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14 Jan 21 - 09:48 PM (#4088018) Subject: Origins: Name for this ballad? From: tendergold I was listening to a recording of some Irish folk musicians and found a beautiful, tragic ballad. I transcribed the lyrics, but Google has turned up little in terms of a proper title or origins for this song. Here's my transcription: Dawn of day once more is broken Snow falls thickly, white as foam Lo, the horse comes with no rider Ah, my love has not come home Day has dawned, the door is open Wet and tired fell in the steed His kind breast wounded and gory In the door he fell to bleed "Steed beloved, haste to tell me Where you left my own true love. In what vale, lone and forsaken, With what crowning rock above?" Clouds have gathered, all is darkness Here alone I sit and weep I must mourn, grieving forever, For my love in sorrow deep The title on the recording was listed as "Daybreak," but I've found no leads from that either. |
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15 Jan 21 - 10:14 AM (#4088104) Subject: RE: Origins: Name for this ballad? From: Jack Campin It's not a ballad, though it may be based on a fragment of one. Obviously not traditional. Can you identify the group? |
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15 Jan 21 - 11:05 AM (#4088117) Subject: RE: Origins: Name for this ballad? From: tendergold It's by David Colohan of The Magickal Folk of the Faraway Tree. I just assumed it's traditional because the album it came on had many other traditional songs. |
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15 Jan 21 - 02:20 PM (#4088158) Subject: RE: Origins: Name for this ballad? From: Helen There is a sound file on this page about the album. Scroll down the tracklist to the song Daybreak. The Soup & The Shilling The website is David Colohan's so you could try contacting him for information about the song's origins. Please let us know if you find your answers. |
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16 Jan 21 - 01:21 PM (#4088325) Subject: RE: Origins: Name for this ballad? - Daybreak? From: GUEST,# Here's the song. https://davidcolohan.bandcamp.com/track/daybreak |