Yodeling on Youtube
Thanks to Phil W. for alerting us to this yodeling posted on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fioc7suNO3s . If the link doesn't work, type "Paul and Martha Miller" in the youtube search box. There are two separate recordings, with a different song in each.
Paul is my uncle--my dad's brother. He learned yodeling from his wife, Martha, who grew up in a Swiss community in Indiana, where children learn yodeling as routinely as children elsewhere learn other ways of singing. They speak Swiss instead of the German dialect many other Amish people speak, and the words of the songs on this recording are Swiss.
The recording was apparently made recently in Florida at the home of their son Eric.
Paul is a retired teacher and Beachy bishop. He is the current editor of Calvary Messenger. Paul's family lived in Canada for many years where they were involved in teaching Indians/Native Americans/First Nations children (I'm not sure which is the most easily-understood respectful term.), first at Round Lake, then at Poplar Hill. In 1975 they moved to this community when Paul was asked to lead out in establishing our church high school, Pilgrim Christian School.
Early in their marriage, before the Canada years, Paul taught school in Meade, KS, a Western Kansas community settled by Mennonites of a different stripe than Reno County groups.
Martha was the first person in her family to become a Christian, as I remember my mother telling it. Her parents and other family members came to faith also, and they eventually moved to a different community than the one in which Martha was born, and joined a Beachy church. Martha later attended Eastern Mennonite College, where she met Paul.
Martha is a first cousin to the original Amish Cook, whose weekly column is syndicated in our local newspaper, along with many other newspapers.
Paul and Martha's yodeling has been requested at many family gatherings in bygone years. I'm glad Eric recorded and posted it for others to enjoy as well.
Paul is my uncle--my dad's brother. He learned yodeling from his wife, Martha, who grew up in a Swiss community in Indiana, where children learn yodeling as routinely as children elsewhere learn other ways of singing. They speak Swiss instead of the German dialect many other Amish people speak, and the words of the songs on this recording are Swiss.
The recording was apparently made recently in Florida at the home of their son Eric.
Paul is a retired teacher and Beachy bishop. He is the current editor of Calvary Messenger. Paul's family lived in Canada for many years where they were involved in teaching Indians/Native Americans/First Nations children (I'm not sure which is the most easily-understood respectful term.), first at Round Lake, then at Poplar Hill. In 1975 they moved to this community when Paul was asked to lead out in establishing our church high school, Pilgrim Christian School.
Early in their marriage, before the Canada years, Paul taught school in Meade, KS, a Western Kansas community settled by Mennonites of a different stripe than Reno County groups.
Martha was the first person in her family to become a Christian, as I remember my mother telling it. Her parents and other family members came to faith also, and they eventually moved to a different community than the one in which Martha was born, and joined a Beachy church. Martha later attended Eastern Mennonite College, where she met Paul.
Martha is a first cousin to the original Amish Cook, whose weekly column is syndicated in our local newspaper, along with many other newspapers.
Paul and Martha's yodeling has been requested at many family gatherings in bygone years. I'm glad Eric recorded and posted it for others to enjoy as well.
posted by Mrs. I at
8:06 AM
1 Comments:
Thank you! Gerald's commment was, "looks like old times".
Still waiting for a wedding post!!
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Cathy Miller, at 4/19/2009
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