Al heel lang was ik gefascineerd door de trekharmonica. Toen ik in Groningen vlakbij de muziekschool kwam te wonen, greep ik mijn kans, nam les en leerde spelen. Inmiddels woon ik weer op Ameland en de trekharmonica verhuisde mee. Ameland is net als de andere Waddeneilanden een trekzakland. Nieuwswaardige verhalen over Ameland en de trekharmonica en tips voor de balgspeler plaats ik hieronder. Met een diatonische groet, Jeanet de Jong
woensdag 7 april 2021
Mark Söhngen Digitrek 29: The Wellermen
vrijdag 19 maart 2021
Star Of The County Down
One evening last July
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
And she smiled as she passed me by
And the sheen of her nut-brown hair
Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
To make sure I was standing there
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
That I met in the County Down
And I gazed with a feeling queer
And I said, says I, to a passerby
"Who's your one with the nut-brown hair?"
"She's the gem of old Ireland's crown
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
And the star of the County Down"
From Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
dinsdag 9 maart 2021
The Longest Johns "Wellerman" (Sea Shanty) Official Lyrics & Meaning | V...
Op accordeon
Even om de variaties te beluisteren, ook al is het dan op accordeon en net op trekharmonica. Evenzogoed prachtig.
The Wellerman op GC trekharmonica
The Wellerman
The Wellerman
There once was a ship that put to sea
The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down
Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh)
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go
She had not been two weeks from shore
When down on her a right whale bore
The captain called all hands and swore
He'd take that whale in tow (huh)
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go
Before the boat had hit the water
The whale's tail came up and caught her
All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her
When she dived down low (huh)
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go
No line was cut, no whale was freed
The captain's mind was not of greed
But he belonged to the Whaleman's creed
She took that ship in tow (huh)
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go
For forty days or even more
The line went slack then tight once more
All boats were lost, there were only four
But still that whale did go (huh)
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on
The line's not cut, and the whale's not gone
The Wellerman makes his regular call
To encourage the captain, crew and all (huh)
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go
vrijdag 19 februari 2021
Oversteek
Trekharmonica aan boord |
woensdag 17 februari 2021
Wad Vertellen: Hidde Kat wandeling door Hollum
maandag 8 februari 2021
Slow reel The Glen of Aherlow
Pat Barton speelt The Glen Of Aherlow/ Lafferty’s op de b/c/c# diatonic accordion.
An Irish reel. Componist is Seán Ryan.