Talk:Aura Lea

Latest comment: 5 years ago by 78.153.204.55 in topic Civil War song

Short

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Isn't there a shorter version? I know the short one... The first stanza


As the blackbird in the spring
neath the willow tree
sat and piped I heard him sing
singing "Aura Lee"


--98.64.110.201 (talk) 16:04, 22 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Aura Lea melody

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The melody I have always known has first line "E" for the second eighth note in the second and sixth measures. I believe the F sharps here should be corrected, unless the present inferior melody was the original (which I doubt).

Djedouel (talk) 23:17, 29 July 2011 (UTC)djedouelReply

Lovely catch, Djedouel! Here's hoping I can remember how I made that screenshot last time... --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 02:55, 30 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Fixed, but there's a problem with thumbnail generation on Commons, so it won't show up for a bit, unfortunately. Thank you!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:56, 30 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

"Version" or "Edition" ??

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With reference to the caption of the image of the sheet music cover from the South--if the lyrics differ (as the Union and Confederate renditions of "Rally 'Round the Flag" do, for example) then it would be legitimate to refer to a Confederate "version." Given that this is a love song and not, to my knowledge, connected with the war, or the sectional conflict in any way, is that not simply a different edition? Terry J. Carter (talk) 01:34, 8 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Civil War song

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Why is it called an "American Civil War song" in the lead? There is no reference to war in the lyrics, and there is nothing in the article about it being sung by Civil War soldiers of either side. Either an explanation of the term should be given, or it should be changed to something like "a love song written in the American Civil War period". 78.153.204.55 (talk) 09:26, 24 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

I've done it myself. 78.153.204.55 (talk) 11:53, 25 June 2019 (UTC)Reply