From 4d5e8d0034a6204a2c0410d6017b648bfdfc9ad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Hugentobler Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:58:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added Spancil Hill --- lyrics/SpancilHill.tex | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ music_booklet.lytex | 7 ++++- notes/SpancilHill.ly | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 lyrics/SpancilHill.tex create mode 100644 notes/SpancilHill.ly diff --git a/lyrics/SpancilHill.tex b/lyrics/SpancilHill.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..193d76a --- /dev/null +++ b/lyrics/SpancilHill.tex @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Last night as I lay dreaming,of the pleasant days gone by, \\ +My mind being bent on rambling and to Erin’s Isle I did fly. \\ +I stepped on board a vision and sailed out with a will, \\ +‘Till I gladly came to anchor at the Cross of Spancil Hill. \\ + +Enchanted by the novelty, delighted with the scenes, \\ +Where in my early childhood, I often times have been. \\ +I thought I heard a murmur,I think I hear it still, \\ +‘Tis that little stream of water at the Cross of Spancil Hill. \\ + +And to amuse my fancy, I lay upon the ground, \\ +Where all my school companions, in crowds assembled ’round. \\ +Some have grown to manhood, while more their graves did fill, \\ +Oh I thought we were all young again, at the Cross of Spancil Hill. \\ + +It being on a Sabbath morning, I thought I heard a bell, \\ +O’er hills and vallies sounded, in notes that seemed to tell, \\ +That Father Dan was coming, his duty to fulfill, \\ +At the parish church of Clooney, just one mile from Spancil Hill. \\ + +And when our duty did commence, we all knelt down in prayer, \\ +In hopes for to be ready, to climb the Golden Stair. \\ +And when back home returning, we danced with right good will, \\ +To Martin Moilens music, at the Cross of Spancil Hill. \\ + +It being on the twenty third of June, the day before the fair, \\ +Sure Erin’s sons and daughters, they all assembled there. \\ +The young, the old, the stout and the bold, they came to sport and kill, \\ +What a curious combination, at the Fair of Spancil Hill. \\ + +I went into my old home, as every stone can tell, \\ +The old boreen was just the same, and the apple tree over the well, \\ +I miss my sister Ellen, my brothers Pat and Bill, \\ +Sure I only met my strange faces at my home in Spancil Hill. \\ + +I called to see my neighbours, to hear what they might say, \\ +The old were getting feeble, and the young ones turning grey. \\ +I met with tailor Quigley, he’s as brave as ever still, \\ +Sure he always made my breeches when I lived in Spancil Hill. \\ + +I paid a flying visit, to my first and only love, \\ +She’s as pure as any lily, and as gentle as a dove. \\ +She threw her arms around me, saying Mike I love you still, \\ +She is Mack the Rangers daughter, the Pride of Spancil Hill. \\ + +I thought I stooped to kiss her, as I did in days of yore, \\ +Says she Mike you’re only joking, as you often were before, \\ +The cock crew on the roost again, he crew both loud and shrill, \\ +And I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill. \\ + +But when my vision faded, the tears came in my eyes, \\ +In hope to see that dear old spot, some day before I die. \\ +May the Joyous King of Angels, his Choicest Blessings spill, \\ +On that Glorious spot of Nature, the Cross of Spancil Hill. \\ diff --git a/music_booklet.lytex b/music_booklet.lytex index 2e2989f..c1f0ea1 100644 --- a/music_booklet.lytex +++ b/music_booklet.lytex @@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ \lilypondfile{notes/RisingOfTheMoon.ly} ~\\ ~\\ \input{lyrics/RisingOfTheMoon.tex} - + + \chapter{Spancil Hill} + \lilypondfile{notes/SpancilHill.ly} + ~\\ ~\\ + \input{lyrics/SpancilHill.tex} + \chapter{The Star of the County Down} \lilypondfile{notes/StarOfTheCountyDown.ly} ~\\ ~\\ diff --git a/notes/SpancilHill.ly b/notes/SpancilHill.ly new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a5a6661 --- /dev/null +++ b/notes/SpancilHill.ly @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +\version "2.16.2" + +\header { + %title = "Spancil Hill" + composer = "Michael Considine" +} + +<< + \chords { + s4 + a1*3/2:m + g + e:m + a1*9/2:m + g1*9/4 + e1*3/4:m + a1*3:m + g1*9/4 + e1*3/4:m + a1*3/2:m + g + e:m + a:m + } + \relative e'' + { + \time 3/4 + \key g \major + \partial 4 e4 | + e2 a,4 | + e'2 e4 | + d2 b4 | + g2 a4 | + b d b | + a2 g4 | + a2.( | + a2) e'4 | + e2 a4 | + a2 b4 | + a2 g4 | + e2 fis4 | + g2 a4 | + g fis e | + d2.( | + d2) e4 | + e2 a4 | + a2 b4 | + a2 g4 | + e2 fis4 | + g2 a4 | + g fis e | + d2.( | + d4) g fis | + e2 a,4 | + e'2 e4 | + d2 b4 | + g2 a4 | + b d b | + a2 g4 | + a2.( | + a2) s4 | + } +>> +