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03 Sep 15 - 12:15 PM (#3735066) Subject: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: GUEST,Singer Dave Can anyone provide the lyrics for the above song, believe written by Keith Scowcroft and possibly recorded by Derek Gifford please. |
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03 Sep 15 - 02:07 PM (#3735077) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: GUEST,# In the event no one comes forth with the lyrics, please know that both songs--this and the other you're looking for lyrics for--are available on YouTube. |
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03 Sep 15 - 03:11 PM (#3735091) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: GUEST,padgett Also known as "When all men sing" Ray |
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03 Sep 15 - 03:15 PM (#3735092) Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN ALL MEN SING From: GUEST,padgett When All Men Sing When snow transforms the hedgerow thorn And frost engilds the berry Good men and true the firelogs hew And in the inns make merry When singing all as with one voice It seems the very walls rejoice And merriment about does spring When all men sing. Chorus: Let every man so pitch his song To help his neighbor sing along To each and all contentment bring When all men sing. 2. When lambs are seen and trees spring green Come forth in bloom the daisies For winters end our thanks we'll send At Easter-time sing praises Then with a will, yea one accord We'll raise our voices to the Lord And praise above our heavenly King When all men sing. Chorus: 3. When in the fields his scythe he wields Then hear his summer sound As man and boy their lungs employ The songs they echo round Rebound from hill and roof and spire Starting lowly building higher So surely then his scythe will swing When all men sing. Chorus: 4. When leaves they fall from elm tree tall Then every back must bend As young and old with courage bold Their efforts they expend Ensuring autumn's gifts are stored Afore cold winter winds is blowed Then comes and end to foraging When all men sing. Chorus: 5. Here's songs in season every year Some voices sweet with others strong Gently round ascending With harmonies a-blending In unison pours forth the song Uplifting beams of Inn or Hall And shaking plaster from the wall When all men sing. Chorus: From the mudcat digitrad song base, tune on youtube Ray |
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03 Sep 15 - 04:21 PM (#3735111) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: Joe Offer Here's one YouTube rendition: |
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03 Sep 15 - 05:01 PM (#3735131) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: Noreen Hey? Wake up at the back there, Mr. Padgett- this is a totally different song from WAMS, which has anyway already been posted, possibly more than once, on Mudcat, and much discussed. Good to hear this lovely song getting some attention. |
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04 Sep 15 - 06:50 AM (#3735256) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: GUEST,Singer Dave Thanks Joe and Noreen that's the song I was looking for, just need the lyrics now, thanks again. |
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04 Sep 15 - 08:00 AM (#3735282) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: GUEST,padgett O my goodness sorry got the wrong song of Scowies ~ fast asleep as usual, good to see my friends Marj Patterson and Dave Cowan aka Fyrish singing on the link even if its the wrong un Ray |
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04 Sep 15 - 10:19 AM (#3735328) Subject: Lyr Add: WALLING (Keith Scowcroft/Derek Gifford) From: MoorleyMan Not wishing to "stonewall" your attempts to supply the correct words, Raymond, but here they are; I feel sure this is the song you wanted, Guest!! Walling (Keith Scowcroft/Derek Gifford) (The last line of each verse is repeated.) I've walled the in-bye to the peewit's wild cry, On the fell with the wind in the heather, I've laid the rough stone on the hill all alone For to shelter the yow and the wether; Stone wall and stone drain, in the wind and the rain, I've fettled and set them together, I've heard the snipe drum by an early pale sun, And the grouse call a change in the weather. I've a spade in me sack which I take on me back And a tommy-bar short and well-hipped To clear all the fall from the gap in the wall And to dig out the founds that have slipped; With the rack of my eye I can tell a stone's lie And I'd never have courses that's dipped; Yet a stone once selected is seldom rejected, With copings all tight and well-nipped. There's no fortune made at this stonewalling trade, Ten shillings a rood is the rate; Stoop, stile and smoot hole are all reckoned as whole And there's no waller paid for a mate; Still it's gritstone for me, that's as rough as can be, For I care not for shingle nor slate; And it's faster headway at the end of the day That pays for the coal in the grate. Now I said to me dad when I was a lad That I'd wall for a trade if I could, For the winter storms bring you fresh work every spring As the drifts give the stone walls a shove; So as man, lad and boy, I've found full employ, And when Jesus calls me up above*, I'll ask the Great Caller does he want a waller, For walling's the trade that I love; Yes, walling's the trade that I love. |
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04 Sep 15 - 12:00 PM (#3735350) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: GUEST,Noreen at work Thanks David, that's the one! Though I've heard it sung many a time, seeing it written points up the clever construction of the poem with its internal rhyming. Very fitting that this song should be so well constructed, as are the walls :) One of Scowie's best, I think. |
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04 Sep 15 - 01:39 PM (#3735374) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: Matthew Edwards Thanks to MoorleyMan for the lyrics. I'm curious to know whether Scowie wrote it with Will Noble in mind; certainly Will, and his children Lydia and Cuthbert (all of whom are dry stone wallers), have adopted this song as their own. I love hearing Will sing it. Matthew |
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04 Sep 15 - 01:47 PM (#3735377) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: MoorleyMan As you rightly said Noreen, one of Scowie's best, for sure. |
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04 Sep 15 - 01:55 PM (#3735379) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: Joe Offer Glad we have that sorted out now. |
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04 Sep 15 - 02:13 PM (#3735383) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: Matthew Edwards And I see that Derek Gifford has indeed recorded both of the songs which have been discussed here on his CD 'When All Men Sing', still available from Derek's website here:- Derek Gifford's Recordings. Matthew |
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04 Sep 15 - 05:11 PM (#3735416) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks, all, for presenting two fine songs, even if one was posted in error. |
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04 Sep 15 - 05:44 PM (#3735421) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: Noreen Derek Gifford's CD "When All Men Sing", Matthew, consists of Scowie's poem set to music by Giff, including as you say The Walling Song as well as the title song. A relevant snippet from Giff's biography (link given above by Matthew): A few years ago at the National Folk Festival someone entered the Traditional Singers' competition with the Walling Song announcing it as traditional. Thus Derek and Scowie now rank among the best 'traditional' song writers! |
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04 Sep 15 - 06:27 PM (#3735432) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Walling Song From: GUEST,padgett Good to hear from you David, hope you are getting over your operation Scowie wrote the Walling song many years ago ~ not sure he had Will Noble in mind at the time, but appropriate of course Ray |
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28 Nov 16 - 06:33 PM (#3823355) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walling (Keith Scowcroft/Derek Gifford) From: FreddyHeadey Lydia Noble singing it 2014 https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=792980880743272&id=447079212000109 |