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The Bells Of Rhymney

from Byrds Again by Steve T Hunter

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Another song written by Pete Seeger, released on their 1965 debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man. The guitar riff by Roger McGuinn was "borrowed" by George Harrison for his song "If I Needed Someone." The exact same lick. I transposed this song into Db because the Byrds did a lot of songs in the key of D, and I didn't want everything to sound the same.
"The Bells Of Rhymney" is originally an old English folk song called "Oranges and Lemons." The lyrics to the song were drawn from part of Davies' poetic work Gwalia Deserta, which was first published in 1938. The work was inspired by a local coal mining disaster and by the failure of the 1926 General Strike, with the "Bells of Rhymney" stanzas following the pattern of the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons". In addition to Rhymney, the poem also refers to the bells of a number of other places in South Wales, including Merthyr, Rhondda, Blaina, Caerphilly, Neath, Brecon, Swansea, Newport, Cardiff, and the Wye Valley.

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from Byrds Again, released February 21, 2021

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Steve T Hunter Toronto, Ontario

Pianist, arranger and conductor STEVE HUNTER is based in Toronto, Canada. A native of Los Angeles, Steve studied classical piano in Santa Monica until '73, when he moved to Toronto and furthered his studies in music and arranging. Steve's career has been a juggling act between the studio, concert halls, theater & clubs. ... more

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