FIDDLESTICKS: Farewell to Nauvoo - Hymns and Songs of the Mormon Pioneers

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Farewell to Nauvoo - Hymns and Songs of the Mormon Pioneers

© 2006 FiddleSticks (634479328138)

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A new collection of hymns and songs from the Mormon Pioneers and from other hymn traditions of nineteenth-century America.

tracks

1 Now My Dear Companions
2 O My Father
3 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
4 The Handcart Song
5 Paddy Fahy's Jig
6 The Humble Heart
7 Love is Little
8 Lead Kindly Light
9 Hickory Sticks
10 Lonesome Roving Wolves
11 A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief
12 This Earth Was Once a Garden Place
13 Love is Little Reel
14 The Unknown Grave
15 Farewell to Nauvoo
16 Poor Wayfaring Stranger
17 Margaret Young Boyle Sings the Handcart Song
18 Bonus: Unabridged Handcart Song by Pioneer Margaret Boyle
19 Bonus: Lord of the Dance
20 Bonus: There Is a Land of Pleasure
21 Bonus: The Saviour's Universal Prayer
22 Bonus: Pickin' the Devil's Eye
23 Bonus: Bonaparte's Retreat
24 Bonus: The Steve Lerud Blues

notes

The family band FiddleSticks and Lisa Arrington have combined their talents to present Farewell to Nauvoo, a new collection of hymns and songs from the Mormon Pioneers and from other hymn traditions of nineteenth-century America.

This Farewell to Nauvoo album is a sequel, in two ways. It is a kind of Volume Two in a Series, following up the FiddleSticks CD from 2004 called Return to Nauvoo. At the same time, many of the arrangements on this album appeared first on Lisa Arrington's 1992 solo recording Hidden Treasures. Lisa and the Davis family have been friends for many years and this long-awaited collaboration has produced some lovely new arrangements of favorite old melodies, fusing Lisa's vocals and imaginative piano arrangements with the eclectic FiddleSticks Celtic style.

Lisa Arrington is a storyteller. By giving these lovely old hymns and songs her colorful and personal perspective, she tells the stories in a way that brings to life the people we remember as the Mormon Pioneers.

Plus, the album includes a special archive track: Mormon Pioneer Margaret Boyle was recorded singing the "Handcart Song" in 1951 when she was 97 years old. If you want to hear a pioneer song performed by somebody who lived the story the rest of us can only sing about, you have to hear Margaret Boyle sing the Handcart Song.

Featured instruments: Fiddle, Cello, Piano, Flutes, Guitar, Bodhran, Accordion, Viola -- and of course, voice.

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  • Farewell to Nauvoo
    author: Elliott Craynor

    This CD is my favorite I really enjoy the sound of all the songs!

  • Farewell to Nauvoo
    author: Edna Peterson

    I loved the music. I will be teaching classes where I can use some of the music. Can't wait until July when we go to Rocky Ridge where our grandchildren will be pulling handcarts. The music will be meaningful to them. Especially Margaret Young Boyle's version of The Handcart Song. Thank you to the artists and to CDBaby for such a great job.

  • the unknown grave
    author: Michael

    I can not get the music to the song THE unknown grave to come up ! Is there anywhere I can hear this song? thanks Michael lehisdream@yahoo.com

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