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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 19 May 22 - 06:45 AM BETWEEN SEA AND LAND – A TRIP TO THE WHITSUNTIDE FAIR by Henry Peacock 2022 Tune; Rambleaway as sung by Roger Wilson. Performed by the Albion Band on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_0LBEbiVhU Twice every day the tide fills Morecambe Bay Sweeping aside anything in its way Ellen and Thomas worked on Flookburgh sands Reaping the harvest between sea and land Ellen, my darling girl, Thomas then said It won’t be long now before we are wed And people in hundreds come from far and wide To watch as we walk down the aisle side by side Chorus; Sailors take to the sea, others never leave land But in Flookburgh the folk spend their lives on the sand In Ulverston there’ll be the Whitsuntide Fair We’ll take all our friends and we’ll have some fun there And so they set off at the break of the day Over the sands that surround Morecambe Bay Thomas bought Ellen a new dress to wear A ring for her finger and a bow for her hair The sun was going down at the end of the day As they departed on their homeward way Chorus The sands hold great dangers for wandering souls Where the rush of the tide scours out steep-sided holes Their cart in the dark, I am sorry to say Was heading towards a deep pool in their way Early next morning nine bodies were found The coroner confirmed his verdict of drowned Who thought that a day that began so carefree Would end on the sands in such dark tragedy? Chorus At noon on the Sunday the muffled church bells Sadly rang over the grey Furness Fells And mourners in hundreds came from far and wide As Ellen and Thomas were laid side by side Nine lives were needlessly lost on the sands Caught in the space inbetween sea and land Today as you cross the sands safely by train Remember those poor souls whose trip was in vain Chorus The events in this song occurred in 1846. Until 1974, Furness was part of Lancashire - the two were linked by the dangerous road across the sands. The Earl of Burlington - who became the Duke of Devonshire - promoted a railway from Ulverston to Carnforth, and by 1857 trains would carry passengers safely over both the Kent and the Leven rivers. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 May 22 - 05:40 PM JOLI MOIS DE MAI Joli Mois de Mai- Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joli+mois+de+mai |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 May 22 - 05:31 PM ONE MORNING IN MAY (Hoagy Carmichael ) One morning in May, don't forget, dear That one wonderful day when we met, dear The world over was blue clover And hearts carefree and gay 'One Morning in May' From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Morning_in_May_(1933_song)#:~:text=%22One%20Morning%20in%20May%22%20is,and%20music%20by%20Hoag One Morning In May · Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra · Mitchell Parish · Hoagy Carmichael https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdZ0ifGyL98 One Morning In May · Al Bowlly · The Ray Noble Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUWgvnQa12Q |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 May 22 - 05:47 PM SONGS OF GEORGE FORMBY 26 May.1904 Birthday of George Formby, Wigan born entertainer and Ealing film star, famous for his ukulele. Songs of George Formby on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=george+formby+songs MUDCAT: George Formby /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=95669#top MUDCAT: Lyr Req: George Formby Songs /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=6124#top< BR> |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 13 May 22 - 05:54 PM Mick Blake has composed and recorded a song about Seán Mac Diarmada another man executed for his part in the Dublin Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, Seán Mac Diarmada. Mac Diarmada was killed on the same day as James Connolly, 12 May 1916. Today I added Mick's lyrics and links to his recording of SEÁN MAC DIARMADA (THE PRIDE OF CORRANMORE) to the Mudcat discussion thread Sean MacDiarmada/Sean McDermott MUDCAT:Sean MacDiarmada/Sean McDermott /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=159117#3768421 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 May 22 - 05:27 PM THE MONTH OF MAY aka The Merry Haymakers
The Month of May · Bob Copper · Ron Copper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Z59YUBi9w |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 09 May 22 - 07:22 PM On 14 May 2021, Henryp cited Gathering Rushes in the Month of May, aka Underneath Her Apron. Link to " Gathering Rushes in the Month of May" posted above It's a song of merry May seduction. I'm adding some Mudcat links which could be added to that message. One of the linked recordings in that post is A Wee Bird Cam' Tae My Apron · Jean Redpath · Abby Newton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uNGheGyvDo Casey sang this song on the 9 May 2022 Mudcat singaround The lyrics of that Scottish variant are posted on Mudcat A WEE BIRD CAM' TAE MY APRON It fell on a morning, a morning in May My faither's cows they a' went astray I loukit me down and the heather was gay And a burr stack tae my apron also at Mudcat UNDERNEATH HER APRON A pretty young girl all in the month of May, She's gathering rushes just at the break of day, But before she come home she had bore a little son, And she rolled him underneath her aperon. and THE REAPING OF THE RUSHES GREEN - As I walked out one morning, it being in the merry month of May, Me and my two wild beagles, hoping to find some game to kill. When I spied no one but Mary; she appeared to me like a virgin queen She being at her daily labour at the reaping of her rushes green. - is among lyrics posted at Mudcat discussion ADD: bonny little bunch of rushes/Gathering Rushes along with some related songs which don't mention the month of May |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 May 22 - 06:07 PM 9 May 1887 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opened in London. WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WILD WEST SHOW We're Off to See the Wild West Show- Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=we%27re+off+to+see+the+wild+west+show |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 09 May 22 - 04:24 PM A version of THE COALMINER AND THE PITMAN'S WIFE has these lines in the last verse Well, the pit gates are locked, little more I've to say, I was turned out of my house on the thirteenth of May. source: Dallas:One Hundred Songs of Toil 1974 The lyrics are among the versions posted at Mudcat thread https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=68589#3285561 These lines aren't in the versions I've heard so I don't know what recording to recommend. The discussion thread does include some links to recordings; the discussion is partly about the different tunes that versions of The Coalminer and the Pitman's Wife are set to. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 May 22 - 03:24 PM I LOVE MY SAILOR BOY - From Franz Rickaby, Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926), p. 203. Apparently from M. C. Dean's The Flying Cloud. Abroad as I rambled one morning in May, So carelessly I rambled down Liverpool's streets so gay. I overheard a fair maid, and this was all her cry, "And let my friends say what they will, I love my sailor boy." |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 May 22 - 05:28 PM 8 May 1429 The French warrior maiden, Joan of Arc, led the Dauphin’s troops to victory over the English at Orleans. SONGS ABOUT JOAN OF ARC Songs about Joan of Arc From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_Joan_of_Arc Joan of Arc (Leonard Cohen song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc_(Leonard_Cohen_song) Joan of Arc - Leonard Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPf5Ki9ygVY Chant à Sainte Jeanne d'Arc - French Song to St Joan of Arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVoWh7faBvg Maid Of Orleans - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmwMhjbThKg |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 08 May 22 - 01:31 PM James Connolly, trade union activist and leader of the Irish Citizen Army, was executed on 12 May 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising for Irish independence. JAMES CONNOLLY SONGS : I have added links to lyrics and recordings in one of the James Connolly discussion threads on Mudcat. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13902 TITLES: JAMES CONNOLLY WHERE OH WHERE IS OUR JAMES CONNOLLY CONNOLLY WAS THERE Dick Gaughan - Connolly Was There https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4zt3hOkiwg MAY 12th, 1916- A SONG FOR JAMES CONNOLLY Niall Connolly - May 12th 1916 - A Song for James Connolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWa0ubNgQ9I "Paddymac" posted words to a poem, CONNOLLY, by Liam Mac Gabhann, on the same Mudcat thread on 22 Sept. 1999 There is also a thread containing several of James Connolly's own compositions and several of his lyrics/poems are in the DT. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=16522 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 May 22 - 04:40 PM A memorable performance of I Roved Out. Andy Irvine sings and plays hurdy-gurdy, with Paul Brady whistle and guitar and Donal Lunny guitar in 1976. As I Roved Out Link to "As I Roved Out" posted above |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 May 22 - 04:29 PM FACING THE CHAIR (Andy Irvine) From Andy Irvine's recent double CD OLD DOG LONG ROAD – VOL.2. Another song about Sacco and Vanzetti Facing the Chair Andy Irvine: mandola & vocal Recorded in Dreieichenhain, Germany on 3rd December 1982. Being a massive fan of Woody Guthrie’s from an early age, I bought his records as they came out. “Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti” came out on Folkways in 1960. Woody had recorded it in 1946/47 but was not really satisfied with the result. I had not heard of these two Italian anarchists whose trial for murder in Boston had led to them being found guilty and executed in the Electric Chair in 1927. His lyrics made a great impression on me and I studied the books which had been written about these events. As the trial unfolded, the bias of Judge Thayer became more and more evident and I came to the conclusion, along with Woody and most other socially minded people that a terrible injustice had been perpetrated. I wrote this song after visiting the courthouse in Dedham MA where so much of this trial had been held. Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody (1963-65) strongly opposed capital punishment and "vowed that he would not sign a death warrant even for the Boston Strangler, if he were ever caught and convicted." In 1977, Governor Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation vindicating Sacco and Vanzetti, stating that they had been treated unjustly and that no stigma should be associated with their names. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 05 May 22 - 03:39 PM 3 MAY 1916 Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett married in Kilmainham Gaol. Joseph Plunkett was condemned to death for his part in the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. song GRACE by Frank and Seán Ó Meara https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2379 Mudcat discussion https://mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=5041 as sung by Jim McCann sung by Caoimhe Mooney The lyrics have been translated to Irish Gaelic, quite appropriately as J Plunkett was a keen member of the Gaelic League. He was one of the founders of the Irish Esperanto League as well. translation by Ciarán Fox, sung by Kelli McGrory translation by Seán Mac Cumhaill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU0SKL5GogA lyrics in notes and comments translation by Zara Ní Fhinn lyrics on screen some background https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/1916/joseph-plunketts-wedding-wasnt-romantic-it-was-sordid-34622448.html https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/1916/joseph-plunketts-wedding-wasnt-romantic-it-was-sordid-34622448.html |
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Subject: Sacco and Vanzetti arrested 5 May 1920 From: Felipa Date: 05 May 22 - 02:43 PM Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists who were charged with armed robbery and murder. They were executed in Aug. 1927, after very controversial trials."Anti-Italianism, anti-immigrant, and anti-Anarchist bias were suspected as having heavily influenced the verdict." (Wikipedia) Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with the crime of murder on May 5, 1920, and indicted four months later on September 14. I had to look up the dates of indictment and execution but I always remember the date they were arrested because I know a Woody Guthrie song RED WINE with lines, "'twas 1920, the fifth of May, a cop and some buddies took two men away". https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4922 (I learned a slightly abridged version from the singing of Bill Vanaver) https://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Red_Wine.htm performed by Woody Guthrie |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 May 22 - 09:16 AM WE WILL SING by Kate Rusby When May comes in she brings the flowers, We will sing, we will sing, And winter by the door she cowers, We will sing, we will sing. We will sing |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 May 22 - 06:46 PM 5 May,1821 & Bonaparte died in exile on St. Helena. SONGS ABOUT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE MUDCAT: Songs about Napoleon /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=80106 Wikipedia:Songs about Napoleon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_Napoleon DONE WITH BONAPARTE Done With Bonaparte -Mark Knopfler; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgSYnu0bZ_E NAPOLEON'S DREAM aka THE DREAM OF NAPOLEON Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=NAPOLEON%27S+DREAM+%2Csong Mudcat DT::The Dream of Napoleon /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6186 THE GRAND CONVERSATION ON NAPOLEON Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Grand+Conversation+on+Napoleon BONEY WAS A WARRIOR Many recordings of 'Boney was a Warrior' on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=BONEY+WAS+A+WARRIOR+ Boney (Was a Warrior) from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/boney.html THE GREEN LINNET The Green Linnet- Dick Gaughan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfbNX9p9-BE NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Mudcat DT: "Napoleon Bonaparte" /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4181 "Napoleon Bonaparte" Jim Mageean & Pat Sheridan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dIgVy2w-TM THE GRAVE OF BONAPARTE The Grave Of Bonaparte · Norman And Nancy Blake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PelqtYTeQ8U Grave of Bonaparte · The Scott Family Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvKXiHoZjyc Mudcat, Lyr Req: The Grave of Bonaparte /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=14081&messages=5 Link to post by henryp about Napoleon in Mudcat thread Any August Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170145#reply:~:text=Subject%3A%20RE%3A%20Any%20August%20Songs%3F%0AFrom%3A%20GUEST%2Chenr
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 May 22 - 09:46 AM IN MAY, THAT LUSTY SEASON In May, That Lusty Season · Libana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxqaiv4FE_E In May, That Lusty Season · The Heath Sisters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PpZwXagQBo |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 May 22 - 05:05 PM Thanks for 'We'll go to sea no more' Felipa -there are extra verses for this version of the song here https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Scottish_Song/We%27ll_go_to_sea_no_more |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 01 May 22 - 01:35 PM https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=34523 THE RIVER LEA attributed to Sam Peck It was one fine day in the month of May, And I was outward bound. I hadn't any tin to buy some gin, So I walked the street all around. My shoes was out at the elbows, And I was sore in need So I shipped as a jolly sailor On board of the River Lea. No more I'll go to sea, beat down the bay of Fundy. Forever more I'll stay on shore, I'll go to sea no more. Cliff Haslam sings The River Lea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJGS7hnMhEk sung by Dan Milner The following song has the Isle of May, which is a place in Scotland, not a month. Both songs have a "Go to sea no more" chorus https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7690 WE'LL GO TO SEA NO MORE Oh! blythly shines the bonnie sun Upon the Isle of May, And blythly comes the morning tide Into St. Andrews bay; Then up, gudeman--the breeze is fair; And up my braw bairns three,-- There's goud in yonder bonnie boat That sails so well the sea! When haddocks leave the Firth of Forth, And mussels leave the shore; When oysters climb up Berwick Law, We'll go to sea no more, No more, We'll go to sea no more. Mudcat Thread, Lyric Req: The River Lea /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=34523&messages=33#top |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 May 22 - 07:28 AM Magpie Lane / As I walked through the meadows / First of May Start of the first ever performance by Magpie Lane - 3rd May 1993, in the Holywell Music Room, Oxford. First of May |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 May 22 - 07:12 AM SWALCLIFFE MAY DAY CAROL Magpie Lane, first public performance Oxford, 3 May 1993 I learned the song from Forty Long Miles: twenty-three English folk songs from the collection of Janet Heatley Blunt, edited by Tony Foxworthy and published by Galliard / EFDSS in 1976. Swalcliffe (pronounced sway-cliff) is a village near Banbury in North Oxfordshire. The words of this carol were noted by Miss Annie Norris around 1840 from the singing of a group of children in the village. The words were passed onto the collector - and Adderbury resident - Janet Blunt in 1908, and she finally collected a tune for the song from Mrs Woolgrove of Swalcliffe, and Mrs Lynes of Sibford, at Sibford fete, July 1921. May Day Carol May Song by Magpie Lane A song inspired by the May Day celebrations at Padstow in Cornwall where an ancient "Obby 'Oss" has for centuries been paraded through town. The words and tune, by contemporary songwriter Dave Webber, have entered the folk tradition. May Song This song is also known as Hail,hail the First of May Link to HAIL THE FIRST OF MAY posted above |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 01 May 22 - 06:46 AM OHIO , written by Neil Young, commemorates the four deaths at Kent State University, 4 May 1970. Recording by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young at https://youtu.be/l1PrUU2S_iw Ohio-Neil Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdVMGKOFIwY |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Apr 22 - 06:54 PM ONE MAY MORNING One May Morning · Louis Killen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMFG1iQvMss |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 26 Apr 22 - 04:24 PM typo above, the spelling of Príosún Chluain Meala (Chluain is correct) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 26 Apr 22 - 08:57 AM Edmund Sheehy, James Buxton and Buck Farrell were held in Clonmel Gaol, Co Tipperary, Ireland and executed in 3 May 1775. The three men were convicted of the murder of John Bridge and of aiding and assisting the Whiteboys. The Whiteboys sought agrarian reform; they were similar in many respects to the Levellers (and sometimes went by that name) but often used terrorist methods. A suitable song to sing in commemoration: THE CONVICT OF CLONMEL aka The Gaol of Cluain Meala by J.J. Callinan, is a translation of the Irish language song "PRÍOSÚN CHLUIAN MEALA"; which in some versions mentions "na Buachaillí Bána", the Whiteboys. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10313 thread name: Lyr Add: Clun Malla |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST Date: 26 Apr 22 - 05:31 AM https://youtu.be/LOi_wxypeGc |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Apr 22 - 07:37 PM THE SPIRIT OF MOTHER JONES The Spirit of Mother Jones · Andy Irvine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRbcydTWElY DISHPAN BRIGADE Dishpan Brigade -Kiya Heartwood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN8XmBeHUGA MOTHER JONES IN HEAVEN Mother Jones In Heaven (and Hell) - A Musical by Si Kahn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFSrOVYKRlE THE DEATH OF MOTHER JONES "The Death of Mother Jones"- Gene Autry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVajXBl7BSc WELCOME HOME MOTHER JONES ' Welcome Mother Jones' Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Welcome_Mother_Jones.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Apr 22 - 07:27 PM May 1, 1830 Birth date of Mary 'Mother' Jones,the Irish-born American labour leader who was called ' the most dangerous woman in America ' by Theodore Roosevelt. britannica.com: Mother JonesAmerican labour leader https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mother-Jones-American-labour-leader 'Mother Jones'From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones SONGS ABOUT MOTHER JONES
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Apr 22 - 10:23 AM THE HUSBAND WITH NO COURAGE IN HIM As I walked out one May morning To view the fields and the leaves a-springing I saw two maidens standing by And one of them her hands was wringing Mainly Norfolk: O, Dear, O / The Husband With No Courage in Him / My Husband's Got No Courage in Him https://www.mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/odearo.html Various YouTube recordings of ' My Husband’s Got No Courage In Him ' https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=My+Husband%E2%80%99s+Got+No+Courage+In+Him |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: John MacKenzie Date: 23 Apr 22 - 01:41 PM Maggie May ? |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Stringsinger Date: 22 Apr 22 - 01:24 PM Padsdow song "Oss oss we oss"? I don' have the lyrics but it's like "Unite and unite......for summer is a-cumin' today ..............In the merry morning of May." I'm sure English Catters know it. PADSTOW MAY SONG aka OSS OSS 'Obby 'Oss festival From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Obby_%27Oss_festival Mainly Norfolk: Padstow May Song https://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/padstowmaysong.html Padstow Night Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwSv8YEr78g Padstow Day Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86_NSluiVPc Many more recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Padstow+May+Song |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Apr 22 - 12:54 PM LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF KNIGHT(Child #4; Roud #21) Fair lady Isabel sits in her bower sewing, Aye as the gowans grow gay There she heard an elf-knight blawing his horn. The first morning in May 'Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight' from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Isabel_and_the_Elf_Knight Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Lady+Isabel+and+the+Elf-Knight Emilie Faiella - Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight, a Medieval Ballad (with lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6q4qHEXfMs |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,Diolch Date: 15 Feb 22 - 05:14 AM THE BOLD FISHERMAN has been recorded from such luminaries as Harry Cox (although his version is set in June), Sam Larner, Alice Webb, and Walter Pardon. This song is also much beloved by the current generation of young singers. Mudcat: /mudcat.org/detail.cfm?messages__Message_ID=3082512 Mainly Norfolk:https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/theboldfisherman.html George Sansome, also of Granny's Attic (May):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEZA7YF2I4 Ruth Notman and Sam Kelly (June):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hSzZQBGyUs Link to "The Bold Fisherman" posting above by henryp Link to more about THE BOLD FISHERMAN posted below by henryp |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,Diolch Date: 13 Feb 22 - 01:40 PM Norma Waterson's version of FLOWER OF SWEET STRABANE on her collection Bright Shiny Morning mentions May in the first verse, although other versions I've heard don't (e.g. Margaret Barry, or Paddy Tunney). The folk process in action presumably. Norma's lyrics: https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/flowerofsweetstrabane.html |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 06 Feb 22 - 07:14 PM THE PRIDE OF THE SPRINGFIELD ROAD aka THE COTTON MILL SONG I took my love out for a walk in the merry month of May. The birds were singing sweetly as we went along the way. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=51243#781292 youtube: Craobh Rua Houl' Yer Whisht |
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Subject: birthdays of Percy French and Pete Seeger From: Felipa Date: 25 Jan 22 - 09:03 PM I've been at a Zoom sing tonight 25 Jan celebrating the birthday of both Robbie Burns and Ewan MacColl by singing there songs. There were slightly more MacColl songs sung than Burns songs on this occasion. So I was thinking of other singers and songwriters whose birthdays we might commemorate. PERCY FRENCH ( (1 MAY 1854 – 24 January 1920) Mudcat thread The Songs of Percy French includes a list of the songs in a book by that title, with clickable links to those songs which can be found on the Mudcat site. see message posted by Joe Offer on 28 Sept 2008 Link to SONGS BY PERCY FRENCH posted below PETE SEEGER SONGS (3 MAY 1919 - 27 Jan 2014) If you search for Pete's name in this discussion, you will find mention of several recordings by Pete of the various May songs. Pete is not primarily known as a songwriter, but he did write quite a few songs including IF I HAD A HAMMER, TOMORROW IS A HIGHWAY, WAIST DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY, MY RAINBOW RACE, ENGLISH IS CRAZY, and part of WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE. There is a Mudcat discussion thread entitled Pete Seeger songs Pete Seeger Top Songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kzn0uHnjRb34QVljcLkic-udh8zB3CQ6A |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Dec 21 - 05:04 PM Thanks Reinhard , all the on-line translations seem a bit odd The following link appears to give a better translation of the second line but cannot be right with " There is some whine I never tasted before" https://www.lyrtran.com/Der-Mai-ist-gekommen-id-76295 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Reinhard Date: 01 Dec 21 - 09:21 AM That is a very strange word-for-word translation without any sense of language and phrasing. E.g. the second line "Die Bäume schlagen aus" means "The trees are budding", not "The trees are beating out". |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Dec 21 - 06:36 AM Another German May song DER MAI IST GEKOMMEN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usn8qpZdqGU Lyrics and Translationhttps://songstranslation.com/nena/der-mai-ist-gekommen/ |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: oldhippie Date: 30 Nov 21 - 01:50 PM MAY SONG (translated from German) How wonderful is Maytime With Flowers in bloom everywhere If she with me would stay In all the splendor of Maytime My heart would be happy and gay. I would that my beloved Were here my joy to share If she with me would stay In all the splendor of Maytime My heart would be happy and gay. As published in The Ditty Bag" 1946 by Janet Tobitt |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Nov 21 - 08:14 AM THE KENT STATE MASSACRE The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970 in Kent, Ohio More from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings#:~:text=The%20Kent%20State%20shootings%2C%20also,64%20km)%20south%20of%20Clev The Kent State Massacre- Barbara Dane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCb0v6TlRAo It Could Have Been Me - Holly Near (with dropdown lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CadP4dRemYk&t=19s |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Nov 21 - 08:02 AM GUEST, I get it - May You Never maybe not. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST Date: 30 Nov 21 - 04:50 AM https://youtu.be/LOi_wxypeGc |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 30 Nov 21 - 04:29 AM THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS Composed by Stan Ransom in 1992 for the 100th anniversary of the Adirondack Park. (recording) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 30 Nov 21 - 04:12 AM May 20, 1892: The act is signed that creates the Adirondack Park. This date is also the birthday of Harold K. Hochschild, the founder of the Adirondack Museum. DON'T FORGET TO THANK HAROLD by Dan Berggren (recording 1992) On the twentieth of May in 1892, The Adirondack Park was brand-spanking-new. So was Harold Hochschild, that’s his birthday, too And he left a lot of presents for me and you |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 30 Nov 21 - 02:48 AM BLACKBERRY WINTER Written by Louise Mosrie and Mike Richardson On the first day of May, frost lay on the vine When just yesterday, it was warm as summertime But the North wind did bring her cold heart with her Now we're in the middle of a blackberry winter Lyrics Sung by Louise Mosrie on her album Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY7g0278Xb8 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Nov 21 - 09:32 AM WITH HER HEAD TUCKED UNDERNEATH HER ARM On 19 May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn was executed by beheading. Many recordings of “ With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=With+Her+Head+Tucked+Underneath+Her+Arm+ With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Her_Head_Tucked_Underneath_Her_Arm MUDCAT:DT Lyrics ANNE BOLEYN(R.L. Weston and Bert Lee.) @displaysong.cfm?SongID=297 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 28 Oct 21 - 01:40 AM SOUTH CAROLINA MOON Dan Berggren (2002) Video As I look across the porch tonight I see you sitting there, Resting with your eyes closed, rocking in the chair. We worked so hard clearing the yard and a thousand other things, But now they're done and I'm with the one who makes me want to sing. CHORUS (after each verse): At the end of a long, hard day, An unusually hot month of May, Shooting the breeze as we look through the trees At the South Carolina in the sky, At the South Carolina moon. It was ninety degrees when we stopped to eat, and hotter when supper was done. A ride in the boat was the only way to put up with the sun. As the river rolled on, with you in my arms, we let the day float away; Then back to the shore and I walked to the door of the porch at the end of the day. Sitting here with the one I love makes me feel so good; Just like when it's cold in winter and you know you've got lots of wood, Like a race that's won or a job well done -- I hope you feel it too: That feeling inside, there's nothing to hide, that's why I sing for you. |
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