Wow best poem ever I watch this poem every day

Great rendition. I'm a very great fan of Belloc. I write about him in my PhD. I highly recommend his novel "The Four Men". It recounts a fictional journey across a sort of semi-enchanted Sussex in the early 1900s. And definitely try to visit his home in Shipley, it's a very pretty spot.

Listened to several renditions & this is by far my favourite. You capture the dance beautifully. The shadow of WWI in the last few lines is clearer in this than in any others I heard. This is obviously a poem you know and love, thank you for the introduction.

I am not a poetry buff, but this one is my favorite too! Y ou transported us there.

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@caitlynkeates8059

3 жыл бұрын

Yippp

where did you get the introduction? link puhlease. 😊

@GeorgiaLewisMus

7 жыл бұрын

You can find the link here: writing.upenn.edu/library/Belloc-Hilaire_Tarantella.html

Nice recitation, Georgia. Thank you. I especially like the screwed-up face on the "wine that tasted of tar" line! I also love this ode to Miranda. The final sombre stanza which continues to perplex is, I think, easily explained by the fact that WW1 had intervened and many of the young people (e.g. the muleteers) had fallen in the war. For many others like HB their pre-war innocence had been altered forever. PS I looked this up because I am putting the finishing touches on a song based on Tarantella! Thanks again. PS Have you heard Belloc singing it? kzread.info/dash/bejne/laF3tsinftnHltI.html

@GeorgiaLewisMus

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, yes I have heard his rendition, very spooky. I put the poem to music and wrote a song around it (unfortunately it's not on youtube anymore). Keep me posted if you should upload yours! :D ps. I'm a fan of his work and still am yet to visit his home in Sussex (despite having lived in Brighton for 7 years).

@ironingmike

7 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the reply, Georgia. I'm including the lyrics for my song which I'm calling "The Inn, The River and You (for Miranda)" The melody and chords are getting a final revision today. I'll play it for some friends on Thurs night then do something for KZread. It's definitely not a setting of the poem but rather a fictional story inspired by the poem. I cast H & M as lovers on a foreign shore (an interpretation many mistakenly put on the poem - Miranda M was only 2 when Belloc presented a draft to her father!) and I try to bring out the theme of approaching war. So, here's my lyric. It's an AABA form with verses and middle 8 based on a minor blues progression in F. I'm happy for it to be used in other settings as long as I'm credited as lyricist. Hope you like it. THE RIVER, THE INN AND YOU (for Miranda) I remember when we were both younger Two innocents on foreign shores We'd meet at the inn by the river Our whispers disguised by its roar We'd dance and drink wine till the morning Then collapse in our bed on the straw I remember the boys who drank with us And the girls that they'd bring from the town I remember their untroubled laughter Their faces all smiling and brown Together we'd party like troopers Unaware that the clock would run down There was twirling and swirling and dresses unfurling As castanets clashed in the din There was chancing and glancing and romantic dancing Till night turned to day at the inn Now the days and the years have passed quickly And the many young men are now few The dance that we shared is a memory But the music remains fresh and new And now when I hear tarantellas I am back by that river with you

@richH1625

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Baker ... It reads well Mike, did you put a tune to that?