From 1b93ca983f0162aad5a33b51572ad4689a654a72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Teunis de Boone Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:26:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] New Tune: Green Fields of France --- airs/green_fields_of_france.ly | 241 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 241 insertions(+) create mode 100644 airs/green_fields_of_france.ly diff --git a/airs/green_fields_of_france.ly b/airs/green_fields_of_france.ly new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8fbdf2f --- /dev/null +++ b/airs/green_fields_of_france.ly @@ -0,0 +1,241 @@ +\version "2.19.80" + +\header { + title = "Green Hills of France / No Man's Land" + meter = "Air" + enteredby = "kastdeur" + number = "" +} + +global = { + \key d \major + \time 3/4 +} + +bpm = \tempo 2 = 50 + +fluteA = \relative c'' { + a4 | + a2 a8 a8 | + d2 d4 | + b8 b4. g4 | + e2 d'8 d8 | + cis4. cis8 d4 | + e8 fis4. e4 | + d4. g,8 b4 | + a2 + + r8 a8 | + a2 a8 a8 | + d2 d8 d8 | + b8 b4. g4 | + e2 d'8 d8 | + cis4. cis8 d4 | + e2 fis8( e8) | + d4 d4. e8 | + d2. + + r2 a4 | + a'4 a4. a8 | + a8 g4. g8 fis8 | + e4 e4 fis4 | + g2 g8 fis8 | + e4. e8 fis4 | + g8 fis4. e4 | + d4 d4 fis4 | + e2.~ | + e4 + + r4 a4 | + a4 a4 a4 | + a2 g8 fis8 | + e4 e4 d4 | + b2 d8 d8 | + e4 e4. fis8 | + g2 fis8 e8 | + d4 d4 e4 | + d2 + +} +fluteChorus = \relative c'' { + d8 d8 | + e4. e8 e4 | + e4 fis4 fis8 fis8 | + g4. a8 g4 | + fis8( e8) d4 d8 d8 | + e4. e8 e4 | + e2 fis8 fis8 | + g4. a8 fis4 | + e2.~ | + e4 + + r4 g8 g8 | + g4 g4. g8 | + g4 a4 g4 | + fis2( e4) | + d4 r4 fis8 e8 | + d2 e8 fis8 | + g2 g8 fis8 | + e4.( d8 cis4) | + d2.~ | + d2 + +} + + + +lyricsverseA = \lyricmode { + \set stanza = #"1." + Oh how do you do, young Wil -- lie Mc -- Bride, + Do you mind if I sit here down by your grave -- side? + And rest for a -- while, 'neath the warm sum -- mer sun, + I've been wal -- king all day, and I'm near -- ly done. + + I see by your grave -- stone you were on -- ly nine -- teen + when you joined the great fal -- len in nine -- teen six -- teen. + I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean, + or, young Wil -- lie Mc -- Bride, was it slow and ob -- scene? +} +lyricsverseAblock = \markup { \column { + \line \bold \bold { 1. } + \line{Oh how do you do, young Willie McBride,} + \line{Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?} + \line{And rest for awhile, 'neath the warm summer sun,} + \line{I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done.} + \line{I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen} + \line{when you joined the great fallen in nineteen sixteen.} + \line{I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean,} + \line{or, young Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?} +}} + +lyricsChorus = \lyricmode { + \set stanza = #"Chorus" + Did they beat the drum slow -- ly, + Did they play the fife low -- ly? + Did they sound the death march, + as they low -- ered you down? + + Did the band play the Last Post in cho -- rus? + Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Fo -- rest? +} +lyricsChorusblock = \markup { \column { + \line \bold \bold { Chorus } + \line{Did they beat the drum slow -- ly,} + \line{Did they play the fife low -- ly?} + \line{Did they sound the death march,} + \line{as they low -- ered you down?} + + \line{Did the band play the Last Post in cho -- rus?} + \line{Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Fo -- rest?} +} } + +lyricsverseB = \lyricmode { + \set stanza = #"2." + And did_you leave a wife or_a sweet -- heart be -- hind + In _ some lo -- yal heart is your mem -- ory en -- shrined + And though you _ died back in nine -- teen six -- teen + To _ that loy -- al heart you're for -- ever nine -- teen + Or are you a strang -- er with -- out e -- ven a name + For _ -- ever en -- shrined be -- hind _ some old glass pane + In an old _ photo -- graph torn, tattered, and stained + And faded to yellow in a brown leath -- er frame +} +lyricsverseBblock = \markup { \column { + \line \bold \bold { 2. } + \line{And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind} + \line{ In some loyal heart is your memory enshrined} + \line{And though you died back in nineteen sixteen} + \line{To that loyal heart you're forever nineteen} + \line{Or are you a stranger without even a name} + \line{For ever enshrined behind some old glass pane} + \line{In an old photograph torn, tattered, and stained} + \line{And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame} +}} + +lyricsverseC = \lyricmode { + \set stanza = #"3." + The sun's shining down on these green fields of France + The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance + The trenches have vanished long under the plow + No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now + But here in this graveyard that's still no mans land + The countless white crosses in mute witness stand + To man's blind indifference to his fellow man + And a whole generation were butchered and damned +} +lyricsverseCblock = \markup { \column { + \line \bold \bold { 3. } + \line{The sun's shining down on these green fields of France} + \line{The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance} + \line{The trenches have vanished long under the plow} + \line{No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now} + \line{But here in this graveyard that's still no mans land} + \line{The countless white crosses in mute witness stand} + \line{To man's blind indifference to his fellow man} + \line{And a whole generation were butchered and damned} +}} + +lyricsverseD = \lyricmode { + \set stanza = #"4." + And I can't help but wonder oh Willy McBride + Do all those who lie here know why they died + Did you really believe them when they told you the cause + Did you really believe that this war would end wars + Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame + The killing and dying it was all done in vain + Oh Willy McBride it all happened again + And again, and again, and again, and again +} +lyricsverseDblock = \markup { \column { + \line \bold \bold { 4. } + \line{And I can't help but wonder oh Willy McBride} + \line{Do all those who lie here know why they died} + \line{Did you really believe them when they told you the cause} + \line{Did you really believe that this war would end wars} + \line{Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame} + \line{The killing and dying it was all done in vain} + \line{Oh Willy McBride it all happened again} + \line{And again, and again, and again, and again} +}} + + +flute = \relative c'' { + \global + \partial 4 + \fluteA + \bar "||" \break + \fluteChorus + \bar "||" +} + +flutePart = \new Staff = "flute" \with { + instrumentName = "Fl." + midiInstrument = "flute" +} \flute +\addlyrics { + \lyricsverseA + \lyricsChorus +} + +\score { + \removeWithTag #'printRemove << + \transpose d d \flutePart + >> + \layout { } +} + +\score { + \unfoldRepeats \removeWithTag #'midiRemove << + \flutePart + >> + \midi { + \bpm + } +} +\markup { + \wordwrap { + \lyricsverseBblock + \lyricsverseCblock + \lyricsverseDblock + } +}