photos, drawings, paintings from Peceli and Wendy about Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsular
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
When cockle shells...
from w
There's one song in a hundred that is so moving it takes you to another place. Last night at a concert at Queenscliff Uniting Church a soloist sang 'Waly Waly' (not 'The water is wide' version) but 'when cockle shells turn...' I had never heard it before so I asked the choir conductor about it and he said that Eva Cassidy sings it, so I tracked it down on youtube. It is a marvellous song. Apparently 'Waly' means 'woe is me' and the folk song may be from the 17th century - England or border of Scotland.
Babasiga (pronounced bambasinga) is the dry land of Macuata in northern Fiji - our place in the sun in Fiji. Peceli is from Fiji from the village is Vatuadova and the beach is Nukutatava. Peceli Ratawa passed away on 27th December 2015 so this is Wendy's blog now. Wendy is an Australian and today live in Geelong, Australia.
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