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25 Jul 13 - 09:03 PM (#3541763) Subject: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 Rue said she knew how much her Mom loved the songs and I don't recall any of the many song circle threads she didn't participate in. So while there are many songs on her obit and Tavern threads, I think we need to have a last one for her right here. If you posted a favorite elsewhere already, please post it again here. It can be in any form just like always. Link your own recordings or something from YouTube or just the lyrics. Whatever works best or whatever you have. I'll start........... Awhile back she and I discussed a song I had linked by Jewel. She loved her voice and loved the simple and yet poignant lyric...... And we loved you katmuluv............ Daydream Land Deep in the canyon, down in the alders Where the hermit thrushes sing I sit where the sun shines in a ferny circle And fly away on day dream wings I fly and I fly, to my day dream land I fly and I fly, till the sun goes down I fly and I fly, till the moon comes up And then I fly back home Deep in the canyon, down in the alders Where the hermit thrushes sing I sit where the sun shines in a ferny circle And fly away on day dream wings I fly and I fly, to my day dream land I fly and I fly, till the sun goes down I fly and I fly, till the moon comes up And then I fly back home And then I fly back home Spaw |
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25 Jul 13 - 09:14 PM (#3541768) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Many years ago, I wrote this to the tune of Star of the County Down....not much of a singer, so I am reciting it. This is for the voice recently silenced. Love ya, katdarling. Silent Voices |
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25 Jul 13 - 09:16 PM (#3541770) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Lonesome EJ Well, here's one I did about Good Ol Wyoming, and I think Kat liked it. Anyhow, it goes out to her now... The Old Double Diamond |
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25 Jul 13 - 09:18 PM (#3541772) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,olddude Spaw when I wrote "Lights on the Sea" Kat wrote me for a week saying how much she loved the song and played it over and over again. It made me feel so good that she love it ... This one is yours Kat .. lightsonthesea |
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25 Jul 13 - 09:33 PM (#3541776) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Alice I thought I had posted this to the forum, but I can't find it now. It is the original song from an old Australian children's nursery song book that is "Warm Kitty" (which was adapted by The Big Bang Theory). WARM KITTY words Edith Newlan tune Adapted English Folk Warm kitty, soft kitty, Little ball of fur, Sleepy kitty, happy kitty, Purr, purr, purr. Scanned image of the old book is HERE. Under that song is: By the fire pussy's lying, Curled up fast asleep, Leave your toys until tomorrow, Hurry off to bed - quick. Alice |
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25 Jul 13 - 09:38 PM (#3541777) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 A couple of years ago, I sent Kat a copy of my cousin Deb's CD, autographed by Deb and her partner Peter. She was, of course, delighted that I'd thought of her and loved the CD. This has always been a favorite song of mine that they do and it seems appropriate here: Parting Friends. |
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25 Jul 13 - 09:56 PM (#3541785) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 No song circle for kat would be complete without something from one of her favorite musicians that she met here on Mudcat. When Rick died I think it took something from both kat and myself. The three of us came here at the same time and tonight I'm feeling that extra bit lonely. Here ya' go kat.....Rick leaves a handful of songs and you leave many warmed hearts.......I miss you both................. Rick Fielding Spaw |
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25 Jul 13 - 10:03 PM (#3541789) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: frogprince I linked this to the tavern thread, but it's the best I know to do here too. Kat told me she loved this, which did my heart good. I sat back and sang it for her, such as I can sing, when I learned she was gone. |
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25 Jul 13 - 10:33 PM (#3541793) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Kat was a westerner. I'm an Appalachian hillbilly. One of our bonds was our recognition and appreciation of each of our strong sense of place, as different as those places are. Kat would have appreciated this. Me singing, but not my song. http://soundcloud.com/mudcat-janie/west-virginia-chose-me-basic |
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25 Jul 13 - 10:41 PM (#3541794) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Rapparee One and Two. |
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25 Jul 13 - 11:15 PM (#3541805) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST Thank you so much Spaw for starting the thread and to everyone for all that you have shared..Rue |
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25 Jul 13 - 11:22 PM (#3541808) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Here's another one....Ashes on the Sea....intro by Utah....sung by our own Captain Kendall Morse. Ashes on the Sea |
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26 Jul 13 - 12:27 AM (#3541818) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: bet Years ago Kathleen, yes that's what I call her, took part in a ethnic gathering in Casper, Wyoming. She and Roger were living there at the time. What a day, I lived in Craig, CO. and we talked on the phone and shared words etc. for a month before the day. I arrived in Casper Friday night and we did our first practice together. We both had our own way of doing all the songs except one. The Wayward Wind was just right. For as long as I can remember Kathleen loved the wind. It would be really great if someone out there would post that song for her. I have no way of doing it here in AZ., everything I own is in storage in Alaska. Please include this song in your song circle. |
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26 Jul 13 - 12:34 AM (#3541819) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Alice The Wayward Wind Stan Lebowsky and Herb Newman The wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind In a lonely shack by a railroad track He spent his younger days And I guess the sound of the outward-bound Made him a slave to his wand'rin ways And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind [Oh, I met him there in a border town He vowed we'd never part Though he tried his best to settle down I'm now alone with a broken heart And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind |
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26 Jul 13 - 12:50 AM (#3541821) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amos A look back at Kat's Sweet Wyoming Home Watch the moon Hanging in the sky Hum a tune Prairie lullaby; Peaceful wind, Old coyote cry, And a song of home --Sweet Wyoming Home. |
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26 Jul 13 - 12:54 AM (#3541823) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Wayward Wind sung by Patsy Cline |
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26 Jul 13 - 01:15 AM (#3541824) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin I was thinking that it's a damn shame we don't have hearme or paltalk to do this with...and then post what we performed....like the old days. |
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26 Jul 13 - 01:18 AM (#3541825) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Lonesome EJ Amos, we'll do that one at the Getaway for her, out there under the moon, by the Bay, what do ya say? |
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26 Jul 13 - 02:15 AM (#3541838) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amos You are on, amigo! |
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26 Jul 13 - 03:31 AM (#3541847) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,Jon She really used to like the hearme/paltalk things. Here's one from me. Willy Moore |
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26 Jul 13 - 03:43 AM (#3541850) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Will Fly When Kat was describing some of her problems on the 'Cat a few months ago, I dedicated a video to her with the words: "For Kat - with affection", and remembered her kind words about my recordings. This is the video: I Only Have Eyes For You |
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26 Jul 13 - 03:49 AM (#3541851) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,Jon And something a bit more cheerefl from me.Going to the Well for Water |
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26 Jul 13 - 05:13 AM (#3541875) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Sandra in Sydney Singing sessions around here usually end with The Parting Glass & as I can't find a video/MP3 of our Judy Pinder singing it, here's Ronnie Drew sandra ps. I'm not saying this is the end of Kat's song circle! Keep singing, I've been enjoying your songs |
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26 Jul 13 - 05:52 AM (#3541892) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Micca Well, here is a link to a song Kat enjoyed on Paltalk many years ago Now,This includes the able support of "the Getaway audience, which was ,of course absent on Paltalk "The Gladiator" when I put this up on UTube Kat told me very much enjoyed it, I used to often read New songs and poems to her on the phone, This was one of the very last poems I read for her a coupla weeks ago that she liked Tripped over a memory This morning I tripped over a memory And suddenly, pain, like a heart attack gripped me , my chest was stabbed by an icicle, sharp, cold and deep What I thought had healed and was a long way in the past , rose up and choked my senses like smoke and left a taste of decay in my mouth. It is not the Pain , or the sense of having failed that grieves, but the Knowledge Of Loss, that must be what Milton meant by Paradise Lost, not the absence of Someone but the Loss of the Promise, Beyond hope of recovery and all this, all these overloaded senses from the simple scent of roses, earth and rain © Micca Patterson June 20013 |
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26 Jul 13 - 06:59 AM (#3541910) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Lovely all! Micca... beautiful. |
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26 Jul 13 - 09:01 AM (#3541943) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: freda underhill for beautiful katlaughing Gracias a la Vida - thanks to life by Violeta Parra Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me two beams of light, that when opened, Can perfectly distinguish black from white And in the sky above, her starry backdrop, And from within the multitude The one that I love. Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me an ear that, in all of its width Records— night and day—crickets and canaries, Hammers and turbines and bricks and storms, And the tender voice of my beloved. Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me sound and the alphabet. With them the words that I think and declare: "Mother," "Friend," "Brother" and the light shining. The route of the soul from which comes love. Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me the ability to walk with my tired feet. With them I have traversed cities and puddles Valleys and deserts, mountains and plains. And your house, your street and your patio. Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me a heart, that causes my frame to shudder, When I see the fruit of the human brain, When I see good so far from bad, When I see within the clarity of your eyes… Thank you to life, which has given me so much. It gave me laughter and it gave me longing. With them I distinguish happiness and pain— The two materials from which my songs are formed, And your song, as well, which is the same song. And everyone's song, which is my very song. |
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26 Jul 13 - 09:09 AM (#3541948) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: freda underhill This one was first posted by Janie on Kat's obit thread: Sean Keane singing Journey round the sun JOURNEY ROUND THE SUN 1 When I think of all the friends I used to know Scattered now to places I don't go Chasing lovers and careers As we carry on this journey round the sun Memories are passing one by one Like moving pictures made from these restless years 2 Looking back on all the struggles lost and won As we carry on this journey round the sun Time has dried up all the tears And the gold dust of experience remains To be used to buy us freedom from the chains And teach us how to fly from these restless years Chorus Standing on the edge of time with history fading far behind us Searching darkly for the key Sensing something undefined and wrestling with a greater mind for Who am I and why are we And as step by step discovery it goes on In this never-ending journey round the sun Wheels keep on turning round through these restless years 3 Living always in the shadow of the gun In the wandering of this journey round the sun Darkness never disappears But as love flows through the bad times and the good Connecting us in ways not understood And lighting pathways drawn through these restless years Chorus 4 Generations flowing onwards one by one As we carry on this journey round the sun Mystery hanging in the breeze And as We look out on the trackless fields of time With always one more mountain still to climb To touch the stars we see through these restless years Chorus |
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26 Jul 13 - 09:33 AM (#3541961) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: SINSULL I'm away for a few days. I believe this is the version Kat loved: Along the Colorado Trail (from the CD booklet from Faith's Favorites, by Faith Petric) Eyes like the morning star Cheeks like the rose; Laura was a pretty girl Everybody knows; Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Laura was a laughing girl, Joyful in the day; Laura was a darling girl, Now she's gone away. Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Sixteen years she graced the earth, And all life was good; Now all life is buried Beneath a cross of wood. Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Ride all the lonely night, Ride all the day, Keep the herd a-movin' on, Movin' on its way. Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Wind's comin' down the gulch, Night birds cry alarm, Wish I'd stayed in Abilene, Nice and dry and warm. Weep all ye little rains, Wail, winds, wail All along, along along The Colorado trail. Traditional, collected by Carl Sandburg with additional words by Lee Hays and Faith Petric (looks like the last two verses are Faith's) |
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26 Jul 13 - 09:38 AM (#3541963) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,olddude She like Night Riders Lament also very much. here |
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26 Jul 13 - 09:45 AM (#3541964) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: dick greenhaus A song crcle for Kat? A fine idea. But "a Last one"? I don't think she'd approve. Keep it going. |
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26 Jul 13 - 10:00 AM (#3541974) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: MMario I suspect Kat will be at any song circle w/ mudcatters...for a long long time yet. |
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26 Jul 13 - 12:14 PM (#3542031) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu dick, MMario... yup. |
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26 Jul 13 - 01:59 PM (#3542082) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ClaireBear Wasn't sure what to bring to the party, but it just came to me that I have just the thing. There doesn't seem to be a recording of Barry Finn singing one of his favorite chanties and, to my mind, the sweetest of all farewell songs, but I recently recorded "Roseanna" for YouTube with my band. I'm sure Barry is singing it for you too, somewhere. You know, Kat, "I loves ya gal, indeed I do. Bye bye my Roseanna. I loves ya gal, you know I do. I won't be home tomorrow." Claire |
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26 Jul 13 - 04:56 PM (#3542156) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin The lovely Sara Storer singing a cover of Kev Carmody's Moonstruck...the moon guided Kat home. Moonstruck |
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26 Jul 13 - 05:05 PM (#3542160) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: kendall I'd like to be able to send that post of Utah and me to friends who don't do Mudcat, but I don't know how. |
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26 Jul 13 - 05:06 PM (#3542161) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin oops...forgot the link... Eulogy for a Black Person |
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26 Jul 13 - 05:17 PM (#3542166) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Kendall, if they have email or are on fb, you can share the link with them. |
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26 Jul 13 - 05:48 PM (#3542175) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Peter T. What I remember about the first Mudcat song circle in Toronto was how even those that didn't sing contributed to the magical circle of all those faces and voices just by being there, faces and voices that some part of me was somewhat stunned to discover actually existed and weren't just names. I like to think that the members of the Mudcat who have passed on are still participants, silent perhaps, but continuing, contributing members of that ever-widening circle that Emerson talks about -- the circle whose circumference more and more extends its reach over the horizon, bending far away out of our sight, before it curves back, in its return to its ultimately unbroken completion. |
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26 Jul 13 - 08:43 PM (#3542217) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie I'm loving this thread. What Dick said. I'm wondering, does anyone (Bet, Rog, Colin, Rue?) have a recording of Kat singing that you be ok with posting? |
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26 Jul 13 - 09:01 PM (#3542223) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Written and performed by Alice Gerrard. Please do not share this link as I have not contacted Alice to ask permission. http://soundcloud.com/mudcat-janie/20-agate-hill |
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26 Jul 13 - 09:27 PM (#3542230) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: bet Janie, I do have a couple but they are in storage in Alaska Sinsull that is the favorite - Colorado Trail -We often sang it together. Alice and Amergin - THANKS for the Wayward Wind |
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26 Jul 13 - 09:35 PM (#3542234) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie this thread will be here and available for a long, long time, bet. when you and your stuff in storage are reunited and you have time.... |
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26 Jul 13 - 10:02 PM (#3542239) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Jeri I'm glad it WILL be here for along time. It seems to be taking me forever to think of the right song... |
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26 Jul 13 - 10:07 PM (#3542240) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 A friend posted this on Facebook today and I couldn't help but think Kat would have thought it was "kewl". |
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26 Jul 13 - 10:08 PM (#3542241) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 Of course, it would help if I posted the link. Duh! Stand By Me |
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26 Jul 13 - 10:19 PM (#3542244) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bert Kat will be with us every time we sing. Here is one that she liked. I wrote it when Lou died. Your life's hard work is over all the storms have left the sky the sun sets in the mountains and its time to say goodbye you have been my own true lover the time has come I know you'll be part of me forever though I have to let you go |
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26 Jul 13 - 10:23 PM (#3542246) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bert I don't know exactly how true it is that she liked it. She was kind enough to say that she liked all of my songs and I KNOW that I have written some crap. |
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26 Jul 13 - 10:34 PM (#3542248) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Sandra in Sydney lovely words, Bert |
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26 Jul 13 - 10:41 PM (#3542252) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,daughter kirsten thank you everyone for all your love...my heart is broken.. |
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27 Jul 13 - 12:16 AM (#3542266) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: maire-aine I don't have the words. I leave it to Si. WHAT WILL I LEAVE Words and music by Si Kahn Late in the evening as light fades away In silence we gather together Searching the faces of those who are here For those who have left us forever. Chorus: What will I leave What will I leave What will I leave behind When I am gone Who'll carry on What will I leave behind. Where are the ones who caught flame in the night Fired up by the heat of devotion Measuring their lives by the light of the truth They burned like a lamp on the ocean. Who will remember the words of the brave That lifted us higher and higher Who will remember the price that they paid For lives lived too close to the fire. Hearts of the ones who inherit your lives Will rest in the truth you have spoken Memory will echo the trust that you kept Like you it will never be broken. |
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27 Jul 13 - 01:59 AM (#3542277) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 I was overjoyed when kat discovered the Appalachian dulcimer and of course that the "Mother of the Appalachian Dulcimer," Jean Ritchie, was a Mudcat member. She too could appreciate the lineage in folk music and here's a great song that proves it. Two great voices from two different times blending in a mountain harmony second to none. The song is Jean's lovely "Dear Companion" with Jean Ritchie and Emmylou Harris providing a sweet harmony second to none in sheer beauty. My Dear Companion Spaw |
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27 Jul 13 - 03:06 PM (#3542450) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie On A Day Like Today |
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27 Jul 13 - 05:14 PM (#3542479) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: AllisonA(Animaterra) I'm loving this thread. I've had a hard time picking the "right" song, because there are so many. For now, here's one from my chorus, Animaterra: Speak for Me |
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27 Jul 13 - 05:32 PM (#3542486) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Joybell "You've been a Friend to Me" is sounding in my head. I'd like to add it from inside my mind. Joy |
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27 Jul 13 - 05:40 PM (#3542490) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Tears of solace falling, Allison. Thank you. Folks, sing or share a song you love. This is a song circle. If the "right" song doesn't immediately arise, don't worry about it. Kat surely doesn't. |
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27 Jul 13 - 05:48 PM (#3542492) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bobert "Dancing With the Angels" A blessing pure as an infant's soul Bright as stars in the dark of night An angel sent from above Dancing in His loving light Taken before the music's end Her spirit lifted by His gentle hand But she'd danced with all of those she loved Touching woman, child and man Chorus: Heaven sent and Heaven bound Yeah, tonight's she's dancing high Dancing with the angels In the starry Southern sky Drenched in the light of His sweet love How can this sorrow be Knowing that she'll be waiting When we're joined eternally Chorus... (Bob Harrison, 1996) When my late wife, Judy, was dieing she asked me to write a song to perform at her funeral with the stipulation that I not play it for her... I went out to my studio and wrote the above song which I did perform at her funeral... I know that Judy would be honored to know that after all these years I have dusted off these dusty lyrics in Kat's honor... Luvya, Kat Bobert |
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27 Jul 13 - 10:05 PM (#3542551) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,Rue thank you all |
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27 Jul 13 - 10:55 PM (#3542564) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bill D What's the Life of a Man yes... it includes a wonderful woman. It just struck me...I hope it's ok... WHAT'S THE LIFE OF A MAN As I was a walking one morning at ease A viewing the leaves as they fell from the trees All in slow motion appearing to be And those that had withered, they fell from the trees What's the life of a man anymore than the leaves A man has his season, so why should we grieve Though all thru this life, we appear fine and gay Like the leaves we will wither and soon fade away If you'd seen the leaves just a few days ago So beautiful and bright they all seemed to grow A frost came upon them and withered them all A storm came upon them and down they did fall If you look in the churchyard, there you will see Those that have passed like the leaves from the trees When age and affliction upon us do fall Like the leaves we must wither and down we must fall. ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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27 Jul 13 - 11:14 PM (#3542571) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST If I die young, bury me in satin Lay me down on a bed of roses Sink me in the river at dawn Send me away with the words of a love song The ballad of a dove Go with peace and love Gather up your tears, keep'em in your pocket Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them The Band Perry - If I die Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM |
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28 Jul 13 - 11:47 AM (#3542734) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: KathWestra I sing this a lot, for friends alive, and friends gone. Sang it for Helen Schneyer's memorial service in 2005, and for Lee Haggerty's memorial a few years earlier. Led it with Caroline Paton at a NEFFA workshop remembering Sandy Paton. Never get tired of it, so I'm singing it now, with love for Kat, who was my "Kat-kin" on Mudcat. We corresponded here, and she got her special nickname when we decided we really must must be family. Total Strangers, by Alan Bell When first we met, we were total strangers. We didn't know if we could be friends. How soon we came to love each other. Now I know we will meet again. Chorus: So here's to you, and our time together. I'll share with you now a parting glass, And bid farewell, with a smile and laughter. Our time apart will be short, and pass. We talked of dreams, and the good tomorrows, Of yesterdays with their dark despair. We've had our share of joys and sorrows. Now we part, as friends who care. A long, long road now winds before me, And fate may take me where it will. Through deep valleys, and over mountains. I'll not forget. I'll remember you still. |
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28 Jul 13 - 06:02 PM (#3542876) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Cats The Parting Glass. Of all the money that e'er I spent I've spent it in good company And all the harm that ever I did Alas it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To memory now I can't recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all If I had money enough to spend And leisure to sit awhile There is a fair maid in the town That sorely has my heart beguiled Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips I own she has my heart enthralled So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Oh, all the comrades that e'er I had They're sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that e'er I had They'd wish me one more day to stay But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I'll gently rise and softly call Good night and joy be with you all Goodnight Kat. Walk the bridge to the Summerlands with gentle feet. |
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28 Jul 13 - 07:26 PM (#3542918) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie What You Give Me (copyright 1988 Laura Lingren) To Walk in your forest, To graze in your pastures, To fly in your starry black night Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart To flow in your river, To gaze at your colours, To sway in your treetops so high Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart 1st bridge What you give me is a doorway to God, let us bathe in the Now Never grasping at the days ahead Just a patience of the heart in the pastures of truth And love, trembling love. To let out your kite string, To feel your dark ocean, to play in the breakers at dawn Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart To shatter on your hard floor, To dance in your cobwebs, To sing the song of our death Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart 2nd bridge You are teaching me songs that I never dreamed of. Opening worlds that I never hoped for I'm breathing my breath, I'm dying my death Sing that the world doesn't end. To read your sad story, To bask in your glory, To sit in the presence of god Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart To know beyond knowing In the patience of being Beyond thought, beyond wanting to know Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart |
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28 Jul 13 - 10:01 PM (#3542951) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Ebbie I'm gonna sing with the angels When my time comes around This earth is just rehearsal For when I'm heaven bound And I'll be well prepared to take my place With harmony and rhyme I'm gonna sing with the angels When it's time I like to think of Kat and Rick in lively Elysian Fields. (It's a good thing I can't prove or disprove it, because life after life makes a pretty picture for me. And I like pretty pictures.) |
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29 Jul 13 - 12:33 AM (#3542982) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Joe Offer Here's one Louie Roy sent in:
I sent this to Kat about 10 years ago and she really liked it. I think it fits the thread. My Grand Mother was born in 1860. Anyway it's a new tune for Mudcat. Louie Thanks, Louie. The song is "Climbing the Golden Stairs." Click to play (joeweb) |
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29 Jul 13 - 12:44 AM (#3542983) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Joe Offer Here's one from me: "Long, Long Ago." Click to play (joeweb) |
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29 Jul 13 - 02:13 AM (#3542991) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: bradfordian SLEEP ON BELOVED (Trad) Watersons Not quite sure if it is good to offer this one now. I do sing it at times of loss. The melody is beautiful. Sleep on, beloved, sleep and take thy rest, Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast. We love thee well but Jesus loves thee best, Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. Until our shadows from this earth are cast, Until He gathers in His sheaves at last, Until the twilight gloom is over past: Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. Until made beautiful by love divine Thou in the likeness of thy Lord shalt shine, And He will bring that golden crown of thine, Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. Until we meet again before the throne Clothed in the spotless robes He gives His own, Until we know as we have known: Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. goodnight Kat bradfordian |
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29 Jul 13 - 02:42 PM (#3543231) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: nutty I've only recently written this - it hasn't got a proper tune yet but I'm sure the sentiments are ones that Kat wouldagree with THANK YOU Now, something in my life would have been missing If I'd not taken time to watch children play And If I had never seen true lovers kissing Life would have been lived in a sad and dull way And if I had never heard people sing A rousing chorus that joined them as one Then life would have been a poor, barren thing With no special memories to dwell upon Now I know that if I'd spent all of these years In solitude and we'd never met Then life would now be so full of tears Not these wonderful mem'ries I'll never forget And if I didn't know that you cared And worried about me when we were apart I'd never have found the courage to have aired These feeling of love buried deep in my heart So, know that your kindness has carried me through And helped make the darkest days sunny and bright For when I've felt down, I've been lifted by you Just being in your comp'ny made everything right So when my spirit is used up and gone And no one on this earth has the power to save me Don't weep and don't mourn, send me off with a song And reflect on the pleasure that knowing you gave me So thank you for the music and thank you for the songs And thank you for the friendships I've seen grow And I'll say another thank you to each and every one For being the nicest kind of folks to know YOU ARE - BELIEVE ME You are the nicest kind of folks to know |
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29 Jul 13 - 10:59 PM (#3543391) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Phil Cooper I would put out in Kat's song circle When I Go by Dave Carter (I posted one of the youtube videos on the facebook page) and Robin Williamson's Fare Thee Well Sweet Mally. Here's a link of Margaret Nelson, Paul Goelz and me playing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfEFZkYChyU sorry I've never been able to do the blicky thing. Here's the Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer link if you didn't catch the FB page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZk1CvsDSZc |
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29 Jul 13 - 11:17 PM (#3543395) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Here you go, Phil. Fare Thee Well Sweet Mally When I Go |
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30 Jul 13 - 07:32 AM (#3543497) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Phil Cooper Thank you, Janie. When I've followed the directions, it doesn't seem to work. Don't know what simple thing I've left out. |
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31 Jul 13 - 04:47 AM (#3543812) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Sandra in Sydney Phil - I used to have trouble using 'cut & paste' instead of 'copy' Another problem is when folks leave off the http:// & the blickifier thinks it's a page on mudcat.com sandra |
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31 Jul 13 - 02:10 PM (#3544008) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu This is my contribution. It means a lot to me after seeing what everyone has written. It's not just about kat... it's about kat's friends... you. Long Night |
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31 Jul 13 - 04:03 PM (#3544044) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Kat was one of two women who inspired this poem... The Concert |
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31 Jul 13 - 06:37 PM (#3544094) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 Gnu, thank you for posting that! I couldn't remember the name nor the group. The CD is now on its way to my mailbox. Nathan, that was incredible. Thank you for sharing it with us. |
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01 Aug 13 - 08:00 AM (#3544257) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow Sometimes there's a thread that makes me aware of how grateful I am for the gift of the Mudcat - and so much of that is thanks to the way Kat influenced how it developed. Here's a song of mine I am likely to sing when people I feel close to die. Now you've left us behind and you've gone on your way, over the edge of the world. You left without warning with so much to say. Are you just round the corner, or far far away? Well, goodbye, and I hope I might see you some day, over the edge of the world. Now you've gone where nobody can find you, over the edge of the world. To follow a star, like the wise men of old, to search for a treasure, far richer than gold, and to find a great secret, can never be told, over the edge of the world. I'm watching and waiting and trying hard to see over the edge of the world. Now your prison is opened, and now you are free, and that's how I always have known it must be. And maybe now somewhere you're waiting for me, over the edge of the world. Now you've gone where nobody can find you, over the edge of the world. To follow a star, like the wise men of old, to search for a treasure, far richer than gold, and to find a great secret, can never be told, over the edge of the world. |
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01 Aug 13 - 11:50 AM (#3544323) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow And here is a link to a youtube recording of that I have just put up. Not sung as wll as kat deserves. Stick it in the address bar if you want to hear it - my blue lickies seem to go wrong these days... http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plcp&v=-0Dwgy_W-KE |
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01 Aug 13 - 11:53 AM (#3544327) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow But maybe this clicky will work... Over the edge of the world |
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01 Aug 13 - 07:31 PM (#3544433) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu McGrath... thanks. It was lovely. |
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01 Aug 13 - 08:28 PM (#3544451) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu McGrath... may I post the lyrics and your link to my Facebook page... timeline... status... whetever the hell it's called? I would like to share it with my friends. |
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01 Aug 13 - 08:42 PM (#3544458) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow You're most welcome to do that gnu. I wrote it some years back when someone I really admired died, and I find it can be the best way to say what I feel like saying sometimes. Hits the spot for me. ......................... I've been going through this thread listening to the songs and such, and it's really something special. I know I'll be coming back to it again. Thank you spaw for starting it. And thanks to kat for inspiring it. |
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01 Aug 13 - 09:40 PM (#3544478) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Lovely, Kevin. Thank you. |
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02 Aug 13 - 09:43 PM (#3544928) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,gillymor Someday My Ship Will Sail |
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02 Aug 13 - 09:58 PM (#3544931) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,gillymor Glory Bound |
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02 Aug 13 - 11:04 PM (#3544953) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 I can't believe no one has posted this one yet: I'll Fly Away. |
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03 Aug 13 - 02:05 PM (#3545159) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow This thread set me thinking about the strange friendships we build up on the Mudcat, and I remembered a song I wrote about that back in 1999, quite soon after I found my way here THE BLUE CLICKY THING I spied it one day, I was trawling the net, a fish like a cat, what an elegant pet. When I reached out to touch, me head started to spin - I was off for a ride on the Blue Clicky Thing. The Blue Clicky Thing, the Blue Clicky Thing, it can take you away like a magical ring. It can make you as free as a bird on the wing, the Mudcat Cafe and the Blue Clicky Thing. I was off on a ride and admiring the view, there were places I got to that I never knew, there were stories to hear, there were songs for to sing, there were all kinds of folk in the Blue Clicky Thing. The Blue Clicky Thing, the Blue Clicky Thing, it can take you away like a magical ring, It can make you as free as a bird on the wing, the Mudcat Cafe and the Blue Clicky Thing There are names you can mutter and photos to see, of neighbours next door, 'cross the wide rolling sea, and a tavern where you can drop in for a drink, and gossip with friends, in the Blue Clicky Thing. The Blue Clicky Thing, the Blue Clicky Thing, it can take you away like a magical ring, It can make you as free as a bird on the wing, The Mudcat Cafe and the Blue Clicky Thing. Well I try to explain, and you might understand, it's a fine place to go to when you're feeling grand - but when your heart's heavy, and you're shackled and pinned, you can reach out for help with the Blue Clicky Thing The Blue Clicky Thing, the Blue Clicky Thing, it can take you away like a magical ring, and holds us together like brown paper and string, the Mudcat Cafe and the Blue Clicky Thing. So I went back and looked at the thread (mudcat magic...), and there in the very next post was katlaughing, such a kind welcoming response - and I'll print the rest of the post, kat being encouraging to someone who was a bit down: Oh Kevin, thank you for that. It's been a very, very blue day here, for me and your sonyg just made me smile. Why don't you sing it and send it to Max, for the radio show? Then Rick Fileding can really go down in history; he will never live down the fact that it was himself who coined the term, "blue clicky thing(ie). Steve, young women or ones without too much experience with "hunks" or whatever, may feel that way about sensitive men, but those of us who've been there, done that, learn we are none of us exactly as hoped for and we learn to compromise through the eyes and heart of love. This is damn hard to do, sometimes, like today, but still it seems worth it in the long run, esp. after a history together. I love attractive men, which I consider all of you Mudcatters to be, BUT that is not what attracts me to want to know a man more. Rather it is the depth of his feelings, emotions, beliefs, opinions, listening ability, willingness to forgive and/or apologise, perception, ability to "read" emotions and to act upon that whether he feels like it or not, sometimes, etc., etc. that would make me want to know a whole lot more about that man. These are not impossible standards...almost everyone of you here have demonstrated them repeatedly. Women get tired of men expecting them to be fashion-plate bimbos, with the starved, pre-pubescent body look of Madison ave. Some of us eschewed such strictures a long time ago and have been wearing purple, Birks, and all cotton, even our undies, for years, in a bid for comfort and independence from all pervasive mass media. Thank gawd I found the Mudcat where that seems to be more the norm than t'other! katstilldepressedbutfeelingbetter| |
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03 Aug 13 - 06:09 PM (#3545223) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Hot Damn! What a "find", McGrath! Lovely song and the ensuing kat quotation is... you know. Thanks. |
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03 Aug 13 - 07:50 PM (#3545244) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie This just seems to fit. Darlin' Kate Emmylou Harris |
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03 Aug 13 - 10:35 PM (#3545297) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 Yes it does.....Thank you Janie.............. Spaw |
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04 Aug 13 - 04:49 AM (#3545359) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Ditto that, Spaw. |
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04 Aug 13 - 12:47 PM (#3545473) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 I'll add one more, a song she and I both liked that hits many others with the beauty of this simplistic idea......an idea which touches the depths of my heart. By Peter Himmelman, The Best Kind of Answer. Spaw |
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04 Aug 13 - 05:23 PM (#3545554) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Spaw... Like. Thanks. |
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04 Aug 13 - 11:38 PM (#3545650) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ChanteyLass Has anyone suggested Elder Joseph's "Simple Gifts"? I am sure that Kat has "come 'round right." |
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05 Aug 13 - 10:50 AM (#3545768) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: bet All beautiful! Thanks Mudcatters! |
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05 Aug 13 - 11:05 AM (#3545775) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: topical tom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHFxIQfSxc |
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02 Jun 14 - 10:11 PM (#3629845) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Last song circle for Kat? Perhaps. But circles never end. Sweet Honey in the Rock - When I Die |
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03 Jun 14 - 01:07 PM (#3629989) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Rex I don't get on here as much as I used to and sometimes I pay a price for that. I didn't know Kat was gone. She and I would share cowboy songs, something her father enjoyed. I guess I figured she would always be here. Below is something by Badger Clark that I recite sometimes for those I'm missing. Thanks for sharing the songs Kat. The Lost Pardner Badger Clark I ride alone and hate the boys I meet. Today, some way, their laughin' hurts me so. I hate the mockin'-birds in the mesquite-- And yet I liked 'em just a week ago. I hate the steady sun that glares, and glares! The bird songs make me sore. I seem the only thing on earth that cares 'Cause Al ain't here no more! 'Twas just a stumblin' hawse, a tangled spur-- And, when I raised him up so limp and weak, One look before his eyes begun to blur And then--the blood that wouldn't let 'im speak! And him so strong, and yet so quick he died, And after year on year When we had always trailed it side by side, He went--and left me here! We loved each other in the way men do And never spoke about it, Al and me, But we both knowed, and knowin' it so true Was more than any woman's kiss could be. We knowed--and if the way was smooth or rough, The weather shine or pour, While I had him the rest seemed good enough-- But he ain't here no more! What is there out beyond the last divide? Seems like that country must be cold and dim. He'd miss the sunny range he used to ride, And he'd miss me, the same as I do him. It's no use thinkin'--all I'd think or say Could never make it clear. Out that dim trail that only leads one way He's gone--and left me here! The range is empty and the trails are blind, And I don't seem but half myself today. I wait to hear him ridin' up behind And feel his knee rub mine the good old way He's dead--and what that means no man kin tell. Some call it "gone before." Where? I don't know, but God! I know so well That he ain't here no more! |
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03 Jun 14 - 03:13 PM (#3630032) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST In Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn There is a season, Turn, Turn, Turn A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven |
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03 Jun 14 - 07:10 PM (#3630093) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: SINSULL Keep your lamp trimmed and burning Keep your lamp trimmed and burning Lamp trimmed and burning Jesus gonna make up my dyin bed |
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19 Jul 21 - 06:03 PM (#4113832) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Felipa in memory of a mudcatter who passed 21 July 2013 |
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19 Jul 21 - 07:01 PM (#4113835) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Sandra in Sydney to Kat sandra (raising a glass of tomato juice!) |
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19 Jul 21 - 07:47 PM (#4113836) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: rich-joy What a beautiful thread. At first, I couldn't work out how I'd missed it first time around - then I took note of the dates : both my Mother and my Beloved passed in its time. To me, Kat surely represented the goodness of Mudcat; a lovely, welcoming and generous soul. I too, raise a glass to her memory. Rich-Joy xox |
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19 Jul 21 - 07:48 PM (#4113837) Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bill D I just played 8-9 of the above. I need donations for more tissues... |