{"id":1987,"date":"2015-03-10T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T10:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2016-06-21T16:48:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T16:48:34","slug":"harvest-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2015\/03\/10\/harvest-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">80.06.1<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:12.6px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"80.06.1\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5L3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDMvODAuMDYuMS5tcDM=\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:true, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><strong>Rea Mcleod and Thora Rognaldson \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SA1980.06.1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rea and Thora probably learned this song from a record and were possibly attracted to it by the particular sentiments expressed in verse 5. \u00a0The song was popularised by Mick Foster and Tony Allen, an Irish musical duo who have had great success as singers of &#8216;country music&#8217; over a long career which is still continuing \u2013 \u00a0with a tour planned for\u00a0the UK in April 2015. \u00a0 But the song is much older: the tune was composed\u00a0H. R. Stern\u00a0and the lyrics by Arthur Lamb and it was published in New York in 1904.\u00a0 A\u00a0year later it was recorded by the American singer Byron G. Harlan on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/WhenTheHarvestMoonIsShiningOnTheRiver\">Victor 4254<\/a><\/span> \u00a0(a cylinder recording).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roud Index no. 25903.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>The nightingales were singing in the valley<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The stars <span class=\"Apple-style-span\">like shining jewels<\/span> deck the sky \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And there beside a garden gate they linger<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And\u00a0 whisper of\u00a0 a love that never dies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">&#8220;The summer soon will pass away,&#8221; he murmurs,<\/span><\/em><em><br \/>\n&#8220;<\/em><em>And\u00a0when the fields are ripe with golden grain,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Then I&#8217;ll come back to\u00a0keep my loving promise<br \/>\n<\/em><em>And you and I will never part again.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 60px\"><em>When the harvest moon is shining on the river<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And merry are the songs again we&#8217;ll hear,<\/em><br \/>\nW<em>hen\u00a0as sweethearts we will roam \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Down the path that leads to home,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When the harvest moon is shining, Molly dear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>It&#8217;s Autumn now and in the peaceful valley;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The paths are strewn with leaves of red and gold;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And there she waits for some one who&#8217;s\u00a0returning<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And dreams about the loving vows he told.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Beneath the ocean&#8217;s depths he&#8217;s quietly sleeping<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And when crimson sky should turn to\u00a0grey<\/em><br \/>\n<em> A woman\u00a0by a garden gate\u00a0is weeping<\/em><br \/>\n<em> For him\u00a0who\u00a0said that\u00a0he&#8217;d return some day.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>When the harvest moon is shining on the river<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And merry are the songs again we&#8217;ll hear,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When\u00a0as sweethearts we will roam \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Down the path that leads to home,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When the harvest moon is shining, Molly dear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2015\/03\/10\/harvest-moon\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,25,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rea-mcleod","category-thora-rognaldson","category-songs","category-a-h"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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