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05 Jan 01 - 03:39 PM (#369206) Subject: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Wow. In the first 48 hours that my songs were on mp3.com, LOVE IS TEASIN'click here to hear went up to 188 in the Celtic genre chart. THE WINTER IT IS PAST is at 245 and SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR is at 228. Thanks to all those who checked out the page and listened. Alice |
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05 Jan 01 - 04:05 PM (#369233) Subject: Lyr Add: LOVE IS TEASIN'^^ From: Alice I just checked the lyrics in the DT and noticed that the version I sing is different. The tune I sing is very close to the tune for Anac Cuain. Here is the way I sing it, tweaked a bit.
LOVE IS TEASIN'
Oh love is teasin', and love is pleasin',
Come all you young maids, and heed this warning,
I left my mother, I left my father,
Oh love is teasin', and love is pleasin', Alice ^^ |
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05 Jan 01 - 04:10 PM (#369235) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: GUEST Lovely singing Alice. Lovely picture too! You need to do something about your website though - having to click on a picture of a birds nest and and moose to get to your web design tips isn't exactly intuitive. |
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05 Jan 01 - 04:14 PM (#369237) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice ok |
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05 Jan 01 - 04:21 PM (#369242) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice I re-did my home page at my website and thought I had uploaded it... fixed it now. Guest, let me know if this is better - www.aliceflynn.com |
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05 Jan 01 - 08:16 PM (#369393) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie) Alice, that was lovely singing! I'm too dumb to put tunes here for folks, but I'll maybe get son Jon to play "O Love is Teasin," from my very first recording (also Elektra's first record)...issued in 1952, a 10" lp. In fact I believe, O Love is Teasin was the album title! It is almost as you sing it, which makes me wonder where you learned it!!! I myself learned it from Peggy Staunton, a lovely Irishwoman who worked in the kitchen at the Henry Street Settlement where I had my first NYC job (I majored in social work and that's why I came to NY from KY in the first place...). Peggy was a beautiful singer, and we'd usually end up step-dancing round the big diningroom after all the important folks left. Someone told me that there was one of those old albums for sale on ebay recently, and it went for over $200! So, I'm gonna visit your website- will you return the visit? www.jeanritchie.com Happy New Century |
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05 Jan 01 - 08:37 PM (#369404) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Catrin Alice, I listened to your singing from a link you put up in another thread - beautiful stuff. I love that unnacompaied pure voice sound. I'm not surprised it's gone up in the charts - bravo! P.S. I wonder how mny others listened without posting responses?..... |
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05 Jan 01 - 09:24 PM (#369434) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Hi, Jean, I learned it from your songbook, "Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians". I was learning Anac Cuain a few months ago, and as I was flipping through your songbook, I noticed that the first part of Love Is Teasin as it is written in your book is VERY similar to Anac Cuain. It was natural for me to add the second part of the tune and arrange the words the way that felt "right" to me. (I still haven't memorized all the lyrics to Anac Cuain.)
Jean, thanks for listening, and thanks for putting Peggy's song in your songbook! Catrin, thanks also to you for the compliment. Alice Flynn |
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05 Jan 01 - 10:42 PM (#369481) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: John Hardly As an artist myself, I took notice of your fine illustrations from the earlier "artwork" thread. I also called up your singing and listened to your lovely version of "Teasin'". (First heard the song by Tim O'Brien). You have an exceptional voice! Mudcat is lucky to have such a talent participating! JH |
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05 Jan 01 - 11:40 PM (#369509) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice thanks, JH. I've been on Mudcat since '98, yet until Bill and Allan came out to Montana on their adventure, I have felt isolated from the "sound of music". Being in the remote sticks, I don't get to participate in folk music gatherings. Setting up this mp3 site last weekend is the first really functional way that I've found to sing for all of you (can't use HearMe, Mac inclined).
I wish I could attend one of the gatherings you all talk about back East. Being in Montana has been a career and financial handicap. Thank goodness for the internet. Alice |
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05 Jan 01 - 11:55 PM (#369520) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: katlaughing I missed this somewhere in the other thread you all have mentioned. Just beautiful, Alice! I esp. loved the way you did She Moved Through the Fair; your phrasing and ornamentation are *spot on* and lovely. So nice to hear you...HearMe/Paltalk has been frustrating in its exclusion of you MAC users.:-) I know Willie-O told me how last time, but I cannot remember and couldn't figure it out: how do I make a comment on mp3 so that it helps you to move up the charts, or is it just that I click on and listen? You know I understand that isolation thing; you've been doing an inspiring and wonderful job of it, despite the drawbacks. Thanks, luvyakat |
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06 Jan 01 - 12:09 AM (#369524) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice I'm new to mp3.com, so I haven't figured out all the ins and outs, kat. I think you just listen to the recordings. I don't think you have to write anything. It tracks the number of hits to each song. |
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06 Jan 01 - 12:15 AM (#369525) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: katlaughing Okay, thanks. |
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06 Jan 01 - 01:05 AM (#369537) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Jimmy C Alice, I just listened to the songs, beautiful interpretations, You have a perfect voice for haunting melodies. My mother used to sing "She Moved Through the Fair" only she called it " The Next Market Day". Your singing brought back many childhood memories of her. P.S, Very nice photo by the way. P.S.#2 - I came across some photos of myself sitting on some rocks on the edge of Gartan Lake. As soon as I figure out how to send them I will. Slan |
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06 Jan 01 - 10:08 AM (#369662) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Jimmy C, send me a personal message about the Gartan photos and any problems you need to figure out in sending them. I also plan to make an mp3 of the Gartan Mother's Lullaby with that third verse.
Kat, I just read something on the mp3.com site called "shameless promotion" or Payola Songs that describes an auction they have for promoting songs. I didn't read all the details yet - don't know how it works, but it seems there is at least one other way to increase the standings of a song in the chart in addition to listener's hits. Alice |
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06 Jan 01 - 06:31 PM (#369984) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Well, I was tired last night and wrote that I'd been here at Mudcat since '98, when I meant to write '97. I started my website in '98. Now I have to re-design it and remove extraneous hobby stuff like gardening and focus it on music and art. It's been a long stretch at the computer the last two days - also trying to finish a package design for a gift company in Ontario, Canada in between music work. |
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10 Jan 01 - 02:57 PM (#372326) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: mousethief Finally got headphones at work. What a voice! Yowza! STANDING OVATION. Alex |
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10 Jan 01 - 04:06 PM (#372376) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Thank you. Imagine standing in Redwall and listening. Alice |
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10 Jan 01 - 04:47 PM (#372400) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Joe Offer Is this song Child #204, or does it stray too far from the fold? How about "There Is a Tavern in the Town"? They all seem to share verses with "Waly Waly." Take a look at the Traditional Ballad Index (click). -Joe Offer- |
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10 Jan 01 - 05:15 PM (#372418) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: GUEST,Allan S. Hi there Jean I hope come back to pick this up. Just went and looked through my Stuff and there was "Singing family of the cumberlands" also 2 of the old 10" records that I still treasure. Kentucky Mountains of the Cumberlands and Elektra -25 and Jean Ritchie singing the traditional songs of her Kentucky mountain family Elektra-Stratford EKLP-2 with Love is Teasin'g. I still treasure them All the best Allan |
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10 Jan 01 - 10:30 PM (#372647) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Barry T 'Don't know where the version of my midi fits in the genealogy of this tune, but I'll throw it into the circle to add to the thread. This iteration, titled Love is Easy, was collected in Ontario by Canadian folklorist Edith Fowke. I understand that it is close to that sung by Jean Ritchie, referenced above. |
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11 Jan 01 - 12:23 AM (#372711) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Joe Offer My, that was nice, Barry. -Joe Offer- |
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11 Jan 01 - 11:17 AM (#372758) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: harpgirl ...lovely singing Alice, and I admire your computer skills as well... |
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11 Jan 01 - 01:33 PM (#372863) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Nice midi Barry. The words and tune in Jean Ritchie's songbook are different, you have more verses on your page. The one I sing is the one in her book, first part of the tune, then add the second part like in Anach Cuain. There is a large family of songs that are related here - this is a bit of what Jean said to me regarding a version Sarah Makem sings- quote: "The high part you added to, "O love is teasin," is the way Sarah Makem's tune to her "Hangman" song goes. The Makems call it, "Derry Gaol." She begins with four lines using the "Love is Teasin" melody:
O it's after mornin there comes an evenin,
Then goes into your high part:
My love he was as fine a man ....." end quote
See more about this in the thread on Anach Cuain. Alice |
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11 Jan 01 - 01:39 PM (#372866) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice by the way, I just added Spanicil Hill, with the Michael Considine original words, to my mp3 page. I had a bit of a cough this morning, so it isn't as perfect as I'd like, but it is taking several days for things to appear on my page and I wanted to get it done and up. May record it again later with my hammered dulcimer or fiddle/piano playing friends accompanying. It is solo a capella now. later... Alice |
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11 Jan 01 - 08:24 PM (#373065) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Jimmy C Barry That was great. I have a photo of myself and Edith Fowke somewhere, taken at the 1968 Mariposa Festival, I should post it sometime. She was a great lady and her husband Frank was one of the gentlest, quietest and nicest individuals you could meet. The last verse"
Come all you fair maids from distant counties is very similar to a verse in " Fair and Tender Ladies"
"Come all ye fair and tender ladies>br>Take warning how you court young men Thanks again |
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16 Jan 01 - 12:33 PM (#375383) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice It is taking awhile for the approval process at mp3.... they blocked my recording of Kitty of Coleraine, saying it isn't in the public domain! I had to reply with more information about it and hopefully they will then allow it on the site. (sheesh) I pulled Spancil Hill, working on the quality of the recording some more. |
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16 Jan 01 - 12:44 PM (#375391) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Micca Alice , i hope they allow it as I have wanted to hear the tune to that for a long time,It is mentioned in Kipling, but I have no idea of what it sounds like....or of "Arrahh patsy mind the child" either |
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15 Dec 01 - 10:50 AM (#610370) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice A bit more about Jean's recording on Elektra of "Love Is Teasin'", and where she learned it, refreshed for discussion of discography... if you are lucky, you have one of these Elektra platters from the 50's! |
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15 Dec 01 - 11:01 AM (#610379) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Peg I sing this and have altered the lyrics somewhat in the second verse....
"I left my father, I left my mother,
Peg
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15 Dec 01 - 11:19 AM (#610394) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Hi, Peg, the words that came to me for my version, very close is "I left my cottage, the home I dwelt in" where you sing... "I left my homeland...". In Jean's published version in the songbook, the line is "I left my home and my fond dwellin'...".
Part of singing it from the heart, is the words change to make it feel personally right, eh? Alcie |
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15 Dec 01 - 01:04 PM (#610478) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: GUEST the spinners used this as the title track of an album years ago and sang 'i left my father, i left my mother, i left my sisters and brothers too, i left my friends and my kind relations, i left them all for the love of you' |
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11 Oct 02 - 11:22 AM (#801120) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Jean Ritchie's recording of Love Is Teasin' on Elektra was played this morning on part four of National Public Radio's series on the influence of technology on music. The audio file will be on the site later today at this link. The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music Look for Part Four. To correct an earlier link in this thread, a URL that has moved, www.aliceflynn.com Alice |
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11 Oct 02 - 12:06 PM (#801153) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: GUEST Hi Alice, I enjoyed your singing and your web site and was pleasantly surprised to hear a piece by Joe Heaney. I shared a flat with Joe in London in the early 60's and wondered what has become of him now. Any ideas? Thanks. Jim Mclean |
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11 Oct 02 - 02:01 PM (#801240) Subject: RE: Love Is Teasin' From: Alice Sorry to say, Jim, Joe Heaney passed away. There are threads here on the Mudcat that are about Joe. Other Mudcat members who knew him or remember hearing him can join in. I'll refresh a thread for you. |