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Yes you hear the hymn Amazing Grace sung to the tune NEW BRITAIN but it could be sung to any tune that has the same meter. It’s why traditional hymnals have a tune index, and a metrical index, in the back. Wiki says the hymn Amazing Grace (published in 1779) is traditionally associated with more than 20 tunes.
Amazing grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I’m found; Was blind, but now I see. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fear relieved. How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed. Through many dangers, toils and snares, We have already come. ’Twas grace that ...
Like flow’rs that grace the wild, She did her sweets impart, Whene’er she spoke or smil’d. Her looks they were so mild, Free from affected pride, She me to love beguil’d; I wish’d her for my bride. O had I all the wealth Hopeton’s high mountains fill, Insur’d long life and health, And pleasure at my will; I’d promise and fulfil,
A traditional Irish march with eleven settings and twenty-two comments that has been added to four hundred and forty-five tunebooks.
A traditional Irish reel with thirty-three settings and ninety-seven comments that has been added to six thousand, nine hundred and forty-three tunebooks.
Father O’Flynn jig. Also known as At The Top Of Cork Road, At The Top Of The Cork Road, Father O Flynn, Father O’Flynn’s, Fr. O’Flynn, Lasses Of Scotland, On The Top Of Cork Road, The Rollicking Irishman, Ten Penny Bit, The Top Of Cork Road, The Top Of The Cork Road, The Yorkshire Lasses.
The Arran Boat Song waltz. Also known as Aran Boat Song, The Aran Boat Song, The Aran Boat, The Arran Boat, Highland Boat Song, Push Off Push Off, Put Off And Row Wi’ Speed, Queen Mary’s Escape From Loch Leven Castle. There are 25 recordings of this tune. The Arran Boat Song has been added to 60 tune sets.
O’Sullivan’s March jig There are 24 other names for this tune. Also known as A Rock And A Wee Pickle Tow, The Burnt Old Man, Captain Collins, Did You See My Man, The First Clan March Of The O’Sullivans, Lilliburlero, Máirseáil Uí Shúilleabháin, Mairseail Ui Shulleabhain, March Of The O’Sullivans, The March Of The O’Sullivans, O’Sullivan’s, O’Sullivan’s Clan, The Old Hag ...
Yes, Jimmy Driftwood wrote the lyrics in order to get his students interested in history. He was a high school teacher in Arkansas. Jimmy recorded the tune along with others in 1958. Johnny Horton recorded it the next year, using the lyrics posted above - his is the most well-known recording of the song.
Well I’ve just heard Kevin Burke’s later version on Up Close (in a set with Tuttles - another favourite of mine - and The Bunch of Green Rushes) and it is amazing too. Brings out a whole different set of qualities from the same tune. Kevin Burke is without doubt a genius.