ODE  TO  NEWFOUNDLAND

Time signature:  4/4
Tempo: Moderate
Lyrics:  Sir Cavendish Boyle
​Music:  Sir C. Hubert Parry
UNDER CONSTRUCTION:  Notation and youTube keys need to be checked.
Accordion Notation
Based mainly on the melody in Favorite Songs of Newfoundland (Alan Mills & Kenneth Peacock), 1958 (Page 50).
Beats per bar =  4
Beat symbol  =   Dot ( . ) or equivalent     
Inside row (high)  =  Buttons  6* - 9   plus o10*
Inside row (low)   =  Buttons  2* - 6   plus  o6*
​Outside row (low) = Buttons  2* - 6   plus  o1

Verse 1 (of 4)

  .6    |   .7   .6       ;8     "8*   |   .7     .7*   .6
  .3    |   .4   .3       ;5     "4*   |   .4     .3*   .3
When    sun  rays  crown  thy        pine  clad  hills,

 .8    |   .9*   .8*      .9      "10*  "9*  |    .:8
 .5    |   .5*   .4*      .6       "6*  "5*   |    .:5
And      sum-mer  spreads    her___          hand, 

  .7*   |   .7      .o10*      .8    .7*   |   .8    .9*   .10*
  .3*   |   .4   .(o6*/o1)   .5    .3*   |   .5    .5*   .6*
When      sil  -   vern            voi - ces       tune  thy   rills,

.7*   |   .7     .8       .7     .o10*      |   .:8
.3*   |   .4     .5       .4  .(o6*/o1)   |   .:5
We       love  thee,   smil   -  ing               land.

.8   |   :9    .8      .7   |   :9*   .8*
.5   |   :6    .5      .4   |   :5*   .4*
We     love  thee,   we       love  thee,

.7*   |   .6*    .6     .7   .7*   |   .:6
​.3*   |   .2*    .3     .4   .3*   |   .:3
We       love  thee,  smil-ing        land.

Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Twelve videos in keys:    Bb=2     C=2      C,Db=1      D,Eb=1      D,Gb=1       Eb=4       G=1
Key:  Bb

Singer:  

​Posted by:  
Key:  Bb

Band:  Upper Island Cove Anglican Church Assistance Association Brass Band

​Posted by:  ​ICH NL
Key:  Eb

Audience:   Festsival 500 (in 2011)?

​Posted by:  CBC Music
Key:  C

Accordionists:  Liam and Tristian 

Posted by:  announcementX
Key:  C

"Closing number of the Advent service 2017 at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in St. John's NL, with the Lt Governor and his vice-regal party in attendance."

Posted by:  Tim Foulkes


​
Key:  G

Singer:  ?  Perhaps Anita Best ?

Posted by:  Lorna Miles-Baum
Key:   C  for verses 1 to 3
          Db for last verse

Singer:  ?

​Posted by:  jamisquibb
Key:  Eb

Pianist:  Alasdair Murden

Posted by:  TheAdvancedMusic

A short instrumental presentation.
Key:  D    for first verse
         Eb   for last verse
         

Choir:  St. Michael's School Choir

​Posted by:  

Choir visiting Newfoundland, with St. Bonaventure's College

​
Key:  D for verse 1
         Gb for verse 2
         
Choir:  The Atlantic Boychoir

Posted by:  VOCMNEWS

Perhaps my "ear" is tired tonight, but I could not determine the keys for verses 3 & 4 in this performance ... moving on.
Key:  Eb

Group:  2011 Festival 500
             in St. John's NL
​
Posted by:  CBC Music
Key:  Eb

Orchestra:  The Slovak Radio
​                   Symphony Orchestra

​Posted by:  Anthems & Honors Music
Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:
When sun rays crown thy pine clad hills,
And summer spreads her hand,
When silvern voices tune thy rills,
We love thee, smiling land.
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, smiling land.

When spreads thy cloak of shimmering white,
At winter's stern command,
Thro' shortened day, and starlit night,
We love thee, frozen land.
We love thee, we love thee
We love thee, frozen land.

When blinding storm gusts fret thy shore,
And wild waves lash thy strand,
Thro' spindrift swirl, and tempest roar,
We love thee windswept land.
We love thee, we love thee
We love thee windswept land.

As loved our parents, so we love,
Where once they stood, we stand;
Their prayer we raise to Heaven above,
God guard thee, Newfoundland
God guard thee, God guard thee,
God guard thee, Newfoundland.
Background Links:
Click HERE for wikipedia info about this anthem.

Click HERE for additional archival info, and a thank-you to Larry Dohey (Director of Programming and Public Engagement, The Rooms, St. John's, NL) for pointing us to this page.

Click HERE  for wikipedia's, and HERE for the Dictionary Of Canadian Biography's, biography of Sir Cavendish Boyle
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Click HERE ​for biographical(wikipedia) info on the great English composer and writer Sir C. Hubert Parry, who was much more famous for his many other musical contributions (including the music for "Jerusalem" and "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind") than he was for the "Ode to Newfoundland".