minstrel: Re: minstrel-digest V1 #767

[Corrie Bergeron]

I have a book at home on Jewish music.  email me next Wednesday and I'll
look it up.

> 
> Also, some folks are getting ready for Yule.  They are looking for the hi=
> story
> and hopeful periodness of the jewish tune "Shalom Chaverim" (spelling
> approximated).  Any help here, as well?
> 
> Ulf Gunnarsson, Ansteorra
> 

The Rose round is old, old, old.  The version we sing in Northshield goes,
"Ros-a, Ros-a, Ros-a, Ros-a
Alle nicht by the Rose I lay
Darf Ich not the Rose-a schteal-a
Yet Ich bore the fleur away."

or, 

Rose (4x)
All night by the Rose I lay
Dared I not the Rose to steal, and
Yet I bore the flower away

Pretty racy, eh?  Thanks to Lord Owain Alun forfinding it.  The renfest
version is the "folkie" version popularized by Peter, Paul,
and Mary, etc., way back in the third quarter of the 20th Century.  Not
QUITE period.  ;^

Nothing wrong with it, depending on the venue.  it's easy to learn and
sing, and the Ah Poor Bird verse makes a haunting descant.  (The version
I know is, Ah poor bird, wend thy flight, far oh far above the cares of
this dark night.)  There's another bawdy verse to it that goes, .. well,
never mind how it goes.

The Hey Ho Nobody Home bit is most likely from wassailing songs; PPM and
the Kingston Trio used it in their arrangement of "Soalcake."

Remember the words of Arlo Guthrie - If you can't sing well, sing loud!

Brendan O Corraidhe
corrie at itasca.net

> 
> From: John Roberts <the_kelt at pacbell.net>
> 
> On another note, an old SCA friend of mine gave me her old notebook of
> songs and I came across a popular song that's current being done at the
> local ren faire circuit.  However all I can find to confirm the song and
> look for new verses is the beginning line.
> 
> As far as I know it's simply called Rose
> 
> The lines I've heard used are the following, and pardon me I going from
> memory and the way I learned was somewhat dirge like
> 
> Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose
> Will I ever see thee wed
> I will marry at thy will sire
> At thy will...
> 
> He Ho nobody home
> Meat nor drink nor money have I none
> And yet I am to be married
> He Ho-ohhhh
> 
> Ding Dong Ding Dong
> Wedding Bells on an April Morn
> Carve your name ina moss covered stone sire
> A moss covered stone
> 
> Ahhh.. poor bird
> Why Art Thou
> Flying through the morning
> At this dark hour.
> 
> 
> Also if anyone is interested I did a male version on the first song I
> learne in the SCA and that is Do you love and Apple..  if your
> interested I post the rewrite
> 
> Thanks for your help
> - -John, the Immortal Kelt
> 
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