| Charlie Zahm "Medley: Rebel Soldier / Dixie Land" |
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Celtic singer Charlie Zahm performs a Civil
War Southern medley of "Rebel Soldier" and
"Dixie" at the Gloucester County Library in
Mullica Hill, NJ on November 4, 2006. Dixie
is available on his "Americana" CD (it's a
medley with a different song) Visit Charlie
online at http://www.charliezham.com Celtic
singer Charlie Zahm is based in Pennsylvania.
Dixie Land
I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten;
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!
In Dixie's Land where I was born in,
Early on one frosty morning,
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!
CHORUS:
Then I wish I was in Dixie! Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie's Land I'll take my stand, to live
and die in Dixie!
Away! Away! Away down South in Dixie!
Away! Away! Away down South in Dixie!
Old Missus married "Will the Weaver";
William was a gay deceiver!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!
But when he put his arm around her,
Smiled as fierce as a forty-pounder!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!--
His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver;
But that did not seem to grieve her!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!
Old Missus acted the foolish part
And died for a man that broke her heart!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!--
Now here's a health to the next old missus
And all the gals that want to kiss us!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!
But if you want to drive away sorrow,
Come and hear this song tomorrow!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!--
There's buckwheat cakes and Injin batter,
Makes you fat or a little fatter!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's
Land!
Tags : Chalie Zahm Civil War Dixie |
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Affichage : 101932
Durée : 334 s |
| Charlie Zahm "Molly Malone" |
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Celtic singer Charlie Zahm performs a set of
Americana music at the Gloucester County
Public Library in Mullica Hill, NJ on
November 4, 2006.
Folksinger Charlie Zahm is based in
Pennsylvania and may be reached at
http://www.charliezham.com for more
information.
Molly Malone -- Irish folksong about a Dublin
hero
In Dublin's fair city,
Where girls are so pretty,
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,
As she pushed her wheelbarrow
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive
oh"!
Chorus:
Alive, alive oh! alive, alive oh!
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive
oh"!
Now she was a fishmonger,
And sure twas no wonder,
For so were her mother and father before,
And they each wheeled their barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive
oh"!
Chorus:
She died of a fever,
And no one could save her,
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone.
Now her ghost wheels her barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive
oh"!
Chorus:
Tags : Charlie Zahm Celtic Dublin Molly Malone |
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Affichage : 20398
Durée : 178 s |
| Charlie Zahm "Yankee Doodle" |
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Celtic singer Charlie Zahm performs a set of
Americana music at the Gloucester County
Public Library in Mullica Hill, NJ on
November 4, 2006.
Folksinger Charlie Zahm is based in
Pennsylvania and may be reached at
http://www.charliezham.com for more
information.
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle went to town
A-riding on a pony
Stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni.
Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy.
Father and I went down to camp
Along with Captain Gooding
And there we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding.
Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy
There was Captain Washington
Upon a slapping stallion
A-giving orders to his men
I guess there was a million.
Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy.
Tags : Charlie Zahm Americana |
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Affichage : 74555
Durée : 132 s |
| Charlie Zahm "The Minstrel Boy" |
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Celtic singer Charlie Zahm performs a set of
Americana music at the Gloucester County
Public Library in Mullica Hill, NJ on
November 4, 2006.
Folksinger Charlie Zahm is based in
Pennsylvania and may be reached at
http://www.charliezham.com for more
information.
Charlie plays the Irish drum on this one!
THE MINSTREL BOY by Thomas Moore
The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;"
Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"
An emotionally stirring and inspirational
song, The Minstrel Boy was written by Thomas
Moore (1779-1852) who set it to the melody of
The Moreen, and old Irish aire. It is
believed by many that Moore composed the song
as a memorial to several of his friends he
had met while a student at Trinity College
and who had participated in the 1798
rebellion of the United Irishmen. One died in
prison, another was wounded, and a third
captured and hung. The song originally
consisted of two verses. Due to its
popularity, the song was a favorite of the
many Irishmen who fought during the U.S.
Civil War, primarily on the Union side. It
was at this time that a third verse was added
by unknown authors:
The Minstrel Boy will return we pray
When we hear the news we all will cheer it,
The minstrel boy will return one day,
Torn perhaps in body, not in spirit.
Then may he play on his harp in peace,
In a world such as Heaven intended,
For all the bitterness of man must cease,
And ev'ry battle must be ended.
Tags : Charlie Zahm Celtic Dublin Americana |
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Affichage : 53547
Durée : 188 s |
| Charlie Zahm "Blacksmtih of Brandywine" |
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Celtic singer Charlie Zahm is based in
Pennsylvania and may be reached at
http://www.charliezahm.com for more
information. Here he performs a set of
Americana music at the Gloucester County
Library in Mullica Hill, NJ.
THE BLACKSMITH OF BRANDYWINE
Pat Garvey
As we marched into Brandywine, it was a sight
to see:
A giant of a man with a hammer in his hand
beneath the old oak tree,
And all around him on the ground, in fatal
disarray,
Lay a score of men who'll never fight again,
or travel on the King's highway.
We dug his grave, covered him o'er, and sadly
wept a tear,
Spent the day ridin' on our way till we met
with a musketeer.
From him we learned the story of a brave and
angry man,
Who undertook to the British enemy with a
hammer in his hand.
Make it one! For Washington and all his
gallant men,
One for the girl that once was mine;
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never
see again,
And don't forget the Blacksmith of
Brandywine!
In Chestertown there lived a man away from
the cannon's roar.
Of manner mild, his woman and child, no man
could ever love more;
But the Tories spoke of a plot one day to
waylay Washington,
And he left his home and family alone. To the
general he did run.
His errand done, he journeyed home but sorrow
there he found.
By British guns his wife and son lay still on
the cold hard ground.
The blacksmith reached for his heavy sledge
and he gave a practice swing,
And they say on the line at Brandywine, you
could hear that hammer sing.
Make it one! For Washington and all his
gallant men,
One for the girl that once was mine;
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never
see again,
And don't forget the Blacksmith of
Brandywine!
Tags : Charlie Zahm Americana |
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Affichage : 3722
Durée : 220 s |
| Charlie Zahm "All Quiet Along the Potomic Tonight" |
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Celtic singer Charlie Zahm performs a set of
Americana music at the Gloucester County
Public Library in Mullica Hill, NJ on
November 4, 2006.
Folksinger Charlie Zahm is based in
Pennsylvania and may be reached at
http://www.charliezham.com for more
information.
All Quiet Along the Potomic Tonight
All quiet along the Potomac, they say,
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as he walks on his beat to and fro,
By a rifleman hid in the thicket.
'Tis nothing, a private or two now and then
Will not count in the news of the battle;
Not an officer lost, only one of the men,
Moaning out all alone the death rattle.
All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming,
Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn
moon,
O'er the light of the watch fires, are
gleaming;
A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night wind,
Through the forest leaves softly is creeping,
While stars up above, with their glittering
eyes,
Keep guard for the army is sleeping.
There's only the sound of the lone sentry's
tread,
As he tramps from the rock to the fountain,
And thinks of the two in the low trundle bed,
Far away in the cot on the mountain.
His musket falls slack, and his face, dark
and grim,
Grows gentle with memories tender,
As he mutters a prayer for the children
asleep,
For their mother, may Heaven defend her.
The moon seems to shine just as brightly as
then,
That night when the love yet unspoken
Leaped up to his lips when low-murmured vows,
Were pledged to be ever unbroken.
Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eye
He dashes off tears that are welling,
And gathers his gun closer up to its place
As if to keep down the heart-swelling.
He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree
The footstep is lagging and weary;
Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt of
light,
Toward the shades of the forest so dreary.
Hark! Was it the night wind that rustled the
leaves,
Was it moonlight so wondrously flashing?
It looks like a rifle -- "Ah! Mary,
good-bye!"
And the lifeblood is ebbing and splashing.
All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
No sound save the rush of the river;
While soft falls the dew on the face of the
dead --
The picket's off duty forever.
Tags : Charlie Zahm Americana |
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Affichage : 4430
Durée : 114 s |
| Charlie Zahm "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" |
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Charlie Zahm performs a driving version of
the spiritual "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" in
concert at the Gloucester County Library in
Mullica Hill, NJ.
Celtic singer Charlie Zahm is based in
Pennsylvania and you can visit him at
http://www.charliezahm.com for more
information
Tags : Charlie Zahm spiritual |
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Affichage : 8608
Durée : 289 s |
| Charlie Zahm "Shenandoah" |
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Celtic singer Charlie Zahm performs a set of
Americana music at the Gloucester County
Public Library in Mullica Hill, NJ on
November 4, 2006.
Folksinger Charlie Zahm is based in
Pennsylvania and may be reached at
http://www.charliezham.com for more
information.
Shenandoah
Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away, you rolling river,
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away, I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide Missouri.
Shenandoah, I love your daughter,
Away, you rolling river,
I'll take her 'cross the rolling water,
Away, I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide Missouri.
Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away, you rolling river,
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away, I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide Missouri.
Tags : Charlie Zahm Americana |
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Affichage : 12017
Durée : 190 s |
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