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From: Anna Silliman <anna@handsonenglish.com>
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Subject: [NIFL-ESL:7440] Re: 'green' musicology
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Yes, there are two songs being mentioned here.
1) A love song in 3/4 (waltz) time:
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darling since partin' with you,
etc.
I'm not sure of the origin of this song but
is fairly recent, bluegrassy/country western.
I'm pretty sure that soldiers in the Spanish American
war didn't march in formation in waltz time, although
I would love to see this!!
2) An old ballad orig. English, in 2/4 (march) time,
with call-and-response:
I'll sing you one-o, green grow the rushes-oh!
What is your one-o? One is one and all alone and evermore shall be
so.
I'll sing you two-o, green grow the rushes-oh, etc.
Goes up to 12 verses some with Christian references. Tone
is upbeat and you can easily imagine marching to this tune.
--Anna
Hello, Lorraine Dutton! On 3/13/02 11:41 AM you wrote:
>They are two different songs, as far as I know. I have only heard "Green
>Grow the Lilacs," but the lyrics for the two songs don't seem related.
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