Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook

Subject: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 03:24 PM

Here we go with our EIGHTH thread listing new additions to the Mudcat Songbook - well, it just goes to show how fantastic you Mudcatters are! So, if you have an original song to share with the rest of us, please post it here or send it me by personal message or email.

Better Than You by one of our more prolific 'Catters, Amos, can be found under the Threads category. The man always has something interesting to say!!

The Streets by Dharmabum, has a lot to say, too -- a great 'thinkin' song that goes straight to the heart.

Check 'em out, 'Catters!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 26 Sep 00 - 10:03 AM

I've added two very thought provoking songs by newbie MichaelAnthony this morning, Death Row Caddy I and Death Row Caddy II. Both of these songs were co-authored by Dirty, who's not a Mudcatter (yet). You can learn more about him by reading this thread. A little bird told me that we could be hearing these songs on the Mudcat Radio soon -- I sure hope so. Thanks to MichaelAnthony for sharing these songs with us.

-- Aine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 30 Sep 00 - 08:07 PM

Good songs folks!

Aine, did you get my PM?

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 30 Sep 00 - 09:16 PM

Dearest Amergin,

Yes, darlin', I did get your PM -- Watch this space tomorrow ;-) (That pesky ole real life is hindering the Keeper of the Book - we're finally putting this old house on the market and repairs must be made *BG*. Just picture me painting, packing, and ripping up carpet...now I just have to find a wee St. Jo to bury in the yard...)

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 30 Sep 00 - 10:49 PM

Ok, thanks, I was just wondering...my ISP and P/C have been acting strange lately....Take it easy. Sounds like you're having fun...glad I'm not having that much fun....

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Mbo
Date: 30 Sep 00 - 11:08 PM

Ah, so you know about St. Joe! Here's another tip I've heard that always works. Paint your door yellow. Trust me.

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 02:15 PM

Here we go, Amergin, I've put down the hammer and paintbrush long enough to put Run With Me and A Conversation In Bed into the Songbook. Check these songs out, 'Catters -- powerful doesn't even begin to describe them...

Thanks, Amergin, for another couple of winners for the Book!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: MichaelAnthony
Date: 01 Oct 00 - 05:03 PM

Beautiful, touching songs, Amergin.

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 04 Oct 00 - 09:18 AM

From the 'younger' heart of mousethief (circa 1983), comes his Chicago Blues, which I've added to the Songbook this morning.

Thanks mousethief, and I hope we get to hear this soon on the Mudcat Radio!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: mousethief
Date: 04 Oct 00 - 12:08 PM

Wow, Amergin, what great songs, and so very different in feel. How wonderful and fragile is the heart.

Alex
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Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: mousethief
Date: 19 Oct 00 - 06:06 PM

This one is kinda dark and graphic. But it expresses something that needs to be expressed, and which is very close to my heart -- stopping and preventing domestic violence. I'm still working on the tune; it's a sort of descending-notes-of-the-scale sort of thing (cf. "Turn the Page" by Bob Seger, but different).

The Strength to Leave
by Alex Riggle

His supper's late again, he says;
Again he'll "make her pay."
Again he clenches up his fist;
Again she shrinks away.
There are bruises on her arms,
There is purple 'round her eyes
Yet tomorrow she'll protect him
With her self-destructive lies

(Chorus)
This is your mother.
This is your daughter.
This is your sister.
Who will mourn? Who will grieve?
Lord, hear my prayer.
Lord, make it stop.
Lord, help her find the strength to leave.

Again he rips her dress away
And throws her to the bed;
And brutally he takes her,
While she wishes she were dead.
And now, his lust and anger spent,
She hears him drive away.
She wonders why she married him;
She wonders why she stays.

(repeat chorus)

Once there was a little girl
With bright and shining eyes;
She loved lollipops and unicorns,
And rainbows in the sky.
She feels so very old now,
It's hard now to believe
She ever was so joyful.
Lord, give her the strength to leave.

(repeat Chorus)

©2000 Alex E. Riggle. All Rights Reserved.

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Thanks for listening everybody!

Alex
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Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: MMario
Date: 19 Oct 00 - 08:06 PM

Alex - goosebumps....very powerful

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 19 Oct 00 - 09:12 PM

My God, Alex, I second MMario's response....speechless...

BTW Thx for your kind words, Alex, and MA....

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: GUEST,mousethief (from the library)
Date: 19 Oct 00 - 09:44 PM

Thanks, MMario and Amergin!

Alex
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Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: mousethief
Date: 20 Oct 00 - 06:34 PM

This is a lullabye I wrote before I ever had any kids.

WARNING: this is religious. People who hate religion or things with religious topics, skip to next song.

Chords are FMaj7 and C, alternating, throughout (starting on FM7), two chords per "line" of the words as written here.

this clicky takes you to a page with an embedded midi of the melody (melody is same for chorus as for verses) (It's a little rough in the timing area, for which I apologize -- I haven't quite got the midi-maker program sussed yet.)

To a Child
by Alex Riggle

(Chorus -- repeat after each verse and twice at end)
Cry a little softer now
Put your head on my shoulder
Laugh a little louder now
In love, as you grow older

Once there was a baby child
In this darkness a stranger
Lying in His mother's arms
In a straw-filled manger
He would grow to be a man
He would suffer and die
But now she held him to her breast,
Mother's love in her eye

Once there was a preacher-man
Who would preach by the sea
People came to see Him there
Asking, Who can He be?
Mothers with their babes in arm
Would come down to the sea
He would call the children near
Saying, Come unto Me

Once I was a child like you
I could laugh without care
But now the world has hemmed me in
I have burdens I must bear
Teach me how to feel your love
And the laughter you bring
I would be a child once more
A child of the King

©1983 Alex E. Riggle. All Rights Reserved.

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Once I get this midi thing figured out I'll post melodies for some of my other songs. I'll probably make pages at my site like with this one.

Thanks for listening!

Alex
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Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Oct 00 - 06:35 PM

Oh.... aw....

~S~

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Catrin
Date: 21 Oct 00 - 08:50 AM

Mousetheif - you're so talented!

Like everyone else, words fail me. Beautiful.

Catrin

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: mousethief
Date: 21 Oct 00 - 01:09 PM

Thanks, Cat, Praise. Y'all are sweet.

Alex
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Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 11:03 AM

Those are two extra special songs there, Alex. Thanks so much for sharing them with us all.

Although I'm back online now (after being oppressed by AT&T for a whole dang week!), my PC has bitten the dust in the meantime. This means that I won't be able to upload your songs into the Songbook until I can either get a new motherboard or load the editor software onto Dear Hubby's PC. I promise to get them in the Book ASAP, mousethief!!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: The Shambles
Date: 28 Oct 00 - 10:13 AM

Lady Of Substance

I see you're gonna be a lady of substance
And you don't care what your poison will be
You hear it calling,
With the rain falling
On your window sill
You don't need it and you never will

The world is at your feet but you don't see it
The weight of the world, is all you feel
We wish you wouldn't
You know you shouldn't
But it's part of the thrill
You don't need it and you never will

So hard to please to ones who love you
Easy to please to ones who don't care
There's time for living
Time for giving
But there's no time to kill
You don't need it and you never will

Winds blow and seeds are sowing
Dreams grow or fall apart
Don't you see that
It's not that easy?
You have to pay the bill
You don't need it and you never will

Roger Gall 1996

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 28 Oct 00 - 10:38 AM

As usual, dear Lodger, you've shared a wonderful song with us. As soon as my 'slightly used brand new' PC is up and running (hopefully this weekend), I'll add your latest offering to the Book.

Smoles to you and the missus, Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 30 Oct 00 - 02:44 PM

Wonderful stuff, Roger!!

Here's another one of mine.....

The Game

His cousin is at her work
His mom is at night school
A 12 year old boy watches him
He must obey all the rules
His homework is all done
He tries to find something to do
But evenings with Jerry are boring
Today he learned to tie his shoe
Jerry comes to him and asks,
"Do you want to play a game?"

They go into his darkened bedroom
Curtains block the eyes of the sun
The door slams shut behind them
Jerry slavers with anticipation
"The doctor is coming," he is told
And his pants fall to the floor
"Touch me right here, like this."
Jerry smiles, his lust begins to roar
Jerry moans softly into his ear
"Now we are ready to start the game."

He lies upon his bed, face down
Feeling the heavy body crawl upon him
Pain inflames his six year old body
As the hot flesh descends within him
Jerry pants into his young neck
Gasping aloud with each burning thrust
Warm fluid mixes with the child's blood
As Jerry spends his great power lust
The mom comes home and he hides ashamed
Realising that he lost this game

Amergin....

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: mousethief
Date: 31 Oct 00 - 09:25 AM

Smoles? Is that like snogs?

Lovely song, Roger! Effective use of repetition. I'd like to hear the melody sometime.

Amergin, your song is chilling. It's well crafted but I can't say I "like" it if you know what I mean! Which means you did your job well!

Alex (from home! got my modem working again! huzzah!)
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Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 31 Oct 00 - 04:56 PM

Alex,

Smoles is just how Texans say snogs....I thought everyone knew Texans couldn't speak English.....

BTW, thank you for your words...was one of the hardest things I have ever written...

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: mousethief
Date: 02 Nov 00 - 11:34 AM

Amergin, kudos to you for writing it. It's facing our fears and sticky wickets that brings healing.

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This song has nothing to do with healing but it's a lot of fun to sing. This is the sort of thing that folkies write when they become philosophy majors. Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be philosophy majors.

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Existential Sheep

When I was a little lamb, my days were filled with joy
Running through the meadows like a carefree little boy
Eating, sleeping, drinking seemed to occupy my time
And thoughts of Sartre and Kierkegaard, they never crossed my mind

Then I went to Paris, where I saw the Louvre museum
The paintings there by Salvador, my friends told me to see 'em
And when I saw the Dali show, my life was changed for bad
He made me think of all the crazy thoughts I've never had

(Chorus) And now I'm just an existential sheep
When I think of it, it almost makes me weep
My common sense has gone over the deep end
Cos now I'm just an existential sheep, my friend
Now I'm just an existential sheep

When I was a little lamb, I didn't have a care
Running through the grasslands with the flowers in my hair
Talking to the other sheep and sleeping in the sun
When you forget philosophy, it's easy to have fun

But now my life is compromised in oh, so many ways
My brain is now befuddled by a neo-post-Nietzsche haze
My friends have up and left me 'cos they say I talk too weird
And here I sit in silence, I'm just waiting to be sheared

(repeat chorus twice)

© 1981 Alex E. Riggle All Rights Reserved.

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Thanks for listening!

Alex
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Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 03 Nov 00 - 10:26 AM

Good news! My new PC is working fine and I've managed to upload all the wonderful new songs into the Songbook. Here's a list of the latest entries:

Existential Sheep by mousethief

The Game by Amergin

Lady Of Substance by The Shambles

To A Child by mousethief

The Strength To Leave by mousethief

Thanks to everyone for these songs, and keep them coming!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 12 Nov 00 - 09:18 PM

Pleasures Of A Backdoor Man

Chorus:
My toothbrush is in the drawer
The glasses I got her in a box
My beer is in the storage shed
My books are hiding neath her socks
Gone are my prints from the glass
Gone are my butts from the trays
Gone are all traces of my existence
Gone is the happiness of yesterday

I open the door and step outside
The cold rain freezing my cheeks
"Chris is coming, you have to go"
My tongue moves but never speaks
The clouds gather to darken my thoughts
As I slowly amble to my beatup van
But I think to myself and smile
Such is the pleasure of a backdoor man

Chorus:

The parking lot shines with sorrow
As it lies within the morning gloom
"I can't see us together in 20 years"
I hear the wind crying in winter's womb
The clouds are pregnant with the tears
As I step inside my blue beatup van
My smile grows wide and bitter
Such is the pleasure of a backdoor man

Chorus:

Her kitchen light shines through the glass
Like a star in the morning twilight
"I am old enough to be your mother"
I hear the laughter of the dying night
The clouds break loose their tears
As I drive away in my beatup old van
Salting the curves of my cheeks
Such is the pleasure of a backdoor man

Chorus:

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 14 Nov 00 - 11:33 PM

Lament Of Captain McVay

With our orders in hand we are faring
On the wild and wasteful ocean.
It's on to Leyte Isle we are destined
As we follow the Pacific's motion

O we left the sunny California shores
With the Hiroshima killer were we shippin
I was Captain on a cruiser ship
And the summer winds were whippin

O we dropped our cargo at Tinian Isle
Then onwards to Guam we were sailin
In the peaceful waters I was faring
As I leaned against the starboard railin

Well, we left Guam for the Philippines
Though our escort was denied us
And the fog was thick, we could not see
That the rising sun was tracking us

It was in July late one Sunday night
With the first torpedo our hull was drinking
Communication was out, the order given
And with the second we were a-sinking

Why didn't you tell me they were hiding in the water?
Why was my escort so ruthlessly denied?
Tell me why did you see fit to court martial me?
I've got to know, friend, I've got to know why

I've got to know, yes, I've got to know friend
Ghostly faces ask me wherever I go
Comrades and friends are drowning around me
I've got to know, yes, I've got to know why

900 men were floating in the sea
Four and a half days in the rocking ocean
Drinking the salt, and feeding the sharks
When we were found we numbered 317

Well, they put me on trial and I lost my rank
For following the orders that they gave me
They ruined my career they ruined my name
No more will I sail upon the lonesome sea

Well the years went by, my pain it grew
With the hate I felt from families of the dead
So I went in the front yard with a toy in my hand
I opened my mouth and put a bullet in my head

Why didn't you tell me they were hiding in the water?
Why was my escort so ruthlessly denied?
Tell me why did you see fit to court martial me?
I've got to know, friend, I've got to know why

I've got to know, yes, I've got to know friend
Ghostly faces ask me wherever I go
Comrades and friends are drowning around me
I've got to know, yes, I've got to know why

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 15 Nov 00 - 09:49 AM

Below are the newest additions to the Mudcat Songbook. Thanks to one and all for the wonderful songs!

Lament of Captain McVay and Pleasures Of A Backdoor Man by Amergin

Oh Boy Danny by Peter Benson and Jeff Porterfield (jeffp)

and a late Song Challenge! entry to Song Challenge! Part 44 by Jeri - From A Distance.

Keep playing, singing and writing, Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 15 Nov 00 - 01:13 PM

Peter and Jeff, ROFLMAO!!!!!!

Jeri, that is truly a classic....:-)

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 05:04 PM

If you've been feeling a bit chilly, here's a song by Amergin guaranteed to warm you up called Summertime At Fall Creek. If this ditty doesn't get you in mood for some skinny-dipping, I don't know what will! ;-) Thanks to Amergin for another great song!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 13 Dec 00 - 06:21 PM

I just added another romantic lyric by Amergin to the Mudcat Songbook -- and I do believe that this is my favourite of all the wonderful songs I've seen from this particular 'Catter. If you need the cockles of your winter-chilled heart warmed up, take a look-see at The First Time. Enjoy!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 16 Dec 00 - 09:28 AM

Ahhh, pour yourself a glass of wine and settle down on some comfy pillows in front of a glowing fire for Amergin's new contribution to the Mudcat Songbook, Floating. This is a perfect song for the season! Thanks, Amergin (a/k/a "Mr. Romance").

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Dec 00 - 08:15 PM

I put this on another thread. I think we ought to carry ion our disputes in song sometimes...

Only in America?

They were dimpled and pimpled and simple and clear, they were somebody voting for someone's idea. And they should have been counted, but that wouldn't do - for somebody stopped it, 'cos he thought he might lose.

When the year of elections came round in it's time
That big politician, oh his words were so fine,
He said "Trust the people", and "Count every vote"
but the words that he said, it's in water they're wrote.

When the voting was done with and the counting came on,
before it was over, he said "I'm the one",
for on the first count he came in by a nose,
and he said, "Now it's finished, let the counting be closed."

But there's thousands and thousands of votes thrown away,
By the worn out machines that have long had their day,
and when they were counted the votes they were true -
but the man who was winning said they wouldn't do.

They were dimpled and pimpled and simple and clear, they were somebody voting for someone's idea. And they should have been counted, but that wouldn't do - for somebody stopped it, 'cos he thought he might lose.

And he stood like a stone, with his head in the sand,
and the battle was waged in the courts of the land
and the counting was halted, and his friends did their stuff,
and the votes lying waiting - well they weren't good enough.

They were dimpled and pimpled and simple and clear, they were somebody voting for someone's idea. And they should have been counted, but that wouldn't do - for somebody stopped it, 'cos he thought he might lose.

And somebody said "Well at least now it's done",
and someone conceded, though maybe he had won,
and somebody lives in a House on the Hill-
but the votes that weren't counted are haunting him still.

They were dimpled and pimpled and simple and clear, they were somebody voting for someone's idea. And they should have been counted, but that wouldn't do - for somebody stopped it, 'cos he thought he might lose. No names in this song - that's not what it's about. This song is about the people who had their votes stolen, not about the man who may have benefitted by the theft, or the man who may have lost out... (This'd fit to all kinds of tunes - Villikins and his Dinah/Betsy from Pike, 1913 Massacre; I'ver got atune for it, but I can't put a name to it yet. Sounds familiar.)

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 17 Dec 00 - 01:30 PM

Thanks so much for this wonderful song, Kevin. It's not only perfect for the occasion that inspired it; but, it's perfect for all the instances of the same sort. Can't think of anyone who could have written a better song about this!

And you 'Catters can find Kevin's song here in the Mudcat Songbook.

-- Aine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 17 Dec 00 - 03:50 PM

Thanks - and it's occurred to me that another good tune that fits it would be Master McGrath. (My father used to say the Master was called after a relative of ours who was a kennel boy who looked after him when he was a runt. But my father was a great believer in telling the truth and adjusting the facts to fit if need be, so I wouldn't guarantee that one...)

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 17 Dec 00 - 05:41 PM

Mr. Romance?

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 17 Dec 00 - 06:38 PM

Dearest Amergin,

;-)

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 21 Dec 00 - 11:27 AM

And you wonder why I call you "Mr. Romance", dear Amergin? Well, it must be because you keep writing such wonderful songs like your newest addition to the Mudcat Songbook called A Sleepless Night...just beautiful.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Jeri
Date: 21 Dec 00 - 11:54 AM

Áine, there's a song here - My Mother's Garden. It's up to you whether or not you add it to the songbook - I'm cool with whatever you decide.

Barry did a beautiful midi and there's a MIDIText file in the original thread (linked to in the thread I made the clicky for.)

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 21 Dec 00 - 05:35 PM

There you go, Jeri, your beautiful song, My Mother's Garden (with midi and thread links) is now in the Mudcat Songbook. Thanks so much for letting all of us know about it. And thanks to Barry for doing such a wonderful job on the midi.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: GUEST,Amergin in Idaho
Date: 22 Dec 00 - 03:18 PM

Aine, I have another one....

Where My Heart Softly Roams

Feet stomping on the ground
Crunching the ice covered snow
Ears turning red and stinging
As the frozen wind begins to blow
The morning sky is clouding over
Snowflakes slowly start to appear
I gaze at the snow laden mountainside
And find myself wishing you were here

Cars slowly roll down the main street
Snow is packed tightly on the road
I gently balance down the walkways,
Feeling the beat of my frozen load
The hills shine bright in the cloudy sun
Absorbing the dim afternoon light
I imagine your shadow beside me
And smile with infinite delight

The fairgrounds are a lake of snow
With sleds sailing across the deep
Snowballs fly across the playground
As the children run, laugh, and leap
The cigarette smolders on the ice
As I trounce my way back home
Feeling your thoughts are with me
Wherever my heart softly roams

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 29 Dec 00 - 11:59 AM

The Last Time

The train slowly shudders to a stop
And we stand there hugging goodbye
The conductor calls the all aboard
I gently part from you with a sigh
I envision your waeary watery eyes
As aboard the train I start to climb
Never knowing, never dreaming
That we have kissed for the last time

I watch you lightly ease into your car
Through the tinted glass by my seat
The train curls down the rusted tracks
I remember your lips so soft and sweet
My closed eyes see the curves of your face
Recalling your beauty so sublime
Never knowing, never dreaming
That we have kissed for the last time

A smile rapidly unfolds across my mouth
Remembering the sweetness of the night before
When we cuddled and made angelic love
And our soft bodies we fondly explored
The train slowly ambles my way back home
And the whistle begins to loudly chime
Never knowing, never dreaming
That we have kissed for the last time

Nathan Tompkins

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 31 Dec 00 - 09:32 PM

Singing Auld Lang Syne

I stagger down the dampened street
And feel the passing time.
The moon shines softly through the clouds,
Singing auld lang syne.

In the shadows, I gently lurch,
As my heart weeps and pines,
For my love holds onto another man
Singing auld lang syne.

So here's a drink to the dying year,
I drink to the coming time;
And here's a drink to lover's all,
For the sake of auld lang syne.

Now the seasons pass across the earth,
And the trees so lightly whine
And I hear the waves quietly roar,
Singing auld lang syne

So into the mists I walk alone,
Where the sidhe laugh and dine,
I Slowly raise my voice to the sky,
For the sake of auld lang syne…...

So here's a drink to the dying year,
I drink to the coming time;
And here's a drink to lover's all,
For the sake of auld lang syne.

Nathan Tompkins

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Fedele
Date: 01 Jan 01 - 07:49 AM

STill not so clear to me how these things work, but some songs should be put in the database, like these (each one has its thread postes some time ago)

Werin Daear (Welsh worker's song)
The Last of the Great Whales (posted by Joe Offer, I think, an ecologist song by Andy Barnes)
Chimes of Freedom (Bob Dylan)
A lot of stuff from Dubliners that's not yet in the database
Ordinary Man, by Christy Moore

Some famous Italian songs that were posted and I think they should be there (the database is mostly English-speaking but these are widely known):
Bandiera Rossa (maybe posted as "Avanti Popolo"): check for MY posting with full lyrics
Bella Ciao

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Fedele
Date: 01 Jan 01 - 07:51 AM

Peat Bog Soldiers
Working man
Heart like a wheel

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 01 Jan 01 - 09:07 AM

The Digital Tradition and the Mudcat Songbook aren't the same thing, Fidele - the DT is made up of songs out there in the wild, traditional or not-so-traditional, and you get to it by clicking on the Digi-Trad search button up top - and if you know a song that you think ought to be there but isn't (remembering that song titles aren't the way to find a song, since they vary so much), you post it as a new thread with the prefix Lyr Add, and in time it'll get picked up and included. Or not, depending.

The Mudcat Songbook is made up of songs written by Mudcatters who are agreeable to having them included. And you get to that via the Quick Links button.

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 02 Jan 01 - 06:57 AM

Silence!!

Silence!! The wind whispers in the fog
Silence!! Bays out the old crying dog
Silence!! The horn blares on the river
Silence!! The trees sing with a quiver

Silence, silence, silence
And listen to the song I must tell to you
Listen to the breeze pregnant with the dew
Listen to the ships sliding upon the cold water
Listen to the forests bemoaning the slaughter
Listen to the heart breaking with each lonesome beat
Listen to the teardrops splatter the empty street
Listen to the music of the bean sidhe's wail
And you will see the sorrow in the broken tale

Close your eyes and see.....
Look upon the man who sits alone in a crowded room
Look upon the woman who laughs in the smoky gloom
Look upon the children who bear no hope in their eyes
Look upon the prisoners secure in their own demise
Look upon the upon the houses that guard the rich
Look upon the beggar huddled closely in the ditch
Look upon the strikers bearing signs "We will prevail"
And you will feel the sorrow in the broken tale

Reach out your hands and feel...
Now feel the holy despair of the drunkard's tomb
Now feel the terror of the babe evicted from the womb
Now feel the sap pulsing neath the bark of the trees
Now feel the devestation of the infernal disease
Now feel the ancient cold breath of the wintry moon
Now feel the pounding feet of the bloodstained platoon
Now feel the vibrating saws ring across the vale
And you will speak the sorrow in the broken tale

Speak!! The wind whispers in the fog
Speak!! Bays out the old crying dog
Speak!! The horn blares on the river
Speak!! The trees sing with a quiver

Speak of the songs of the dying whales
Speak of the sorrow in our broken tales

Nathan Tompkins

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 02 Jan 01 - 09:32 AM

Happy New Year everyone!

What a great way to start a new Mudcat Year by putting four songs by our wonderful Amergin in the Mudcat Songbook. The Last Time, Singing Auld Lang Syne, Silence!!, and Where My Heart Softly Roams are now added to the Book.

Well done, Amergin!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VIII - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 03 Jan 01 - 04:57 PM

Well, the New Year's haze finally cleared from my eyes and I found two more wonderful songs by Mr. Romance (a/k/a Amergin) -- A Late Night Walk and Candles In The Snow . . . both full of lovely, evocative images. Thanks for a couple more really nice songs, Nathan.

-- Áine