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-Joe Offer-
Can you suggest any songs associated with the month of February? That is : (A) Any songs with February in the title (B) Any songs with a February date given in the lyrics (C) Any songs referencing an event that is known to have occurred in February even if the lyrics do not actually say so.
It would be very helpful to have links to performances of the songs and also more sources of information about them.
Directly below is an alphabetical index of the titles collected in this thread. If a title in this index is blue then by clicking it you should be jumped to the section of the thread in which most of the discussion and links for that title occur. If you just want to add a new post to this thread use one of the the “post” buttons to jump to the end of the thread. I shall sometimes rearrange “late” posts to group them with their appropriate main area of discussion so that they are not overlooked.
When I add to someone’s post I make this clear by doing so beneath an orange lone like those above and below .Regards, GeoffLawes
INDEX OF FEBRUARY SONGS
ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR (THE)
ABE LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
ADMIRAL’S BROOM (THE)
AMERICAN PIE by Don McLean
ANDERSON SHELTER
ARF A PINT OF ALE
AS I LAY ME DOWN by Sophie B Hawkins
AUSTRALIA’S CANBERRA
BALLAD OF JOHN AXON (THE)
BALLAD OF OLIVER NORTH
BALLAD OF PATTY HEARST, (THE) and other songs about her
BALLAD OF THE ALAMO (THE)
BALLAD OF THE STUDENTS’ SIT IN
BALTIMORE FIRE
BANJO PATERSON SONGS
BATTLE HYMN OF THE NEW SOCIALIST PARTY
BATTLE OF FISHGUARD
BATTLESHIP OF MAINE(THE)
BELLE STARR by Emmylou Harris
BELLE STARR by Michael Martin Murphey
BELLE STARR written by Woody Guthrie, sung by Pete Seeger
BEYOND THE SKY
BIG FAT WOMAN by Jim Croce
BIG FAT WOMAN by Lead Belly
BIG GIRL YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
BLACK FOX (THE)
BLACK HEARTED GYPSIES O
BLACK JACK DAVEY
BLACK JACK DAVID
BLOOD SPORTS
BLOW THE MAN DOWN
BONNY EARL OF MORAY (THE)
BOLD PRINCESS ROYAL (THE)
BORN IN ST. LOUIS
BOVINE CANTATA IN Bb MAJOR (THE)
BRIGHID’S KISS
BY THE LIGHT OF BURNING MARTYRS
CANBERRA’S CALLING TO YOU
CANBERRA IS AUSTRALIA'S CAPITAL AND THIS SONG IS ABOUT IT
CANDLEMAS CAROL by Steve Ashley
CANDLEMAS EVE/ CANDLEMAS EVE CAROL
CATHERINE HOWARD’S FATE
CHANGE IS GONNA COME (A)
CHATANOOGA CHOO CHOO
CHRISTMAS IN FEBRUARY
CLAYTON BOONE
COCKLE PICKER'S DAUGHTER (THE)
COLD DAYS OF FEBRUARY
COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (THE)
COSTER'S PONY (THE) DANDARA from Capoeira Music
DANDARA from Ivan Lins
DANDARA by Mestre Barrão
DANDARA by Nina Oliveira
DANDARA from Café Preto
DANDARA, A FLOR DO GRAVATÁ
DANNY BOY
DARK SKINNED DAVY
DAVY LOWSTON
D DAY DODGERS
DEATH OR LIBERTY
DERWENTWATER’S FAREWELL
DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA (THE)
DICK WITTINGTON
DON’T STOP ME ‘ARF A PINT OF BEER
DOWN THE ROAD
EARTH SONG
EDISON’S MEDICINE
‘E DUNNO WHERE ‘E ARE
EIGHT MEN FROM HULL
ENGLAND’s HAPPINESS IN THE CROWNING OF WILLIAM AND MARY
ENGLISHMEN UP ON MAJUBA
ESSEX’S FAREWELL
EVOLUTION GIRL
EXCUSE ME MR
FACEBOOK by Efi Thodi
FACEBOOK SONG (THE) by Fierce Backup Singers
FACEBOOK SONG (MY) by Kurt Darren
FACEBOOK SONG (THE) by Jozef Bil
THE FACEBOOK SONG by Rhett and Link
FAIR MAIDS OF FEBRUARY
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS
FAT GAL
FAT GIRLS MATTER
FAT LADY (THE)
FAT LADY OF THE CIRCUS
FAT WOMAN
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY BLUES
FEBRUARY BRINGS THE RAIN
FEBRUARY SKIES
FEBRUARY SONG
FEBRUARY 3rd
FEBRUARY SEVEN
FEBRUARY WIND by Stephen Speaks
FETHARD LIFEBOAT DISASTER (THE)
FINNEY’S LILIWHITES
FIRE IN THE BELLY
FLOWERS OF MANCHESTER (THE)
FOREVER WORKS FOR ME
FOTHERINGAY
FOUR CHAPLAINS
FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY (THE)
FOXTROT TALLY HOEDOWN
GABHAIM MOLTA BRIGHDE
GALILEO
GENERAL TAYLOR aka CARRY HIM TO HIS BURIAL GROUND
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
GEORGIA PEACHES
GERRYMANDER SONG (THE)
GOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES
GOLDEN DUSTMAN (THE)
GO TO THE WOODS
GREAT REBELLION (THE)
GREENBACK DOLLAR
GROUNDOG
GYPSY DAVEY
GYPSY LADDIE
GYPSY ROVER
HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THIS FUNKY DAY
HERE'S TO TOM PAINE
HERE WE COME A-SHROVING
HOLY CITY (THE)
HUG MY RADIATOR
HYMN TO SAINT BRIGID
HYMN TO ST PAUL
I CAN’T FIND BRUMMAGEN
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE 'OUSES IN BETWEEN
I NEED A FAT GIRL (FATTIE FATTIE)
I NEED TO WAKE UP
IF A TREE FALLS
I'M GOING TO SETTLE DOWN
I’VE DANCED WITH A MAN WHO’S DANCED WITH A GIRL WHO’S DANCED WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
INION A' BHAOILLIGH
INVOCATION TO ST BRIGID
ISLE OF CLERKENWELL (THE)
IT'S A GREAT BIG SHAME
I WANT A BIG FAT WOMAN
JANUARY FEBRUARY
JARAMA VALLEY
JEMIMA FAWR:AWRESCYMRU YN YMLADD Y FFRANCOD
JERSEY LILY
JOHNNY FAA
JUST LIKE TOM PAINE'S BLUES
KYOTO NOW !
LADIES OF THE CANYON
LADY AND THE GYPSY (THE)
LAST INVASION (THE)
LEAP YEAR BLUES
LET’S PLAY VOLLEYBALL
L &N DON’T STOP HERE ANYMORE (THE)
LIBERATION NOW !
LILY THE PINK
LINDBERGH
LINDBERGH, THE EAGLE OF THE USA
LINDY COMES TO TOWN
LOLA MONTEZ by Concha Piquer
LOLA MONTEZ by Volbeat
LONDON IN FEBRUARY
LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL (THE)
LONG TIME AGO (A)
LOVE AT THE FIVE AND DIME
LOVE ME, I'M A LIBERAL
LUCKY LINDY
MAGGIE MAY
MALCOLM X
MALCOLM X SONGS
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA
MARIUPOL by John Murphy
MARTYR’S THEME
MARY'S RHAPSODY
MASSACRE OF GLENCOE
MERIAH
MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
MORE SONGS ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE
MOTHER EARTH
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS LOUIS
MRS CARTER
MUNICH AIR DISASTER 1958
MY LOVE IS A RIDER( BUCKING BRONCO)
MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE MAINE
NATURE’S MADE A BIG MISTAKE
NEVER INTRODUCE YOUR DONAH TO A PAL
NEW PERJARMA HAT (THE)
NICE QUIET DAY (A) (The Postman's Holiday)
NO PASSARAN! -The Jack Atkinson Story
No 26 MINE DISASTER (THE)
OAKHAM POACHERS (THE)
OLE ST. LOU
ONE HOUR OF SCOTTISH COVENTER MUSIC
ONE LESS NAME IN THE TELEPHONE BOOK
ON MORECOMBE BAY
ON THE 23rd OF FEBRUARY
ON THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE Walter Scott lyrics and Beethoven arrangement
ON THE ROCKS
ORIGIN OF SPECIES
OUR PRETTY LITTLE VILLA DOWN AT BARKIN’
PANCAKE DAY
PANCAKE SONG
PAVEMENT ARTIST (THE)
PEARL BRYAN
PHONE BOOK SONG (THE)
PICTURES OF LILY
PLAZA DE TETUÁN (THE)
PUBLICAN (THE)
RAGGLE TAGGLE GYPSY (THE)
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA
RAWTENSTALL ANNUAL FAIR
RED COAT RIDE
RED FLAG (THE)
REMEMBER MAJUBA
REMEMBER THE ALAMO
REMEMBER THE MAINE
REMEMBER THE TUSCANIA
REYNARD THE FOX
RODDY McCORLEY
ROSES OF PICARDY
SABOTEUR’S SONG (THE)
SAD FEBRUARY aka THE LAIRSFIELD DISASTER by Graeme Miles
SAVE OUR PLANET EARTH
SCUFFLING IN ST LOUIS
SEVEN YELLOW GYPSIES
SHACKLETON
SHIPWRECK OF ST PAUL
SONG FOR CHARLIE DONNELLY
SONG OF WEATHER (A)
SONGS ABOUT BELLE STARR
SONGS ABOUT CANBERRA
SONGS ABOUT DARWIN AND DARWINISM
SONGS ABOUT FAT WOMEN
SONGS ABOUT FLOYD COLLINS
SONGS ABOUT GEORGIA
SONGS ABOUT JACK ATKINSON
SONGS ABOUT LILY LANGTRY
SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO
SONGS ABOUT THE DEATH OFBUDDY HOLLY
SONGS ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE
SONGS ABOUT RONALD REAGAN
SONGS ABOUT ST. LOUIS
SONGS ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR
SONGS ABOUT UPPER CLASS WOMEN RUNNING OFF WITH GYPSIES
SONGS ABOUT 29th FEBRUARY
SONGS AGAINST FOX HUNTING
SONGS OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS
SONGS SUNG BY GUS ELAN
SONGS SUNG BY HARRY H. CORBETT
SONGS WITH LYRICS BY CICELY FOX SMITH
SOME SMALL CRIME
SO ST LOUIS
SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA TRIBUTE SONG
SPIKE MILLIGAN SONGS
SPIRITS OF ST LOUIS (THE)
ST. BRIGID'S FIRE
ST. LOUIS BLUES
ST. LOUIS SONG
ST. LOUIS COUNTY
ST. LOUIS WOMAN
ST PAUL ( SONG OF ST PAUL)
ST PAUL’S SONG
SUSAN B ANTHONY SAYS VOTE!
SWEETER THAN THE FLOWERS
TELEPHONE BOOK by Stephen Griffith
TELEPHONE BOOK by Violent Femmes
TEX RITTER : GREATEST HITS
THREE SCORE AND TEN
THREE STARS
TO BE A PILGRIM
TOMBSTONE BLUES
TOM PAINE'S BONES
TRAWLER GAUL (THE) by Richard Grainger
TRIBUTE TO BUDDY HOLLY (A)
TRIMDON GRANGE EXPLOSION (THE)
TRINITY BAY DISASTER (THE)
TULSA TELEPHONE BOOK by Tom T. Hall < /a>
UKRAINIAN NOW by John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton
UNDERSHAFTLIED Anthem of The Stasi
VALENTINE’S DAY
WAIT TILL THE WORK COMES ROUND
WAY UP THERE
WE SING A SONG TO BRIGID
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE BOYS?
WILD WEST WALIAN WARRIOR WOMEN (The Ballad of Jemima Nicholas)
WILTSHIRE SHROVING SONG
YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST.LOUIS
YOUR BABY HAS GONE DOWN THE PLUGHOLE
ZAY GEBENTSHT, UKRAYNE ( BE BLESSED, UKRAINE)
24th FEBRUARY
29th FEBRUARY
The OAKHAM POACHERS
Thanks to Mudcatter JHW who suggested this song on another Mudcat thread, “Any January Songs?”, but in this song, with closely similar lyrics, it tells us that events happened in February
It was on last February,
Against our laws contrary,
Three brothers being wet and weary
Off a-poaching they would go.
Wiggy Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16xXytbmNQ0
John Kirkpatrick Bandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSoVQj3Rgpc
THE BOLD PRINCESS ROYAL
Louis Killen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJwwnyw_WjA
Mainly Norfolk Site INFO https://mainlynorfolk.info/louis.killen/songs/theboldprincessroyal.html
MUDCAT Origins: Bold Princess Royal (Song) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=137861&messages=22#top
The Bold Princess Royal
On the fourteenth of February we sailed from the land
In the bold Princess Royal bound for Newfoundland.
With forty brave seamen for our ship's company
And so boldly from the eastward to the westward bore we.
Now, we had not been sailing scarce days two or three,
When the man from our masthead strange sails he did see.
She came bearing down on us for to see what we were
And under her mizzen black colours she wore.
“Good Lord!” cried our captain, “What shall us do now?
Here comes a bold pirate for to rob us, I know.”
“Oh no!” cried our chief mate, “Oh, it ne'er shall be so.
We will shake out our reef, boys, and from her we'll go.”
So at last this bold pirate, she hove alongside,
With a loud-speaking trumpet, “Whence come you?” she cried,
Our captain standing up, my boys, and he answered them so:
“Oh, we come from fair London; we're bound for Cairo.”
“So come heave up your course sails and lay your ship to,
I have a long letter to send home by you.”
“I will heave up my course sail and lay my ship to,
She will lay in some harbour, not alongside of you.”
So we hove our course sail, our stay sails too,
Top gallant sail royal, boys, from her we flew.
They chased us to windward for all that long day,
They chased us to windward but could make no way.
They fired shots after us but none did prevail
And the bold Princess Royal soon show them her tail.
“So thank God!” cried our captain, “Now the firing is done.
Go you down to your grog, my boys, go you down, everyone.
Go you down to your grog, my boys, and be of good cheer,
For while we have sea-room, brave boys, never fear.”
Ned Adams “The Bold Princess Royal” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_FAMW2Il4U
FEBRUARY
Joan Baez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc_TBPEDHxI
I threw your keys in the water, I looked back
They'd frozen half way down in the ice
They froze up so quickly, the keys and their owners
Even after the anger, it all turned silent and
The everyday turned solitary
So we came to February
First we forgot where we'd planted those bulbs last year
Then we forgot that we'd planted at all
Then we forgot what plants are altogether
And I blamed you for my freezing and forgetting and
The nights were long and cold and scary
Can we live through February?
You know I think Christmas was a long red glare Shot up like a warning, we gave presents without cards And then the snow
And then the snow came, we were always out shoveling
And we'd drop to sleep exhausted
Then we'd wake up, and it's snowing
And February was so long that it lasted into March
And found us walking a path alone together
You stopped and pointed and you said, "That's a crocus"
And I said "What's a crocus?" and you said "It's a flower"
I tried to remember but I said "What's a flower?"
You said "I still love you"
The leaves were turning as we drove to the hardware store
My new lover made me keys to the house
And when we got home, well we just started chopping wood
Because you never know how the next will be
And we'll gather all our arms can carry
I have lost to February
Here are 14 February (pop)song titles which appear with playable links on The Cavan Project site http://www.thecavanproject.com/14-songs-about-february/
1. “Xmas In February” by Lou Reed 2. “February” by Elzhi 3. “February – Whateva Da Weatha” by Ramson Badbonez 4. “February Air” by Lights 5. “February Stars” by Foo Fighters 6. “February Song” by Josh Groben 7.(unavailable) . “February” by The Waifs 8. “February Tale” by Pill-Oh 9. “February Winds” by Billy Talent 10. “February Seven” by The Avett Brothers 11.(unavailable)“February Skies” by Wayes Blood 12. “February” by The Getaway Plan 13. “London In February” by Coastal 14. “One Heavy February” by Architecture In Helsinki