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13 Jun 07 - 07:44 PM (#2076270) Subject: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell I'm writing a childrens' musical. I'm using the idea of a voyage to various islands where each group does a song and dance routine or two before the main ship and crew moves on. I like to use familiar songs - old ones usually. I sometimes write parodies. So far I'm thinking about: Christmas Island -- lots of ideas here. Sandwich Islands - "Teddy Bears' Picnic". Easter Island - "Chicken Reel" with clogging. ?Rabbits. Thursday Island - where it's going to be Friday tomorrow - "Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday Night." Treasure Island - with pirates. There are so many creative minds here among Mudcat friends. I thought I'd ask. Cheers, Joy |
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13 Jun 07 - 08:18 PM (#2076291) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell And there are some floating ideas to attach here and there - "Rings on my Fingers". "Island in the Sun". "She Wears Red Feathers". Simple tunes and colourful ideas are what I'm seeking. J |
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13 Jun 07 - 08:53 PM (#2076312) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Bert Is this the kind of thing you're looking for? |
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13 Jun 07 - 08:55 PM (#2076314) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Micca Jamaica farewell (in the DT) Beautiful Barbados "Beautiful, beautiful Barbados gem of the Caribbean sea come back to my island Barbados come back to my island and me" Westering Home( there was a thread about this in the last few years) and a damned good song to sing it is) the island mentioned is Islay in the Inner Hebrides |
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13 Jun 07 - 08:57 PM (#2076316) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Leadfingers Vera Lynne singing " Isle be seeing you" ?? |
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13 Jun 07 - 09:42 PM (#2076348) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Stewart Here's an Easter song for Easter Island. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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13 Jun 07 - 10:04 PM (#2076361) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell Thank you all. Yes! This is a good start. I like that idea, Leadfingers. Westering Ho/Westering Home I'd forgotten about. That would be a good one. Of course there's also "Island in the Sun". Gets me going too when I tune in here. Cheers, Joy |
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14 Jun 07 - 05:27 AM (#2076577) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Schantieman There were three drunken maidens, came from the Isle of Wight... The Mingulay Boat Song ...over the sea to Skye anything by Roy Harris and Tom Lewis? and a little further afield... Rolling Down to Old Maui Van Dieman's Land Steve |
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14 Jun 07 - 07:07 AM (#2076623) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Mark H. Something Egyptian, set in the Faroes? |
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14 Jun 07 - 08:31 AM (#2076687) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Schantieman ...and, borrowed from another thread.... If Isla StClair married Barry White, then divorced him (or perhaps he died (again)) and then married Bryan Ferry, would she become .... (all together now) Isla White-Ferry ? |
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14 Jun 07 - 10:29 AM (#2076828) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: GUEST,Bardan Is malabar an island? All I know is it's exotic. Still, the coast of malabar is a lovely song. |
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14 Jun 07 - 10:37 AM (#2076837) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Mr Happy Ellen Vannin? |
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14 Jun 07 - 11:06 AM (#2076860) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: bfdk Eh... Virgin Islands - or is that too mature? ;-)) |
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14 Jun 07 - 11:12 AM (#2076869) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Liz the Squeak Yellow bird up high in banana tree - for the Canary Islands? (Yes, I know they were named after dogs....) LTS |
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14 Jun 07 - 12:10 PM (#2076958) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Chip2447 I suppose Isle of Brest is out. Isle of Brest Chip |
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14 Jun 07 - 01:10 PM (#2077024) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: The Walrus A nonsense song for the Scilly Isles? "Carry Me Back into Bimini" is probably too mature I'm sure there is an appropriate hymn you can use for for Ascension Island. Any song about traffic for Rhode Island (sorry, I'm in a punningmood at the moment) W |
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14 Jun 07 - 02:23 PM (#2077085) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Fergie "Maggie come Back" on Tory Island? |
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14 Jun 07 - 03:41 PM (#2077146) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Herge What about dancing the waves of Tory? |
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14 Jun 07 - 03:47 PM (#2077150) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Ebbie `Beatiful Isle of Somewhere? "Somewhere the sun is shining Somewhere the angels dwell Hush now thy sad repining God lives- and all is well" |
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14 Jun 07 - 03:49 PM (#2077154) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: MMario "Bali Hai" for Bali Hai? |
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14 Jun 07 - 03:50 PM (#2077155) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: SINSULL How about "New York, New York" and a chorus line for Manhattan Island? |
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14 Jun 07 - 03:52 PM (#2077156) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: MMario I like the thought of "King of the Cannibal Islands" for the Sandwich Islands - but I have a twisted mind. "it's raining men" for the Isle of Man? "Pepino" for Sicily "steam heat" for iceland |
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14 Jun 07 - 04:45 PM (#2077201) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Sorcha Aloha Oe...spelling? For the Hawaiian Islands. |
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14 Jun 07 - 06:48 PM (#2077299) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Rowan "Old TI" could get a mention, as could "My island home". And my warped sense of humour started thinking about tongue twisters and when an isthmus leaves an island in its wake. And when a series of pleasure dives go wrong on the Maldives. Cheers, Rowan |
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14 Jun 07 - 07:04 PM (#2077311) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell These are great. Thank you so much. How could I forget the Scilly Isles - near the place of my ancestors - and so many possibilities for them. And the Virgin Islands and Brest - probably have to do an adult version of the play. Traffic of various kinds on Rhode Island is a possibility too. and The Maldives -- although a bit close to home considering those poor tourists who got left in the middle of the ocean a while back. I did think I'd like to do a cannibal routine - might tone it down using "The Witch Doctor" The Canary Islands -- Little girls in yellow bird suits. The Isle of Man and I thought of The Isle of Dogs too. Dancing The Waves of Tory is a great idea. I usually include a folkdance in my productions - hadn't thought of one for this one. I'll ponder all this a while. Thank you so much good friends. Cheers, Joy |
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14 Jun 07 - 07:10 PM (#2077318) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell and the Faroes -- That's a winner. Thank you Mark. Joy |
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14 Jun 07 - 08:25 PM (#2077370) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Tattie Bogle Scotland is surrounded by islands, some of which have been mentioned above: add to this; "Isles of Hirta" (St Kilda), Eilean Mullagh (Mull), Isle of May (hear the puffins calling), Isle of Eigg, Orkney anthem, The Dark Island, and The Island of Tiree. |
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14 Jun 07 - 08:30 PM (#2077378) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: GUEST,JTT Probably my favourite island song is Island in the Sun - "Oh island in the sun Willed to me by my father's hand All my days I will spend in praise Of your forests, waters and smiling sands" (if that's the words - it's one I've heard in the distance, in that sexy Caribbean accent, all my life). Then there's The Rose of Arranmore: "My thoughts today, though I'm far away Live on Tirconell's shore, The salt sea air and the cailins fair And lovely green Gweedore..." (People in the Aran Islands off Galway sing it too, though it's a Donegal song.) |
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14 Jun 07 - 09:15 PM (#2077406) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell Great! Yes I thought I might make "Island in the Sun" one of the connecting songs. The islands around Scotland are good too. This area was settled by Scotts (and Germans). My own personal favourite song about an isle is - "Isle of Beauty Fare Thee Well" about England - although many websites will tell you it's about Ireland -- It's not! My cast is made up of under 10 year-olds - with a few willing parents. It's a tiny community out here. We're re-creating the old concerts held in the local hall in the days when the school still functioned. Except I make it a musical play with linking songs. Many of the parents went to the old school so it's a nostalgic affair. This is our second year. Before that the hall held its last school concert in 1982. Cheers, Joy |
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15 Jun 07 - 02:46 AM (#2077537) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Rowan Although it's not (so far as I know) a song, you might be able to fit aspects/bits of Donne's "No man is an island" into the epic. Cheers, Rowan |
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15 Jun 07 - 04:06 AM (#2077560) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Jim Lad Jake The Peg for The Isle of Man. Aunty Mary Had a Canary... She could handle the Virgin Islands Too. |
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15 Jun 07 - 08:40 AM (#2077700) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: MMario If you might want an instrumental between something - what about "Nantucket sleighride' |
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15 Jun 07 - 08:53 AM (#2077714) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Mr Happy Muck, Rum? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Isles |
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15 Jun 07 - 11:43 AM (#2077861) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Christian Island," an old Gordon Lightfoot song about a man and his boat. There is also Jamaica Farewell, "26 Miles," about Catalina Island (obviously not a folk song, but nearly old enough by now)and "Greenland Whale Fisheries," depending upon whether or not you categorize Greenland as an island, or something greater. |
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15 Jun 07 - 07:22 PM (#2078267) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell Now you've done it TJ. I've been trying to get That Santa Catalina song out of my head since I first came up with this idea. Hadn't managed it 'till about yesterday. Now it's back! Thankyou for the ideas though. An epic -- I like that, Rowan. A Musical Epic. A musical Short Epic or we won't have an audience. The Minhamite - No-man/woman/child-is-an-island Musical Epic. And thanks Mr Happy I'll browse around there. Cheers, Joy |
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19 Jun 07 - 10:05 AM (#2081028) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Mr Happy '......depending upon whether or not you categorize Greenland as an island, or something greater.' In the same vein, there's all the songs which mention Australia!! |
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19 Jun 07 - 10:38 AM (#2081060) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: GEST The search engine at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador showed 34 pages of results for the word ISLAND. Here are a few selections from the first four pages: Isle Of Newfoundland The Islander Thank God We're Surrounded By Water This Island Girl From Red Island Island To Island My Island Home Baccalieu Island |
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19 Jun 07 - 11:15 AM (#2081098) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: vectis How about I'm dreaming of a Wight Christmas? Ducks and runs |
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19 Jun 07 - 01:41 PM (#2081259) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Tattie Bogle Ellen Vannin, Vectis just reminded me! (Isle of Man) |
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19 Jun 07 - 03:03 PM (#2081322) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Kajikit For the Cannibals, don't forget the classic 'thousand hairy cannibals, sitting down to lunch' for a singalong... beloved of children everywhere (at least those who have heard it, and if they haven't, hey it's only got one verse!) Then there's 'never bath in an Irish Stew' For Africa (Madagascar?), how about 'I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor'. |
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19 Jun 07 - 03:28 PM (#2081338) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: GUEST,Songster Bob You probably can't use ideas like these, but what the hey: Joshua Gone Barbados When Old Bill Bailey Plays His Ukulele (Down in Honolulu) There's an Island Way Out in the Sea (Where the Babies All Grow on Trees) (don't know the real title of this one) Bob |
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19 Jun 07 - 05:30 PM (#2081455) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: bfdk Isle of Eigg... reminded me that there's a song about that - the McCalmans used to sing it. Isle of Eigg (Robin Laing) T'was in the merry month of May / When balmy winds first blow I met my love in Arisaig / Where rhododendrons grow I met my love in Arisaig / In the shadow of Craig Mhor The sun shone on the Isle of Eigg / Far from the silver shore. And in the months that followed / Our love and friendship grew Warmed by the summer sun / And a love that was so new We walked among the hills / And by the crashing ocean's roar The sun shone on the Isle of Eigg / Far from the silver shore. Autumn came to Arisaig / With colours fair to view Birds were flying south again / Soon we followed too A said song echoed in the hills / Lochaber no more The sun shone on the Isle of Eigg / Far from the silver shore. T'was in the merry month of May / When balmy winds first blow I met my love in Arisaig / Where rhododendrons grow I met my love in Arisaig / In the shadow of Craig Mhor The sun shone on the Isle of Eigg / Far from the silver shore. T'was in the merry month of May / When balmy winds first blow I met my love in Arisaig / Where rhododendrons grow I met my love in Arisaig / In the shadow of Craig Mhor The sun shone on the Isle of Eigg / Far from the silver shore. |
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19 Jun 07 - 06:41 PM (#2081539) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell Thank you everyone. Lots to think about here. I'll get busy and piece the whole thing together. I plan to use whole families so that parents can sing some verses and children choruses. Maybe replace a few words here and there. The youngest actor -- not counting a small baby -- is two. Cheers, Joy |
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19 Jun 07 - 06:44 PM (#2081543) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: open mike England swings like a pendulum do Bobbies on bicycle two by two Winchester Abbey the tower of big ben.. The rosy red cheeks of the little children.....etc by Roger Miller! oh, my the things that are taking up valuable space in my brain... ENGLAND SWINGS words and music by Roger Miller England swings like a pendulum do Bobbies on bicycles, two by two Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben The rosy red cheeks of the little children Now, if you huff and puff and you fin'lly save enough Money up to take your family on a trip across the sea Take a tip before you take your trip Let me tell you where to go Go to England, oh England swings like a pendulum do Bobbies on bicycles, two by two Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben The rosy red cheeks of the little children Mama's old pajamas and your papa's mustache, Falling out the window sill, frolic in the grass, Tryin' to mock the way they talk, fun but all in vain, Gaping at the dapper men with derby hats and canes. England swings like a pendulum do Bobbies on bicycles, two by two Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben The rosy red cheeks of the little children England swings like a pendulum do Bobbies on bicycles, two by two Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben The rosy red cheeks of the little children |
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19 Jun 07 - 11:38 PM (#2081795) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell open mike - thank you. I like Roger Miller a lot. I'd forgotten that one. Cheers, Joy |
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20 Jun 07 - 11:47 AM (#2082257) Subject: Lyr Add: SKYE BOAT SONG From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego The "Skye Boat Song," which depicts the spiriting of Bonny Prince Charlie over to Isle of Skye. I first remember hearing it during a performance of song and dance by a Highland regiment many years ago. Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, Onward, the sailors cry Carry the lad that's born to be king Over the sea to skye Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, Thunder clouds rend the air; Baffled,our foes stand on the shore Follow they will not dare Speed bonnie boat.... Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep Ocean's a royal bed Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep Watch by your weary head Speed bonnie boat.... Many's the lad fought on that day Well the claymore could wield When the night came, silently lay Dead on Culloden's field Speed bonnie boat... Burned are our homes, Exile and death Scatter the loyal men Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath, Charlie will come again... Speed bonnie boat... |
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20 Jun 07 - 12:55 PM (#2082325) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Cats Not forgetting the Scilly Islands or am I just being stupid? [Don't answer that!!!] |
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20 Jun 07 - 08:05 PM (#2082708) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell Thanks Cats - The Walrus came up with them - not me - I'd forgotten them. They are most surely in. Thanks TJ. The Skye Boat Song is in my head and several of my books but having it here makes things easier. As a kid -- maybe even now - it conjures up images of sailng into the sky and beyond. Cheers, Joy |
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21 Jun 07 - 08:42 PM (#2083597) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: SINSULL Isle au Haut ISLE AU HAUT LULLABY (Hay Ledge Song) (Gordon Bok) If I could give you three things, I would give you these: Song and laughter and a wooden home In the shining seas cho: When you see old Isle au Haut Rising in the dawn, You will play in yellow fields In the morning sun. Sleep where the wind is warm And the moon is high. Give sadness to the stars, Sorrow to the sky. Do you hear what the sails are saying In the wind's dark song? Give sadness to the wind, Blown alee and gone. Sleep now, the moon is high, And the wind blows cold; For you are sad and young And the sea is old. If I could give you three things I would give you these: Song and laughter and a wooden home In the shining sea. |
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21 Jun 07 - 09:27 PM (#2083630) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Rowan And, from another thread, comes an obvious (athough now changed) name for an island; Ocean Island. Cheers, Rowan |
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21 Jun 07 - 09:50 PM (#2083639) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell Sinsul -- What a lovely song. I'll seek out the tune. Thank you. Ocean Island Hmmm. Well I guess there are a few river ones. Oh! Oh! I just thought of Atlantis. A fun one to do along with sinking songs ... "We'll they built the land Atlantis to sail the ocean blue. They thought they had a land that the water would never come through But the Lord's almighty hand ....." and so forth Cheers, Joy |
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21 Jun 07 - 09:54 PM (#2083641) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell Found the tune for ISLE AU HAUT LULLABY in the DT. Yes it's indeed a lovely song. |
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22 Jun 07 - 11:35 AM (#2084071) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: goatfell what about the isle of innisfree and isle of tiree and the dark island and the road to the isles and the hiking song these last two mention scottish isles. |
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22 Jun 07 - 11:50 PM (#2084583) Subject: RE: Island-names to link with songs From: Joybell Thanks Arran. I learned "The Road to the Isles" when I was about 7. Our teacher just loved it. She had us singing it every day. She told us the meanings of the unfamiliar words. The far Coolins must have called her away for ever by now. Cheers, Joy |