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23 Nov 97 - 08:10 PM (#16571) Subject: Tune: Island of St. Helena From: dulcimer Is there another name for this tune and does anyone know an ABC source on the web? Haven't been able to spot it search the usual places. |
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24 Nov 97 - 01:02 PM (#16581) Subject: RE: Tune: Island of St. Helena From: Is this for one of the Bounaparte songs in DT? Search on 'Helena'. |
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24 Nov 97 - 02:27 PM (#16591) Subject: RE: Tune: Island of St. Helena From: Nigel Sellars It's on the General Humbert II lp (Shanachie?) where it's sung by Mary Black. |
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24 Nov 97 - 03:46 PM (#16595) Subject: RE: Tune: Island of St. Helena From: leprechaun It's also on the "Mary Black Collected" album. |
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26 Nov 97 - 02:32 PM (#16724) Subject: RE: Tune: Island of St. Helena From: Songster Bob Which tune do you want? There's the one mentioned above (I'm pretty sure the Mary Black, et al tune is what I think of as "the new one") and the one on page 332 of "Traditional American Folk Songs from the frank and Anne Warner Collection" (Syracuse University Press, 1984). The two tunes are related, with one -- the "new" one -- being, as it were, more flowery and ornamented and the other -- the "old" one -- being more stark and direct. I like the stark one (from Tink Tillett) found in the Warner collection. My designation of "new" and "old" derives from which one I heard first, of course. I heard the Tillett one, recorded by the Warners on the outer banks of North Carolina in 1940, some twenty years or more ago, and have always liked it (and the accompanying text). I recommend it highly. I've never taken to the "new one." Good luck. I recommend the Warner book very, very highly.
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26 Nov 97 - 03:12 PM (#16730) Subject: RE: Tune: Island of St. Helena From: Bruce O. The Warner one is in DT. Search on 'BONY'. First item found. Warner Collection also gives reference to earlier versions of the song. Again, what are you looking for? |