it is graeme Alwright's song a new zealand singer exiled in France since seventies
Alwright Graeme was one of pillars of the folk movement in France with other expatriates as Steve Waring, Roger Mason,Gary Peterson
This song is an adaptation of " Take me home" of johnny Cash It s a Hobo song and the French lyrics are rather close to original song;
I put a next time the lyrics in english and french bilingual can judge it :)
I would play this song for using a Autoharp: it s an old instrument not usual...and a horror for the tuning :( :( :(
you can see autoharp in picture in allowed file
Nice one JP, you are some musician my friend. I am glad I dont have to tune that auto harp. ;D
Thanks for sharing.........
Alex
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Une Belle Chanson, chanté dans la plus belle langue du monde.
Fabulous!
Didn't understand a word, but that didn't spoil my enjoyment one little bit. Love the sound of that autoharp, and the accordion in the background just adds to the cool French vibe of the piece. Bravo!
Very cool. The suspect tuning adds a lot of character.
I was given a nice autoharp years ago. I remember buy a tool at Home Depot that fit the pegs and painstakingly tuned that damn thing for quite a while. I don't think I've used it since. I have dreams of tuning it to some chord and using it like the sympathetic strings on a sitar, but I'm afraid of tuning it again.
Loved the ending of this, by the way.
Blooby
thank all the friends..
YES Blooby apart size, the tuning of the autoharp is also difficult as a piano!!!! >:( >:( >:( >:(
hours of works for tuning!! it 's not an nstrument very using in live :D :D :D
Actually I can tune in auto harp in about half an hour with a good chromatic tuner and a tune wrench. Tuning wrenches are $5-7 dollars on Amazon and I would encourage you to get one if you don't already have one. I like the song a lot, your voice, guitar and accordion are sweet but that harp is just a bit too out on the upper strings for my ear.
I put my harp on the table with my iPhone (pano tuner app-free and the absolute best tuner) next to it and just go string by string. The strings are named right there on the side. took me maybe an hour the first time but now 30 min. easy. I do hope I never break a string!
I've never recorded with mine but have thought about it often. I use mine a few times a year for teaching purposes and have used in my live show many times. I rigged up a strap but I really find it uncomfortable to play, cool for the audience (kids and families) but miserable for me.
I do like your tune a lot and if you can tune your Autoharp a bit tighter it will be really great.
Rock on!
I didn't know this one, but I like it so much, Jean-Pierre.
Great combination of instruments here, and that autoharp sounds splendid!
Alfredo
bravo! bravo!
i want an autoharp!
the comparative lyyrics in original song by Johnny Cash..and cover in french by Graeme Alwright
as you see It is rather faithfully adapted in French ... just the name of cities are changed
Nantes, Besançon, Brest Monaco LaRochelle in french , Boston, LA Frisco, NY Washington in english...
Johnny Cash lyrics:
Well I've been from Boston to LA seen Boulder Dam and Frisco Bay
I seen New York City and Washington
Seen Montreal and Saskatchewan and Rhode Island
And I've worked in three all night service stations and I drove a truck
Take me home my heart is heavy and my feet are sore
Take me home I don't wanna roam no more
Well I slept all night in a water trough
Had the flu and the croup and the whoopin' cough
Had the mumps and the measles and the seven years itch
And I can't count the times that I've had a cold and a sore throat
Not to mention all the times that I cut my fingers on a sardine can
Take me home my heart is heavy...
Well I can just see 'em all now just a gatherin' round
Mama's supper table when the sun goes down
And my good old pappy when the blessing is said
Fillin' up his plate with black eyed peas and all that stuff and side meat
And a great big hunk of my dear sweet mama's hot buttered cornbread
Take me home my heart is heavy...
Take me home my heart is heavy...
Graeme Alwright lyrics:
J'ai voyagé de Brest à Besançon
Depuis la Rochelle jusqu'en Avignon
De Nantes jusqu'à Monaco
En passant par Metz et Saint-Malo
Et Paris
Et j'ai vendu des marrons à la foire de Dijon
Et d'la barbe à papa
Emmène-moi
Mon cœur est triste et j'ai mal aux pieds
Emmène-moi
Je ne veux plus voyager
J'ai dormi toute une nuit dans un abreuvoir
J'ai attrapé la grippe et des idées noires
J'ai eu mal aux dents et la rougeole
J'ai attrapé des rhumes et des p'tites bestioles
Qui piquent
Sans parler de toutes les fois que j'ai coupé mes doigts
Sur une boîte à sardines
Emmène-moi
Mon cœur est triste et j'ai mal aux pieds
Emmène-moi
Je ne veux plus voyager
Je les vois tous les deux comme si c'était hier
Au coucher du soleil, Maman mettant l'couvert
Et mon vieux Papa avec sa cuillère
Remplissant son assiette de pommes de terre
Bien cuites
Et les dimanches Maman coupant une tranche
De tarte aux pommes
bye All friends
Fabulous. I love this site, I get to listen to so many different great styles and interpretations of music. I wanna get an autoharp now :-)
B
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Cheers JP and a Merry Christmas to you..... *=) *=) *=) *=)
Alex
Thanks to all and good Christmas to; the community
Hook you are perfectly right it misses some adjustment of tone on certain acute string and it rings (involuntarily) little as a piano junk(dance hall) and it can hurt musiciane who have the absolute pitch.. :-[ :-[ :-[
Autoharp is very special instrument, very easy to play in strumming.....but like for all instruments there is some person virtuoso for this instrument like for example Karen Mueller in this irish tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbKApkQe2Jk
and her the autoharp is very well tuning (and it seems custom bars of chords???
an other example in this video of you tube the chords of HOTEL CALIFORNIA are very pleasant to play with auto harp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHvCLYN-DXs
...and for Bruno, Silent night doit etre aussi agreable à jouer :-[ :-[