not native fruit

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW (Ionian, arranged by km)

(chord notation is: base string/middle string/ treble string; strum pattern is of your own choosing; unless otherwise noted the base and middle string remain the same)

[0/0/0] Oh, [0] the [7] weath – [7] er [6] out – [5] side [4] is [2/0/3] fright- [0] ful,

[0] but [0] the [4] fire [3] is [4] so [3] de – [1/0/2] light – [0] ful.

[1/0/1] and [0/6/8] since [8] we’ve [7] no [6] place [5] to [3/0/4] go,

[8/0/9] let [8/0/8] it [8/0/7] snow, [5/0/7] let [5/0/6] it [5/0/5] snow, [4/0/5] let [4/0/4] it [4/0/3] snow.

(Chorus:)
[1/0/2] When [3] we [4] fi- [5-4] nally [2] say [4/0/7] good-[4] night,

[4/0/2] how [4] I’ll [3] hate [3] to [2] go [1] out [1/0/0] in [1] the [2] storm

[1/0/2]but [3] if [4] you [5-4] really [2] hold [4/0/7] me [4] tight,

[7] all [6+] the [5] way [5] home [6+]I’ll [7] be [8/6+/8]warm.

(Verses:)
It doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I brought some corn for popping;
The lights are turned way down low,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bye-ing,
But as long as you love me so.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

wandering in the forest

Vandring i Skoven, by H.C. Andersen (lyrics) and Henrik Rung (music)

Ionian

1             4        4  à                     1

0             0       2                             0

0   2       4  4    4         4-5   4 4      2   0-1    2    2     1   1     0

Min       sÆde Brud, min unge Viv, Min Kjaerlighed, mit Liv!

I           denne lyse, tause Nat, Hos Dig, min Verdens Skat,

Du        er saa frisk som BÆgens Hang, Som Nattergalens Sang,

1             4        4  à                  1

0             0       2                        0 -

0   2       4  4    4       4-5   4 4      2    0-1    2    2     1 1   0

Kom, Maanen skinner stor og klar, en stilhed Natten har,

Jeg er saa glad, saa salig glad, Duft, friske BÆgeblad!

Saa dyb som Nattens stille Ro, Her hvor Skov maerker gro,

4 à                               x      2   x      2       x        1

2                3       2          x      0  x      0        x        0

0-2  4  4   4      4 7  5    4         5       3  3      3        4        2

En Delighed, en Ensomhed, Min sÆde Brud, kom med!

Syng, Nattergal, lys maaneklar!  Jeg her al Rigdom har:

Hvor maleriske BÆge staa, og vi ved Maans’kin gaa:

1   4                     4   x   2         1

0   3                     2   2   0          0

0   5   5   5   5     4   x    0   0-1    2    2     1      1     0

I BÆgeskoven gaa vi to, der hvor Skovmaerker gro.

Min sÆde Brud, min unge Viv, min Kjaerlighed, mit Liv!

Min SÆde Brud, min unge Viv, Min Kjaerlighed, mit Liv!

My sweetest bride, my wife so young, my love, my life, come hither where the moonlight’s bright in the stillness of the night.  Oh, loveliness, Oh loveliness, my sweetest bride, do come!  In the beech wood we’ll walk, we two where woodruffs many grow. 

In this most bright and silent night, with you my dearest treasure, I am so glad, so full of bliss, do smell the leaves so fresh, sing nightingale, shine clearest moon!  All riches I do have: my sweetest bride, my wife so young, my love, my life.

Like the leafy beech you are so fresh, like the song of the nightingale, as deep and quiet as the night, where all the woodruffs grow; where beeches picturesque abound, we two in moonlight walk!  My sweetest bride, my wife so young, my love, my life.

silent night

This is my arrangement of 'Silent Night' for the dulcimer.  I felt it was the most appropriate of the carols I've arranged for this season, given that my long-time friend Ruthie died on December 10th.  We had the memorial gathering in her home today.  It was a beautiful event, filled with wonderful people, great food, fantastic photos of Ruthie at all ages.  I feel so fortunate to have gotten to know Ruthie.  She gave me so much, and she lives on in my heart.

SILENT NIGHT

SILENT N, HOLY N ALL IS CALM, ALL IS BRIGHT

4        1    4  1  8     8  5      7    7      4

2        0  2    0 6+   6+ 4      5  5       2

4-5-4 2  4-5-42 8     8 6+    7      7       4

ROUND YON VIRGIN MOTHER AND CHILD

4                  -       4   -  4  4       4           1

3                  -       3   -  2    2       2           0

5                  5      7-6+-54    5        4            2

HOLY INFANT SO TENDER AND MILD

4->                                                   1

3 ->                       2->                     0

5       5    7     6+      5  4    5   4          2

Sleep in heavnly Peace, Sleep in heavnly peace

8 ->                    6+6+    4    4      1    4       1

6+                 6 + 0 0      0   0      0    4 3 1 0

8      10      8       7 – 9     7  -4      2     4      0

SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT, SHEPHERDS QUAKE AT THE SIGHT

GLORIES STREAM FROM HEAVEN ABOVE, HEAVENLY HOSTS SING ‘ALLELUIA’, CHRIST THE SAVIOR IS BORN, CHRIST THE SAVIOR IS BORN

I hope you enjoy your holidays, whichever ones you celebrate.  We celebrated the Solstice, and remembered Ruthie.