Posted by ladymuse on Sunday, December 7, 2008
Last year I posted the lyrics/poem to this as a Yule wish - but had no music to go with it - This year, I have the mp3 (choral) We had to leave out the Yulelog verse, as it was (tv) time related
That is now under my music-simple melody in tab section(motes)
Any sound effects you here (horses blowing, stamping was done by the choir - I did the horse neighing - ) Yes, I even wrote it in the music! LOL! It was great fun!
It starts in Em - and also plays well on the fiddle, melodywise -
Happy Holidays, all!
In The Hall at Wintertide
Intro:
In the forest bleak and cold
where the branches stark are bowed:
with the weight of drifting snow
and where the wind keens all around
Hear the horses stamp and blow
as we trace the path astride
knowing soon all will be warm and merry
in the hall at Wintertide!
1.
In the hall at wintertide,
when the holidays are nigh
we will cut the greatest oak
we will hang the mistletoe
we will choose the reddest holly
which we twine with glossy Ivy
we will bind them up with ribbons
and of them a garland make:
we will gather bay and pine
gather cinnamon and thyme
we will scent the yuletide candles
we will spice our ale fine!
(chorus~instru)
2.
We will set the cooks a'baking making
holiday delights,
we'll have cakes and torts and pasties
they will bake all through the night!
we will catch our finest game
we will make the mincemeat pie
we will set the pudding steeping
with the dry plum hid inside:
We will shine the Wassail Bowl,
and then fill it very full:
Then the great doors shall be opened
and all bid to enter here!
3.
And all travelers seeking rest,
shall be feasted on the best!
we shall raise our goblets high,
we will laugh and sing and jest!
we'll have pipers, we'll have drummers,
we'll have rebecs and the lute
we'll have acrobats and jugglers,
and a mime and jester too!
We shall tread the measure fyne,
in great circles and in lines
and our cheeks shall glow with roses
as the snow comes down outside!
4.
The great yule log on the hearth
doth send forth it's merry sparks
and that flame of ancient lore
burns as brightly in our hearts!
It shall burn for these twelve days,
then the ashes shall be kept
to be scattered on the fields
of our lands and our tenants:
Thus the bounty is ensured
when it comes the next harvest:
for the ashes of the oak
are the brightest and the best!
5.
And for you who share this season
be you close or far from home,
Here's a toast to health and reason
To long life and to strong bones!
May your Family have good cheer-
May your friends be strong and true-
May your hearts be free from care-
and may good fortune come to you!
So together we join hands
Sing this Wassail through the lands -
and for those who hear our song -
May our wish be yours Life-Long!
c@1988/2001/03/08 Jenny Tavernier (Reily)/all rights reserved
Choral ssaattbb for KCET-LA (channel 28-PBS)performed at DorothyChandlerPavilion/rec@ThetaSoundStudios
1 comment on “In The Hall at Wintertide+MP3+tab(notes)”
Fidla Says:
Monday, December 8, 2008 @6:28:58 AM
awesome! thanks for sharing that
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