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17 Oct 16 - 05:41 PM (#3815214) Subject: How to End An Evening From: Andy7 In my opinion, a folk music evening should ALWAYS end with a great Chorus Song! That way, whatever else we might have enjoyed during the session - traditional ballads, political protest songs, sea shanties, self-penned offerings, etc. etc. - which all have their own value! - we all go home happy, having had a lusty sing together to round off the evening! Do you agree? |
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17 Oct 16 - 06:54 PM (#3815225) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST,HiLo Yes Andy, I certainly agree ! We often end with roaring version of a Stan Rodgers song, Rollin Down To Old Mawi , NorthwestPassage or Barretts Privateers. The Host or Hostess for the evening usually picks the closer, some times lets us know in advance so we can brush up a wee bit. One of our favourites is Gaudete ala Steeleye Span and Rita Mac Neil's Working Man. What songs do you end evening with ? would love some suggestions! |
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17 Oct 16 - 07:28 PM (#3815230) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Steve Shaw Rolling Home. |
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17 Oct 16 - 08:40 PM (#3815243) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Tattie Bogle Which one? There are a lot of "Rolling Home"s! One club I go to usually finishes with "Rolling Home to Caledonia". Another place, a festival I go to, it's always "Wild Mountain Thyme". Any TMSA (Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland) events, it will ayeways be "Freedom Come All ye". Other popular finishers up here are Iain Sinclair's "Tak a dram afore ye go". Davy Steele's "Just One More Chorus", "Kind Friends and Companions" (Sheila Stewart) and Alan Bell's (not Irish, despite a few folk claiming it so!)"When First we met" and of course, the Irish "Parting Glass". And last week, from Sylvia Barnes, "Toddlin' Hame". |
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17 Oct 16 - 08:56 PM (#3815246) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Steve Shaw The one that John Maughan always started at the Tree Inn Folk Club. Don't ask me for details - I play Irish harmonica! |
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17 Oct 16 - 09:00 PM (#3815248) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Tattie Bogle Might be the John Tams one? Which is catching on slowly but surely up here! (Aka "the peasants are revolting, free toast an a' that?) |
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17 Oct 16 - 09:27 PM (#3815252) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Steve Shaw Yep, that one! |
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17 Oct 16 - 10:19 PM (#3815256) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Bill D "Let Union Be in All Our Hearts" |
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18 Oct 16 - 07:01 AM (#3815298) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: BobKnight Bonny Glen Shee is always popular. |
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18 Oct 16 - 09:46 AM (#3815318) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: leeneia I think that's a good way to end an evening of singing. We close our evenings of English Country Dance with a romantic couples' waltz. It's popular with the dancers, and it's a reward for the band. When I was doing folk dance, we closed with a sweetly sad Greek song in which an old woman lamented that her family had gone off to work in other countries, leaving her alone. The teacher told us he hadn't known it had become the final song until the night he played it and to his surprise everyone went home. I'm sorry I don't know the name of it. |
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18 Oct 16 - 03:46 PM (#3815359) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: FreddyHeadey And there is a thread for " Best UK Chorus Songs? " thread.cfm?threadid=156592 |
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18 Oct 16 - 06:07 PM (#3815378) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Joe_F At the Boston Area Chantey & Maritime Sings, it's always The Seaman's Hymn (Nelson's proud memory &c). At Somerville Armory pub sings, it's always Good Night, Irene (morphine & all). |
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18 Oct 16 - 07:06 PM (#3815387) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: FreddyHeadey I've put the songs above onto a Spotify playlist Mudcat - End of Evening Songs (Alan Bell's "So Here's To You" =first line.... When first we met) |
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18 Oct 16 - 07:44 PM (#3815394) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: terrier The finishing song I remember most is "The Parting Glass". Not a chorus song, but an easy refrain for all to join in. Nice rendition Here (Youtube) |
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18 Oct 16 - 08:00 PM (#3815396) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: The Sandman BOLLOCKS, it depends on the audience, AND the performer, and the rest of the evening how can alistair anderson or kathryn tickell or martin hayes or any instrumentalist finish with a chorus song |
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18 Oct 16 - 08:00 PM (#3815397) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST,Gerry Leeneia, is it this song, Tzivaeri? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0WaNsKro-0 The song proper starts about 1:35 in. |
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18 Oct 16 - 08:24 PM (#3815401) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: McGrath of Harlow I remember a session which always ended with everyone standing to play the National Anthem. Mind you, that was over in Co Tipperary, with The Soldiers Song. A great song for closing an evening is Home Lads Home. |
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19 Oct 16 - 03:37 AM (#3815427) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST It must be something in my tea. My gut instinct was to agree with Dick, although far be it from me to start a post with BOLLOCKS. Then I realised. As ever of course, the thread isn't about a concert it's about a singaround session and presumably just a list of cracking chorus songs should you feel such way inclined. So, just old Dick getting hold of the wrong end of the thread literally, again. |
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19 Oct 16 - 04:06 AM (#3815436) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Jim Carroll The Singers Club invariably finished the evening with 'I'm A Rover' or 'Leaving of Liverpool' The good memories still come flooding back when I hear them. Jim Carroll |
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19 Oct 16 - 06:43 AM (#3815462) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Ged Fox "We're no awa' tae bide awa'" "Fathom the Bowl" |
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19 Oct 16 - 08:44 AM (#3815477) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST,Nick Collis Bird I learnt this from Tom Lewis many years ago. At the end of the session everyone got down on their knees and in procession departed from the pub singing " hi ho hi ho it's off to bed we go etc" it always worked providing there was no broken glass on the floor. That or " poor old landlord can't get the buggers out x2 Time gentlemen please x 2 Then repeat ad nauseum. |
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19 Oct 16 - 09:00 AM (#3815478) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Mysha Hi, Can I add Thousands or More. Not a farewell theme, but a good singing together. Speaking of "farewell": The Farewell Shanty is a nice one too. Not a rousing chorus, but good for sharing both the song and the sentiment. Bye, Mysha |
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19 Oct 16 - 09:21 AM (#3815482) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: CupOfTea Ever since I learned it from Deb Cowan's singing, the Meek/Conolly song "One More Before We Go" has been my favorite end of a session song. I'm not so much a performer as participant in group sings, some workshop sessions (it was well received in "Farewell songs"), and open mics. Reminded of this thread when that very song popped up on my Facebook feed from Deb this morning! I'm with Leenia - for a dance, a romantic couple's waltz is the way to end the evening. Particular favorites: Amelia's (Bob McQuillan) Flowers of the Thorn, Penobscot Memories & almost any O'Carolan in 3/4. Joanne in Cleveland |
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19 Oct 16 - 11:07 AM (#3815506) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST,Bloke in Groucho Mask My old partner in crime Mitch wrote a chorus song of sorts that used to get some hammer. The verses you could make up almost as you went, but a chorus of Keep the landlord happy, take your glasses to the bar We thought it was the chorus so we started to tra la la We harmonised so beautifully, everyone sang Hurrah! Keep the landlord happy take your glasses to the bar. (Naa naa, na na na na naa naa) |
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19 Oct 16 - 12:33 PM (#3815533) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: The Sandman anonymous guest.19 oct 3.37am the original poster said Subject: How to End An Evening From: Andy7 - PM Date: 17 Oct 16 - 05:41 PM In my opinion, a folk music evening should ALWAYS end with a great Chorus Song! Iam afraid it is you that has the wrong end of the stick, the thread is about every folk music evening, a folk music evening is or can be anything from a sing around to a folk club or a concert. |
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19 Oct 16 - 08:45 PM (#3815592) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Joe_F "Will you no come back again" has a good deal of tradition & sentiment behind it. |
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19 Oct 16 - 09:34 PM (#3815596) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: leeneia Gerry, sorry. That wasn't the song. Thanks to whoever it was who linked the video of 'The Parting Glass'. That was lovely, and it has had over a million hits. Now to look up 'Flowers of the Thorn' and 'Penobscot Memories' as waltzes to end dance evenings. Cup of Tea, here are some of our favorites = Bare Necessities Lady of the Lake (actual name is Lavinia's Waltz) Elizabeth Duke of Kent's I and II |
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19 Oct 16 - 10:22 PM (#3815601) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: RTim With smiles and general happiness around................and a fucking good song! Tim Radford |
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20 Oct 16 - 07:28 AM (#3815642) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: The Sandman See it all depends what kind of a folk evening it is, and what has happened before, it is stupid to be dogmatic on how to finish an evening |
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20 Oct 16 - 08:36 AM (#3815659) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Snuffy See it all depends what kind of a folk evening it is. I think it's pretty clear from the first posting what sort of evening the OP wants to talk about: That way, whatever else we might have enjoyed during the session- traditional ballads, political protest songs, sea shanties, self-penned offerings, etc. etc. - which all have their own value! - we all go home happy, having had a lusty sing together to round off the evening! |
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20 Oct 16 - 08:49 AM (#3815663) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST,FloraG I like to have a tune in my head to go home with. Usually lasts at least for the first mile of the journey. Longer if its a tune / song I already know and have been able to join in with. I think some bands get it wrong - self penned and clever does not work so well. FloraG. |
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20 Oct 16 - 11:46 AM (#3815696) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST,DTM In closing a session, I've always found that folkies respond well to a rousing medley of songs from the sixties. |
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20 Oct 16 - 07:09 PM (#3815762) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: leeneia If the evening has been an evening of singing, then I think Andy has a good idea - a final song with a good chorus, so people can end in a spirit of community. Age of the song is immaterial. |
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20 Oct 16 - 09:31 PM (#3815778) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Tattie Bogle Joe F - will ye no come back again - we always play this near the end of our (official) busking sessions, a bit tongue-in-cheek, in the hope that we'll get invited back. Other than that, it's a somewhat political Jacobite song! DTM, I hope you medley is mainly 60s FOLK: can't imagine rounding off an evening with "Let's Twist Again"! |
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21 Oct 16 - 03:33 AM (#3815800) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST,LynnH It's often good to wind things down a little with something like "The Cornish Farewell Shanty" or The Pindar Family's "I bid you goodnight." |
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21 Oct 16 - 05:04 AM (#3815807) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST,Mark Bluemel The band I used to be in had an end of evening sequence leading from a gentle flute rendition of "Cwm Rhonda" through "Take your glasses to the bar" (to the same tune) leading to a thorough work-out on "Drunken Sailor". Later on we found The Oyster Band's "Granite Years" became a favourite evening closer - singable chorus and the ability to be closed off really powerfully. "Say that I was foolish, say that I was blind, never say that I got left behind.... Thank you, good night!". |
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21 Oct 16 - 06:19 PM (#3815907) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Joe_F leenia: I know "Will ye no..." is political, but I gather than even among Scots it's a popular goodnight song. Likewise, "The Parting Glass" is not strictly appropriate for a group breaking up, in that it clearly refers to an individual leaving the group; but it is too good to pass up. |
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21 Oct 16 - 06:28 PM (#3815912) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: BDenz We have 3 we choose from, depending on the audience and how the night has gone: Parting Glass Follow the Heron Gentle Arms of Eden |
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21 Oct 16 - 06:51 PM (#3815919) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST Anything but "Will the Circle be Unbroken" or "Irene Goodnight." Both great songs ruined by overuse. P. |
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22 Oct 16 - 06:35 PM (#3816020) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: The Sandman NO I do not agree with always ending with a chorus song on occasions i have felt a beautiful farewell song like the parting glass is appropriate. |
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22 Oct 16 - 06:47 PM (#3816022) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: GUEST Wild Mounting Time.. then off with Bloomin' Heather... |
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23 Oct 16 - 05:00 AM (#3816055) Subject: RE: How to End An Evening From: Tattie Bogle The Parting Glass may not be a chorus song, but so many people know it that very often people will join in, especially with the last verse. Fine by me, and yes, a great song! Another one I forgot in my list on16.10. at 8.40. above is "Happy we've been all together (thegither) ". It is in fairly broad Scots, but goes down well up here. |