Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

[Bridget and Peter]

I had copied the words to "Ultreia" before I left, but never knew the tune

I was in the same position but Sil directed me to this recording of it.

http://ama-walker-walker.theboys.co.za/ ... erlied.WAV

Inspired by the previous posts to make my collection of songs to embarrass my husband with - I mean - sing in French churches, I took my lap top to the piano last night, scrabbled around for a scrap of manuscript paper and managed to get the notes down. So now I feel ready to sing it, although my french pronunciation may be a bit suspect. Is there an english version of the words?

There are several songs in Joyce Rupp's book - does anyone know the tunes to them?

[KiwiNomad06]

I am not sure.... I never ever heard an English version.... it was a song that you tended to hear French-speaking pilgrims sing.
One evening in a gite in Condom, in France, there was a computer with internet in the lounge and only three of us home. We used the internet to find lyrics for several songs we thought of singing. Then a bunch more came home and we used the internet to find all the words to Ultreia and sang that together! The only words we found were French ones.
Margaret

[sillydoll]

The Pedalling Pilgrims write about a singing pilgrim busking his way along the camino - his purpose in life? To make pilgrims happy - by singing.

http://pedallingpilgrims.blogspot.com/2 ... -mist.html

[jl]

Hello all Ultreia enthusiasts. When I attended Mass at Conques, they handed out word sheets with a melody line, and subsequently collected them after Mass. There were not a lot of them, but I spoke to someone after and was given a copy of that sheet (I had missed out when they were handed out). Keep your eyes open you might find it along the way. I was also given a beautiful little card with all the words on one side too at one of the masses I attended.

One particularly bad day I found Tallis Canon got me to the top of the hill (the one leading into Leon). For some reason it was just right to march up the hill to, the only problem was that I was so tired I couldn't think of another one to "change the record" quickly and I didn't dare stop - it was the beat of this old Canon that was getting me there, and so I just had to let the song go round and round until I got to the top and had no further need of it for the moment!.

Ultreia, Janet

[sillydoll]

If anyone would like a short WAV recording of the Ultreia song, you can either download it from my blog or email me and I'll send it to you.

[falcon269]

Ultreia.doc

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[sillydoll]

All the verses.

[Bridget and Peter]

Oh well, it was worth refreshing my rusty music transcribing skills! Your version, falcon, is not only more readable, it's also a fifth higher than the ladies on Sil's WAV recording! (approximately!!) And it has harmony! Lets hope I find someone to sing it with me on the Vezelay route.