Any July Songs

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 15 Jul 24 - 02:33 AM

15 July 1815: Napoleon surrendered to Captain Maitland of the ship Bellerophon at Rochefort.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKyqk1qB1K0 Billy Ruffian
BILLY RUFFIAN        Acoustic version; A song about HMS Bellerophon and taking Napoleon Bonaparte as a prisoner to Torbay in 1815. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKyqk1qB1K0

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HMS Bellerophon (1786) from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bellerophon_(1786)
The folk song "Boney was a Warrior", about the life of Napoleon, includes a verse celebrating the ship's links with his ultimate surrender. (from Wikipedia)

Boney went a-cruisin'
Way-aye-yah!
Aboard the Billy Ruffian
Johnny Franswor!

Various recordings of    BONEY WAS A WARRIOR    on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Boney+was+a+Warrior
Link to Mudcat post above by henryp    BONEY WAS A WARRIOR

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 17 Jul 24 - 09:33 AM

23 July1940 In wartime Britain the name “ Home Guard” was adopted by the Local Defence Volunteers, the military force set up to form Britain’s last line of defence against the expected German invasion. It soon became popularly known as the Dad’s Army because most of its volunteers were older men who were considered too old to form part of the regular British Army.

GUARDING THE HOME OF THE HOME GUARD   - George Formby     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHvOD041krI

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 20 Jul 24 - 12:49 PM

July 28, 2022 Wreck of the passenger and car ferry Cathlamet at Fauntleroy, Washington.

WRECK OF THE FERRY CATHLAMET   
MV Cathlamet from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Cathlamet
Mudcat thread, Lyr Req: The Wreck of the Ferry Cathlamet     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171520&messages=12#4148603

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Jul 24 - 11:08 AM

Dans une ville où je passais
Bien au nord du mois de juillet..."
                                                               "In a town where I was passing by
                                                      ;          Way North from the month of July..."
LE PATINEUR  -   Julien Clerc    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU8qeyhy8rQ
Julien Clerc later recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsBvxYuSCiA
More recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=le+patineur+chanson

Thanks to Monique for this XX

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Jul 24 - 12:41 PM

July 21, 1851 - July 21, 1878 Lifetime of American train robber, outlaw, and outlaw gang leader Sam Bass

SONGS ABOUT SAM BASS
SAM BASS  -   Alan Lomax    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ouJPYL9tqI
THE BALLAD OF SAM BASS  -   George Donsbach     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uINqmwve0Uc
SAM BASS,THE TEXAS COWBOY   -   Rodney Higdon    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY7zyTfbWsM
Sam Bass from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bass_(outlaw)

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 23 Jul 24 - 03:42 AM

23 July On this day in 1759 Work started on the Royal Navy’s 104-gun battleship HMS Victory, at Chatham, Kent, built from the wood of 6,000 trees, 90 per cent of which were oak. The name Victory was chosen in October 1760. In 1759, the Seven Years' War was going well for Britain; land victories had been won at Quebec and Minden and naval battles had been won at Lagos and Quiberon Bay. It was the Annus Mirabilis, or Wonderful Year.

Come cheer up, my lads! 'tis to glory we steer,
To add something more to this wonderful year;
To honour we call you, as free men not slaves,
For who are so free as the sons of the waves?

Heart of oak are our ships, heart of oak are our men;
We always are ready, steady, boys, steady!
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.

The music of HEART OF OAK    was written in 1759 by composer William Boyce, the lyrics by actor David Garrick, for Garrick's pantomime Harlequin's Invasion, to which others contributed as well. The pantomime was first performed on New Year's Eve of that year at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.

The oak in the song's title refers to the wood from which British warships were generally made during the age of sail. The "Heart of oak" is the strongest central wood of the tree. Wikipedia

SONGS ABOUT HMS VICTORY    include (On Board) The Victory and On Board a Man O'War.

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HEART OF OAK   Many recordings on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Heart+of+Oak+song
(ON BOARD) THE VICTORY    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYH2ClYLIzM
Mudcat DT Lyrics: Onboard the Victory /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4460
THE VICTORY   -   Steeleye Span     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvAqjeNo3sQ
    Mudcat Thread Origins: The Victory/On Board of the Victory    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=101323

ON BOARD A MAN OF WAR   Various recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=On+Board+a+Man+O+War

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 24 Jul 24 - 06:30 AM

27 July 1689 The Battle of Killiecrankie during the 1689 Scottish Jacobite rising.

THE BRAES OF KILLIECRANKIE -   The Corries     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn3wZ2Buu2Y
Battle of Killiecrankie from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Killiecrankie#
The Braes o' Killiecrankie from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Braes_o%27_Killiecrankie

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 25 Jul 24 - 05:51 AM

30 July1966 England won Association Football’s World Cup, at Wembley Stadium in London after beating Germany 4-2 in extra time.

WORLD CUP WILLIE    Various recordings of England’s 1966 World Cup song on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=World+Cup+Willie

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 26 Jul 24 - 09:43 AM

July 26 Liberia Independence Day

PROUD TO BE LIBERIAN   -   Paul Ngafua    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DA5_IFzmWs

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 27 Jul 24 - 05:51 AM

MARIE PROVOST  -   Nick Lowe     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-Gxl1iSL4

Mary Provost did not look her best
The day the cops bust into her lonely nest
In the cheap hotel up Hollywood West, July 29.

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 28 Jul 24 - 06:59 PM

LE 14 JUILLET   -   La Compagnie Créole 1989     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1bafOR-nYU

J’attendrai j’attendrai le 14 juillet         (I will wait, I will wait for the 14th of July)
Que tu viennes me retrouver        (For you to come to meet me)
Pour danser pour danser         (To dance, to dance)
J’attendrai j’attendrai le 14 juillet
Que tu viennes me retrouver
Pour danser pour danser
En toute liberté pour danser pour danser         (In all liberty to dance, to dance)
En toute égalité pour danser pour danser         (In all equality to dance, to dance)
En toute fraternité pour danser pour danser    (In all fraternity to dance, to dance)
Moin ké attend fête 14 juillet [West Indies French creole]        (I will wait for the celebration of the 14th of July )
Moin ké attend fête 14 juillet

Full set of lyrics here

Merci Monique

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 28 Jul 24 - 07:36 PM

RENDEZ-VOUS DE PANAME   -  Sung by     Yves Montand
(Francis Lemarque 1959)

Ah! Tu parles d'un quatorze juillet                        (Ah, talk about a 14th of July!)
Quand il rapplique dans les rues de Paname         (When it turns up in Paname* streets)
Les Tuileries où se promenaient nos rois               (The Tuileries where our kings would stroll)
Deviennent alors le rendez-vous d' Paname…        (Become the Paname's meeting place)

…. Allez viens comme tu es        (Come on, come as you are)
On va bien s'en payer                (We're going to have a good time)
Pour fêter le 14 juillet…         (To celebrate the 14th of July)

*Paname is a slang name for Paris

Full set of lyrics here

Merci Monique

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 28 Jul 24 - 08:03 PM

JUILLET     Sung by     Thomas Fersen
Thomas Fersen 1993

Le ciel est si tendre                   (The sky is so tender)
Le ciel est si doux                    (The sky is so sweet)
Les oiseaux chantent                (The birds are singing)
Le soleil est roux                      (The sun is red)
La brise est mourante                (The soft wind is dying,)
Tremble, s'ébroue                    (Trembling, shaking)
C'est juillet, c'est juillet partout         (It's July, it's July everywhere)

Full set of lyrics here

Merci Monique

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 28 Jul 24 - 08:23 PM

QUATORZE JUILLET     Sung by     Édith Piaf
Jacques Plante/Mikis Theodorakis- 1962

…Si tu ne reviens jamais,                                (If you never come back)
Il n'y aura plus de quatorze juillet.                 (There will be no more 14th of July)

Full set of lyrics here

Merci Monique

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 28 Jul 24 - 08:43 PM

LA FÊTE DE JUILLET-JUILLET   Recording by     Gérard Lenormand
Étienne Roda-Gil / Gérard Lenormand – Jean-Marie Benjamin 1979

… Les marins des bateaux du quartier             (The sailors from the neighborhood ships)
Ce matin seront tous prêts                              (This morning will all be ready)
Pour la fête de Juillet-Juillet                           (For the celebration of July-July)
Full set of lyrics here

Merci Monique

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 30 Jul 24 - 06:13 PM

31July 1556 Death of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church.

TAKE AND RECEIVE    Lyrics by Saint Ignatius of Loyola     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITLVZ3W3W0g

Subject: RE: Any July Songs
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 01 Aug 24 - 05:44 AM

28th July 1914 The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip. It was one of the key events that led to World War I.

SONGS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND
SARAJEVO  -  Sabaton     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xszx_9UPwV8
JULY  -   War Wolfe X     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFhx4EX53GA
BANG BANG, ALL FOR YOU SOPHIA  -   Franz Ferdinand     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zuHXbjlaJQ
GAVRILO  -   The Dreadnoughts     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peCu-i6XT88
ASSASSINATION IN SARAJEVO  -   Svetlana Spajic-Latinovic     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t84hvPOOeg

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand