DH Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Don't know why the hymnbook claims the music to "If You Could Hie to Kolob" is an old English tune--it sounds more Irish to me. Sure enough, here's an Irish version sung by the Orthodox Celts. Enjoy! Near Banbridge town in the County Down, One morning last July, From a b 1
Jigglysaint Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Also, Praise to the Man sounds a bit like "Scotland The Brave". I am waiting for somebody to come up with a hymn set to something more modern. Anyway, it seems that old hymn writers were like the Weird Al of the churchgoing world.
David T Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Don't know why the hymnbook claims the music to "If You Could Hie to Kolob" is an old English tune--it sounds more Irish to me. Ralph Vaughn Williams, Five variations on Dives and Lazarus
volgadon Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Thank you, Nack. "Star of the County Down" is a latecomer. The tune was apparently Scottish and used for the ballad Gilderoy. The tune was published by an Englishman, Thomas d'Urfey, in "Pills to Purge Melancholy"' from the beginning of the 18th century. As you've shown it was used for the English song "Dives and Lazarus" a retelling of Christ's proverb.Honestly, half the songs people consider Irish aren't.I'm a folkie.
volgadon Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Also, Praise to the Man sounds a bit like "Scotland The Brave". I am waiting for somebody to come up with a hymn set to something more modern. Anyway, it seems that old hymn writers were like the Weird Al of the churchgoing world.The tune used for both is the same. Scotland the Brave isn't that old either.
Jigglysaint Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 The tune used for both is the same. Scotland the Brave isn't that old either.That explains why both kick butt when done with pipe and drums.
DH Posted March 24, 2011 Author Posted March 24, 2011 Wherever it originated, it's a great tune, isn't it?
FrozenChosen Posted April 4, 2011 Posted April 4, 2011 Ten years ago I went to a Presbyterian Church for the funeral of my aunt, and the hymn sung from their psaltery had the same melody as 'If You Could Hie To Kolob'.
TAO Posted April 4, 2011 Posted April 4, 2011 Ten years ago I went to a Presbyterian Church for the funeral of my aunt, and the hymn sung from their psaltery had the same melody as 'If You Could Hie To Kolob'.Lol XD.
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