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Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 25 Jun 05 - 12:44 PM I was going to suggest some of mine Richard. The Prince and the Maiden Oi! The Little Weatherman. Two Policemen. Ernie Hook. Awfully Well for the Shape That I'm In. Before you ask, I'd be flattered. Let me know if we need to get together on tunes. Better yet, buy my CD, now reasonably priced at £8.00. (grins) Don T. |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 25 Jun 05 - 10:23 AM Mockingbird Hill Spring has now unwrapped the flowers Listen to the mockingbird Polly wolly doodle Camptown races How can I keep from singing - Jesuit style Seeing Nellie Home Solomon Levi + Spanish cavalier |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: ranger1 Date: 25 Jun 05 - 10:16 AM The Whistling Gypsy |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: JennyO Date: 25 Jun 05 - 10:15 AM What about a cheerful song about death? Isn't it Grand Boys. Then there's these: I Can Hew Boys (and its parody Ike and Hugh) The Farmer's Toast Widgegorara Joe Ugly Dave Sally Brown Johnson Girls Raise 'em The Merry Ploughboy Lachlan Tigers The Apprentice Song Summer is a'Comin' in Track Linin' Song Galway Races Blaydon Races The Bonny Black Hare The Spotted Cow Bound for South Australia Jim the Carter Lad The Jolly Wagoner Fathom the Bowl Three Drunken Maidens The Rambling Rover Go no more a Rovin' (with you fair maid) Long Time Ago Hurrah for the Black Ball Line No Man's Mama Now Jug Band Blues Any Old Iron What a Mouth Don't Dilly Dally on the Way (Going to the fair with) My Old Man The Holy Ground .....and that's just for a start. |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: Le Scaramouche Date: 25 Jun 05 - 10:11 AM I posted one last night, the Gallant Hussar. Daddy Fox. Dance to Your/Thee Daddy. A'Begging I Will Go. Rattlin' Roarin Willie. Prickle-Eye Bush. Ramblin' Sailor. Mad Tom of Bedlam. Mr Froggie Went A-Courting. Bonnie Ship the Diamond. Whisky Your the Divil. The Sow Took the Measles (yes, the sow dies, so?) The Utah Iron Horse. Monymusk Lads. The Pirate Song. Old Maid in the Garret. The Grey Goose. Hearts of Oak. The World Turned Upside Down. Tom Browne. Captain Ward. Whiskey in the Jar DOES NOT end on a despairing note, it's rather optimistic. Why is BRMC borderline folk? It's a classic Hobo song! |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: *Laura* Date: 25 Jun 05 - 09:24 AM Cheerful folk songs? Don't talk daft! xLx |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: DMcG Date: 25 Jun 05 - 04:54 AM I know the problem, Richard. I have a reputation that every song I sing is about death. I tried "When Spring comes In" from the Coppers ... and the daffy-down-dillies get it. "Daddy Fox" ... and the grey goose is dead. Of course, singing "Digging Graves is my Delight" doesn't necessary help. |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Jun 05 - 04:28 AM Unncle Joe's Mint Balls The Vicar Song quite a range of DonT's repertoire (excluding most of the folk songs in it ;) ! |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Jun 05 - 04:23 AM Yes, YY, some good ones there, and some I even do but never think of when put on the spot. But surely in the Irish Rover the poor dog was drowned? And Ilkley Moor is wholly about death and corruption. And Whiskey in a Jar ends on the despairing note "If anyone can help me, it's me brother in the army..." I suppose we could add "Fathom the Bowl", and "Byker Hill" |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: Liz the Squeak Date: 25 Jun 05 - 02:40 AM Doesn't 'Come write me down' have a verse about being unfaithful? It always makes me smile when sung to newly engaged/wedded couples..... LTS |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: YorkshireYankee Date: 24 Jun 05 - 11:21 PM I Wish They'd do it Now Martin Said to His Man Drinking songs: John Barleycorn (well, it's cheerful at the end), Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl, Drink Old England Dry, Whiskey in the Jar and many others The Fox Hunt (unless you're worried about it not being PC) The Irish Rover The Wild Rover John Blunt Mairie's Wedding I like to Rise When the Sun She Rises Farmer's Boy On Ilkley Moor Bah t'Hat Come Write Me Down (as well as some other Copper family songs) Harbour Le Cou That's it for now -- just the ones I can think of straight away, more later (if I think of 'em) |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: Deckman Date: 24 Jun 05 - 10:53 PM "How do you do", as sung by Rolf Cahn (sp?) Bob |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: Richard Bridge Date: 24 Jun 05 - 10:32 PM I'd think of BRCM as an enjoyable piece of contemporary Americana. Wouldn't suit me, although I've been known to add mandolin if Trevor Stephenson plays and sings it. Very much on the borderline of folk from my perspective, but thanks for the idea. |
Subject: RE: Cheerful Folk Songs From: sixtieschick Date: 24 Jun 05 - 10:14 PM The Big Rock Candy Mountain |
Subject: Cheerful Folk Songs From: Richard Bridge Date: 24 Jun 05 - 10:10 PM Every so often some smart Alec says "play a cheerful song". So, let's have some ideas please. Some rules: 1. Cheerful 2. Folk songs or songs in the style of the tradition, not singer-songwriter or pop. 3. No hymns, no spirituals by request. |
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