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Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title?
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Mysha Date: 06 Dec 11 - 05:57 PM Hi, All those songs about London, and nobody mentioning - London's Burning (Round, multiple versions) - Brand in Mokum (Round, Dutch) - Brand in Tuddal (Round, Norwegian) - Londres flambe (Round, French, multiple versions) - Londres arde (Round, Spanish, multiple versions) Nor - London's Burning (The Clash) Bye, Mysha |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Splott Man Date: 06 Dec 11 - 11:03 AM Here's a few I know: Cardiff Born Oxford Town The Old Carmarthen Oak/The Old Dungarven Oak The Pontypridd Collier The Maid of Aberdare Durham Jail |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,Don Wise Date: 06 Dec 11 - 10:58 AM The Derby Ram The Uttoxeter Souling Song The Bakewell Witches The Hawkhurst Boys The Road to Salem The Ashbourne Football Song The Beggar Wench of Hull The Boston Burglar Northill May Song Brigg Fair Swansea Town Droylsden Wakes Philadelphia Lawyer Philadelphia Freedom Baltimore to Washington Jericho Der Sonderzug nach Pankow (Udo Lindenbers version of Chattanooga Choo-Choo) Richmond The Rakes of Mallow That'll do for now! Don |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,Guest julian Date: 06 Dec 11 - 09:00 AM Ashb de la Zouche by the Sea |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Charley Noble Date: 19 Nov 06 - 07:40 PM Perhaps, one should add the unofficial Michigan State Song "Shafted in Shaftsburg>" Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Snuffy Date: 25 Mar 06 - 09:10 AM Down In Nempnett Thrubwell indeed |
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Subject: RE: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Leadfingers Date: 25 Mar 06 - 09:04 AM A long time back Greg Stephens mentioned Piddle Trenthyde Jugband - which Adge Cutler renamed The Charlton Mackerel Jugband - Adge nicked most of Trevor Croziers Dorset songs and relocated them in Somerset , but Adge DID write Pil Pill I love The Still !! |
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Subject: RE: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Rasener Date: 25 Mar 06 - 07:20 AM Tulips from Amsterdam Oh Vienna Midnight in Moscow - kenny ball A pizza hut Apizza hut, Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut :-) Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon All the way to Memphis All the way from Memphis - Mott The Hoople |
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Subject: RE: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Big Al Whittle Date: 25 Mar 06 - 06:42 AM going up camborne hill, coming down down in Nagasaki/ where the fellers chew tobaccy/ and the women wicky wacky wu Lukenback Texas |
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Subject: RE: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: melodeonboy Date: 24 Mar 06 - 07:49 PM Billericay Dickie (in case you couldn't tell!). |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Snuffy Date: 24 Mar 06 - 06:54 PM Alanabit. Surely you have not forgotten: 'Twas in Callington town, the bells they did sound They rang for a hat and a belt laced with gold But the men of North Lew rang so steady and true That there never were better in Devon I hold Mind you Ashwater was the first choice, they only went to Callington as an afterthought |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST Date: 24 Mar 06 - 06:05 PM Morgantown, WV. She went to school at WVU for a short time. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,gymeneye Date: 13 Dec 04 - 07:03 AM Here are a few 'Golden Oldies'. North To Alaska..Johnny Horton (When It's) Springtime in Alaska (It's 40 Below)..Johnny Horton New York State of Mind..Billy Joel Say Goodbye to Hollywood..Billy Joel Arkansas Dog..Pinkard & Bowden Three Mile Island..Pinkard & Bowden Harper Valley PTA..Jeannie C. Riley Alabama Jubilee..The Ramblers Shiloh..Neil Diamond Brooklyn Roads..Neil Diamond Only In Miami..Bette Midler Hollywood..Boz Scaggs (Carry Me Back To) Old Virginia..Jerry Lee Lewis My Old Kentucky Home..Stephen Foster Winchester Cathedral..Frank Sinatra Burn, Georgia, Burn..Alabama Moonlight in Vermont..Johnny Mathis Autumn in New York..Johnny Mathis Arrivederci Roma..Johnny Mathis Venus..Johnny Mathis by E L V I S Yellow Rose of Texas Never Been To Spain Little Egypt Blue Hawaii Hawaiian Love Song Guadalajara Kentucky Rain |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: s&r Date: 13 Dec 04 - 04:34 AM The Blackpool Belle Day Trip to Bangor I Belong to Glasgow It,s a long Way to Tipperary Twas on the road to sweet Athy White Cliffs of Dover |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: alanabit Date: 13 Dec 04 - 03:52 AM "Mer Losse d'r Dom en Kölle" (Cologne Carnival song) and our own McGrath of Harlow's beautiful, "Green Heart of Harlow" spring to mind. One day someone will write a ditty about Callington in Cornwall. So far no one has been so inspired to my knowledge. They say that it is so dull there that the taxi drivers are safe, because there is nowhere worth driving to in a hurry! |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,annar Date: 12 Dec 04 - 08:59 PM Jerusalem-Royal City In Havana the Stars-Royal City Mississauga Goddam-the Hidden cameras |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: cetmst Date: 01 Dec 04 - 07:24 AM Some of these may be shires, parishes, areas but: Paradise Coalport PA Portland Light How Many Miles to Kennebunkport How Many Miles to Bethlehem Philadelphia Lawyer Dead Girl of Hiroshima Santa Fe Trail Battle of Vicksburg Buffalo Whore Down to Pomona (Lamora) How Coventry Was Made Free by Godiva, Countess of Chester Streets of Fall River Streets of Laredo Whitby Fishermen Natchez Under the Hill Scarborough Settler's Lament Wiscasset Schooners Honour of Bristol Banbury Ale Burlington Bertie From Bow Burning of Auchindoon Cam Ye By Athol Dancing in Kyle Rose of Arranmore Seven Merry Wives of London Town of Old Dolores Adam Ham Town Alice Blue Gown Ambletown Ashokan Farewell Athlone Landlady Riding Down From Bangor Blooming Caroline of Edinburgh Bonavista Harbor Bonnie Lass of Ballachmyle Darktown Strutters' Ball Fall River Hoedown Flemings of Torquay Galveston Flood In Old Moscow Julian of Norwich Lass of Swansea Town Parish of Dunkeld Poor Old Greenwich Fair Sherman Cyclone To Pimlico We'll Go |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,marci arson Date: 30 Nov 04 - 03:37 PM green day "longview" hole "olympia" rancid "bremerton" the ramones "rockaway beach" take thaat, yeeeah. feel educated! |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: dwditty Date: 21 Oct 04 - 08:43 PM This one may be the ultimate. On the CD, Going Back To Brooklyn, Dave Van Ronk sings Garden State Stomp...every word in the song is the name of a town in New Jersey....you can look it up. dw |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Bernard Date: 21 Oct 04 - 08:24 PM Talcahuano Girls Valapariso When Newark In The Room...! |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,Guest - Wingnut Date: 21 Oct 04 - 05:28 PM Amarillo by Morning Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? Okie from Muskogee Little Rock (Colin Raye) Side Note: Look for lyrics for "I've Been Everywhere" and "I've Been Everywhere in Texas" ... you want songs with cities in them, those are two you should get a kick out of. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Kitty Date: 19 Oct 04 - 06:32 PM ok, two more: Eliza from Mt. Isa (Australian) and Camptown Races (Can't believe someone didn't come up with that...) This is an incredibly entertaining thread. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 19 Oct 04 - 04:10 PM This has probably been mentioned before in this thread, but there's a general feeling in the UK that British place names - in contemporary songs - don't sound quite right, and that their U.S.A counterparts somehow sound more romantic e.g. " Riding a fast train to San Antonio" sounds a lot better than " Riding a fast train to Huddersfield" |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,milk monitor Date: 19 Oct 04 - 04:07 PM London Calling.........The Clash Eton Rifles..........The Jam I don't want to go to Chelsea..........Elvis Costello Montana........Zappa |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Chris Green Date: 19 Oct 04 - 04:02 PM I once heard a version of "Nights in White Satin" called "It's Shite in Prestatyn". |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Alex.S Date: 19 Oct 04 - 12:57 AM "London Bridge is Falling Down" (If that is indeed the name). "Glasgow Peggy" "Grand old Duke of York" |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: PoppaGator Date: 18 Oct 04 - 04:26 PM Although I'm not really a C&W kinda guy, I immediately thought of two classic country songs with city names. After scrolling quickly down this l-o-o-n-g thread, I don't *think* anyone has mentioned either one yet: Abilene, Abilene (prettiest town I've ever seen...") ("Last night I went to sleep in") Detroit City ("...I wanna go home, I wanna go home, Oh how I wanna go home...") |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 18 Oct 04 - 02:56 PM Martin Wyndham- Reeves gave us Somewhere In Otago (N.Zealand) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Megan L Date: 18 Oct 04 - 02:27 PM Kirkwall bay road and the miles to Dundee Northern lights of old Aberdeen |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Chris Green Date: 18 Oct 04 - 02:16 PM According to the Google oracle, it's in West Virginia near the border with Pennsylvania. Looks like a rather nice place! |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,G Date: 18 Oct 04 - 02:09 PM Anyone know where Joni Mitchell's "Morgantown" is located? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,Jaze Date: 29 Sep 04 - 10:50 AM Avalon,My Hometwon---MJH |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,Fred Maslan Date: 28 Sep 04 - 10:11 PM No one has mentioned "Managua Nicaragua is a beautiful town" |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Rasener Date: 28 Sep 04 - 05:27 AM Abergavenny - Marty Wilde New York Mining Disaster 1941 - Bee Gees Leningrad - Billy Joel Sweet Home Chicago - The Blues Brothers Last Train To London - The Electric Light Orchestra Torquay - Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (instrumental) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Rasener Date: 28 Sep 04 - 03:13 AM UK songs Birmingham - Clifford T Ward Tune Congress at Laceby/Market Rasen Feast resurected by Liam Robinson Didn't we have a loverly day on our way to Bangor US 24 hours from Tulsa |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,gobar@silcon.com Date: 28 Sep 04 - 01:41 AM can give you quiz with 24 questions and answers already done. Also have tie breaker if so desired. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Strupag Date: 26 Apr 03 - 05:47 PM Hi Wolfgang, You have reminded me of a song by the late Mat MacGinn. It was about the town of Effing and it was called "The Effing Bee Keeper" |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,guest:: Peg Date: 26 Apr 03 - 08:52 AM response to old msg from skipper jack (I just discovered this site): that's GillyGillyOssenpfefferKatzenAlenBogenby the seas (maybe no caps) plus many many Italian traditional songs with Napoli in the title, and Roma non fa la Stupida Sta sera from the musical Rugantino on b'way in late60's early 70's (Marcello Mastrioianni starred). Peg |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Bat Goddess Date: 25 Apr 03 - 10:10 AM "Living in Braintree with You in Methuen Is Almost Like Living in Lowell" was actually written by Larry Flint (not Flynt) and recorded by Bill Madison on "Dancehall Girls." Linn |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Betsy720 Date: 24 Apr 03 - 04:44 PM Has anybody mentioned Sioux City Sue? Manhattan ("We'll take Manhattan/The Bronx and Staten Island, too...") Springhill Mine Disaster ("In the town of Springhill Nova Scotia") |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Wolfgang Date: 24 Apr 03 - 03:33 AM "The finest Fucking Family" is a song in he DT. Now why someone writes a song about a family from that small Austrian village of Fucking is a mystery to me. Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST,TheBigPinkLad Date: 23 Apr 03 - 06:40 PM Nowt can compare to Sunderland Fine Fare: Toy Dolls, a classic. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: SINSULL Date: 23 Apr 03 - 06:02 PM To Morrow Mention My Name In Sheboygan |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: fsharpdim7 Date: 23 Apr 03 - 10:49 AM Worst town song - Entering Marion Best town song - San Francisco Bay Blues Best town song for Spring - Early (hope Greg and Iris will record a duet) Chris in that Toddlin' Town |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Strupag Date: 23 Apr 03 - 06:07 AM Mudcatter Jim Maclean wrote a song called "Where is the Paisley that I used to know" I think it was in reply to "Where is the Glasgow that I used to know" by Adam McNaughtan |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Wolfgang Date: 23 Apr 03 - 03:53 AM Memories of Heidelberg Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Wolfgang Date: 23 Apr 03 - 03:53 AM One more city one more town Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: Mr Happy Date: 23 Apr 03 - 03:48 AM Chester Song at Twilight?? |
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Subject: RE: BULL AM - DENVER IN TITLE From: Gene Date: 23 Apr 03 - 02:10 AM Larry Gatlin had one titles: DENVER It is actually a pretty good tune...as I recall... ---When she dropped me in Denver I knew I had at least a mile to fall been a long time since i heard it...will have to dig it out... and John Denver must have had at least one song about Denver? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Songs with Cities or Towns in title? From: GUEST Date: 23 Apr 03 - 12:09 AM Knoxville Girl |
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