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09 Jul 15 - 05:02 PM (#3722395) Subject: song circle songs from childhood From: GUEST,mag should be back as member this Saturday's song circle email reminder says to focus on songs from childhood i think i would rather die than ever sing "Whispering Hope" again. besides the fact my mother always made me sing it too high, and it strained my throat. anyway, I'm dusting off one Yellow Bird and Tumbling Tumbleweed; my Dad liked cowboy music and calypsos (besides the Ray Coniff Singers and Lawrence Welk -- again, rather die ...) since I used to work w/ kids, before retiring, i have a sizeable children's song repertoire, and would actually rather use that -- how would any of you interpret "Songs from Childhood"? MA |
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10 Jul 15 - 01:21 PM (#3722663) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: GUEST refresh |
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10 Jul 15 - 03:24 PM (#3722696) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: Joe Offer Well, "from childhood" means "nursery rhymes" to me. But when I got older, I learned something derived from those nursery rhymes. We called it "She threw it out the window," but Nigel's British version calls it Thrown Through the Window. And when I was singing Fourth of July Carols at nursing homes last week, I got off on a tangent about the parodies I knew of "Battle Hymn of the Republic": John Brown's Ford had a puncture in its tire (3x) And he patched it up with chewing gum One flea fly flew up the flue and The other flea fly flew down (4x) Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school We have tortured all the teachers - we have broken all the rules not sure, not sure And we ain't got no school no more! Glory, glory, hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler I hit her on the beanie with a rotten tan-ger-ee-nee And we ain't got no school no more! |
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10 Jul 15 - 05:49 PM (#3722738) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: GUEST Do they mean this kind of stuff.. The runaway train, Morningtown Train, Soldier won't you marry me? There was an old woman who swallowed a fly, Red River Valley. Or if you are over 100 Daisy, Daisy, Or is it old Scots or English songs e that we were taught in school 'Ye Banks and Braes' etc |
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10 Jul 15 - 06:06 PM (#3722740) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: GUEST,mag all great thoughts; keep 'em coming |
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10 Jul 15 - 06:25 PM (#3722741) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: GUEST (Scots childhood) Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny off a bus, Jelly Piece song ..Yellow Bird, Puff the Magic Dragon, Where have all the flowers Gone? My Bonnie... Yellow Submarine... |
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10 Jul 15 - 06:36 PM (#3722745) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: Joe_F Today is Monday, Today is Monday. Monday is... What the hell was Monday, anyway? |
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10 Jul 15 - 07:32 PM (#3722754) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: Joe Offer Today Is Monday is a great one, Joe. I like the Yiddish rendition - Bulbes. -Joe, too- |
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10 Jul 15 - 07:33 PM (#3722756) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: Jack Campin Thre three kinds of songs I can remember from before I was 5 are: - my mum trying to be Kathleen Ferrier in her "Blow the Wind Southerly" phase - my dad trying to be Peter Dawson or the Glasgow Orpheus Choir - my grandma singing "McTavish is dead and his brother don't know it" |
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11 Jul 15 - 07:42 AM (#3722854) Subject: RE: song circle songs from childhood From: Murpholly There was an old lady who swallowed a fly I had a cat, the cat pleased me When I first came to this land |