Subject: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Jul 13 - 09:03 PM Rue said she knew how much her Mom loved the songs and I don't recall any of the many song circle threads she didn't participate in. So while there are many songs on her obit and Tavern threads, I think we need to have a last one for her right here. If you posted a favorite elsewhere already, please post it again here. It can be in any form just like always. Link your own recordings or something from YouTube or just the lyrics. Whatever works best or whatever you have. I'll start........... Awhile back she and I discussed a song I had linked by Jewel. She loved her voice and loved the simple and yet poignant lyric...... And we loved you katmuluv............ Daydream Land Deep in the canyon, down in the alders Where the hermit thrushes sing I sit where the sun shines in a ferny circle And fly away on day dream wings I fly and I fly, to my day dream land I fly and I fly, till the sun goes down I fly and I fly, till the moon comes up And then I fly back home Deep in the canyon, down in the alders Where the hermit thrushes sing I sit where the sun shines in a ferny circle And fly away on day dream wings I fly and I fly, to my day dream land I fly and I fly, till the sun goes down I fly and I fly, till the moon comes up And then I fly back home And then I fly back home Spaw |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 25 Jul 13 - 09:14 PM Many years ago, I wrote this to the tune of Star of the County Down....not much of a singer, so I am reciting it. This is for the voice recently silenced. Love ya, katdarling. Silent Voices |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Lonesome EJ Date: 25 Jul 13 - 09:16 PM Well, here's one I did about Good Ol Wyoming, and I think Kat liked it. Anyhow, it goes out to her now... The Old Double Diamond |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,olddude Date: 25 Jul 13 - 09:18 PM Spaw when I wrote "Lights on the Sea" Kat wrote me for a week saying how much she loved the song and played it over and over again. It made me feel so good that she love it ... This one is yours Kat .. lightsonthesea |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Alice Date: 25 Jul 13 - 09:33 PM I thought I had posted this to the forum, but I can't find it now. It is the original song from an old Australian children's nursery song book that is "Warm Kitty" (which was adapted by The Big Bang Theory). WARM KITTY words Edith Newlan tune Adapted English Folk Warm kitty, soft kitty, Little ball of fur, Sleepy kitty, happy kitty, Purr, purr, purr. Scanned image of the old book is HERE. Under that song is: By the fire pussy's lying, Curled up fast asleep, Leave your toys until tomorrow, Hurry off to bed - quick. Alice |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 Date: 25 Jul 13 - 09:38 PM A couple of years ago, I sent Kat a copy of my cousin Deb's CD, autographed by Deb and her partner Peter. She was, of course, delighted that I'd thought of her and loved the CD. This has always been a favorite song of mine that they do and it seems appropriate here: Parting Friends. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Jul 13 - 09:56 PM No song circle for kat would be complete without something from one of her favorite musicians that she met here on Mudcat. When Rick died I think it took something from both kat and myself. The three of us came here at the same time and tonight I'm feeling that extra bit lonely. Here ya' go kat.....Rick leaves a handful of songs and you leave many warmed hearts.......I miss you both................. Rick Fielding Spaw |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: frogprince Date: 25 Jul 13 - 10:03 PM I linked this to the tavern thread, but it's the best I know to do here too. Kat told me she loved this, which did my heart good. I sat back and sang it for her, such as I can sing, when I learned she was gone. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 25 Jul 13 - 10:33 PM Kat was a westerner. I'm an Appalachian hillbilly. One of our bonds was our recognition and appreciation of each of our strong sense of place, as different as those places are. Kat would have appreciated this. Me singing, but not my song. http://soundcloud.com/mudcat-janie/west-virginia-chose-me-basic |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Rapparee Date: 25 Jul 13 - 10:41 PM One and Two. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST Date: 25 Jul 13 - 11:15 PM Thank you so much Spaw for starting the thread and to everyone for all that you have shared..Rue |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 25 Jul 13 - 11:22 PM Here's another one....Ashes on the Sea....intro by Utah....sung by our own Captain Kendall Morse. Ashes on the Sea |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: bet Date: 26 Jul 13 - 12:27 AM Years ago Kathleen, yes that's what I call her, took part in a ethnic gathering in Casper, Wyoming. She and Roger were living there at the time. What a day, I lived in Craig, CO. and we talked on the phone and shared words etc. for a month before the day. I arrived in Casper Friday night and we did our first practice together. We both had our own way of doing all the songs except one. The Wayward Wind was just right. For as long as I can remember Kathleen loved the wind. It would be really great if someone out there would post that song for her. I have no way of doing it here in AZ., everything I own is in storage in Alaska. Please include this song in your song circle. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Alice Date: 26 Jul 13 - 12:34 AM The Wayward Wind Stan Lebowsky and Herb Newman The wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind In a lonely shack by a railroad track He spent his younger days And I guess the sound of the outward-bound Made him a slave to his wand'rin ways And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind [Oh, I met him there in a border town He vowed we'd never part Though he tried his best to settle down I'm now alone with a broken heart And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amos Date: 26 Jul 13 - 12:50 AM A look back at Kat's Sweet Wyoming Home Watch the moon Hanging in the sky Hum a tune Prairie lullaby; Peaceful wind, Old coyote cry, And a song of home --Sweet Wyoming Home. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 26 Jul 13 - 12:54 AM Wayward Wind sung by Patsy Cline |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 26 Jul 13 - 01:15 AM I was thinking that it's a damn shame we don't have hearme or paltalk to do this with...and then post what we performed....like the old days. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Lonesome EJ Date: 26 Jul 13 - 01:18 AM Amos, we'll do that one at the Getaway for her, out there under the moon, by the Bay, what do ya say? |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amos Date: 26 Jul 13 - 02:15 AM You are on, amigo! |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,Jon Date: 26 Jul 13 - 03:31 AM She really used to like the hearme/paltalk things. Here's one from me. Willy Moore |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Will Fly Date: 26 Jul 13 - 03:43 AM When Kat was describing some of her problems on the 'Cat a few months ago, I dedicated a video to her with the words: "For Kat - with affection", and remembered her kind words about my recordings. This is the video: I Only Have Eyes For You |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,Jon Date: 26 Jul 13 - 03:49 AM And something a bit more cheerefl from me.Going to the Well for Water |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 26 Jul 13 - 05:13 AM Singing sessions around here usually end with The Parting Glass & as I can't find a video/MP3 of our Judy Pinder singing it, here's Ronnie Drew sandra ps. I'm not saying this is the end of Kat's song circle! Keep singing, I've been enjoying your songs |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Micca Date: 26 Jul 13 - 05:52 AM Well, here is a link to a song Kat enjoyed on Paltalk many years ago Now,This includes the able support of "the Getaway audience, which was ,of course absent on Paltalk "The Gladiator" when I put this up on UTube Kat told me very much enjoyed it, I used to often read New songs and poems to her on the phone, This was one of the very last poems I read for her a coupla weeks ago that she liked Tripped over a memory This morning I tripped over a memory And suddenly, pain, like a heart attack gripped me , my chest was stabbed by an icicle, sharp, cold and deep What I thought had healed and was a long way in the past , rose up and choked my senses like smoke and left a taste of decay in my mouth. It is not the Pain , or the sense of having failed that grieves, but the Knowledge Of Loss, that must be what Milton meant by Paradise Lost, not the absence of Someone but the Loss of the Promise, Beyond hope of recovery and all this, all these overloaded senses from the simple scent of roses, earth and rain © Micca Patterson June 20013 |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Date: 26 Jul 13 - 06:59 AM Lovely all! Micca... beautiful. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: freda underhill Date: 26 Jul 13 - 09:01 AM for beautiful katlaughing Gracias a la Vida - thanks to life by Violeta Parra Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me two beams of light, that when opened, Can perfectly distinguish black from white And in the sky above, her starry backdrop, And from within the multitude The one that I love. Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me an ear that, in all of its width Records— night and day—crickets and canaries, Hammers and turbines and bricks and storms, And the tender voice of my beloved. Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me sound and the alphabet. With them the words that I think and declare: "Mother," "Friend," "Brother" and the light shining. The route of the soul from which comes love. Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me the ability to walk with my tired feet. With them I have traversed cities and puddles Valleys and deserts, mountains and plains. And your house, your street and your patio. Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me a heart, that causes my frame to shudder, When I see the fruit of the human brain, When I see good so far from bad, When I see within the clarity of your eyes… Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me laughter and it gave me longing. With them I distinguish happiness and pain— The two materials from which my songs are formed, And your song, as well, which is the same song. And everyone's song, which is my very song. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: freda underhill Date: 26 Jul 13 - 09:09 AM This one was first posted by Janie on Kat's obit thread: Sean Keane singing Journey round the sun JOURNEY ROUND THE SUN 1 When I think of all the friends I used to know Scattered now to places I don't go Chasing lovers and careers As we carry on this journey round the sun Memories are passing one by one Like moving pictures made from these restless years 2 Looking back on all the struggles lost and won As we carry on this journey round the sun Time has dried up all the tears And the gold dust of experience remains To be used to buy us freedom from the chains And teach us how to fly from these restless years Chorus Standing on the edge of time with history fading far behind us Searching darkly for the key Sensing something undefined and wrestling with a greater mind for Who am I and why are we And as step by step discovery it goes on In this never-ending journey round the sun Wheels keep on turning round through these restless years 3 Living always in the shadow of the gun In the wandering of this journey round the sun Darkness never disappears But as love flows through the bad times and the good Connecting us in ways not understood And lighting pathways drawn through these restless years Chorus 4 Generations flowing onwards one by one As we carry on this journey round the sun Mystery hanging in the breeze And as We look out on the trackless fields of time With always one more mountain still to climb To touch the stars we see through these restless years Chorus |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: SINSULL Date: 26 Jul 13 - 09:33 AM I'm away for a few days. I believe this is the version Kat loved: Along the Colorado Trail (from the CD booklet from Faith's Favorites, by Faith Petric) Eyes like the morning star Cheeks like the rose; Laura was a pretty girl Everybody knows; Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Laura was a laughing girl, Joyful in the day; Laura was a darling girl, Now she's gone away. Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Sixteen years she graced the earth, And all life was good; Now all life is buried Beneath a cross of wood. Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Ride all the lonely night, Ride all the day, Keep the herd a-movin' on, Movin' on its way. Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Wind's comin' down the gulch, Night birds cry alarm, Wish I'd stayed in Abilene, Nice and dry and warm. Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Traditional, collected by Carl Sandburg with additional words by Lee Hays and Faith Petric (looks like the last two verses are Faith's) |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,olddude Date: 26 Jul 13 - 09:38 AM She like Night Riders Lament also very much. here |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: dick greenhaus Date: 26 Jul 13 - 09:45 AM A song crcle for Kat? A fine idea. But "a Last one"? I don't think she'd approve. Keep it going. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: MMario Date: 26 Jul 13 - 10:00 AM I suspect Kat will be at any song circle w/ mudcatters...for a long long time yet. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Date: 26 Jul 13 - 12:14 PM dick, MMario... yup. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ClaireBear Date: 26 Jul 13 - 01:59 PM Wasn't sure what to bring to the party, but it just came to me that I have just the thing. There doesn't seem to be a recording of Barry Finn singing one of his favorite chanties and, to my mind, the sweetest of all farewell songs, but I recently recorded "Roseanna" for YouTube with my band. I'm sure Barry is singing it for you too, somewhere. You know, Kat, "I loves ya gal, indeed I do. Bye bye my Roseanna. I loves ya gal, you know I do. I won't be home tomorrow." Claire |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 26 Jul 13 - 04:56 PM The lovely Sara Storer singing a cover of Kev Carmody's Moonstruck...the moon guided Kat home. Moonstruck |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 26 Jul 13 - 05:03 PM Another one...Kev Carmody and the Pigram Brothers playing Eulogy for a Black Person. Lay me where the forest blooms In the land that's seen no plough Where the fragrance on the western wind Is carried from every spring time flower Give me peace and give me rest Lay me down on the mountain crest Bury me softly without a sound Let the scrub grow back across that mound Make no monuments or mortal crowns Or speak my name again when you lay me down |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: kendall Date: 26 Jul 13 - 05:05 PM I'd like to be able to send that post of Utah and me to friends who don't do Mudcat, but I don't know how. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 26 Jul 13 - 05:06 PM oops...forgot the link... Eulogy for a Black Person |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 26 Jul 13 - 05:17 PM Kendall, if they have email or are on fb, you can share the link with them. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Peter T. Date: 26 Jul 13 - 05:48 PM What I remember about the first Mudcat song circle in Toronto was how even those that didn't sing contributed to the magical circle of all those faces and voices just by being there, faces and voices that some part of me was somewhat stunned to discover actually existed and weren't just names. I like to think that the members of the Mudcat who have passed on are still participants, silent perhaps, but continuing, contributing members of that ever-widening circle that Emerson talks about -- the circle whose circumference more and more extends its reach over the horizon, bending far away out of our sight, before it curves back, in its return to its ultimately unbroken completion. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 26 Jul 13 - 08:43 PM I'm loving this thread. What Dick said. I'm wondering, does anyone (Bet, Rog, Colin, Rue?) have a recording of Kat singing that you be ok with posting? |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 26 Jul 13 - 09:01 PM Written and performed by Alice Gerrard. Please do not share this link as I have not contacted Alice to ask permission. http://soundcloud.com/mudcat-janie/20-agate-hill |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: bet Date: 26 Jul 13 - 09:27 PM Janie, I do have a couple but they are in storage in Alaska Sinsull that is the favorite - Colorado Trail -We often sang it together. Alice and Amergin - THANKS for the Wayward Wind |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 26 Jul 13 - 09:35 PM this thread will be here and available for a long, long time, bet. when you and your stuff in storage are reunited and you have time.... |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Jeri Date: 26 Jul 13 - 10:02 PM I'm glad it WILL be here for along time. It seems to be taking me forever to think of the right song... |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 Date: 26 Jul 13 - 10:07 PM A friend posted this on Facebook today and I couldn't help but think Kat would have thought it was "kewl". |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 Date: 26 Jul 13 - 10:08 PM Of course, it would help if I posted the link. Duh! Stand By Me |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bert Date: 26 Jul 13 - 10:19 PM Kat will be with us every time we sing. Here is one that she liked. I wrote it when Lou died. Your life's hard work is over all the storms have left the sky the sun sets in the mountains and its time to say goodbye you have been my own true lover the time has come I know you'll be part of me forever though I have to let you go |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bert Date: 26 Jul 13 - 10:23 PM I don't know exactly how true it is that she liked it. She was kind enough to say that she liked all of my songs and I KNOW that I have written some crap. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 26 Jul 13 - 10:34 PM lovely words, Bert |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,daughter kirsten Date: 26 Jul 13 - 10:41 PM thank you everyone for all your love...my heart is broken.. |
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