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30 Jan 02 - 05:13 PM (#638899) Subject: other lyrics for wild mountain thyme From: GUEST,isng4u I've heard there is another scottish song that uses the same melody as Wild Mountain Thyme. I hear this is the case for several tunes in fact. Can anyone point me to where I could find out? thankx, gil |
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30 Jan 02 - 05:45 PM (#638918) Subject: RE: Tune Req: other lyrics for wild mountain thym From: nutty The song is The Braes of Balquidder and the words are here in the DT CLICK |
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30 Jan 02 - 05:58 PM (#638927) Subject: RE: Tune Req: other lyrics for wild mountain thym From: nutty In fact, The Braes of Balquidder is an old Scottish song that had been around for a long time before Frank McPeake wrote Will ye go lassie go |
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30 Jan 02 - 06:26 PM (#638945) Subject: RE: Tune Req: other lyrics for wild mountain thym From: paddymac Folkies of most persuasions have never been particulary bothered about "adapting" older melodies. All a part of the famous folk process. The interesting part is when the "new" lyrics become more well known than the older ones. |
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30 Jan 02 - 09:19 PM (#639039) Subject: RE: Tune Req: other lyrics for wild mountain thym From: 8_Pints But in this case I think the influence is unmistakable. Bob vG |
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31 Jan 02 - 01:10 AM (#639165) Subject: RE: Tune Req: other lyrics for wild mountain thym From: Nerd Actually, Francie adapted both the words and the tune of Braes of Balquidder, so the tunes are quite a bit different. Thus, this may or may not be what isng4u is referring to...anyone know any other songe to the tune of Wild Mountain Thyme? |
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31 Jan 02 - 04:54 AM (#639219) Subject: RE: Tune Req: other lyrics for wild mountain thym From: masato sakurai Other related threads:
Lyr Req: Fourth verse for Wild Mountain Thyme
Lyr/Chords Req: Wild Mountain Thyme
In the DT:
FLOWERS OF PEACE by Pete Seeger
HIGHLANDS OF HEAVEN (J.D. Arnold, 1869) --"accompanied by some confused and inaccurate notes" (Malcolm Douglas).
Result of search for "Wild Mountain Thyme" (The Fiddler's Companion): ~Masato |
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31 Jan 02 - 06:55 AM (#639243) Subject: RE: Tune Req: other lyrics for wild mountain thym From: Malcolm Douglas My comment on those notes (nearly two years ago) was a bit unfair, though they aren't exactly a model of clarity; I don't expect that whoever wrote them expected them to be put into the DT as they stood. Accompanying the remark was a list of links to other discussions here of Wild Mountain Thyme and its relatives, which I may naively have believed would be useful to people in the future: |