tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post5306657871365987495..comments2023-12-11T22:15:18.595-08:00Comments on CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: While Shepherds Watched on Ilkley MoorCatherine Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13474915175193477553noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post-4250530734566863612012-07-25T14:47:30.278-07:002012-07-25T14:47:30.278-07:00"Shine Jesus Shine" may work with an ext..."Shine Jesus Shine" may work with an extra shine. Er ... "Shine Jesus Shine - shine!". The additional Koo kook a choo (or whatever!) could be interpreted as an ectatic utterance in tongues.MIchael Godfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003773432191964412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post-26790461521258564312012-05-20T04:47:52.316-07:002012-05-20T04:47:52.316-07:00Scary story: my husband was leading a prayer meeti...Scary story: my husband was leading a prayer meeting, a few years ago, when one of the 'old dears' (no offence)' began singing : 'My eyes are dim, I cannot see', all joined in,coz it sounded like an old chorus, until realisation dawned at the second line: 'I have not bought my specs with me..' This happens when you only know the beginning of stuff!!! The mis-singing of 'I hope to follow duly' as: 'I hope to follow Julie' used to get us Grammar School Girls doubled up in the back row in the 1960's - we had a Julie Bell in our class.Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post-42529260073040681962012-05-18T22:20:15.319-07:002012-05-18T22:20:15.319-07:00I sing "A Elbereth Gilthoniel" to "...I sing "A Elbereth Gilthoniel" to "Veni, veni Emmanuel." You have to repeat a line, though, ideally the fourth because you want to sing "Fanuilos" to the trumpet blast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post-45676583888800390542012-05-17T09:08:30.995-07:002012-05-17T09:08:30.995-07:00Yes, the Z-cars tune for 'Father hear the pray...Yes, the Z-cars tune for 'Father hear the prayer' was pretty wide spread it seems. It's actually an old Scots folk tune.Catherine Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474915175193477553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post-63272806025954905512012-05-17T08:55:23.234-07:002012-05-17T08:55:23.234-07:00I've just read your post to my spouse who tell...I've just read your post to my spouse who tells me that she remembers singing Father Hear the Prayer we offer to the tune of the Z Cars theme when she was at school. I too would love to know a hymn that would go to Who Let The Dogs Out.Revsimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723218589040920365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post-64709591352653697812012-05-17T07:44:07.313-07:002012-05-17T07:44:07.313-07:00Thank you for putting me right about Bach. Let me ...Thank you for putting me right about Bach. Let me know if you find a hymn that fits to Who Let the Dogs Out. Can't promise we'll be singing it in Lichfield cathedral, mind you.Catherine Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474915175193477553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post-13018695327986550762012-05-17T07:20:21.340-07:002012-05-17T07:20:21.340-07:00No, I'm afraid Bach didn't. You're pro...No, I'm afraid Bach didn't. You're probably thinking of the old myth that Luther took tavern songs (bar tunes) and set hymns to them. Well, it turns out that the 'bar tune' was the name for a particular type of ABA form of melody, popular at the time, and which many of Luther's hymn tunes used.<br /><br />The one time when he did take a popular tune (for the Christmas hymn 'Vom Himmel hoch', used by Bach in the Christmas oratorio), when he found that people were struggling to distance the tune from the original, rather irreverent words, he went and wrote a fresh tune, the one we now know.<br /><br />That said, a very entertaining post with some deeply disturbing scenarios to contemplate! I'm now going to scour through my hymnals for words that <i>do</i> go to 'Who let the dogs out'.Tapani Simojokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16554859269922495896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000658348481995041.post-32900987538200922752012-05-17T06:48:24.721-07:002012-05-17T06:48:24.721-07:00For a few months when I lived in the wilds of nort...For a few months when I lived in the wilds of northern Scotland, I went to a presbyterian church of the unaccompanied psalm singing tradition. Mostly we sang to fairly dull tunes. But the first week I went, we sang one psalm to the tune of If You're Happy And You Know It, to which I struggled to keep a straight face while surrounded by dour Scots. And on the Sunday before 25th December (which is not to be celebrated as Christmas, oh no!) we sang a psalm to the tune of While Shepherds Watched. I think the precentor was singing a slightly different tune, but it was near enough for the rest of the congregation to sing the carol.Roshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669423378438380019noreply@blogger.com