SHOOTING GOSCHEN’S COCKS UP
Shooting Goshen's Cocks Up / The Bold Poachers:
'On the twenty-fourth of December, my time it did expire.
When I got out, I had some scran; that's what I did require;
And when I had a drink of beer, I really felt quite merry,
But my mate he don't get out until the middle of January.'
THE CHERRY TREE CAROL
Waterson:Carthyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kn7mwtYMPQ INFORMATION Mainly Norfolk Site The Cherry Tree Carol
“On the fifth day of January my birthday shall be,
And the stars in the heaven shall all bow down to me.”
THE DERBY RAM
Folk songs of Derby and Derbyshire by Keith Kendrick, Pete Castle, Roy Harris, Derrick Halehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCZBEKNZimY The Derby Ram
'This ram he had two horns, my lads, that reached up to the moon,
A little boy went up in January and he didn't get back till June.'
HARE'S DREAM
Mainly Norfolk: Lyrics and InfoThe Hare's Dream
'On the 20th of January and in the 70th year,
The morning being beautiful, charming, bright and clear,
I being disturbed by dreams as I lay in my den,
I dreamed of heathery mountain, high rock and low glen.'
THE BALLAD OF HENRY AND SUSANNAH
The Ballad of Henry and Susannah by Peter Bellamy
on Peter Bellamy: The Transports (1977)
'It was in the month of January Australia's coast drew near
And in that fair clime the sun did shine which filled their hearts with cheer.
And soon in peaceful Sydney Cove at anchor they did ride
And admired the green and pleasant shore beyond the foaming tide.'
JANUARY SNOWS by Ray Hearne
Roy Bailey from Business As Usual (1994) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UFhcENtuqY
JANUARY LULLABY
by Lester Simpson
on Coope Boyes & Simpson: Twenty-Four Seven (2002)
Is this “January Lullaby” Lester Simpson’s song? I can’t find anywhere that gives the lyrics of Lester Simpson’s song
Now and Then sing January Lullaby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmAm5BMW3dM
- The Months Go Around by Steve Ashley
on Steve Ashley: Another Dy (2017)
And very soon we come to know
If there's a January snow
Thank you Reinhard you have given us a bumper crop. I added the blue click link above to Roy Bailey’s performance of Ray Hearne’s January Snows on YouTube. In doing that I found another song called January Snows which I post below:
JANUARY SNOWS (2)
The Woods Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IvemdETLoI
It was in the month of January
The hills all white with snow
When over hill and valley
My true love he did go
It was then I found a fair pretty maid
With a salt tear in her eye
And she had a baby in her arm
And bitter oh was her cry
Oh cruel was my father
That bound the doe on me
And cruel was my mother
His dreadful kind to see
Cruel was my own true love
Who changed his mind for gold
And cruel was that winter's morn
That chains my heart with cold
Oh the taller that the country grows???
The sweeter is the???
And the pair of clouds
A young man's deeds
No closer is his heart
He will kiss and embrace you
Until he thinks he has you won
Then he'll go away and leave you
For some other one
LINK to Felipa's post below with corrections of lyrics for this song
Link to THE MONTH OF JANUARY