If We Had a Traveling Musician....

[PilgrimDance]

If you had a traveling musician to accompany you on your Camino who could play for you from time to time along the path or in an albergue, and who would provide the lyrics so you can sing along (since you can never quite remember them all), what exactly would you like to sing? Please list song title and composer / performer or any other identifying information...just in case there is someone out there who wants to take on this role (it won't be me).

 

[SYates]

I am more than happy to start:

Good Old Goldies (showing my age here) like:

How many roads ...
Where are all the flowers gone ...
Mother Mary came to me ... (Beatles)

'Folk' Tunes:

This land is your land, this land is my land ...
O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road, ... (Loch Lomond song, but also great for crossing the Pyrenees!)

Well known hymns:

Amazing Grace ...

Pilgrim Songs:

Tout le matin (Benazet)
Sant Adalid (as sung in the cathedral)

Taizé (as the lyrics are easy too learn)

Laudate Omnes Gentes
Nada te turbe
...

More later ;-) Buen Camino y Buena Música, SY

 

[mspath]

Often in my mind runs this refrain.

"...There's a long, long trail a-winding
Into the land of my dreams,
Where the nightingales are singing
And a white moon beams.
There's a long, long night of waiting
Until my dreams all come true;
Till the day when I'll be going down
That long, long trail with you."

by Stoddard King/ Zo Elliot, 1913

 

[SYates]

Oh, and forgot my favourite 'going on the camino gain' song:

 

[Seabird]

I carried my ukulele the entire way and so enjoyed singing with others. Most requested songs: Let It Be and Imagine by the Beetles, and Country Roads by John Denver. The funniest request was by three Korean woman who couldn't speak English, but could sing along to the chorus of "Delilah" by Tom Jones.

 

[Deacon Jason]

I would like the monks from Santo Domingo de Silos to walk in formation around me singing Latin plainchant hymns.

It's my dream not yours so don't judge!

 

[movinmaggie]

Sing Your Way Home (any tune….in 3/2 time)

Sing your way home
At the end of the day
Sing your way home
It will brighten your way
Smile as you go
For where-ever you roam
It will lighten your load
It will brighten your road
If you sing your way home

 

[PEI_Heather]

James Keelaghan and Oliver Schroer (RIP), two Canadian minstrals.

James has the voice of melted dark chocolate, is an amazing songwriter and master guitarist.

Oliver was a man of immense and prolific talent: he wrote, composed, produced, performed, taught. He was also a master of his instrument, the violin (or fiddle, depending on the music he played). In May 2004, Oliver and three companions walked the Camino. He took his fiddle and played improvisational music on it in whatever churches he could find that were open and recorded the results (of which became a CD, simply known as "Camino"...beautiful). Oliver passed away in 2008 after a battle with leukemia.

I'd listen to whatever these two gentlemen played for me with rapt and delighted heart and ears.

 

[Bumpa]

James Keelaghan and Oliver Schroer (RIP), two Canadian minstrals.

James has the voice of melted dark chocolate, is an amazing songwriter and master guitarist.

Oliver was a man of immense and prolific talent: he wrote, composed, produced, performed, taught. He was also a master of his instrument, the violin (or fiddle, depending on the music he played). In May 2004, Oliver and three companions walked the Camino. He took and played improvisational music on his fiddle in whatever churches he could find that were open and recorded the results (And the results became a CD, simply known as "Camino"...beautiful). Oliver passed away in 2008 after a battle with leukemia.

I'd listen to whatever these two gentlemen played for me with rapt and delighted heart and ears.

James Keelaghan and Oliver Schroer (RIP), two Canadian mins
James has the voice of melted dark chocolate, is an amazing songwriter and master guitarist.

Oliver was a man of immense and prolific talent: he wrote, composed, produced, performed, taught. He was also a master of his instrument, the violin (or fiddle, depending on the music he played). In May 2004, Oliver and three companions walked the Camino. He took and played improvisational music on his fiddle in whatever churches he could find that were open and recorded the results (And the results became a CD, simply known as "Camino"...beautiful). Oliver passed away in 2008 after a battle with leukemia.

I'd listen to whatever these two gentlemen played for me with rapt and delighted heart and ears.

two thumbs up for James Keelaghan!!

 

[gerardcarey]

Amongst many others, 'The Keeper of the Eddystone Light.'
Amongst many others, it was performed by 'The Weavers' and 'Burl Ives.'
Regards and Good Idea!
Gerard.

 

[Wokabaut_Meri]

A long time fan of Eric Bogle an adopted Aussie folkie born in Peebles Scotland. Among his many ballads:

Katie and the Dreamtime Land
The dusty miles we've come today were weary hard and long
But all that lies behind us now as we lift our voice in song
The joy of good companionship is written on each face...

Another Aussie balladeer John Williamson:

Cootamundra Wattle
...Can’t you hear the magpies in the distance?
Don’t you feel the new day has begun?
Can’t you hear the bees making honey woman,
In the spotted gums where the bellbirds ring?
You might grow old and bitter cause you missed it,
You know some people never hear such things...

There’s all the colours of the rainbow in the garden woman,
And symphonies of music in the sky.
Heaven’s all around us if you’re looking,...

and lastly John Denver (another vote with @Seabird for Country Roads) but also:

Poems & Prayers & Promises
And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in.
How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care.
How long it’s been since yesterday, what about tomorrow
and what about our dreams and all the memories we share?

 

[IngridF]

Matthew Mutch will be on the Camino with his guitar and own special brand of Camino rentitions. Matthew hails from Hamilton Ontario. He is a peregrino primo and also hospitalero at times.

Hope the link works.

 

[DurhamParish]

Galician piper Carlos Nunez

http://www.carlos-nunez.com/

 

[Calimocho]

Some songs about traveling or going home are: 500 Miles, Home to You (Peasall Sisters), or Miles from Nowhere (Cat Stevens). There are some Irish or Scottish songs with beautiful melodies and interesting stories, such as Wild Mountain Thyme (also called Go Lassie, Go), Star of the County Down and Galway Girl.

 

[Magwood]

I often burst uncontrollably into song at the beginning of the day's walk with 'Oh what a beautiful morning'. I only know one verse, but it often seems appropriate as the sun is rising on yet another fabulous landscape.

This year on the Norte I was also unable to stop myself singing the Carpenters 'Top of the world' whenever I reached a new peak and looked down at the amazing scenery below.

 

[Castilian]

I would like the monks from Santo Domingo de Silos to walk in formation around me singing Latin plainchant hymns.

You may not get that one but you could purchase several of their CDs and enjoy yourself listening them.