The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #31006   Message #3086529
Posted By: Charley Noble
01-Feb-11 - 07:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Housing Songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Housing Songs
"They're Pullin' Doon the Buildings" is also a fine song.

I've noted over the years that many of McNaughtan's songs have become "folk-processed", by others as well as himself. It's a credit to the composer that so many of his issue-oriented songs have been recorded by others in any form.

I also have a glossary that someone pulled together years ago which helps translate these songs for non-Glasgow denizens.

This category is one of the largest among songs submitted, which shouldn't be surprising. Check out one of the first songs posted in this thread for a good example from the States:

YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE OUR HOMES AWAY
(Written by Tony Heriza © 1979 Further adapted by Charles Ipcar in 1981)
Tune: "Mountain Song" © by Holly Near
Recorded on Folkways Records: We Won't Move FS 5287, © 1983

Cheerily,
Charley Noble