[Bards] Parcel of Rogues

Emma Haldan emma.haldan at gmail.com
Tue Jan 6 10:00:18 PST 2009


Pandora? Never heard of it....

Emma

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:57 AM, John Hirling <jhirling at gmail.com> wrote:

> Easier to set up a Steeleye Span radio station on Pandora.  Then you get
> all
> the incarnations as well as other groups like Fairport Convention and
> Pentangle.
> ~ihon
>
> " The heart of the human problem is the heart of the human." Max Lucado
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Emma Haldan <emma.haldan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I love the Steeleye Span version of this, with Maddie Pryor.... Time to
> put
> > those CDs on again!
> >
> > Emma
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:07 AM, John Hirling <jhirling at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > One of the great Robert Burns poems, I particularly like the vocal and
> > drum
> > > rendition by Steeleye Span.  Other favorite Burns works for me are
> Scots
> > Wa
> > > Hae and To The Weavers Gin Ye Go.  Although not period, they have a
> > period
> > > feel that has never broken the moment for me.
> > >
> > > For those who are interested:
> > >
> > > *Written in 1791, *Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation* is Robert
> Burns'
> > > famous poem on the 1707 Acts of Union, which joined the parliaments of
> > > England and Scotland to create the nation of Great Britain. It contains
> > the
> > > lines 'We're bought and sold for English gold' -- \ Such a parcel of
> > rogues
> > > in a nation! echoing the sentiment that Scottish landowners, bankrupted
> > in
> > > part by the disastrous Darien Scheme, sold out the Scottish nation for
> > > their
> > > own financial gain.**
> > >
> > > *
> http://www.booksfromscotland.com/Authors/Robert-Burns/Parcel-of-Rogues
> > >
> > > Only my opinion, but I wouldn't worry too much about trying to sing it
> > > note-for-note as written in the Dragonsfire Tor Newcomers Book.
> > >
> > >
> > > ~ihon
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > **
> > >
> > > *
> > > *
> > > " The heart of the human problem is the heart of the human." Max Lucado
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 5:25 AM, willowjonbardc at juno.com <
> > > willowjonbardc at juno.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > http://dragonsfire-tor.ansteorra.org/Downloads/Newcomer's_Songbook.pdf<http://dragonsfire-tor.ansteorra.org/Downloads/Newcomer%27s_Songbook.pdf>
> <http://dragonsfire-tor.ansteorra.org/Downloads/Newcomer%27s_Songbook.pdf>
> > <
> http://dragonsfire-tor.ansteorra.org/Downloads/Newcomer%27s_Songbook.pdf>
> > > <
> > http://dragonsfire-tor.ansteorra.org/Downloads/Newcomer%27s_Songbook.pdf
> >
> > > > I have been trying to many of you to sing this song. Here is the
> music
> > > and
> > > > words.
> > > > willow de wisp
> > > >
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