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30 Oct 05 - 05:06 PM (#1593779) Subject: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: synbyn Any help with tune gratefully received- a child remembers it from Broadstairs Folk Week but not accurately & though lyrics come up on google , no tune supplied. Thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu2vqXU-caw |
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30 Oct 05 - 05:16 PM (#1593784) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: Peace Is thie also called, "Now Our Meeting's Over"? |
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30 Oct 05 - 05:31 PM (#1593791) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: synbyn thanks Peace: The lyrics as i have them from the child's memory are: Sisters now our meeting's over Sisters now we must part And if we should never meet again I'll keep you in my heart And we'll stand by the shore (x3) And be safe for ever more Brothers/Mothers/ Fathers are the following verses, but only Fathers came up as a title on Google. |
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30 Oct 05 - 05:47 PM (#1593796) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: Peace Fathers Now Our Meeting Is Over C Fathers, now our meeting is over Fathers, we must part. And if I never see you anymore I love you in my heart And we'll stand on the shore Yes we'll stand on the shore Yes we'll stand on the shore And be free forevermore (mothers, sisters, brothers, children) Found this, but no tune. I will keep looking, buddy. Maybe someone will get in with the answer before we do. Hope so. Later. |
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30 Oct 05 - 05:51 PM (#1593798) Subject: Lyr Add: LAND ON THE SHORE From: Peace YO. Just read that this is also called LAND ON THE SHORE Fathers now our meeting is over, Fathers we must part, And if I never see you anymore I'll love you in my heart. Chorus: And we'll land on the shore Yes we'll land on the shore Yes we'll land on the shore And be safe forever more. Mothers now, our meeting is over Mothers we must part, And if I never see you anymore I'll love you in my heart. Sisters now, our meeting is over Sister we must part, And if I never see you anymore I'll love you in my heart. Brothers now our meeting is over Brothers we must part, And if I never see you anymore I'll love you in my heart. My dear friends our meeting is over Dear friends we must part, And if I never see you anymore I'll love you in my heart. from www.coolname.com/pipermail/ maplepost-mirror/2001-October/005542.html - 4k - Supplemental Result |
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30 Oct 05 - 06:26 PM (#1593830) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: wysiwyg I want the tune, too. ~S~ |
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30 Oct 05 - 07:06 PM (#1593856) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: vectis I think it might have been me you heard singing it. My words are fractionally different to those already posted. Now my friends the meeting is over sisters we must part. And if we should never meet again you'll be with me in my heart. And we'll meet on the shore We'll meet on the shore. Yes we'll meet on the shore And be friends for evermore. Sisters becomes brothers, singers, players, drinkers or any other thing appropriate to people present. |
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30 Oct 05 - 07:15 PM (#1593860) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: Jerry Rasmussen Sounds like a good one.. Jerry |
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31 Oct 05 - 12:49 AM (#1594029) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: GUEST,Sandy Paton (sans cookie, apparently) It's the closing song, sung by Buna Hicks, on Folk-Legacy's CD-22 - The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, NC, Volume 1. Sandy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu2vqXU-caw&list=OLAK5uy_nMGrku6V5pwIu3DLHMc2F4luc0TxrPBFs&index=17 |
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31 Oct 05 - 06:35 AM (#1594059) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: Sandra in Sydney Australia's Fagans also sing it, in 5 part harmony (Bob & Margaret, daughter Kate, son James & Nancy Kerr) on their CD 'Turning Fine' Our Roaring Forties also sing it (again in 5-part harmony) but it's not on either of their CDs Fagans & Forties albums available from Trad'n'Now |
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31 Oct 05 - 06:44 AM (#1594066) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: wysiwyg I could try a Noteworthy transcription, if I had a sound clip. ~S~ |
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31 Oct 05 - 12:25 PM (#1594227) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: GUEST I've got a transcription, with sound clip. I'd be happy to make it available here -- I think I can shoot out an Adobe PDF; otherwise, it's on a Scorewriter program -- if somebody tells me how. -- Pinetop Slim |
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31 Oct 05 - 12:28 PM (#1594229) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: MMario Slim - if you want - you can e-mail me the PDF - and I will send Joe a midi and post the ABC version here... MMario lpola@edutech.org |
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31 Oct 05 - 12:40 PM (#1594238) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: wysiwyg Yes please! ~S~ |
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31 Oct 05 - 02:45 PM (#1594334) Subject: RE: tune req: Father now our meeting's over From: synbyn Yes please too! Thanks all very much- if I'd known it was you, Vectis, I'd have phoned direct! It'll give this schoo;child a real boost- his note suggests we should "sing sweetly"... Cheers Bob |
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23 Jan 22 - 01:45 PM (#4133471) Subject: Lyr Add: FARE THEE WELL (Now the happy meeting's…) From: Jim Dixon I wonder if this is the origin of the above songs? Found at Hymnary.org. The image there comes from Precious Hymns No. 2, edited by C. Harold Lowden & Rev. William Stone (Philadephia: John J. Hood Co., 1911.), hymn no. 87, page 73. My transcription from the sheet music: FARE THEE WELL. (Parting song.) Words by Rev. Henry J. Zelley. Music by Adam Geibel. ©1911. 1. Now the happy meeting’s over, And we must again depart; But tho’ paths shall lead asunder, We shall still be joined in heart. CHORUS: Fare thee well! (Fare thee well!) Fare thee well! (Fare thee well!) Soft and low this pray’r we’ll whisper: God be with thee; Fare thee well! Ev’ry day we’ll still keep praying: God be with thee; Fare thee well! 2. Many duties are awaiting As we walk the upward way. We will share each other’s burdens, For each other ever pray: CHORUS 3. Rough the road our feet must travel, Lone or thorny be the way, But we gain new strength and courage When we hear some loved one say: CHORUS 4. Even when the skies are cloudless And our path is smooth and clear, We can gain new inspiration From the pray’r we love to hear: CHORUS |
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23 Jan 22 - 03:48 PM (#4133486) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Father now our meeting's over From: GerryM If anyone is still looking for the tune, David Holt's recording of Meeting Is Over is available on Spotify. |
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23 Jan 22 - 10:02 PM (#4133543) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Father now our meeting's over From: Joe Offer Thread #6051 Message #35311 Posted By: Charlie Baum 18-Aug-98 - 10:15 PM Thread Name: Parting songs Subject: Lyr Add: NOW MY FRIENDS THE MEETING IS OVER
There are many variants on "Now My Friends the Meeting Is Over," which I've always thought of as a Southern Appalachian song rather than a Shaker one. Here's a rather lively, bluegrassy version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hcQzZXTdoU I sing it about half this speed. |