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25 Jul 06 - 01:23 PM (#1792850) Subject: Tune Req: MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER From: GUEST hi could anybody help me with a piece of music called midnight on the water i have the cords, but unsure how the tune goes. it would help if i had a tune to listern to, so i could adapt the cords occordenly m/j |
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25 Jul 06 - 01:26 PM (#1792851) Subject: RE: Tune Req: MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER From: wysiwyg Hi, Guest, meet our MIDI PAGES. ~Susan Click to play |
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25 Jul 06 - 01:37 PM (#1792871) Subject: RE: Tune Req: MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER From: Sorcha Pick one. JC's Tunefinder!! |
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25 Jul 06 - 02:22 PM (#1792898) Subject: RE: Tune Req: MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER From: Stewart I have the tune here on my song page with a song by Ron Kavana that goes along with it. This was sung by Norma Waterson on a Waterson:Carthy recording. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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25 Jul 06 - 02:31 PM (#1792906) Subject: RE: Tune Req: MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER From: Stewart And here's a whole web page about the tune along with several different midi versions of it (scroll down to the bottom). Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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25 Jul 06 - 03:21 PM (#1792954) Subject: RE: Tune Req: MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER From: mississippi john thanks to all who have given their time to help me find the music & the words to midnight on the water kind regards m/j |
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25 Jul 06 - 03:55 PM (#1792975) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: Sorcha On fiddle at least, a low A sounds nice with the E and F notes as a double stop. You can also double stop the open A. |
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25 Jul 06 - 04:22 PM (#1793002) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: oombanjo Are you convinced now, I'll give it a whirl ont banjolo. Cheers Elbanjolo |
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25 Jul 06 - 04:55 PM (#1793033) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: Helen Hi mississippi john, Welcome to Mudcat. It's a great resource but also a great bunch of people. If you look at the top of this page this is a list of links called Related Threads. There have been quite a few discussions of Midnight on the Water, which I first heard as a fiddle tune, but the song sung by the Watersons, mentioned by Stewart previously, is the one which mentions a lot of fiddle tunes including Midnight on the Water, and uses this as part of the chorus. So don't get confused between the fiddle tune, and the song of the same name. Both good, but different. Helen |
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25 Jul 06 - 05:48 PM (#1793080) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: Les from Hull Here's the actual words that Ron Kavana wrote. Norma sings a slight variant. MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER Well I never was one for much fancy dancin' My two big left feet follow my wanderin' eye But when I hear that slow air played in 3/4 time I could waltz with my darling until morning bright [Chorus] Play me a fiddle tune, sing me a song Banish misfortune our time is not long Midnight on the water, so steady and slow The lark in the morning once more for the road Midnight on the water, so steady and slow Pour me one last drink, set 'em up Joe Now most of my waltzin' has been done in barrooms 'Cos drinkin' and dancin' go hand in glove Buy a beer for the fiddler and request that slow song So I can dance closely with the one that I love [repeat chorus] It's on the Alias Ron Kavana cd 'Think like a hero' - a fine recording with other great songs as well. Recommended! Helen - the song not only mentions the tune, it includes the tune which comes around after the song on Ron's version. MJ, Oombanjo: I'll sing it for you in Beverley when you're up to speed on the tune. I do it in D (holds up two fingers - no not like that!). |
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25 Jul 06 - 05:59 PM (#1793085) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: Ritchie just goes to show....I was thinking of 'midnight on the water' by david bromberg....ah well such is life. |
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26 Jul 06 - 10:21 AM (#1793664) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: GUEST,leeneia For any fiddlers here, The Fiddler's Fake book says "DDAD" which I assume is how to tune the strings. It also says "The fourth string, here tuned down to D, is droned throughout the A part." Thanks for all the links. I've been working on this song now. It sounds great on my old piano. |
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26 Jul 06 - 10:29 AM (#1793667) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: Sorcha Not I.....mostly I use standard tuning with the Fake book fingerings....but once in a while I will use the DDAE for a heavier drone effect. |
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26 Jul 06 - 11:16 AM (#1793706) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: clueless don Thank you, WYSIWYG (on 25 Jul 06 - 01:26 PM), for making me aware of the existence of the Mudcat MIDI pages. Didn't know about that aspect of Mudcat! I do have a question about the MIDI pages: Why does each tune/item appear twice? Don |
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26 Jul 06 - 12:40 PM (#1793747) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: wysiwyg Thanks for the kind words, Don. The doubling is just a leftover phenomenon from an old Mudcat crash that's in the midst of being fixed. Same thing in the members' photo pages. One of these days the doubling may suddenly disappear. Main thing is, there are many excellent features scattered about here and there. Many are described in the FAQ. But part of the site's fun is finding new clickables all the time or finding how the features relate to one another. You see, Mudcat predates most online discussion sites, so it has its own unique way of being. ~Susan |
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26 Jul 06 - 01:16 PM (#1793778) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: mississippi john JUST A THOUGHT. 2 weeks ago i was up in killington on an old time gathering and someone played this tune, but they called it by another name any idea's? m/j |
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26 Jul 06 - 01:46 PM (#1793804) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Just checked at The Session for any alternate titles, but they didn't list any. The Session is another wonderful place to check for tunes. Quite often they list alternate names and have a discography of recordings where you might find the tune as well. |
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27 Jul 06 - 11:04 AM (#1794578) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: GUEST,Jim Ritchie, I think we're all thinking of the tune played by David Bromberg on his album of the same name. It was written by Benny Thomason, but (I think) credited to Luke Thomason. I've heard other words put to this tune. I can't remember them all, but I'll look them up. Here are the first two lines: There are times when I'm so blue thinking of you and me At midnight on the water and how it used to be. |
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27 Jul 06 - 12:06 PM (#1794632) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: Les from Hull Ron Kavana's words are not put to this tune. It's a song about the tune that is then followed by the tune. |
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27 Jul 06 - 12:36 PM (#1794656) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: Scoville There is also a great version of it on Kate Wolf's Lines on the Paper, with a different set of words (written, I think, by one of her friends/fellow musicians). GUEST, Jim--I've never heard the Bromberg version (hard to picture, really, but I'll have to look it up) but those are the first two lines to the Kate Wolf one, too, so I assume they're the same overall. |
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27 Jul 06 - 12:55 PM (#1794677) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: Sorcha And I've never heard it called by any other name. |
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28 Jul 06 - 10:55 AM (#1795452) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Midnight on the Water From: GUEST,Jim Scoville, Sorry, I wasn't too clear. Bromberg's version is instrumental. The words are from a tape by a trio of super female singers/instrumentalists who's name I can't recall that my wife bought at the Owen Sound Folk Festival. I'm at the library now, so I can't look it up. I'll try to do that tonight. |