Northumbrian Smallpipes - Nature Boy / My Dad Paddy - Chris Evans

Two tunes:

"Nature Boy", words (see below) and music by Eden Ahbez (based probably on Herman Yablakoff's "Sveig Mein Härtz" ("Be Still My Heart"), itself most likely derived from Antonín Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, op. 81, B. 155)

"My Dad Paddy" by Eilidh Shaw, which can be heard on the 2003 Poozies album "Changed Days Same Roots".

Arranged for and played on Northumbrian smallpipes by Chris Evans.

Pipes made by Nigel Barlow.

There was a boy...
A very strange enchanted boy.
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea,
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he.

And then one day,
One magic day, he passed my way.
And while we spoke of many things,
Fools and kings,
This he said to me,
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• Northumbrian
• smallpipes
• bagpipes
• pipes
• bellows
• NSP
• Chris
• Evans
• Nature
• Boy
• My
• Dad
• Paddy
• Eden
• Ahbez
• Eilidh
• Shaw

[Midnight2ndLife]

Gosh, seems a hard instrument to play...So many different things to think about. Keep the bag filled with air, keep a steady pressure on the bag and play. Lovely job : )

[Seamus616]

beautiful, truley álainn.. i cann see the connections between this and the predescessor of the Irish Uilleann pipes.

[seonidh]

The reason they play with their fingers is that it keeps the rest of the fingers away from the rather complex key work also the posture showed off the ruffs of the gentlemen pipers sleeves when they played. Its a border tradition. My family are both Northumbrian and Scottish and played these pipes on both sides of the border.

[seonidh]

Northumberland and its music has enjoyed a great and ancient history with Scotland. The border for centuries wasnt fixed and they share a tradition in smallpiping. The northumbrian variety of pipe stopped off the chanter and put keys on. A thing you could do with the scottish smallpipes if someone could be bothered.

[andypearlfisher]

As a scot ,I never thought that English folk music could be so soulful and moving but you have proved me wrong. More Please!

[Chikin1ninjas]

How strange. I play Highland pipes, and I use the flats of my fingers to cover the holes, while you are using the tips. I had no idea you're supposed to play Northumbrians like that.

You're very good though, this sounds great.

[Chow2Productions]

Cool! Do you play the highland pipes also?