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20 Aug 02 - 10:07 PM (#768860) Subject: shadow hunter davey spilane From: GUEST,iaincwil Does anyone know where I can find the lyrics for The Walker of the Snow from Davey Spillane's album "Shadow Hunter?" ta iain |
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20 Aug 02 - 10:19 PM (#768866) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter davey spilane From: Malcolm Douglas You could always try typing shadow hunter or The Walker of the Snow into the "Digitrad and Forum Search", which you will find on the main Forum page. It works. |
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20 Aug 02 - 10:21 PM (#768868) Subject: Lyr Add: WALKER OF THE SNOW (C D Shanly, S Tyrrell From: michaelr WALKER OF THE SNOW (Sean Tyrrell) Speed on, speed on, good master! The camp lies far away;— We must cross the hunted valley before the close of day. How the snow-blight came upon me, I will tell you as we go,— The blight of the shadow hunter who walks the midnight snow. To the cold December heaven came the pale moon and the stars, As the yellow sun was sinking, behind the purple bars. The snow was deeply drifted upon the ridges drear That lay for miles around me and the camp for which we steer. 'Twas silent on the hill-side, and by the solemn wood No sound of life or motion to break the solitude, Save the wailing of the moose-bird with a plaintive note and low, And the skating of the red leaf upon the frozen snow. And said I,—"Though dark is falling, and far the camp must be, Yet my heart it would be lightsome, if I had but company." And then I sang and shouted, keeping measure, as I sped, To the harp-twang of the snow-shoe as it sprang beneath my tread. Not far into the valley had I dipped upon my way, When a dusky figure joined me, in a capuchon of grey, Bending upon the snow-shoes with a long and limber stride; And I hailed the dusky stranger, as we travelled side by side. But no token of communion gave he by word or look, And the fear-chill fell upon me at the crossing of the brook; For I saw by the sickly moonlight, as I followed, bending low, That the walking of the stranger left no foot-marks on the snow. Then the fear-chill gathered o'er me, like a shroud around me cast, As I sank into the snow-drift where the shadow hunter passed. And the otter-trappers found me before the break of day, With my dark hair blanched and whitened as the snow in which I lay. But they spoke not, as they raised me, for they knew that in the night I had seen the shadow hunter, and had withered in his blight. Sancta Maria speed us! The sun is falling low,— Before us lies the Valley of the Walker of the Snow! Cheers, Michael |
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21 Aug 02 - 02:33 AM (#768954) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter davey spilane From: GUEST,Big Mick Tyrrell didn't write this song, he just performed it on the "Walker of the Snow" CD. I spoke with him this weekend about it. He loved singing it and the way it came out. Sean is known for taking poems and setting them to music. Another great one is "12th of July" which he got out of the book "1000 Years of Irish Poetry". Mick |
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21 Aug 02 - 08:15 PM (#769371) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter davey spilane From: michaelr Mick -- who wrote it then? Michael |
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21 Aug 02 - 08:38 PM (#769381) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter davey spilane From: Malcolm Douglas Charles Dawson Shanly (1811-1875), a Canadian. The poem seems to have been first published around 1859. Info: Tracing C.D. Shanly's "The Walker of the Snow" As I implied earlier, it has been posted here before: THE WALKER OF THE SNOW (Poem by Charles Dawson Shanly) |
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21 Aug 02 - 08:39 PM (#769382) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter davey spilane From: Big Mick Michael, I believe it is based on an old poem called The Walker of the Snow. Seems like I read somewhere that the original was written by an Irish Immigrant by the name of Shanly. This is a variant, as I recall, on that. Perhaps Masato or someone else can enlighten us. Or maybe PJ Curtis might pop in to enlighten us. Mick |
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21 Aug 02 - 08:40 PM (#769383) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter davey spilane From: Big Mick Thanks, Malcolm. We cross posted there. Mick |
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21 Aug 02 - 08:56 PM (#769393) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter davey spilane From: Malcolm Douglas He was apparently born in Dublin, moving from there to Canada and eventually to the USA. He is sometimes credited with having written Kitty of Coleraine, though this is also attributed to Edward Lysaght. |
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22 Aug 02 - 09:53 PM (#769913) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter davey spilane From: Barry Finn Shanly was born in Dublin, on March 9, 1811. Died in Arlington, Florida Aug. 15, 1875. Educated at Trinity College then went on to Canada to become the Assistant Secretary of the Dept. of Public Works then on to New York where he wrote regularly for the newspapers & magazines. During the 1860's he wrote children's stories & did a translation of Dr. Couret's "Wonders of the Desert".
Sean Tyrrell has quite the knack for finding amazing poetry & then marrying them remarkably well to his own tunes. Barry |
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23 Mar 03 - 08:35 PM (#916720) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: shadow hunter Davy Spillane From: Big Mick Barry, there is a book that our Philippa pointed me to, titled "1000 Years of Irish Poetry", edited by Kathleen Hoagland. It is out of print, but easily obtainable on the search lists. In it you will find quite a number of the poems that many Irish balladeers such as Tyrrell, have used. Have you ever heard Danny and Geraldine Doyle's version of "The Minstrel Boy"? The poem, "The Rebel" by Padraic Pearse, is in this wonderful volume. Want the full version of "The Night Before Larry was Stretched" so's you can point out to Shay Walker that he is missing a few verses? (If you remember, I pointed that out to him at Paddy Burkes to his dismay......hahahahahaha) It is in this book. The book purports to represent "The Gaelic and Anglo-Irish Poets from Pagan times to the present". It was published in 1947 by The Devin-Adair Company. Mick |
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28 Oct 08 - 08:10 PM (#2478628) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WALKER OF THE SNOW (Shanly/Tyrell) From: Barry Finn THE WALKER OF THE SNOW Poem by Charles Dawson Shanly, 1811–1875; music by Sean Tyrrell As recorded by Sean Tyrell on "Walker of the Snow," 2019. Speed on; speed on, good master; the camp lies far away. We must cross the haunted valley before the close o' day. How the snow-blight came upon me, I will tell you as we go, Of the blight of the shadow hunter who walks the midnight snow To the cold December heavens came the pale moon and the stars The yellow sun was sinkin' behind the purple bars The snow lay deeply driftin' upon the ridges drear That lay for miles around me, the camp for which we steer. 'Twas silent on the hillside beside the solemn wood-- No sound of life or motion to break the solitude Save the wailin' of the moose-bird, with its plaintive note and low, The skatin' of a red leaf upon the frozen snow. Said I: "Though dark is fallin', far the camp must be Yet my heart it would be lightsome if I had but company." Then I sang and I shouted, keepin' measure as I tread To the harp-twang of the snowshoe as they sprang beneath my tread Not far into that valley had I dipped upon my way When a dusky figure joined me in a capuchon of grey. Then I sprang on my snowshoes with a long and limber stride. I hailed the dusky stranger as we traveled side by side. But no token of communion gave he by word or look. The fear-chill gathered over me at the crossing of the brook For I saw by the sickly moonlight as I followed bending low The footsteps of that stranger left no marks upon the snow The fear-chill gathered over me like a shroud around me cast As I sank upon the snowdrift where the shadow hunter passed The otter trappers they found me just before the break o' day My dark hair was blanched and whitened as the snow in which I lay They spoke not as they raised me; they knew that in the night I had met the shadow hunter; I had withered in his blight. Sancta Maria speed us! The sun is fallin' low. Before us lies the Valley of the Walker of the Snow. Sean used to sing this in sessions around the Boston area before he recorded it and that's how I got it. Looking at the words now, I don't sing it the same anymore, folked it up a little, sorry. Barry |
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28 Oct 08 - 08:30 PM (#2478640) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walker of the Snow (from Davy Spillane) From: Big Mick Refresh. Someone started a thread on this, but there have been any number of discussions, and no need to post the lyrics again. Please use the search function first, folks. All the best, Mick |
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28 Oct 08 - 08:38 PM (#2478644) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walker of the Snow (from Davy Spillane) From: Barry Finn Mick, I did & didn't find the lyrics & I believe it was me that 1st posted the lyrics that is why I not only posted them again but also used the add lyrics option so that someday they could go into the DT where it would easliy available for other like myself who have a difficult time navagating some of the not so ancient threads. Who you kindly undelete the deleted post pleas. Thanks Barry I haven't seen Shay in 5 yrs now. |
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28 Oct 08 - 08:41 PM (#2478645) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walker of the Snow (from Davy Spillane) From: Barry Finn It seems as if my older post on this has gone by the boards too. I linked in the deleted post to both Shanly & Tyrrell. Forget it, delete as you see fit Barry |
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28 Oct 08 - 09:07 PM (#2478668) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walker of the Snow (from Davy Spillane) From: Big Mick Here is Barry's first post on the subject from 1997. If Barry, or anyone interested, simply types "Walker of the Snow" or "Shadow Hunter" into the search engine, which someone who has been around as long as Barry knows, then they will find these threads. I have looked them up four times in the last 20 minutes. There are a number of them. Nothing personal, but it is an easy matter, and from an administrative standpoint there is no need to continue to post the same lyrics over and over. Sorry your feelings were hurt, but nothing personal is intended. Mick the moderator Thread #3113 Message #14974 Posted By: Barry 19-Oct-97 - 09:59 PM Thread Name: halloween songs Subject: Lyr Add: THE WALKER OF THE SNOW (C D Shanly)^^
Sean Tyrrell a few years back put a tune to one of Charles Dawson Shanly's poem "The Walker Of The Snow" great song/poem |
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28 Oct 08 - 09:09 PM (#2478671) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walker of the Snow (from Davy Spillane) From: Jeri You posted it here Barry, and its in the DT here |
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28 Oct 08 - 10:19 PM (#2478705) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walker of the Snow (from Davy Spillane) From: Barry Finn Why then when I search I can't find those & I can't find anything that I search that's been posted in the past 2 yrs? Thanks for the flood Barry
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29 Oct 08 - 05:29 AM (#2478812) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Walker of the Snow (from Davy Spillane) From: Deckman I first learned this ballad from Idaho friend "Casey." He got it from Rosalie Sorrells, in America. It was on one of her first record albums. I love this song and it's imagery. Bob(deckman)Nelson |
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29 Sep 09 - 06:11 PM (#2734545) Subject: Lyr Add: HAUNTED HUNTER (from Billie Maxwell) From: GUEST,WWLL The poem was recorded (lyrics altered in nearly every line) by Billie Maxwell in the 1930s: HAUNTED HUNTER [WALKER OF THE SNOW] As recorded by Billie Maxwell on Victor V-40241, 1929, released 1930. Speed on, speed on, brave comrade; our camp lies far away. We must reach that haunted valley before the close of day. How I became snow-blinded, I will tell you as I go, By the blight of the haunted hunter, as he walked the midnight snow. Through the cold December heavens came the pale moon and the stars. The yellow sun was sinking behind the purple bars, And the snow, it lay drifted along the ridges drear That lay for miles between me and the camp for which I steered. There was silence on the hillside and through the solemn wood, No sound of life or motion to break the solitude Save the wailing of the moose-bird in its plaintive note so low, Or the skating of some red leaves upon the frozen snow. Says I: "Now dark is falling and it's far my camp must be. My heart would feel much lighter if I had but company." So I sang, shouting merrily, keeping measure as I sped By the sharp twang of my snowshoes as they sprang beneath my tread. Not far into that valley had I gone upon my way When a dusky figure joined me in a copper suit of grey, A-bending on his snowshoes with a long and limber stride. I hailed the dusky figure as he traveled by my side. No sound of life or motion gave he by word or look. A fierce chill came upon me at the crossing of the brook. I could tell by the sickly moonlight as he followed bending low That the walking of the hunter left no footmarks in the snow. A fierce chill came upon me like a shadow 'round me cast. I fell upon the snow drift as the haunted hunter passed. The other trappers found me just at the break of day With my dark hair bleached as white as the snow on which I lay. They spoke not as they raised me; they knew that through the night I had seen the haunted hunter and withered in his blight. Saint Maria, speed us onward, for the sun is sinking low, And behind us lies the valley of The Walker in the Snow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTCxT_B0J1A |
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29 Sep 09 - 06:21 PM (#2734553) Subject: RE: req/ADD: Walker of the Snow (Shadow Hunter) From: Deckman I recorded this song on my CD: "Songs I Sing After Dark." Bob(deckman)Nelson |
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21 Apr 10 - 11:28 PM (#2891808) Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Walker of the Snow (Shanly, Tyrrell) From: GUEST,mandy o'sullivan I met Sean over 20 yrs ago while on holiday in a pub in Kilfenora in Clare, I told him I didn't know him but I thought I recognized his voice from the Davy Spillane shadow hunter cd I had just bought and asked if it was him, he was wonderful and said it was him and he was impressed I recognized him and he'd sing me a song so I asked for The Walker of the Snow. he said it was too long to sing in a small session like that and he'd give me something else which was great but within 10 mins he offered us the song. acoustically. Beautifully haunting in this small candlelight bar on a summer's evening on the Burren, never to be forgotten |