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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 May 23 - 06:43 PM GRACE by Frank and Seán O'Meara 4 May 1916 Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising, in Dublin, married Grace Gifford, seven hours before his execution.
Grace - Jim McCann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5UhRcpyLyc
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 May 23 - 11:35 AM THE SECOND DAY OF MAY
(words & music by Larry McLaughlin)
When the flowers have all faded,
As a youth I came into this town,
But when the flowers have all faded,
Now some dancers they are dead and gone,
But when the flowers have all faded,
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 May 23 - 04:14 AM 19 May 1918 Mary Turner was lynched in southern Georgia, United States following the murder of a plantation owner, Hampton Smith . Mary Turner’s unborn child was also brutally killed. May 1918 lynchings from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1918_lynchings THE BABY OF MOTHER MARY TURNER - David Ballinger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wuMg0XGwfY The sad story of Mary Turner information video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wuMg0XGwfY MARY TURNER , MARY TURNER - Xiu Xiu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kGvUCz9BVw |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 May 23 - 03:38 AM SONGS ABOUT SIGMUND FREUD 6 May 1856. Birth of Sigmund Freud Doctor Freud - Pete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fa0L3Eyibs Various recordings of JOLLY OLD SIGMUND FREUD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jolly+Old+Sigmund+Freud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGfsnbyJogE Various recordings of THE BALLAD OF SIGMUND FREUD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Ballad+of+Sigmund+Freud FREUD SONG - Hannah Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWOXn1qwheg Sigmund Freud from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 May 23 - 05:22 PM MAY QUEEN - Heather Dale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODzcHCRQ3D0&t=48s |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 May 23 - 04:07 AM NIGHT OF THE 4th OF MAY– Al Stewart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCYWMymuXU8 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 May 23 - 11:46 AM 'TWAS IN THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY - Leila Megane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tbpF3nfrU |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 May 23 - 07:09 PM TOM DOOLEY May 1, 1868. Tom Dula was convicted and hanged for the murder of Laura Foster Tom Dooley (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dooley_(song) Various recordings of "Tom Dooley" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tom+Dooley Doc Watson - Tom Dooley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stBtJCZyQTw Grateful Dead - Tom Dooley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxetLkhani0 MUDCAT: Origins: Tom Dooley /mudcat./thread.cfm?threadid=1119 MUDCAT DT Lyrics: Tom Dooley @displaysong.cfm?SongID=7374 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 May 23 - 06:44 PM JULIAN OF NORWICH aka All Shall Be Well Again or The Bells of Norwich 8 May English mystic, Julian of Norwich is commemorated by the Church of England and in the United States by The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church.In Norwich, England,the first Julian Week was held in May 2013. Julian of Norwich - Gordon Bok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtET63_lqoY The Bells of Norwich · Moonrakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEHgNS2BYz0 Julian of Norwich from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich Julian of Norwich from Rise Up Singing https://www.riseupandsing.org/songs/julian-norwich MUDCAT: Lyr Req: Bells of Norwich? / Julian of Norwich /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=653 Link to post above on JULIAN OF NORWICH |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 May 23 - 09:00 AM BOLD NEVISON 4 May 1685.Execution of seventeenth century highwaymen William Nevison. Bold Nevison from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/songs/boldnevison.html Bold Nevison starts at 8.05 on YouTube “The songs of Joseph Taylor (1907) | Historic recordings of nineteen traditional English folk songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PxQ37K3rQs Lyrics and Information from The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire by C.J. Davison Ingledew, https://overtown.org.uk/Highwaymen/pdf/Bold%20Nevison%20Ballads%20and%20Songs%20of%20Yorkshire.pdf |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 May 23 - 09:05 AM SONGS OF SYDNEY CARTER 6 May 1915. Birth of poet, songwriter, and folk musician Sydney Carter in Camden Town, London. Many recordings of LORD OF THE DANCE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lord+of+the+dance+song+ Many recordings of CROW ON THE CRADLE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E2%80%9CCrow+on+the+Cradle%22++song+ Many recordings of JOHN BALL on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22%E2%80%9DJohn+Ball%E2%80%9D+song+ Many recordings of ONE MORE STEP ALONG THE WORLD I GO on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22One+More+Step+Along+the+World+I+Go%22 + Many recordings of WHEN I NEEDED A NEIGHBOUR on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22When+I+Needed+a+Neighbour%22+ Many recordings of JULIAN OF NORWICH on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=julian+of+norwich+song “Songs by Sydney Bertram Carter”, from Song Select https://songselect.ccli.com/Search/Results?List=contributor_P423168_Sydney%20Bertram%20Carter Sydney Carter from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Carter Link to post below on JULIAN OF NORWICH |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Jack Campin Date: 05 May 23 - 07:00 AM EDERLEZI is celebrated on 6 May (occurring approximately 40 days after the spring equinox) Ederlezi (song) from Wikipedia Ederlezi Various recordings of “Ederlezi “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ederlezi+song
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,RJM Date: 04 May 23 - 10:14 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8H9wpMBVtw The Ball of Yarn Link to BALL OF YARN posting above |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 03 May 23 - 06:20 AM AIN’T (SEEN) NO ASH WILL BURN, by Walt Aldridge. First stanza goes I have seen snow that fell in May, And I have seen rain on cloudless days. Some things are always bound to change. There ain’t no ash will burn. Several threads about this song here on Mudcat, and many recordings on Youtube. Various recordings of “Ain't No Ash Will Burn” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=There+Ain%27t+No+Ash+Will+Burn Lyrics and part recording of Ain’t No Ash Will Burn by Matt Heckler https://genius.com/Matt-heckler-aint-no-ash-will-burn-lyrics MUDCAT Lyr Req: There Ain't No Ash Will Burn /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=37983 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 May 23 - 03:08 AM BY THE GREEN GROVE aka The Birds in the Spring One May morning early I chanced for to roam And strolled through the field by the side of the grove. It was there I did hear the harmless birds sing, And you never heard so sweet, and you never heard so sweet, you never heard so sweet as the birds in the spring. By the Green Grove - Hugh Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7HzME6Aq7o The Birds In The Spring by the Copper Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpMNxVRSu3I&list=PLufSRA7tKQp4hrXigqOnLffeCnvpuE7SH&index=3 The Birds in the Spring / (Down) By the Green Groves / One May Morning Early from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/thebirdsinthespring.html |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Apr 23 - 03:24 AM MERRY MONTH OF MAY (by Stanley Messenger) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOmWIrGbafI - May round written by Stanley Messenger with refrain by Jenny Bliss performed and arranged by Heloise Pilkington and Jenny Bliss |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 15 Mar 23 - 04:44 AM THE FIREMAN COWBOY aka THE TRUSTY LARIAT , has the stanza, Oh we will all remember That forty-fifth of May For there were many gallant hearts All filled with fear that day That's not a typo – the lyrics really do refer to the 45th of May, intentionally. The full lyrics are at /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1368 with a discussion at /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=15451 and Youtube links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBhSR9Mxoj4 (Faith Petric) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmWIfSHN5c (Mac McClintlock). More recordings on Youtbe https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=++THE+FIREMAN+COWBOY++ MUDCAT Digitrad Lyrics: COWBOY FIREMAN (TRUSTY LARIAT) (Harry A. McClintock) @displaysong.cfm?SongID=1368
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Feb 23 - 09:07 AM 25th MAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwYb94PXopI The 25th of May · Celtic Bhoys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXYr4p3Or0 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Nov 22 - 06:54 PM THE DEATH OF PARKER 12 May 1797 The Nore Mutiny broke out in the Thames Estuary. Spithead and Nore Mutinies from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spithead_and_Nore_mutinies The Death of Parker - Marilyn Tucker(singer and dulcimer) from Bob & Jacqueline Patten English Folk Music Collection https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Bob-and-Jacqueline-Patten-Collection/025M-C1033X0279XX-2100V0 MUDCAT Origins: The Death of Parker/Poor Parker /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26908 THE COLOURS Richard Parker (mutineer) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Parker_(mutineer) “The Colours” - The Men They Couldn't Hang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJuMv7uLRwc |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Oct 22 - 04:48 AM SONGS BY PERCY FRENCH 1 May 1854 birth date of Irish songwriter Percy French Percy French from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_French Percy French - Documentary on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48xknMcbXcI Songs Attributed to Percy French, from Wikipedia with some links below to YouTube recordings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_French#Songs
Abdul Abulbul Amir (1877) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=abdul+abulbul+amir+song |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Oct 22 - 07:42 AM JESSE OWENS’ SHOES May 25, 1935 is remembered as the day when Jesse Owens established 4 world records in athletics. Jesse Owens from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens Jesse Owens' Shoes - Jez Lowe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNVUDm201M Lyrics of “ Jesse Owens' Shoes “ from Jez Lowe’s website https://www.jezlowe.com/lyrics/jesse-owens-shoes/ Jim Hellewell singing Jesse Owens' Shoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjm7qY0-KGw |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Oct 22 - 05:14 PM HEY DONAL, HO DONAL It wis in the merry month o’ May When a nice wee lass she cam my way, And aa the words that she could say wis, Donal dinna miss me. Hey Donal, How Donal from The Ballad Index https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/GrD4910.html Hey Donal! - Harry Lauder (1908) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4XOiH1FE3k "Hey Donal, Ho Donal", from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/heydonalhodonal.html |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Oct 22 - 12:09 PM LAFAYETTE, WE HEAR YOU CALLING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqe6hpbMV7E May 20 1834 The death of the Marquis de Lafayette. May 20 is celebrated as Lafayette Day Information from The Franco-American Centre https://facnh.com/lafayette-day/#:~:text=Lafayette%20Day%20%E2%80%93%20May%2020&text=The%20Marquis%20de%20Lafayette%20served,Fra Lafayette (We Hear You Calling) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_(We_Hear_You_Calling) Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 15 Oct 22 - 03:06 PM additional background info on the Coal in the Stone. This info isn't frm the DT but is in the thread https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=14358#122726 Subject: RE: Origin: Coal in the Stone From: Catamariner - PM Date: 25 Oct 21 - 03:02 AM The data in DIGITRAD has a problem. Although there was another accident in 1959 that killed nine workers closer to the surface, this accident did not occur in 1963, it occurred in May 1965 -- and this song was written by Kay Cothran and copyrighted in September of 1965. She said in the copyright that the tune was an extensive reworking of Streets of Laredo. The information eventually was published in a government report, but the papers were quite quiet about it at the time, hence the outrage that sparked the song. Source for the disaster details: https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/C_L_Cline_No2.htm C. L. Kline Coal Company No. 2-A Mine Explosion Robbins, Scott County, Tennessee May 24, 1965 No. Killed - 5 USBM Final Investigation Report (2.3 Mb) An explosion, originating in the face area of the left main aircourse, killed all five men in the mine. The explosion occurred when a methane accumulation was ignited by a cigarette lighter. The methane was emitted from crevices in the roof near the face. The mine was classified non-gassy by the State. The owner-operator was the only one that possessed a flame safety lamp. He reportedly made a gas check during his pre-shift examination. Ventilation was inadequate. The mine fan was not capable of supplying air flow appropriate to the size of the mine. Also the eight inby stoppings in the mains were constructed of brattice cloth and the left main aircourse was advanced 300 feet inby the last open crosscut with a line curtain terminated 25 feet from the face. Dust from coal on the conveyors and from spillage along the conveyor lines entered into the propagation. Source: Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States - Volume II |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 15 Oct 22 - 02:20 PM THE COAL IN THE STONE (Kay Cothran) is in the DT On May twenty-fourth, they went down diggin' May twenty-fifth, one body was found And the rescue team labored, through the night and the danger Seekin' for others trapped under the ground. MUDCAT DT: The Coal In The Stone (Kay Cothran) /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6062,6062&SongID=6062,6062 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Oct 22 - 05:12 AM CAPTAIN KIDD May 23, 1701 The execution of Captain William Kidd for piracy Many recordings of “The Ballad of Captain Kidd” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+The+Ballad+Of+Captain+Kidd Captain Kidd [Laws K35] - Information from The Traditional Ballad Index https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LK35.html Mainly Norfolk: Captain Kidd Lyrics and Information https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/captainkidd.html Captain Kidd (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Kidd_(song) "The Ballad of Captain Kidd" (PDF) by Willard Hallam Bonner, (January 1944). https://people.brandeis.edu/~dkew/David/Bonner-CaptKidd_ballad-1944.pdf MUDCAT DT Study: Captain Kidd /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=161762&messages=18 Link to henryp’s post below on CAPTAIN KIDD |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Sep 22 - 07:22 AM SONGS SUNG BY TONY ROSE May 1 1941 Tony Rose, folk singer was born born in Exeter, England. Biography from last.fm https://www.last.fm/music/Tony+Rose/+wiki Index of Tony Rose's Songs from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/tony.rose/songs/index.html Tony Rose recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tony+Rose+all+tracks MUDCAT- Review: Newly discovered Tony Rose recordings? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=156831 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Sep 22 - 05:48 PM NATHAN HALE September 22, 1776. Execution of Nathan Hale,as a spy, by the British Nathan Hale from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/SBoA067.html The Ballad of Nathan Hale- Strictly Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRjQvqfCSSE Nathan Hale from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 14 Sep 22 - 09:12 AM ISIS, by Bob Dylan, starts I married Isis on the fifth day of May But I could not hold on to her very long So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong https://youtu.be/INilAY6aJTc Isis (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_(song) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Aug 22 - 11:31 AM And a different song with a similar title WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY Welcome as the Flowers in May – Maurice West of Holmesfield, Derbyshire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ixb7DGxVM ”As welcome as the flowers in May”: information from folksong and musichall.com http://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/as-welcome-as-the-flowers-in-may/ MUDCAT: Lyr Req: Songs by Harry Clifton (1832-1872) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=51212#top |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Aug 22 - 06:54 AM Many recordings of YOU’RE AS WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAYon YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=You%27re+as+Welcome+as+the+Flowers+in+May |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Aug 22 - 06:00 PM SONGS ABOUT THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH May 26th, 1650. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English soldier and statesman , was born The Duke of Marlborough - Nic Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrRWjrv6PAw ”The Duke of Marlborough” from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/songs/thedukeofmarlborough.html MUDCAT, Lyr Req: Lord Marlborough / Duke of Marlborough /mudcat./thread.cfm?threadid=27509,27509 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlboroughfrom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough “Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre” from Songs & Rhymes From France https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=186 Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre French nursery song (Marlborough Has Left for the War) 1928 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqiBHgH2Uic Link to henryp’s post below on THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Aug 22 - 09:29 AM BLUE HAIRED JIMMY He's gone for evermore Is our darling blue-eyed boy We ‘ll never see our cross-eyed darling any more Like a dream he passed away On the thirty-ninth of May He never died so suddenly before. Blue-Haired Boy (Little Willie II, Blue-Haired Jimmy) Information from The Traditional Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/RcBlHaJi.html Blue-Haired Jimmy · Horton Barker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJTJmIXCb9E MUDCAT Lyric Add: Death of Willie /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=33707 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Aug 22 - 09:25 AM More on The Bold Fisherman; An early sighting/hearing by Francis Jekyll and George Butterworth. Sung by Mr Edmund Spooner (c. 70) inmate of Midhurst Workhouse, December 1908. From The Ploughboy's Glory edited by Michael Downey 1977. Midhurst Union workhouse (the original House of Industry built for Easebourne United Parishes) is now occupied by 'Christ for the Nations' organisation (2001). As I rowed out one May morning Down by the river side There I beheld a Bold Fisherman Come rolling down by the tide https://sussextraditions.org/person/edward-or-edwin-or-edmund-spooner/?paging=3https://sussextraditions.org/person/edward-or-edwin-or-edmund-spooner/?paging=3 Edmund/Edwin/Edward/Ned Spooner was the source of several more songs collected by George Butterworth (1908) and Clive Carey (1912). Link to THE BOLD FISHERMAN posted above by henryp Link to THE BOLD FISHERMAN posted above by Diolch |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Jul 22 - 11:06 AM 6 May 1882. The Phoenix Park Murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke happened in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. SONGS ABOUT THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS Phoenix Park Murders from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park_Murders Frank McNally on a forgotten song about the Phoenix Park Murders https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/frank-mcnally-on-a-forgotten-song-about-the-phoenix-park-murders-1.3884080 “The Phoenix Park Tragedy”. The article includes many song titles about the Phoenix Park Murders http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/ballads/BrdPhoeP.html ”Pat O'Donnell” -Martin Anthony Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v6HMteoNhM ”Pat O'Donnell From Donegal” - Ruthie Morrossey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwtRTvZNEf8 ”The Ballad of Pat O'Donnell” - The Irish Brigade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Og7Jl1kkM Dan Curley (song) - Jimmy McBride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaYkulUb_ys "Joe Brady"- Luke Kelly (last verse) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRiThMXTjjo |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 23 Jul 22 - 10:59 PM SCHOONER INDUSTRY First stanza: Come all you noble colored tars, that plow the raging main Come & listen to my story boys, a thing that is quite strange It was on the 8th of May, me boys, 1822 A schooner from Nantucket, boys with all a colored crew Later stanzas mention the 4th of July, and the 10th of July. The song is on the Finn and Haddie album, Fathom This. The liner notes say, "My friend, great singer/musician & writer of sea songs & shanties, Jerry Bryant dug this up from the log of the Industry & culled it down from 40 verses to eight. Jerry put this to a traditional tune, without the chorus, as he found it. The tune here is from Neil Downey as well as its new chorus. Historically I've found the song very accurate & from the report of the Commissioners of Fish & Fisheries where in the remarks column it has the crew as "manned wholly by blacks" as well as the brig Traveler also mentioned in this song. Absalom S. Boston a Nantucketer, land owner, inn keeper & merchant put to sea at the age of 15 in 1800 & retired from sea after this voyage. He was married to the granddaughter of the famous Black/Indian sea captain Paul Cuffe who also commanded & owned a brig by the same name of Traveler only 7 yrs earlier, most likely they are one in the same although I've yet to verify this. Interestingly enough the Bostons were also no strangers to litigation. His uncle Prince Boston, a slave sailor was the first on Nantucket to sue for his ships pay & won. Absalom himself sued the state of Massachusetts on behalf of his daughter & niece for school integration of the state school on Nantucket & won, this being a first time in the nation. I'd like to thank Jerry for his blessing to record this gem." The full lyrics are given in a Mudcat thread about the album, /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=103743 with the subject, Lyr Add: ROLLER BOWLER + YANGTZE RIVER SHANTY etc./mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=103743#2117962 Recording at https://sonichits.com/video/Finn_%26_Haddie/Schooner_Industry?track=1 Schooner Industry · Finn & Haddie on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPWkEuqaaDE |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Jul 22 - 12:15 PM DAINTY DAVIE Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers, To deck her gay, green-spreading bowers; And now comes in the happy hours, To wander wi' my Davie. MUDCAT DT Lyrics /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1436,1436&SongID=1436,1436 Dainty Davie from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainty_Davie Many recordings of “ Dainty_Davie “on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=DAINTY+DAVIE+ |
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Subject: RE: Ballinderry From: Felipa Date: 26 Jun 22 - 03:09 PM There is a version of BALLINDERRY (Bonny Ram's Island) with the verse O. lonely I wander on bonny Church Island Far, far away from Phelimy Diamond The birds may whistle a merry tune, But sorrowful May brought woeful June. I add it to a different version, so I sing Bonny Ram's Island rather than Church Island. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13807 sung by Anne Byrne sung by Davy Hammond Mudcat-Lyr Add:Ballinderry /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13807&messages=10#top Digitrad Lyrics : Ballinderry /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=463
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Jun 22 - 06:18 AM THE MAYPOLE (Traditional) by The Oldham Tinkers Who made the flowers grow, the flowers grow, the flowers grow? Who made the flowers grow? Tra la la la la la. God made the flowers grow, the flowers grow, the flowers grow. God made the flowers grow, tra la la la la la. Chorus: We’ll skip the Maypole, the Maypole, the Maypole, We’ll skip the Maypole, tra la la la la la. Who made the fishes swim, the fishes swim, the fishes swim? Who made the birdies sing, the birdies sing, the birdies sing? Molly dancers kicking up a row, kicking up a row, kicking up a row. Molly dancers kicking up a row, my fair lady. Cheese and bread, the owd cows dead, bake it in a lantern. A bit for thee and a bit for me and a bit for the Molly dancers. When the Oldham Tinkers were kids the last three days of April were hectic. People’s back yards were hives of activity as the little girls prepared their Maypole outfits and practiced their routines, which varied little anyway. This is one of the songs they sang as they danced, unaware that they were perpetuating an ancient fertility rite. The actual performances took place on the first three days of May. First recorded and published by Topic Records 1975. Album - FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE TOPIC 12TS276 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Jun 22 - 08:58 AM THE STRETFORD AND NORTHERN MAY SONG The Stretford and Northen May song - The Bailey Sisters https://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_6877237 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Jun 22 - 06:16 PM THE FISHER LAD OF WHITBY It was one lovely morning, one morning in May, He took me in his boat to sail out on the bay The Fisher Lad of Whitby - Steve Tilston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxhyqzYxRx0 Many other recordings of ” The Fisher Lad Of Whitby “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Fisher+Lad+of+Whitby |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Jun 22 - 05:31 PM RING AROUND THE LAND And May is here again, our town will cheer again, And we'll all pull together, hand in hand, "Ring Around The Land" - Red Shoes https://soundcloud.com/red-shoes/ring-around-the-land Ring Around The Land · Red Shoes on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuDEEuO6kJs |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Jun 22 - 11:27 AM HIPPY CHIPPY CHARLIE Mudcat-Origins: Hippy Chippy Charlie (maypole song) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=64056 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Monique Date: 05 Jun 22 - 08:46 AM More information about "La rosée du joli mois de mai" / "La rousée du joly mois de may", Geoff's post, 2 posts above. Link to LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI posted above & Link to JOLI MOIS DE MAI posted above LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI This piece was first written and composed by Jean Planson (c.1559 -c.1611). You'll find the original sheet music with score and lyrics at the BNF. The lines in italics in the text below don't show on it. The tune you can hear sung by The Toronto Consort, Angelo Branduardi among others is by Emmanuel Adrianssen (c. 1554-1604), a Flemish lutenist. It was published in "Pratum musicum…", you'll find a pdf copy of it there. The piece is #54 on page 134 of the pdf. The lyrics can also be found at the BNF in this 1600 book ("La fleur des chansons amoureuses où sont comprins tous les airs de court recueillis aux cabinets des plus rares poëtes de ce temps, A Rouen, chez Adrian de Launay, devant le Palais, au Compas d'Or -M.DC. Avec privilège du ROY" -yes, with this spelling!) Below are the lyrics in modern French spelling with a quite literal translation. Some French wordings feel clumsy, I suppose they feel even clumsier once translated. LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Jun 22 - 06:48 PM JOAN TO THE MAYPOLE Joan to the Maypole · The Toronto Consort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfHgLgz10yA Many recordings of “Joan to the Maypole” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joan+to+the+Maypole Joan, to the Maypole away let us on, The time is swift and will be gone; There go the lasses away to the green, Where their beauties may be seen; Bess, Moll, Kate, Doll, All the brave lasses have lads to attend 'em, Hodge, Nick, Tom, Dick, Jolly brave dancers, and who can amend 'em?
Joan, to the Maypole away let us on,
Now, if we hold out as we do begin,
Joan, to the Maypole away let us on, |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 May 22 - 11:03 AM LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI La Rosée du Joly Mois de May · The -Toronto Consort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTowBc9Vg6c Many more recordings of ' La Rosée du Joly Mois de May ' on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=LA+ROUS%C3%89E+DU+JOLI+MOIS+DE+MAI+ |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 May 22 - 06:14 PM MAY BLOOMING FIELD So away went this young man, his wager for to win away to the May blooming field He sat himself down by the clear flowing stream and he fell fast asleep on the bank May Blooming Field · Cordelia's Dad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbZoW12zeZw |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 May 22 - 07:02 AM MAY MORNING CAROL MUDCAT: Digitrad Lyrics /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3919">mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3919">/mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3919 Lyrics and translation https://www.maymorning.co.uk/426888189 'Hymnus Eucharisticus' From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymnus_Eucharisticus Oxford May Morning - Hymnus Eucharisticus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2PiJaX25U |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 May 22 - 07:06 PM P STANDS FOR PADDY As I walked out one mid-May morning To take a pleasant walk. I sat myself down upon an old stone wall For to hear two lovers talk. Mainly Norfolk: P Stands for Paddy , Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/tstandsforthomas.html P. Stands For Paddy · Old Blind Dogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tCqrasNWw P Stands For Paddy - Maria Doherty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_9J_NYhsJs Líadan - 'P stands for Paddy' | Geantraí Lá Fhéile Pádraig (2009) | TG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7DGKLl8OHg P Stands for Paddy · Annmarie O'Riordan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=340JJahbDys |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 19 May 22 - 10:26 AM Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire May Day carols May Day Carols CAMBRIDGESHIRE MAY CAROL Tune: ARISE, ARISE Link to postings, above, of Cambridgeshire May Carol & Arise,Arise CAMBRIDGE MAY GARLAND SONG Collected in 1900 in the Peterborough area Link to postings, above, of Cambridgeshire May Garland CHESHIRE MAY-DAY CAROL Link to postings, above, of Cheshire May Song ESSEX So many carols have been Christianized, shifting the homage to the ancient deities to God and Our Lady, as in the next examples. HERTFORDSHIRE HITCHIN MAY DAY SONG Lyrics "Hitchin May Day Song " https://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/english/hitchinm.htm The Hitchin May Day Song · Banter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_DmlU3FmzI |
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