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Dusting off Xmas repertoire
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Micca Date: 16 Nov 99 - 07:25 AM SO is shorthand for Significant Other in your case Paul the Shark. Didn't he have a tape of this kind of stuff in the car? and played it on our way somewhere. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Nov 99 - 08:39 AM Ah, if you will excuse the pun, Penny drops with resounding clang. I do indeed have a tape of these sort of folky/pub carols, and had forgotten all about them. Can look and see what is on them if you like, but it will take me an hour or two to sort them out. SO has always meant standing order so I have to learn a whole new pile of acronyms... guess this really is TEOTWAWKI..... LTS |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: reggie miles Date: 16 Nov 99 - 12:31 PM What? No mention of that classic by The Three Stooges, "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas". Here's another that goes to the tune of Oh Come All Ye Faithful and celebrates another tradition of the season, the feast.
Oh come get a face full Christmas dinner's ready Oh come eat, oh come eat the turkey is done Potatoes and dressing, all covered in gravy Eggnog and Christmas cookies Pumpkin pie with whipped cream Eat until your pants screeeeeam Tooooo tiiiiight, no more
Sawry, I couldn't help myself. This little ditty just came to me out of the blue one day last year while on my way to play Christmas songs on my razor sharp handtool (my musical saw) down at the Pike Place Market in Seattle. It's been six years ago this season that I first got up the nerve to play the saw in public and it was such a hoot that I've never stopped. Folks seem to really enjoy it. It would be nice to put together a choir of saws to do songs with. Well I can dream can't I. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 16 Nov 99 - 01:36 PM Or the Goons' classic
I'm walking backwards for Christmas
But I can't put it together right now.
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Folksie Lady Date: 16 Nov 99 - 01:57 PM (I'm back, if anyone remembers me! [grin]) Ah, Christmas music....some of my very favorite. I am in the process of doing some "theme tapes" of just these songs. First one is "Dig That Crazy Santa", second is a contemporary re-telling of the Christmas story (entirely Christian), third is childhood and other experiences and the darker side of the holidays (one of Si Kahn's songs, about a factory worker who gets laid off at Christmas, for example), and the last is good ol' fashioned carols and songs we all know. But wait a minute--most of the tunes are not so familiar. Try "O Little Town of Bethlehem" done by John Roberts and Tony Barrand on "Nowell Sing We Clear." Or "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" done by the good folks at Folk-Legacy. And YES--there IS an alternate tune for "O Come, All Ye Faithful"! (my favorite carol) You can find it on "Snow Angels" and it's sung by Kevin Connolly. *Lots* more songs, too numerous to mention here. And check out Cyndi Lauper's "Merry Christmas....Have a Nice Life!" album. It came out last year and is, surprisingly, rather folkie! If you're into Scandinavian stuff, try Garrison Keillor's "Now It Is Christmas Again." I was extremely fortunate to find an old Folkways album at a thrift store this summer. It's by Alan Mills and is called "Christmas Songs of Many Lands." (all sung in English) I doubt this is still in print but it is well worth the effort of a search. I could wax prosaic on this subject for many more paragraphs, but 'tis time to turn over the forum to someone else! :) Good cheer to all, Folksie Lady |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Susan A-R Date: 19 Nov 99 - 11:31 PM How about Jean Ritchie's Brightest and Best. It's in Rise Up Singing as well, and can be done with lovely harmonies. Lots of good Wassail songs out there too. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Curtis & Loretta Date: 20 Nov 99 - 01:08 AM We've been doing Christmas Island the last couple years, with ukulele. A nice, island type Christmas song. I believe it's from the 40's. Leon Redbone recorded it. Loretta S |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Owlkat Date: 20 Nov 99 - 02:53 AM I think these are the words for the Goon's song c I'm walking backwards for Christmas G Across the Irish Sea G I'm walking backwards for Christmas c It's the only thing for me c7 I've tried walking sideways f And to the front d People just smiled and said g "Oh, that's just a publicity stunt" c a I'm walking backwards for Christmas d g c It's the only life for me!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 20 Nov 99 - 10:34 AM By Jove, I really needed that Captain Bloodknock c/o HMP Wormwood Scvrubs |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Liz the Squeak Date: 20 Nov 99 - 01:41 PM The pub carols are on a tape called 'Bells of Paradise' (from the Down in yon forest carol that I lied about not hearing until last week, I'd just not remembered that I'd heard it and indeed, sung it several years before). They are from the village of Castleton, in the Derbyshire peak district, and can be had, with booklet, from Village Carols, Bridge House, Unstone, Sheffield UK, S18 5AF. Hope this is useful to someone out there, it sure has been for me, and thank you Micca for reminding me I had it, now, tell me, where is my Best of Queen tape please?? LTS |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: WyoWoman Date: 20 Nov 99 - 10:48 PM Mary -- I am guffawing, Here are some I've done for Christmas: God Bless the Master (The Watersons) Gaudette Le Sommeil de l'Enfant Jesus Malpas Wassail Song (WAtersons) My Dancing Day Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy (ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!!) Good Old Way And, of course, the ever-splendid "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel" and "Lo How a Rose Ere Blooming." WW P.S. Mary, did you know that you can sing ANY of Emily Dickenson's poems to "House of the Rising Sun" or, if you know it, "The Yellow Rose of Texas?"
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: CRibet Date: 20 Nov 99 - 11:42 PM Have you heard.. "Time to Remember the Poor"? 'Tis now a Christmas tradition for us. I am looking for the words to "Hush My Babe". I know Doc Watson sang it. And the tune is that of "I shall Arise"..and also the for the hymn "Come Ye Sinners". any clues? |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: CRibet Date: 20 Nov 99 - 11:54 PM Emily...you sound like my kind of person. I love the muppets. And John Denver. Ok....so everybody laugh. But I also play hammered dulcimer and play St Basils Hymn year round. I have just been asked if there were any words to this. As I have heard it is a childrens carol then I would assume that there are. OK...any takers for this one? |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: SingsIrish Songs Date: 21 Nov 99 - 04:52 AM "Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney" and "I Said a Prayer for Santa Claus" recorded by Jimmy Boyd--I love these two! If only I could find the music for them somewhere! Gene Autry's: "He'll be Comin' Down the Chimney" and "Look out the Window" (with Rosie Clooney); and Rosie Clooney's "Suzie Snowflake"... "Deck of Cards" I've heard done at this time of year as well. I like learning songs you don't commonly hear anymore--ie off my parents' collection of LP's and 45's that I haven't come across on cd yet... Mary
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: John McGlinchey (John@Glinchnet.com) Date: 21 Nov 99 - 10:19 AM For those of you who are Stan Rogers fans, Stan also wrote a very funny Christmas song, "At Last I'm Ready for Chistmas" that is now on the just released "From Coffeehouse to Concert Hall" CD. I was at a concert in 1982 just before Christmas when Stan sang this as an encore. It had us rolling in the aisles. Little did I know that this would be the last song I would hear him sing in person. Here are the lyrics, I'm still trying to get the chords right. Any help would be appreciated. John ---------------------------------------------------- At Last I'm Ready For Christmas Stan Rogers, 1982 Last Boxing Day the wife went out the "White Sales" for to see, In trunk-load lots bought half-price paper and tinsel for the tree. I packed it up for use this year in a box I marked so plain. That stuff would sure be handy now, but it's never been seen again. chorus: At last, I'm ready for Christmas, I've even finished the tree, At last, I'm ready for Christmas, like I thought I'd never be! With my feet propped up by a nice hot fire and a matching inside glow, At last, I'm ready for Christmas, with nearly two hours to go! We swore this year we'd start off early, no need to rush around, The intention was to start in August when the prices still were down! But it was dentist-this and new bike-that and the money melts away; So I had to wait for Christmas bonus and did it all yesterday! chorus We must be fools, just look at that pile, you can hardly see the tree! We said this year we'd keep things simple, then did our usual spree. But it feels so good when the kids go nuts! It's work the toil and strain. These kids are only this young once and they'll never be so again. chorus twice
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: wildlone Date: 21 Nov 99 - 12:06 PM Marion, the Friendly Beasts is that the one that goes "I said the donkey with coat of brown"? We sang it a few years ago at a Yetties night and they now use it at Christmass, I would like any info on this song please. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Date: 21 Nov 99 - 04:48 PM The Twelve Days After Christmas The 1st day after Christmas, my true love and I had a fight and so I chopped that pear tree down and burned it just for spite. And with a single cartridge, I shot that blasted partridge, my true love, my true love, my true love gave to me. The 2nd day after Christmas, I pulled on the old rubber gloves and very gently wrung the necks of both those turtle doves. The 3rd day after Christmas, my mother caught the croup. I had to use those 3 french hens to make some chicken soup. The 4 calling birds were a big mistake, for their language was obscene. The 5 gold rings were completely fake for they turned my fingers green. The 6th day after Christmas, the 6 laying geese wouldn't lay. And so I turned the whole darn bunch into the ASPCA. The 7th day after Christmas, oh, what a mess I found. All 7 of those swimming swans had just mysteriously drowned. The 8th day after Christmas, before they could suspect; I bundled up the 8 maids a milking, 9 ladies dancing, 10 lords a leaping, 11 pipers piping, 12 drummers drumming and sent them back collect. I wrote my true love, we are through love, and I said in so many words, "And further more your Christmas gifts are for the birds!" |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: margaret Date: 21 Nov 99 - 08:43 PM did anyone mention "to drive the cold winter away" yet? it's got some extraordinary poetry that you can really have fun with, such as "old grudges forgot/are put in the pot"... but it's still a good song in the end. cheers! |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Liz the Squeak Date: 22 Nov 99 - 05:43 AM I had a tape of St George's Canzona called 'To drive the cold winter away', but the tape machine in the car ate it, and I've been unsuccessful in getting another copy since. Of course, it was one of the ones that I don't have a backup copy for, (don't tell anyone, but I usually copy tapes for the car and leave the original at home for the reason mentioned above, and I'm too lazy to go out to the car every time I'm looking for a tape...) Anyone got any ideas where I can get another?? And I really want to know more about Ambrose the amber a***d whatever.... The 'old grudges forgot/put into the pot' line is based on the pagan ritual at Samhain (Hallowe'en) of writing any regrets/grudges/arguments/whatever on a piece of paper, that was put into a large pot. These were then burnt as part of the Samhain or New Year ritual, so that the new year was started with a clean slate, and the opportunity to make right and resolve whatever you wrote on the paper. LTS |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Liz the Squeak Date: 22 Nov 99 - 06:19 AM The Kipper family wrote the 'Poachers Christmas', using the following: On the 12th day of Christmas my dog and I brought back: 12 stags a rutting 11 salmon swimming 10 hares receding 9 breeding rabbits - all with dirty habits 8 stoned crows 7 pleasant pheasants 6 bootiful turkeys (in joke re: Norfolk accent) 5 poached eggs 4 bald coots 3 lame ducks 2 moor hens and a partridge in an old sack On the 13th day of Christmas my dog and I got caught with: (SPOKEN) We got taken to court and tried, and spent the next 14 days inside... LTS
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Allan C. Date: 22 Nov 99 - 07:22 AM I have been enjoying a Waterbug CD by William Pint and Felicia Dale called "When I See Winter Return" which includes a varitey of songs-which-haven't-been-sung-to-death, or at least a different treatment of a couple of them. One I like a lot is "Quant Je Vo Yver Retorner" (which is odd because I don't understand a word of it!) and another is "Over the Hill and Over the Dale". There is a song on the Kingston Trio Christmas CD called "The White Snows of Winter" which I have always loved as well - partly because I recognize that has the potential for being done far better than that. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Allan C. Date: 22 Nov 99 - 08:31 AM I found this site a couple of weeks ago which may be of some interest. It features lyrics to songs in celebration of Winter Solstice. It appears that there is a CD available here. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Folksie Lady Date: 24 Nov 99 - 03:57 AM Went to Borders tonight....lots of holiday music about, mostly same old same old, but there was one bright spot: a new CD by Dan Fogelberg. Anyone heard this? I think I bought it because of the song "This Endris Night", one of the rarely sung yet beautiful songs. FL |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Stewie Date: 24 Nov 99 - 09:27 AM For non-traditional stuff, there are nearly 50 CDs listed here, ranging from Emmylou Harris to Tiny Tim: http://www.villagerecords.com/christmas/ |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: KathWestra Date: 24 Nov 99 - 03:29 PM I agree that the St. George's Canzona recording, "To Drive the Cold Winter Away," is sensational. (Bummer that it got et!) No idea if it's still available, but definitely worth looking for. A similar recording by the Baltimore Consort is called "Bright Day Star," and is definitely available on CD. It's a marvelous collection of unusual holiday material, and one of my favorites of the season. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Liz the Squeak Date: 25 Nov 99 - 05:18 AM How available is it in UK? 'Cos sometimes we get stuff the US doesn't, and vice versa. We're falling over the stuff, and transponders are treating it like hens teeth. Any chance of an ISBN please? Thanks, LTS |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Genie Date: 03 Dec 01 - 03:34 PM There's a beautiful carol called "In The Bleak Midwinter," which can be found in the Unitarian Hymnal (as can the tune an first two verses of "The Huron Carol."
BTW, some hymnals have "Allelujah" in the chorus of the Huron Carol. I sing it with "Ahatonia" (which, I believe is a Huron translation) instead.
Does anyone know if it was originally written in French or in the Huron language? And does anyone know where I could get the original (not English) words?atonia" (which, I believe is a Huron translation) instead. "This Endris Night" sounds intriguing. What's the name of the Dan Fogelberg it's on? |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Robin2 Date: 03 Dec 01 - 10:48 PM I'll submit a great little 18th century English Dance tune "The John Tallis Canon". Makes a wonderful holiday instrumental. The tune can be found at: Great for any lead instruments Robin
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: GUEST Date: 04 Dec 01 - 06:29 AM What is "Xmas"? |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Morticia Date: 04 Dec 01 - 12:56 PM Strange, I've been squirreling the Corpus Christi Carol all damn day,had to go look up the words when I got in as I could only remember the first verse.... and I didn't even notice this thread 'til now.Spooky, eh? |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Snuffy Date: 04 Dec 01 - 07:21 PM Apparently the use of X to mean Christ was a usage of the medieval scribes. In Greek the letter Chi is written X, and being the first letter of Christ, X was adopted as the abbreviation. Thus Xmas = Christmas, and Xofer = Christopher, Xian = Christian, etc. (P.S. why is abbreviation such a long word?) WassaiL! V |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: GUEST Date: 04 Dec 01 - 07:44 PM To think that the common person has any idea about the X besides some sort of abbreviation is highly doubtful. It's just another example of a lazy society. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: Genie Date: 05 Dec 02 - 02:54 PM refresh |
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Subject: Dusting off Xmas repertoire - This Endris Night From: GUEST,Genie Date: 11 Dec 06 - 03:59 AM Folksie Lady, I bought Dan Fogelberg's Christmas album for my sister last year and did not get to hear it till she played it. I really enjoyed the kind of Medieval flavor to the album, and "This Endris Night" is an especially beautiful cut. I've decided to add that one to my repertoire also. |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: oldhippie Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:40 AM Joyce Poley of Canada has a nice Christmas CD, containing an excellent song "Would You Like To Hold The Baby". |
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Subject: RE: Dusting off Xmas repertoire From: GUEST,Wayne Date: 11 Dec 06 - 10:08 AM Dan Fogleberg is my favourite singer-songwriter but I must admit I hadn't realized he'd made a Christmas album. Last I heard, he was still strugglig with his health. Is it readily available? Diolch Wayne |
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