Ballasteros' funeral - what was the of the lament, please

[sarabande]

what was the title of the lament, please, played by the piper at Seve Ballasteros funeral ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/13344400.stm

[Mark]

what was the title of the lament, please, played by the piper at Seve Ballasteros funeral ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/13344400.stm

No idea what the tune is but it's used for the Dubliner's song:

"I'm a Rover seldom sober, I'm a Rover of high degree. And when I'm drinking I'm always thinking how to gain my love's company." Gets a bit dirty for a funeral I'd have thought.

(It's on Ewan McLennan's Rags and Robes. Well worth a listen.)

Then some Andy Stewart. And why not?

[sahona]

Dunno, but I immediately associated the words....
Weep no more boys- something something
There is peace where there once was war.

The "seldom sober rover " tune is slightly different.

Where's Donald when you need him?

[Telo]

I believe them to be When the Battle's O'er, followed by The Green Hills of Tyrol, an adaptation of a tune by Rossini. Re the Dubliners, I know the song, but I don't recall it being to the tunes above.

[Telo]

Weep no more boys- something something
There is peace where there once was war.

You've got a damned good memory - I'd forgotten that there were any words to it. Contributors to Mudcat came up with this;

THE BATTLE’S O’ER

I returned to the hills of glory
Where the green grass and flowers grow,
And the wind softly sings a story
Of the brave lads of long ago.

CHORUS: March no more, my soldier laddie.
There is peace where there once was war.
Sleep in peace, my soldier laddie.
Sleep in peace now the battle’s o’er.

In the great glen they lie a-sleeping
Where the cool waters gently flow,
And the gray mist is sadly weeping
For the great lads of long ago. (CHORUS)

See the tall grasses that are waving
As their banners did long ago
With their heads high above the graving,
Marching likely to meet their foe. (CHORUS)

Some return from the fields of glory
To their loved ones who held them dear,
But some fell in their hour of glory
And were left to their rest to be. (CHORUS)

[Telo]

As a postscript, As well as The Mudcat Cafe, there's a really good source of (primarily) Scottish tunes and lyrics at Glasgow Guide.

[sahona]

Thanks Donald. I just had one of those moments when the wee trapdoor in the back of my head opens up and something says- "sing" (as in a Peter Paul and Mary LP from years ago...)

[Mark]

Thanks all for putting me right.

[sarabande]

thank you everyone.

[Telo]

I knew that the late Andy Stewart wrote the Scottish Soldier lyrics for the The Green Hills of Tyrol, but Mr Google also revealed that he wrote the words for The Battle's O'er. I was never very keen on his shortbread-tin-tartanry, but he certainly had an ear for great tune.