*RTH* Thin Lizzy - Roisin dubh (black rose)

Vleertje schreef:Klassiekertje maar dat hoeft niet meteen tot hoge cijfers te leiden. Ik vind dit op zijn tijd wel lekker maar echt goed vind ik het niet. 6

The track, "Róisín Dubh", consists of traditional songs, all arranged by Lynott and Moore, as well as many original parts. The song "Will You Go Lassie, Go" (Wild Mountain Thyme) is sometimes mistakenly credited as a traditional song, but was in fact written by William McPeake, and first recorded by Francis McPeake (and is credited on the album to F. McPeak).

"Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend"
I. "Shenandoah"
II. "Will You Go Lassie Go"
III. "Danny Boy"
IV. "The Mason's Apron"  

I - "Oh Shenandoah" (also called simply "Shenandoah", or "Across the Wide Missouri") is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin, dating at least to the early 19th century. The song appears to have originated with Canadian and American voyageurs or fur traders traveling down the Missouri River in canoes, and has developed several different sets of lyrics. Some lyrics refer to the Native American chief "Shenandoah" (Oskanondonha) and a canoe-going trader who wants to marry his daughter. By the mid 1800s versions of the song had become a sea shanty heard or sung by sailors in various parts of the world.

II - "Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is a folk song written by Francis McPeake, a member of a well known musical family in Belfast, Ireland, and is of Scottish origin.[1] McPeake's lyrics are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810), a contemporary of Robert Burns. Tannahill's original song, first published in Robert Archibald Smith's Scottish Minstrel (1821–24), is about the hills (braes) around Balquhidder near Lochearnhead. Like Burns, Tannahill collected and adapted traditional songs, and "The Braes of Balquhither" may have been based on the traditional song "The Braes o' Bowhether".

III - "Danny Boy" is a ballad written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly and usually set to the Irish tune of the "Londonderry Air". It is most closely associated with Irish communities. Initially written to a tune other than "Londonderry Air", the words to "Danny Boy" were penned by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in Bath, Somerset in 1910. After his Irish-born sister-in-law Margaret (known as Jess) in the United States sent him a copy of "Londonderry Air" in 1913 (an alternative version has her singing the air to him in 1912 with different lyrics), Weatherly modified the lyrics of "Danny Boy" to fit the rhyme and meter of "Londonderry Air". Weatherly gave the song to the vocalist Elsie Griffin, who made it one of the most popular songs in the new century; and, in 1915, Ernestine Schumann-Heink produced the first recording of "Danny Boy". Jane Ross of Limavady is credited with collecting the melody of "Londonderry Air" in the mid-19th century from a musician she encountered.

IV - The Mason’s Apron is a traditional Irish reel, also known as Braes Of Glenorchy, Isla, Lowrie Tarrell, and Mason Laddie. Originally an eighteenth century English tune, it has long been popular in Ireland and appears to have been first recorded by New York accordion player John J. Kimmel in 1915. The earliest published version is found in Riley's Flute Melodies Vol 2 (New York : 1814 -1830), compiled by Edward Riley (1769-1829).  The reel rhythm is 4/4—that is, four quarter notes in every bar: ONE-two-three-four, ONE-two-three-four—usually composed of a mixture of quarter notes and eighth notes. In recent years The Mason’s Apron has been variously recorded in a melodic new-age style, as a hard-driving dance piece and with a jazz influence. There is nothing masonic about the music itself and, unfortunately, nothing is known of its early history that could identify it with Freemasonry. If it was in fact composed by a freemason, or intended to commemorate a masonic event, no clue remains.

Pas leren kennen via Orinoco-luisteraars die het aanvroegen  Als ik t hoor ga ik toch meeneurieën met de melodieën, waar het nummer dan toch ook wel sterk is. Echt voor de hoge cijfers komt t desondanks niet in aanmerking, maar de 7.5 gaat wel naar boven.