|
24 Jul 99 - 02:49 PM (#98876) Subject: Chords, plz: Vacant Chair From: WyoWoman Looking for chords to "The Vacant Chair," please. (See how productive "The Saddest Song" thread was?) WW |
|
24 Jul 99 - 02:52 PM (#98877) Subject: RE: Chords, plz: Vacant Chair From: Joe Offer Hmm. Now, how 'bout a little more specificity, WhataWoman? Is the song you're looking for the one in the database called THE VACANT CHAIR (WE SHALL MEET BUT WE SHALL MISS HIM)? Sam question on the other thread. -Joe Offer- |
|
24 Jul 99 - 02:56 PM (#98879) Subject: RE: Chords, plz: Vacant Chair From: WyoWoman Joe, yes on this one. Don't know any more about the FAded Blue Coat, except that it was listed in the "Saddest Song" thread and I snagged it off the DT... WWW |
|
24 Jul 99 - 03:38 PM (#98888) Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: THE VACANT CHAIR From: Margo Well, in my handy dandy book of Civil War Songs the chords are as follows: AWe shall meet but we shall miss him, there will be one vacant chair, we shall linger to caress him, when we breathe our evening pray'r At our fireside, sad and lonely, Often will the bosom swell At remembrance of the story, how our noble Willie fell: how he strove to bear our banner Through the thickest of the fight and uphold our country's honor, In the strength of manhood's night. True, they tell us wreaths of glory Ever more will deck his brow, But this soothes the anguish only, Sweeping o'er our heartstrings now Sleep today, oh early fallen, In thy green and narrow bed, Dirges from the pine and cypress Mingle with the tears we shed Chorus again. Do you have the melody? Margarita |
|
24 Jul 99 - 03:48 PM (#98890) Subject: RE: Chords, plz: Vacant Chair From: Margo Well, I see that I screwed up. I don't have such an excellent handle on html. I will add to the above this way:
A is on "meet" Does that help? Margarita PS I need some more html lessons!
Preformat <pre><pre> tags added to the beginning and end of the part with the chords. I think the tune is in the database, isn't it? |
|
24 Jul 99 - 04:19 PM (#98895) Subject: RE: Chords, plz: Vacant Chair From: Margo There is some really wierd twilight zone stuff going on here. The first time I posted, the chords were all bunched up at the beginning of the row, which prompted my second posting. Now they're in the proper place, which makes me wonder if I did the right thing in the first place! Too strange. Margarita Leprechauns, no doubt.... |
|
24 Jul 99 - 05:35 PM (#98911) Subject: RE: Chords, plz: Vacant Chair From: WyoWoman Thank you, Margarita. Came through just fine the first time. And yes, I got the tune off the DT. I can play all those chords except the B7. Plainly, I'm going to have to learn the Bs and Fs one of these days. ANyway, thank you much. WW |
|
24 Jul 99 - 06:15 PM (#98922) Subject: RE: Chords, plz: Vacant Chair From: Margo I know what you mean about learning the Bs and Fs. Keep doing them, and one day they'll be no big deal. I have small hands, and I don't mind the B7 at all. Margarita PS Joe fixed my first post, and told me how to maintain the spacing on the chords. |
|
04 Mar 00 - 09:16 AM (#189272) Subject: Empty Chair From: GUEST,Marc Would anyone know of this Civil War song? I've been asked to sing it at a memorial service, and I don't think I've ever heard it. It was requested as Empty Chairs. |
|
04 Mar 00 - 09:25 AM (#189279) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: GUEST I have "The Vacant Chair"...... |
|
04 Mar 00 - 09:33 AM (#189281) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: Sorcha Sorry, that last was from Sorcha--Honey has been deleting cookies again and din't tell me. Vacant Chair is in the DT, but when I click on the title, it tells me no doc found! |
|
04 Mar 00 - 09:34 AM (#189282) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: dick greenhaus Marc- DigiTrad has strange powers. If you search for
chair @Civil guess what you'll find! |
|
04 Mar 00 - 09:35 AM (#189284) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: Barbara Shaw There's a song in the DT called THE VACANT CHAIR which is probably what you're looking for. I don't know why the search for [vacant chair] doesn't work! |
|
04 Mar 00 - 09:37 AM (#189285) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: dick greenhaus Barbara- I don't know either. Hopefully, it's a glitch that will be fixed in the Spring 2000 release. |
|
04 Mar 00 - 12:59 PM (#189362) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: Sandy Paton Any Mudcatters living in western Connecticut might be interested in a song titled "The Housatonic Valley" that is sung to the tune of the Civil War classic: "The Vacant Chair." I found it in Carl Carmer's book: Songs of the Rivers of America. Real sloppy, sentimental stuff. I'm almost embarrassed to sing it in public! Sandy |
|
04 Mar 00 - 01:41 PM (#189382) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: Banjer Sandy, don't feel bad, with my inability to carry a tune I'm embarrassed to sing anything in public!! |
|
04 Mar 00 - 01:45 PM (#189383) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: Susan A-R Just put your heart on your sleeve, Sandy. I love doing those old ones and just letting the emotions fly. It's the only way I can possibly do things like Somebody's Darling or Weeping Sad and Lonely. Susan A-R |
|
04 Mar 00 - 02:24 PM (#189394) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: wildlone I found Vacant Chair at mp3.com the other day along with some more ACW songs performed by a group called Earthrise. worth checking out |
|
04 Mar 00 - 02:40 PM (#189401) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: GUEST,Bruce O. I assume it's "The Vacant Chair" one of 1861 with tune by George F. Root. That and others are in the Levy sheet music collection (Mudcat's Links) |
|
04 Mar 00 - 06:58 PM (#189514) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: Stewie There's a nice version by Kathy Mattea on Various Artists 'Songs of the Civil War' Columbia CK 48607 - an excellent CD all round. --Stewie. |
|
04 Mar 00 - 10:21 PM (#189601) Subject: Lyr Add: THE VACANT CHAIR From: tar_heel THE VACANT CHAIR Introduction: During the Civil War, Lt. John William Grout was killed in battle at Balls Bluff, Virginia. His absence from his family's next thanksgiving, inspired ... THE VACANT CHAIR (Song is sung to the tune ...LIFE IS LIKE A MOUNTAIN RAILROAD.) 1. We shall meet, but we shall miss him There will be one vacant chair We shall linger to caress him While we breathe our evening prayer; When a year ago we gathered joy was in his mild blue eye, But a golden chord is severed and our hopes in ruin lie. CHORUS: We shall meet, but we shall miss him There will be one vacant chair We shall linger to caress him While we breathe our evening prayer 2. At our fireside, sad and lonely, Often will the bosom swell, At remembrance of the story How our noble Willie fell; How he strove to bear our banner Though the thickest of the fight, And uphold our country's honor In the strength of manhood's right. 3. True they tell us wreaths of glory Ever more will deck his brow, But this soothes the anguish only Sweeping o'er our heartstrings now. Sleep today, oh early fallen, In thy green and narrow bed, Dirges from the pine and cypress, Mingle with the tears we shed. Performed by the Hemrick Family Singers on Heritage Records "Memories of Home" |
|
05 Mar 00 - 07:18 AM (#189768) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: GUEST,Marc Thanks alot everyone. I checked the DT for empty chairs, but evidently was not creative enough to go any ferther. Once again thank you. You guys are great.Also Sandy I will check out that Housatonic Valley, I'm from Ct. and have no problems with sonic syrup once in a while. Marc Bernier |
|
05 Mar 00 - 06:44 PM (#190040) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair From: dick greenhaus Sandy- You disappoint me. If you mention it, post it. |
|
05 Mar 00 - 09:07 PM (#190105) Subject: Lyr Add: THE HOUSATONIC VALLEY From: Sandy Paton THE HOUSATONIC VALLEY As the evening shadows lengthen, And all nature is at rest, All my thoughts are turning back there To the place I love the best. .... Oh, that quiet, peaceful valley .... That I left so long ago, .... Where we sat and dreamed together, .... Watched the Housatonic flow. this is used as a refrain, sung to the first part of the tune: As the evening shadows lengthen, And all nature is at rest, All my thoughts are turning back there To the place I love the best. I still see the little cottage Nestled in that Berkshire dell, Where the birds were always singing 'Round the home we loved so well. .... All was joy, and never sorrow .... In that Eden of the blest, .... And we knew that each tomorrow .... Would bring peace and perfect rest. (refrain) Since I left that lovely valley, Left a home and all behind, I'm a wanderer in the wasteland, Never knowing peace of mind. .... But I soon will go back yonder, .... For I know she'll waiting be; .... In the Housatonic Valley .... There'll be joy for her and me. (refrain once again) Words by Clayton E. Stickles Melody by G. F. Root (The Vacant Chair) Published in Carl Carmer's Songs of the Rivers of America (NY, 1942) The Housatonic River runs from Western Massachusetts down through western Connecticut to the Sound. My boys grew up canoeing on the Housy, which forms the boundary between our town of Sharon and the neighboring Cornwall. Nice river, but you can't eat the trout taken from it, thanks to the PCBs deposited in it by the GE plant in Pittsfield. Well, I warned you it was sentimental goo! Sandy |
|
08 Nov 11 - 08:28 PM (#3253219) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair? / Vacant Chair From: deepdoc1 Can anyone shed light on why the tune changed from the original to Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad? Was it likely someone didn't know the original so just winged it? Wung it? Wanged? I do like the LILAMR version better, but is it a musical 'sin' to do that version? And yes, I know I can do it ant way I like, but I am curious as to proprieties and sensibilities on occasion. |
|
28 May 12 - 01:02 PM (#3356436) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair? / Vacant Chair From: Q (Frank Staplin) Heard this yesterday on NPR, it encapsulates the sorrow of family members. Correct lyrics and attribution in DT. Sheet music at American Memory (from Duke Univ., (music by G. F. Root) http://library.Duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/sheetmusic/n/n08/n0810-3-72dpi.html Several song sheet publishers, inc. De Marsan. Very popular in the years following the War. |