Write words to help learn tune?

[bellowbelle]

1 hour ago, Alan Day said:

One of my tunes I remember from the following words.

"What are you doing out of the rain when you could be home in bed"

Al

That sums up part of my day today, and how I felt about it! I did go back to bed. 

 

Though, we've been in a drought so I won't complain too much about the rain. 

[bellowbelle]

So my sad words, set to "Sad Is My Fate," are: 

 

Oh-- cold is the night and lonely 

And- cold- is the war

Every road that I follow only

Ends where I was lost before

Where are you, where do you wander without me, my love, my- own?

We will never walk together a--gain

I am so weary, I can't go on all a-lone any longer

Cold is the night and-

Sad, so very sad, is my fate.

 

(...really, I'm not this sad, for the record. Just a way to learn a tune!)

 

And here's my verse for "The Fairies' Hornpipe" -- 

 

If I don't drink some coffee in the morning I am such a mess
What's in front of me and moving, well now,  I can only guess
I will poke you in the eye
I will surely make you cry
If my morning cup of coffee
Is a cup that's dry

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by bellowbelle

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

Everyone will no doubt also be familiar with the old trick of using the words to remember musical note positions; namely..

"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" ..( E G B D F).. and the word FACE for obvious reasons...!🌝🌝🌝🌝

[David Barnert]

7 hours ago, SIMON GABRIELOW said:

"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" ..( E G B D F)

In the USA we learned “Every Good Boy Does Fine.” At least we did in the 1960s. I wonder if they’re teaching some less controversial phrase now.