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03 Jul 06 - 05:58 PM (#1775065) Subject: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Hawker Hi, I am planning a performance piece about harvest time, as a community project, I did a similar thing with a Christmas theme last year. Suggestions, as many minds are better than one! a) songs b) stories c) weather and growing/sowing lore I know I can depend on you all! Cheers, Lucy |
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03 Jul 06 - 06:00 PM (#1775067) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: greg stephens John Barleycorn?? |
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03 Jul 06 - 06:04 PM (#1775074) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Mr Fox Corn Rigs (Rabbie Burns, based on a traditional song) |
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03 Jul 06 - 06:37 PM (#1775096) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Hawker excellent start, keep em coming folks, its amazing what you can miss out when you are trying to remember stuff. Cheers, Lucy |
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03 Jul 06 - 07:31 PM (#1775130) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Herga Kitty Trad - So cheerfully round, Bringing in the sheaves, We gets up in the morn Steve Thomason's Harvest Home HARVEST HOME As a student I worked on the harvest in Berkshire. The memory of walking back through the fields as the dor beetles took flight inspired this song. Chorus - Harvest Home, Harvest Home, Raise up your glasses, sing Harvest Home Harvest Home, Harvest Home, Raise up your glasses, sing Harvest Home The sun it is setting, the sky's turning gold, And we weary labourers, both young and both old, The last of the harvest bring in from the field, It's another day's work and another year's yield. I've worked on the harvest in sunshine and rain, From stripping the wild oats from out of the grain, To the last weary bale and the last weary sack, I've carried them homeward on my aching back As we walk from the fields with the dust in our eyes, Our throats are like deserts all parched, cracked and dry, And the swallows fly low as the insects take wing, So its down to the alehouse to laugh drink and sing. And in fields of stubble there's rabbit and hare, That'll make a fine banquet for us all to share For we've worked on the harvest the long summer through, And I must raise a tankard to bid you adieu. And it's down to the alehouse for ale we must go, Where first barley serves you then lays you down low, So here's to the barley both servant and king, Come raise up your glasses, his praise we'll sing. Best wishes for your project Lucy! Kitty |
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04 Jul 06 - 08:28 AM (#1775502) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Mr Fox Then there's the Albion Band's Harvest Anthem (I believe Cathy LeSurf wrote it). Not sure where you would find the lyrics, though. |
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04 Jul 06 - 08:36 AM (#1775510) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Keith A of Hertford Not specifically harvest, but still agrarian (as We Plough The Fields..), The Farmer's Boy. The Lark in The morning |
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04 Jul 06 - 08:37 AM (#1775511) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Kevin Sheils The Copper Family's "Two Brethren" |
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04 Jul 06 - 04:54 PM (#1775972) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Tootler Not forgetting "Speed the Plough" for those who play rather than sing. |
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05 Jul 06 - 03:28 AM (#1776348) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: GUEST Norfolk singer, the late Walter pardon sang a song he learned at school called 'All Among The Barley' It's on one of his albums (A Country Life?) Jim Carroll |
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05 Jul 06 - 03:40 AM (#1776352) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: IanC If you're wanting people to join in, "We Plough The Fields And Scatter" and "Come Ye Thankful People Come". :-) |
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05 Jul 06 - 12:28 PM (#1776769) Subject: RE: Folklore: Harvest stuff From: Cats Don't forget to contact Wren Music in Okehampton to get the local harvest songs from the Baring Gould manuscripts.....Then there's always my ceiling with the amazing 16thc neck of corn plasterwork, you could come and take some pics of it. |