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27 Jun 01 - 06:05 PM (#493411) Subject: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: RangerSteve This should be easy. I need the last verse for "My Flower, My Companion and Me. The verse about meeting everyone in heaven. I know you guys will come through for me. |
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28 Jun 01 - 02:10 AM (#493698) Subject: Lyr Add: MY FLOWER MY COMPANION AND ME From: Pene Azul Is this it? I found it on this page. My Flower My Companion and Me Sung by Norma Waterson on Bright Shiny Morning. Oh the flowers that I loved in the wildwood They have sent off their beautiful blooms And the many dear friends of my childhood Have slumbered for years in their tombs It's no wonder I'm broken-hearted Stricken with sorry to be We have met we have loved we have parted Oh my flower my companion and me Oh the rose that I loved I remember And the smile that I never more shall see Since the cold bitter winds of December Stole my flower my companion from me It's no wonder I'm broken-hearted Stricken with sorry to be We have met we have loved we have parted Oh my flower my companion and me Ah but think of that bright shiny morning When our spirits from earth shall be free And we meet those we've loved in that dawning Oh my flower my companion and me It's no wonder I'm broken-hearted Stricken with sorry to be We have met we have loved we have parted Oh my flower my companion and me It's no wonder I'm broken-hearted Stricken with sorry to be We have met we have loved we have parted Oh my flower my companion and me We have met we have loved we have parted Oh my flower my companion and me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norma Waterson's note from the CD insert: From the wonderful Helen Schneyer. Helen has a fund of the most wonderful songs and this she sang to us in her house in the woods in Vermont with humming birds on the porch. One of those memories which cling. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcription by Garry Gillard |
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28 Jun 01 - 02:36 AM (#493703) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: Sandy Paton Sorry? I've always heard "sorrow" there when Caroline sings it. Are we wrong? Sandy |
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28 Jun 01 - 07:32 AM (#493791) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: RangerSteve Thanks, Pene Azul, that's the song I wanted. |
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29 Jun 01 - 12:41 AM (#494505) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: Sandy Paton Helen Bonchek Schneyer, who taught the song to Norma Waterson, actually sings the chorus as: And it's no wonder I'm brokenhearted, And stricken with sorrow must be. We have met, we have loved, we have parted, My flower, my companion and me. She tells us that the real name of the song is "Lost Love." Helen learned it from Craig Johnson (of the Double Decker String Band), who learned it from an old recording of Asa Martin, who lived neare Covington in northern Kentucky. Helen has recorded it on her CD, Somber, Sacred and Silly, which is available from Folk-Legacy, of course. The Folk-Legacy web site is at www.folklegacy.com. (Too late tonight to try to make a blue clickie thing!) Sandy |
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07 Jan 08 - 05:47 PM (#2230658) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: GUEST,bruce bartlett I am looking for the chords or sheet music for My flower my companion and me. I cannot find it anywhere. Do you know them or where to find them? |
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11 Mar 14 - 12:57 PM (#3608958) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: Stewart Here's the sheet music with chords There are other versions of this song Faded Flowers is a slightly different version sung by the Carter Family And Pharis and Jason Romero sing an even different version on their CD "A Passing Glimpse" It's a beautiful song and I'd like to learn more about its origins. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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12 Mar 14 - 12:06 PM (#3609114) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: Brian Peters It's a lovely song. I learned it from a CD of Alice Gerrard, and it went down very well at my local old-timey session. If that's my friend Stewart in Seattle, then, Hi! Though of course there may be more than one of that name, in that city. Brian |
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12 Mar 14 - 12:16 PM (#3609116) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: Stewart Hi Brian, it is me, still doing the Pacific NW Folklore Society events and other music in Seattle. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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12 Mar 14 - 12:21 PM (#3609119) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: Brian Peters Hope you're well, Stewart. Maybe I'll happen by again sometime. |
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12 Mar 14 - 03:00 PM (#3609168) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: Jim Dixon Pedant alert! From an article, "Department of Rhetoric" by Homer B. Sprague, in The Student's Journal, Vol 34 No 2 (New York: Andrew J. Graham & Co., Feb 1905), page 113: More [errors]. "We have met, we have loved, we have parted— My flowers, my companions, and me." —From the song Fairest Flowers, by J. H. Brown and James Power. Cured. We have met, we have loved, we have parted, My flowers, my companions, and I. —(The sense is, My flowers, my companions, and I have met, loved, etc. Therefore say I, not 'me.'—Ed.) [Interesting because it establishes a date and a possible source.] |
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12 Mar 14 - 03:32 PM (#3609175) Subject: Lyr Add: FADED FLOWERS From: Jim Dixon From The Jack Morgan Songster "compiled by a Capt. in Gen. Lee's Army" (Raleigh, N.C.: Branson & Farrar, 1864), page 50: Faded Flowers. The flowers that I saw in the wildwood Have since drooped their beautiful leaves, And the many dear friends of my childhood Have slumbered for years in their graves. Oh! the bloom of the flowers I remember, But the faces I never more shall see, For the cold chilly winds of December Stole my flowers, my companions from me. The roses may bloom on the morrow, And many a friend have I won; Yet my heart will bow down with its sorrow, When I think how the loved ones are gone. 'Tis no wonder that I'm broken hearted, And stricken with sorrow should be, We have met, we have loved, we have parted, My flowers, my companions and me. How dark looks this world, and how dreary, When we think of the ones that we love, Yet there's rest for the faint and the weary, When friends meet with lost ones above. Yet in heaven I can but remember When from earth my proud soul shall be free: Then no cold chilly winds of December Can part my companions and me. |
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12 Mar 14 - 04:13 PM (#3609194) Subject: Lyr Add: FADED FLOWERS (J H Brown/James Power) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music in the Levy collection: "Melodies of the Harmoneons" Faded Flowers. Words by J. H. Brown; music by James Power. Boston: G.P. Reed & Co., 1851. Oh, the flow'rs that I saw in the wildwood, Have since drooped their beautiful leaves And the many dear friends of my childhood Have slumber'd for years in their graves! Oh, the bloom of the flow'rs I remember, And the smiles I shall never more shall see; For the cold chilly mists of December Stole my flow'rs and companions from me. Other roses may bloom on the morrow, And many a friend have I won; Yet my heart it can part but with sorrow, When I think of the ones that have gone. 'Tis no wonder that I broken hearted, And stricken with sorrow should be! We have met, we have lov'd, we have parted, My flow'rs, my companions, and me! Oh! how dark looks this world, and how dreary, When we part from the ones that we love; But there's rest for the faint and the weary, And friends meet with lost ones above! And in Heaven I can but remember, When from Earth my proud soul shall be free, Then no cold chilly winds of December, Can part my companions from me! |
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12 Mar 14 - 05:23 PM (#3609212) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Flower, My Companion and Me From: Stewart Wow 1851, thanks Jim Looks like considerable "folk processing" over the years I think I like the Helen Schneyer/Norma Waterson version better I'll add this info to my song book here Cheers, S. in Seattle |