With all the discussion that's centered around this
Song/tuneAmazing Grace ( and intriguing depth thereof ) I was just
wondering if anyone know's how well the words work with the theme music
of "Gilligans Island". This was brought to my attention several years
ago and stuck with me.
Philip W writes:
| > From: Keith W Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| > Subject: [scots-l] The Silvery Voe
| > I've searched the web over and can't find the abc's or a gif or jpg of
| > this tune, "The Silvery Voe". It's a Shetland tune on Tom Andersons/Aly
| > Bain's CD "The Sliver Bow". Does anyone hav
> From: Keith W Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [scots-l] The Silvery Voe
> I've searched the web over and can't find the abc's or a gif or jpg of
> this tune, "The Silvery Voe". It's a Shetland tune on Tom Andersons/Aly
> Bain's CD "The Sliver Bow". Does anyone have this in one of these
>
>Amazing Grace's entry in The Fiddler's Companion on the Ceolas site states
>that in Beyond the Hebrides, edited by Donald Fergusson, there is the
>following:
>"Since the melody is that of a bag-pipe tune and is a gapped-scale melody
>with a distinctly modal, plain-song character, it is v
> Speaking of old books, I found one in my mother's house. [...] It is
> not dated. Called "Scotland Calling in 50 Scottish Songs", it has both
> staff notation and sol-fa. For someone who has only a vague knowledge
> of sol-fa, this is rather like finding the rosetta stone.
> The book was publish
