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From: "Aldeen" <>
Subject: Re: [YKS] Not quite GEN song " The Spinning Wheel"
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:47:59 -0000
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I _think_ it was Bridie Gallagher who sang "The Spinning Wheel" . Was only a
kid at the time!
Jennifer in London.
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From: "BETH" <>
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Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [YKS] Not quite GEN song " The Spinning Wheel"


> It comes to my mind that the singer was Irish??????. I put 'spinning
wheel'
> on google and came up with the following. I still can't remember the name
of
> the person I can hear in the back of my mind though.
>
> Lyrics
> Mellow the moonlight to shine is beginning
> Close by the window young Eileen is spinning
> Bent o'er the fire her blind grandmother sitting
> Crooning and moaning and drowsily knitting.
> Merrily cheerily noiselessly whirring
> Spins the wheel, rings the wheel while the foot's stirring
> Sprightly and lightly and merrily ringing
> Sounds the sweet voice of the young maiden singing.
>
> Eileen, a chara, I hear someone tapping
> 'Tis the ivy dear mother against the glass flapping
> Eileen, I surely hear somebody sighing
> 'Tis the sound mother dear of the autumn winds dying.
>
> What's the noise I hear at the window I wonder?
> 'Tis the little birds chirping, the holly-bush under
> What makes you shoving and moving your stool on
> And singing all wrong the old song of the "Coolin"?
>
> There's a form at the casement, the form of her true love
> And he whispers with face bent, I'm waiting for you love
> Get up from the stool, through the lattice step lightly
> And we'll rove in the grove while the moon's shining brightly.
>
> The maid shakes her head, on her lips lays her fingers
> Steps up from the stool, longs to go and yet lingers
> A frightened glance turns to her drowsy grandmother
> Puts her foot on the stool spins the wheel with the other
>
> Lazily, easily, now swings the wheel round
> Slowly and lowly is heard now the reel's sound
> Noiseless and light to the lattice above her
> The maid steps, then leaps to the arms of her lover.
>
> Slower... and slower... and slower the wheel swings
> Lower... and lower... and lower the reel rings
> Ere the reel and the wheel stop their ringing and moving
> Through the grove the young lovers by moonlight are roving
>
> .Spinning Wheel
> (clayton-Thomas)
>
> The group called Blood, Sweat and Tears made two significant contributions
> to popular music: the rediscovery of the fine music of Eric Satie... and
> "Spinning Wheel." The former had been around for many years, but the
latter
> was created by BS&T. It caught on with other groups and singers, and was
> performed by such stars as Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman. The version heard
> here captures the spirit and flavor of the BS&T group, but with the flair
> and style that have made The Ray Conniff Singers worldwide favorites.
>
> The "Here" is on a collection of records from the 1960s I believe. If you
> come up with a name I'd love to hear.
>
> Could it have been Peggy Lee? Doesn't sound right somehow,
>
> Beth in Toronto
>
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