Episode 003 - Hummingbird Sessions

It's time for the third full episode of the Hummingbird Sessions. This one is a fun one and we had a great time playing these songs to play for you all this month. There were a few ties this time in the poll. So we chose the songs that best went together in a set list out of the top-voted picks.

We hope you guys enjoy!

The Hummingbird Sessions - Episode 003:

1. Chasing the Sun

2. Leaving of Liverpool

3. Fairy Dance Jig / Henri the Lobster

4. Paddy's Green Shamrock Shores

5. Alaska Set

Did you enjoy the concert? Which was your favorite song in this month's concert? As always, leave your suggestions for songs to include in the set lists down the road and we'll add them to the list. 

Lyrics:

Leaving of Liverpool (traditional, arr. Gothard Sisters / tune: the Banshee)

Fare thee well to you my own true love
I am sailing far far away
I am bound for California-ay
And I hope that I return someday

CHORUS
So fare thee well, my own true love
When I return united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling when I think of thee

I am bound on a Yankee sailing ship
Davy Crockett is her name
And her captain's name is Burgess
And they say that she's a floating shame

CHORUS

Oh the sun is on the harbor, love
And I wish that I could remain
For I know it will be a long long time
Before I will see you again

CHORUS

CHORUS

Paddy's Green Shamrock Shores (traditional, arr. the Gothard Sisters)

From Derry quay we sailed away on the 23rd of May
We were taken onboard by a pleasant crew
Bound for America

CHORUS
So fare thee well my own true love
I'll think of you night and day
A place in my mind you will surely find
Although I am so far away
And when I'm alone far away from home
I'll think of the good times once more
Until I can make it back someday
To Paddy's green shamrock shores

CHORUS
CHORUS

Episode 002 - Hummingbird Sessions

It's time for the second full episode of the Hummingbird Sessions. This one is a fun one and we had a great time re-learning some of these songs to play for you all this month. 

We hope you guys enjoy!

The Hummingbird Sessions - Episode 002:

1. Marching On

2. The Boatman's Call

3. The Whistling Gypsy Rover

4. Willow's Waltz

5. Colors of Home

Did you enjoy the concert? Which was your favorite song in this month's concert? As always, leave your suggestions for songs to include in the set lists down the road and we'll add them to the list. 

Lyrics:

The Boatman's Call (G. Gothard)

the boatman works alone
it’s the only life he’s ever known 
a young man in life alone
across the river every day 
he ferries settlers o’er the rushing cool
carries merchants through the rapids cruel 
even royals in their crown and jewel
across the river on his own 

CHORUS
Ya - da da da, a young man tall 
Ya- da da da, ya da da da da da 
Ya- da da da, the boatman’s call 
Ya - da da da, ya da da da da da 

the young woman lone she goes
gathering flowers where the river flows 
she is lovely as the mountain rose
and she needs passage on her way 
she needs crossing late in emerald May
sitting golden in the creak and sway 
our young boatman gave his heart that day
across the river going home 

Ya - da da da, a young man tall 
Ya - da da da, ya da da da da da 
Ya - da da da, for this girl did fall 
Ya- da da da, ya da da da da da 

Their world was set, planned, always they would be 
They didn’t fret, no, not like you and me 
Their world was small, there, near the river free 
Then came this fine, grand, tale of he and she 

Ya- da da da, this girl did fall 
Ya- da da da, ya da da da da da 
Ya - da da da, for the boatman’s call 
Ya- da da da, ya da da da da da 

And now they are not alone
their lonely life by one has grown 
Now they are not alone
they cross the river every day

The Whistling Gypsy Rover (traditional, arr. the Gothard Sisters)

the whistling gypsy came over the hill
down through the valley so shady
he whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang
and he won the heart of a lady

she left her father's castle gate
she left her handsome young lover
she left her servants and her estate
to follow the gypsy rover

CHORUS
when the whistling gypsy sings
when the whistling gypsy plays
when the whistling gypsy sings
I'll run away

her father mounted his fastest steed
to search the valleys all over
he searched for his daughter with great speed
and the whistling gypsy rover

they came upon a castle so fine
down by the river so shady
and there was music and there was wine
for the gypsy and his lady

CHORUS

he is no gypsy my father she said
but lord of all these lands over
with him I'll stay until my dying day
in love with the gypsy rover

Colors of Home (G. Gothard)

they came from all over, blazing a trail
like the snow that melts swiftly from the peaks to the coast
they made a place there for me to know
like a tapestry woven, the colors of home

CHORUS
I miss the evergreen trees
I miss the comforting rain
I miss the grey of each misty new day
I miss the colors of my home
I miss the way the air feels
I miss the way that I know I belong
I miss the colors of my home

i grew up running pine needle trails
moss green of the forest, the seagull's bright call
copper sunsets on a sapphire sea
wide open spaces as far as I can see

CHORUS

Call me back! ... to the windswept beaches
Call me back! ... to the fresh salt air
Call me back! ... to the mountain reaches
Oh I feel so far away...

they paint a memory - a part of me
it's gold like the lightning that strikes violet skies
crimson canyon and the evening's red flame
hear the chorus of voices calling my name

CHORUS
CHORUS

Episode 001 - Hummingbird Sessions

It's the first episode of the Hummingbird Sessions and we're so excited to be back and doing regular concerts for you guys. This first episode features the top five songs from the last set list poll, and it seems appropriate that we're kicking off the series with a lot of fan favorites.

We hope you guys enjoy!

The Hummingbird Sessions - Episode 001:

1.  Feast of the Elven King

2. Midnight Sun

3. Hummingbird

4. Country Roads (by John Denver)

5. The Bandit

Let us know what you think! Do you like the new concert series? As always, leave your suggestions for songs to include in the set lists down the road and we'll add them to the list. 

Lyrics:

Midnight Sun
(G. Gothard)

golden meadow, summer's light
northern land of elusive night
here we spend our endless hours
singing among the sweet wildflowers

winds that whisper, evening song
stories of the mountains strong
here we spend our endless hours
singing among the sweet wildflowers

CHORUS
And I look up to the sky above
And I can name every star I see
And I hold close to the ones I love
And I will dance to the midnight sun

far from troubles, winter's grieving
in this place we'll chance believing
here we spend our endless hours
singing among the sweet wildflowers

CHORUS
CHORUS

Country Roads
(John Denver)

almost heaven, west virginia
blue ridge mountains, shenandoah river
life is old there, older than the trees
younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

CHORUS
country roads take me home
to the place where I belong
west virginia, mountain mama
take me home, country roads

all my memories, gather 'round her
miner's lady, stranger to blue water
dark and dusty, painted on the sky
misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

CHORUS

I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me
the radio reminds me of my home, far away
drivin' down the road I get the feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday ...

CHORUS
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