25 April 2021

igenlode: The pirate sloop 'Horizon' from "Treasures of the Indies" (Default)
I came across an unexpected novelty songsheet from 1949; someone had put words to the "Country Gardens" morris (of Percy Grainger fame), and unlike most attempts at making a popular song out of a well-known tune by fitting a few trite rhymes to it (themes from famous sonatas being prime candidates for this treatment), it's actually quite an effective little lyric for the music.
I like the phrase about 'give a coin and lose a frown', which is both an unexpected rhyme and a neat poetic turn. And writing "dance till the sun is going down" instead of the more predictable "dance until the sun goes down" shows sensitivity to the stress and mood of the melody at that point.

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igenlode: The pirate sloop 'Horizon' from "Treasures of the Indies" (Default)
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