I've sought this for years, it sounds very similar to what I heard by a group I saw performing at the EM club in Barcelona in about 1972. A friend of a friend recorded it and played it for me later, but he's long lost. I have no idea now who that group was or a specific date, but I found it very enjoyable then, and now Jesse!
I still remember most of them, though I may forget a line or two here or there. The chords for most folk songs are so simple that one can almost make them up on the spot, so that's generally not an issue.
According to Wiki, this one is associated with at least 3 distinct tunes. Danny Boy was just new lyrics tacked on to the Londonderry Air. Sometimes I think most of the variants of folk music came to be when the musician forgot the words or the tune and faked it.
Hi Stefan, that depends if you include all the time I spend listening to the song performed by others. Usually, I'll enjoy a song for months listening to it on my iPod. Then, I'll sit down to learning to play it over a few days. Finally, I'll record it. By the time I get to learning the chords on guitar, I know most of the lyrics. I wish I could as easily apply this memorization ability to other areas of my life!
Thanks for getting back to me, Jesse. Very interesting! And do you remember the chords and lyrics of all the songs you have recorded so far? Or in other words: How quickly do you "forget" songs?
If I had another penny I would have another gill And I would make the piper play The bonny lass of Byker Hill Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more, me boys Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more Me, Ginny, she sits over late up Me, Ginny, she sits over late up Me, Ginny, she sits over late up Between the pint pot and the cup It's down the pits, we'll go me marrers It's down the pits, we'll go me marrers Well, try our wills and use our skill To cut them ridges down below Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more, me boys Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more Me, Ginny, she is never near Me, Ginny, she is never near And when I call out, "Where's me supper?" She orders up another pint of beer When first I come into the dirt I had no trousers nor pit shirt And now I've getting two or three Walker Pit done well by me
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more, me boys Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby With a pint of beer all under your arm The poor coal cuttee gets two shillings The deputy get half a crown And the over man gets five and sixpence That's just for riding up and down Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more, me boys Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more Geordie Johnson had a pig And he hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig All the way to Byker Hill He danced the Elsie Marley Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more, me boys Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads Collier lads for ever more
Singing. Bodhran. Very nicely done. Tap 'er lite.
You are amazing! One of the best versions I've ever heard.
I like your singing videos
Thanks, Marissa!
Excellent (from Newcastle today)
Niice. I'm a geordie. Been following your vids for a while so this was a special treat indeed mate.
I've sought this for years, it sounds very similar to what I heard by a group I saw performing at the EM club in Barcelona in about 1972. A friend of a friend recorded it and played it for me later, but he's long lost. I have no idea now who that group was or a specific date, but I found it very enjoyable then, and now Jesse!
Was it this one from 1968?
ruclips.net/video/seA6KTNjUoY/видео.html
Search RUclips for a version by The Young Tradition in 1968 at Oberlin College
I still remember most of them, though I may forget a line or two here or there. The chords for most folk songs are so simple that one can almost make them up on the spot, so that's generally not an issue.
According to Wiki, this one is associated with at least 3 distinct tunes. Danny Boy was just new lyrics tacked on to the Londonderry Air. Sometimes I think most of the variants of folk music came to be when the musician forgot the words or the tune and faked it.
Hi Stefan, that depends if you include all the time I spend listening to the song performed by others. Usually, I'll enjoy a song for months listening to it on my iPod. Then, I'll sit down to learning to play it over a few days. Finally, I'll record it. By the time I get to learning the chords on guitar, I know most of the lyrics. I wish I could as easily apply this memorization ability to other areas of my life!
Dude you're really good. :)
Thanks for getting back to me, Jesse. Very interesting! And do you remember the chords and lyrics of all the songs you have recorded so far? Or in other words: How quickly do you "forget" songs?
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Wonderful! - How long does it take you to learn a new song (memorizing the notes and the lyrics)?
I just got a Bodhran and I think yours is about the same size, non-tunable (but it's my first one and you said it's fine)
Mate I'd love to use this music in my videos, would that be ok? You'd be creditied of course
Hello thanks for watching. I'd prefer if you don't use my music for videos, and thank you for asking first.
@@BardofCornwall Of course, thanks for getting back to me
1 question, sir: Do you know a folk song called "Flukey Alley"? or "way down Flukey Alley"? If so, could you record it? :)
Who was Geordie Charlton?
Hi Kris, I don't know. I'm guessing it was a friend of the author of the song.
If they didn't ask you to preform on the Assassin's Creed Black Flag they screwed up!
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Sorry, I don't know that one.
If I had another penny
I would have another gill
And I would make the piper play
The bonny lass of Byker Hill
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
Me, Ginny, she sits over late up
Me, Ginny, she sits over late up
Me, Ginny, she sits over late up
Between the pint pot and the cup
It's down the pits, we'll go me marrers
It's down the pits, we'll go me marrers
Well, try our wills and use our skill
To cut them ridges down below
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
Me, Ginny, she is never near
Me, Ginny, she is never near
And when I call out, "Where's me supper?"
She orders up another pint of beer
When first I come into the dirt
I had no trousers nor pit shirt
And now I've getting two or three
Walker Pit done well by me
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby
Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby
Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby
With a pint of beer all under your arm
The poor coal cuttee gets two shillings
The deputy get half a crown
And the over man gets five and sixpence
That's just for riding up and down
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
Geordie Johnson had a pig
And he hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig
All the way to Byker Hill
He danced the Elsie Marley
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
you look like tobuscus