Ukulele & Bass Saxophone duet : Roses Of Picardy

Roses Of Picardy
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Hein Overbeek - ukulele & Bert Brandsma - bass saxophone put together their Martin instruments.
Roses Of Picardy
Roses of Picardy
by Frederick Weatherly




She is watching by the poplars
Colinette with the sea blue eyes
She is watching and longing and waiting
Where the long white roadway lies
And a song stirs in the silence
As the wind in the boughs above
She listens and starts and trembles
'Tis the first little song of love

Roses are shining in Picardy
In the hush of the silver dew
Roses are flowering in Picardy
But there's never a rose like you
And the roses will die with the summer time
And our roads may be far apart
But there's one rose that dies not in Picardy
'Tis the rose that I keep in my heart

And the years fly on forever
Til the shadows veil their sighs
But he loves to hold her little hand
And look in her sea blue eyes.
And he sees the rose by the poplars
Where they met in the bygone years
For the first little song of the roses
Is the last little song she hears

She is watching by the poplars
Colinette with the sea blue eyes
She is watching and longing and waiting
Where the long white roadway lies
And a song stirs in the silence
As the wind in the boughs above
She listens and starts and trembles
'Tis the first little song of love.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. It may be copyrighted outside the U.S.

The ukulele (pronounced /ˌoohːkooˈlaylay/, from Hawaiian: ʻukulele), variantly spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK), or alternately abbreviated uke, is a chordophone classified as a plucked lute; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four strings or four courses of strings.[1]

The ukulele originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian interpretation of small Portuguese guitar called cavaquinho (not to be confused with the so called Portuguese guitar). It gained great popularity elsewhere in the United States during the early 20th century, and from there spread internationally.

Tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction. Ukuleles come in four sizes, Soprano, Concert, Tenor, and Baritone.

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[70FighterGuy]

Does the bass sax have a key kinda like the bari has a low a? For the lowest notes?

[ABrandsma]

@70FighterGuy Modern models like the current Selmer, include low A. There exists a Brazilian brand that offers even till low G. Vintage horns like my 1940 Conn, or the Martin shown in this video go to low Bb.

[ELOCN]

Beautiful! "Roses of Picardy" is mentioned in Daphne Du Maurier's novel Rebecca.

[ABrandsma]

Thanks for listening,

Kind regards,

Bert Brandsma

[Harrybot]

Was this the original instrumentation? Or did you just decide to play it with a ukulele and bass saxophone? It seems like two instruments unlike to play together.

[ABrandsma]

No, it wasn't the original instrumentation. We both happened to have an instrument with the name Martin on it, and just wanted to find out what would happen playing them together.

So we looked up some nice pieces that I hadn't put on youtube in other settings.

[funkadelication]

two excellent and obscure instruments combined into a beautiful duet in other words

thats a sick nasty duet dudes!

[logophile]

That was really great!! Nice playing both!

[scootersalih]

fantastic! the combination of instruments is very hot :)

[Hitamaru]

That guy has nice technique and tone on that Bass Sax 0_0

[DjangoVanGogh]

Didn't know bass sax was quite so agile....or whatever the word is.

Unusual instrument combination. Sounds fresh!

[manabozho]

Congratulations--an original and improbable pairing. Different Martin families, but interesting parallels. CF Martin, guitar builder. came to the US @ end of the 1700's to escape the German violin-maker guilds. He'd been here a half-century when John Martin, the sax maker came, likely for similar reasons.

[HarborGuy]

Great! - Only one thing though the song was from WW1 and I think it was meant to be romantic not as a swing number..

[Parsons4sax]

that was so funny