my mum often sings this at folk festivals, but without musical accompaniment. It's simply chilling listening to her version. she sings a lot faster than this though, almost like the hearts of those lads that get sent off to war
sorry , i understand . bela bartok is an hungarian name , maybe from transylvania . i love a lot irvine's music . it was just an opinion , not a criticism . anyway , congratulation for posting orthodox hymns .
I want to be Romanian.
starryday100 3 months ago
my mum often sings this at folk festivals, but without musical accompaniment. It's simply chilling listening to her version. she sings a lot faster than this though, almost like the hearts of those lads that get sent off to war
Mixedia 3 months ago
The rhythm and harmonies are Bulgarian. The dance is a paidushko rhythm: quick slow, quick slow, or "limping dance".
Ratchenitsa 1 year ago
Great song. How old is it ?
PaskaJarkko 2 years ago
The English part is from the times of the Napoleonian wars.The Romanian,before the early part of 20th century.The release by Andy is from 1980.
mardimitriou 2 years ago
sorry , but it's not a romanian song , maybe it's sounds like a gipsy one
flura1 3 years ago
Andy notes:"This one started as a Romanian song collected by Bela Bartok
in the early part of this century. A friend of mine, Jane Cassidy from
Kilkeel, Co. Down and myself re-wrote it a few times and put it to a
Bulgarian dance-song tune (When a dance is danced to singing, the singers
themselves also dance). This song is in Paidushka rhythm 5/16."
mardimitriou 3 years ago
sorry , i understand . bela bartok is an hungarian name , maybe from transylvania . i love a lot irvine's music . it was just an opinion , not a criticism . anyway , congratulation for posting orthodox hymns .
flura1 3 years ago
Thank you!
mardimitriou 3 years ago
@flura1 the name of the song is romanian song, nothing else, yes.
fedayachild07 1 year ago
A powerful antiwar message and a great song.
ChristianAnarchist3 3 years ago