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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 7 2013, 4:57am
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Apparently it's traditional to bang staves on the ground while singing it.
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Sounds very dwarvish. But the harp mellows out everything.
By the way, did you hear the silly harp version I did of the Rankin Bass Hobbit songs? NE Brigand made a satirical suggestion that I should play 'Fifteen Birds in Five Fir Trees' and I threw it together along with a few other tunes. My daughter commented that those goblin songs didn't sound nearly as menacing when played on a harp. Me playing silly stuff on the harp
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
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Joy, Health, Love, and Peace... Be all here in this place
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Magpie
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Jan 5 2013, 5:34pm
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Now that I have the Loreena McKennitt version in my ear,
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Arandiel
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Jan 5 2013, 5:53pm
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another great version is
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Magpie
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Jan 5 2013, 6:51pm
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I don't think it's really a different tune than the Steeley Span version.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 6 2013, 2:53pm
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Thank you!
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Lily Fairbairn
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Jan 5 2013, 6:05pm
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I came upon Steeleye Span way after everyone else
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Magpie
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Jan 5 2013, 6:55pm
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My Mum, bless her
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Starling
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Jan 5 2013, 9:00pm
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lol...
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Magpie
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Jan 5 2013, 9:33pm
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Yes, I quite liked her version :) //
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Starling
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Jan 5 2013, 9:49pm
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Magpie, i do believe
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silneldor
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Jan 6 2013, 3:56am
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You were greeted by the Wren!
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dernwyn
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Jan 6 2013, 1:14pm
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A Twelfthnight blessing!
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dernwyn
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Jan 6 2013, 1:29pm
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I, of course, am most familiar with the Roberts and Barrand version of this.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 6 2013, 2:43pm
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Here's another of my favorite wren songs, also from Nowell Sing We Clear
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 6 2013, 2:59pm
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I like The Cutty Wren a lot
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Magpie
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Jan 6 2013, 3:12pm
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I love the Cutty Wren too. I play it on my harp :-) //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 6 2013, 3:13pm
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The first wren song I ever learned was about a rat.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 6 2013, 3:14pm
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wow, they sure 'Americanized' that song, didn't they. :-)
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Magpie
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Jan 6 2013, 4:34pm
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Love and Happiness
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Annael
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Jan 6 2013, 4:19pm
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I really love Emmy Lou //
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Magpie
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Jan 6 2013, 4:35pm
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Oooo, we had a wren get inside the house on Jan 5th!
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Jan 6 2013, 5:59pm
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I recorded my version of Cutty Wren to share with you.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 7 2013, 4:28am
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It sounds so much prettier...
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Magpie
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Jan 7 2013, 4:45am
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Apparently it's traditional to bang staves on the ground while singing it.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 7 2013, 4:57am
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And the same to you, Magpie./
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Patty
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Jan 7 2013, 4:41am
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