Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Boho Date: 07 Jan 10 - 09:33 AM Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Louis Jourdan Two Little Birds, Bob Marley |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: GUEST,DWR Date: 07 Jan 10 - 10:07 AM When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing. Done here by the Louvin Brothers, they got it from the Delmore Brothers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwbkwXoc_j8 Other Whippoorwill songs (with representative artists) to look for: The Whippoorwill - Keely Smith, Where The Whippoorwill Is Whispering Goodnight - Charlie Poole, The Last Whippoorwill - Bill Monroe, The First Whippoorwill Song - The DeZurik Sisters, So Says The Whippoorwill - Richard Shindell. That last one I didn't know about,I just ran across it while looking for confirmation on the others. I am sure there are more, but that's a start. Oh, and Charlie mentions the "mocklingbird" in his song! Dale |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Jim Carroll Date: 07 Jan 10 - 10:16 AM Do chickens count? Jim Carroll Delaney's Chicken. Air Garden Where The Praties Grow (near enough) Recorded from Mikey Kelleher, August 1977. Now Delaney, from the market bought a fowl a month ago, If he find the man that sold it he'll kill him with a blow; Delaney bought this chicken, being of a tender breed And of a more deceitful bird you never heard agreed. So when they sought to pluck it, their efforts was in vain, Their hands were torn and blistered and their muscles they were strained, And resting of this chicken, they put him down to stew, If you want to see Delaney crack, cry cock-a-doodle-doo. So Delaney bought this chicken for to give us all a spread And after they arriving home they tried to pull off his head, They ordered picks and shovels, they got twisted up like tin, They tried to carve the chicken but they couldn't break the skin. So this bird must have been crowing since they built the Tower of Babel, He was fed by Cain and Abel and he lived in Noah's stable, All the shots and shells was fired in the field of Waterloo, Could not penetrate or dislocate the tilugated armour-plated, Double-breasted, iron-chested, cock-a-doodle-doo. So they borrowed Daley's rammer, by which he rammed the stones, Thinking that when tapped, would break the tender chicken's bones, But the first one has rebounded like an India rubber ball And knocked twelve yards of coping out of Mulligan's garden wall. So this bird must have been crowing since they built the Tower of Babel, He was fed by Cain and Abel and he lived in Noah's stable, All the shots and shells was fired in the field of Waterloo, C Could not penetrate or dislocate the tilugated armour-plated, Double-breasted, iron-chested, cock-a-doodle-doo. Oh the Dundee Extra Gunners came to excavate the thing, And the sortie called the Russia with, while light three yards of string. Oh Tim brought the Davey Miner, through him they swore he lied, While blowing up himself and the chicken with a pound of dynamite. So to scrape the wall for chicken, it wasn't easy work, It wasn't easy to know which was chicken and which was Burke, But they found a leg of chicken on a friendly blacksmith's head, And a pair of everlasting heels upon my boots it made. |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: BobKnight Date: 07 Jan 10 - 11:07 AM "The Gull From Yesterday," by the Eagles. ;) |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Young Buchan Date: 07 Jan 10 - 12:04 PM I'm convinced I've seen this in the DT but I can't find it, so having nothing better to do: I was doing no-one no harm When to Grogan's Store I set my course, And there I saw Ned Flanagan's gander Was treading Nancy Hogan's goose. Oh and Nancy herself was there, And she had the Devil's tongue. She swore by all the courts above That she would have that gander hung. "Oh, you cannot hang my gander. It's the goose that is to blame. For she comes round here every morning And wiggles her arse just to show she's game." But the policeman he came around And took the gander off to jail; Held him there till the next assizes; Would not give him any bail. When the trial id came around He looked the judge right in the face. He said, "Is it just for doing my duty That I must now leave my native place?" And then the judge he looked at the gander. He said, "Young man, I'll set you loose. But if you go back to Grogan's Store Stay away from Nancy Hogan's goose." He has gone back to Grogan's Store; He's fillede himself full of oats and grass; And he's jumped Nancy Hogan's goose Crying, "All you judges can kiss my arse!" Also there's the song explaining why ducks get piles when sparrows don't. It's not in the actual DT, but type in Unlucky Duck and you'll find threads with it on. |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: deadfrett Date: 07 Jan 10 - 02:09 PM Utah Phillip's Rock Salt & Nails... Who Killed Cock Robin?..White Cliffs of Dover... |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Arkie Date: 07 Jan 10 - 03:05 PM Another song that comes to mind though not particularly about birds is Polly Von, Polly Vaughan, or whatever which which has the line, "She had her apron wrapped about her, and he took her for a swan". The song raises the issue of swan hunting and carelessness or did the young man just want to be rid of the lady and claim he thought she was a swan. |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: The Sandman Date: 07 Jan 10 - 03:09 PM hardly, in theversion of the song [polly vaughan],that I sing he is heart broken, her ghost appears at the trial and asks that he should be allowed to go free,because he is heart broken and it was an accident. |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: GUEST,Neil D Date: 07 Jan 10 - 03:35 PM If I Had the Wings of a Dove |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Joe_F Date: 07 Jan 10 - 05:59 PM I dare you to sing Churchy Ballad on the radio! |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: GUEST,guest, open mike Date: 08 Jan 10 - 01:13 AM Nanci Griffith beautiful song blackbirds wings--fly away to heaven-- gulf coast hiway... |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: open mike Date: 08 Jan 10 - 03:59 AM maybe if it was a FRIGATE bird...but not so in that "churchy" song |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: GUEST,buspassed Date: 08 Jan 10 - 07:23 AM Seem to remember from somewhere Eliza Carthy talking about Lal Waterson's affinity with birds which is reflected in some of her songs. 'Flight of the Pelican' springs to mind as does those wonderful lines from Child among the Weeds' 'Fly bird fly on you raven wing Take to the sky and sing for the love of wheeling and turning' Birds are also mentioned in four other songs from the 'Bright Phoebus'album |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: GUEST,Barnacle (at work) Date: 08 Jan 10 - 07:31 AM Howsabout - The Magpie... one for sorrow etc |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Boho Date: 08 Jan 10 - 07:34 AM Jackdaw, by Audience |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: open mike Date: 08 Jan 10 - 06:29 PM Mockingbird Hill This was written by George (Vaughn) Horton. George and his brother Roy Horton along with others, including the Beaver Valley Sweethearts ( Colleen and Donna Wilson) recorded this in 1951.It was a big hit for them.It was then covered by various artist including Patti Page and Les Paul & mary Ford to name a few. Roy Horton died in 2003 and George (Vaughn) Horton in 1988. When the sun in the morning peeps over the hill And kisses the roses 'round my window sill Then my heart fills with gladness when I hear the trill Of the birds in the treetops on Mockingbird Hill Tra la la, tweedle dee dee dee It gives me a thrill To wake up in the morning To the mockingbird's trill Tra la la tweedle dee dee dee There's peace and good will You're welcome as the flowers On Mockingbird Hill Got a three-cornered plow and an acre to till And a mule that I bought for a ten-dollar bill There's a tumble-down shack and a rusty old mill But it's my Home Sweet Home up on Mockingbird Hill Tra la la, tweedle dee dee dee It gives me a thrill To wake up in the morning To the mockingbird's trill Tra la la tweedle dee dee dee There's peace and good will You're welcome as the flowers On Mockingbird Hill When it's late in the evening I climb up the hill And survey all my kingdom while everything's still Only me and the sky and an old whippoorwill Singin' songs in the twilight on Mockingbird Hill Tra la la, tweedle dee dee dee It gives me a thrill To wake up in the morning To the mockingbird's trill Tra la la tweedle dee dee dee There's peace and good will You're welcome as the flowers On Mockingbird Hill i do not see this on D.T. perhaps i should say "lyric add" |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Dmitri Sofronov Date: 09 Jan 10 - 03:22 AM El cant dels ocells, inofficial anthem of Catalonia (the most complete lyrics with translation is found in German Wikipedia, but bits and scraps translated into English are all over the place). It's a Christmas song. |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: GUEST,mauvepink Date: 09 Jan 10 - 01:08 PM John Denver's The Eagle and the Hawk is a must too I know many do not consider John Denver to be folk but I think he sits with his legs on the folk side of the fence more than on the country and western side. Makes no difference of course. It's a great song mp |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: bubblyrat Date: 09 Jan 10 - 01:30 PM There were three Crows up in a tree, They were as black as black could be; Said one black Crow unto another, "You are a black enamel bugger !" Up came a farmer with his gun, He shot those Crows except for one, Who flew into a lofty tree, And said " You Bastard! Now shoot me !" The farmer loaded with shot and shell; He shot that crow to fucking hell, And as he fluttered to the ground, His final resting place he found. As I was walking through a wood, I shit myself,I knew I would; I cried for help ,but no help came, And ,so, I shit myself again ! Ahh, Ahh Men. |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: open mike Date: 09 Jan 10 - 02:30 PM john denver also has a song called eagles and horses and on the wings of an eagle. he is very folk-y. and very eagle-y too. one you tube video shows footage of him flying in a plane--probably the one he went down in..the Long E Z the radio show is in 3 hours and i have a few songs that were suggested by mudcats including this one..i am trying to learn to download and burn songs using the Applian Replay A V program. |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: RobbieWilson Date: 09 Jan 10 - 02:56 PM The twa corbies, an old song a collected by Burns. Black hawk and a white winged dove (sung by Emmylou on Wrecking Ball) "Now Westering winds" a beautiful song by Burns which tells of all the birds in the Scottish countryside, one of Dick Gaughan's finest. Lil red rooster, Willie Dixon, though perhaps most famously by The Stones. |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Bill D Date: 09 Jan 10 - 03:22 PM from an old thread: The Broomsquire's Bird Song with ABC notation. The whole history of the song is debatable, but it is a delight. (somewhere, I have a tape of a friend doing an excellent job of singing it....I am not aware of any commercial recordings.) |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Herga Kitty Date: 09 Jan 10 - 03:34 PM As mentioned earlier, Derek Gifford is a star on birds in song - his presentations (which include recordings of the birdsong of the birds mentioned in the songs) are brilliant! LTS - the song is John Ball, not John Bull, it was written by Sydney Carter. There are a few birds in the Twelve Days of Christmas.... Kitty |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: GUEST,Dick Miles Date: 05 Feb 23 - 01:58 PM Flying high but never landing Flighted shaft of love entrancing Through the clouds so lightly dancing Chorus do si do and then farewell repeat twice 2 I watched you circling higher calling follow me for ever Touching souls we soared together Chorus 3 Flying for the sun were seeking cross the waves so swiftly fleeting never grounding loves fond feelings Chorus 4 From the cliff face now the leaving chasing sunbeams all the evening joined in love our fusion weaving Chorus Flying high you stared soaring to the ground i kept on falling helpless till she heard the calling chorus High unto the cliff face leaving Quivering heart so sadly weeping gentle hands that kindly freed me chorus copyright Dick Miles |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: Georgiansilver Date: 06 Feb 23 - 08:56 AM I'm surprised that no English/Irish Folkie has mentioned 'The Lark in the Morning'. There ae three different songs about 'The Lark in the Morning but there is one I really love and used to sing in the 70s. Here is the Dubliners version. https://youtu.be/zzmZljzYMnw |
Subject: RE: songs about birds From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Date: 06 Feb 23 - 01:54 PM Songs for the Birds |
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