1989 - Otto Rosfeld

This is quite a simplified version of Andy Irvine’s song “Baneasas Green Glade" both from his early Planxty days and later solo albums, as well as the version recorded with Mozaik. Chords are simply Am, Em and D, then Am Em and D followed by Am Em G Am, back to G C Em and Am. 
The verse: “We’d sit in our Glade” goes: Am Dm Dm Am Am G Em Am. - We’d sit Am in our glade Dm till the heat Dm of the day Am walk down Am to the zoo G to sit Em to play Am. An easier way to play it than some songbooks suggest, as I say in the track - ignore the key Andy plays in, just find your own preferred pitch. It's a very simple version but quite effective.

Baneasas Green Glade - simplified version

Sigyn (ZEE-gan) is my nearly 10 year old White Shepherd mix puppy. She was rescued as an 11 week old in January 2016 and estimated her birthday to be Halloween 2015. She is my 'Ghost Dog', 'Spirit Dog', Faithful companion, as she is named after the Norse deity who faithfully held a chalice to catch the dripping venom of a snake perched above a chained Loki.


This improvisation came to me during one of our regular morning walks around our Saint Paul neighborhood. Sigyn used to handle a brisk 5 miles every morning, in recent years however she has slowed down a bit and this improvisation is a reflection of our years together as my faithful companion in my 8 years of widowhood.
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Sigyn's morning walk

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