Hello Christy,
I like the simple accompaniments. They give the song room to breath and do its thing.
Well below the valley just with bodhran.
This is where my harp parts come from.
When’s the gig?
Bless the wind that shakes the barley.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Tomorrow night (Wed) at The Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire….5 nights of The Dun Laoghaire Folk Festival….with distanced and masked seating limited to 50 all gigs are sold out ..all players involved greatly appreciate this opportunity to perform
Hi C. Mise aris. It’s good to see the anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney the Noble Prize winner being remembered, I was fortunate to see him perform in the NCH as part the Poet & the Piper tour with Liam Og, both gone now but never to be forgotten. Here is a beautiful rendition of Port na Pucai, I like the story that the tune could be based on the singing of Whales as they pass the Blaskets, https://youtu.be/ggsmQU_nb84 Beir bua agus beannacht. H
D.
That war is reaching its centenery, five years away. It may not be ‘commemorated’, it could be ‘re-fought’ given the divides and the bitterness. Some future Spanish government is going to have to make decisions what to do. The anniversarys come piling up, Lorca’s shooting dead, the 95th anniversary came up a few days ago. Going to find these Andy Irvine clips.
(And we’ve to find out where this ‘Log Cabin’ is. I think it s Loughrea.)
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a Loughrea correspondant (Iggy) has already pin pointed the location of that grand old venue…twas Ballinasloe
I’ve had a great trawl through Andy’s youtube takes on Frank Ryan…I take your point about the versions – some are more polished… great that they exist, along with ‘Quinte Brigada’…
You and Andy doing your bit to mark a cause never to be forgotten – ‘folk’ music at its best… Dave
Hi Christy,
David Keenan has posted perhaps his greatest piece on you tube earlier today.
It is called RECOVERING HUMANNESS, and in it he simply speaks about battles with mental health, drink and feelings of worthlessness.
Whilst his music amd lyrics are hard to better, this is his most important work.
I imagine many of us have been there.
Rory
Hi C..best of luck in Dun Laoghaire..and congrats to the 50 lucky people who got tickets, Mero included.We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Leagues O Toole for the documentary, the book but most of all for the impetus he created which facilitated the Planxty Re Union. I will never forget the anticipation of those 2 gigs in Glor, well worth the 5 am start to Q at 7am outside the Box Office.Memorable gigs. Beir bus agus Beannacht. H
Christy's reply
Leagues O’Toole’s love of music has brought many of us together time and again…he has created opportunities for people to play and has helped emerging players find their way. His “No Disco” series on RTE brought about the Planxty revival in 2004 for which I personally am very grateful .He also wrote “The Humours of Planxty”, a good journal of our old band.Time and again Leagues has “marked my card” on music worth a listen.
Here he is again with this week’s Dun Laoghaire Folk Festival at the Pavilion Theatre.
Well done Leagues, May the music keep our spirits high
Wow thanks all – shes calling later today so I’ll go through them all with her and see which one hits home! Looking forward to this research! Thanks!
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Eileen,
could it have been “Green Grows The Laurel” (aka known as “The Ship’s Captain”)…. Helen Grehan would have sung it around Manchester in the late 1960s….I heard Helen sing it 10 years ago at the John Reilly tribute concert in Boyle., Co Roscommon, she stilled the night with a stunning version as only she could sing.
I subsequently covered it on a 2016 album called “Lily”
possibly a song your dad might have sung…certainly a song that lingers
“Green Grows The Laurel
Softly Falls the Dew
I’m sorry my true lover
for ever parting from you”
I know we’ve riffed on the ‘Lily’ recording here – I play it a lot and reckon it’s one of your best song choices and versions – it has a quality that can’t quite be defined – always a good sign!
Good luck Eileen! I’m away to track down Mr Irvine’s Frank Ryan song!…
All the best, folks D
Christy's reply
a great song reverberates back there behind the most complex accompaniment
Hello Christy,
The rambling shuler and the, dark eyed sailor. Love them both. I also have a soft spot for Farmer Michael Haynes. It’s such a relief to hear about someone getting away.
Family time yesterday was great. Samuel and Isaac got over their shyness pretty quickly. It was an afternoon of swords and lightsabers. When Steve strapped himself into the pipes Samuel looked at him like he was nuts. I played along on the bodhran.
I’m kind of shocked by how their musical education has failed so far. They are both bored, at 10 and 13. It sounds like it’s been so narrow and no fun at all. We have a weird way of teaching music in this country. When I was a kid I was shut in a freezing, quiet room all by myself, just me and a piano for half an hour every day. Totally nuts!
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Sister Michael was a piano teacher in Newbridge in the 1950s….she used the head of a knitting needle to rap knuckles should a bum note be played… decades later I visited that same convent and sang a few songs for the remaining brides of jesus….it occurred to me that they too had been brainwashed….as young innocents they too were programmed by roman psychmeisters….young minds subverted by powerful propaganda spread throughout that evil empire…
Thankfully a new movement came along and swept many of us away to the hedonism of the Fleadh Ceols…the rhythm of the Reel…the Devil’s Music had us besotted as we took to the black waters that flowed from James’ Gate…in that tide of glorious porter we fell beneath the spell of more worldly believable gods… we traversed the halls of heaven far from their gates of hell
its time to get to work..sure ’tis Monday … and I have a gig this week
Following yesterday’s detective work re Eileen’s enquiry, ‘Dark Eyed Sailor’ is firmly in the frame – I first heard the song when it was released by Steeleye Span on their debut LP. ‘Hark! the village wait’ – a cracking version with the unusual combo of Gay Woods and Maddy Prior singing.
Also, worth digging out – the short film the Rolling Stones have put together in tribute to Charlie Watts – very good humoured and poignant.The ‘closed’ sign on the drum kit is a choker…
Good calls by Gipp to help out Eileen…’Constant Lovers’ recently sung by Kathryn Roberts and Kate Rusby fits the storyline. I don’t know whether there are older versions – good luck to searchers…
Dave
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Eileen will have her work cut out sourcing all our suggestions
One of my favourite sporting quotes ever has to be Vitas Gerulaitis after finally beating Jimmy Connors at the 1980 US Masters,
“Let that be a lesson to you all,” said Gerulaitis, with a wide grin and a bottle of champagne in his hand. “Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.”
Ooh that sounds like Andy Irvine territory Eileen, however there’s not a lot marrying going on in the following,
Try,
Sally Brown
The Rambling Siúler
Yarmouth Town
Or from Christy
“The Dark Eyed Sailor”
That’s all I can think of!
Christy's reply
only yesterday I came across Andy’s “The Ballad of Frank Ryan”..never knew that it existed
Thought this might be a great place to ask! Myself and mum were remembering songs that would have made an impact over the years and she remembers my dad singing a song back in the 70s (she thinks ) about a sailor marrying a (farmers ??) daughter but she can’t remember the name or who (on the folk scene) might have sang it back then for it to have stayed in her mind – thought maybe Christy & all the song loving people on here might know … thanks if you can!
Christy's reply
could it have been “Green Grows The Laurel” (aka known as “The Ship’s Captain”)….I think Helen Grehan would have sung it around Manchester in the late 1960s….I heard Helen sing it 10 years ago at the John Reilly tribute concert in Boyle., Co Roscommon, Helen stilled the night with a stunning version as only she could sing.
I subsequently covered it on a 2016 album called “Lily”
possibly a song your dad might have sung…certainly a song that lingers
“Green Grows The Laurel
Softly Falls the Dew
I’m sorry my true lover
for ever parting from you”
Hello Christy,
I like the simple accompaniments. They give the song room to breath and do its thing.
Well below the valley just with bodhran.
This is where my harp parts come from.
When’s the gig?
Bless the wind that shakes the barley.
Rebecca
Tomorrow night (Wed) at The Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire….5 nights of The Dun Laoghaire Folk Festival….with distanced and masked seating limited to 50 all gigs are sold out ..all players involved greatly appreciate this opportunity to perform
Hi C. Mise aris. It’s good to see the anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney the Noble Prize winner being remembered, I was fortunate to see him perform in the NCH as part the Poet & the Piper tour with Liam Og, both gone now but never to be forgotten. Here is a beautiful rendition of Port na Pucai, I like the story that the tune could be based on the singing of Whales as they pass the Blaskets, https://youtu.be/ggsmQU_nb84 Beir bua agus beannacht. H
what privilege it was to stand at Liam’s side
The Barrowlands are calling you Christy … hope you can visit soon!
I hear you calling
D.
That war is reaching its centenery, five years away. It may not be ‘commemorated’, it could be ‘re-fought’ given the divides and the bitterness. Some future Spanish government is going to have to make decisions what to do. The anniversarys come piling up, Lorca’s shooting dead, the 95th anniversary came up a few days ago. Going to find these Andy Irvine clips.
(And we’ve to find out where this ‘Log Cabin’ is. I think it s Loughrea.)
a Loughrea correspondant (Iggy) has already pin pointed the location of that grand old venue…twas Ballinasloe
http://www.internationalbrigadesinspain.weebly.com
Great archive info here, Christy/ all interested parties… D
There’s some interesting stuff here
https://archive.org/details/vinyl_bostonpubliclibrary?&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Celtic%22&and%5B%5D=collection%3A%22unlockedrecordings%22
Thankyou Hilary, for details of the gig.
Hi Christy
I’ve had a great trawl through Andy’s youtube takes on Frank Ryan…I take your point about the versions – some are more polished… great that they exist, along with ‘Quinte Brigada’…
You and Andy doing your bit to mark a cause never to be forgotten – ‘folk’ music at its best… Dave
Hi Christy,
David Keenan has posted perhaps his greatest piece on you tube earlier today.
It is called RECOVERING HUMANNESS, and in it he simply speaks about battles with mental health, drink and feelings of worthlessness.
Whilst his music amd lyrics are hard to better, this is his most important work.
I imagine many of us have been there.
Rory
Hi C..best of luck in Dun Laoghaire..and congrats to the 50 lucky people who got tickets, Mero included.We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Leagues O Toole for the documentary, the book but most of all for the impetus he created which facilitated the Planxty Re Union. I will never forget the anticipation of those 2 gigs in Glor, well worth the 5 am start to Q at 7am outside the Box Office.Memorable gigs. Beir bus agus Beannacht. H
Leagues O’Toole’s love of music has brought many of us together time and again…he has created opportunities for people to play and has helped emerging players find their way. His “No Disco” series on RTE brought about the Planxty revival in 2004 for which I personally am very grateful .He also wrote “The Humours of Planxty”, a good journal of our old band.Time and again Leagues has “marked my card” on music worth a listen.
Here he is again with this week’s Dun Laoghaire Folk Festival at the Pavilion Theatre.
Well done Leagues, May the music keep our spirits high
A gig? Did no-one else hear that? Ooh! Please tell.
Green grows the laurel led me here
https://vimeo.com/404780942
I’m reading book of the same name.
Wow thanks all – shes calling later today so I’ll go through them all with her and see which one hits home! Looking forward to this research! Thanks!
Eileen,
could it have been “Green Grows The Laurel” (aka known as “The Ship’s Captain”)…. Helen Grehan would have sung it around Manchester in the late 1960s….I heard Helen sing it 10 years ago at the John Reilly tribute concert in Boyle., Co Roscommon, she stilled the night with a stunning version as only she could sing.
I subsequently covered it on a 2016 album called “Lily”
possibly a song your dad might have sung…certainly a song that lingers
“Green Grows The Laurel
Softly Falls the Dew
I’m sorry my true lover
for ever parting from you”
well.. what a treat – Andy Irvine youtube…Frank Ryan song…talk about, the Woody Guthrie spirit…
I love the way Andy is in full flow, sitting on the steps in a grand building. Thanks for the tip off, Christy – I doubt I’d have found this gem.
I’m away to get milk and tea, I’ll leave you in peace!
Thanks
Dave
Great call on ‘Laurel’, Christy
I know we’ve riffed on the ‘Lily’ recording here – I play it a lot and reckon it’s one of your best song choices and versions – it has a quality that can’t quite be defined – always a good sign!
Good luck Eileen! I’m away to track down Mr Irvine’s Frank Ryan song!…
All the best, folks D
a great song reverberates back there behind the most complex accompaniment
Hello Christy,
The rambling shuler and the, dark eyed sailor. Love them both. I also have a soft spot for Farmer Michael Haynes. It’s such a relief to hear about someone getting away.
Family time yesterday was great. Samuel and Isaac got over their shyness pretty quickly. It was an afternoon of swords and lightsabers. When Steve strapped himself into the pipes Samuel looked at him like he was nuts. I played along on the bodhran.
I’m kind of shocked by how their musical education has failed so far. They are both bored, at 10 and 13. It sounds like it’s been so narrow and no fun at all. We have a weird way of teaching music in this country. When I was a kid I was shut in a freezing, quiet room all by myself, just me and a piano for half an hour every day. Totally nuts!
Rebecca
Sister Michael was a piano teacher in Newbridge in the 1950s….she used the head of a knitting needle to rap knuckles should a bum note be played… decades later I visited that same convent and sang a few songs for the remaining brides of jesus….it occurred to me that they too had been brainwashed….as young innocents they too were programmed by roman psychmeisters….young minds subverted by powerful propaganda spread throughout that evil empire…
Thankfully a new movement came along and swept many of us away to the hedonism of the Fleadh Ceols…the rhythm of the Reel…the Devil’s Music had us besotted as we took to the black waters that flowed from James’ Gate…in that tide of glorious porter we fell beneath the spell of more worldly believable gods… we traversed the halls of heaven far from their gates of hell
its time to get to work..sure ’tis Monday … and I have a gig this week
Mornin’ Christy/all
Following yesterday’s detective work re Eileen’s enquiry, ‘Dark Eyed Sailor’ is firmly in the frame – I first heard the song when it was released by Steeleye Span on their debut LP. ‘Hark! the village wait’ – a cracking version with the unusual combo of Gay Woods and Maddy Prior singing.
Also, worth digging out – the short film the Rolling Stones have put together in tribute to Charlie Watts – very good humoured and poignant.The ‘closed’ sign on the drum kit is a choker…
Have a good day
Dave
Count Me In Dave
Hi Christy/ all
Good calls by Gipp to help out Eileen…’Constant Lovers’ recently sung by Kathryn Roberts and Kate Rusby fits the storyline. I don’t know whether there are older versions – good luck to searchers…
Dave
Eileen will have her work cut out sourcing all our suggestions
Thanks a million Gippmeister … will get looking!
Tipp abú
One of my favourite sporting quotes ever has to be Vitas Gerulaitis after finally beating Jimmy Connors at the 1980 US Masters,
“Let that be a lesson to you all,” said Gerulaitis, with a wide grin and a bottle of champagne in his hand. “Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.”
its the way you tell ’em Gipp
Ooh that sounds like Andy Irvine territory Eileen, however there’s not a lot marrying going on in the following,
Try,
Sally Brown
The Rambling Siúler
Yarmouth Town
Or from Christy
“The Dark Eyed Sailor”
That’s all I can think of!
only yesterday I came across Andy’s “The Ballad of Frank Ryan”..never knew that it existed
Thought this might be a great place to ask! Myself and mum were remembering songs that would have made an impact over the years and she remembers my dad singing a song back in the 70s (she thinks ) about a sailor marrying a (farmers ??) daughter but she can’t remember the name or who (on the folk scene) might have sang it back then for it to have stayed in her mind – thought maybe Christy & all the song loving people on here might know … thanks if you can!
could it have been “Green Grows The Laurel” (aka known as “The Ship’s Captain”)….I think Helen Grehan would have sung it around Manchester in the late 1960s….I heard Helen sing it 10 years ago at the John Reilly tribute concert in Boyle., Co Roscommon, Helen stilled the night with a stunning version as only she could sing.
I subsequently covered it on a 2016 album called “Lily”
possibly a song your dad might have sung…certainly a song that lingers
“Green Grows The Laurel
Softly Falls the Dew
I’m sorry my true lover
for ever parting from you”