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28 Jan 01 - 09:18 PM (#384487) Subject: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: winniemih I recently came across a recording by a group called Connemara who do a lovely rendition of the trad. Irish fiddle tune "The Scholar", which has lyrics that were written more recently than the tune (according to the liner notes). I'm interested in more of the same sort, as I'm learning fiddle. I've done vocals for many years and I'm thinking that learning the words with the tune will help permanently fix in my brain the tune for fiddling. Anyone know of others that might be found on a typical session list? Thanks for the help. Winnie |
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29 Jan 01 - 01:01 PM (#384920) Subject: RE: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: M.Ted Most folk melodies pre-existed the lyrics that we know to them--there are many popular songs that are nothing more than new lyrics to tradtional melodies--Your idea is a good one, because it is always easier to work with something that you already know--I would suggest simply thinking about all the songs you know, then figuring, if it sounds like it is a folk melody, chances are that it is-- |
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29 Jan 01 - 01:21 PM (#384937) Subject: RE: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: Bert You're right there M. Ted. and it includes practically everything on Cowpie. |
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30 Jan 01 - 04:08 AM (#385503) Subject: RE: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: Dave the Gnome There are some funny ones but I don't know if you would be interested. If so start with the tune for 'The White Cockade' and insert the words for any one of -
Does you chewing-gum loose it's flavour and so on.... I do 'Chantilly Lace' to the tune of the Parting Glass - always fun! Enjoy Dave the Gnome |
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30 Jan 01 - 09:21 AM (#385617) Subject: RE: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: Mikey joe You couldn't have come at a better time by Luka Bloom (aka Barry Moore) which works around the Kesh Jig |
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30 Jan 01 - 01:44 PM (#385804) Subject: RE: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: GUEST,SUsan-Marie Temperance Reel has lyrics entitled "Invitation to a Funeral" (they're in the Forum). Mist Covered Mountains of Home (a Scots air) has two sets of lyrics, one with the same title as the tune and another called "Immigrant Mothers Lullaby" or "Hush Hush". |
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30 Jan 01 - 04:52 PM (#385945) Subject: RE: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: Jacob B Winnie, Lots of people have learned tunes in the way that you plan to. If you tell us the names of some of the tunes that you want to learn, I bet that people will give you the words which they used to learn those tunes. Give me all my money, for I'm Off To California Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense Skinna ma linky doodle dum, don't say I didn't warn ya I'm off to California, and I'm sitting on a fence Jacob |
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30 Jan 01 - 11:30 PM (#386242) Subject: RE: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: Amos Dig through the Mudcat Songbook and you'll find scores of freshly minted numbers based on 100% GENUINE news events, with tunes which reach back int' the mists of history like dawn searching for midnight. All of the very best natural phonemes with guaranteed 100% human sentiment richly interlarded between the carefully handcrafted scansions. Absolute bargains, is what! A |
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30 Jan 01 - 11:36 PM (#386246) Subject: RE: modern lyrics for traditional tunes From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Good thread for this..... Someone mentioned on the Cape BReton Music list, that he had heard that Gordon Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald had the tune based on a traditional one. His question was did anyone know the trad tune it was based on. Later in the day someone came up with a possible tune name for it. Right now I can't remember which tune it was, but if I come across it again, I'll pass it on. |
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31 Jan 01 - 12:22 PM (#386567) Subject: Lyr Add: THE MAID BEHIND THE BAR From: Stewart Peter Cooper in "Mel Bay's Complete Irish Fiddle Player" gives lyrics to the fiddle tune (reel) "The Maid Behind the Bar" that one of his students (Barbara Lester) made up in order to help learn the tune by ear.It works great to play the fiddle tune and then sing the song Oh, there was a maid behind the bar and that was where she stayed Cheers, S. in Seattle |