Village Tavern Singers
Filter
Newest
OFF TO WAR OFF TO WAR
Scottish Warrior Called To Battle On His Honeymoon
4/24/2024 #9 in Traditional Irish No samples
Soldier Far From Home Soldier Far From Home
40,000 Irish fought in the Confederate Army. Many had just arrived fleeing the Potato Famine.
4/21/2024 #15 in Traditional Celtic No samples
A TOAST TO IRELAND A TOAST TO IRELAND
Tavern Singers Need A Good Drinking Song
4/21/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
Fishermans Wife Fishermans Wife
A Fishermans Wife Prays For His Safe Return.
4/16/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
LOST LOST
The Title is Lost and so is its History. Some say it's Irish, others say Scottish or even English. It is at least as old as the Middle Ages, and thought to have been written by an Anonymous Poet during the time the Black Death ravaged Europe.
4/8/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
I Sit beside the Fire and Think I Sit beside the Fire and Think
This is a song Bilbo Baggins sang in Rivendell before The 9 Walkers set out. Those of my Generation who first read this poem in their youth can now identify with the aging Hobbit, recalling past events and waiting for returning friends and family.
4/7/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
Goblin Feet Goblin Feet
Goblin Feet was first published in Oxford Poetry 1915, and later reprinted in The Book of Fairy Poetry (1920), It was written long before He formed his ideas about the Elves Dwarfs, and Goblins of Middle Earth.
4/7/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
Chip the glasses and crack the plates Chip the glasses and crack the plates
AT THE UNEXPECTED PARTY THE DWARVES SANG THIS SONG TO SCARE BILBO AS THEY CLEANED UP THE DINNER TABLE. THESE PARTICULAR DWARVES MIGHT HAVE BEEEN FANS OF THE DROPKICK MURPHYS.
4/7/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
Burn The Harps Burn The Harps
Queen Elizabeth decreed in 1603 that all Irish harp players should be hung and their harps burned. Because the Irish harpers and Bards wandered from court to court, they were accused being spies. They were often suspected of stirring up Rebellions.
4/7/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
CELTIC WEDDING BLESSING CELTIC WEDDING BLESSING
THIS PRAYER IS CLAIMED BY BOTH THE IRISH AND THE SCOTTISH CHURCHES. HOWEVER THE THREE ELEMENTS; LIGHT, RAIN, AND EARTH PROBABLY INDICATE MUCH OLDER PAGAN ROOTS.
4/6/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
Tinker Man Tinker Man
Tinkers were Walmarts on Wheels. Everyone was always glad when the Tinker came to town. And usually glad when he left!
4/6/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
Merlins Lullaby Merlins Lullaby
A SONG BASED ON THE MANY LEGENDS OF MERLIN AND THE CRYSTAL CAVE
4/6/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
WIDOW AT THE GATE WIDOW AT THE GATE
Sad Tale of a Love that endures all, even Death.
4/5/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
The Way To Bree The Way To Bree
A song inspired by a dream I had of a chance meeting in the forest.
4/5/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
FAIRY DANCE FAIRY DANCE
A warning to those who stumble upon Fairies at night.
4/5/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
Wind was on the withered heather Wind was on the withered heather
The wind was on the withered heath is a poem found within the chapter "Queer Lodgings" of The Hobbit. I have tried to capture the Mystical Feel of the Song.
4/5/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
The Stone Troll The Stone Troll
Sam recited this poem when they were resting in the shade of the trolls who had been turned into stone during Bilbos' adventure. Sam probably chanted it acapella, but it was an Old Tune with new words. So I've always imagined it as a Tavern Song.
4/2/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
THE SHADOW BRIDE THE SHADOW BRIDE
A Dark and Haunting Love Story, The Shadow Bride, was published in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil in 1962. A reworking of a much older Poem from the 1930s. As far as I know, it has never been set to music before.
4/1/2024 Acoustic Folk No samples
Song of Nimrodel Song of Nimrodel
The Lay of Nimrodel was sung by Legolas by the river Nimrodel. It told of the Lovers Amroth and Nimrodel. She was lost in the mountains and missed her ship to the Blessed Shore. Amroth realized the ship was leaving and leapt overboard.
4/1/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
Song of Durin Song of Durin
The World was Young, the Mountains Green, more commonly known as the Song of Durin, was a poem sung or chanted by Gimli in Moria. Probably the most evocative and beautiful song in the Trilogy. I have tried to do it justice.
3/31/2024 Traditional Celtic No samples
