I search songrafters community collaboration for a cover of Eric Bogle " ...

[Jean Pierre]

..the song is "the green fields of France"

after listening the cover of Tommy (Fenderbender) "now i m easy"  I was very intrigued by this folk singer Eric Bogle ,that I did not know

I have listen  to many of its songs on YT and among that,  this beautiful song "the greens fields of France

I posted an e-mail to Eric Bogle and  he immediately answered me

I wished to make one cover of its song "green fiels od France"

Here is his answer:

Hello Jean Pierre

Yes of course you may cover my song, I'd be pleased if you did, and if there is a chance of sending me a copy of your recording I would be glad to receive it. My postal address is PO Box 1037, Unley,  SA5061, Australia.

I am especially pleased that you are recording my song because I have been a supporter of Medicins Sans Frontieres for some years, only in a financial sense through regular donations of course, I have no medical skills they could use.....

I will be appearing at the Lorient Festival in Brittany next year, I am looking forward to it, I have never sung in France....

Kind regards

Eric

I naturally thanked him
 here is my answer:

I am really honored by your permission

... Naturally if the level is correct (for me) I shall send you a copy of cover,  I make party of a confédération on the Internet of amateurs (some are really very well) of music which is called "songcrafter.com"(some members are Australian and of other Scot ...)

I am enchanted that you support doctor without borders (I worked on Gaza with a doctor Australian anaesthetist ...) you can see here my videos on my formations missions in Nepal (Kathmandu) and Gaza
  
mission in Népal, here:

https://www.ebutuoy.com/watch?v=-uZvAP72wco  


miission in Gaza, here :

https://www.canal-u.tv/video/canal_u_medecine/medecins_sans_frontiere_physiotherapie_des_brulures_a_gaza.10461  

thank you Eric Bogle, you are a great person  

So Tommy I would like to make the best possible version with the  songcrafters community rather than to make only this cover

So Tommy
Would you accept  to make this song with me, (and others) ?

And who acccept to make voices in chorus

I can do a part guitar, wisthle low D, mandolin...

[Oldrottenhead]

me and alfredo did a version too https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=21935.0

[Jean Pierre]

Oh... sorry

I had not heard this version of my friend Alfstone and you

Excellent version, She reminds me strangely by the tempo and the phrasing a song of Jacque Brel " le moribond " (Adieu Emile) taken back in English " seasons of suns

Usually,  I make a research to see if there was no previous version

... But I like so much this song which I shall try can be to make an alternative and different version with another orchestration:  it is a real challenge!

[Jean Pierre]

for Tommy if he can sing this song....

the try first stanza of "green fields of France

[fenderbender]

Hi JP I cannot sing the song in the key of F-too high for me -
I could sing it in "D" if that suits .
regards


Tommy

[Jean Pierre]

OK Tommy here is just the first stanza in D measure 3/4

witj just piano and strumm guitar just to try if the tone is good

If it s good i send you after the complete verrse with all the stanza

 in allowed file in words it s the lyrics and chord i use with the diagram in Band in box (only one stanza)

sorry it a word  .doc not possible in allowed piece in SC, please send me your own mail and i send you the .doc

my mail is   OK thanks for your message 64 guitar

the reference version for the chord i use is the Eric Bogles version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-1efVkDfE

[Groundy]

Hi JP, While I was looking through the site I came across this beautiful number, I did a version of this about 7 years ago how time flies.
Alex