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20 Nov 20 - 11:35 PM (#4080419) Subject: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Phil Cooper We're looking for some traditionally based songs, not necessarily Christmas carols, about gatherings for the winter solstice. We are already including Drive Cold Winter Away and possibly Drive Dull care Away. This is for a UU service. Songs about customs at the time are also of interest. Suggestions are welcome. |
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21 Nov 20 - 12:17 AM (#4080422) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Helen The first album I thought of is Robin Williamson: Winter's Turning . It might be relevant to your request. Apart from anything else it is a beautiful album. (A bit of a mindtrip comparing the whacky and weird RW in Incredible String Band with his ethereal harp performances!) |
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21 Nov 20 - 08:05 AM (#4080457) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: oldhippie "Solstice" by Bjork When your eyes Pause on the ball That hangs on the third branch From the star You remember why it is dark And why it gets light again The earth like the hearts Slopes in its seat And like that it travels Along an elliptical path Drawn into the darkness An unpolished pearl In the sky black in palm of hand Flickering sun flame And then you remember That you yourself You are a light bearer, a light bearer Receiving radiance from others Flickering sun flame Unpolished earth in the palm of hand |
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21 Nov 20 - 09:59 AM (#4080468) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Long Firm Freddie Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull: Solstice Bells LFF |
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21 Nov 20 - 11:27 AM (#4080474) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Mrrzy I amended PP&Ms The Magi for the silstice: The Magnon Ancient humans came from darkness and they spread across the planet They saw the sky above them, and they learned to find their way Out of ignorance and shadow to the hope of human kindness They were strengthened by the knowledge that they gathered every day And the wise all spoke of peace on earth, of harmony and struggle Now another cycle's gone, and a new one will begin On this darkest day of winter, when we recall that Spring will come again On the darkest day of winter, we cherish light with green and kith and kin... Well now, each of us must travel, yes, we all must take a journey It seems the time is telling us to use all we can know To help lift up the fallen and to sow the seeds of goodness The torch has passed among us now to light the way to go For our hearts are as a chalice, and our dreams are of the sunlight They burn away the darkness as we kiss 'neath mistletoe Unlike eagles, flying higher, unlike rivers down a canyon When diamond stars shine down on us, we know whereof they glow... And the wise still speak of peace on earth, of harmony and struggle Yet another cycle's gone, and a new one will begin On the darkest day of winter, when we recall that Spring will come again On the darkest day of winter, we cherish light with green and kith and kin... |
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21 Nov 20 - 01:11 PM (#4080488) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: GUEST,Modette Trans-Siberian Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNNwQ85xoxU |
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21 Nov 20 - 03:37 PM (#4080507) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: GUEST,henryp Check the list of related threads at the top of the page! |
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21 Nov 20 - 04:34 PM (#4080517) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: GUEST,Philippa a' Ghrian [I'll try to remember to come back to this thread with lyrics and translations) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXADESfBWXE Kathleen Mac Innes with Cathy Ann McPhee, Gaelic lyrics on screen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDoguA3rKZA Rita Connolly (her husband Shaun Davey set the old lyrics to new music) |
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21 Nov 20 - 06:50 PM (#4080530) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: FreddyHeadey Halsway Schottische & Halsway Carol In October 2011, Nigel Eaton composed a melody and named it 'Halsway'. PDFs & info at http://halsway.musicwebdesign.nl Music by Nigel Eaton Words by Iain Frisk 138 bpm Lo for the tiding of the Long Night Moon Let the sunrise call about the morning soon Short is the biding of the fading light Sing for the coming of the longest night North wind tell us what we need to know When the stars are shining on the midnight snow All of the branches will be turned to white Sing for the coming of the longest night A winter day, the summer grass turned hay Frost in the field 'til the dawn of May A summer's light never shone as great or as bright So dance in the shadows of a winter's night Lo for the tiding of the Long Night Moon May the harvest last until the springtime bloom Home is our comfort at the winter's height Sing for the coming of the longest night All of the colours of the sunrise sky Shine a light upon us, as the day goes by Sunsetting shadows fading out of sight Sing for the coming of the longest night A winter day, the summer grass turned hay Frost in the field 'til the dawn of May A summer's light never shone as great or as bright So dance in the shadows of a winter's night . . . . . . . . . This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. |
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22 Nov 20 - 02:42 AM (#4080549) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: GUEST,Wheatman Penny for the plough boys |
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22 Nov 20 - 10:26 AM (#4080586) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Mrrzy Also both Dance With The Dragon and Trees in the Woodland by Anne Lister on Waiting For The Hero. Dance is more solstice, Trees is more seasons. |
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22 Nov 20 - 12:07 PM (#4080601) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Felipa "A' Ghrian" (the Sun) lyrics and translations now on Mudcat at https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=168919 |
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22 Nov 20 - 12:11 PM (#4080603) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Felipa Canticle of the Sun is a Christian song with relevance to solstice and to reverence for nature https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=22904 |
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22 Nov 20 - 12:34 PM (#4080606) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: GUEST,henryp Make a vow when Solstice comes: To find the Light in everyone Keep the faith and bang the drum On the longest night of the year So keep me safe and hold me tight, Let the candle burn all night, Tomorrow welcome back the light. 'Twas the longest night of the year Mary Chapin Carpenter |
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22 Nov 20 - 03:15 PM (#4080613) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Phil Cooper Thanks for all the suggestions. |
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25 Nov 20 - 05:47 PM (#4080947) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Mrrzy And duh, Deck The Halls! |
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29 Nov 20 - 12:08 PM (#4081316) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Mrrzy That was great, Phil and Susan. A very different tune than PP&M's but I really liked it! |
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29 Nov 20 - 06:30 PM (#4081350) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: mg beautiful winter song.i recommend listening to every youtube version of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwm4GbXpvoI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwm4GbXpvoI |
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30 Nov 20 - 11:27 AM (#4081415) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Phil Cooper I'm afraid that we folk processed the tune a bit. I listened to the original version and got the chords online from a guitar site. But between doing the noodling in DADGAD instead of standard tuning and Susan adapting the melody, we got what we got. Susan has said she gets shivers singing the words, so you did a great job. |
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01 Dec 20 - 11:16 AM (#4081535) Subject: RE: Winter solstice gathering songs From: Mrrzy I am so glad. And I *liked* your version, no apologies necessary! Folk that process, yay! |
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03 Dec 20 - 02:29 AM (#4081738) Subject: RE: Wonderful Winter solstice gathering songs From: Joe Offer refresh |
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04 Dec 20 - 03:42 PM (#4081944) Subject: RE: Wonderful Winter solstice gathering songs From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Here is one of my all-the favorites, beloved of many Mudcatters: The Comfort of Singing Voices, aka Until the Dark Time Ends Written by Alouette Iselin of Nelson, New Hampshire USA. I know of so many others, but don't have links to recordings of them. I'll see what I can come up with. |
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18 Dec 22 - 08:31 PM (#4159673) Subject: RE: Wonderful Winter solstice gathering songs From: FreddyHeadey ^ Halsway Schottische & Halsway Carol 21 Nov 20 - 06:50 PM link is dead. Possibly better to do a search for music & words https://www.google.com/search?q=halsway+pdf+nigel+eaton _____________ btw though the tune is written v v ch v v ch to make it more straightforward and because the chorus is rather nice* I tend to sing ch v ch v ch etc |
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30 Dec 22 - 05:03 AM (#4160677) Subject: RE: Wonderful Winter solstice gathering songs From: Dave the Gnome Steeleye Span - The Unconquered Sun |