04 Aug 04 - 06:11 PM (#1240425) Subject: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: erinmaidin Trying to locate the lyrics that Andy M. Stewart wrote to the old song "will ye go to flanders". |
05 Aug 04 - 06:58 AM (#1240634) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: nutty Are these the words you are looking for or is there another version?? will ye go to Flanders |
05 Aug 04 - 02:14 PM (#1240742) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Nutty, he's looking for the song Young Jimmy in Flanders. It uses the same tune as that song you linked to. I've seen references to the song or the CD it is on. Short of running into the library, I have to say I can't find it yet. |
05 Aug 04 - 02:24 PM (#1240753) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: erinmaidin Thanks very much, nutty...but George is right. I'm looking for the Andy M. Stewart version titled "Young Jimmy in Flanders" ..I believe it was written in memory of his grandfather. |
05 Aug 04 - 03:20 PM (#1240797) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca FromAndy M Stewart - Fire in the Glen (Words and Music: Andy M. Stewart) Andy wrote this song for his grandfather, who, as young piper, was forced to endure the horror and lunacy that was the First World War. Somehow, thankfully, he survived. The song is in the form of a conversation between the recruiting officer, the piper, and his wife. It was inspired by the traditional song, Will Ye Go To Flanders? |
05 Aug 04 - 03:23 PM (#1240801) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: Francy If the song is "Jimmy's Gone To Flanders" you can find it on Jim Malcolm"s album "Resonance".........A fine writer and singer from Scotland......Frank of Toledo |
05 Aug 04 - 06:05 PM (#1240892) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: GUEST,nutty Here are the lyrics you need then .... Jimmy's gone to Flanders |
05 Aug 04 - 07:50 PM (#1240958) Subject: Lyr Add: JIMMY'S GONE TO FLANDERS (Jim Malcolm) From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca From Celtic Lyrics JIMMY'S GONE TO FLANDERS Jimmy's gone to Flanders, his fiddle lies upon his bed |
08 Aug 04 - 11:27 PM (#1242907) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: Jim Dixon This is the song erinmaidin wants. Unfortunately I can only supply a brief excerpt transcribed from a sound sample found at allmusic. YOUNG JIMMY IN FLANDERS Words, Andy M. Stewart. Music, traditional, "Will Ye Go to Flanders?" ...He played his pipes to battle, And the laddies died like cattle, And the brandy was drunk in Whitehall A million miles away. What saw ye there in Flanders, my Jimmy...? [Sung by Andy M. Stewart on "Fire in the Glen," by Andy Stewart w/ Phil Cunningham & Manus Lunny, Shanachie CD 79062; also Green Linnet CD 3059, 1993.] |
09 Aug 04 - 03:43 AM (#1243006) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: erinmaidin Jim! That's it! and thank all the others for helping as well...but Jim is on the right track...if anyone else has this in entirety I'd be ever so grateful. Ta |
11 Aug 04 - 09:24 AM (#1244693) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: Jim Dixon refresh |
26 Jun 05 - 07:00 PM (#1510571) Subject: Lyr Add: YOUNG JIMMY IN FLANDERS (Andy M Stewart) From: Doug YOUNG JIMMY IN FLANDERS Will ye go to Flanders, young Jamie o O will ye go to Flanders, young Jamie o There you'll get wine and brandy, medals fine and dandy O will ye go to Flanders, young Jamie o O dinnae go to Flanders, my Jamie o O dinnae go to Flanders, my only Jamie o What good tae me is brandy, or medals fine and dandy If you're lying deid on Flanders, my Jamie o Will ye go to Flanders, young Jamie o And serve those who command us, young Jamie o We fight the fearful Hun, with our long Lee Enfield guns Though he's just your fellow man when we stop for Christmas Day Jamie he went to Flanders, so many years ago To the Somme, to Ypres and Arras, not so many years ago He played his pipes to battle and the laddies died liked cattle And the brandy was drunk in Whitehall, a million miles away What saw ye there on Flanders, my Jamie o What saw ye there on Flanders, my only Jamie o We rang the victory bells over every foe that fell Working men just like mesel, my Rosie o Will ye go to Flanders, young Jamie o And serve those who command us, young Jamie o There you'll get wine and brandy and medals fine and dandy Or will you die on Flanders, young Jamie o copyright Andy M Stewart, I'd imagine. Any mistakes are through my own hearing. |
27 Jun 05 - 03:25 AM (#1510763) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: The Walrus WARNING: - THREAD DRIFT. Can one of the Scots Gaelicspeakers clear up something foor me, please? I seem to remember once being told that one of the ways of pronouncing "Ypres" (Eeprey?) is phonetically close to the Gaelic for "sacrifice". Is there any truth in this? Walrus |
27 Jun 05 - 03:33 AM (#1510765) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: Le Scaramouche Is Jim Malcolm the vocalist for the Old Blind Dogs? |
27 Jun 05 - 04:40 AM (#1510800) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: GUEST,Doug Yes, he is. Well, he replaced Ian Benzie, the original vocalist. Fine solo artist, too. Gaelic for sacrifice is "ìobairt", as far as I know, which I would pronounce "eeyoparsht". |
28 Jun 05 - 02:38 AM (#1511439) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: The Walrus GUEST,Doug, "...Gaelic for sacrifice is "ìobairt", as far as I know, which I would pronounce "eeyoparsht"..." Thanks for that, I had the wrong pronounceation of Ypres, but 'Eepers' was fairly common, I can see how a link could be made. Thanks again. W |
28 Jun 05 - 03:11 PM (#1511855) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Young Jimmy in Flanders From: GUEST <---very happy! thanks so much |