Tune: Kingsfold
('I heard the voice of Jesus say')
Adapted with permission from 'Alpine Melody'
poem by Alan S. Jeeves
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Upon high, an Alpine pasture
Gleams golden with the sun
A herd of cattle grazing there
Enjoy the morning fun
Some chewing and too some mooing
And rolling in the grass
Some to-ing, fro-ing, and dancing
Close by the mountain pass
Higher up there the peaks are snowed
But here it's yellow bright
Sundrops showering on the land
Contrasting with the white
The greenness of the fertile fields
Providing bovine lunch
The goodness there in the grasslands
Sustains the happy bunch
And if you do move amongst them
About this time of day
Your eyes will see the band, full well
Your ears will her them play
These maestros they of the cowbell
'Tis worn around the neck
Resounding in the gentle breeze
And swaying as they trek
They play their tune, so merrily
A melody to share
An echo sounds in the valley
Invades the yodeled air
So play away on the cowbell
For everyone to hear
Play them here and there, and too then
Do play them far and near
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: February 8th, 2020 02:58
- Comment from author about the poem: A poem that can be sung in 8.6.8.6. 8.6.8.6. metre. I have only adapted this slightly, mostly with joining words of 'and', 'too', etc, to make up the syllables per line. Plus a sort of Alpine scene in the clip - well, country anyway!
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Comments3
Hi Steve.
A fine job made of this. I hope that you had lots of fun with it, as much as I did. It's good to swap notes with you and I hope that we can do it again sometime soon. We've milked this one for all it's worth!
Ex animo, Alan
Nice piece of music also Steve. I played this on electric guitar today in E minor (as it is here) and sounds okay. Thanks for introducing me to it.
Ex animo, Alan
Thanks Alan. I dunno if it's E minor or a Morris Minor - oh, uncultured me! It is a sort of folk-like tune.
Yes Steve. A folk-like tune in E minor
Thanks Alan. Ahh, it's a tune, not a car! The 'Minor' bit. Hope the clip is somewhat Alpine. Well, better than a view, say, from the back of the Co-op? Being very random here. lol.
Yes I see what you are saying Steve, but the back of the Co-op was very important to me when I was a teenager.
Ex animo, Alan
ANGELA HERE - Good Sabbath - Rabbi Steve - Thanks for sharing two beauties in ONE POST ! Love the Video - Hymn & Visual - very soothing in a Minor Key ! Love the Poem - I love all Alans Poems always beautifully honed in both Form & Function - Well Done - EXCELLENT - Im on Cloud NINE !
Blessings to You & Sleepy Snoopy - Amen !
Love in the Spirit Angela & Brian 🧡🧡🧡
Thanks B&A. Since when was I Jewish?! heehee.
Good adaptation Orchi. It worked well.
Andy
Thanks Gold.
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