One of my favourite hero's, ever! Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him. May all the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
The actual lines on this recording of "The Islands (Cruise of the Nona)" are as follows: "Sing to me of the islands, oh. Daughter of Cahoolin, sing, Sing to me of the West, Sing to me of the girth loosened and the lax harpstring (And of the rest) And of rest. Beyond the skerries and beyond the outer water, There lies the land. Sing to me of the islands, oh. Daughter of Cahoolin, oh. High King’s Daughter, (And of the over-strand) And of the over-strand. I desire to be with Brandan and his companions, in the quiet places And to drink of their spring. Sing to me of the islands of the blessed faces, oh. Daughter of Cahoolin, sing.”
Totally marvellous thanks for sharing something that is rare to hear, he knows he's not the greatest singer, but you can hear he understands and loves the spirit of the songs and how they should be sung, and takes great pleasure in their musicality … and i ride … and I ride …
The great French-Englishman's accent is very interesting. I always imagined Belloc with a deep, perhaps bellowing voice though his age probably had something to do with that. Thanks for this, and a great channel!
A truly amazing man - he still holds the record for walking from the East to the West coast of america (to see his girlfriend). The Path to Rome is an amazing documentary book of his walk from the West of France to Rome.
I am reading Bellocs The Path to Rome for the upteenth time this month,which happens to be the month that he made that famous journey. Man if you want to know Belloc at his literary best, READ IT!
R V Knox wrote "If every other record of him should perish, it is to be hoped that posterity will be able to hear, on a gramophone record, "Ha'nacker Mill" as it was sung by its own author and composer". Can't say I'm quite that convinced, but it's good to have the chance.
It's on page 31: Sing to me of the islands, oh, daughter of Cahoolin, sing, Sing to me of the west, Sing to me of the girth loosened and the lax harpstring And of rest. Beyond the skerries and beyond the outer water, There lies the land. Sing to me of the islands, oh, daughter of Cahoolin, oh, High King's daughter, And of the over-strand. I desire to be with Brandan and his companions, in the quiet places And to drink of their spring. Sing to me of the islands, oh, daughter of Cahoolin, and of the blesed faces. Daughter of Cahoolin, sing.
Well, that completely blew me away! Especially "The Winged Horse". Goodness! "Well I'll go to'ut top of our stairs!" as my Mother used to say. Thanks for posting this, GMD!
Thanks. I never knew he thought of Tarantella as a song. Fascinating to hear his voice. ~~~~~~~~~~~ @missbabyice- to me his voice seems more than adequate. Does it make you feel better to know that someone had a croakier voice than you? :)
The actual lines on this recording of "Tarantella" are as follows: Do you remember an Inn, Miranda? Do you remember an Inn? And the tedding and the spreading Of the straw for a bedding, And the fleas that tease in the High Pyrenees, And the wine that tasted of the tar? And the cheers and the jeers of the young muleteers (Under the vine of the dark verandah)? Do you remember an Inn, Miranda, Do you remember an Inn? And the cheers and the jeers of the young muleteeers Who hadn't got a penny, And who weren't paying any, And the hammer at the doors and the Din? And the Hip! Hop! Hap! Of the clap Of the hands to the twirl and the swirl Of the girl gone chancing, Glancing, Dancing, Backing and advancing, Snapping of a clapper to the spin Out and in -- And the Ting, Tang, Tong, of the Guitar. Do you remember an Inn, Miranda? Do you remember an Inn? Never more; Miranda, Never more. Only the high peaks hoar: And Aragon a torrent to the door. No sound But the fall of the tail of the dead to the ground of the hall No sound: But the boom Of the far Waterfall like Doom.
Islands Sing to me of the Islands, O daughter of Cohoolin, sing Sing to me of the West Sing to me of the girth loosened and the lax harp string And of the rest Beyond the skerries and beyond the outer water There lies the land Sing to me of the Islands, O daughter of Cohoolin, O High King's daughter And of the Overstrand I desire to be with Brandan and his companions in the quiet places And to drink of their Spring Sing to me of the Islands and of the Blessed Faces O Daughter of Cohoolin sing
It preserves private property and private ownership of the means of production rather than trying to collectivize them like socialism does, but in an actual way unlike the pretend ownership of capitalism where only the elite (the capitalists) own these things and everyone else works for and rents from them. Chesterton once joked that the problem with capitalism isnt that there are too many capitalists, but too few. Distributism seeks to have ownership actually distributed among the population rather than concentrated in the elite.
I found the lyrics to The Islands from this source: archive.org/stream/SonnetsAndVerse-HilaireBelloc/Sonnets%20and%20Verse%20-%20Hilaire%20Belloc_djvu.txt The Islands Sing to me of the Islands, 0 daughter of Cohoolin, sing. Sing to me of the West: Sing to me of the girth loosened and the lax harp string And of rest. Beyond the skerries and beyond the outer water There lies the land. Sing to me of the Islands, 0 daughter of Cohoolin, 0 High King's daughter. And of the Overstrand. I desire to be with Brandan and his companions in the quiet places. And to drink of their Spring. Sing to me of the Islands and of the Blessed Faces, 0 Daughter of Cohoolin, sing.
He did not write 'against' Islam. He even admonished Europeans that they needed to learn from the integrated cultural religious world of Islam if they wished to save their own European civilization; he *learned* from Islam. He was critical of all worldviews outside Catholicism, particularly Industrial Northern European Calvinism and Modernism.
@@wlupusborealis - Of course he wrote against Islam, even as he learned what was to be had. He was a Catholic before our modern mush of ideas about faith. Godly people believe in something. "Good" people believe in everything and therefore nothing.
Distributism is late 19th-c. in origin, as amply demonstrated at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism and confirmed by its links. If the uploaders are using "medieval" as a general-purpose pejorative or compliment, or worse yet as a synonym for "Catholic", then as a convinced Catholic and amateur medievalist I think I've a right to be offended. If they're merely misinformed, this will perhaps serve as a corrective.
From WordWeb Dictionary: Medieval = CHARACTERISTIC of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages If you're going to make comments about writers and poets, you need to learn to think like one.
Why do so many publications, including the transcription here, get it wrong? Belloc in the video, and the better printed sources, make it "And the wine that tasted of THE tar?"
He only lived in France for a very short time as an infant. He grew-up and lived pretty much his whole life in England. He sounds typically English to me though he may have picked up a small hint of a French accent from his father. I'm like that. I'm from Illinois, but my mom grew-up on a farm in Tennessee and I say stuff like "reckon" a lot that I must have picked up from her.
Hitchens and Dawkins are no match for the likes of Belloc & Chesteron
EXACTLY. EXACTLY.
I'm telling you
One of my favourite hero's, ever!
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him. May all the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Glad he got at least 12 years of All Souls Requiem Masses.
The actual lines on this recording of "The Islands (Cruise of the Nona)" are as follows:
"Sing to me of the islands, oh. Daughter of Cahoolin, sing,
Sing to me of the West,
Sing to me of the girth loosened and the lax harpstring
(And of the rest) And of rest.
Beyond the skerries and beyond the outer water, There lies the land.
Sing to me of the islands, oh. Daughter of Cahoolin, oh.
High King’s Daughter,
(And of the over-strand) And of the over-strand.
I desire to be with Brandan and his companions,
in the quiet places And to drink of their spring.
Sing to me of the islands of the blessed faces, oh. Daughter of Cahoolin, sing.”
This is the kind of stuff that makes YT so awesome. Thanks for posting.
Totally marvellous thanks for sharing something that is rare to hear, he knows he's not the greatest singer, but you can hear he understands and loves the spirit of the songs and how they should be sung, and takes great pleasure in their musicality … and i ride … and I ride …
The great French-Englishman's accent is very interesting. I always imagined Belloc with a deep, perhaps bellowing voice though his age probably had something to do with that. Thanks for this, and a great channel!
Eternal rest grant unto him o lord let let peptual light shine may he rest in peace amen
A truly amazing man - he still holds the record for walking from the East to the West coast of america (to see his girlfriend). The Path to Rome is an amazing documentary book of his walk from the West of France to Rome.
Wonderful. Many thanks!
A true giant!
I am reading Bellocs The Path to Rome for the upteenth time this month,which happens to be the month that he made that famous journey. Man if you want to know Belloc at his literary best, READ IT!
R V Knox wrote "If every other record of him should perish, it is to be hoped that posterity will be able to hear, on a gramophone record, "Ha'nacker Mill" as it was sung by its own author and composer". Can't say I'm quite that convinced, but it's good to have the chance.
May his soul rest in you o lord Prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for a share. I hope that mr Hilaire won't be mad. ;)
I have got to buy this guys books. I love this man.
It's on page 31:
Sing to me of the islands, oh, daughter of Cahoolin, sing,
Sing to me of the west,
Sing to me of the girth loosened and the lax harpstring
And of rest.
Beyond the skerries and beyond the outer water,
There lies the land.
Sing to me of the islands, oh, daughter of Cahoolin, oh, High King's daughter,
And of the over-strand.
I desire to be with Brandan and his companions, in the quiet places
And to drink of their spring.
Sing to me of the islands, oh, daughter of Cahoolin, and of the blesed faces.
Daughter of Cahoolin, sing.
Well, that completely blew me away! Especially "The Winged Horse".
Goodness! "Well I'll go to'ut top of our stairs!" as my Mother used to say.
Thanks for posting this, GMD!
You're quite welcome.
I just found a copy of the Do you remember the Inn Miranda and it is uncanny that LIn Manuel Miranda might have written it.
Thanks. I never knew he thought of Tarantella as a song.
Fascinating to hear his voice.
~~~~~~~~~~~
@missbabyice- to me his voice seems more than adequate. Does it make you feel better to know that someone had a croakier voice than you? :)
hearing his voice is like getting hit my a meteor
The actual lines on this recording of "Tarantella" are as follows:
Do you remember an Inn,
Miranda?
Do you remember an Inn?
And the tedding and the spreading
Of the straw for a bedding,
And the fleas that tease in the High Pyrenees,
And the wine that tasted of the tar?
And the cheers and the jeers of the young muleteers
(Under the vine of the dark verandah)?
Do you remember an Inn, Miranda,
Do you remember an Inn?
And the cheers and the jeers of the young muleteeers
Who hadn't got a penny,
And who weren't paying any,
And the hammer at the doors and the Din?
And the Hip! Hop! Hap!
Of the clap
Of the hands to the twirl and the swirl
Of the girl gone chancing,
Glancing,
Dancing,
Backing and advancing,
Snapping of a clapper to the spin
Out and in --
And the Ting, Tang, Tong, of the Guitar.
Do you remember an Inn,
Miranda?
Do you remember an Inn?
Never more;
Miranda,
Never more.
Only the high peaks hoar:
And Aragon a torrent to the door.
No sound
But the fall of the tail
of the dead to the ground of the hall
No sound:
But the boom
Of the far Waterfall like Doom.
His affectation of the French 'r' sound is so pronounced.
Grasscut's "In her pride" made me research more about this man.
I for some reason pictured him with a deep voice
One of the greatest Englishmen and a Catholic .
Islands
Sing to me of the Islands, O daughter of Cohoolin, sing
Sing to me of the West
Sing to me of the girth loosened and the lax harp string
And of the rest
Beyond the skerries and beyond the outer water
There lies the land
Sing to me of the Islands, O daughter of Cohoolin, O High King's daughter
And of the Overstrand
I desire to be with Brandan and his companions in the quiet places
And to drink of their Spring
Sing to me of the Islands and of the Blessed Faces
O Daughter of Cohoolin sing
Distributism is not a socialist philosophy.
His book on heresy is very good...prophetic about our times.
Would be cooler if it was 😎
I keep trying to learn it and it doesn't stick. Please explain
It preserves private property and private ownership of the means of production rather than trying to collectivize them like socialism does, but in an actual way unlike the pretend ownership of capitalism where only the elite (the capitalists) own these things and everyone else works for and rents from them. Chesterton once joked that the problem with capitalism isnt that there are too many capitalists, but too few. Distributism seeks to have ownership actually distributed among the population rather than concentrated in the elite.
I found the lyrics to The Islands from this source:
archive.org/stream/SonnetsAndVerse-HilaireBelloc/Sonnets%20and%20Verse%20-%20Hilaire%20Belloc_djvu.txt
The Islands
Sing to me of the Islands, 0 daughter of Cohoolin, sing.
Sing to me of the West:
Sing to me of the girth loosened and the lax harp string
And of rest.
Beyond the skerries and beyond the outer water
There lies the land.
Sing to me of the Islands, 0 daughter of Cohoolin, 0 High King's daughter.
And of the Overstrand.
I desire to be with Brandan and his companions in the quiet places.
And to drink of their Spring.
Sing to me of the Islands and of the Blessed Faces,
0 Daughter of Cohoolin, sing.
So proud he's half French, with a typical old Occitan name.
I think the line in the Winged Horse is "and the strengthening of the day"
I am not Catholic, but I respect this man for his stance on his faith--especially against Islam. He was right.
He also wrote a famous book on Jews that you should check out.
He did not write 'against' Islam. He even admonished Europeans that they needed to learn from the integrated cultural religious world of Islam if they wished to save their own European civilization; he *learned* from Islam. He was critical of all worldviews outside Catholicism, particularly Industrial Northern European Calvinism and Modernism.
@@wlupusborealis - Of course he wrote against Islam, even as he learned what was to be had. He was a Catholic before our modern mush of ideas about faith. Godly people believe in something. "Good" people believe in everything and therefore nothing.
do you get to watch "the apostle of common sense" series on EWTN?
Cute singing. Very folky.
Eccentric.
I wish... but I don't have cable. I'm an antenna kind of guy (I don't watch much TV anymore).
Distributism is late 19th-c. in origin, as amply demonstrated at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism and confirmed by its links. If the uploaders are using "medieval" as a general-purpose pejorative or compliment, or worse yet as a synonym for "Catholic", then as a convinced Catholic and amateur medievalist I think I've a right to be offended. If they're merely misinformed, this will perhaps serve as a corrective.
From WordWeb Dictionary: Medieval = CHARACTERISTIC of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
If you're going to make comments about writers and poets, you need to learn to think like one.
Why do so many publications, including the transcription here, get it wrong? Belloc in the video, and the better printed sources, make it "And the wine that tasted of THE tar?"
Wow! What a HUGE difference....
Nope. Just a tiny error. But naytheless an error, multiply promulgated.
Now I know why everyone tells me to shut up when I sing - it is actually quite painful to listen to!! - Blessings - Rene
His accent was really strong, he was french right?
He only lived in France for a very short time as an infant. He grew-up and lived pretty much his whole life in England. He sounds typically English to me though he may have picked up a small hint of a French accent from his father. I'm like that. I'm from Illinois, but my mom grew-up on a farm in Tennessee and I say stuff like "reckon" a lot that I must have picked up from her.
I don't here a French accent at all. Sounds very much like old-fashioned RP English to me.
There's a strong French 'r' sound and it was an affectation of his. Belloc was half-French, a quarter English and a quarter of Irish extraction.
Someone called Chesterton and Belloc "Two buttocks of one bum"
Did Belloc really say that?