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Subject: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST Date: 14 Jun 00 - 06:12 AM Thank you to all the Mudcatters that helped me collect all the old lyrics to make a songbook for my Granddad - I really appreciate you help! Granddad used to sing to all of us when we were children, and I owe almost every song I know (not that I can sing!) to him. These were a strange mix of traditional and folk songs, music-hall songs, popular tunes and soldier's songs, many of which we shouldn't have been singing at such a tender age! I forgot much of the words over time, and sadly so did Granddad, and one day I had the idea of researching them for him. With your help, the DT, and s few other sites, I managed to dig up the words to all the songs below, making a book of almost 200 pages. I live in London (UK), over 100 miles from my family in Norfolk, and was working in Sweden on Granddad's birthday, but I sent it to him in the post. Apparently he was amazed at the amount of words we never knew (I certainly was) and has been singing to all and sundry since! Just in case anyone's interested, I was able to find all these songs that he taught to us: Ain't It Great To Be Crazy? 1 All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) 2 Alouette 3 Amazing Grace 4 Anne Boleyn 5 Any Old Iron 6 The Ballad of Jed Clampett 7 Banks O' Loch Lomond 8 Barbara Allen (1) 9 Barbara Allen (2) 11 Barbara Ellen (3) 13 Barbara Allen (4) 15 Barbara Allen (5) 17 Battle Hymn of the Republic 18 The Battle of Jericho 19 The Battle of New Orleans 20 The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1) 22 The Big Rock Candy Mountain (2) 24 The Blaydon Races 25 Bless 'Em All 27 Boiled Beef and Carrots 28 Bombed Last Night 29 Botany Bay 30 A Boy Named Sue 31 Bring Back My Johnny to Me 33 British Grenadiers 34 By The Light of the Silvery Moon 35 Camp Granada 36 Camptown Races 37 Clementine (1) 38 Clementine (2) 39 Coming 'Round the Mountain (1) 40 Coming 'Round the Mountain (2) 40 Comin' Thro' the Rye 41 Country Roads 42 Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow-Wow 43 Dahn The Plug'ole 44 Daisy, Daisy (Daisy Bell, Or A Bicycle Built For Two) 45 Dance To Your Daddy (1) 46 Dance To Your Daddy (2) 47 O Danny Boy 48 Dixie Land 49 Don't Dilly Dally (My Old Man) 50 Don't Go Down In the Mine, Dad 52 Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes 53 The Drunken Sailor 54 Early One Morning (1) 55 Early One Morning (2) 56 English Country Gardens 57 Ernie 58 The Fox 60 Froggy Went A-Courtin' 62 The Gas-Man Cometh 64 Good-Bye-Ee 65 Green Grow the Rushes-O 66 Lady Greensleeves (1) 67 Lady Greensleeves (2) 69 Hallelujah! I'm A Bum 70 Hanging On the Old Barbed Wire 71 Happy Days Are Here Again 72 Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush 73 Hole In the Ground 74 The Hippopotamus Song 75 Hitler Has Only Got One Ball 76 I Don't Want To Join the Army (1) 77 I Don't Want To Join the Army (2) 77 If You Were the Only Girl in the World 78 I'm Henery The Eighth I Am 79 I'm Leaning On A Lamppost 80 In The Middle Of the House 81 It Ain't Gonna Rain 83 It's A Long Way to Tipperary 85 I've Been Working On the Railroad 86 I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts 87 I Went To the Pictures Tomorrow 87 Jerusalem 88 John Peel 89 Jim Crack Corn (1) 90 Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue-Tail Fly) 91 John Brown's Body 92 Jump Down, Turn Around, Pick A Bale of Cotton 93 K-K-K-Katy 94 Kiss Me Good-Night, Sergeant-Major 95 Knees Up Mother Brown 96 The Lambton Worm 97 Lavender's Blue 99 Lazybones 101 Lilli Marlene 102 Lily the Pink (1) 103 Lily the Pink (2) 104 Londonderry Air 105 Mademoiselle from Armentieres 106 The Mermaid (1) 108 The Mermaid (2) 109 The Mermaid (3) 110 The Mermaid (4) 111 The Mermaid (5) 112 The Mermaid (6) 113 Michael Finnegan 114 Michael Row the Boat 114 Molly Malone (Cockles And Mussels) 115 Monday's Child Is Fair Of Face 116 Morning Has Broken 117 My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 118 My Boomerang Won't Come Back 119 My Old Man's A Dustman 121 Nellie Dean 123 Nellie The Elephant 124 Never Mind 125 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 126 Nuts In May 128 Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside 129 Oh It's A Lovely War! 130 Oh Susanna 131 On Ilkla Moor Baht Hat 132 One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night 133 On The Banks of the Ohio 134 On Top Of Old Smoky 135 Pack Up Your Troubles 136 Paddy Mcginty's Goat 137 The Parachutist Song 140 Puff, The Magic Dragon 141 Putting On the Style 142 Put Your Shoes On Lucy 143 The Quartermaster's Stores 144 Right Said Fred 145 Roll Out the Barrel (Beer Barrel Polka, Or Rosamunde) 147 The Runaway Train 148 Run Rabbit 150 Scarborough Fair (1) 151 Scarborough Fair (2) 152 She Sat On A Hillside 153 She Was Poor But She Was Honest 154 Short'nin' Bread 155 Show Me the Way to Go Home (1) 156 Show Me the Way to Go Home (2) 156 Side By Side 157 The Siegfried Line 158 Skip To My Lou 159 The Skye Boat Song 160 Spanish Ladies (Farewell And Adieu) 161 The Sun Has Got His Hat On 162 Sweet Violets (1) 163 Sweet Violets (2) 164 Swing Low Sweet Chariot 165 There's A Hole in My Bucket 166 There Is A Tavern in The Town 167 Three Old Ladies 168 Tie Me Kangaroo Down 169 Tom Pierce (Widdicombe Fair) 170 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 171 Two Little Boys 172 Two Lovely Black Eyes 173 Underneath The Arches 173 Wabash Cannonball 174 Waltzing Matilda 175 Whiter Than the Whitewash 176 When Father Papered the Parlour 176 When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again 178 When the Boat Comes In 179 When the Saints Go Marching In 180 When This Bloody War Is Over (2) 181 Where Did You Get That Hat 182 Where Have All the Flowers Gone 182 Whiskey in the Jar 183 Wild Colonial Boy 184 The Wild Rover 185 Will You Stop Your Tickling Jock 186 A Windmill in Old Amsterdam 187 The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies 188 Yankee Doodle 190 Yes! We Have No Bananas 192 You'll Never Get To Heaven 193 UNKNOWN FRAGMENTS 196 There were RC's, C of E's My Mother Said More Work For the Undertaker These last 3 aren't complete There were RC's There were RC's, C of E's The medics and the Infantry The Sargeant, the Brigadier And Mademoiselle from Armentiers Inky, pinky, parlez-vous There were Burmese, Singhalese Chinese and Japanese, Norfolk's and the Grenadiers And the Lancashire Fusiliers Inky, pinky, parlez-vous My Mother Said My mother said, I never should Play with the gypsies in the wood; If I did, she would say, 'Naughty girl to run away.' My mother said, I never should Play with the gypsies in the wood. And if I did, she would say: "Naughty little girl to disobey." More Work For the Undertaker Sambo had an auntie, an auntie very rich, One day she said to Sambo, "I'll give you two-and-six." Sambo feeling thirsty, went inside a shop; Six Lemonades, Two Ginger Beers and Sambo went off, Pop! Cho: More work for the undertaker, Another little job for the tombstone maker, There in the local cemet'ry, On a tombstone you will see; "Sambo, V.C." Sambo had an auntie, an auntie very poor, One day she said to Sambo, "Go and clean the floor." Sambo feeling tired, tried to go to bed, Tried to climb the banister and fell down on his head! (Crash! Bang!) Maybe part of – Now listen to the tale I'm going to tell you. You'll laugh until you feel you want some breath, For people often think it very funny When you tell them of a vi-hi-o-lent death! More work for the Undertaker, Another little job for the Tombstone Maker, At the local cem-e-tery they've Been very, very busy on a brand new grave: He won't be cold this winter! History: Music Hall song sung by the late T.E. Dunville, circa 1890. |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: Irish sergeant Date: 14 Jun 00 - 08:08 PM Dear Guest: I didn't see a name so forgive this greeting. If I helped in any minor way than I am glad. You can also find alternate lyrics for "Spanish Ladies" (Farewell and Adieu) under the title of "WE'll Rant And We'll Roar" The Irish Rovers did a version of it. I can imagine what it took to put the songbook together. I am putting together an American Civil War songbook for the unit of reenactors I do living histories with. Good Luck and I know your grandfather will enjoy it. WIll you be joining our merry little band of troubadors? Neil (AKA Irish Sergeant) |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,Tracey Date: 20 Jun 00 - 05:12 AM Hi, Neil Although this is a duplicate thread, and I guess we shouldn't be here any more, thanks for the note! I'm located in London UK, and I have a singing voice like an aggravated hippo, so I'm guessing that it won't be either possible or desirable for me to join you, sadly... |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: Irish sergeant Date: 20 Jun 00 - 08:29 PM Tracey: I assumed we were talking about mudcat cafe. WHich has several of her majesty's subjects as members. I doubt you have a voice anyworse that I do after a day spent yelling orders out during a hot engagement. (In other words it can't be any worse than mine.) Hope the tune helped and keep in touch and let me knoiw how Granddad like the songbook. Neil |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,Tracey Date: 23 Jun 00 - 06:43 AM Thanks for the help, indeed. The book was definitely well recieved - take a look at the other thread for details. All the best, Tracey |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: Irish sergeant Date: 23 Jun 00 - 08:28 PM Tracey: Glad Your grandfather liked it. The Civil War song book (American Civil War) is moving along. Just in case you're interested, 15,000 of Her Majesty's Subjects fought in the American Civil War (Most of them on the Union side, but some fought for the Confederates) I SUSPECT THERE IS AN ARTICLE OR Magazine story hiding there waiting to be written. Best of reguards to you and while I'm on the suject, I think he would have enjoyed "Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn. I always thought she had a splendid voice. Neil |
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