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18 Feb 04 - 06:50 PM (#1118729) Subject: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: Lil Dog Turpy I have been searching for the lyrics and tune for a Vin Garbutt song I heard a long time ago. The tune was a jig and the chorus was Hark as the bee hunts for treasure That's hid in the mountain of bloom My shuttle goes buzzing with pleasure To gather the gold from my loom To achieve the jig effect, instructions for the chorus involved slapping your mouth to interrupt the flow of air while singing (you had so see it!) and so the chorus becomes Hark as (slap) the (slap) bee (slap) hunts for treasure That's hid (slap) in (slap) the (slap) mountain of bloom My shu (slap) ttle (slap) goes (slap) buzzing with pleasure To gather the gold from my loom Does any one recollect this? |
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20 Feb 04 - 11:32 AM (#1119861) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: Lil Dog Turpy Refresh |
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20 Feb 04 - 01:02 PM (#1119931) Subject: Lyr Add: HARK AS THE BEE HUNTS FOR TREASURE From: Rain Dog You could use the lyric search for this site and get this: Subject: hark as the bee :add Lyric From: Ted from Australia - PM Date: 24 Feb 99 - 03:13 AM HARK AS THE BEE HUNTS FOR TREASURE Trad slip jig. As sung by Vin Garbutt CHORUS: Hark as the bee hunts for treasure That's hid in the mountainy bloom Me shuttle goes buzzing with pleasure To gather me gold from me loom. V1: 'Tis I can weave woolen and linen The finest folk wear on their backs So girl come give over your spinnin' And wind up me wool and me flax. CHORUS V2: Five years at the woolen and linen I've laboured from morning to night With a heart that beats heavy beginnin' Is beating forever more light. CHORUS V3: With guineas full up in me stockin' sole Safe in the tick of me bed It's soon that I'll rest without rocking At Shrovetide with Willie I'll wed. CHORUS |
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20 Feb 04 - 06:08 PM (#1120067) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: Lil Dog Turpy Thanks for the pointer - I did search the digitrad database with no luck, which is why I posted here. All I need now is the tune lol |
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27 Feb 04 - 12:00 AM (#1124918) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: rich-joy "Lil Dog Turpy"?? are you the same one that tried to save the Old Man from the dreaded HOBYAHS ???!!! R-J |
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27 Feb 04 - 03:49 AM (#1124991) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: matai If you could get to the Irish Club Auckland New Zealand by this time tomorrow you could ask him to play it yourself. But I guess that isn't much help. Good-luck matai (from down-under) |
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28 Feb 04 - 01:59 AM (#1125646) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: Gurney He rarely refuses a request, but you will have to stop laughing at his intro long enough to learn the tune..... |
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23 Mar 04 - 01:15 AM (#1143532) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: Lil Dog Turpy R-J that would be me. Kin tail back again! Anyone know the tune for this ? I still only know the chorus tune |
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30 Mar 04 - 08:41 AM (#1149909) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: Lil Dog Turpy Refresh |
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09 Apr 04 - 01:48 PM (#1157967) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Vin Garbutt Song - Hark as the bee hunts From: Lil Dog Turpy Tune anyone? |
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08 Mar 10 - 03:49 PM (#2859438) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hark as the Bee Hunts (Vin Garbutt) From: GUEST woolen and linen song from album shy tot pommy 1985 |
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10 Mar 10 - 09:35 AM (#2860979) Subject: Lyr Add: 'TIS I CAN WEAVE WOOLLEN AND LINEN From: Jim Dixon The lyrics and musical notation for one voice and piano can be found in Songs of Old Ireland "the words by Alfred Perceval Graves, the music arranged by Charles Villiers Stanford" (London: Boosey & Co., 1882), page 99: 'TIS I CAN WEAVE WOOLLEN AND LINEN. 'Tis I can weave woollen and linen, The finest folk wear on their backs, So, girls, come give over your spinnin', And wind off your wool and your flax! CHORUS: For hark! as the bee hunts for treasure That's hid in the mountainy bloom, My shuttle goes buzzing with pleasure, To gather my gold from the loom. Five year at my woollen and linen I've woven from mornin' to night, With a heart that beat heavy beginnin', But is leapin' for ever more light. Now with guineas full up is the stockin', Sewed safe in the tick of my bed, And 'tis soon that I'll rest without rockin', Since at Shrovetide with Willy I'll wed. |
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26 Feb 12 - 05:37 AM (#3313519) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen From: GUEST Does anyone still want to hear this? I recorded an mp3 off the LP. |
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26 Feb 12 - 07:27 AM (#3313553) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen From: GUEST Yes thank-you. |
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13 Apr 12 - 06:49 AM (#3337668) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen From: GUEST,Stirka I'd love to hear it. |
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24 May 12 - 02:26 AM (#3355005) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen From: GUEST http://youtu.be/E_5GlbmT17o here it is. Sorry it took so long to upload. |
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07 Apr 21 - 06:02 PM (#4101255) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen From: GUEST,# https://www.libraryireland.com/Irish-Folk-Songs/Tis-I-Can-Weave-Woollen-And-Linen-1.php Sheet music with lyrics at that link. |
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08 Apr 21 - 12:33 AM (#4101318) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen From: leeneia I've made a file of the sheet music linked by Guest #, and I'll send it in for posting tomorrow. I think it was a dance tune, because it has a big range - an octave plus a 4th. You can always do what I do when it gets too high - re-write that bit. Thanks, #. |
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08 Apr 21 - 10:54 AM (#4101364) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen From: leeneia I've sent the melody to Joe. The original is in B flat, not a folkie favorite, so I changed it to C. If you want to learn the song, follow the link provided by Guest # and look at the beginning of the three verses, so you can see how the pick-up notes change to accommodate the lyrics. |
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26 Jan 24 - 10:37 PM (#4196217) Subject: I have this song performed by vin garbut From: GUEST Anyone still interested I can upload it |
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27 Jan 24 - 02:23 AM (#4196221) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Tis I Can Weave Woollen and Linen From: r.padgett Why not? Ray |
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27 Jan 24 - 03:36 PM (#4196254) Subject: Version: Tis I can weave woollen and linen From: Joe Offer Here's a performance of the song by Danny Priestley: And Here's a version of "'Tis I can weave woollen and linen" without the bee/treasure chorus: https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=77172 'TIS I CAN WEAVE WOOLLEN AND LINEN (Alfred Perceval Graves) 'Tis I can weave woollen and linen, The finest folk wear on their backs; So, girls, come give over your spinnin', And wind off your wool and your flax! Five year at my woollen and linen I've woven from mornin' to night, With a heart that beat heavy beginnin', But is leapin' for ever more light. For with guineas full up is the stockin', Sewed safe in the tick of my bed, And 'tis soon that I'll rest without rockin', Since at Shrove with my Willy I'll wed. Authorship: by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931), "'Tis I can weave woollen and linen", appears in Irish Songs and Ballads, in Songs and Ballads [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source] Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive): by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "'Tis I can weave woollen and linen", published [1882?] [voice and piano], from the collection Songs of Old Ireland. A Collection of Fifty Irish Melodies Unknown in England, no. 37, arrangement ; London, Boosey & Co. ; dedicated to Johannes Brahms, August 1882 [ text verified 1 time] Ithis is almost the same as the version posted by Jim Dixon above (click) |
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03 Feb 24 - 01:38 AM (#4196567) Subject: RE: Woolen & Linen/Hark As The Bee Hunts For Treasure From: Thompson Aha, the poet Robert Graves' daddy. Good man. Nice performance by Danny Priestly (starting 24 minutes in there), but no mouth-slapping - anyone got a version with the rhythm slaps? |