Lake of Pontchartrain (or...Lilly of west)

[Jean Pierre]

I like very much this song and I think that it was not put down  on Songcrafters

With my native accent it is a little bit particular   but the French soldiers who can be sang it in year 1800 (war of 1812) had doubtless also a funny accent

A research on Wikipedia indicates that it is a song probably from  Irish. The reference version is obviously of Paul Brady, but there is an alternate " american"version " with different words " Lilly of the west ",  with a beautiful version by Mark Knopfler with Chieftains on YT
 my version stopped a little bit abruptly to go into the jukebox, I shal lput a complete version with a video in some days in YT

I play guitars and Low D Wisthle (and voice) ,   accordion, fiddle, mandoline are with Band in Box

thank you for listening, dear friends

New:   .........................

 Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy No alligators in my Lake !!

you can see on the video the Lake of Bourget in France ( i m living near this lake: the more faboulous beautiful lac in France!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1knkfLSap8

[chunk]

Nice to hear another version of this. I posted an acoustic  version a few years ago https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=17176.0
You've done a nice full arangment on this. But I would have liked to hear you singing it in French.

[Jean Pierre]

Hello Charlie

I listened to your version.

Haughtiness the sound of the guitar is really bluffing,

It is not possible to sing this song in French: there is not, to my knowledge , a French adaptation of this song

Just a question:  what is the tuning of your guitar in this song? Open tuning or not ?

Which guitar (and microphone)  have you to have a so attractive sound ?

Good morning

[chunk]

I think the tuning was F F# E# F# A# E#
The guitar was a Takemine FP360SC and the microphone was a Shure SM57. Both put through a Zoom reverb straight to  Sony minidisc.
I think the tuning Paul Brady uses is  DADF#AD.


Haughtiness the sound of the guitar is really bluffing ?
Did you use Google translate? As I don't quite understand if this is an insult or praise. Ha ha.
 Bon chance
 Charlie

[alfstone]

Haughtiness the sound of the guitar is really bluffing,

Eeeeeeeehhhhhhhh???



...in other words...?

Alfredo

...P.S.anyway, a very good cover! 

[Greeny]

This is very nicely done. It reminds me of Donovan in a couple of places, and your vocal has a Marc Bolan vibrato going on. You put the song across really well - lovely acoustic playing, vocals and tasteful backing instruments. 

[Jean Pierre]

to Chunk

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As I don't quite understand if this is an insult or praiseOOOOOOOHHHHH no your version is absolutly fantastic!!!!!

to Greeny,  thank you for your comment

to Alfstone: where were you my friend?

[Jean Pierre]

F F# E# F# A# E#   ?

what is this tuning    it 's not possible

[chunk]

Sorry. The tuning was E G D G B D which I think I lowered a semi tone.

[alfstone]

to Alfstone: where were you my friend?

...Canadian/American holidays and then back home again to my Sicilian beaches:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alfstone/

...to avoid the incredible hot of this summer...too much hot to play anything...

Alfredo