Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics

Subject: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: PHJim
Date: 03 Dec 23 - 06:19 PM

I'm looking for songs with "Magic" in the title or lyrics.
-Magic Moments
-Do You Believe In Magic?

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 03 Dec 23 - 07:23 PM

Gosh.

discogs has nearly 3,500 items in a search for magic in the category 'folk world & country' > 'folk'
Some will be bands or album title and I'm guessing there are many duplicates.
www.discogs.com/search/?q=magic&type=release&layout=med&genre_exact=Folk%2C+World%2C+%26+Country&style_exact=Folk

Are you looking for the best singable tracks?

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: JennieG
Date: 03 Dec 23 - 08:03 PM

Song by The Platters: 'You've got the magic touch'

'That old black magic' is another song that comes to mind.

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: GerryM
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 04:10 AM

Oh, had I a golden thread
And a needle so fine
I would weave a magic spell
Of a rainbow design, mm
Of a rainbow design

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The Land of Bright Gold, by John Thompson, verse two:

I will enter the palace of dreams
A place of peace and plenty
Where magic is just as it seems
And grief and sorrow can't find me

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The Roar of the Crowd, by Denis Kevans, 3rd stanza:

I heard the roar at a football match, as it rose in the crowded stands,
When a winger leaped and took a pass, with magic, outstretched hands,
And the double roar, as he came inside, and flashed across the line,
Ah, that was a roar that stirred my soul, a roar that was a sign.

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 04:14 AM

Off the top of my head:

She Didn't Do Magic - Lobo
You Can Do Magic - America
Magic To Do - from the Broadway show Pippin
It's Magic - sung by Doris Day (and any others)
That Old Devil Moon - from the Broadway show Finian's Rainbow (has a line about a magic carpet ride)

I'm sure there are loads more out there.


Jay

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 04:18 AM

Magic Man - Heart

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: GerryM
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 06:19 AM

Steppenwolf, Magic Carpet Ride.

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 07:35 AM

Buffy Sainte Marie...... God is alive, magic is afoot

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 08:14 AM

Black magic woman
That old black magic
Everything she does is magic
You can do magic
Magic bus
Do you believe in magic
Whole rake of songs simply called Magic, Springsteen, Newton John, Coldplay, Magic! Etc, etc

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: GUEST,Jerry
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 12:53 PM

There’s magic in the fiddler’s arm
There’s magic in this town
There’s magic in the dancers’ feet and the way they put them down….
(From The Ballad of St Anne’s Reel)

In the days of crooners, the word often cropped up in songs like Magic Moments.

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 06:55 PM

Here are all the songs I can find whose lyrics have already been posted in Mudcat threads:

ANTIQUE ANNIE'S MAGIC LANTERN SHOW (Jimmy Stewart & Doug Ashdown) - "Come and see her wares, up three flights of stairs.…"
BENNY, THE MAGIC BUNNY (Kenny Roberts) - "Benny, the magic bunny, has a little magic hat...."
MAGIC (camp song - unknown) - "'Cause magic is the sun that makes a rainbow out of rain...."
MAGIC BUS (Pete Townshend/The Who) - "Every day I get in the queue (Too much, the Magic Bus)...."
MAGIC CARPET RIDE (Steppenwolf) - "I like to dream, yes, yes, right between the sound machine...."
MAGIC IS FOR CHILDREN (Ann Magill) - "Tell me a tale of magic, of enchantments thick with time...."
MAGIC PENNY (unknown) - "A penny's made of copper; love is made of heart...."
MAGIC PENNY (Malvina Reynolds) - "Love is something if you give it away...."
MAGICA LA NOTTE (Francesca St. Martin) - "Il sonne, la notte, la musica...."
PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON (Lipton/Yarrow) - "Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea.…"
[and some of the parodies of the last:
  BARACK THE MAGIC NEGRO (promoted by Rush Limbaugh) - "Barack the magic Negro, lives in D.C....."
  CHRIST THE MAGIC HEBREW (Glen Seeds) - "Christ, the magic Hebrew, lived by the sea...."
  DRAG THE MAGIC PUFFIN (Paddy Wex) - "Drag the magic puffin wasn't just a bird...."
  FLUSH THE MAGIC TOILET (Ian Mills) - "Flush the magic toilet lived by the sea...."
  GUS THE MAGIC DRAG QUEEN (Ethan Daniel Davidson) - "Gus the magic drag queen lived in 5-C...."
  RALPH THE MAGIC DRAG QUEEN (unknown) - "Oh, Ralph the magic drag queen, lived at the Y.…"
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SIR JOHN AND THE MAGIC CASTLE (Mark Cohen) - "Sir John awoke on a gray morning, he felt so terribly bad...."
SPARKY'S MAGIC CONTRACEPTIVE (Les Barker) - "The Albert Hall was packed; there were thousands locked outside...."
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC (Mercer, Arlen) - "That old black magic has me in its spell...."
THE CASTLEFORD LADIES MAGIC CIRCLE (Jake Thackray) - "The Castleford Ladies' Magical Circle meets tonight...."
THE MAGIC OF THE DOLLAR (unknown) - "With a dollar in your pocket you may hold your head on high...."
THE MAGIC SHADOW SHOW (Matt McGinn) - "In and out, above, below...."
TWA MAGICIANS (Child #44) - "Awa, awa, ye coal-black smith...."
TWO MAGICIANS (from Steeleye Span) - "Hello, hello, hello, hello you coal black smith...."
WEE MAGIC STANE (Johnny McEvoy) - "Oh the Dean o Westminster was a powerful man

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: Anglo
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 07:54 PM

Well, Jim, it surprises me that you're the first to post Puff The Magic Dragon, and only as part of a search list. I guess I'm old!

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Dec 23 - 11:20 PM

What do you call a magician who has lost his magic?
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Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Dec 23 - 05:08 PM

Billy The Kid's Dream Of The Magic Shoes - The Mountain Goats!

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: Pappy Fiddle
Date: 05 Dec 23 - 08:00 PM

Magic - Two Steps From Hell (Thomas Bergersen / Kimera Morrell)
I like the drum that starts up about halfway in, some kind of crazy rhythm that I can't come to grips with but it sounds good.

Subject: RE: Songs with 'magic' in title or lyrics
From: PHJim
Date: 06 Dec 23 - 09:51 PM

Many thanks to all of the folks who gave me ideas for this week on Seasons Of The Ukulele - Season 616-"December Will Be Magic Again"