Pentimento: Water o' Tyne

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Water o' Tyne

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).

6 comments:

Otepoti said...: Beautiful. Thanks.; May 24, 2011 at 3:40 PM
Anonymous said...: This is lovely!; May 24, 2011 at 4:54 PM
Enbrethiliel said...: +JMJ+

Those badgers are adorable! =D

(The song is nice, too.)

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(You know I'm kidding, right?); May 25, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Pentimento said...: Well, they *are* cute, E.; May 25, 2011 at 12:55 PM
maria horvath said...: Lovely -- the song, and the picture.

Where can I find the lyrics?

Maria; May 26, 2011 at 10:43 AM
Pentimento said...: Thomas Allen changes "him" to "her."

I 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; May 26, 2011 at 10:55 AM