<snowy@weather.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:27:15 -0500, "Thane" <thane100@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"snowy" <snowy@weather.net> wrote in message
>>news:Xns9E6271BCDE26Bsnowyweathernet@216.151.153.169...
>>>la
>>> Croix de Bois, the second one with the Windsbacher Knabenchor in a
>>> modern
>>> setting by Vic Nees and the third one by the Bonifantes Boys' Choir from
>>> Pardubice, also in a kind of arrangement :-)
>>>
>>> No need to add that these two versions have not much to do with the
>>> original folksong that was still very well known around here until we
>>> went
>>> through the so called Quiet Revolution....
>>
>>Thanks for taking the time to locate & upload these!
>>
>>Needless to say, the PCCB version is by far my favorite. The Bonifantes BC
>>is certainly different, if bordering on the unrecognizable. But I am sure
>>there are those who prefer the "modern" arrangements and have little or no
>>knowledge of the folk origins...
>>
> Glad you liked it.
> I just wonder if those with no knowledge of French get "the whole
> story", with the different groups gathering on the bridge?
> all!
Yes, I've seen some lists that seem to have an endless number of verses! Of
course, that's what makes it "folk" music; there's nothing sacred about it,
people can add to it as inspiration strikes.
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