COMPLETE [poetry] Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land by Leland -ck

[Carolin]

Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land by Charles Godfrey Leland (1824 - 1903).

This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project: https://librivox.org/songs-of-the-sea-and-lays-of-the-land-by-charles-godfrey-leland/

This is a volume of poetry by Charles Godfrey Leland. The first half of this volume is taken up by the Songs of the Sea, with rather romantic songs about seafaring, mermaids, and adventures, and the second half of the volume contains the Lays of the Land, with poems focused on the things a seaman may encounter when he enters a port. ( Carolin)

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[Carolin]

the preface needs a full intro

"Preface to Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Say:
"Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land, by Charles Godfrey Leland. Preface"

Outro: End of Preface.

[Carolin]

this project is now ready to go! all readers and a dpl are most welcome

[Carolin]

lets move out to readers wanted

[silverquill]

2,28,65 would be good ones to start . . . .

[Carolin]

Thank you

[StephenChristie]

May I read some?

Start with #3, El Captain General

I'd also like to try the preface. Seems like good practice for longer prose.

[Carolin]

Thank you stephen!

I didnt add this to the magic window but the preface needs the long intro, viewtopic.php?p=1402151#p1402151 it isnt a poem, so no poetry disclaimer thank you

[Jude1972]

Please can I have 4 & 5......

[StephenChristie]

More cuts than I wished for the preface. Let me know if you notice any of them.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_01_leland_128kb.mp3 8:28
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_03_leland_128kb.mp3 4:1

I notice there is one poetic quotation before the main set of poetry. Should this be part of the preface, it's own entry, or left off?

I'd like to read #12 and #15.

[busbyhr]

Good Evening Carolin,

I'd love to read #14 The Merman. I'm pretty excited because this will be my first reading on Librivox. What is the deadline to complete the reading once it's assigned? Thanks so much!!

Warm wishes,
Hilary

[Carolin]

thank you all!

stephen, that quote can be omitted thank you!

[Carolin]

Good Evening Carolin,

I'd love to read #14 The Merman. I'm pretty excited because this will be my first reading on Librivox. What is the deadline to complete the reading once it's assigned? Thanks so much!!

Warm wishes,
Hilary

hi an welcome to librivox!

you are welcome to read that poem. to be able to sign you up, i need to know under which name or pseudonym you would like to appear in the catalog. we can also link to your personal website or blog.

i see you have already completed your test, so you can get started right away. i only need to know your catalog info to make your name appear in the magic window.

the deadline is one month for poetry. you can find all this info in the first post of this project. thank you

[silverquill]

Three from me:

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_02_leland_128kb.mp3 3:25
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_28_leland_128kb.mp3 3:01
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_65_leland_128kb.mp3 0:54

[Carolin]

thank you larry!