And the newborn Infant prizing, It has been described as, "far and away the most widely collected song in the English language.". There are some claims that this song originated in 1689 with Mrs. Fleetwood Habergham's poem "The Seeds Of Love" (a. k. a. This tune is from Finland. Muddy Roads of Kansas. This hymn's lyrics were written by Edward Denny in 1839. This is a song that John Jacob Niles collected from 85-year-old Christopher Bell in 1934 near Gatlinburg, TN. This is the moving video that made me fall in love with the tune. The carol tells the story of the event where the archangel Gabriel tells the virgin Mary that she is soon to bear the baby Jesus. Not the Simon & Garfunkel version. Tune from American Revolution and Civil War era, Three-part arrangement: Melody (with and without 1+ fret), Harmony, and Bass, You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (D-F#-A), Your Love is the Greatest Gift of All (Dulcimer 1), To hear an audio version of this song go to: 5 0 obj 13th annual New Mexico Dulcimer Festival October 28-29, 2022 Albuquerque, NM Returning to a 2-day in-person format, workshops on mountain and hammered dulcimers plus other instruments, concerts, jams, open mics. If you check online, there seem to be as many interpretations of the lyrics as there are recordings! Recommended by The Wall Street Journal . p-22=!RIPG6HkiGzz$RDe*]-G>GT+:Lpg\LE*(*I xM'Qfj7?F5g%*1L@~o$]j~DW{ Snf(0i?z Original tune about an old man pining for the simpler times of his youth, E Dorian tune played in DAD without using a capo. Autoscroll. Purer be the moonlight's beam, Leaving Lismore, traditional Scottish tune, also known as La Valse Ecossaise. An American folk song with a couple of versions floating around, as usual. The word "sukey" rhymes with "LOOK ee". A North Carolina murder ballad in the tradition of English folk songs. It may give them hope and motivation to get back home to their wives. A "Sukey Jump" song that comes from the singing of Huddie Ledbetter - "Lead Belly" - in the 1930's and 40's. This arrangement is of tune #590 in "The Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music." See how Mary loves her Boychild I'll have to search it out and compare versions!). https://www.reverbnation.com/ronzuckerman/song/10668998-your-love-is-greatest-gift-all, Your Love is the Greatest Gift of All (Dulcimer 2), Your Love is the Greatest Gift of All (Guitar). The oldest recordings of the song credit Papa Charlie Jackson, who adapted the song directly from the African-American tradition. In 1825 he was ordained Pastor of the Centre Church, New Haven, and retained that charge until 1866, when he was appointed Professor of Theology in Yale Divinity School." Enjoy. The version I'm submitting is designed for noter/drone playing, it only has one line of notes. I was with them until I came Stateside to enter college. This file includes tab for DAD and CGC mountain dulcimer along with lyrics and guitar chords. The words came two weeks later. It is the result of an idea by Grant Olson who proposed a "round robin" tune in which each participant would write 4 measures of the tune and hand it off to the next person. O'Carolan tune meaning "So Big So Little" about a war between fairies that live on a big hill versus fairies living on a small hill. Like Burns, Tannahill collected and adapted traditional songs, and "The Braes of Balquhither" may have been based on the traditional song "The Braes o' Bowhether". Hope and love have come to dwell here, This version in CGC tuning might be easier for singers with low voices. It also includes additional arrangements with lyrics and guitar chords. This is a tune well-known in Denmark, but it came from a popular early-1700's French tune, Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre which itself was around before the lyrics were added. Lyrics at taken directly from Isaiah 41. It is my gift to you guys. Each tablature below is also rated as to the level of difficulty. Hills of Kentucky Dulcimers, located in Covington, KY. See more info on the Clubs page. This version has tab for DAD, CGC, and GDA# mountain dulcimer tunings. My novice strumstick version of Moon River, tuned DAD although I like CGC as well, see dulcimer tab below. 1.4K. This popular version is just the first two measures of each line of five measures of the original round, written by William Hayes. "Maoz Tzur" is without any doubt the most popular Chanukah [Hanukkah] song. &. This is a They are used with at least three tunes. This version is in CGC tuning. By 1826 this tune had already become a part of the English folk tradition, although it has changed a bit from the original operatic version. ", Beginner TAB for Jingle Bells, Friendly Beasts, Good Christian Men Rejoice, Angels We Have Heard On High and First Noel. This one's now even sung by choirs! The LISTEN file has a harmony on the second refrain. August 2017. There are many possibilities for melodies to go over the Em - D chords that accompany the round Hey, Ho, Nobody Home. This tune is one of the oldest Christmas tunes written. 3. Red River . It is from Bach Chorale BVW 281, based on a melody by Melchoir Vulpius from around 1600. The woodpecker ate the tail, and the lizard ran away. Moon River was written by Henry Mancini (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) in 1961 for the move Breakfast at Tiffanys. Chope, and featured in Pickard-Cambridge's Collection of Dorset Carols. The Parting Glass, arranged by Burt Kahn. The pastourelle is a typically Old French lyric form concerning the romance of a shepherdess. I think it was Burl Ives I heard sing it many years ago. At first I called it half moon until a friend reminded me that that's the symbol on a outhouse door. 5 in C There is no copyright on this one. 1- INT, O Worship the King- INTAmazing Grace- INTFairest Lord Jesus- INTI'd Rather Have Jesus-INTAway in the Manger-INTCradle Hymn-INTWhile Shepherds Watch-INTSandy River Belle- INTPraise to the Lord-INTWhat A Friend-INTThis Is My Father's World-INTCluck Old Hen- INTPlanxty Irwin-INTSimple Gifts- INTThe Ashgrove- INTHow Firm a Foundation- INTBlind MaryINTThe Rights of Man- INTDidley No. If you listen closely, you can hear how it later evolved into For He's A Jolly Good Fellow! This children's play (skipping) song appears in Frank Kidson's "Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs" (1891). Arranged and tabbed by Peter Widenmeyer 2014. [Wikipedia], From "American Folk Songs for Children" by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Famous old Scottish reel, pipe tune, dance. Goethe's little poem about the encounter between a boy and a little rose have been set to music by several composers, including Franz Schubert. See the shepherds quickly rising, A 3-part round originally from the German, "O wie wohl ist mir am Abend." If your It is making the rounds at KY dulcimer gatherings. New Teacher, Club, Tablature & Festival Added! The earliest known edition of 'All in a Garden Green' was published in 'The English Dancing Master' (1651) by John Playford (1623-1686), but the melody appears much earlier in 'William Ballet's Lute Book' (1594). This page provides downloadable sheet music files (in pdf format) for Jam tunes that we have played (or at least wanted to!) Most of the information about sukey jumps comes from several 1939/1940 recordings of Folk/Blues singer/musician Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) as well as interviews of Leadbelly that were conducted & recorded by folklorist/ collector Alan Lomax. " Some versions of this song have a tragic ending where she is killed in battle. Download Pdf. If you enter the Finnish name on YouTube you'll see a version with a guy looking up in a train station. Obviously, this is not Schubert's arrangement, but I like it anyway. What makes it interesting to me as a dulcimer player is that while fiddlers now play it in G, in the opera it is sung in D, so if a fiddler tells you you're playing it in the wrong key, you can tell him you're right! However, it is often considered a Christmas song. Colorado Dulcimer Festival, May 4th 6th. CGF low to high. Peace to lowly ones on earth. If you use the Search box, it will search everything, but if you want to scroll through the entire list, please click the Next button at the bottom of the list. The burden of her song had to do with wondering and wandering and the reasons for Christ's birth and death: "I wonder as I wander out under the sky how Jesus, the Savior was born for to die" and then she stopped although I had thrown a silver quarter at her feet." Kidson collected it in Liverpool, England "from a singer of deficient memory.". (From Wikipedia.org). It appears the song may have evolved later to influence "The Sprig Of Thyme" and many other similar tunes in the British Isles. One accurate version. My parents spent 39 years as Lutheran missionaries in New Guinea. A song with the identical chorus and a slightly different verse became known in English as "Yellow Bird. I've capoed up to "A", the normal key where fiddlers play it, which actually make it easier to play. Moon River (Jazz Guitar Chord-Melody Solo) . Written by Susan Conger (1997), The Riddle Song - Melody - Bass - Harmony. While I was working on my MD arrangement, I found the song in a book with crumbly pages that I inherited from my mother, Gems of the Universe, 200 of the world's most favorite songs, (Remick Music Corp., 1934). According to William Chappell's 'Popular Music of the Olden Time' Vol 2 pp 686-689, the tune was written by Dr Thomas Arne for the masque "Alfred" and given its first performance on August 1st, 1740. Traditional Chinese. The most common seems to be "This Endris Nyght" - a 15th century English carol. It is The lyrics vary by state, but definitely a tune that would have been found around NC 100 years ago. 1 contributor total, last edit on Oct 06, 2016 View interactive tab Download Pdf This is the. lively noter/drone version in DAA and DAD' - all on one sheet. Attributed to Turlough O'Carolan, though not his usual composing style. I learned this tune for my folks. Rakes of Mallow Rakes of Mallow Enhanced. Moon River June 23, 2019 David Lavoie Composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The midi file plays the melody in DAA, then DAD, then DAA with chords, then DAD with chords. The melody fits on the melody string(s) without any half frets. June 2022. This popular Easter tune serves as the melody for "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" (which was based on a 14th-century Latin hymn) and "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" (which was written by Charles Wesley in 1739). From Wikipedia: "Engine One-Forty-Three" is a ballad in the tradition of early American train wreck songs, based on the true story of the wreck of the FFV near Hinton, West Virginia on October 23rd, 1890. Arrangement of the first part of this song. Song from Finland. Old fiddle tune that dates back to the Civil War era, learned from Don Pedi. There are many versions of the song's lyrics, given how many folks have sung it. Liberty No Tab Liberty High Part A for MD Liberty Low Part A for MD. All parts can be played on a 3-string dulcimer, although the lead would sound best if played by a hammered dulcimer. The reason I like to fingerpick Greensleeves is to make the dulcimer sound more lute-like in Elizabethan-style. Maybe earliest versions come from Scotland in the 1600's but this version might be considered more of an Irish version. In 1808 near Asheboro, NC, Johnathan Lewis murdered nineteen year old Naomi Wise. The version in the key of D presents the notes an octave low for singers who don't want to sing so high. 16th century lute tune by John Dowland. Q)P1Qjbr6|PQAYRC j)@:m7X?I{vx P>kR\nc%TySj,H}8y9%%8,&3_g9Kz%>tIqz2^t/FGbT'&HeM W%su#,es$K|+99|pL.N:HT#qv_+#QmH3B:/d,`w2bc{j "Moon River" was written by Henry Mancini (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) in 1961 for the move "Breakfast at Tiffany's". However, if you have a four-string dulcimer in D-A-d-d it's quite possible to play the duet, given the way the two trumpets parts are written. Life's Railway to Heaven (Amazing Love), Around Her Neck She Wore A Yellow Ribbon - Mixolydian, Believe Me if All those Endearing Young Charms, Betlehem Kis Falucskaban (In The Small Village of Bethlehem), Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Calon Lan (Round The Lord In Glory Seated), Come Thou Long Expected Jesus- Chord Melody, Come Thou Long Expected Jesus- Melody Drone, Duermete Nino Lindo (Sleep Beautiful Boy), Fare Thee Well My Own True Love (Melody & Harmony), Feed Her Candy And Tell Her Lies- Complete, Feed Her Candy And Tell Her Lies- Simplified, Frere Jacques/Are You Sleeping/Brother John, Jock O' Hazeldean (closer to traditional), Kojo No Tsuke (The Moon Over The Ruined Castle), May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You (4 parts), My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (Chord Melody), My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean (Fingerpicked Melody), O'Carolan's Farewell (four string version), One Starry Night- Traditional Irish Traveller Song, Precious Lord Take My Hand (Melody, Harmony, Bass), Shine Calm And Bright, Ye Moonbeams Bright, Shove That Pig's Foot a Little Further into the Fire, The Bottle or the Jug (Hammered Dulcimer version), The Fiddler Has Played His Last Tune For The Night, To Market--or I've had my fill of COVID 19, Under the Double Eagle- Melody and Harmony, Whiskey Before Breakfast- Arabic Maqsum Rhythm. This version is mostly E Dorian. This old traditional tune has many versions. This is an old traditional Irish tune I learned from "Irish Peasant Songs", a collection of tunes by P. W. Joyce that was published in 1906. Professor of Music and Jewish Studies at Northeastern University, Joshua Jacobson, claims the song was originally in Yiddish and the opening line was "I made it out of lead." This version of Skye Boat Song includes tablature for chord melody style of playing. Midnight on the Water. The lyrics express the longing of a French soldier captured by the Dutch who sings of how beautiful things are back home and how peacefully he sleeps next to his sweetheart. This version is in the E Phrygian mode. Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (Lord, Bless Africa) was composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a teacher at a mission school in Johannesburg. % The listen file includes a verse in DAA played with a noter, the second verse in DAA with chords, and the third verse in DAD with chords. During the 1920s and 30s many country performers claimed they wrote this and other well-known songs. It even mentions Asheville! 37,340 views, added to favorites 139 times. A noter or melody only method is all that is needed for playing the DAE version. It was originally an English ballad (Child Ballad 56) and a carol. The LISTEN file starts with a EBD dulcimer and the second time through it is played with a DAD dulcimer. Just by chance, he discovered a little band of itinerant revival street preachers on the steps of Murphy Methodist church, who had rigged a wooden platform on the back of a car, and were about to use it for preaching. Video unavailable Watch on YouTube Watch on Posted in: Golden Oldies The verses are catchy and in 4/4 time and the refrain is in easy going and in 3/4 time. This tab file has 3 pages that show mountain dulcimer chords for playing chords while singing and tablature for playing chord/melody style. 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