you in my heart.

Sisters now, our meeting is over
Sister we must part,
And if I never see you anymore
I'll love you in my heart.

Brothers now our meeting is over
Brothers we must part,
And if I never see you anymore
I'll love you in my heart.

My dear friends our meeting is over
Dear friends we must part,
And if I never see you anymore
I'll love you in my heart.


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Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: wysiwyg
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 06:26 PM

I want the tune, too.

~S~

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: vectis
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 07:06 PM

I think it might have been me you heard singing it. My words are fractionally different to those already posted.

Now my friends the meeting is over sisters we must part.
And if we should never meet again you'll be with me in my heart.
And we'll meet on the shore
We'll meet on the shore.
Yes we'll meet on the shore
And be friends for evermore.

Sisters becomes brothers, singers, players, drinkers or any other thing appropriate to people present.

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 30 Oct 05 - 07:15 PM

Sounds like a good one..

Jerry

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: GUEST,Sandy Paton (sans cookie, apparently)
Date: 31 Oct 05 - 12:49 AM

It's the closing song, sung by Buna Hicks, on Folk-Legacy's CD-22 - The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, NC, Volume 1.
    Sandy

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu2vqXU-caw&list=OLAK5uy_nMGrku6V5pwIu3DLHMc2F4luc0TxrPBFs&index=17

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Oct 05 - 06:35 AM

Australia's Fagans also sing it, in 5 part harmony (Bob & Margaret, daughter Kate, son James & Nancy Kerr) on their CD 'Turning Fine'

Our Roaring Forties also sing it (again in 5-part harmony) but it's not on either of their CDs

Fagans & Forties albums available from Trad'n'Now

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: wysiwyg
Date: 31 Oct 05 - 06:44 AM

I could try a Noteworthy transcription, if I had a sound clip.

~S~

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Oct 05 - 12:25 PM

I've got a transcription, with sound clip. I'd be happy to make it available here -- I think I can shoot out an Adobe PDF; otherwise, it's on a Scorewriter program -- if somebody tells me how. -- Pinetop Slim

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: MMario
Date: 31 Oct 05 - 12:28 PM

Slim - if you want - you can e-mail me the PDF - and I will send Joe a midi and post the ABC version here...

MMario

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Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: wysiwyg
Date: 31 Oct 05 - 12:40 PM

Yes please!

~S~

Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over
From: synbyn
Date: 31 Oct 05 - 02:45 PM

Yes please too! Thanks all very much- if I'd known it was you, Vectis, I'd have phoned direct! It'll give this schoo;child a real boost- his note suggests we should "sing sweetly"...
Cheers
Bob

Subject: Lyr Add: FARE THEE WELL (Now the happy meeting's…)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 23 Jan 22 - 01:45 PM

I wonder if this is the origin of the above songs?

Found at Hymnary.org. The image there comes from Precious Hymns No. 2, edited by C. Harold Lowden & Rev. William Stone (Philadephia: John J. Hood Co., 1911.), hymn no. 87, page 73. My transcription from the sheet music:


FARE THEE WELL.
(Parting song.)
Words by Rev. Henry J. Zelley. Music by Adam Geibel. ©1911.

1. Now the happy meeting’s over, And we must again depart;
But tho’ paths shall lead asunder, We shall still be joined in heart.

CHORUS: Fare thee well! (Fare thee well!) Fare thee well! (Fare thee well!)
Soft and low this pray’r we’ll whisper: God be with thee; Fare thee well!
Ev’ry day we’ll still keep praying: God be with thee; Fare thee well!

2. Many duties are awaiting As we walk the upward way.
We will share each other’s burdens, For each other ever pray: CHORUS

3. Rough the road our feet must travel, Lone or thorny be the way,
But we gain new strength and courage When we hear some loved one say: CHORUS

4. Even when the skies are cloudless And our path is smooth and clear,
We can gain new inspiration From the pray’r we love to hear: CHORUS

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Father now our meeting's over
From: GerryM
Date: 23 Jan 22 - 03:48 PM

If anyone is still looking for the tune, David Holt's recording of Meeting Is Over is available on Spotify.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Father now our meeting's over
From: Joe Offer
Date: 23 Jan 22 - 10:02 PM

Thread #6051   Message #35311
Posted By: Charlie Baum
18-Aug-98 - 10:15 PM
Thread Name: Parting songs
Subject: Lyr Add: NOW MY FRIENDS THE MEETING IS OVER

There are many variants on "Now My Friends the Meeting Is Over," which I've always thought of as a Southern Appalachian song rather than a Shaker one.

1. Mothers, Now our meeting is over, and surely we must part
2. But if I never see you any more, I will love you in my heart
3. And we'll sail on the sea
4. And we'll land on the shore
5. And we'll land on the shore
6. And we'll sing forevermore.

For line 1, you then substitute other family members (Fathers, Brothers, Sisters), or "Now my Friends...". Line 3 is sometimes sung "Land on the shore" like lines 4 and 5, and Line 6 can also be sung as "And be saved forevermore". There are other variations as well. The first time I heard the song, in one week I heard versions by Helen Schneyer, Jean Ritchie, Craig Johnson and a couple of other people as well. (It was Vocal Week at Augusta in 1984.) The version above is my synthesis of all the variants I was exposed to.

--Charlie Baum

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Here's a rather lively, bluegrassy version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hcQzZXTdoU

I sing it about half this speed.