Today I found a mix CD that I used to play at the first meeting of the voice class I taught for non-majors while working on my doctorate. I meant to use it to open my students' ears to classical singing in all its possibilities. This was the first piece on it, a Northumbrian folksong, sung a cappella by Sir Thomas Allen (the cute badgers, alas, have nothing to do with the song).
Beautiful. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely!
ReplyDelete+JMJ+
ReplyDeleteThose badgers are adorable! =D
(The song is nice, too.)
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(You know I'm kidding, right?)
Well, they *are* cute, E.
ReplyDeleteLovely -- the song, and the picture.
ReplyDeleteWhere can I find the lyrics?
Maria
Thomas Allen changes "him" to "her."
ReplyDeleteI cannot get to my love if I would dee
The water of Tyne runs between him and me
And here I must stand with a tear in my e'e
Both sighing and sickly my sweetheart to see
O where is the boatman, my bonny hinny
O where is the boatman, bring him to me
To ferry me over the Tyne to my honey
And I will remember the boatman and thee
Oh bring me a boatman, I'll give any money
And you for your trouble rewarded shall be
To ferry me over the Tyne to my honey
Or scull him across that rough river to me