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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Date: 31 Mar 21 - 08:37 AM I'm still trying to find out who wrote this. It was part of "Sticks and Bells", first aired on Radio Oxford and was compiled by Steve Heap, but he could not recall where it came from. THE FIRST OF MAY. My Granny said the other night, "Next Monday is the day To mark the ending of the old, it is the first of May." "Now what's so special." we all cried, "Do we get a day off school ? Do we go for a bike ride down our lane, or a trip to the swimming pool ?" Well Granny sat us quietly down and opened her book to read. "You kids are losing heritage to spaceships, telly and speed. If only for one minute a day you'd just sit down and try To think about the days of old. Don't let tradition die." CH. Like Easter eggs and Bonfire Night and Christmas and New Year, Our Maypole means so much to us, so give us a rousing cheer. "When I was younger and lived at home, my brothers and sisters and me Would work for hours through April showers with ribbons and paint, you see. All the colours we could find and trim them up so neat That when the first of May came round we'd the best pole in our street. The morning of the first of May was special to us all. We'd dance around the Maypole and on our friends we'd call. We'd knock on doors and sing our songs with garlands and banners and chains, And pick up the pennies that folks threw down to drive off the April rains." Her words put new life in our blood, we'd two days left to go. Johnny found a wooden pole and painted it for show, And Susie cut the ribbons up, and Gran taught us the song, And when the first of May came round we'd do it, right or wrong. We danced 'til nine o'clock that morn and then set off for school. We told the teachers what we'd done and I felt a proper fool, But they were very pleased with us and we showed the class the way To dance around the Maypole and welcome in the May. Robin |
Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Long Firm Freddie Date: 31 Mar 21 - 07:08 AM John Martyn - May You Never LFF |
Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: SPB-Cooperator Date: 31 Mar 21 - 02:40 AM I am relearning The First of May Blues belatedly for the Mudcat international singaround on 3rd May. |
Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: The Sandman Date: 31 Mar 21 - 02:33 AM Ball of Yarn,The nightingale.,JUST AS THE TIDE WAS FLOWING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-SPThFpviU THE BALL OF YARN ” ” In the merry month of May when the birds begin to play” Mainly Norfolk Song Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/ballofyarn.html Ball O' Yarn (feat. Dave Swarbrick) · Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDBCsfWRT24 Ball O'yarn · Keith Kendrick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AddUZwnUH9o The Little Ball of Yarn · Mary Ann Haynes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSDMHKOtcbc “It was in the month of May when the boys were making hay” Little Ball of Yarn · The New Lost City Ramblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqg7EhPlKj8 Link to another version |
Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 31 Mar 21 - 02:07 AM PADDY’S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE Dolores Keane and Paul Brady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azg4gqEYNBo Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore - Andy Irvine & Paul Brady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qE5HiApH_o The high kings - paddy's green shamrock shore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vpueFj-R8 |
Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: cnd Date: 30 Mar 21 - 08:30 PM I also just ran across a third May song, The Front Porch String Band's "One Morning In May," which can be heard here. O THE WIND AND RAIN “Twas in the merry month of May" O the Wind and Rain · Laurie Lewis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPlIPsKBp6U Album notes forLaurie Lewis https://www.laurielewis.com/and_laurie_lewis_notes.pdf O The Wind And Rain · Peggy Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8eCRD3_ik |
Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: cnd Date: 30 Mar 21 - 08:26 PM I know I sent you one May song (The Drunken Driver by Ralph Stanley, which I'll let you type up as you wish) but since then I've found two more: A version of "The Two Sisters" titled "O the Wind and Rain" by Laurie Lewis opens: "Early one morning in the month of May, O the wind and rain." Listen here The album version of the song "The Federal Soldier" by Gandydancer is not online, but a live recording from 2010 can be heard here. The song opens "One morning, one morning, one morning in May / I heard a young soldier lamenting and say" Thanks to cnd for the following pm message cnd A Song for May 16 Mar 2021 04:10 PM I know you're not quite to May yet, but I was listening to some music the other day and came across a May song that would be good for your lists once you get there.
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 30 Mar 21 - 07:39 PM Allan Sherman's parody of Down By The Riverside: When you go to the delicatessen store, Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. I repeat what I just said before, Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. Oh buy the corned beef if you must, The pickled herring you can trust, And the lox puts you in orbit AOK. But that big hunk of liverwurst Has been there since October First, And today is the Twenty-Third of May. So when you go to the delicatessen store, Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. It'll make your insides awful sore. Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. DON’T BUY THE LIVERWURST By Allan Sherman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqTDecGoMdo |
Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 30 Mar 21 - 07:36 PM Streets of Forbes mentions the fifth of May. Copy-pasted from the DT (I made a few small changes to bring it closer into line with what's in Ron Edwards' book, Great Australian Folk Songs): STREETS OF FORBES Come all of you Lachlan men and a terrible tale I'll tell Concerning of a bushranger who in misfortune fell His name it was Ben Hall, a man of high renown He was hunted from a station and like a dog shot down Three years he roamed the roads and he showed the traps some fun A thousand pounds was on his head with Gilbert and John Dunn Then parted from his comrades, the outlaw did agree To give away bushranging and to cross the raging sea Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his downfall Oh riddled like a sieve was valiant Ben Hall It was early in the morning upon the fifth of May That the seven Police surrounded him as in his sleep he lay Bill Dargin he was chosen to shoot the outlaw dead The others fired madly as if they were afraid Then rolled him in his blanket and they tied him to his prad And they dragged him through the streets of Forbes to show the prize they had. THE STREETS OF FORBES Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Streets of Forbes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12AEwgzZ-T4 Streets of Forbes · June Tabor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CThzQBVXpgs The Streets of Forbes · A. L. Lloyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rVkmnBBLH4 The Streets Of Forbes · Show Of Hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Mk778U2oM Streets Of Forbes · Marian Henderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5g_avJ6dU Mainly Norfolk: Song Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/streetsofforbes.html Streets of Forbes from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Forbes Grave of Ben Hall from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_Ben_Hall MUDCAT:DT Lyrics STREETS OF FORBES /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5571,5571&SongID=5571,5571 THE STREETS OF FORBES - its origins (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHtJrQr0Gr8 Many other recordings of “The Streets_of_Forbes" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+STREETS+OF+FORBES And a curious coincidence with this song is that besides recording the song Martin Carthy was born 21 May 1941 and Wikipedia says that one of his middle names is Forbes Martin Carthy from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Carthy |
Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 30 Mar 21 - 07:28 PM THE OLD REBEL FLAG IN THE REAR The Old Rebel Flag In The Rear is a poem by Henry Lawson, who gave it the subtitle, "A May-Day Song". It was set to music by Chris Kempster, but I couldn't find a recording of that setting online so you'll have to settle for the setting I did find. Here's Lawson's original version (what people actually sing is a much shorter version): The Old Rebel Flag in the Rear A May-Day Song Henry Lawson, 1892 Whenever the march of oppression Reduces a land to despair, No matter how mighty the victors, The flag of Rebellion is there. The might of coercion may triumph, And Freedom be laid on her bier — Yet over the graves of the conquered there waves That Old Rebel Flag in the Rear A king may be great in a country That cheers when a monarch is crown'd But still, in his capital city, The flag of the rebel is found. A people may boast a Republic, Where Liberty dies in a year; But close on their flag comes that old stubborn rag, The Old Rebel Flag in the Rear We sing of the Queen of England, Her banner that flaunts in the van, Yet out from the slums of her capital comes That vengeful red banner of man! Lift up the proud Union of England, And bear it along with a cheer, But England! take care in your triumph, for there Is the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. There's the great cruel Eagle of Russia, Where thousands are sunk in despair, And the hand of the tyrant is mighty, But the flag of rebellion is there! There's the bloodthirsty flag of the Kaiser, A monarch whom nations can fear, But William will pause ere he marches, because Of the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. There's the Red, White and Blue of the Frenchmen, Where soldiers of Freedom are true, But lo! from the rear comes a banner, Whose skirts lack the white and the blue! There's the flag of a boastful republic, A country where freedom is dear — But still, in the States there's an army that waits 'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. There's a new mongrel flag in Australia, And the "Banner of Britain" is here, But, to break from the past, we are gathering fast 'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. There are men in the ranks who are traitors, And men who will falter and fear, Yet on thro' the arch of the morning we march 'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. Some men, for the sake of their conscience, Will join and be true in the strife, And some for the sake of a moment to break The terrible dullness of life! They march 'neath the flag of the rebels, With lives overburden'd and drear, And fling them away on a terrible day 'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. A spirit calls out of the future, And bids us to strike in our youth — And the voice of to-day is appealing For Liberty, Justice, and Truth; And the blood that was shed by old rebels, For rights that shall ever be dear, Drips down from the red of the flag overhead, Of the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. Oh! brothers of mine and of mankind! The banner I sing of is red With life-blood of men who were foemen To wrong, and oppression, and dread. Then march 'neath the flag of the rebels, The red days of battle are near, Let your feet never lag as you march 'neath the flag, 'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. Perhaps there'll be no reformation, But Oh! for a moment to rise And ride on the storm of rebellion, And strike at the things that I hate and despise! When Progress is stayed by a red barricade, And down in the city we hear The roll of a hymn of defiance That ends in a desperate cheer, And on, for a day they'll remember, Comes the Old Rebel Flag from the Rear. It rose from the birth of the lords of the earth, That Old Rebel Flag in the Rear; The rebels are bred by the tyrants who dread That Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. 'Twill never be furl'd while there's wrong in the world, It never will fall till there's Justice for all, THAT OLD REBEL FLAG IN THE REAR! &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This is the shorter version, as Chris arranged it: Whenever the march of oppression Reduces a land to despair, No matter how mighty the victors, The flag of Rebellion is there. A spirit calls out of the future, And bids us to strike in our youth — And the voice of to-day is appealing For Liberty, Justice, and Truth; There are men in the ranks who are traitors, And men who will falter and fear, Yet on thro' the arch of the morning we march 'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. Chorus (after each verse): 'Twill never be furl'd while there's wrong in the world, It never will fall till there's Justice for all, That old rebel flag, that old rebel flag, that old rebel flag in the rear! There's the Red, White and Blue of the Frenchmen, Where soldiers of Freedom are true, But lo! from the rear comes a banner, Whose skirts lack the white and the blue! There's the flag of a boastful republic, A country where freedom is dear — But still, in the States there's an army that waits 'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. There's a new mongrel flag in Australia, And the "Banner of Britain" is here, But, to break from the past, we are gathering fast 'Neath the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. There's the great cruel Eagle of Russia, Where thousands are sunk in despair, And the hand of the tyrant is mighty, But the flag of rebellion is there! There's the bloodthirsty flag of the Kaiser, A monarch whom nations can fear, But William will pause ere he marches, because Of the Old Rebel Flag in the Rear. We sing of the Queen of England, Her banner that flaunts in the van, Yet out from the slums of her capital comes That vengeful red banner of man! The Old Rebel Flag in the Rear · Bruce Hearn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5OUKR3vujY
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,Felipa Date: 30 Mar 21 - 07:13 PM So many songs have lines like "in the merry month of May"; Barbara Allen is one. The May Morning Dew https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=31905#3555924 hey, at the time of writing, it isn't even April yet BARBARA ALLEN “Twas in the merry month of May When green buds all were swellin” Barbara Allen Joan Baez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqHJ4V893e0 Judy Collins - Barbara Allen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYnxjzmTUs Bob Dylan - Barbara Allen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy_y3h02FgY PETE SEEGER ~ Barbara Allen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPdbHfgM0h0 Barbara Allen - The Everly Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me9w8HtYe4Q> Burl Ives - Barbara Allen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHvhp2qt-Ys Bonny Barbara Allan [Child 84] from The Trditional Ballad Index (n.b. NOTES ) https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/C084.html |
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