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29 Apr 00 - 11:46 AM (#220026) Subject: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: MartinRyan Can anyone turn up sheet music for this song on the Web? I've tried some of the sites, but am not familiar enough with them to be confident I haven't missed something. Thanks Regards p.s. When I put (d) in the thread title rather than /d - I kept getting an error message! Wonder why? |
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29 Apr 00 - 05:28 PM (#220110) Subject: RE: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: Jon Freeman I'm assuming it is a jig/ reel... tune rather than a song. I have just tried John Chambers, Richard Robinsons and the index on Chris Walshaws site with no joy. Max or Joe Offer will know more about your other question than me but there are certain characters that the create thread form does not like and "()" maybe amongst them. My GUESS is that a query is run to check for related threads and these characters have special meanings to that search. Jon |
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29 Apr 00 - 07:31 PM (#220149) Subject: RE: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: MartinRyan Thanks Jon - I suspect you're right about the brackets! No - its a song alright. Irish-American, I imagine - great barbershop favourite, in fact. A friend of mine is looking for info on it for a book he's compiling. Regards |
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29 Apr 00 - 09:12 PM (#220186) Subject: RE: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: Malcolm Douglas It's in The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music, THAT TUMBLE-DOWN SHACK IN ATHLONE. Malcolm |
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30 Apr 00 - 04:33 AM (#220306) Subject: RE: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: MartinRyan Thanks Malcolm! Regards |
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30 Apr 00 - 06:15 AM (#220317) Subject: RE: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: John Moulden Martin, I too have been looking for information - for Declan Coyne - and I suppose he is your inquirer too. I've not been very well since he asked me but I have information on this one including its author and its composer and date of first publication. On the others, I can find nothing though I have yet to ask Tom Munnelly about notations in the NUID Department of Irish Folklore. |
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30 Apr 00 - 12:23 PM (#220394) Subject: RE: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: MartinRyan John I had turned up the composer/lyricist already - though the "Monte Carlo" was a bit confusing! Malcolm's link to the sheet confirms this. It also states "Copyright 1918" and "Copyright transferred 1918". What have you got on the first date of publication? Regards p.s. Hope you're feeling better now! |
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30 Apr 00 - 02:46 PM (#220434) Subject: RE: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: John Moulden The earliest publication I have is 1918 when it published in a "war edition" Lyrics R Pascoe: Music: Monte Carlo, Alma Sanders. At about the same time it was performed on an Edison Cylinder Recording #3876 by W Oakland and Chorus. This later appeared on Edison Diamond Discs in 1919/1920. Also His Master's Voice 216060A in 1919 by Willie Eckstein's Strand Trio John McCormack did five takes on it in late 1919 (5 November - [matrix number0 B23456 - 1 -2 -3) (10 December - B23456 - 4 - 5) the last of which was pressed by both Victor and HMV - hence he may not have been the first to record it, though the dates here are exact; the others are not. Still there is no doubt its place in memory is due to McCormack. |
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30 Apr 00 - 04:54 PM (#220463) Subject: RE: Tumble/d down shack in Athlone From: Malcolm Douglas I neglected to mention that there is another copy at Lester Levy; same publishers and apparantly the same date, (no images of the notation given) with a different, pictorial front cover which says "Successfully Introduced by Chauncey Olcott in Geo. M. Cohan's New Comedy "The Voice Of McConnell". It has been signed in two places; one dated -I think- Nov 12 1919. The image is here. Malcolm |
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04 Oct 10 - 08:09 PM (#2999712) Subject: Lyr Add: THAT TUMBLE-DOWN SHACK IN ATHLONE From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music: THAT TUMBLE-DOWN SHACK IN ATHLONE Words, Richard W. Pascoe. Music, Monte Carlo & Alma M. Sanders. New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. "Successfully introduced by John McCormack" 1. I'm a long way from home, and my thoughts ever roam, To ould Erin far over the sea; For my heart it is there, where the skies are so fair, And ould Ireland is calling for me. CHORUS: Oh! I want to go back to that tumble down shack, Where the wild roses bloom 'round the door; Just to pillow my head, in that ould trundle bed, Just to see my ould mother once more. There's a bright gleaming light, guiding me home tonight, Down the long road of white cobble stone; Down the road that leads back to that tumble down shack, To that tumble down shack in Athlone. 2. There are eyes that are sad, as they watch for a lad, In the old fashioned town of Athlone; And I pray for the day, when I'm sailing away, To ould Ireland and mother, my own. |
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23 May 12 - 10:03 AM (#3354744) Subject: RE: Tune Req: That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone From: MartinRyan The song is used in the opening of an interesting old travelogue now available on Youtube: Glimpses of Erin Regards |