The Ferrybank Piper
y the river in the even time the piper used to play
And down along the railway tracks he’d play songs sad and gay
His pipes were always well in tune and the people used to say
His songs would echo in evening tide and carry miles away
So here’s to the ferrybank piper, may his sad tunes never die
May his gay tunes raise your weary hearts, till in your grave you lie
Some times he’d pipe a haunting tune, sometimes he’d hum a song
But always a crowd would gather and follow him along
And the sound of their voices in the evening sky would rise and linger long
But no more they echo on the evening tide, now that he is gone.
So here’s to the ferrybank piper, may his sad tunes never die
May his gay tunes raise your weary hearts, till in your grave you lie
And now when I walk down that way and hear the river flow
I think of that old piper and the songs he used to know
A happy tune runs thru my head and I sing it soft and low
And I think I hear the echo of the evening tide, like the days of long ago
So here’s to the ferrybank piper, may his sad tunes never die
May his gay tunes raise your weary hearts, till in your grave you lie
– Robbie O’Connell
Documents
- 01 – Sandpoint – Set Chords
- 02 – Sandpoint – Tune Chords
- 03 – Sandpoint – Set Dots
- Blarney Stone Pub Tunebook – A collection of tunes played at the Blarney Stone Pub, San Diego, California
- Circle of Fifths – A guide to understanding keys and transposing
- Dr. Coop's Compiation of Songs Songs and words, traditional and of the Sea
- Green's Tunebook – Green’s Collection of tunes
- Green's Tunebook ABC ABC Notation for Green’s Tunebook
- Jamrock Tunes – Some of the Basic tunes played by Jamrocks
- John Walsh's Sesson Tunes – Learn these tunes if you want to play most tunes at sessions!
- Paul Hardy's Tunebook Folk music sessions tunes around Cambridge, England and Redlands, California
- The Music Lover's Treasury Poetry about Music. Lovely.
- Tips Form – Create a custom tips form for fundraising
- Tunes Often Heard – A good working list of tunes often heard in the Detroit area. Especially good for beginners who want to learn tunes that will likely be played at local sessions.
- Tunes Often Heard ABC ABC Notation for Tunes Often Heard