The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7589   Message #46140
Posted By: Liam's Brother
19-Nov-98 - 02:53 PM
Thread Name: Greatest Folksong Melodies
Subject: RE: Greatest Folksong Melodies
Here are 5 I've been thinking about the last couple of days...

The Fisher Family LP (Topic 12T137) had a song sung by Archie Fisher on it, "For Our Lang Biding Here." It's very short, in broad Scots and is the only really old song I've ever heard about the stock market. The melody is very intriguing.

"Come A' Ye Tramps An' Hawkers" or "Paddy West" or "Peter Amberly" or "Come Me Little Son" or "Captain's Wedderburn's Courtship"

A current thread melody, "The Plains of Waterloo," beautiful Irish 2-strain (A and B part) melody.

"The Rigs of Rye"

"The Banks of the Nile"