The Wailin' Jennys - The Parting Glass
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Beautiful. You all need to check out A Cub Bella sing it.... inspriational.
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If you don't "get it", watch the movie, "Waking Ned Devine". A bit of sadness, a bit of cheer, and above all raising the parting glass.
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@jros83 - Perhaps for you. I have attended too many sad funerals. At *my* funeral, I want others to celebrate how I lived my life, regardless of whether they feel loss. In time, their pain will heal - but my funeral will only occur once - so may as well recount the good times we had, even though it may be through tears.
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@LincTexPilot i think you fail to grasp the impact and poignancy of wishing joy to others in a time of loss and sadness.
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oh my gawd... this makes my heart swell.. THIS is music.
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I like the version sung by Emer Kenny
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the Clancy Brothers always sang this bitter-sweet...half-smile cadence!
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It's in three parts.
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Is this two part of three part harmony? I need to learn the lower? But im not sure whether there are two different lowery harmonies?
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You will all hate me for saying this, but I don't think the song should be sung so sorrowful. It is meant to be sang joyfully! When you raise a "parting glass" to the memory of someone, you don't think of times of sorrow, you are supposed to think of all the good times you had with that person. It is OK to feel loss, but the memories of someone you love should be joyful ones. It even says it in the lyrics: "Goodnight, and joy be to you all".
LincTexPilot 3 years ago 18
actually, the song has its roots both in scotland and in ireland. the earliest printed version is from 1770 in a broadside chapbook titled 'scots songs'. the song was known to have existed in scotland for at least a century before that. but at that time, the song traditions in both countries was extremely close, and the song was popularly sung both in scotland and ireland.
tunnagbheag 2 years ago 10