A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing

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..