The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #109819   Message #2299186
Posted By: Gene Burton
27-Mar-08 - 07:37 PM
Thread Name: happy trad songs
Subject: RE: happy trad songs
Bully in the Alley, Spencer the Rover, The Golden Vanity, (oh, go on, then) Whiskey in the Jar, (oh, gaawwd!) The Wild Rover, Broomfield Hill, Byker Hill, Seventeen Come Sunday, Catch Me if You Can, Thousands or More, Stars in my Crown, My Flower My Companion and Me....none of which are in my own current repertoire,'cos I like 'em SAD, DREARY and very, very LONG. I think this new-fangled notion that folk songs can be joyous and uplifting is a heresy and should be suppressed forthwith. Now, where's me tapirs..?