llwybre mal du pays
tunes may be thought of as paths, along which places and people are encountered. a tune can take us to a new place - a place we have never been to, one that excites or agitates us; or on the other hand to an old place which may hold for us memories or other emotions that we cannot name. more than yearning pehaps - more than hireth, more than mal du pays.
sometimes there exists a path between two tunes, tunes that may have a common ancestry but which have been seperated by time and culture
X:1
T:glory of the west
B:playford
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=180
K:Em
GFGF E2 E2|FEFE D2 D2|G2 FG A2 GA|B2 FG E2 E2:|
BABA G2 dc |BcBA G2 G2|d2 de A2 A2|d2 de A2 A2|
e2 ef d2 de|BA BA G2 G2|d2 de B2 AG|AGFE D2 D2|
G2 FG A2 GA|B2 FG E2 E2:|
thomas hardy wrote of the roman road
the roman road runs straight and bare
as the pale parting-line in hair
across the heath. and thoughtful men
contrast its days of now and then,
and delve, and measure, and compare;
visioning on the vacant air
helmed legionaries, who proudly rear
the eagle, as they pace again
the roman road.
but no tall brass-helmed legionnaire
haunts it for me. uprises there
a mother's form upon my ken,
guiding my infant steps, as when
we walked that ancient thoroughfare,
the roman road.
X:2
T:blote'r gorllewin (flowers of the west)
O:traditional welsh
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=90
K:Em
G/F/|E>GEG|EGFE|EAFE|D3E/F/|G3F/G/|A3G/A/|
BEGF/G/|E2-E:||
d|BGA/B/c/A/|BG2d|BGA/B/c/A/|BG2B/c/|
d-d/e/dc/B/|cAzB|d-d/e/dc/B/|cAzB|e2ed/c/|d2dc/B/|cBAG|BA2B|
d>edc|BABc|dGF/G/E/F/|D3E/F/|G3F/G/|A3G/A/|BEGF/G/|E3:||
glory of the west first appears in print in playford's collection of dance music
and blote'r gorllewin in, i think john parry's british harmony.
the version printed above is a currently played variant from a facsimile of a book entitled davidson's musical miracles - two hundred and fifty welsh airs for a shilling, adapted for the violin, flute, accordion or any treble instrument about which i know nothing other than it is a llannerch press reprint of the edition of 1859. ISBN 1 86143 084 1. the book was given to me by boston/aberystwyth flute player william mahon
sometimes there exists a path between two tunes, tunes that may have a common ancestry but which have been seperated by time and culture
X:1
T:glory of the west
B:playford
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=180
K:Em
GFGF E2 E2|FEFE D2 D2|G2 FG A2 GA|B2 FG E2 E2:|
BABA G2 dc |BcBA G2 G2|d2 de A2 A2|d2 de A2 A2|
e2 ef d2 de|BA BA G2 G2|d2 de B2 AG|AGFE D2 D2|
G2 FG A2 GA|B2 FG E2 E2:|
thomas hardy wrote of the roman road
the roman road runs straight and bare
as the pale parting-line in hair
across the heath. and thoughtful men
contrast its days of now and then,
and delve, and measure, and compare;
visioning on the vacant air
helmed legionaries, who proudly rear
the eagle, as they pace again
the roman road.
but no tall brass-helmed legionnaire
haunts it for me. uprises there
a mother's form upon my ken,
guiding my infant steps, as when
we walked that ancient thoroughfare,
the roman road.
X:2
T:blote'r gorllewin (flowers of the west)
O:traditional welsh
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=90
K:Em
G/F/|E>GEG|EGFE|EAFE|D3E/F/|G3F/G/|A3G/A/|
BEGF/G/|E2-E:||
d|BGA/B/c/A/|BG2d|BGA/B/c/A/|BG2B/c/|
d-d/e/dc/B/|cAzB|d-d/e/dc/B/|cAzB|e2ed/c/|d2dc/B/|cBAG|BA2B|
d>edc|BABc|dGF/G/E/F/|D3E/F/|G3F/G/|A3G/A/|BEGF/G/|E3:||
glory of the west first appears in print in playford's collection of dance music
and blote'r gorllewin in, i think john parry's british harmony.
the version printed above is a currently played variant from a facsimile of a book entitled davidson's musical miracles - two hundred and fifty welsh airs for a shilling, adapted for the violin, flute, accordion or any treble instrument about which i know nothing other than it is a llannerch press reprint of the edition of 1859. ISBN 1 86143 084 1. the book was given to me by boston/aberystwyth flute player william mahon
posted by yscolan at 3:29 pm
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