Alan Reid posted a video of his backing of the tune Banish Misfortune on the bouzouki group on Facebook. I tried to tab the first round through the tune.
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Here's the link to the video, but I think you need to have a facebook account and you have to be member of the bouzouki group to be able to watch the video.
Some months ago Alan started his Patreon page on which he regularly posts tutorials for bouzouki and banjo. If you pay 5€ per month you have access the the growing library of videos, Tabs etc. Up to now he posted tutorial videos which describe the style of Donal Lunny and Alec Finn (50 min!) and also 2 videos in which he gives lots of hints of how to accompany tunes in Mixolydian modes.
I first hesitated to join, but a few days ago I couln't resist and I have to say, it is really worth it. Can't wait for another video!
I spent a lovely folk workshop weekend in Texel, Netherlands. This is the teachers concert I filmed there. Luke Ward on his Sobell together with Brendan Mulholland on Flute and Aaron O'Hagan on Pipes. Great craic!
First the two videos that Aaron posted on his youtube channel:
The Hut on Staffin Island - Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel - Palmers Gate
Trip to Killavil - Scotsman over the Border - Health to the Ladies. Jigs special Guest: Rolf Wagels on Bodhran
I really like Daoiri's version of this old song. He uses some nice chords here. I tried to tab the chords, which can only be very loose, because he plays very free. Capo on 2nd fret. Hope this might be helpful. Maybe I'll try to tab the intro one day, but it's a lot of work.
By the way, if someone of you has some tabs, helpers or anything to with with the irish bouzouki to offer which I can post on my blog, this would be very appreciated.
John O’Dreams
{t:John O'Dreams - Daoiri Farrell}
{c:Bill Caddick}
[G]When midnight [G/B]comes and people[C] homeward [G]tread,
[G]Seek out your [G/B]blankets and your [C]feathered[G] bed,
[G]Home [G/B]comes the [D]rover, his journey's[C]over
[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O[D]’Dreams
[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old[C] John O'[G]Dreams
[G]Across the [G/B]hill the sun has [C]gone a[G]stray
[G]Tomorrows [G/B]cares are many [C]dreams a[G]way
[G]The [G/B]stars are [D]flying, your candle's [C]dying
[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O’[D]Dreams
[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O'[G]Dreams
[G]Both man and [G/B]master in the [C]night are [G]one
[G]All things are [G/B]equal when the [C]day is [G]done
The [G]prince [G/B]and the [D]ploughman, the slave and the [C]free man
[G]All find their [G/B]comfort in old [C]John O’[D]Dreams
[G]All find their [G/B]comfort in old [C]John O'[G]Dreams
[G]When sleep it [G/B]comes the dreams come [C]running [G]clear
[G]The hawks of [G/B]morning cannot [C]reach you [G]here
[G]Sleep [G/B]is a [D]river, flow on for [C]ever
[G]And for your [G/B]boatman choose old [C]John O’[D]Dreams
[G]Yes for your [G/B]boatman choose old [C]John O'[G]Dreams
The words are by Bill Caddick, who took the tune from Tchaikovsky (Symphony No. 6, Pathetique) who in turn borrowed it from a southern Italian lullaby entitled Piva Piva.
Ye Vagabonds and their lovely version of the classic Song "Lowlands of Holland". I tried to tab the intro because it is so beautiful. Capo 2nd fret. The bouzouki is stringed in octaves, so it sounds different if your bouzouki is stringed in unisons.
If you download please leave a comment or if you like you can buy me a beer.
{t:Lowlands of Holland} {st:Ye Vagabonds}
The [D]love that I have cho[G]sen I there[D]with be con[Bm]tent
The [D]salt sea shall be fro[G]zen be[D]fore that [A] re[D]pent
Re[D]pent it shall I [G]ne[D]ver un[G]til the [D]day I [Bm]die
But the [G]lowlands of [D]Holl[G]and has [D]twined my [A]love and I[D].
My [D]love lies in the salt [G]sea and [D] I am on the [Bm]side
en[D]ough to break a young thing's [G]heart that [D]lately [A]was a [D]bride.
But [D]lately was a [G]bonny [D]bride and [G]pleasure [D]in her [Bm]eye.
For the [G]lowlands of [D]Hol[G]land has [D]twined my [A]love and [D]I.
My [D]love he built a bonny [G]ship and [D]set her on the [Bm]sea
With [D]seven score good mari[G]ners to [D]bear her [A]compa[D]ny.
But the [D]weary wind be[G]gan to [D]rise, the [G]sea be[D]gan to [Bm]rout
And my [G]love then and his [D]bonny [G]ship turned [D]with the [A]shins a[D]bout.
There [D]shall nae a quaff come on my [G]head nor [D]comb come through my [Bm]hair
There shall [D]neither coal nor candlel[G]ight shine [D]in my [A]bower [D]mair.
Nor [D]will I marry a[G]nother [D]one, un[G]til the [D]day I [Bm]die
For the [G]high winds and [D]stormy [G]seas have [D]twined my [A]love and [D]I.
Oh [D]hold your tongue my daughter [G]dear, be [D]still and [A]be con[Bm]tent.
There's [D]men enough in Gallo[G]way, you [D]need not [A]sore la[D]ment.
Oh there's [D]men enough in [G]Gallo[D]way, a[G]las there's [D]none for [Bm]me
For I [G]never had a [D]love but [G]one and he's [D]drownded [A]in the [D]sea.
Lyrics of Dubliner's version:
The night that I was married and in my married bed Up comes the bold sea captain and stands at my bed head Saying 'arise, arise, young wedded man and come along with me To the Lowlands of Holland for to fight the enemy'
Oh, Holland is a lovely land and in it grows fine grain It is a place of residence for soldiers to remain Where the sugar cane grows plentiful and the tea grows on each tree I never had but the one sweetheart and she's far away from me
Says the mother to the daughter 'leave off your sore lament There's men enough in Galway to be your heart's content' 'There's men enough in Galway, but alas there's none for me Since the high winds and the stormy seas have parted my love and me'
'i'll wear no stays around my waist, no combs all in my hair No handkerchief around my neck, to shade my beauty fair And neither will I marry until the day I die Since the high winds and the stormy seas have parted my love and I'.
This song is not about Holland, but about Dutch Guyana (Surinam)
Just found the time to make a little tab for this tutorial by Matt Heaton. In this series he talks about accompanying slides. He takes the DUDUDU - Jig Rhythm as basis and omits some parts. He ends up with D_DU_U|D_DU_U| etc.
This is a groovy Jig Rhythm pattern. Found it on the CD Wooden Flute Obsession 2 Disk 2 on the tune Fly on the porter. Sorry, key signature is wrong, has to be G for D Mixolydian.
Darren Lynch presents the classic song Spancil Hill on a Six String Bouzouki.
{t:Spancil Hill - Darren Lynch} {st:Darren Lynch} Capo 4th fret
Last[Gm] night as I lay [F]dreaming, of pleasant days gone [Gm]by, Me [Gm]mind being bent on rambling,to [F]Ireland I did [C]fly, I [Gm]stepped on board a vision,and [F]followed with a [C]will, Till the [Gm]first I came to [F]anchor at the cross at Spancil [Gm]Hill,
T’was [Gm]on the twenty [F]third of June,the day before the [Gm]fair, When [Gm]Ireland’s sons and daughters,and [F]friends assembled [C]there, The [Gm]young the old the brave the bold, their [F]duty to full [C]fill, At the [Gm]parish Church near [F]Clooney,a mile from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.
I [Gm]went to see me [F]neighbors to see what they might [Gm]say, The [Gm]old one’s were all dead and gone,the [F]young one’s turning [C]grey, I [Gm]met with tailor Quigley, he’s as [F]bold as ever [C]still, Sure he [Gm]used to make me [F]britches when I lived in [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.
I [Gm]paid a flying vi[F]sit to my first and only [Gm]love, She’s as [Gm]fair as any lilly as [F]gently as a [C]dove, She [Gm]threw her arms around me saying [F]Johnny I love ye [C]still, She was [Gm]Meg the farmer’s [F]daughter,the pride of [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.
I [Gm]dreamed I held and [F]kissed her as in the days of [Gm]yore Ah [Gm]Johnny, you're only jokin', as [F]many's the time be[C]fore Then the [Gm]cock, he crew in the morning, he [F]crew both loud and [C]shrill I a[Gm]woke in Cali[F]fornia, many miles from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill
Chords:
Gm: x 5 1 0 F: x 3 3 0 C: x 2 3 0 Dm: x 0 0 3
Here's a tab for the Intro and the first two lines. Accompanyment of line 3 is the same as line 2 and then the first line repeats.
Jasper Kaye uploaded a tutorial video to the song The Foggy Dew as played by Ye Vagabonds. This is not the well known Song!
First the song, sung and played by Jasper
And here's his tutorial video:
Here's a solo version by Brian Mac Gloinn of Ye Vagabonds where you can hear the bouzouki very well:
Here are the lyrics with some chords I figured out, don't know, if they are exactly the same as Ye Vagabond's. They differ a bit from Jasper's chords. There is always more than one way to accompany a song ;-)
When [D]I was [G/A]a [D/F#]bachelor [D]young [G/A]and [D/F#]bold I [Bm]followed the [G]roving [D]tra[A]de The [D5]only [A/E]thing that I [D/F#]ever done [G5]wrong {soh}(Basslauf!){eoh} I [Bm]courted a hand[G]some [D]maid
I wooed her all the summertime And part of the winter too The only thing I ever done wrong Was to keep off the foggy dew
'Twas on one night about twelve o'clock As I lay fast asleep There came this maid to my bedside And bitterly she did weep
She wept, she moaned, she tore her hair And she cried "what shall I do?" So I rolled her into bed And covered up her head For to keep off the foggy dew
Well all the first part all that night And we did sport and play And all the latter part of that night Snug in my arms she lay
And when the broad daylight appeared She cried "I am undone!" Well hold your tongue My pretty young girl For the foggy dew has gone
Well I never told nobody her name And its damned be if I do But it's often times that i think on that night That I kept off the foggy dew
Chords could be:
D: 2,0,0,0 G/A: 2,5,0,0 D/F#: 2,4,0,0 Bm: 4,4,0,0 G: 0,0,2,0 or 4,5,0,0 A: 2,2,0,2 or 2,2,0,0 D5: x,0,0,0 A/E: x,2,0,2 D/F#: x,4,0,0 G5: x,5,5,0 Bm: 4,4,0,0 G: 0,0,2,0 or 4,5,0,0 D: 2,4,0,0 or 7,0,0,0
