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31 Aug 99 - 04:38 PM (#110159) Subject: Wind in the willows? From: Charles Thought it would have been in the DB, but can't find it. Anybody knows that song? Or should I get myself a new pair of glasses? Charles |
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31 Aug 99 - 06:00 PM (#110182) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: Uilleand Do you mean 'Bread and Fishes'? With the wind in the willows, and the birds in the sky, and a bright sun to warm us.... |
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31 Aug 99 - 07:27 PM (#110213) Subject: Lyr Add: BREAD AND FISHES (Alan Bell)^^^ From: radriano Here are the words to a song I got from a record (can't remember where or when) a long time ago. Maybe it's the one you're looking for. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS As I was a-walkin' one morning in spring I met with some travellers in an old country lane One was an old man, the second a maid And the third was a young boy who smiled as he said With the wind in the willows and the birds in the sky
I asked them to tell me their name and their place Line Breaks added.^^^ |
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31 Aug 99 - 09:12 PM (#110235) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: Jon Freeman I learned this song from the singing of a priest who is no longer with us but probably did more for folk singing in my part of North Wales than anybody else that I have ever known. From my memory, his version was very similar to the version that radriano has given but it had an etra verse (the second verse): I sat down beside them with the flowers all around We ate from a mantle? spread out on the ground. They told me of people, of prophets and kings They told me of one God that knew everything. Jon |
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31 Aug 99 - 11:55 PM (#110282) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: John in Brisbane I first learned this from the singing of The McCalmans (who include the additional verse). Believe it or not I've actually sung this at a couple of wedding ceremonies. Regards, John |
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01 Sep 99 - 01:40 AM (#110301) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: John in Brisbane PS - This song was written to reflect the ancient belief that Mary, Joseph and Jesus toured the World/Britain when Jesus was a child, spreading joy and happiness to all they met.(I know that the 'other' Madonna also toured the globe, but only after she became famous). |
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01 Sep 99 - 06:23 PM (#110509) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: radriano Joe Offer: Thanks for adding the line breaks to the lyrics I posted. I'm new at this internet stuff. Regards, radriano |
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02 Sep 99 - 11:01 AM (#110750) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: Jon Freeman I have just had another look at the words that radriano supplied and remebered that there was another difference between this and the version that I learned from Father Liam and have just played his version. Rather than repeating 2 lines of the chorus as lines in one of the verses, he sings:
We are travelling through Glasdon (?) through Englands Green Lanes Changing the subject, as I mentioned in my previous post in this thread, Fahter Liam was very well known for promoting folk music in my area. It seems a real shame that I seem to have the only known recording of his singing and this is a bad recording made shortly before he died by my mother when he was a patient in Llandudno Hospital but had came down off his ward to provide entertainment for my mother's geriatric patients. Jon
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02 Sep 99 - 07:36 PM (#110897) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: Bobby Bob, Ellan Vannin The song was written by John Bell of the Blackpool Taverners. His son came home from school getting towards one Christmas and sang the song to his mother. "Oh," said his mother, "your father wrote that song." "He can't have done," said the son, "I learnt it in school." Shoh slaynt, Bobby Bob |
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02 Sep 99 - 07:54 PM (#110900) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: Susan of DT Jon - that would be Glastonbury, where the legend that Joseph of Arimathea brought the Christ child. The song IS in the database, byt the way. |
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03 Sep 99 - 04:24 AM (#111024) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: Wolfgang ...and is titled 'Bread and Fishes' as Uilleand presumed. Wolfgang |
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12 Jun 06 - 07:25 AM (#1757859) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: GUEST,Bryony - Guest I am seeking another (possible related) song called "Joseph the Smith" ?? Also about Joseph bringing Jesus to England and landing at Burnham in Somerset. Any leads ? you can e-mail me "mailto:mallaidh49@netscape.net" or leave a message here. |
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12 Jun 06 - 08:02 AM (#1757888) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: GUEST,padgett Alan Bell song surely! We are travelling through Glaston (Glastonbury) through Englands green lands to hear of men's sorrow's to hear of men's pains etc Bread and Fishes Alan also wrote 'Alice White' and 'Windmills' among others ~ Directs Fylde FF and MCs at a number of festivals as well as Fylde |
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12 Jun 06 - 08:30 AM (#1757917) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: muppitz I first sang that song in a singaround at Sidmouth FF when I was 7 years old, I have a slightly different version, there are four verses and the chorus doesn't change. The third verse goes something like: We are travelling to Gladstone, through England's green lanes To hear of men's troubles, to hear of mens pains To travel the wide world over land and the sea To tell all the people who they can be free I learnt this from a very old tape we used to sing along to in primary school assembly, it's never really left me! muppitz x |
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12 Jun 06 - 09:02 AM (#1757944) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: s&r Definitely Glaston Stu |
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12 Jun 06 - 10:40 AM (#1757999) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: The Barden of England No doubt about it - it's an Alan Bell song. John Barden |
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12 Jun 06 - 11:44 AM (#1758062) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: McGrath of Harlow The same legend as in Blake's Jerusalem - I'd like to hear someone sometime sing Bread and Fishes and then go straight into into leading the room/hall/tent in a full-on rendering of that. Preferably Alan Bell. |
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12 Jun 06 - 02:47 PM (#1758217) Subject: RE: Wind in the willows? From: Tannywheeler There's a very brief round: "The wind in the willows, Sighing like a solitary soul alone." Learned this when I was a kid in the northeast, out on Long Island, off of Manhattan. Once we "got" rounds we'd spend hours singing all the ones we knew. Miss it. Tw |
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30 Oct 10 - 06:56 PM (#3019556) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wind in the Willows? / Bread and Fishes From: GUEST i learned the wind in the willows, sighing like a solitary soul alone, sung as a round |
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31 Oct 10 - 04:28 PM (#3020229) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wind in the Willows? / Bread and Fishes From: Aeola Definitely Alan Bell, and it is written as Glaston,in his song book it has both titles. Aeola |
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31 Oct 10 - 07:26 PM (#3020352) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wind in the Willows? / Bread and Fishes From: GUEST,leeneia In the late 50's there was a song on the radio that went: Wind in the willows, tum tum tee tum whisper, whisper do wind in the willows, tell him that I will be ever faithful and true. Moon up above, shine on my love tell him how I yearn. Waves of the sea, whisper for me, I'll wait until he returns... back to top Is that it? |
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03 Jul 18 - 02:30 PM (#3935056) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wind in the Willows? / Bread and Fishes From: GUEST,Tom McPherrem There is a very pleasant version titled "Wind in the Willows" on the Blackmore's Night album "Under a Violet Moon" (1999). I have the CD. |