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09 Apr 02 - 07:11 PM (#686598) Subject: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: GUEST,JudyG Howdy all. Isn't there a song with this title somewhere? I checked out the data base and couldn't find it. |
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09 Apr 02 - 08:02 PM (#686636) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: Sorcha I think there is a barbershop song called just "The Old Songs". Isn't it the theme song of the barbershop association? Other than that, nothing in the brain. |
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09 Apr 02 - 08:29 PM (#686649) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: Jerry Rasmussen I have a recording by the Phipps Family which I love, called I Love To Sing The Old Songs. I won't get all the words right from memory, but if you think it's what you're looking for, I can pull it out.
"I love to sing the old songs, I heard so long ago
The Phipps family were contemporaries of the Carter Family with similar instrumentation and sound. They were basically dismissed as imitators, but I suspect that they were both imitating the same source. Jerry |
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09 Apr 02 - 08:34 PM (#686653) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: McGrath of Harlow I've got a feeling I've heard this line as an add on verse or variant to Roy Palmer's Old Miner |
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09 Apr 02 - 08:36 PM (#686657) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: McGrath of Harlow Or maybe that's because it's got the line:
And who will sing the miner's hymn
Great song anyway. |
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09 Apr 02 - 10:05 PM (#686707) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: GUEST,JudyG Hi Jerry. I would appreciate it if you could find the lyrics to that Phipps Family song. Thanx! |
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10 Apr 02 - 09:15 AM (#686941) Subject: Lyr Add: I CANNOT SING THE OLD SONGS (Claribel) From: MMario I thought I had posted this - but can't find it:
I CANNOT SING THE OLD SONGS. |
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10 Apr 02 - 11:30 AM (#687067) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca I made a couple of suggestions back at 7:19PM yesterday.
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10 Apr 02 - 11:53 AM (#687084) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: Jerry Rasmussen Veddy interesting, MMario:
The first verse of the song you posted is almost identical to the first verse of the song the Phipps Family sings as "I love to sing the old songs." The chorus is made up of lines from several hymns. Jerry |
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10 Apr 02 - 12:21 PM (#687106) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: MMario I love to sing the old songs Levy box 35 item 38 I cannot sing the old songs Levy box 93 item 90
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10 Apr 02 - 12:39 PM (#687119) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: Jerry Rasmussen Thanks, MMario:
It's still not the song the Phipps Family Sings. The chorus of the Phipps Family song, from memory is:
"peace, peace, wonderful peace
This isn't the song requested but if I get irritated enough with myself, I'll to try to find the album and pull it out... |
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10 Apr 02 - 04:13 PM (#687311) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: McGrath of Harlow A.L.Phipps family - I've got a record of theirs I picked up in a sale a few years ago for 50p.
Sounds great - like the Carters, but a family resemblance rather than a slavish imitation. In fact I liked it so much I went back and bought a second copy just in case.
It's all Carter family songs ("Most Requested Sacred Songs of the Carter Family, Played and Sung in the Old Original Carter Family Style by the A.L.Phipps Family"), which is fine - but it'd be interesting to have a look and a listen to some of their own. According to the record sleeve A.L. Phipps and his wife Kathleen both wrote songs, and made lots of appearances with the Carters up to 1954. |
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10 Apr 02 - 04:33 PM (#687322) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: Jerry Rasmussen Hey, Hey, HEY, KEV!!!!!!!!!
Back in the 60's when I was living in New York City, I used to poke around in record stores in the Village. I came across a Phipps Family record(which I still have) that is just GREAT! Unusual songs (The Death of Abe Lincoln) great southern Mountain hymns. There was a second record in the bin, but when I went back to buy it, it was gone. I was really crushed when I couldn't get it. It's the record YOU HAVE!!!
Six years ago, I was singing at a wonderful festival out in Boonville, Missouri and met Don Stevens. I mentioned that I have searched forever to find mor Phipps Family stuff, and upon returning home had something like seven or eight of their albums on tape waiting for me. But not the one YOU HAVE. I see we may have to exchange some tapes, here. I'll e-mail you about it... Jerry |
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10 Apr 02 - 04:37 PM (#687325) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: McGrath of Harlow This is strange...I've never come across anyone else who's heard of them.
I'll tape it or CD it this week and send it to you. |
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10 Apr 02 - 05:31 PM (#687356) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: Jerry Rasmussen You are the second person in my life who I've met who has heard of them... Jerry |
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10 Apr 02 - 10:31 PM (#687569) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: 53 George Jones had a hit in the late 80's about Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes. |
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10 Apr 02 - 10:56 PM (#687590) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: GUEST Hey everyone. Jerry, if you could find that record, it sounds like the song I may be looking for but I can't find the lyrics. MMario, The song you linked me to is different from what I think Jerry is talking about. His song seems to be a religious song, which, even if it isn't the song I'm looking for, might just fit the bill for me. Mr. McGrath, If Jerry can't find the record, is ite same one you have? Could you get me the lyrics? Thanx for all the suggestions. Judy |
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11 Apr 02 - 12:00 AM (#687621) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: Jerry Rasmussen Hi, Judy, Guest: I don't know if McGrath has the song on his record, but I KNOW I have it, both on record and on tape. 'Smatter of fact, I am HOLDING a tape with the song on it... a compilation tape that I made of some of my favorite OLD white southern gospel. If you e-mail me your address to gospelmessengers@msn.com, I'll send you a copy of the tape... Jerry |
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11 Apr 02 - 06:18 AM (#687720) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: rich-joy there's a pome writ by Bob Copper an' set to music by Peter Bellamy, called "The Old Songs" - nice harmony version too, by "Th'Antique Roadshow" - trio of UK lads - on their "Collection" album. Cheers! R-J |
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11 Apr 02 - 09:15 AM (#687803) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Will Sing the Old Songs? From: McGrath of Harlow No it's not on that record I'm afraid. All Carter Family Songs.
Incidentally I just clicked on to the honking duck site with its hundreds of grand old songs, to see how the Phipps version of some of the songs compared with the Carter Family. The copyright gestapo have come down on the site, and you can't listen to them any more. Including records made in 1924.
It's not just "Who Will Sing the Old Songs?" - it's "Who Will Hear the Old Songs?" as well.
As one of the songs on that Phipps/Carter record puts it "I can't feel at home in this world any more..." |