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Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . .
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Subject: Lyr Add: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: PHJim Date: 29 Jul 23 - 09:43 PM I am in need of some songs about fairies, goblins, demons and other weird creatures. I'd love some help. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Joe Offer Date: 29 Jul 23 - 11:20 PM Hi, Jim - I suppose my favorite is Mrs. Ravoon. If you use the Filter box on the Mudcat home page/Forum Menu, you'll find a lot. Put just one word in the Filter box, and set the age back to "all." I'd suggest using fairi, faer, goblin, and demon - one at a time. It's never too early for Halloween. ;-) -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 30 Jul 23 - 02:35 AM There are a few about Gnomes :-D |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 30 Jul 23 - 03:40 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ogTQqP6NQ Alan Smethurst aka singing postman |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 30 Jul 23 - 03:52 AM Tam lin. Gnome songs are thread drift? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: John MacKenzie Date: 30 Jul 23 - 03:58 AM There's this one, the Faery Song (from "The Immortal Hour") |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:02 PM The OP asks for "songs about fairies, goblins, demons and other weird creatures". How are songs about Gnomes thread drift? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Helen Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:11 PM So what are the names of the songs about Gnomes? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:26 PM [Verse 1] I want to tell you a story 'Bout a little man, If I can A gnome named Grimble Grumble And little gnomes stay in their homes Eating, sleeping Drinking their wine [Verse 2] He wore a scarlet tunic A blue-green hood, it looked quite good He had a big adventure Amidst the grass, fresh air at last Wining, dining Biding his time [Chorus] And then one day… Hooray! Another way for gnomes to say Ooooooh my [Verse 3] Look at the sky, look at the river Isn’t it good? Look at the sky, look at the river Isn’t it good? Winding, finding places to go You might also like FE!N Travis Scott Bike Pink Floyd The Scarecrow Pink Floyd [Chorus] And then one day… Hooray! Another way for gnomes to say Ooooooh my Ooooooh my |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:28 PM THE GNOME (Bernard Bolan) Both dusk and dawn I sit on the lawn For the whole of the livelong day Though at night I dance, by day my stance Will never move nor sway My cheeks are red and me cap is too Me ears both flap and me coat is blue When doggies crap, I've a birdseye view I'm a gnome, a gnome I sit on me arse on the green, green grass Beneath the cherry tree Though made of stone, it is very well known My heart is full of glee That is why I always smile I only frown but once in a while When doggies piddle, it's rather vile For a gnome, a gnome So you will see if you're following me It's dogs that I don't like And neither would you if they made you the loo And used you for the dyke I'll bet their pet will never forget The day they had to call the vet The bloody last time he'll try to wet A gnome, a gnome I'm not an elf, I'm not a sprite, I'm not a dwarf That gets Snow White I'm not a fairy so get it right I'm a gnome, a gnome So it's eyes to the floor with your motor mower As you bowl across the green When bashed in the bum, I can become Both mischievous and mean I'll trip you up in your goddam flat Don't forget me pointed hat A terrible sight is a man who's sat On a gnome, a gnome Gremlin, goblin, imp and spook You find us all in the magic book But you can see if you'll take one look I'm a gnome, a gnome So maybe when you think of me You will not scowl and scorn And maybe you won't knock me down When you try to mow the lawn So remember Harry, Dick and Tommy Call me gnome and not g-nommy You will make me happy if you will call me An ever loving gnome Source: transcription from Bernard Bolan 'An Eccentric Collection' E E Eclectic Enterprises EEEE 2000-1 CD. PS. . |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:33 PM THE GNOME I'm sitting in the garden in my little Noddy suit With a sparrow on me fishing rod and frog spawn in my boot Oh it's tiddling down with rain, I've got water on the brain, But I'll sit here by the pond like King Canute. The kids have knocked my nose off, and my boots are getting thin, And the way that they all treat me here, it really is a sin. And there's a pigeon I can see, he's aiming straight for me, And the gardener strikes his matches on my shin. Well, long ago I used to be a king upon a throne. I met a wicked fairy and she turned me into stone. And that is why I'm sitting in this garden all alone. It's not much fun being a gnome. I'm sitting here a fishing but these fishes never bite. And anyway it's been so long I've lost my appetite, Oh it really is a strain, here's that pigeon back again. Has anybody got some dynamite. There's a doggy comes to see me every evening after tea, I used to wonder why he was so very fond of me. And then I found out why, it hit me in the eye. Have you ever been mistaken for a tree. My earhole's full of cobwebs and my doublet doesn't fit. Sitting on this toadstool well I feel a proper twit. And the way that they all treat me here it makes me want to spit. And it's not much fun being a Gnome. But I'll sit here in the garden in my little Noddy suit. With a sparrow on my fishing rod and tadpoles in my boots. Oh it's piddling down with rain, I've got water on the brain. But I'll sit here by the pond like King Canute, RULE BRITTANIA! I'll sit here by the pond like King Canute. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:34 PM ABOVE WAS WRITTEN BY MILES WOOTON |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Susan of DT Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:36 PM Look at the keyword @myth. I labeled songs about fairies, devils, unicorns, silkies, etc. Digital Tradition Keyword Search (click) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:52 PM They are easy to find, Helen. Even Dick can do it! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 30 Jul 23 - 04:58 PM But, Dave could not do it |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 30 Jul 23 - 05:11 PM Thomas The Rhymer, not about gnomes but about elves.Ewan MacColl sings Thomas Rhymer THOMAS THE RHYMER True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank, A ferlie he spied wi’ his e’e, And there he saw a lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon tree. Her skirt was o’ the grass-green silk, Her mantle o’ the velvet fyne. At ilka tett o’ her horse’s mane Hung fifty siller bells and nine. True Thomas he pull’s aff his cap And louted low down to his knee: “All hail, thou mighty Queen o’ Heaven! For thy peer on earth I never did see.” “O no, o no, Thomas,” she said, “That name does not belong to me; I am but the queen of fair Elfland That am hither come to visit thee.” “Harp and carp, Thomas,” she said, “Harp and carp along wi’ me. And if ye dare to kiss my lips, Sure of your body I will be.” “Betide me weal, betide me woe, That weird shall never daunton me.” Syne he has kissed her rosy lips All underneath the Eildon tree. “Now ye maun gang wi’ me,” she said, “True Thomas, ye maun gang wi’ me. And ye maun serve me seven years Thro’ weal and woe, as may chance to be.” She mounted on her milk-white steed, She’s ta’en True Thomas up behind. And aye whene’er her bridle rung The steed flew faster than the wind. O they rode on and farther on, The steed gaed swifter than the wind, Until they reached a desert wide And living land was left behind. “Light down, light down now, True Thomas And lean your head upon my knee, Abide and rest a little space And I will show you ferlies three. “O see ye not yon narrow road So thick beset with thorns and briars? That is the path of righteousness, Tho’ after it but few enquires. “And see ye not that braid, braid road That lies across that lily leven? That is the path of wickedness, Tho’ some ca’ it the road to heaven. “And see ye not that bonny road That winds about the fernie brae? That is the road to fair Elfland Where thou and I this night maun gae. “But, Thomas, ye maun hold your tongue Whatever ye may hear or see. For if you speak word in Elfyn land Ye’ll ne’er get back to your ain countrie.” Syne they came on to a garden green, And she pu’d an apple frae a tree: “Take this for thy wages, True Thomas It will gi’ ye the tongue that can never lie.” “My tongue is mine ain,” True Thomas said, “A guidly gift ye wad gie to me! I neither dought to buy or sell, At fair or tryst where I may be. “I dought neither speak to prince or peer Nor ask of grace from fair ladye.” “Now hold thy peace,”, the lady said, “For as I say, so must it be.” He has gotten a coat of the even cloth And a pair of shune of velvet green, And till seven years were gane and past True Thomas on earth was never seen. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 30 Jul 23 - 05:15 PM Little man stood in the woods ... https://www.alfred.com/there-stands-a-little-man/p/00-24993/ Sincerely, Gargoyle A personal favorite since age six. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Joe_F Date: 30 Jul 23 - 06:03 PM But whether the man was a poacher too Or a pharisee so bold -- I reckon there's more things told than are true And more things true than are told. -- Kipling, "The Legend of Minepit Shaw" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Lighter Date: 30 Jul 23 - 07:23 PM You must try Oscar Brand's original "Tam O'Lynn': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBF6RZwEOoo FF to about 20:30. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Date: 30 Jul 23 - 08:25 PM Back-to-back; belly-to-belly, I dun' give a... Lyr Req: Zombie Jamboree Said the sirens to the sailor What makes you think we want your sorry ass washed up here on our beach?... Lyr ADD: Siren's Song (Janie Meneely) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 31 Jul 23 - 03:11 AM My favourite is Steeleye Span's rendition of Tam Lin. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: John MacKenzie Date: 31 Jul 23 - 04:03 AM Don't forget this immortal work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oet1pKb0Vo&ab_channel=SorajMusic |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,henryp Date: 31 Jul 23 - 05:00 AM They’ll Never Believe It’s True/Froggy’s Jig by Andy Irvine Track 3 on Way Out Yonder Produced by Andy Irvine & Steve Cooney https://genius.com/Andy-irvine-theyll-never-believe-its-true-froggys-jig-lyrics They'll never believe Travelling over the road at night I thought I saw a faerie-light I thought I heard a piper on the breeze that gently blew I still maintain my plectrum green An object that rarely if ever was seen Given to me by a faerie queen But they’ll never believe its true! This was meant to be a song called “The Two Sisters” that I found in a Cecil Sharpe collection many years ago. I’d always been a bit irked that some people, who recorded it subsequently, had seemingly not known that the tune – and some of the words – were mine. The bit about ‘Boiled in Lead’ for instance. However when we put the backing track down, Steve was entranced by it and decided it was “Faerie Music”. We banded around ideas for a week or two and one morning, when I woke up, this song greeted me ! Needless to say not ALL of it is true… |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Lighter Date: 31 Jul 23 - 09:10 AM Mary O'Hara sings "Dia Luain, Dia Muairt": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj-5Kvo-oF4 Translation here: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/dia-luain-dia-mairt-monday-tuesday.html |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Lighter Date: 31 Jul 23 - 09:12 AM And P. W. Joyce's "The Leprechaun": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS-4Cdkngw4 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: John MacKenzie Date: 31 Jul 23 - 10:20 AM Wiv 'er 'ead tucked underneath her arm, she walks the Bloody Tower. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 01 Aug 23 - 04:29 AM I thought Gnomes were inanimate man made objects, surely a different category from fairies goblins and demons. The Miles Wooton song is very well written and clever |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: PHJim Date: 01 Aug 23 - 10:07 AM Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread. Gnomes are certainly eligible for my requirements. GUEST.RJM, While Gnomes, Fairies and Goblins can certainly be inanimate man made objects to decorate your garden or Christmas tree, they are also quite animate fictional characters in folklore. A fairy tale, "The Three Little Men in the Woods" The beautiful daughter is sent out into the woods in the dead of winter to find strawberries, and while searching she comes across a cottage with three little men/gnomes. The men reward her kindness and generosity with gold and the promise of marriage to a king. . . |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 01 Aug 23 - 10:17 AM surely a different category from fairies goblins and demons Dick, I'll let you into a little secret. They are all fictional! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 01 Aug 23 - 11:22 AM one thing is definite gnomes do not exist, they are small insignificant occupiers[generally speaking] of the outdoors and are man made., and you are not a gnome, it is just your nick name. furthermore you are a human, you are definitely not a gnome. I have had the pleasure of meeting you, and can say that I have never met a singing gnome that plays music drinks beer, rides bicycles and is very witty. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 01 Aug 23 - 02:00 PM The point is Dick that none of the others exist either! Thanks for the compliment anyway :-) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,RJM Date: 01 Aug 23 - 02:26 PM your opinion, but not proven fact. Demons and fairies are debatable. I keep an open mind |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: meself Date: 01 Aug 23 - 10:54 PM The best of them all: G-G-G-Goblins, by Fred Penner - it's at 5:00 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS-CSCwp4fU< |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 01 Aug 23 - 11:29 PM than are dreamt of in your philosophy”. I enjoy the Penner reference - thank you. Sincerely, Gargoyle Demons exist in every major religion, sacred scripture and culture. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 02 Aug 23 - 05:07 PM The oold 'cat is playing up at long posts again so here goes the next in btesized chunks... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 02 Aug 23 - 05:08 PM The non existence of something can never be proven, Dick. The existence of all such creatures, and gods if it comes to that, has always been debatable but never proven either. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 02 Aug 23 - 05:08 PM You are wrong about the origin of Gnomes as well. From Wiki - "A Gnome /no?m/ is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Typically small humanoids who live underground, their characteristics are reinterpreted to suit various storytellers and artists. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 02 Aug 23 - 05:09 PM Diminutive statues of gnomes introduced as lawn ornaments during the 19th century grew in popularity during the 20th century and came to be known as garden gnomes" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 02 Aug 23 - 05:09 PM It goes on and gives lots of examples of literature and folk tales referring to Gnomes. In a nutshell, Gnomes are as much part of mythology as many other fictional creatures. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 02 Aug 23 - 05:09 PM Fin :-) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: cnd Date: 02 Aug 23 - 06:48 PM All of the songs on Dark Ships in the Forest by John Roberts & Tony Barrand - Oak, Ash and Thorn - The Broomfield Wager - The Wife of Usher's Well - Tom of Bedlam - The Dreadful Ghost - The Foggy Dew - The Derby Ram - The Maid on the Shore - Reynardine - The False Lady - Polly Vaughn - The Two Magicians |
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Subject: Lyr Add: When A Ring's Around the Moon From: cnd Date: 03 Aug 23 - 08:06 AM From the album Reel Fish album In Good Time (Flying Fish FF 335 , 1984) is the song "When A Ring's Around the Moon." I'd never heard of a connection between moon rings and the supernatural, beyond the old southern folk-saying that a moon ring means rain, or snow in the winter. (listen to a preview here) WHEN A RING'S AROUND THE MOON (Music: Sue Massek, Words: Mary Jane Carr, 1941 Top Of The Morning) The wee folk will be tripping In their silver dancing shoon Ring-around-the-meadow When a ring's around the moon Curtsy to the right and left And curtsy to the middle The fiddler will be fiddling On his tiny fairy fiddle In and out and round about A magic circle making The pipers will be piping Till their tiny throats are aching Oh, few may watch the wee ones dance For fairy guards are spying And down beneath the grasses All the dancers will be hieing But harken well, what time you see A ring around the moon And you will hear the music Of the wee folks' dancing tune |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: Dave the Gnome Date: 03 Aug 23 - 02:17 PM If I was a fairy on a Christmas tree Oh how happy and gay I'd be... Eeeeeeh. You couldn't sing that nowadays:-D |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,Guitarfumbler Date: 03 Aug 23 - 05:47 PM The Goblin's Riddle John Goodluck and the Bards of the Heath singing Bernie Parry's great song |
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Subject: RE: Lyr req: Songs about Fairies, Goblins, demons . . From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 03 Aug 23 - 08:56 PM
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