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06 Dec 06 - 12:51 PM (#1901622) Subject: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: GUEST,TinyTed Does anyone know the chords to this GBS song? TinyTed |
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06 Dec 06 - 01:12 PM (#1901635) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: Schantieman I wouldn't have thought a guitar accompaniment would have suited it! If you mean that of course. Piano if anything, since it's a music hall song. Steve |
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06 Dec 06 - 01:29 PM (#1901644) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: GUEST George Bernard Shaw didn't sing it - Walter Pardon did, and he didn't need accompaniment! Jim Carroll |
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06 Dec 06 - 01:33 PM (#1901651) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: GUEST,Little Robyn But if you needed chords, it should only need three and in very obvious places. Use whichever key suits your voice range. Robyn |
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06 Dec 06 - 01:40 PM (#1901655) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: Ruth Archer I'm fond of Peter Bellamy's version. |
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06 Dec 06 - 02:20 PM (#1901692) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: GUEST Thanks Robyn! So you are thinking along the lines of 1-4-5-1? TT |
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07 Dec 06 - 01:46 PM (#1902594) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: Little Robyn Yup. Robyn |
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08 Dec 06 - 01:10 PM (#1903592) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: GEST For what it's worth, a Google search shows 14 Web pages which credit Johnny Burke as the author of Old Brown's Daughter. And here's Johnny Burke's brief biography. |
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12 Nov 08 - 11:37 AM (#2491784) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: GUEST,old okie I have been listening to Great Big Sea sing this on youtube, and they sing the last line as "and by jingo, next election, I will run for trinity". Can someone please explain this? Is a political office, or a common reference known to everyone but me? Thanks |
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12 Nov 08 - 11:52 AM (#2491796) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: Terry McDonald It means to stand for Parliament in the Trinity constituency. In Britain you stand for public office, in America you run for it! |
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12 Nov 08 - 11:54 AM (#2491798) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: Terry McDonald Oh, and Newfoundland (like mainland Canada) tends to use British words and phrases for elections (except for the term 'riding.') |
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12 Nov 08 - 02:58 PM (#2492011) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Old Brown's Daughter From: BB I think Walter Pardon's version says: "By jingo, next election I shall put up for MP", i.e. Member of Parliament. |