Mulberry Days ~ Russell Watson

A Variation on the theme of Mulberry Days.

Once upon a time, [1991] the BBC had a subtle sitcom called Mulberry days. Our local PBS has currently resurrected it, and I remembered the theme music as a musical worm from sixteen years ago as being simple, but very pretty as a melodic line. Thus this somewhat singular variation.
It was a quirky story about a manservant, [Mulberry] who is in fact, an apprentice Grim Reaper who has come to the grand house to usher Miss Farnaby into the next world, but in a happy way. To me, the content and music qualifies as to [or being capable of] becoming English Folklore ~ perhaps ~ maybe ~ a century hence.[t.i.c.]
You folks are lucky I do not sing ~ here are the lyrics for you to sing and fit into the tune :)

Some say they touch the Sky
Some say they see the Wind,
A whisper of Spring is near,
Can you hear it say
These are Mulberry days ?

Some say they'll understand
Some hold an open hand,
A shimmer of moonlit haze,
Can you hear it say
These are Mulberry days ?
These are Mulberry days.

With thanks to Chris's; Adonis & Nicolaides

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• PBS
• Britcoms
• Folk_Guitar
• Music
• Guitar
• Folk_Music

[somesistersRmean]

can u post the cords? i love how mulberry sings that ibought the dvd at amazon .com

[RussellK9]

@somesistersRmean

Hi ssrm ~ It wasn’t really a performance, I was just extemporising from memory ‘cos I loved the show and the music, [circa 1992] basically in the key of C, ♫♪♫♪ღ♥☺

[sguitar]

Hey Russell,

nice piece I never had heard it before...Very lovely!! ANd of course great playing!! Sarah :-)

[RussellK9]

Thank you Sarah. ☺

[Gangly1]

Wow. I remember this on and the theme. Great stuff.

5 stars.

Paul

[RussellK9]

Thank you Paul.

[shatteredfairy16]

Thank You!!! I love Mulberry and the song is just amazing. Seriously, Thank You, I love the variations.

[michaeljholme]

Excellent, I've already Subscribed in anticipation of it coming up. Please send it to me anyway though if you do it.

Mike

[kaijukidsam]

Absolutely fantastic, sir. you do the song proud!

[PKacey]

It was a beautiful tune and very well played here - thank you.

[54spiritblade]

Im watching mullberry now on PBS I really like it, how old is it anyway its on everynite at 7;30 hope they show all the episodes

[artcloud]

great theme..great playing...loved that show

[schu00]

I love the show Mulberry, and your version of this theme song. Thanks for sharing!

[elfloveisforever]

I loved that programme so much and no one ever seems to remember it. Thanks.

[GuitarRomancer]

Hi Russell, Very sweet tune, with interesting yet simple and pretty harmony. I like the melody when it goes into the bass strings . What kind of guitar do you play? It has a very rich and full sound, of course that's mostly you bringing the tone out of it. Thanks for sharing! Best, GR

[kincaide67]

I commented before on this, but I felt it necessary to comment again. I need to order this programme on dvd - and I was telling my wife about my remembrance of the show and what I knew about it, which wasn't much ... but I DID remember the theme song. And I remembered how calming the show felt to me...even in Texas. So I was trying to explain the premise & I said, well listen to the theme song. So I had to punch up Your version of the theme! Such beautiful playing. Thank you.