The Ash Grove
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- Опубликовано: 15 мар 2013
- Thanks to my friend and colleague, recurring guest star Amelia Tobiason! Also thanks Amelia for introducing me to this song.
Welsh traditional song ca. 1802 with improvised harmony
Text:
The ash grove how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking
The harp which through it playing has language for me.
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking,
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.
The friends of my childhood again are before me
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam.
With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o'er me
The ash grove, the ash grove again is my home.
Down yonder green valley, where streamlets meander,
When twilight is fading I pensively rove;
Or at the bright noontide in solitude wander,
Amid the dark shades of the lonely ash grove;
'T was there, while the blackbird was joyfully singing,
I first met that dear one, the joy of my heart!
Around us for gladness the bluebells were ringing,
Ah! then little thought I how soon we should part.
Still glows the bright sunshine o'er valley and mountain,
Still warbles the blackbird its note from the tree;
Still trembles the moonbeam on streamlet and fountain,
But what are the beauties of nature to me?
With sorrow, deep sorrow, my bosom is laden,
All day I go mourning in search of my love;
Ye echoes, oh, tell me, where is the sweet maiden?
"She sleeps, 'neath the green turf down by the ash grove." 
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My great grandmother of Welsh descent was known for her singing voice. I was imagining that maybe this is what she sounded like when she sang. Most certainly this is one of the songs she knew. I have been told that there were times when the rest of the congregation stopped singing just so they could hear her, alone.
Beautiful
She was a lovely lady
I've been watching and listening this video for 7years.
Jeez. Still great music so far.
This is the loveliest version of this song I have ever heard. We used to sing it in school. My parents are Welsh, so this song always reminds me so wistfully of home. It was only the other day that I realised that my flat overlooks a little grove of trees, right in the middle of London, some of which are ash trees, so now, the ash grove is my home. I have been listening to it over and over again during lockdown with great joy. Thank you.
How could anyone give this a thumbs down.. This is so wonderful.
My guess is that their speakers were poor quality or they were playing heavy metal music that drowned out the beautiful sounds of this recording!🤣
See llwyd above...daft words
You two sing like angels 😇!
The Ash Grove song soothes a grieving heart
what sweet voices these girls have! a true blessing of God xo
Such tuneful singing, gentle sensitive playing and such a gentle spacious arrangement for the accompaniment. You brought to life the contemplative beauty of this wonderful folksong. Many thanks.
I find myself playing this over and over again. Thank you!
Forgive my poor English. I am a Russian from Moscow. I really love this song. the girls are so beautiful. wonderful Singing , thank you very much😊
This is a beautiful rendering of our lovely Welsh song.
I'd hear it sung in Spanish next.
This is the most beautiful version of all the versions I heard yet of that tune. Your voices are so brilliant. Now I play it myself on hammered dulcimer.
This is truly beautiful. These girls just have a special something that makes me wish I could be their friend.
@Michael Bowditch wow
The microphone exposes all faults but this rendering is perfect and assured. So beautiful.
I love the song Ash Grove. It's such a beautiful song. I used to sing the song with the tune of Ash Grove when I went to my aunt's church.
Beautiful voices. Beautiful girls. Hugs and kisses
This was the first of your recordings I came across, a couple of years ago I think. It's a lovely song, and I haven't come across a rendition I prefer.
I also like the utilitarian background, and the look you give each other at the end! So much better than an over-produced video.
Allow me to repeat what have been said, please: "Just wonderful; absolutely beautiful; angelic"; and "Thank you for sharing!"
This is beautiful. Thanks ladies!!
It is just wonderful! The phrasing and the breathing are beautifully done ! I would love to hear the harmony part just a little softer. Thank you both for such a lovely performance!
David
Just beautiful. So calming.
Perfection to a tee.
My favorite song.
Wowza
Loveliness beyond description.
Really heart warming. Two beautiful gifted angles.
Molto bella questa versione.
The two musicians are enchanting.
Their voices recall angels and their song.
the harp is beautifully played.
Excellent. I wish you creative success. Greetings from Ukraine.
Their voice is perfect and so beautiful! Xoxo
So beautiful! Both singers compliment each other, and the harp is wonderful.
Such a beautiful and gift voice !
Beautiful! I've listened to this video many times over the years, and now I see it says it was published 9 years ago. Wow. Here's an idea... could both of you get together to re-record this as an "encore" performance? It would be interesting and I'm sure beautiful to see how you would render it 9 years later!
Beautiful!
I'm mesmerised.
Thanks for the lyrics so I can sing along. 🎶
tears came on their own by the end of the first phrase of the descant
This is beautiful. You have such pretty voices!
Je viens de vous découvrir et je suis en admiration ! ; En plus d'une voix magnifique, vous possédez la grâce et la beauté, un véritable miracle de la nature en sommes !!
Perfect !
Ah!!! You just made my day! Beautiful.
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful rendition!!
Done perfectly just the way it t was taught at Wilson High School in Long Beach CA👍🏽
TheSauce Group doesnt mean they cant learn it, all these weird american fan girls are bat shit crazy for k pop even though its korean but they still sing it 🙄
Just beautiful 😊
A stunningly beautiful rendition of The Ashgrove
Gorgeous physically, and seems to have a beautiful soul too.
Absolutely beautiful; angelic.
Just BEAUTIFUL !!
Simply beautiful
Just beautiful. Loved it.
Love this tune!!!
This is beautiful!!!
The beginning is a lot more reminiscent of the version I learned way back when at Madrone Trail than what Ive found so far. Thank you for this!!
A lovely arrangement. Wonderful voices, blending beautifully. I'd like to hear more.
Wow, just wow!!! Incredibly lovely. Thank you for posting that.
Thank you! Beautifully done
Beautiful
Two beauties and a beautiful song. Now which is more beautiful?
Absolutely beautiful ❤️🌹!
wow. So beautiful.
simply authentic and beautiful, my goodness, what a time travel. just absolutely historically correct and stunningly poignent
Splendid! I am undertaking lessons so that I too may be able to do justice to such songs. I wish I had grown up with such friends, I had the desire to sing and play from a young, yet it was not a popular pastime in our community nor in my family; though I was able to convince my parents to permit me to begin learning the violin at 14, it was not so accessible.
wow . an amazing voices and a lovely playing.
How beautiful! Thank you !
Hi! I love your music and song. I also loveeeeeeeeeeee Star of The County Down, its great and wonderfull. I subscribed when I listened to Star of The County Down. Thank You for this wonderfull song too! :) :D
Isso é maravilhoso!
This is wonderful!
Wonderful!
lovely! I love Wales - for its rich beauty and such tender songs as this
Que coisa mais bela!!! Parabéns!!
Really a wonderful and nice version... I specially love the end at two voices.
Unbelievably sweet and touching
Love this sang it at school
I have loved this song for years...it showed up in an old songbook and I have played it with my Dad on piano and cello or just for myself but I had no idea anyone else knew of it. Delightful to see new life being breathed into it, literally. Lovely, sensitive performance and the words are so much a part of its charm. I have now found it in the original Welsh as well. Thank you both!
I was telling my husband about this lovely tune. So lovely to share this with him. Thank you for sharing.
Superb. Thanks.
Very beautifully played and sung.
Sublime. Utterly sublime
Beautiful harping and singing!
Beautiful!😄😍
Both of you sing very beautifully. You both are also very beautiful.
Incredible beautiful interpretation.
I love it...keep making wonderful music please :)
Beautiful! ❤
Absolutely lovely - I love playing this song myself and never tire of it. Only difference is - I murder it but you do this fine song the justice it deserves. Thank you.
Wow! The voice of angles....
Beautiful!!
So wunderschön ❤
This is so freaking gooooodddd
They should really do a 'where are they now' video and do this again. My godmother just sent this to me because they're learning this music now. Saw this vid is ten years old.
Nice song beautiful voice
this is even better as a duet, beautiful
A beautiful rendering.
thank u. it is so beautiful. I am going to sing with class 3
Excellent! A+
beautifully enchanting
Lovely!
Sumiさん、素敵な曲をありがとうございます😭
Glorious.
I adore this. I do wish that the first singer would continue being the dominant voice allowing the descant to float above it, instead of singing less pronouncedly when both parts were combined, which caused the melody to become slightly less trackable inside the very lovely, but slightly louder descant. I loved hearing both voices between 2:10 and 2:20 and I was so sad to hear the melody line "fade" a bit, after that, until both voices sang in unison.
But really, really really lovely. This is a gift.
Dreamy. ❤👀❤
So beautiful you guys are good to do opera
I was able to mostly fix the sound track that drops off steeply at minute 2:19 using iMovie on my Mac Mini. If La Harpe de Melodie wants the m4a correction, let me know where to send it and I'll email it to you. I wouldn't have spent so much time on this project if this song wasn't so beautifully rendered. Good job, ladies.
Right at the spot you identified, I make a manual adjustment every time I listen to this video. Which is a lot, being so beautifully sung.
Its been a while since you left this comments so I understand if I'm too late, but would it still be possible for you to send it? Thanks so much!!
I havent seen Amelia in forever!