Oak and Ash and Thorn (Acapella) Traditional English Song

[pansarblack]

Oh my Gods that was amazing! :) Personally I like the fast versions but your voice is beautiful and clear and I really liked it.

(Just on a side note... it is spelt Phoenix XP)

[voivodvlad1]

Beautiful rendition-I must use this come this Beltaine. Blessed Be! )O(

[Spencerdoken]

I'm especially fond of the last line :)

[Spencerdoken]

Absolutely lovely. Your voice has such a natural richness to it...beautiful :)

[InkPheonix]

@Spencerdoken thank you, means so much when people take the time to comment! Especially when I just put this up as a reference as I found other covers a bit on the fast side :) thanks

[Spencerdoken]

@InkPheonix Well, reference or not, it's lovely :) Also, it's wonderful to hear such a good singer using a range other than soprano.

[zboston3]

Catchy just with the voice. Now hunt up a few musicians to back you up and you'll be the Queen of the festival.

[InkPheonix]

@zboston3 I wish! One of the drawbacks to being a social recluse ;) thanks for the comment :D

[Sundragon457]

wonderful! beautiful song, very well sung!!

[InkPheonix]

@Sundragon457 thank you for stopping by and for the nice comment :-) glad you liked it!

[badjemima]

This is lovely.  Thank you.

[InkPheonix]

@badjemima Thank you for watching and for the nice comment :)

[TheMeloukinha]

im doing a show and im singing this <3 thanks for posting your version ;)

[InkPheonix]

@TheMeloukinha would love to hear it! Thanks for the comment :)

[brentenireland]

This is awesome although I keep hearing a bodhran beat behind it.

[InkPheonix]

@brentenireland Thanks for the comment! :)

[InkPheonix]

I am not wiccan either. I am pagan. :) thanks for the comments! Interesting

[JulioMarco]

By the way, in the beginning of his career, Kipling had one of his texts rejected by an editor, who said he had no ability to manipulate the english language...

...needless to say that I do not remember the name of the editor who despised a text written by the great Joseph Rudyard Kipling. ;)

[JulioMarco]

"(...)and your bowl IS SPILLED(...)"

This is a rather crude, but very appropriate and well placed way to say "when you are done drinking" (Kipling is wonderful, isn't he?). :)

"(...)don't tell the priest our plight, FOR he would call it a sin(...)"

I have this form considered to be the original one, but "or" would not change the meaning, of course.

Other than the few points I mentioned, it is great!

Congratulations and blessed be (even though I am not a wiccan myself)!

[JulioMarco]

Very good!

Allow me a few notes in the poem: "(...)lived many a day OR ever Aeneas begun(...)"

That is a way to say that, should there be no Oak trees, Aeneas would have never begun his journey (for he would have no ship to sail).

"(...)witness hereby the ANCIENTRY(...)"

In the few verses before this phrase, Kipling has shown the ancientry of the noble trees: their connections to the long gone past and their part in History.

(to be continued...)

[teenzo]

That sounded beautiful! I liked your play with the melody too. :D

[InkPheonix]

@teenzo Thanks for the comment, after looking for other versions on youtube I wanted to do something softer that people may find easier to sing along with. Glad you liked it :) thanks for stopping by!

[TheClownCentral]

nice my lady

[bobtulip48]

A super performance. Keep them coming. Bob

[chrisbass48]

Am ganna share this on Fyecebook!