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November Songs

15 Nov 02 - 08:59 PM (#827507)
Subject: November Songs
From: mmb

A local news announcer says we should expect potentially severe changes in our weather this weekend - hopefully nothing like last week's storms in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.

But the announcer's phrasing made me think of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: "When the storms of November come early."

How many more November tunes are there?


15 Nov 02 - 09:06 PM (#827512)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: greg stephens

Thomas Hood poem says it all. Hope a clever person will figure a blue clickie.


15 Nov 02 - 09:20 PM (#827519)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Genie

The Hunting Song (Tom Lehrer) is in the DT.

"Well, I always will remember.
'Twas a year ago November,
On a morning bright and clear
I went out to shoot some deer..."


15 Nov 02 - 09:28 PM (#827524)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: masato sakurai

RAGLAN ROAD, which is in the DT.


15 Nov 02 - 09:46 PM (#827541)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Genie

The DT has:

November Rain
Tune For November
Eleven: Eleven
The Last Night Of November
plus a lot of songs that have "November" in the lyrics.

The Forum Threads have:
November Rain
The November Wedding
My November Guest (Robert Frost)
A good song for November (thread title)

Type the word "November" into the DT search (without the quotes) and you will find numerous listings of songs that have the word "November" in them.


15 Nov 02 - 11:06 PM (#827587)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: mmb

Yipes, Genie!   I really did type "November" into the search box, but all that came up was the "good song for November" thread. I must have done something wrong. And I wouldn't have checked it again if not for your suggestion. The list of results is truly mind-boggling! Whoda thunk???

Meanwhile, one of the songs that turned up when I re-ran the search - Skibbereen - has a very special meaning for me. My maternal grandmother was from Skibbereen, and family lore says she was attending Mass in Cork Cathedral when news came of Kevin Barry's execution. Any Irish historians out there know if that can be true?

Can anyone tell me if there are any recordings that contain "Skibbereen?" I can gat the sense of the tune from the MIDI, but would also like to hear it sung. Any suggestions?

Thanks again, Genie!   M.


15 Nov 02 - 11:15 PM (#827589)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Genie

Welcome, mmb.


16 Nov 02 - 02:16 AM (#827638)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: mg

turning toward the morning

generic late fall:

Westron winds
Is the life of a man
Unquiet grave


shoot..I had a bunch for October and you never asked me..

Grimsby Town
Cliffs of Baccaleiu
October Roses
Castle of Dromore


16 Nov 02 - 05:31 AM (#827657)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: The Shambles

Autumn Gold

No summer songs, it's getting late,
The shortened days have sealed your fate.
The mists rise,
Cloud your eyes.
You've lost the prize, but wait.....

Autumn gold, the story's in the telling, not yet told.
Autumn gold, the wind blows chill, but not yet cold,
Autumn gold, not young, but not yet old.

A glass half empty, or half to fill?
You're over the worst, or you're over the hill.
The end on the line?
You've had your time.
Past your prime, but still.....

Autumn gold, the story's in the telling, not yet told.
Autumn gold, the wind blows chill, but not yet cold,
Autumn gold, not young, but not yet old.

No magic, no miracle cures,
The leaves fall, but the tree endures.
A few branches gone,
But the heartwood's strong.
Life goes on, 'cos' you're.....

Autumn gold, the story's in the telling, not yet told.
Autumn gold, the wind blows chill, but not yet cold,
Autumn gold, not young, but not yet old.

Roger Gall 1996


16 Nov 02 - 10:58 AM (#827704)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Peg

If by "Westron Winds" you mean Robert Burns' "Westlin' Winds" the actual "title" of that song (it never had a formal one) is "Song (Composed in August)".
The lyrics seem to be speaking of late summer as autumn approaches, the harvest season. But I like to sing it at any point from August thru December! (and other times)

Turn Turn Ye Seasons
The Sheep 'Neath the Snow

I actually wrote the lyrics for a song recently with the phrase "November enthralling" but it's not a traditional or folky song at all...for a rock and roll recording project I am working on..

peg


16 Nov 02 - 10:59 AM (#827705)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: GUEST

Who Knows Where the Time Goes is appropriate to the season.


16 Nov 02 - 12:17 PM (#827776)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Genie

Od course, Joni Mitchell's "Urge For Goin'" is perfect for the fall season.

"..when the meadow grass is a-turnin' brown,
Autumn leaves are a-fallin' down,
Winter's closin' in."

There's also the pop song "Autumn Leaves" ("Les Feuilles Mortes").

Genie


16 Nov 02 - 12:25 PM (#827781)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Leadfingers

I know its not November but I still like the Incredibles 'October Song'.


16 Nov 02 - 12:29 PM (#827786)
Subject: Lyr Add: SECOND WEEK OF DEER CAMP (Da Yoopers)
From: Bat Goddess

Well, it doesn't specifically MENTION November . . .

SECOND WEEK OF DEER CAMP        by Da Yoopers
        
It's the second week of deer camp, I got a swollen head.
I'm lying with the dustballs underneath my bed.
An icy breeze is blowing in through the tongue and groove.
My pants are frozen to the floor, and I'm too sick to move.
I didn't drink too many, only thirty cans of beer.
It must have been that last shot that put me under here.

Chorus:
It's the second week of deer camp, and all the guys are here.
We drink, play cards and shoot the bull, but never shoot no deer.
The only time we leave the camp is when we go for beer.
The second week of deer camp is the greatest time of year!

I remember playing poker, that weasel must have won.
He's wearing me new swampers and sleeping with my gun.
He's snoring like a chain saw, the camp smells like a dump.
Someone's dirty underwear is hanging on the pump.
Mukku's in the wood box, Eener's passed out on the stove.
His flannel shirt is smoking, I wonder if he knows.
Chorus

Vito's crawling through the door, I think he got frostbite.
He passed out in the outhouse, and he's been there since last night.
Then Goofus stumbles through the door, he says he got a buck.
He was coming from the wayside and he killed it with his truck.
The Musti cracks a beer and says, "It's time to celebrate!"
Goofus got the first buck since 1968.
Chorus


16 Nov 02 - 01:13 PM (#827820)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: DMcG

Here is a link for - The Thomas Hood poem Greg Stephens mentioned.


16 Nov 02 - 01:14 PM (#827824)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: mg

more wood stove wood...

mg


16 Nov 02 - 01:15 PM (#827826)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: DMcG

That was cunning - I got the HTML wrong and the sentence still makes sense and the link still works. Its the first time I've managed that!


16 Nov 02 - 01:22 PM (#827831)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: greg stephens

DMcG: thanks a lot for that link


16 Nov 02 - 03:24 PM (#827885)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Skipper Jack

Pete & Chris Coe wrote a song entitled "Welcome Cold November" and recorded it back in 1976 for their album "Out Of Season out Of Rhyme"

It's a lovely song. Peter says it relates to his home town of Northwich in Mid Cheshire.


16 Nov 02 - 03:44 PM (#827900)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: boab d

what about gone till november by Wycliff Jean


16 Nov 02 - 08:13 PM (#828059)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Charley Noble

"Tune for November" by Gordon Bok.

Linn, thanks for the words of "The Second Week of Deer Camp."

Charley Noble


16 Nov 02 - 08:58 PM (#828079)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Mudlark

A great line from a Russell Hoban novel..."It was Novembering hard outside..." Always thought it would make a good song...


01 Nov 03 - 12:23 AM (#1045651)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull


01 Nov 03 - 12:55 AM (#1045663)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: mg

Zeke Hoskins wrote a very funny duck hunting song for I( think about this time of year.. mg


01 Nov 03 - 11:23 AM (#1045815)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Phil Cooper

Sandy Denny's song titled Late November, though the word November doesn't appear in the song itself.


01 Nov 03 - 07:58 PM (#1046013)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: GUEST, GEST

Plenty of November songs in Newfoundland. :-)

The Legionnaires

Jim McCarthy

1929 Tidal Wave

One Last Cold Kiss

The Union From St. John's

Rocks At Thieves Bay


01 Nov 03 - 11:10 PM (#1046089)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: Margret RoadKnight

Well, it's pretty hot in November where some of us live...


05 Sep 06 - 08:48 AM (#1827360)
Subject: RE: November Songs
From: GUEST,Mrrzy

Just came back from a long weekend camping while a hurricane went by... listened to The Second Week of Deer Camp, thanks for the lyrics, bat goddess! I was camping with cavers so bats were everywhere...


05 Sep 06 - 05:51 PM (#1827837)
Subject: Lyr Add: WELCOME COLD NOVEMBER
From: Herga Kitty

Skipper Jack - absolutely. The Out of Season album was a treasure.

Kitty


WELCOME COLD NOVEMBER (OUT OF SEASON, OUT OF RHYME)


A mist comes crawling down the street
To the corner where the kids all meet
With their fingers stiff and frozen feet
To welcome cold November (x2)

And underneath the pale gaslight
We sang our song into the night
All down each alley sharp and bright
To welcome cold November

Come rain or fog you could be sure
If you be rich, or be you poor
There'd come a knock upon your door
It's only cold November

And you never asked the reason why
You spared a penny for the guy
Or Roman candles in the sky
To light up cold November

And the poor Guy Fawkes must burn again
It's a pity that he died in vain
For I should like to do the same
To celebrate November

But your father's standing by the gate
Your mother's in a right old state
Son, don't you know it's far too late
To wander through November

But now I'm old and past me prime
Out of season, out of rhyme
The kids today can't find the time
To welcome cold November