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05 Sep 02 - 11:51 PM (#777889) Subject: The Rowan Stave From: PastyJane Sharyn McCrumb writes of a Scottish song which is brought to appalachia. It is called "The Rowan Stave." I am trying to find out if this is a real song and what the tune might be. The song's lyrics are in her book "The Songcatcher." The song's first stanza of the song is: Upon the hill above the kirk at moon rise she did stand To tend her sheep that Samhain eve, with rowan stave in hand. And where she's been and what she's seen, no living soul may know, And when she's come back home, she will be changed -- oh! The last line is repeated for each stanza of the song. |
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06 Sep 02 - 12:03 AM (#777895) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Sharyn McCrumb clearly states that the "song" is not authentic; "it was written for this book because I thought that I could not find a song so obscure that no reader would be familiar with it, so I composed one." However, Sweetwater's Shelly Stevens penned a tune, and the song has been released as a cd single. Type "The Rowan Stave" in Google, and you can get ordering information. A reading from the book is also on the cd. |
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06 Sep 02 - 12:06 AM (#777899) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Call Sweetwater at 1-937-323-7864 and use your credit card. $9,25 inc. S/H. (or order from: Sweetwater, 643 E. Euclid Avenue, Springfield, OH, 45505. |
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06 Sep 02 - 11:40 AM (#778127) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: diesel I'm amazed others have read the book - I quite enjoyed that one. And yes I read too that the song was composed for the book, - Though it was in the Authors note at the end of the book. Which brings on a question - When I read a book - I generally read /browse /quickscan the acknowledgements at the front to see background details etc. - My wife thinks I mad and never heard of anybody reading them ( the acknowledgements ) What of you - or am I alone in this ?? Though sounds like Dicho above does ?? Diesel |
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06 Sep 02 - 11:48 AM (#778128) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: GUEST,MMario frequently - and the author's notes as well; usually before I purchase if possible. |
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06 Sep 02 - 11:50 AM (#778129) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: Sorcha Always. |
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06 Sep 02 - 01:27 PM (#778180) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: diesel Thanks folks - it's true - I am not alone, as for the mad bit - I'll leave herself to decide Diesel |
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06 Sep 02 - 01:32 PM (#778186) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Yes. Exceptions? Tomes I scan to extract a few facts or opinions and will never read in their entirety. |
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24 Nov 10 - 06:28 AM (#3039364) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: GUEST That whole ballad series is wonderful. Read them all. I'm getting ready to teach ballads as literature but also as a lead-in to a cultural unit related to westward expansion and a speaker from Appalachia. I'm going to use this in it and explain the whole bit to the kids. Apparently the STORY may be old??? I'm going to try to find out if she made that up too. Her website is wonderful. Highly recommend it. Mag |
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07 Aug 11 - 08:04 PM (#3203601) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: GUEST,Judy Thanks for your information - I'm very fond of folk music, and I've enjoyed quite a few of Sharon's books, so I was just starting a search for the song. You've saved me a lot of fruitless searching. |
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07 Aug 11 - 08:33 PM (#3203616) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: Jack Campin That kitschy verse alone is quite enough to make sure I never, ever take one of her books off a shelf. |
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26 Sep 17 - 04:03 PM (#3878878) Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Rowan Stave From: GUEST,Don Taylor The bare bones of the story traces McCrumb's actual family history from her Scottish ancestor's abduction to his eventual arrival in America and later, in 1794, in Appalachia (where her family remained into modern times) through a procession of often colorful and sometimes strange descendants. |