No, Danny Boy....

[Panache]

You're not the only one, Graham.

T.

And you too Grant

Todd , how much sleep are you getting these days?

Cheers

Jamie

[Amoskeag]

24 hours later and I'm still put off about this. I think it no coincidence that the barman chose March as the month to ban this song and because the lyrics were written by an Englishman. The is a little ditty that is quite popular south of the border entitled "Star Spangled Banner". I'm curious if this song is banned during the month of July as the tune is originally an English drinking song composed by Englishman John Stafford Smith. Kudos though to Francis Scott Key for his updated powerful lyrics. Getting off the soap box now.

Of course not! We love "Anacreon in Heaven".

On a more general note, throughout the 19th C. national melody collections were published by all manner of publishers. The fact that many of the tunes did not in fact originate in the claimed nations, didn't bother the publishers or the public one bit. These collections sold like hot cakes and were just another element of the emergent sheet music industry. A second resurgence came with advent of recorded music and this time the ancient national tunes were recorded, even if they had to be written just for the occasion. The one that springs to mind from the late 18th C is "All Those Endearing Young Charms" from Moores Irish Melodies published in 1804. It was an English waltz but sounded Irish enough for inclusion. The lyrics were added in the mid 19th C and the rest is "history" or so they tell me.

I know that Danny Boy is overplayed but I heard a man sing it in church once and my eyes just unloaded!
Bob

[ccga3359]

I know that Danny Boy is overplayed but I heard a man sing it in church once and my eyes just unloaded!

Amazing Grace always does it for me. Can a song that evokes so much emotion ever be overplayed. It's possible that one is not in the mood to hear it at that particular time. Star Spangled Banner with the right voice and a certain pause before "And the rocket's red glare..." Wow!

[emolas]

24 hours later and I'm still put off about this. I think it no coincidence that the barman chose March as the month to ban this song and because the lyrics were written by an Englishman. The is a little ditty that is quite popular south of the border entitled "Star Spangled Banner". I'm curious if this song is banned during the month of July as the tune is originally an English drinking song composed by Englishman John Stafford Smith. Kudos though to Francis Scott Key for his updated powerful lyrics. Getting off the soap box now.

Isn't there another popular US song called "My Country 'Tis of Thee" that is just different lyrics set to "God Save the Queen"? A bit funny to have a patriotic song based off the anthem of your former ruler, I think.

Amazing Grace always does it for me. Can a song that evokes so much emotion ever be overplayed. It's possible that one is not in the mood to hear it at that particular time. Star Spangled Banner with the right voice and a certain pause before "And the rocket's red glare..." Wow!

My sister can't listen to Amazing Grace anymore because a piper played it at my other sister's burial at sea. It can be a very emotional song and no other instrument but the pipes can do it justice.

[beloitpiper]

The one that springs to mind from the late 18th C is "All Those Endearing Young Charms" from Moores Irish Melodies published in 1804. It was an English waltz but sounded Irish enough for inclusion. The lyrics were added in the mid 19th C and the rest is "history" or so they tell me.

And then it was used for Tennessee's state song, albeit with slight modification.

[ccga3359]

Isn't there another popular US song called "My Country 'Tis of Thee" that is just different lyrics set to "God Save the Queen"? A bit funny to have a patriotic song based off the anthem of your former ruler, I think.

I did not know that.

My sister can't listen to Amazing Grace anymore because a piper played it at my other sister's burial at sea. It can be a very emotional song and no other instrument but the pipes can do it justice.

Unfortunatly this may be the same situation that so many are introduced to the song, this and the only Bible passage I know Psalm 23.

[PiobBear]

I know that Danny Boy is overplayed but I heard a man sing it in church once and my eyes just unloaded!

I once knew a priest who would sing it during mass for Irish American funerals. Beautiful voice, very nice fellow, and he was a great friend of the pipes.

[James MacMillan]

Calm down - Don't they say that "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast?"

or something like that?

[Zardoz]

That song just depresses me... Plus it is way overplayed at Irish events! This time of year it's sort of the Irish version of Scotland the Brave. I put a note in my funeral plan (I'm OK, just like to plan ahead!) not to play it. Play 'Carraig Fhearghais' and 'The Soildier's Song' for me!

[macwilkin]

Isn't there another popular US song called "My Country 'Tis of Thee" that is just different lyrics set to "God Save the Queen"? A bit funny to have a patriotic song based off the anthem of your former ruler, I think.

Also "God Save our Native Land". Nothing really funny about it, since many aspects of American government come from the mother country.

When I teach the American Rebellion...oops, Revolution in my history classes, I always mention what the regimental history of the Black Watch says about it:

We can boast no Battle Honours for our part
in the American War of Independance,
because it was rightly decreed that Battle Honours
should not be granted for a war with our kith and kin.

T.