the story of how we begin to remember

♪♬ m. lundy ➺ they/them ➺ 22 ♬♪ 𖤓 all sorts of folk music [& documentation of irish trad progress] 𖤓 ♪✦ liking from @doonthestair ✦♪

[corporealconcept]

Welcome to @corporealconcept! ♪♬ 

My name is Margaret until I decide otherwise and I’ll play any instrument my hands can hold and sing any melody my voice can carry. Folk music of all kinds has been an integral part of who I am for as long as I can remember, from the bagpipes to the balalaika to the banjo. I wanted an online space to archive and discuss my favorite traditional/folk pieces and possibly document any progress I make as a musician :) Primarily, I play the piano and tin whistle, but I’m rather handy with the guitar and ukulele and I’m learning the harmonica and ocarina too!

If this sort of thing is right up your alley, I’d be happy to see you around, and check out my main blog @doonthestair (a folk song reference itself, actually!) for other interests and antics <3

[corporealconcept]

the plot of this song

[whoknowswherethetimegoes]

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel in New York, 1966.

[highlandvalley]

[joeylikespizza]

this is the sweetes, purest, most adorable thing i’ve ever seen

[hanschensolo]

I played this while my cats were sitting next to me and they both immediately snuggled in harder and it was so pure

[human-nonsense]

This has the same energy of that video of that woman yodeling an old traditional herding yodel to make the cows come to her

[voxeterna1]

Woman who grew up on a dairy farm here. Cows LOVE music. When I was first learning to play flute, my mom would tell me to go practice in the barn so the cows could listen ( and also probably because she didn’t want to hear Hot Cross Buns for the 900th time). I would stand in the hay loft overlooking the main corral and they would all gather around and stare at me and swish their tails.

[homunculus-argument]

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Yeah man, do you need anything?

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

Alright, anything else?

Remember me to one who lives there

Wait you don't mean

She once was a true love of mine

Ugh ok I can say hi to your ex for you but I'm not playing your passive-aggressive bullshit games for you. Jesus.

[i-do-it-for-your-love]

"I'm straight." "I'm gay." okay well I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles such are promises all lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the re

[boookends]

my friend rudy pulled this out from behind a big stack of vinyl at our work. forgot i made this one

[calamitys-child]

I know I posted a draft of this yesterday but this is better actually

[ID: a 5x5 grid with the caption "sea shanty generator". The top X axis is captioned "I am" with the options "horny" "mean" "sad" "drunk" "gay. The Y axis is captioned "about" with the options "boats" "my friends" "the captain" "the fair bonny shores of home" "treasure". End ID]

[calamitys-child]

Some preliminary entries just from my most listened. Yes my favourite sea shanties are all mean and gay because I have taste

[alonewildbird]

[ID: the grid has been partially filled in with shanty titles. Barett's privateers is in I am mean about boats, drunken sailor is in mean about my friends, leaver her, johnny is in gay about boats, don't forget your old ship mate is in gay about my friends, and handsome cabin boy is in gay about the captain]

[riseupriseupandcomealong]

OP this is wonderful and i added some

[ihaveatromboner]

Fucking awesome, might it add

[talenlee]

Two things:

BOTANY BAY MENTION 🔔🔔🔔🔔

Respect the source, the Last Saskatchewan Pirate came first c'mon

[sexchangedotcom]

dude turn on music. any album

[univer-salll]

possessive since day one look at that grip 😰

[itswhatyougive]

Anyone else lost, empty and aching and don't know why, or is that just me and Paul Simon

[rachelbudweisz]

Nobody wants to dress up like them with me for Halloween 💔

[corporealconcept]

In truth, I haven’t played the Irish whistle since early May and it’s mid-September now. Kills me a little inside. The living situation had and has a lot do to with it. I miss that damn thing. I’m going to try looking into local trad groups where I’ve recently moved to—wish me luck :)

[polari]

Radical priest: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “the queen of Corona” 😳 you won’t know WHERE you’re going 💯

Me: yeah whatever. I don’t feel shit.

5 minutes later: mama I swear I just saw Paul and Julio down by the schoolyard

My buddy Mama Pajama spitting on the ground: it was against the law

[lielalie]

[kelvinthegoatt]

How why what

[corporealconcept]

this is the Irish Rover ship they sing about in The Irish Rover

[i-do-it-for-your-love]

Love finding people on Tumblr who are as insane about s&g as I am like yes 🙏🙏🙏 yes you guys get it 🙏🙏🙏