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Subject: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST Date: 10 Apr 01 - 10:40 PM I'm trying to learn some of the songs my mother used to sing.
I.E. I'll take you home again Kathleen. I'm only a mediocre guitarist but if anyone can help with chords that are not too difficult, then I would be grateful. I've had some help from Mudcat folks already but I'm just digging for more. BS |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Jimmy C Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:04 PM I'll take you home again Kathleen " is in the DT.
I only know a little bit of these two , but I'm sure athe lyrics for all four will be here soon. Sorry I can't help with the chords.
Now Is The Hour When We Must Say Goodbye
Let Me Call You Sweetheart |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Night Owl Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:16 PM Reader's Digest published a great book of old songs.......lost the book and can't remember the name...."Treasury of Songs"...maybe.........lost the book here..BUT my mother and I spent hours playing and singing with it. I'm interested to read what others suggest in this thread.....thanks for posting. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: NOW IS THE HOUR^^ From: Giac Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:30 PM NOW IS THE HOUR Now is the hour When we must say goodbye. Soon you'll be sailing Far across the sea. While you're away Oh, then, remember me. When you return You'll find me waiting here. Sunset glow fades in the west. Night o'er the valley is creeping. Birds cuddle down in their nest Soon all the world will be sleeping. Now is the hour When we must goodbye. Soon you'll be sailing Far across the sea. While you're away Oh, then, remember me. When you return You'll find me waiting here.
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Bob Bolton Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:45 PM G'day, Giac: Isn't "Now is the hour" The Maori Farewell? GUEST - BS: I have a couple of Allans (Australian publisher) collections of popular songs called Grandfather's Songs and Grandmother's Songs. They have all the good old songs (and the ones that aren't there, are in World War Songs, another of their collections!) ... a bit difficult to scan the words into OCR, since they are in multi-page sheet music format, but it is possible. However, I'm off the Canberra for the (Australian) National Folk Festival and won't be back until the middle of next week. I will bookmark the thread and, if you have not been helped, I will scan (or type) them in. Regards, Bob Bolton |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Amos Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:46 PM My mother had a handful of favorites and taught us to sing harmonies to them as well. White Wings, Mavourneen, and several lullabies which would be banned for political incorrectitude today. One good resource might be an old copy of the Fireside Book of Songs, which was broad-spectrum Americana. A |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Giac Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:52 PM I'm sure you're right, Bob, I seem to recall that it comes, in the form we know in the U.S., from New Zealand. I first learned it at a girls camp way too many years ago, and a good many of the songs we used came from New Zealand and Australia -- as I found out much later. |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Amergin Date: 11 Apr 01 - 12:04 AM My mother used to sing me the Witch doctor song......and whenever I came out of the tub, Here he is Mr. America..... |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: alison Date: 11 Apr 01 - 12:27 AM I'll be your sweetheart if you will be mine all my life I'll be your valentine blue bells I've gathered take them and be true when I'm a man, my plan will be to marry you
slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST Date: 11 Apr 01 - 04:46 AM Bob Bolton Thanks Bob. Pity I can't pop over and pick them up. Perth is a bit far though. Maybe you can fax them when you get back. I'm in Kalgoorlie, WA. As far as Folk Music is concerned, it's a cultural desert here. BS |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Bugsy Date: 11 Apr 01 - 04:55 AM GUEST - Greetings from Perth WA. If you go into Kalgoorlie Sound Centre and ask Lynne Pinner for the best of The Furey's CD, it will most probaby Cost you around $10-15, and has ALL the songs on it that you are looking for. CHeers
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST Date: 11 Apr 01 - 06:27 AM Cheers Bugsy. Will do. Wonder if the CD has one of my personal favourites. I know it well but not the title. It goes. When first I saw the lovelight in your eyes. I thought the world held naught but joy for me. Etc. PS Wish we could get some Freo/Perth artists to visit Kal. We'ver tried but can't get a big enough audience to cover costs. Regards Bill
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Gervase Date: 11 Apr 01 - 07:44 AM I was raised on Burl Ives' stuff, which my mother sang to me all through my childhood. There's a great CD of kids' songs by Ives available - for me, at least, it brought back some wonderful memories. |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: alison Date: 11 Apr 01 - 08:47 AM I'm sure it does have that .. it is called "when you were sweet 16".... and was one of their biggest hits... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Jimmy C Date: 11 Apr 01 - 11:03 AM "when you were sweet 16"... was an unexpected hit for the Furies, unfortunately they do not sing all the words to this nice song. Perry Como,, Al Jolson and Bonnie Thornton all recorded it years ago. It was written for Bonnie by her husband James Thornton. The complete words can be found on the Lester.S. Levy collection website. Jimmy |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST,Philippa Date: 11 Apr 01 - 05:35 PM I gave this one in another thread on a similar topic. No one said they knew it: Oh someday there will be a big company that will buy up all the air The rich will whiff and the poor will sniff and there'll be no air to spare Oh there'll be a meter, the company cheater will ring up as you snore And if you're broke, you're going to choke when they buy up all the air. Can you picture it, folks, there a nickel a smell and every time you take a breath the meter will ring a bell Oh there'll be a meter, the company cheater will ring up as you snore And if you're broke, you're going to choke when they buy up all the air. |
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Subject: RE: Sangs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST,Sally, Brandon Date: 30 Nov 11 - 01:29 PM My husband used to sing this song and I once was able to get the words on the internet, but not the music. would like to download it. THE SANGS MY MOTHER SANG TO ME 'George's Song' I long to hear the melodies my mother used to sing, in memories of my childhood days, in my ears I hear them ring . There's an echo in each melody that goes beyond recall, the sangs my mother used to sing are the sweetest sangs of all. I have heard the 'Mavis' singing! She oft times sang to me, by yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, when I was but a child upon her knee-ee-ee. And it was here, within a mile of old Edinburgh Town, for there's not a place in all-ll this world, back in my ain wee house. And I'd give the world to hear again, the sangs my mother used to sing. |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST,Bek Date: 14 Dec 11 - 08:18 PM @GUEST.Sally. Brandon I have similar version of those same lyrics that my grandmother showed to me fairly recently. I have also been trying to find out what the song was called or if it is one of those old songs that are a mishmosh of lyrics from other songs of that time. Here is the song my great grandmother used to sing to my grandmother when she was a little girl (as per a very old hand written note): I have heard the Mavis singing She oft times sang tae me By yon bonnie banks & by yon bonnie braes When I was but a child upon her knee It was there within a mile of (o') old Edinburgh toon Through the old hoose the melody still clings For there's not a place in all the world And I'd give the world to hear again The songs my mither used tae sing The thing is, that there seems to be a bit of the paper missing, and if would be great to fill in the gap for her if possible. |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Max Johnson Date: 15 Dec 11 - 11:38 AM Songs my mother taught me in the days long vanished. Seldom from her eyelids were the teardrops banished... |
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Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL BE YOUR SWEETHEART From: Megan L Date: 15 Dec 11 - 12:11 PM I'LL BE YOUR SWEETHEART
I'll be your sweetheart if you will be mine |
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Subject: Lyr Add: LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART From: Megan L Date: 15 Dec 11 - 12:20 PM few people sing all the words to LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART 1. I am dreaming Dear of you, day by day Dreaming when the skies are blue, When they're gray; When the silv'ry moonlight gleams, Still I wander on in dreams, In a land of love, it seems, Just with you.
CHORUS: Let me call you "Sweetheart," I'm in love with you.
2. Longing for you all the while, More and more;
CHORUS: Let me call you "Sweetheart," I'm in love with you. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: BONNY MARY O ARGYLE From: Megan L Date: 15 Dec 11 - 12:34 PM I have heard the mavis singing is also the first line of the Song "BONNY MARY O ARGYLE" Who it was said Robert Buirnes had asked to go with him to Jamaica but she died shortly before they were due to leave and he remained in Scotland. I[G] have heard the mavis [C]singing His [D7]love song to the [G]morn I have seen the dew-drop[C] clinging To the [G]rose just [D7]newly [G]born But a [Em]sweeter song has[B7] cheer'd me At the ev'ning's gentle[Em] close And I've [A7]seen an eye still[D] brighter Than the [A]dew-drop on the]D] rose [D7]Twas thy [G]voice, my gentle[C] Mary And thine [Am]artless, [D]winning [G]smile That [G]made this world an [C]Eden Bonnie[G] Mary [D7]of Ar[G]gyll. Tho' thy voice may lose its sweetness And thine eye its brightness too Tho' thy step may lack its fleetness And thy hair its sunny hue Still to me wilt thou be dearer Than all the world shall own I have loved thee for thy beauty But not for that alone I have watched thy heart, dear Mary And its goodness was the wile That has made thee mine forever Bonnie Mary of Argyll. I have heard the mavis singing His love song to the morn I have seen the dew-drop clinging To the rose just newly born But a sweeter song has cheer'd me At the ev'ning's gentle close And I've seen an eye still brighter Than the dew-drop on the rose 'Twas thy voice, my gentle Mary And thine artless, winning smile That made this world an Eden Bonnie Mary of Argyll. Bonnie Mary o Arglye (Count John MacCormack) |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Bert Date: 15 Dec 11 - 02:19 PM Don't tear it Me little bottom drawer |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Acorn4 Date: 15 Dec 11 - 05:33 PM Red Sails in the Sunset Little Sir Echo |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Bert Date: 16 Dec 11 - 02:35 AM Washing Up This old Hat of Mine (A relative of All for me Grog) |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST,Don Wise Date: 16 Dec 11 - 04:18 AM "There's a song that I recall my mother sang to me She sang it as she tucked me in when I was 93........" |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST,Bob Date: 21 Dec 18 - 12:48 AM The name of the song is "Because," and it is sung at wedding mostly.. |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: KarenH Date: 21 Dec 18 - 02:39 AM Oh Mr Porter - the one about going to Crewe by mistake I do like to be beside the seaside On Ilkley Moor Bar T'at |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Tattie Bogle Date: 23 Dec 18 - 12:17 PM Wee Willie Winkie Babbity Bowster.......when we were very wee! Used to love her singing, accompanying herself on piano: The Island Shieling Song and others from "Songs of the North" |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: mg Date: 23 Dec 18 - 05:59 PM On Kenneth McCowan? Record To me the old Scott song s in the dear old Scottish tongue The songs me fither used to love the songs me mither sung When she rocked me in my cradle or crooned me on her knee When I could not sleep she sang so sweet those old Scot songs to me |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Tattie Bogle Date: 24 Dec 18 - 07:15 AM Kenneth McKellar |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Charmion Date: 24 Dec 18 - 11:01 AM My mother used to sing "It's Sister Jenny's Turn to Throw the Bomb" and Tom Lehrer's "Irish Ballad". So that's what went wrong ... |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: GUEST,Thebarleymow Date: 26 Dec 18 - 08:25 AM The lines which guest Don Wise set out were sung by Spike Milligan as the introduction to The Ying Tong song. There is a song that I will sing, my mother sang to me. She sang it as she tucked me in, when I was ninety three....... Hi diddle di, who was that bum di Dee do Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Yiddle I po Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Yiddle I po Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Ying tong Yiddle I po Ying tong Ying tong yiddle Ying tong yiddle I po ho! And so on! |
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Subject: RE: Songs my Mother sang to me. From: Jim Dixon Date: 26 Dec 18 - 06:15 PM Mg and Tattie Bogle: See O SING TO ME THE AULD SCOTCH SANGS in its own thread. |
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