Carol tunes

[watervole]

Folk clubs down my way (long way from Yorkshire) always sing 'While Shepards Watched' to the tune of Ilkley Moor - it's not unusual. The guy who wrote this clearly didn't visit enough folk clubs... It's a lovely tune and really lends itself to harmony.

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[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I heard that on the radio last night. It sounded much better than the usual dreary tune.

But I sing Ilkley Moor filks all the time to Tabitha and Rosie - "I love a little pussy cat", "Where is that funny Rosie cat?", "Tabby's a silly pussy cat", etc etc.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

The irony is that the usual tune was orginally a dance tune.

Try singing it much faster and with a bounce - you'll see what I mean.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's just some guy out for publicity and some other guys who didn't know enough to see through the bullshit.

I don't go to folk clubs, and I yawned at it on the radio.

[epistrophia.livejournal.com]

I heard it this morning on the Today programme. It was a lovely setting. Don't suppose you know if the one the Durham choir performed is published anywhere?

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I don't know. but if you visit a pub full of folkies this year, then you'll hear it done even better.

Or buy 'Christmas is come in' from this web site - http://www.artisan-harmony.com/albums.htm

I've loved this recording (and there's other lovely folk carols on the CD as well) for a long time.

[valydiarosada.livejournal.com]

I've certainly heard "While shepherds watched" sung to the tune of "Ilkley Moor". And not in folk clubs, either. It's not at all unusual.