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15 Apr 01 - 06:30 AM (#441000) Subject: The call and the answer From: GUEST,John Barden john.barden@dachau.www.john-bar Hi all folk freaks out there! Great stuff going on in this space. Played a gig recently and was asked for the text to the song "The call and the answer". A Dubliners CD informs me it was written by someone called "Colclough". Would I be correct in assuming that this is the songwriter "Phil Colclough" the same man who wrote that gem "Song for Ireland"? If so, how can I acquire the text and how can I get more information on this artist? Has he also made recordings? Will appreciate any help on this. Check out my new CD on my website: www.john-barden.de Slainte John Barden |
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15 Apr 01 - 09:39 AM (#441055) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Malcolm Douglas This would be a job for the very useful "Digitrad and Forum Search", which is on the main Forum page and which searches the Digital Tradition database and the enormous archive of discussion threads we have here. If you were to type into it call and the answer, you would get a lot of references which would take a while to sift through, but Colclough would quickly find you two past discussions where the song has been posted: The Call and the Answer 'you the music, i the dancer' For more information about the Mudcat and how to use it to best effect, see the FAQ thread at the top of the Threads list on the main page. Malcolm |
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15 Apr 01 - 09:44 AM (#441057) Subject: Lyr Add: THE CALL AND THE ANSWER (Phil Colclough) From: nutty The writer of Call and Answer is Phil Colclough - yes the gent who wrote Song For Ireland. I know very little about him so perhaps someone else can provide that info. The words are ( --this is from memory so hopefully it will be accurate ) THE CALL AND THE ANSWER by Phil Colclough You call and I run Like the wind that blows across the moor All we need is each other And like the eagles we will soar Chorus You are the call and I am the answer You are the wish and I am the way You the music - I the dancer You are the night and I am the day You are the night and I am the day You and I are like two rivers Run and fall down to the sea When we meet we're lost forever Lost forever, you and me Lay your head upon my pillow Let your heart beat close to mine With no past and no tomorrow Two hearts lost in space and time HB
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15 Apr 01 - 09:57 AM (#441059) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Malcolm Douglas OK, now we have them posted three times... |
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15 Apr 01 - 10:36 AM (#441066) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Joy Bennett ok, but some corrections -- in the first verse You called and I ran wild as the wind that blows across the moor All we needed is each other... I do love this song! Thanks for reminding me -- I haven't sung it in a long time. when I first learned it years ago I predicted it would be the hot folkie wedding tune -- good thing I'm not a betting person. Joy |
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15 Apr 01 - 10:41 AM (#441069) Subject: Lyr Add: THE CALL AND THE ANSWER (Phil Colclough) From: Peg just a couple more corrections if you please (I have sung this at two weddings BTW; a lovely song). CALL AND ANSWER by Phil Colclough
(You called and I ran)
You and I are like two rivers
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15 Apr 01 - 10:56 AM (#441077) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: nutty malcolm - as you may have gathered - our posts crossed. Had I known that you (with your far superior knowledge of Mudcat)were dealing with the request , I would have saved myself the trouble. |
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15 Apr 01 - 11:14 AM (#441084) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Malcolm Douglas No offence, Nutty! I guessed that you were typing it up "live", so to speak, and didn't know that I'd already dealt with it. I usually reload a thread before sending if I've done the same, so as to avoid duplicating information. Seriously, a search is usually quicker than typing lyrics, so it's never a wasted effort trying one first, and it does make subsequent searching simpler if songs are only posted once each. All the best Malcolm |
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15 Apr 01 - 12:48 PM (#441128) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: wysiwyg OK... but did anyone e-mail the requestor? ~S~ |
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15 Apr 01 - 01:55 PM (#441173) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Malcolm Douglas No; he didn't ask us to. I'm sure he'll be back for his answer. |
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15 Apr 01 - 02:41 PM (#441194) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: GUEST,John.barden@dachau.net Reg: Call and the answer. Excellent, and thanks alot for your entries concerning the song " Call and the answer". Great to receive the text. I shall endeavor to deliver this song soon in some smelly, smoky Irish Pub around Münich and southern Bavaria. I would still love to get some more info. on the songwriter himself. If he has written such classics, surely he must have another few songs up his sleeve? How about recordings? By the way, it seems I confused my e-mail and website addresses some: The e-mail address is: John.barden@dachau.net Webpage: www.john-barden.de Bye and in the words of Jackson Brown "Let the music keep your spirits high" John Barden |
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15 Apr 01 - 04:22 PM (#441247) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: MudGuard John Barden, which Irish Pubs in Munich are you playing? I live in Munich, and I'd like to hear you! MudGuard |
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16 Apr 01 - 05:51 AM (#441552) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: GUEST,John Barden I have been playing in the "Irish Folk Pub" since it started in 1977. You could almost say I´m part of the furniture. It´s situated in Giesela/Kaulbachstr. They only have live music on Thursdays and I usually play on the last Thursday of the month. My next gig there is on Thursday 26th. April. Looking forward to meeting you. Please introduce yourself and we´ll have a bit of a chat! John |
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16 Apr 01 - 02:04 PM (#441815) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Joy Bennett Phil Colclough is part of DeDannan - and there are several recordings -- I believe most on Green Linnet records (ok, so i'm not certain of that- but the ones I have are!!) The Call and the Answer is on the CD "Jacket of Batteries. And yes, there are more by Phil. |
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17 Apr 01 - 07:41 AM (#442369) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Sabine Hi John, great to read you here :o) I got two beautiful tapes of your singing from Stephan (he told me that he informed you about the possible gig at Solingen). CU Sabine |
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07 Dec 05 - 06:59 AM (#1621824) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Big Mick Anyone want to help me be lazy and post the tabs? I have the PDF of the melody line and can pull it off, but I am wondering if anyone has the chord structure. Save a busy man some time. All the best, Mick |
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20 Aug 08 - 05:45 AM (#2418443) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: GUEST,Mary Does anyone know where I could obtain the music with chords for a guitar or other instrument, for The Call and The Answer? Thanks |
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02 Aug 10 - 02:28 PM (#2956845) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: GUEST,kay would anyone have the cords in G |
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02 Aug 10 - 03:37 PM (#2956895) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: Jack Campin The tune is vaguely reminiscent of Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance", which just about nobody living in the developed world in the middle of the20th century could have avoided hearing. |
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02 Aug 10 - 04:00 PM (#2956912) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The call and the answer From: cptsnapper Beryl Graeme recorded it on her album ' Moth To A Flame '. |
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11 Jan 21 - 04:00 PM (#4087541) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Call and the Answer (Phil Colclough) From: The Sandman What a fine song. apparantly he started the first folk club in stoke in 1960 and was later a member of the critics group Phil Colclough (11 January 1940 - 23 September 2019[1]) was an English contemporary folk singer and songwriter. His best known works, co-written with his wife, June Colclough (1941 – 12 October 2004), are "Song for Ireland" and "The Call and the Answer". June and Phil Colclough both came from North Staffordshire, England, and both had careers in education. Phil had been a navigator in the Merchant Navy,[2] which provided source material for some of his songs. The Colcloughs founded the first folk music club in Stoke-on-Trent in 1960. In 1966, they moved to London, where they were members of the Critics Group led by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger; they eventually left the group due to bitter disputes stemming from MacColl's "authoritarian tendencies".[3] In the 1970s, the Colcloughs returned to North Staffordshire, where they produced a folk music radio program for BBC Radio Stoke. "Song for Ireland"[4] was inspired by a trip the Colcloughs took to the Dingle Peninsula. Described as a "modern classic",[5] it has been recorded by numerous artists, including Enya, Dick Gaughan, Luke Kelly, Mary Black, Ralph McTell, Celtic Spirit, The Dubliners, Brendan Hayes and Damien Leith. |
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01 Feb 22 - 03:51 PM (#4134801) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Call and the Answer (Phil Colclough) From: GUEST,henryp “You are the call and I am the answer, You are the wish, and I the fulfilment, You are the night, and I the day. What else? It is perfect enough. It is perfectly complete. You and I, What more? Strange, how we suffer in spite of this!” D.H. Lawrence, Look! We Have Come Through! The Call and the Answer by Phil Colclough Chorus; "You are the call and I am the answer You are the wish and I am the way You the music - I the dancer You are the night and I am the day" |