hey y'all, i'm really sorry to post a thread like this, but i didnt know what else to do. the piper in my band plays "the wearing of the green" (a march, i believe?) as part of our set. i need my accordionist to learn it. so i looks it up in the tunes section and it apparently doesnt exist....is there another name for this tune? seems very common. if you dont know this tune by this name, it's the same as the song "by the rising of the moon". i dunno, just thought it was bizarre. thanks you lot.
Anyhow - it isnt like Bard is new to this site. He has submitted 22 discussions, so really -he should know better and he should also know that its expected that Michael is bound to say something like that.
I guess thats the difference between us Jim, I dont find anything Michael says offensive. 99% of what he says are things that I just assume everyone already knows because its common sense.
The march we are discussing goes with the words of both "Rising of the Moon" and "Wearing of the Green." You don't see it in many tune books, but you can find the music in scads of Irish song books. I taught my group how to sing it, and they thought it was rather corny, so we added a couple of marches on the accordion up front (Dawning of the Day and the Minstrel Boy), with bodhran thumping and everyone else clapping along. The long instrumental lead-in gets everyone into a good marching state of mind, by the time the singing starts.
wearing of the green
wearing of the green
hey y'all, i'm really sorry to post a thread like this, but i didnt know what else to do. the piper in my band plays "the wearing of the green" (a march, i believe?) as part of our set. i need my accordionist to learn it. so i looks it up in the tunes section and it apparently doesnt exist....is there another name for this tune? seems very common. if you dont know this tune by this name, it's the same as the song "by the rising of the moon". i dunno, just thought it was bizarre. thanks you lot.
# Posted on May 18th 2005 by Bard
Re: wearing of the green
You could try in JC's tunefinder:
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/TuneFind?P=rising+of+the+moon&m=title&M=&L=&K=&V=4&W=wide&limit=100&thresh=5&V=1&find=FIND
This should be the right tune!!
# Posted on May 18th 2005 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: wearing of the green
duh, why can't the piper teach it to the acordianist? With the greatest respect (as Blair puts it) read http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/6639
# Posted on May 18th 2005 by ...
Re: wearing of the green
Ok, I admit it. I'm with Michael on this one.
For that matter the tune is so all prevailing that I'm at a bit of a loss why the acordian player couldn't simply teach it to himself.
KFG
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by KFG
Re: wearing of the green
You can be polite all you like Jim, but I find no one ever listens to helpful and polite tips anyway.
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by bb
Re: wearing of the green
Hey, I evinced that I agreed with him, but I never said anything about being friends.
KFG
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by KFG
Re: wearing of the green
Anyhow - it isnt like Bard is new to this site. He has submitted 22 discussions, so really -he should know better and he should also know that its expected that Michael is bound to say something like that.
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by bb
Re: wearing of the green
I think "duh" is like, a cool word.
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Dr. Dow
Re: wearing of the green
I guess thats the difference between us Jim, I dont find anything Michael says offensive. 99% of what he says are things that I just assume everyone already knows because its common sense.
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by bb
Re: wearing of the green
bb how dare you. I'm never speaking to you again.
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Dr. Dow
Re: wearing of the green
I'm sure you'll forgive me once I start playing 'The wearing of the Green' at our session on sunday
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by bb
Re: wearing of the green
No because then I really *would* stop speaking to you
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Dr. Dow
Re: wearing of the green
"for the wearing of the green ,for the wearing of the greennnnn.....lalalalla'
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by bb
Re: wearing of the green
The march we are discussing goes with the words of both "Rising of the Moon" and "Wearing of the Green." You don't see it in many tune books, but you can find the music in scads of Irish song books. I taught my group how to sing it, and they thought it was rather corny, so we added a couple of marches on the accordion up front (Dawning of the Day and the Minstrel Boy), with bodhran thumping and everyone else clapping along. The long instrumental lead-in gets everyone into a good marching state of mind, by the time the singing starts.
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by AlBrown
Re: wearing of the green
M.G obviously hasn't read that Al, or else he has and gone and done something terrible.
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by bodhran bliss
Re: wearing of the green
are they both the same tune?
as we can do the (politically incorrect) 'Rising . . . ', but the 'Wearing . . . ' rings a bell with me and i'm not sure if it's the same
# Posted on May 21st 2005 by lisaniska