mother's day songs...

Subject: mother's day songs...
From: open mike
Date: 13 May 06 - 01:52 PM

not necessarily tear jerkers...

I am gathering tunes for my radio show this afternoon
and decided to focus on mothers (and grandmothers)
Greg Brown sings a couple of good ones about his
grandmothers...Canned Goods and Ella Mae,
and Gillan Welch sing "I had a real good mother and a dad"
Sugar Hill records has a disc full of mother songs..
called queen of my heart...

including 40 years old and livin in Mom's garage...
by the Austin Lounge lizards,
and thank god for mamma

got any others that are favorites for you?

Subject: RE: mother's day songs...
From: open mike
Date: 13 May 06 - 10:36 PM

Crossroads Show (XRDS)--KRBS--Laurel Paulson-Pierce
13 May 2006 - Playlist Mother's Day Special
(* denotes pro-peace/anti-war)

Maura O'Connell   Feet of a Dancer    Philo So Far 20th anniversary            Philo/Rounder
Gillian Welch   Real Good Mother and Father Soul Journey                        Arony
Kris Kristofferson Thank You for a Life This Old Road                            New West
Faith Petric Mother Nature When Did We Have Sauerkraut? Center Records
Nancy Pyle   Mama's Got the Know-How Singin' and Swingin' With Nancy      Self
Rootbound 1000's of Ladies are Cryin' Rootbound                               Rootbound               *
Suzanne Thomas I Have No Mother Now   Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts      Rounder
Garnet Rogers Small Victory TITLE                                          Snow Goose Songs
Seldom Scene Sweetest Gift, a Mother's Smile Mother, Queen of my heart            Sugar Hill
Seldom Scene Mean Mother Blues 20th Anniversary Concert               Sugar Hill
Jan Smith   Mamma Don't Care 29 Dances                                  Landslide
John Prine Unwed Fathers Anthology--Great Days       Rhino
Crooked Jades       Put My Little Shoes Away}         Music from the soundtrack}         Sour Mash Films
   "          "             Letter Edged in Black      }         of the movie Seven Sisters }         Crooked Music
Amy Martin Born Hard   Sketches      Ravens' Wings
Dave Carter/Tracy Grammar   When I Go TITLE                                  SELF
Mary McCaslinSomeone Who looks Like MeBroken Promises                   Philo
4 Bitchin' Babes Don't Mess With Me Some Assembly Required Shanachie
Hawks & Eagles I'm My Own Grandpa Music Americana         Self
Lucinda Williams Motherless Children Ramblin'                        Smithsonian/Folkways
Peter, Paul & Mary House of the Rising Sun Life Lines                                       Warner Brothers
Peggy Seeger I'm Gonna Be an Engineer American Roots Collection            Smithsonian/Folkways
Iris Dement   Mom and Dad's Waltz   My Life                                          Warner Brothers
Greg Brown    Daughters          Iowa Waltz                                     Redhouse                        
Lee Murdoch    My Mother's Eyes       Between Two Worlds                      Depot
Greg Brown Canned Goods Live from Prairie Home companion
Greg Brown Ella Mae One Night          Red House
Adam Miller   Orphan Train TITLE                                          Folksinging
ChrisWilliamson/Holly Near   Lullaby Chris and Holly                H & C Records

Subject: RE: mother's day songs...
From: Ron Davies
Date: 14 May 06 - 07:31 AM

If you ever still need ideas about this theme, one of my all-time favorites--a wonderful song, with a great message is Mama's Hand, by Hazel Dickens ( especially as sung by Lynn Morris). Are you familiar with that one?

Subject: RE: mother's day songs...
From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
Date: 14 May 06 - 06:43 PM

Too late for your show, but MY mother sang this when rocking us:

Backward, turn backward O time in thy flight
Make me a child again, just for tonight;
Mother come back from the echoless shore-
Take me again to your heart as of yore.
Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep-
Rock me to sleep, Mother, rock me to sleep.

Two more verses that I know; a very sentimental song- and it always put me right to sleep!    Jean

Subject: RE: mother's day songs...
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 15 May 06 - 10:12 AM

When I asked for "Tramp On The Street" Saturday (several tradmusic/roots programs) everyone responded with a vocal questionmark, "Billy Joe Shaver". I thought he'd put out a version of it, too, until I googled it. What I wanted was the one Hank W. made famous (tho' he didn't write it); has a chorus that starts:
"He was some mother's darlin'.
He was some mother's son;
Once he was fair and once he was young...."

Nobody got it(sad sigh). That's a great song. Would like to hear it some. George Jones did a version, too, I think.    Tw