Theodore Bikel - My Side of the Mountain

Theodore Bikel sings My Side of the Mountain. I've always loved this song, and quite a few folks (including myself) have looked for a stand alone version of it, but cannot find it save in the movie itself. I cleaned up and restored the audio as much as possible, so it is much clearer than the original muddy sound. I hope I don't have to remove the upload, and I hope you all enjoy this rare tune as much as me!
Lyrics:
Be gone be gone to warm and distant shores
Who knows if we shall meet another sun
Will I escape the wrath of men
And you the hunter's gun
And you the hunter's gun
Fly away little blackbird fly away
Spread your wings and fly away
If I should live to see another spring
Then we shall meet another day
Yes we shall meet another day
And when you are safe from winter's chilly air
Where rivers flow in gentler pace
Think of my side of the mountain turning bare
And of dead leaves giving chase
And of dead leaves giving chase
Fly away little blackbird fly away
Spread your wings and fly away
If I should live to see another spring
Then we shall meet another day
Yes we shall meet another day

[@joelpelletier4587]

Fun fact: when Bando (Bikel) sings "My Side of the Mountain" in the song, that is the only time that phrase, the movie's title is stated in the entire movie.

[@edwardtressel1953]

TRUE!!! = D.E.T. (Baltimore /// Wednesday - September 6th 2023) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Side_of_the_Mountain_(film) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Eccles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Bikel

[@lokkev181]

I love My Side of the Mountain.

[@jakealden2517]

He wrote all the songs just for this movie, so it's hard to find them anywhere else.

[@artistcaleb]

Jake Alden I didn't know that! Amazing!

[@edwardtressel1953]

TRUE!! SEE "WIKIPEDIA" DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY ARTICLES ON THIS FILM / STARRING ACTORS & ORIGINAL NOVEL & AUTHOR!! = D.E.T. (Baltimore /// Wednesday - September 6th 2023 = 8 years later)

[@joshuawilliams8841]

Beautifully played Mr. Bikel. Here is a long forgotten classic. Beautiful, yet elegant. God bless to you all may I meet you all on the other side of the mountain. Amen.

[@ashbarker3378]

I watched this movie daily as a kid. I was overjoyed when they recently added it to Netflix streaming. This is one of my most favorite songs ever. To this day it gets stuck in my head for days on end.

[@edwardtressel1953]

ME TOO - EXACTLY / PRECISELY!! FOR HALF-CENTURY EVER SINCE BOTH FILM & THEME MUSIC!!! = D.E.T. (Baltimore /// Wednesday - September 6th, 2023)

[@brian1963110]

When I was in high school back in 1978, I believe I read the book over 3 doz. times by the time I was a senior...Now I have the movie...It really puts me where I should belong, I love the outdoors....:)

[@harrywisniewski5017]

Brian Powers I just finished reading it for the 56th time lol( I'm in 9th grade)

[@jibblesq]

But the movie is almost completely different from the book. I'd rather 5he book than this turd movie.

[@playlistenthusiast]

@@jibblesq Didn't the falcon die in the movie? It's been many years since I watched it so I don't remember for certain. I remember the movie had some fixation on algae too.

[@DustOnTheRoad]

Bando with the grunge wear. A beautiful time and place and song.

[@artistcaleb]

You are so right. I'm so fortunate to have seen the tale end of that era with my own eyes, we'll never see those times again I think.

[@DustOnTheRoad]

artistcaleb May we both someday have the fortune to be in that magical place once again,where simple beauty was alive in and all around us. Thanks for the upload.

[@artistcaleb]

DustOnTheRoad I hope that too! Thank you for the great comments!

[@MeatLocker666]

This is the first time I've heard that song since I saw the movie in 1969 (52 years ago). It withstands the test of time quite well!

[@WiseAlliOwl]

If there's any one singer I'd like to share with my generation, it's Theodore Bikel. His Folksinger's Choice album was amazing, full of beautiful takes on classic songs.

[@artistcaleb]

Oh thank you for letting me know about that! I have to get that!

[@charliekucharski2079]

Talk about good wholesome movies. If families have not seen this movie before I urge them to see it sometime. I think I saw it in a cutout bin or at the library. Always loved the work and music of Theo Bikel and the interaction between him and the boy in the movie is worth a look. Thanks for posting this video.

[@harrywisniewski5017]

Charlie Kucharski I've read the book and don't want to watch the movie tbh

[@danielshea8562]

Certainly a break from the hack em up morbid trash they can't give you enough of these days.

[@jeffking4176]

I don’t remember when I saw this movie, only I was a kid, and it was a late morning movie on tv. I never forgot it . A few years ago I started collecting old movies. I was surprised when I saw the DVD. I’m 56, and have watched the movie some 25 times. I really wish he would have recorded this song.

[@artistcaleb]

I agree, I wish he had too! Back when I cleaned up the audio on this I could have removed the background noise, but I wanted to keep it clean and original. One of these days I'd like to go back and see if I can't make it studio perfect, either way I'd like to learn how to play it on a guitar one day, that'd be a kick.

[@d4mnitbobby]

This song embodies wanderlust so well. Liberating and precarious.

[@briannemorna4268]

I have loved this song since childhood. I was singing it the other day and my grown son asked about it. Today is is going to hear it from this video it will be done the justice it deserves!

[@davidandrews811]

I was four years old when they made this film ,and I lived in bolton centre ,8 miles from my side of the mountain in the eastern townships of Quebec not the laurentians mountains ,the USA border with Vermont is very near Teddy’s camp

[@swampcrawlerls1267]

This guy strangled a bunch of people on a Alfred Hitchcock show, then sang folk songs with a kid and his Racoon. Amazing acting range.

[@daveking2184]

I saw Theodore on a litt house episode, also he was in the film the defiant ones. I first saw my side of the mountain in 1974 at the saturday matinee. A long walk to the movie house but is was worth it. The star Teddy Eccles is an exec. in So. Cal.

[@jeffking4176]

dave king Two other good movies of T. Bikel, "A Dog Of Flanders " with David Ladd. "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!"

[@epicrapfan73]

Teddy Eccles was the voice of Aaron in Rankin/Bass' The Little Drummer Boy!

[@vinmanr2d2]

With all of the stress of today 6~1~2020 , trump , Corona , and the George Floyd riots I had to tune in & get back to My Side of the Mountain ! Things are just really tense these days ! Like we have never seen before . Please folks , BE NICE to each other !

[@pamelacooperman5197]

Saw him in Gunsmoke. Love his voice❣️

[@samsmith4216]

I remember seeing this in the theater as a 10 yr old. I've been in love with Peregrinen Falcons and Raccoons ever since.

[@humvnerr0r844]

my mom turned me on to this movie as one of her favorites, growing up bando was a hero of mine

[@robloxgaming7675]

Who’s watching this in 2018

[@artistcaleb]

It's such a great movie! My dad told me about the first time he saw it, when it first came to theaters, it made him want to go to the mountains like Sam did! Then when I saw it I wanted to do the same thing too lol.

[@codysnell8168]

AMAZING SONG AND MOVIE!!!!

[@Daztents]

Thank you for this upload. I could listen to this a hundred times. His voice, the beautiful melody and the words. Love this movie. X

[@artistcaleb]

Thank you Arousiak! It was my absolute pleasure to upload this!

[@bladder1010]

This is really such a great movie. I would have been 6 years old in Toronto when this came out, and every summer I got to live almost like a feral child at our cottage in Haliburton Highlands, running around in the bush and swimming in the lake all day, every day. I had a pet squirrel in Toronto. This movie just makes me feel so good. ❤❤❤

[@artistcaleb]

I flipping love Dylan, yet another mega genius.

[@derHexenhammer]

I feel in love with my side of the mountain as a child. Found a copy in a 5$ bin a few years back.... I still read it and watch it from time to time.

[@oceanseeker3840]

I love this movie and just received my order of the dvd from Amazon!

[@artistcaleb]

+Sara Darnell I almost feel like the people who love this movie are like family in a way! So cool.

[@seekerfloyd7346]

+artistcaleb We shall meet another day.

[@mikegross6107]

I enjoy ANYTHING by Theodore Bikel! Thank you for sharing this and the work you went through to put it on KZbin.

[@artistcaleb]

Thank you Mike! My absolute pleasure!

[@kurasusoratobu]

I remember in music class, we were supposed to learn to play a simple song on our instruments. This is what I learned to play on the flute (the vocals portion, at least)

[@newenglandfb3995]

I love this movie it was on my Netflix for a while

[@OtisFan1]

I've been a huge Bikel fan since my parents started getting his albums (mid 50's?). I was a child and my wonderful parents were young. Now they're gone, but they left me their love for music from many lands. And I have all of the LPs. Theo sang in some 20 languages. I have a son ("The Foxy Bard" on KZbin), a folksinger who's been inspired by my parents and Bikel and has covered some of Bikel's Yiddish and Russian songs. Thank you so much for this song, which I hadn't heard before. It's beautiful.

[@caseymason2151]

Great song! Great film! And Great singer!

[@artistcaleb]

I second those sentiments!

[@caseymason2151]

I only found and watched My Side of the Mountain today! But I enjoyed immensely!

[@artistcaleb]

Casey Mason Oh it's so good! My dad got to see it in the theater when it came out, which would have been cool! And Theodore Bikel is amazing of course, with such diverse roles, anything from My Fair Lady, to The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming!

[@caseymason2151]

artistcaleb I don't think I have seen either of your mentioned films. But your dad was defiantly lucky to see it in the theatre!

[@EclipseGr97]

Crap song! Crap film! And go Fuck yourself!

[@mistychenoweth9716]

The scene that inspired me to take up the guitar. Thx Theo.

[@lisfong]

Wow! What a talented man Theodore is! Actor, singer, highly attuned guitarist! Quite impressive! And a very lovely song! I watched this when I was just a child.

[@JohnMinehan-lx9ts]

Involved citizen of his adopted country, too.

[@acehewitt9247]

I watched this movie at school it was really really good!👍🏻😄

[@artistcaleb]

Sure thing! I've always loved that song, I even memorized it when I was a teenager :)

[@davidandrews811]

Just follow the trail in front of the first Rogersons drive way and you’ll be in Teddy’s country .follow trail to a ring road and you can follow that to south bolton ,when you see water on the side of trail to the left is a hidden trail that leads to bolton centre

[@davidandrews811]

I camped on the movie site 2004-2005 June to sept ,never sleep so good quiet

[@artistcaleb]

Wow what an experience! Did it look at similar to the movie at all by that time?

[@erics2506]

Black mountain on Lake George ? I always thought of Upstate Ny

[@mireyashhh8934]

Childhood memories are flooding back.

[@jonesymtl]

My best movie ever

[@timanderson6941]

Thanks for this!

[@artistcaleb]

My pleasure, thank you too Tim!

[@timanderson6941]

@@artistcaleb I remember seeing this film in the theater in '69. I was 6 and it was probably the first film I ever saw. Still watch it occasionally to this day and love it.

[@artistcaleb]

@@timanderson6941 That's a very good memory to have!

[@kenyork1107]

I have both the book and DVD and love both of them .I read and watch it regularly.

[@danielshea8562]

Second only to the opening credits song. Also Tudi Wiggins was an excellent addition not to mention easy on the eyes.

[@mayamachine]

This is my Italian grandfather's cousin, he Theodore Bikel charged his name for Hollywood. The movie was very influential on me as a child.

[@Kementiri]

Wrong. He never changed his name at all. And he is Austrian, not Italian.

[@davidandrews811]

In back of etang sally or Sally’s pond east of knolwton also known as lac brome Quebec

[@artistcaleb]

oh me too, I honestly don't think the sheet music for it exists though! Such a rare song, and so amazing. I'll just have to watch the vid 500 times to get it right one of these days :)

[@harrythundertone]

play.riffstation.com/chords-tabs/theodore-bikel-my-side-of-the-mountain/PMGycjTVQ2o

[@jeffking4176]

Theodore Bikel----what an actor/musician !!! From Germany-----was a linguist capable of many languages and many dialects. And ... He really was a folk singer/collector of folk songs. Teddy Eccles was a competent Canadian actor who never made it big, but had a good on-screen presence, and did very well in everything I've seen him in This movie is one of my favorites. I actually remember watching it ONCE when I was a kid----Never forgot it. Love this song. It was "just something (he) threw together for the movie ". Well , it's still sticking together. Thanks for posting this 🙂🙂

[@epicrapfan73]

Teddy Eccles was the voice of Aaron in Rankin/Bass' The Little Drummer Boy!

[@MusicMan922]

He was actually from Austria. His family fled to Israel in 1938 after the Nazi occupation. He moved to London in 1945 and to the USA in 1954, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1961.

[@lorne2405]

I was a whooping 9 years old while it was being filmed and lived nearby in Knowlton Qc.

[@davidandrews811]

Through May and to the tenth of June ,wild garlic grows on my side of the mountain,September is time for the garlic they don’t know about ,an asparagus like shoot comes out of the ground by sept 12 th these are the seeds for next year garlic bulbs ,and are edible and people pickle them .

[@lorne2405]

Much of the filming was done next to glen mountain in Quebec eastern townships.

[@ww2buff352]

2021!!!

[@epicrapfan73]

Aaron from The Little Drummer Boy is in this!

[@artistcaleb]

Oh wow I didn't know he did that! So cool!

[@artistcaleb]

Oh very cool man, I can sing it, but I've never been able to play it, so this will definitely help me! Thanks!

[@markcianciolo9384]

Thank you so much for this!

[@artistcaleb]

My absolute pleasure, and thank you so much!

[@flaviodinnocenzo9297]

Your welcome. The music throughout the whole movie is wonderful and all written by Bikel. I remember this movie as a kid in the 70's and I was surprised to find it on DVD at Walmart a couple years ago. I only wish there were deleted scenes but it's just the movie and in the children's section. I am curious. Do you use a thumb pick when strumming songs like this or just the thumb? Thanx for the reply and good to see others who appreciate great music.

[@davidandrews811]

There is true peace on that mountain,black mountain to the south of where teddy camped

[@crassius3567]

This is a really cool song that I keep coming back to. My side of the mountain was one of the first novels I read and I never knew there was a motion picture and this awesome song, but if anybody's going to put it up on KZbin of course it would be you Caleb!! I need to start writing down strange occurances like that.

[@artistcaleb]

Thank you Crassius! I would love to read the book, was it pretty good? I'd love to hear what you thought of it compared to the movie.

[@crassius3567]

@@artistcaleb I enjoyed it. I'd liken it to a preteen version of 'into the wild'. Oddly enough it takes place in different location than the film, new York I think.

[@Maningray1960]

Happy 100th birthday!

[@davidrayner182]

I have this beautiful song on the Capitol Records soundtrack LP of My Side Of The Mountain, which often turns up on eBay. I don't think it was released on a 45 rpm single, though.

[@artistcaleb]

Wow I didn't know there was a soundtrack LP! How is the quality?

[@davidrayner182]

@@artistcaleb The quality is superb. One of the best soundtrack LPs I've ever heard. Also contains dialogue excerpts from the film soundtrack with Teddy Eccles; Theodore Bikel and that lady who played the librarian. The LP is in stereo and I was lucky to get a still sealed copy on eBay that was pressed over fifty years ago.

[@artistcaleb]

@@davidrayner182 Holy mackerel what a find! I tried cleaning up the audio as much as I could back when I uploaded this in 2012, I could get it cleaner now with what I've learned since then, but I bet your version absolutely smokes any attempts to clean it up from the footage. Thank you for writing about that, pressed fifty years ago, very awesome!

[@davidrayner182]

@@artistcaleb I also have the wide screen DVD of the film and the sound on that is perfect too. As for the LP, have a search for it on either eBay US or eBay UK. There was one on there last time I looked a couple of days ago. Just type My Side Of The Mountain into the eBay search engine and see what comes up.

[@davidrayner182]

Here's one on the US site. www.ebay.com/itm/THEODORE-BIKEL-My-Side-Of-The-Mountain-SEALED-Orig-1969-NOS-US-LP-Capitol-245/153814472721?hash=item23d00e9811:g:vCcAAOSw4plchWqh

[@jeffking4176]

I only wish it was recorded

[@davidrayner182]

it can be heard on the Capitol soundtrack LP in stereo released in 1969.

[@college388]

R.I.P. Theodore Bikel

[@artistcaleb]

Webb Surfer Oh no, he will be missed :(

[@davidandrews811]

In the eastern town ships of Quebec Canada

[@JohnMinehan-lx9ts]

When he sang in English, he sounded very much like Ed Ames. I never noticed that in his Yiddish or Russian songs.

[@davidandrews811]

In the twilight of the morning you can hear Gods playing nine pins in the valley

[@artistcaleb]

I use my thumb and 3 fingers (index, middle and ring), but I've been using my thumb, index and middle and not my ring finger lately, probably a bad habit. I never really got the hang of strumming, strangely it's more difficult for me lol! I think it's because I suck at keeping rhythm. But then I also play by ear, as I never learned to read notes very well :( Bikel is a genius, and I think deserved far more attention. It takes forever just to scroll down through his IMDB list!

[@timmysquidfingers]

I really want to learn how to play this song but I can't find it anywhere.

[@flaviodinnocenzo9297]

I can play it but not as accurate as Theodore. I would love to find the rest of the words if there are any. When I get a chance I'll make a video but the first strum is open a&d with 2nd to 3rd fret on the g followed by fmajor, c maj,dminor,cmaj,bflat maj, a maj,bflat maj, cmaj,dminor,cmaj, f maj then the chorus starts with d maj. The difficulty is in fingerpicking. I hope this helps. Sorry if it didn't. Theodore Bikel has a website and may have the words and sheet music.

[@jeffking4176]

flavio dinnocenzo I think it would be hard for ANYONE to play as good as T. Bikel!! He was a real MASTER. Studying music all over the world! And acting. He spoke many languages and could do various dialects and accents. He fled the Nazis .

[@jessyleppert2]

This is a Paramount movie, not Disney

[@ItzVoidZYT2]

499 likes? lemme change that

[@flaviodinnocenzo9297]

I never use my ring finger and even the middle isn't utilized as much as it should be so I have many bad guitar habits as well. I am good with keeping rhythm but suck at leads. When I started playing I learned old Dylan songs with online tabs. One that is good for finger picking practice is 'Girl from the North Country'. Not extremely difficult but very impressive. You should also check out some of his songs from 'Blood on the tracks' that are in alternate tuning and also finger picked.

[@TheGuitarpro3]

Thank you for uploading this, I'm going to convert this to mp3 so I can jam to this. Anyone know the genre of this type of music? Sounds like a medieval song, beautiful rhythm.

[@artistcaleb]

+IraqUpBeaches Thanks IraqUpBeaches! I tried searching but it's near impossible to find anything on it, I think it would be in the Folk genre, but it does have that medieval sound to it!

[@debs4mysweetbaby]

+IraqUpBeaches it's traditional folk music... a lot of folk music is hundreds of years old and so has that older sound, and the same kind of chord changes and use of older modes...

[@debs4mysweetbaby]

+IraqUpBeaches btw, if you like that older sound, you should check out the wonderful english group, pentangle... check out their song, "hunting song" on youtube... they use a lot of traditional old english melodies and chords in their music...

[@jessyleppert2]

I thought this was a Disney movie

[@fasbc]

I just created the FB page Fans For The Film "My Side Of The Mountain'' ~ A Great Family Film For All. Come check it out and join. You can post things relared to the film therfe. Thanks.

[@syouut]

Ist dass der Mann aus dem Columbo Film

[@sillydude3048]

What tuning is he in?

[@andyglenny6023]

d minor

[@adrenlinerush]

Standard tuning... key is D minor with borrowed chords from D major and licks from the D melodic minor scale

[@whatsupwiththat8109]

I love this story. Just finished reading the book and can't wait to see the movie. I did a book review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5CrmWuIrJumhtk

[@harrywisniewski5017]

I read the book and don't want to watch the movie tbh

[@edwardtressel1953]

SEE MY OTHER HAPPY APPRECIATIVE COMMENTS & RELEVANT INTERESTING DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY ARTICLES FROM "WIKIPEDIA" CITATIONS / REFERRALS ON ANOTHER "KZbin" THREAD WITH WILFRED JOSEPH'S MUSICAL THEME SONG FOR THIS 1969 FILM "MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN" STARRING TEDDY ECCLES & THEODORE BIKEL. BASED ON ORIGINAL 1961 NOVEL BY JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE (ORIGINALLY SET IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN CATSKILLS / ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS WITH SAM GRIBLEY). THIS FILM GREATLY AFFECTED ME WHEN I FIRST SAW IT IN SUMMER 1969 WHEN I WAS A PRECOCIOUS GENIUS IMPRESSIONABLE AGE 16. NEVER FORGOT IT OR ITS THEME MUSIC FOR A HALF-CENTURY EVER SINCE!!! = D.E.T. (Baltimore /// Wednesday - September 6th, 2023)