WHERE ARE ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS CHIFFERS???

The Ultimate On-Line Whistle Community. If you find one more ultimater, let us know.
Post Reply
User avatar
Will O'B
Posts: 1169
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:53 pm
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: The Other Side Of The Glen (i.e. A Long Way From Tipperary)
Contact:
Contact Will O'B

WHERE ARE ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS CHIFFERS???

Post by Will O'B »

Ok, where are all of you Christmas chiffers hiding?
:-? Dust off your microphones, grab your best
whistle and kick in a tune or three. Surely, Walden
and I can't be the only ones who care to toot a Christmas
tune at this yuletide time. I'm certain Alan would love to
hear from you. :)

http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/zozm

Merry Chiffmas To All And To All A Good Night,

Will O'Ban :party:
Last edited by Will O'B on Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:58 am, edited 2 times in total.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
Top
User avatar
Crevan
Posts: 118
Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:15 pm
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Post by Crevan »

Very nice Will O'B, thanks for sharing with us.
-Kevin
Top
User avatar
izzarina
Posts: 6759
Joined: Sat Jun 28, 2003 8:17 pm
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: Limbo
Contact:
Contact izzarina

Post by izzarina »

Sounds great, Will!!! :)
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece.
Top
User avatar
Joseph E. Smith
Posts: 13780
Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:40 pm
antispam: No
Location: ... who cares?...
Contact:
Contact Joseph E. Smith

Post by Joseph E. Smith »

Very enjoyable, thanks Will O'B. :)
Image
Top
User avatar
BrassBlower
Posts: 2224
Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2002 6:00 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Location: Fly-Over Country

Post by BrassBlower »

Where have all the Chiffers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the Chiffers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the Chiffers gone?
Gone to Scrooges, every one.
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Just kidding. I've been busy with "real life" lately, with little time to record. I've got a couple almost ready to burn, though. You should be seeing them shortly.
https://www.facebook.com/4StringFantasy

I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

-Galileo
Top
User avatar
jkrazy52
Posts: 772
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:12 am
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: Southern Ohio

Post by jkrazy52 »

Reasons for not posting a "Chiffy Christmas" melody ...

1. The Grinch stole my microphone for a session with the Who's of Whoville .....
2. Haven't quite recovered from being asked to play "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"....
3. Rudolph-the-Red-Nosed Reindeer is demanding royalties for using his name in song .....
4. All of the above ...
5. None of the above ...
6. Don't know how, don't wanna, and/or don't play that well.

I pick #6, with a pinch of # 1 Image

~Judy
Top
User avatar
Will O'B
Posts: 1169
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:53 pm
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: The Other Side Of The Glen (i.e. A Long Way From Tipperary)
Contact:
Contact Will O'B

Post by Will O'B »

jkrazy52 wrote:Reasons for not posting a "Chiffy Christmas" melody ...

6. . . . don't wanna . . .

I pick #6, with a pinch of # 1 Image

~Judy
Gee, too bad. I understand that "We Three Kings" plays nicely on a Dixon Mezzo A :poke:

Thanks, everyone for the compliments (I'll take 'em anyway I can get 'em), but that's not really the reason for this thread. While credit for the Chiffy Christmas tunes goes to Alan, I just thought that people would like to contribute some of their favorite holiday tunes is all. I enjoy listening to other people play the whistle. If they are people who I know from the board then it makes it that much nicer. For instance, if I heard Walden's original air without knowing who did it, it would still be nice. But feeling like Walden is a friend from the board makes it that much better. Plus, the Chiffy tunes don't seem to have the cut-throat, judgmental atmosphere that has always kept me from posting on clips & snips. I dunno . . . this is just my 2 cents worth, I guess . . .

Will O'Ban
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
Top
User avatar
Feadan
Posts: 675
Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2001 6:00 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Location: Gloucester, MA
Contact:
Contact Feadan

Post by Feadan »

Can I recycle Shepherds Arise from an old Clips & Snips offering? :D

Cheers,
David
Top
The Weekenders
Posts: 10300
Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2002 6:00 pm
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: SF East Bay Area

Post by The Weekenders »

There are a finite number of widely-recognizable Xmas songs and its pretty small. That's what occurred to me as I was trying to think of some new tune to contribute. I guess I could do "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" but the melody is not that memorable and without the words, well.....
How do you prepare for the end of the world?
Top
User avatar
Walden
Chiffmaster General
Posts: 11030
Joined: Thu May 09, 2002 6:00 pm
antispam: No
Location: Coal mining country in the Eastern Oklahoma hills.
Contact:
Contact Walden

Post by Walden »

The Weekenders wrote:There are a finite number of widely-recognizable Xmas songs and its pretty small. That's what occurred to me as I was trying to think of some new tune to contribute. I guess I could do "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" but the melody is not that memorable and without the words, well.....
Can you do "Children, Go Where I Send Thee"?
Top
User avatar
BrassBlower
Posts: 2224
Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2002 6:00 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Location: Fly-Over Country

Post by BrassBlower »

I think I will contribute "The Sans Day Carol" this year, and another one which I haven't decided on yet.
https://www.facebook.com/4StringFantasy

I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

-Galileo
Top
User avatar
Will O'B
Posts: 1169
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:53 pm
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: The Other Side Of The Glen (i.e. A Long Way From Tipperary)
Contact:
Contact Will O'B

Post by Will O'B »

Feadan wrote:Can I recycle Shepherds Arise from an old Clips & Snips offering? :D

Cheers,
David
I would say ask Alan. He's taking submissions for the Chiffy Tunes at: zozm@yahoo.com.

Merry Chiffmas,

Will O'Ban
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
Top
User avatar
Alan
Posts: 606
Joined: Sun Apr 28, 2002 6:00 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Tell us something.: From the land beyond beyond. From the time past hope and fear. I bid you, Genie, now appear! Well, the Genie did not appear but the notification to type at least 100 characters did so I am back and typing some more as you, if anyone actually sees this, can probably tell.
Location: Auburn, California

Post by Alan »

Eleven tunes at the time of this posting.
Alan
Top
User avatar
Darwin
Posts: 2719
Joined: Sat Jan 03, 2004 2:38 am
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: Flower Mound, TX
Contact:
Contact Darwin

Post by Darwin »

I was looking to get a handle on an old Jean Ritchie tune, Christ Was Born in Bethlehem, that I vaguely remembered from decades ago.

I found it at this Web site, where I was quite amused to find an album of carols accompanied by the following:

"Warning: sound clips may contain explicit lyrics". :roll:

I mean, really...

There are some nice, relatively rare, tunes there, though, if you're a little burned out on the (otherwise perfectly good) songs that are blasted out from every store in every mall.
Mike Wright

"When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place."
 --Goethe
Top
User avatar
carrie
Posts: 2066
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2002 6:00 pm

Post by carrie »

I very much like Mike and Peggy Seeger's American Folk Songs for Christmas. I think this link is to the CD, but there's a book too.

Carol
Top
Post Reply

Return to “The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum”