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MP3s - Singalong!
If you like singing along then take the opportunity below! Listen or download music and lyrics, or watch the video.
We have lots of SongShares planned right across Orkney’s Mainland, South Isles and North Isles. They take the format of a short informal concert of Orkney songs (as seen above) performed by Aimee Leonard (also on bodhran), Sarah Jane Gibbon and Emily Turton, as well as any musicians we are able to round up for each performance! Who knows who you’re going to see! Anyone who wants to perform is encouraged to come up and join in. The whole thing is very informal – we don’t use the stage and only use microphones and amps to amplify the sound. If we could sing loud enough without them we probably would! It’s a fantastic way to spend a Saturday afternoon, in the company of good music and friendly folk. You’ll even get a free cuppa and a biscuit or two!
Each Song Share has a workshop where everyone is encouraged to join in and learn an Orkney song. You’ll find some of our tunes and lyrics below, together with a couple of old Orkney tunes. “The Isle of Erin” (lyrics available here) was a song written in 1908 and was found in the Orkney Library and Archive sung by Sydney Scott. It was rearranged, and is now available on the Song Shop cd Fruteetee, together with “Hoy’s Dark and Lofty Isle”, (lyrics available here) another song found in the archives. For more information on this beautiful song, click here.
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Hoy's Dark and Lofty Isle and the Isle of Erin are sung by the Song Shop, but all the rest are sung by the workshop singers at our SongShare Events. These recordings may be only the first or second time everyone had ever sung that particular song!
LYRICS! Also available in the LibraryIsle of Erin : Hoy's Dark and Lofty Isle : The Orcadian Boatman's Song Greenland Whaling Fishery : Hurrah for the Orkneys An Orcadian Cradle Song : The Nobleman's Wedding/The Unconstant Lover I'll Hang my Harp in a Willow Tree : The Bride's Lament The Hamars o' Syradale : Elwick Bay : The dreadful end of Marianna for sorcery : The Rousay Lullaby Eday Song : Oh Dear Oh : Leaving Stronsay : The New Year Song
Go to the next page for more information on the Workshop songs!
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