Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Jun 22 - 10:00 AM SONGS ABOUT St. THOMAS BECKET 3 June, 1162 Thomas Becket was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury. A Song for St Thomas Becket – Lyrics and information https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2011/12/song-for-st-thomas-becket.html St Thomas honour we (15th cent): Canterbury Cathedral 1965 (Allan Wicks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqbZO5lSfRw ”The Musical World of Thomas Becket “ YouTube Lecture with songs, from The British Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCnVpZgVuU |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Felipa Date: 06 Jun 22 - 04:04 PM This year, today is Whit Monday. There is a song in Irish called MAIDIN LUAN CINCISE , Whit Monday Morning. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169851 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Jun 22 - 02:30 PM THE RUSHCART SONG by Mike Waterson Cut the rushes, pile them high Stack them ‘til they reach the sky Silver gardening the eye??? Oh we are all rushcarters All dressed out in flowers so gay On this bright sunshiny day Come we will, if come we may Oh we are all rushcarters We are not rich, we are not poor We do not beg from door to door You have seen us all before We are all rushcarters Through the village, up and down Dancing round and round the town Suits??? go twirling round and round We are all rushcarters Dance we did in days of yore Like our fathers did before We will dance for evermore We are all rushcarters Recorded by Mike Waterson with Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy in their studio in Robin Hood's Bay. Two lines uncertain - suggestions welcome. |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Jun 22 - 07:39 AM One of the sources I found was the Northern Broadsides Education Rersource Pack. https://www.northern-broadsides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/An-August-Bank-Holiday-Lark-Education-Pack.pdf Education Pack I couldn't find a complete script on line, but copied the verses that I could find. (The script is for sale on the Northern Broadsides website.) But I have found a video with Mike Waterson singing his song! The words are slightly different but a little indistinct. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLY1QFg2KDU The Northern Broadsides theatre company is well known for performing Shakespeare in northern English accents - which may well be closer to the English Shakespeare spoke than the Received Pronunciation of today. |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Reinhard Date: 03 Jun 22 - 12:09 AM henryp, what you wrote on Mike Waterson's Rushcart Song looks like a quote. Where is it from? As it stands it's completely out of context; what are 'those traditions' An August Bank Holiday Lark draws on? (And it took me some googling to understand that Lark is a play.) |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Jun 22 - 12:42 PM SONGS FROM “THE BAND WAGON” 3rd June, 1932 "The Band Wagon" musical debuted on Broadway. ”The Band Wagon” From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band_Wagon Many and various recordings of "That's Entertainment” on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=that%27s+entertainment+song Many and various recordings of “ Dancing in the Dark” on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Dancing+in+the+Dark%22+ Many and various recordings of "You and the Night and the Music" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22You+and+the+Night+and+the+Music%22+ Many and various recordings of "Louisiana Hayride" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Louisiana+Hayride%22+ Many and various recordings of"Shine on Your Shoes" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Shine+on+Your+Shoes%22++song Many and various recordings of "By Myself" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22By+Myself%22++song+THE+BAND+WAGON Many and various recordings of "High and Low" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22High+and+Low%22+THE+BAND+WAGON Many and various recordings of "I Love Louisa" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22I+Love+Louisa%22++THE+BAND+WAGON Many and various recordings of "New Sun in the Sky" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22New+Sun+in+the+Sky%22+THE+BAND+WAGON Many and various recordings of "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22I+Guess+I%27ll+Have+to+Change+My+Plan%22++THE+BAND+WAGON Many and various recordings of "Something to Remember You By" - on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Something+to+Remember+You+By%22+THE+BAND+WAGON “Triplets” - Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjW_yvrC0cE |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 May 22 - 05:34 PM Thank you GUEST,henryp what is the title of Mike Waterson's Rushcart song? I have looked in Mainly Norfolk's Index of Waterson songs but cannot spot it. https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/ Link to THE RUSHCART SONG by Mike Waterson, posted below by henryp
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Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 10 May 22 - 06:29 PM Mike Waterson's last song An August Bank Holiday Lark draws on those traditions. Remarkably rehearsals have been divided equally between work on the text and Conrad Nelson's work on the music and dancing. Barry Rutter writes, "My friend, the late great Mike Waterson, was one of the doyens of English folk. I met him when he was dying and I said, ‘Do you want to write me a song for 2014?'. He said, ‘I won't see 2014 – I'm dying.' I said, ‘I know you are, but I'd like you to write a Rushcart Song.' So he wrote it and recorded it with Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy in their studio in Robin Hood's Bay. Conrad's taken that song and incorporated it into the play. |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Felipa Date: 10 May 22 - 05:33 PM BAGENAL HARVEY'S LAMENT aka BAGENAL HARVEY'S FAREWELL aka THE LAMENT FOR BAGENAL HARVEY June 28, 1798 - Bagenal Harvey, of the United Irishmen, is executed in Wexford. lyrics and background information https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171253 recordings currently available on youtube (with various melodies): sung by Seán Harvey Paddy Berry Aileen Lambert Frank Harte |
Subject: feast of San Juan, St. John, mid-summer's eve/day From: Felipa Date: 02 May 22 - 03:14 PM St. John's Eve, 24 June, is mentioned in a Spanish ballad,"ROMANCE DEL CONDE OLINOS" (The Ballad of Count Olinos) Madrugaba el Conde Olinos mañanita de San Juan a dar agua a su caballo, a las orillas del mar. (Count Olinos rose early on Saint John's Day* morning To water his horse by the sea side.) Monique posted lyrics with translation, background notes and links to further information and recordings at https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169209 (Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English) See Monique's post of 2 May 2022 (message #177?) Another Spanish song for St. John's eve is AL PASAR EL TRÉBOLE https://www.mamalisa.com/?lang=Spanish&t=es&p=3023 about jumping over the St. John's eve bonfire. similar midsummer customs are found in northern Europe as well, so there must be losts of songs associated with St. John's Eve. |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Nov 21 - 12:37 PM CUSTER'S LAST STAND
The Battle of the Little Bighorn took place on June 25–26, 1876 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 21 Nov 21 - 06:23 PM HARVEY LOGAN Out of all the incidents in Harvey Logan's violent, roving, and criminal life, this ballad focuses on his escape from prison in Knoxville, Tenn. on June 27, 1903; he'd been arrested in December of 1901 after a barroom fight and shootout with the police. Article by Lyle Lofgren Digital Tradition Recording by Walt Gibson of Hazard, Ky. (collected by A. Lomax in 1937) Dock Boggs, 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QELhq0vXAO8 Harvey Logan From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Logan |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Nov 21 - 03:20 AM SONGS ABOUT MEDGAR EVERS June 12, 1963 Medgar Evers was assassinated. Medgar Evers From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers Article: "3 of the Most Well-Known Songs about the Life and Death of Medgar Evers" https://dongayhardt.weebly.com/blog/3-of-the-most-well-known-songs-about-the-life-and-death-of-medgar-evers They Laid Medgar Evers in His Grave - The Freedom Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhO-P9KTjb0 The Ballad of Medgar Evers -Phil Ochs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PCIPAS6ko Many Recordings of Only a Pawn in Their Game on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Only+a+Pawn+in+Their+Game Mississippi Goddamn - Nina Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYX-o0DtyFU The story behind Nina Simone’s protest song, “Mississippi Goddam”, from PBS https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-story-behind-nina-simones-protest-song-mississippi-goddam/16651/ |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Oct 21 - 11:01 AM CSS Alabama was sunk on 19 June , 1864 THE ALABAMA aka ROLL ALABAMA Wikipedia: Battle of Cherbourg (1864) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cherbourg_(1864) Many recordings on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=roll+alabama+roll+sea+shanty Mainly Norfolk Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/peter.bellamy/songs/thealabama.html Origins: Roll, Alabama Roll /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81820&messages=94 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Oct 21 - 07:50 PM Mike Waterson died on 22 June 2011, aged 70 MIKE WATERSON SONGS ’A Stitch In Time’many recordings on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=A+Stitch+In+Time+song Bright Phoebus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP_F4YbK1sY&list=PLA148A7A1C5D6BB69&index=10 The Two Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZX1IKDgY1M Jack Frost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK-k_2MgZng Rubber Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE7YAE8zENw Cold Coast of Iceland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNA8kBIyais
‘Mike Waterson’ Cd, All Tracks on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lc-WtmOy5j6Hs7-5qFFyK0-Z6krjXFJB4 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Aug 21 - 06:24 PM Many versions of THE GREENLAND FISHERY are set in the month of March as you may see in the following link Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/thegreenlandwhalefishery.html but here is a version set in June as henryp suggests Greenland Whale Fisheries · Stuart Gillespie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR02RiuDgD0 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 17 Aug 21 - 10:16 AM Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,mg Date: 29 May 21 - 03:22 PM greenland whale fisheries? THE GREENLAND FISHERY ‘Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three And of June the thirteenth day, That our gallant ship her anchor weighed, And for Greenland bore away, brave boys, And for Greenland bore away. From An Introduction to English Sea Songs and Shanties Published by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS), March 2016 Written by: David Atkinson, 2009 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Aug 21 - 09:25 AM NORMANDY ORCHARDS MUDCAT: Lyr ADD: Normandy Orchards (Keith Marsden) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=48412&messages=23#top Cupola:Ward - Normandy Orchards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fkl8wjRgVQ Normandy Orchards-Tom Lewis on Bandcamp https://tomlewis1.bandcamp.com/track/normandy-orchards-2 Normandy Orchards - Cockersdale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jTaKIzAwRA Link To Other D-Day songs |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Aug 21 - 05:28 PM MY FIDDLE IS MY SWEETHEART Written and composed by Harry Hunter & G.H. Chirgwin Performed by G.H. Chirgwin (1854-1922) I clasp her gently round her neck, her vocal chords I press I ask her if she loves me, and she answers "Yes, yes, yes" She'll sing at every season, December or in June But must have rosin reason, or will not sing in tune Filmed performance G.H. Chirgwin with lyrics of My Fiddle Is My Sweetheart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbciBbYaDIU Various recordings of My Fiddle Is My Sweetheart on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22My+Fiddle+Is+My+Sweetheart%22 MY GUITAR IS MY SWEETHEART MUDCAT: Lyr Add: My Guitar is My Sweetheart /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=33550 Various YouTube recordings of My Guitar Is My Sweetheart https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22My+Guitar+Is+My+Sweetheart%22 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Aug 21 - 05:33 PM THE FIRST OF JUNE The First of June · Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0R0SdZdYro |
Subject: One Morning in June Macaronic song From: Felipa Date: 24 Jul 21 - 06:14 PM note re the 5 June post re ONE MORNING IN JUNE; there are two versions of the song listed here. The song sung by Lasairfhiona Ní Chonnfhaola and Eithne Ní Chathain has Irish and English language phrases intertwined in a continuous narrative One morning in June agus mé ag dul ag spaisteoireacht? Casadh liom cailín ba ró-dheas a gnaoi,? She was so handsome gur thit mé i ngrá léithe? ... (one morning in June and I out walking about, I met the most beautiful girl, She was so handsome that I fell in love with her ..) see also Cartlanna Sheosaimh uí Éanaí/Joe Heaney, Joe Éinniú Paddy Tunney sings a monolingual version of the song, completely in English, and he uses a different melody. The linked mudcat post does give both versions of this song. I think in this case the bilingual version is actually the original, as is suggested by Fred McCormack in his post. More Information on this song |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Jul 21 - 03:13 AM Joe Dassin - Marie Jeanne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES1jqdqTaso more recordings on YouTube https://www.google.com/search?q=MARIE-JEANNE+youtube+song&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&oq=MARIE-JEANNE+youtube+song&aqs=chrome..6 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Felipa Date: 23 Jul 21 - 06:48 PM MARIE-JEANNE is a French-language adaptation of Ode to Billie Joe by Joe Dassin. "C'était le quatre juin," it was the fourth of June ... https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=1360#3641950 see messages from Joe Offer and a "GUEST" 10 Sept 2020 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Jul 21 - 10:00 AM MUDCAT: Lyr Add: Brexit Bill /mudcat.org/Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=3866587 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Jul 21 - 09:43 AM BREXIT SONGS MUDCAT: Lyr Req: song challenge - EU Separation Blues /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=160191#3798619 MUDCAT: Lyr Add: Scottish Brexit or remain /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=164914 MUDCAT: Lyr Add: Let My People Stay (Brexit Anthem) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=160472 MUDCAT Brexit and music /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=166577,166577 Billy Bragg - Full English Brexit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07X_yk1v8S4 Britain's Coming Home (Brexit Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBi-KXc0CRk THE FRENCH BREXIT SONG - Amanda Palmer, Sarah-Louise Young & Maxim Melton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPLe9qhpBF8 The Brexit Song (Hard to Break Free from a Union)-Foil Arms and Hog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h0J6VrHuQE The Joyful World Of Brexit Ballads https://www.theransomnote.com/musings/view-side/view-from-the-side-the-joyful-world-of-brexit-ballads/ |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Jul 21 - 09:04 AM Just remembered a song of my own about an incident involving HMS Glamorgan in the Falklands War on 12th June,1982.
MY SON TERENCE
It was early springtime, with the trees scarce green,
I little thought, as he left Portsmouth dock,
Their invasion came and the task force went,
From the 1st of May, for six weeks or more
If only peace had come two days before
He was lost in action, his body never found
It was early springtime, with the trees scarce green |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Jul 21 - 12:55 PM THE WHITBY LAD aka ( Bound For) Botany Bay It was on the 28th of June from England we made way And as we come down the Humber, well we heard them sailors say (Well it's:) Boys oh boys there are no joys Down there in Botany Bay Mainly Norfolk: Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/thewhitbylad.html Whitby Lad (Botany Bay) Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nxwkpfc1e4 The Whitby Lad- Various performers https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=whitby+lad+lyrics |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Jul 21 - 11:12 AM MERRY HAYMAKERS (THE) As we my boys hay-making go, All in the month of June, The Merry Haymakers · Richard Trethewey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBinQ90WDw4 GUTENBERG EBOOK SONGS OF THE WEST https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56625/56625-h/56625-h.htm Wiltshire Community History Folk Song Information https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getfolk.php?id=119 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST Date: 03 Jul 21 - 08:49 AM Fire by David Mallett "It's the last week in June Near the first quarter moon And the summer is coming down warm..." FIRE by David Mallett Fire · David Mallett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tOQCemNy8 |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Felipa Date: 01 Jul 21 - 05:28 PM The Brexit referendum was held on 23 June 2016. Afterwards at least a couple of newly composed lyrics were posted on Mudcat. Link to post below BREXIT SONGS |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Felipa Date: 28 Jun 21 - 08:55 AM IS TRUAGH NACH D' RUGADH DALL MI IS TRUAGH NACH D' RUGADH DALL MI includes the lines Bu bhinne leam do chòmhradh na smeòrach nan geugan, Na cuthag sa mhadainn Mhàighe no clàrsach nan teudan, meaning Your conversation is sweeter to me than the thrush on the branches, or a cuckoo on a MAY morning, or the stringed harp. Recording: Cliar Art Cormack sang with Cliar. Here he is with (I think) Blair Douglas on accordian, and two other accompanists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDw8_Iw9SZg |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: JHW Date: 28 Jun 21 - 05:42 AM I did sing Rosebud in June yesterday at a garden do in Ripon. Not sure if the chorus was appreciated. Hard to tell outside and spaced out. Link to post above ROSEBUD IN JUNE |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,Jiggers Date: 25 Jun 21 - 07:32 PM Thanks Geoff, life is very cyclical but the seasons are now broken. We interfered too much for short term gains. At least you are making a record of what is soon to be lost. John |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jun 21 - 05:02 PM THE SEEDS OF LOVE Jim Moray sings The Seeds of Love on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgFS9sdsU9U Many other recordings of "The Seeds of Love" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=i+sowed+the+seeds+of+love+folk+song Lyrics http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/old-english-songs/i-sowed-the-seeds-of-love.htm BBC music Score http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2014/cecil-sharp/seeds-of-love-music.pdf |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,Jiggers Date: 25 Jun 21 - 01:52 PM How about Seeds of Love which is on my Jim Moray album called Sweet England. It mentions May and June. So it could be in May songs, June songs, and the months of the year threads. ..... I sowed them all on one May morning .... And I vowed I'd stay 'til June For in June there grows a red rose bud ....... |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jun 21 - 11:37 AM DONNOLLY AND COOPER 'Twas on the 3d of June, brave boys this challenge sent o’er, From Britannia to old Grauna to renew her eons once more; To renew her satisfaction, and her credit to recall, For they're all in deep distraction since Donnelly conquered all. Donnelly and Cooper · Tom Donovan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2TEjDNOsXM ITMA: Corney McDaid- Donnelly and Cooper https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/sound/donnelly_and_cooper_corney_mcdaid |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Jun 21 - 09:39 AM SHEEPSHEARING SONG Come all my jolly boys and we'll together go, Together with our masters to shear the lambs and ewes. All in the month of June of all times in the year It always comes in season the lambs and 'yowes' to shear. Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics and Infohttps://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/sheepshearingsong.html The Sheepshearing Song (Arr. Townsend) · The Mellstock Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK0IM_rB5pM |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,Tom Patterson Date: 23 Jun 21 - 10:05 AM Windrush Day - 22nd June THE WINDRUSH by Tom Patterson We sat out on that evening, our thoughts drawn to the dawn The Windrush would be leaving, bound for England, come the dawn Through a haze of smoke and rum, he trawled his memory Told some long forgotten tales, smiled then said to me "You'll be alright there, you'll be alright there You know there's jobs to fill they need your skill You'll be alright there" And so we left Jamaica, bade farewell to our roots We came ashore at Tilbury in our hats and Sunday suits Driven by a vision of pavements lined with gold Freedom, wealth and plenty, the dream that we'd been sold "You'll be alright there etc As winter came a-creeping, I found myself alone I missed the Caribbean sun, my family, friends back home We had to beg from room to room, "No coloureds wanted here" The mighty empire I'd admired had given birth to fear "You'll be alright there etc Can anyone imagine just how I felt inside? The anger and frustration that I forced myself to hide I worked for just a pittance compared to other folks Forced to sit and listen to endless racist jokes "You'll be alright there etc The days have turned to decades since I came across the sea I'm told my city soon will have a Black majority Multi-racial to it's core but a slave of history Privilege and poverty remain for all to see. "You'll be alright there etc I couldn't make the link work but the song can be found on Youtube at Tom Patterson Folksinger. TheWindrush by Tom Patterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQwvf_Coeec |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 Jun 21 - 01:56 AM WARLIKE SEAMEN Peter Bellamy sings Warlike Seamen Come all you warlike seamen that to the seas belong; I'll tell you of a fight, my boys, on board the Nottingham. It was of an Irish captain, his name was Somerville, With courage bold he did control, he played his part so well. 'Twas on the eighth of June, my boys, when at Spithead we lay, On board there came an order, our anchor for to weigh. Bound for the coast of Ireland, our orders did run so: For us to cruise and not confuse and face a daring foe. Several recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Warlike+Seamen+ Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/warlikeseamen.html |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Felipa Date: 22 Jun 21 - 08:51 PM some versions of "Out of the Window" aka "Our Wedding Day" include the following verse OUT OF THE WINDOW aka OUR WEDDING DAY Oh, Molly, my dear Molly, what's this you have done? You have pulled the thistle, left the red rose behind; The thistle will wither and decay away soon, But the red rose will blossom in the merry month of June. |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Jun 21 - 07:29 PM Thank you GUEST,Tom Patterson. Can we have the lyrics to your song and perhaps a Youtube recording link if you have one? Link to THE WINDRUSH by Tom Patterson lyrics and recording , posted below |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,Tom Patterson Date: 22 Jun 21 - 01:54 PM Windrush Day - 22nd June The Windrush by Tom Patterson https://youtu.be/RQwvf_Coeec |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Jun 21 - 10:41 AM CHRISTINE KEELER Does anyone know anything about this song? My friend Bill Sowerby in Hull suggested the song to me for this thread. In his email he said he would love to know more about the song and tells the story of how he first encountered it. Bill Sowerby and some friends were on holiday in Ireland in August 1974, visiting the Fleadh in Listowel, County Kerry and were in a session in Lynch's Bar with lots of other singers and musicians. The MC repeatedly asked a young man if he would "give us Christine" to which he always replied "maybe later". Eventually he was persuaded to sing the song and, anticipating a good Irish song, Bill switched on his cassette recorder and this is what was sung. We don't know who he was or who wrote the song and we have never heard it sung since except by Bill. The words here have changed a little over the years as happens but it is mostly as we heard it in 1974. The tune is a variant of Brighton Camp / The Girl I Left Behind Me. Christine Keeler
The truth I’ll tell it happened in the merry month of June |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GerryM Date: 22 Jun 21 - 08:30 AM GOODMAN, SCHWERNER, AND CHANEY by Tom Paxton Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were abducted and murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, on 21 June 1964. Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney written and recorded by Tom Paxton. The Pearl River was dragged and two bodies were found But it was a blind alley, for both men were brown So they all shrugged their shoulders and the search it went on For Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney. |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,Ric Jerrom Date: 22 Jun 21 - 06:08 AM A West Riding version of “The Jug of Punch” starts: “‘Twas on the Twenty Third of June, as I was a weaving all at me loom, I saw a bird on an ivy bunch and the song she sang was “The Jug of Punch” Gladly fol the day Gladly fol the skiddly-iddly didle-dum, skiddly-iddly didle-dum, Skiddly-iddly idle-didle dum dum day” The Bates Brothers of Sheffield sang it in local folk clubs in the mid 60s. They were raucous, irreverent, funny and sometimes moving. Thank you Ric Jerrom,I looked on the Yorkshire Garland site https://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm for this song and not finding it I asked Steve Gardham,of the Yorkshire Garland about it . Steve says I think the Irish would be a bit annoyed if we included this as a Yorkshire song. All of the oral versions come from Ireland although it is originally English c1845 featured in J B Buckstone's operetta Green Bushes. This version obviously comes from Irish oral tradition, probably the McPeakes version. I think it would be a stretch too far to claim it for Yorkshire. But thanks for your suggestion Ric . The Jug of Punch , of the Irish kind, is in the Index at the top of this thread . If anyone knows of recordings of the song as sung by The Bates Brothers of Sheffield it would be good to add it to the list of recordings |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GerryM Date: 22 Jun 21 - 05:25 AM NORTH COUNTRY TRAGEDY (Craig Johnson) Come all you Christian people who travel in the north Who load your Winnebagos and boldly sally forth, We left the hills of Bloomfield in the merry month of June And crossed the straits of Mackinaw while the eight track played a tune. |
Subject: RE: summer solstice songs From: Felipa Date: 21 Jun 21 - 11:54 AM The Cornish Midsummer Bonfire Song The bonny month of June is crowned With the sweet scarlet rose; The groves and meadows all around With lovely pleasure flows. see the rest of the song at Mudcat thread Searching Summer Solstice Folk Songs I've also added Ragnau Nakts to that discussion. I think "Searching Summer Solstice Folk Songs is a combination of two until-recently separate Mudcat threads with similar themes) |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Felipa Date: 20 Jun 21 - 07:14 PM I forgot to include a link to a more folky video of Latvia midsummer festivities. Ligo is celebrated on the 23rd of June so there is also a Christian overlay (St John's eve). Near where I live in Ireland, some people still light bonfires on hilltops on St John's eve but the custom is not so strong as it used to be. Apparently Latvia is the place to be at summer solstice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJpIBocNys The dancing towards the end of the video is very like Scandinavian dancing, and of course the Scandinavians also do mid-sommer festivals. I don't know what they are doing in pandemic times though. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18614119 "Latvia's most important national holiday is arguably not Christmas but the summer solstice celebrations of Ligo (pronounced "leegwa") - a pagan tradition when Latvians celebrate the shortest night by staying up to greet the rising sun." |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: Felipa Date: 20 Jun 21 - 06:46 PM In Latvia at mid-summer, they sing lots of songs, including songs of medieval origin. Raganu Nakts sung by Tautumeitas RAGANU NAKTS
Tiesa, tiesa, ne melini... [ligo, ligo!] |
Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Jun 21 - 06:07 PM MANTLE SO GREEN As I went out walking one morning in June, To view the fair fields and the valleys in bloom, I spied a pretty fair maid she appeared like a queen With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green. Andy Irvine Her Mantle so Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OClnaldfxeg Lua - Her Mantle So Greenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GtG6ph4wCw Her Mantle so Green · Eleanor Shanley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fb6w18IyHI Her Mantle So Green - Sinéad O'Connor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg1a5mySqtE Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/mantleofgreen.html |
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