Singing/Songs sung along the Camino Francis

[HalfDomeOrBust]

I plan to start on SJPDP end May 2014 and wondered if there are any special or common songs being sung by artists alone the CF. I play Guitar and though will be not carrying mine with me, thought I may come across a few while in Bars ect. I would like to take a little time now to learn a few of the local songs so if I get a chance to play and sing I will have a head start on the tunes and words. Thank you!!Ed

 

[SYates]

There are heaps of different songs sung in the different regions of Spain ;-) As for "pilgrim songs" the French Tout le matin nous prenons le chemin and, more generally, Taize songs are favorites. Buen Camino! SY

 

[PeregrinaIR]

Hi Ed,

I have absolutely no knowledge of 'local' songs that are sung on the camino, but when I have walked solo in Spain, at times I sang when I needed a little bit of encouragement, or was feeling particularly happy with my lot, usually out of earshot of other people. While on an extended cycle the other day, this song popped into my head, and it brought me back to the camino. I sang it with gusto while on a flat stretch

Have a listen and see what you think - it could have been written for the camino, or any other of life's journey's.

It's called 'Miles from nowhere', by Cat Stevens, look it up on youtube and see what you think.
Buen camino,

 

[mikevasey]

The French song given by SYates (ultreya) is one i heard a lot on my last camino. A French Peregrina would sing it very beautifully in any church she could find open. I first heard it at the church in Markina(Norte route), she even had the entire albergue in Bilbao singing it, twice!
People usually sing songs that they know, feel comfortable with and feel right at that moment and these can turn an ordinary moment into something special for all there.

Mike

 

[Theo]

Hi,

On the Breton St James Association website home page (Click HERE) you can listen to the "Tous les matins" song by the Breton St James choir. (A video HERE)

The lyrics HERE.

Théo

 

[robertt]

There was a lot of singing of the Tous les Matins song along the Le Puy route. One Swiss group insisted on singing all verses perfectly after dinner, my quebecois mates liked to sing it when taking off in the morning. And I too heard a young girl - Swiss? - who was quite well known along the route for her church singing. Maybe it was the same person Mike mentions. I should add...she was very, very good.

 

[mikevasey]

Hi, she was from Bordeaux. I walked with her as far as Villavicioasa and had the honour of listening to her sing in several churches.

 

[Chacharm]

My mother was wild for Joan Manuel Serrat - I grew up with this song and I sang it almost daily on the Camino.

Cantares
Todo pasa y todo queda,
pero lo nuestro es pasar,
pasar haciendo caminos,
caminos sobre el mar.

Nunca perseguí la gloria,
ni dejar en la memoria
de los hombres mi canción;
yo amo los mundos sutiles,
ingrávidos y gentiles,
como pompas de jabón.

Me gusta verlos pintarse
de sol y grana, volar
bajo el cielo azul, temblar
súbitamente y quebrarse...
Nunca perseguí la gloria.

Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino y nada más;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.

Al andar se hace camino
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.

Caminante no hay camino
sino estelas en la mar...

Hace algún tiempo en ese lugar
donde hoy los bosques se visten de espinos
se oyó la voz de un poeta gritar:
"Caminante no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar..."

Golpe a golpe, verso a verso...

Murió el poeta lejos del hogar.
Le cubre el polvo de un país vecino.
Al alejarse, le vieron llorar.
"Caminante no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar..."

Golpe a golpe, verso a verso...

Cuando el jilguero no puede cantar.
Cuando el poeta es un peregrino,
cuando de nada nos sirve rezar.
"Caminante no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar...

 

[JohnMcM]

Hey everyone,
Do yourself a big, big, big favour and watch the video in Theo's link above. I couldn't understand a word a word of it but I promise you you'll just love the choir.
Buen Camino and sing until you burst!

 

[Brigitte Klaib]

I actually got through "a hundred bottles of beer on the wall" for the first time in my life

 

[supersullivan]

'Show me the way to go home' and 'It's a long way to Tipperary' have their fans amongst Irish peregrinos.

 

[JP]

This reminded me of an old french song, the Catholic Nuns made us sing when I was in Grade School about 50 years ago. It was called sur la "Route de Berthier" and it tells the story of a poor road builder and a Grand Lady in a golden carriage. I guess I have to re-learn a few old songs for the Camino !

http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Artistes+Varies+Sur+La+Route+De+Berthier

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

Hi Ed,

I have absolutely no knowledge of 'local' songs that are sung on the camino, but when I have walked solo in Spain, at times I sang when I needed a little bit of encouragement, or was feeling particularly happy with my lot, usually out of earshot of other people. While on an extended cycle the other day, this song popped into my head, and it brought me back to the camino. I sang it with gusto while on a flat stretch

Have a listen and see what you think - it could have been written for the camino, or any other of life's journey's.

It's called 'Miles from nowhere', by Cat Stevens, look it up on youtube and see what you think.
Buen camino,

Well, Miles from nowhere sure is a great song.....With a few lyric changes I think that is can be easily adapted to the Camino. I will work on that. Thank you for the tip! Ed

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

There are heaps of different songs sung in the different regions of Spain ;-) As for "pilgrim songs" the French Tout le matin nous prenons le chemin and, more generally, Taize songs are favorites. Buen Camino! SY

Thank you SY. Yes, I have heard of this song and it is a really good one!!! Not sure how well I will do singing it in something other then the Queens English though. May just let this one for the European experts. Thank you again. Ultreïa
Ed

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

'Show me the way to go home' and 'It's a long way to Tipperary' have their fans amongst Irish peregrinos.

Both of those are super!!! Thank you. Ed

 

[mantissa]

I plan to start on SJPDP end May 2014 and wondered if there are any special or common songs being sung by artists alone the CF. I play Guitar and though will be not carrying mine with me, thought I may come across a few while in Bars ect. I would like to take a little time now to learn a few of the local songs so if I get a chance to play and sing I will have a head start on the tunes and words. Thank you!!Ed

Try "De Colores!". We met a lady from Arizona who was singing this, at Fromista. She seemed surprised when a couple of Kiwis from New Zealand joined her in the chorus!

Canta el gallo, canta el gallo
Con el quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri.
La gallina, la gallina
Con el cara, cara, cara, cara, cara.
Los pollitos/polluelos, los pollitos/polluelos
Con el pío, pío, pío, pío, pí.
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí!

- Mantissa, Camino 2004

 

[Terrri]

My daughter and I made it over the pyrenees in May with side ways rain and very thick fog which of course severely limited our visibility. She taught me a song called Rocks and Trees by a group called the Arrogant Worms, very appropriate since that is all we saw for hours that day. We sang the chorus many times that day.
Sometimes it is best to just go with what moves you at the time.

 

[Packinglight]

Terri,
Oh dear, now I have that refrain stuck in my head!!!
The Arrogant Worms make me giggle. I use "Canada's Really Big" as a listening exercise for my EFL students

Anyone from the prairies should listen to "Pirates of Saskatchewan" when you need a laugh

 

[goatgirl]

Thankyou!!! Rocks and trees..... a new refrain for days when you can take all the help you can get.

 

[MendiWalker]

First of all I´d like to say I don´t carry an iPod or a gadget like that. All the music which I listen to on the Camino or on my hikes is all in my head.
But one of my favorites is a Willie Nelson classic - On The Road Again

Buen Camino!

 

[Thengel1]

I sometimes found myself singing Do you Hear the People Sing? from Les Miz at times (but not when anyone else around, that would be cruel. )

 

[PeregrinaIR]

'Show me the way to go home' and 'It's a long way to Tipperary' have their fans amongst Irish peregrinos.

Or not, as the case may be. - 'It's a long way to Tipperary' was a music hall song which was used as recruitment propaganda during WW1 . - Something I think the Camino can do without

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

? Really??

 

[kogga]

I plan to start on SJPDP end May 2014 and wondered if there are any special or common songs being sung by artists alone the CF. I play Guitar and though will be not carrying mine with me, thought I may come across a few while in Bars ect. I would like to take a little time now to learn a few of the local songs so if I get a chance to play and sing I will have a head start on the tunes and words. Thank you!!Ed

My good friend,we were 4 walking the Camino in Sept 2012 and we sang South African songs in many places - much enjoyed by everyone - even were given free redwine - we sang a well known song in a restaurant one evening and everyone joint in in their own language - it was beautiful - so just start singing wherever you are and you will experience something - ENJOY - Johann Pretorius

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

My good friend,we were 4 walking the Camino in Sept 2012 and we sang South African songs in many places - much enjoyed by everyone - even were given free redwine - we sang a well known song in a restaurant one evening and everyone joint in in their own language - it was beautiful - so just start singing wherever you are and you will experience something - ENJOY - Johann Pretorius

NOW, that is excellent advice!!!!

 

[Anniesantiago]

We teach our little groups this, our own American words to the song "Ultreia:"

We are pilgrims come from afar,
and we walk 'neath the Field of Stars.
Some are fast and some are slow.
We are going to Santiago.

Ultreia! Ultreia!
Ultreia! Ultreia!

Do not ask us the time or the day,
We will tell you we just couldn't say.
There is only one thing that we know;
We are going to Santiago!

Ultreia! Ultreia!
Ultreia! Ultreia!

 

[Wanderer64]

Thankfully I only had to endure group pilgrim singing once or twice during my Camino. Please don't assume all those around you will enjoy your unsolicited sing-alongs. Many of us seek out a quiet, meditative walking experience. Birds singing always okay.

Worse are the inconsiderate pilgrims who blast their iPods while walking. During a stretch along a pristine riverside, I almost slugged a German pilgrim who was playing AC/DC at full volume, and singing along to it.

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

We teach our little groups this, our own American words to the song "Ultreia:"

We are pilgrims come from afar,
and we walk 'neath the Field of Stars.
Some are fast and some are slow.
We are going to Santiago.

Ultreia! Ultreia!
Ultreia! Ultreia!

Do not ask us the time or the day,
We will tell you we just couldn't say.
There is only one thing that we know;
We are going to Santiago!

Ultreia! Ultreia!
Ultreia! Ultreia!

I'm gonna steal this Annie! I will add some nice chords to it. Thx...Ed

 

[pattymo97206]

We teach our little groups this, our own American words to the song "Ultreia:"

We are pilgrims come from afar,
and we walk 'neath the Field of Stars.
Some are fast and some are slow.
We are going to Santiago.

Ultreia! Ultreia!
Ultreia! Ultreia!

Do not ask us the time or the day,
We will tell you we just couldn't say.
There is only one thing that we know;
We are going to Santiago!

Ultreia! Ultreia!
Ultreia! Ultreia!

That song was kinda my mantra while walking alone many days. Got me through the tough parts. Course, then there's the spontaneous sing along in Rabanal. Never forget that one.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Hehe Patty!
Yes.
Songs from the 60's and 70's.
Priceless!

 

[lindseh]

Whenever there's a guitar around I guarantee you'll hear some U2, The Beatles or Leonard Cohen. Universally loved.

 

[smj6]

Try "De Colores!". We met a lady from Arizona who was singing this, at Fromista. She seemed surprised when a couple of Kiwis from New Zealand joined her in the chorus!

Canta el gallo, canta el gallo
Con el quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri.
La gallina, la gallina
Con el cara, cara, cara, cara, cara.
Los pollitos/polluelos, los pollitos/polluelos
Con el pío, pío, pío, pío, pí.
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí!

- Mantissa, Camino 2004

This is a well known song sung at many Cursillo retreats - where we also use the word: Ultreia!! S

 

[smj6]

Hi,

On the Breton St James Association website home page (Click HERE) you can listen to the "Tous les matins" song by the Breton St James choir. (A video HERE)

The lyrics HERE.

Théo

Check out the following link http://www.elcaminosantiago.com/Camino-Santiago-Spirituality.htm
S