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Mutlu
by Gary E. Andrews - 04/15/24 07:08 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI4ykEuz2Q4Within this quiet glen, where folks from way back when are gathered here to spend, the years until time ends. Under bright moonlit skies and whipporwills soft cries, two young lover's arise, and dance a sad reprise.... hope sparkles in her eyes, and as their spirits rise, he sings her lullabyes, of love that never dies.
Sarah Bella Springer, let your kisses linger gently squeeze my fingers as I hold you close, we'll dance away the evening, till morning bids us leaving.. then I'll whisper that " I love you most."
She was just seventeeen, in Eighteen-eighty-three when true love came to be and filled her heart with glee, but spinal fever came, and quenched her passionate flame, as fate revoked his claim, to share with her his name.
Sarah Bella Springer, let your kisses linger, gently sqeeze my finger as I hold you close, we'll dance away the evening, till morning bids us leaving, when I'll whisper that I love you most... whisper that I love you most...
Then in that following year, he also dissapeared, another wagoneer, lost in the vast frontier, until they found his bones, and brought his body home, no longer left alone, from that one love he'd known.
They buried him quite near, his Sara Bella dear, and if you wander near, their graves at night you'll hear.
Sara Bella Springer, let your kisses linger gently squeeze my fingers as I hold you close, we'll dance away the evening, till morning bids us leaving, then I'll whisper that I love you most..... ......whisper that I love you most.
ArtWhimsically Yours Studio
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This song was written in a graveyard, upon discovering the grave of a young girl who died from spinal fever in 1883. It touches on all that she might have missed, in her short life span, and how perhaps true love does go on forever.~The music is written up now...Enjoy! Version Two: Thanks to Tammy's lovely contribution on this song with a different spin, a lilting haunting 1800's style of melody. He Loved Her Mostby MFB III and Tammy© 2010 Within this quiet glen, where folks from way back when are gathered here to spend, the years until time ends. Under bright moonlit skies and whipporwills soft cries, two young lover's arise, and dance a sad reprise.... hope sparkles in her eyes, and as their spirits rise, he sings her lullabyes, of love that never dies. (chorus) Sarah Bella Springer, lets her kisses linger gently squeezes his fingers as he holds her close, they'lll dance away the evening, till morning bids them leaving.. then he'll whisper that " he loved her most." She was just seventeeen, in Eighteen-eighty-three when true love came to be and filled her heart with glee, but spinal fever came, and quenched her passionate flame, as fate revoked his claim, to share with her his name. he whispered his goodbyes, laid a ring by her side each tear that he cried said he'd love her till he died (chorus) Sarah Bella Springer, lets her kisses linger gently squeezes his fingers as he holds her close, they'lll dance away the evening, till morning bids them leaving.. then he'll whisper that " he loved her most." In that following year, he also dissapeared, another wagoneer, lost in the vast frontier, until they found his bones, and brought his body home, no longer left alone, from that one love he'd known. They buried him quite near, his Sara Bella dear, and if you wander near, their graves at night you'll hear. (chorus) Sarah Bella Springer, lets her kisses linger gently squeezes his fingers as he holds her close, they'lll dance away the evening, till morning bids them leaving.. then he'll whisper that " he loved her most." _________________________ http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1038504~Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.~ TamsNumber4 Serious Contributor Registered: 05/19/10 Posts: 532 Loc: New England HE LOVED HER MOST by Tammy on SoundClick Here is the link, the lyrics are posted under MFB's in the main post above. _________________________ http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1038504~Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.~
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Well, I also found a grave and wrote a poem about it, so I understand that inspiration for sure!
I want to say that I'm sorry, I read the lyric, re-wrote it in my head and sang it more with a sort of irish folk song melody. Yours was wonderful as was the lyric, but sometimes, I just do that, make it my own....I do like it to sing it myself...you know that....
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Nice sentiment, MFB. Interesting video thru the cemetery!
I might change up the melody a bit too... thinking, thinking.
Verbally, Sarah Bella reads fine, but I kept finding myself almost hearing "Cerebellum." ;-p Sooooo... just sharing what I mis-heard.
Thanks for sharing!
Linda
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Ahh, but she truly was Sara Bella Springer, though she's not got much left of her cerebellum now.... and hey tam it could be Irish, she quite possibly was, I couldn't dig deep enough to find out. She was a housekeeper for family who simply perished at the tender of 17 from spinal fever, and that story moved me to give her the love in song that life failed to. Now she is immortalized on youtube, and here and other places as well, where my fans in Norway, Great Brittain, France, and yes Ireland as well as Italy, might find it a bit of blarney in style as well. I would love to hear your version Tam, and Linda, yours as well if you have any thoughts. It needes need a woman's touch, cause it is about an almost woman, who never really got the chance. I will even be happy to post them on this post, to show the many ways songwriters look at a body of work.~~~MFB III
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Well cool! I'll think about it - I'm not quite recording my voice yet but I'm almost there... if I have ideas on it I'll let you know. I appreciate that's her real name.... still... might be a spot to either fictionalize it just a touch or, shorten it to "B" as is on her gravestone. I'm thinking the Irish folk melody or that sort of Leadbelly folk sound might be a great idea too. Feel free to email the WAV or MP3 backing to me if you want, and if I get a chance, I can play with it.... You should listen to where I'm at vocally on my Soundclick tho before you do that and see if I have a sound you're interested in. http://www.soundclick.com/lindaofficial Linda
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"Sarah B" may make her more mysterious too..... and leave off Springer.... keeping her full name in the liner notes.
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Hmmm that would have saved me having to rhyme springer with linger and fingers, but she might just haunt me for such an act...lol ..she's buried not too far from my homestead...if I get time I will e-mail you the soundtrack...maybe this week, but hey I know where your vocals are at. I look at the heart of the song though, never the vocals, if it's got heart, it's a song, if it's got vocals it's just icing on the Take. LOL thanks for your Kind comments.~~~MFB III
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Hey, Tammy.... Thanks for the haunting melody that seems as if if came up through the mists of time to tell her story...his-story. I am going to post both versions....and cherish each. I truly appreciate your interest in this song....It is one that is dear to my heart. I was always a bit of a folk artist more then anything, and you have captured that feeling well~~~MFB III
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Thank you. The story inspired me, and as always...you do too.
Tammy
Please be forgiving...I did a few lyric adjustments last night and worked on it for about an hour and recorded it this morning...I understand there will be issues with my version that time didn't allow me to work out...
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This is very cool. I wasn't expecting that accent!
Tammy, I thought you were going to be singing it too, I didn't find that though.
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HE LOVED HER MOST by Tammy on SoundClick Here is the link, the lyrics are posted under MFB's in the main post above.
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Aww there it is. Tammy it's beautiful as I've come to expect nothing less from you. Dottie
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I enjoyed both versions. I always like Tammy's vocals, and the lyrics are slightly erry, hauntingly sad, yet enjoyable.
It is funny how so many stories can come from the visit to a graveyard. I had written one about a famous murder in the 1800's about Naomi Wise, who died near here, sadly murdered by her lover.
I would LOVE to one day hear Irish style music set to it, as I think it would be so fitting. It would be even more a tearjerker, with music similiar to Titanic soundtrack added...
Very nice job to both of you!!!:)
Kimberly
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MFB & Tammy: No offense, but I thought Tammy's vocal more pleasant. The lyrics were well done, but I'll pick one nit. "Spinal fever"?!! Even if it's true, no one of this century has ever heard of it. It breaks the spell; I immediately wanted to go go a medical reference book. How about "deadly fever" or something else? Nice job, though. Really loved the "dance away the evening" line at the end, it gave me chills. Ott
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well Ott...she died of menhingitis, and if I'm going to speak ills of the dead at least I'm going to tell the truth...lol... and it was a deadly fever. Thanks for the listen, Tammy's voice is lovely, and I am always honored to share a song with her.... ~~~MFB III
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MFB: It just ocurred to me why "spinal fever" bothered me. A small, but still awake, portion of my brain referenced "spinal tap". I think it was a movie . . . ""This is spinal tap" . . . no wonder the line didn't work for me! Ott
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Hmmm, That makes sense, I have had a spinal tap, it's like someone playing wipeout on your back if they don't insert the needle just right. Amazingly...little known trivia, it is used for menhingitis to determine whether it is viral or bacterial, one can kill you and is contagious, and the other is bad but it isn't deadly.Sadly they didn't have such skills when Sarah got sick. And hey "Spinal tap" wasa great movie. LOL~~~MFB III I'm going to bed, my spine is killing me..I'll catch a couple of your songs tomorrow. Thanks for the revisit and the bump.~~~
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Dottie, Kim and Ott,
I appreciate the listen and your kind words, I can't say enough how these lyrics inspired me, I have done my own family's genealogy and have sone work for other families. The two lines I added to the lyric are from my own family history
he whispered his goodbyes, laid a ring by her side each tear that he cried said he'd love her till he died
My Great grandmother's sister was in love and found out she was losing her eyesight and she killed herself so as not to be a burden on everyone and the man who loved her walked in and laid her engagement ring in the coffin and said " I would have married you anyway, I loved you" and walked out.
So, I had a small extra interest in this one as well, MFB brings out the best in me...LOL!
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Oh Tammy, that is so very sad! It is funny, not as in haha, but odd, that many of us have song ideas in or from our own families. Thanks for sharing KIM
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Kim,
I understand, you and I get inspired from similar things, I think it is neat to blend these two stories into a song, I like to think of singing out their past revives their spirits and our own souls.
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MFB & Tammy, I love the idea. Very creative. Tammy, your voice... What can I say. Always a treat! Now you've just got to get the music and the vocal into the same recording. But when you do, I know it will be great!!!! For some reason, another haunting melody comes to mind. Ever heard of Ashokan Farewell, by Jay ungar? Here's a recording of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hyoYQ7EMdYIt's about a haunting a melody as they come... I look forward to hearing the finished product! Thanks for sharing your work, -Paul
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This is Stella Moffitt and Anna Moffitt (seated) Anna is my Great Grandmother and her sister Stella is the girl I refer to above who killed herself, her story is woven into my version of this song and I wanted to give her "props" We sing their stories because they cannot.
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Wow Tammy, what a cool picture! Look at those dresses:)
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Paul,
Thanks for stopping by and appreciate the kind words as always!
I do hope to get some nice music to this that complement the folk sound of it, not sure I know many who do that kind of music.
I am familiar with the melody you posted, good one!
Tammy
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Kinberly, Paul and dottie, thanks for your great comments to Tammy, she is about to rerelease the lyrics in a new version, and your help was appreciated.~~~MFB III
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