"The Coachman" -old English folksong w/video score

[Matt Heumann]

Also known as "The Coachman's Whip", the is from an old 2007 test recording when I was first writing accompaniment. In the truest folk tradition, the words varied from the audio performance to the time I scored it. It was because this was one of my very first attempts to sing and play at the same time, so my recollection of the verses was a bit dodgy.

 

 

Edited January 18 by Matthew Heumann
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[Ptarmigan]

On 1/18/2025 at 3:10 AM, Matthew Heumann said:

Also known as "The Coachman's Whip", 

 

There's also an Irish Reel with that name, composed by flute player Vincent Broderick, but clearly the two are not related. 😀

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvv0Eo4b_Y8

 

Cheers,

Dick

 

[David Barnert]

A song with essentially the same lyric (and title) but a very different melody was recorded by John Roberts and Tony Barrand on their 1971 album, “Spencer the Rover is alive and well and living in Ithaca.”

 

https://youtu.be/ZtNe2_irWdc

 

 

[Matt Heumann]

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4 hours ago, David Barnert said:

A song with essentially the same lyric (and title) but a very different melody was recorded by John Roberts and Tony Barrand on their 1971 album, “Spencer the Rover is alive and well and living in Ithaca.”

 

https://youtu.be/ZtNe2_irWdc

 

 

Yes, David, there are 2 distinctly different, but commonly used melodies for this song.