The Songs of the Mountaineers (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Hirst, John) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from The Songs of the Mountaineers Some of us were mainly actuated by a desire to have in portable form the words of the songs usually sung at climbing centres in the evenings, while others were desirous of preserving many original verses which, through lack of space or unsuitability, could not be printed in the Club Journal. Some wished to give a wider publicity to verses of a general character only, while others considered that even the most personal of our parodies could safely be printed for the delectation of the comparatively small climbing world, as few outside the narrow circle of the elect would ever read them. The upshot of it all was that the Editor was told to "get on with it," and left to decide for himself what line to take. Almost at the outset he realised that a purely Rucksack Club Song Book was out of the question. Many of our favourite songs - "I´m not a climber now" is a prominent example - are not the Rucksack Club´s property at all. The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the Lake District had already set the example by printing in Vol. III, No. 1, of its Journal a collection of five climbing songs, of which one was copied from the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, and one from the Climbers´ Club Journal. There was nothing for it but to rely on the friendly relationship which characterises climbing clubs, and set about collecting The Songs Of The Mountaineers. This decision has justified itself beyond all expectation. Every club secretary and every individual author whom the editor has approached for permission to include songs has given not only unhesitating consent but active assistance in settling points of detail, and many have offered further songs for inclusion. In this way many delightful impromptus which would have been irretrievably lost have been rescued from obscurity. The reincarnation of "The Mountaineero" would, almost of itself, justify the publishing of the collection! But our greatest debt is to Geoffrey Winthrop Young for the "Pen-y-Pass" songs, which form both in quality and quantity by far the most important contribution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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