The Mudcat Café TM This is an edited PermaThread®, used for a special project. This thread will be moderated by Geoff Lawes. Feel free to post to this thread, but remember that all messages posted here are subject to editing or deletion. (A) Any songs with August in the title (B) Any songs with an August date given in the lyrics (C) Any songs referencing an event that is known to have occurred in August even if the lyrics do not actually say so. performances of the songs and also more sources of information about them. INDEX OF AUGUST SONGS ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN ACADIAN DRIFTWOOD ACADIE À LA LOUSIANE ACCORDING TO THE ACT ADMIRAL BENBOW ADMIRAL BENBOW aka BRAVE BENBOW AGONISING CRUEL SLAVERY DAYS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT by La Poudre ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT by The Pretzel Boys ALL I HAVE TO DO IS GROW: THE POTATO SONG ALMA ANACREONTIC SONG (THE) ANNIE YOUNG (THE) ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY APRIL COME SHE WILL AQABA ASH AT THE THAMES ASSASSINATION IN SARAJEVO AT THE PURCHASER’S OPTION AUGUST by Arthur Lee and Love AUGUST by Julia Nunes AUGUST by Rilo Kiley AUGUST by Taylor Swift AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER AUGUST DAY SONG AUGUST IS OVER AUGUST SONG AUGUST 28th BALLADE DE JEAN SAINT MALO (LA) BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE (THE) BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT (THE) BALLAD OF HERBERT LEONARD MILLS (THE) BALLAD OF MARILYN MONROE (THE) BALLAD OF MICHAEL BROWN BALLAD OF RICHARD NIXON (THE) BALLAD OF ROGER CASEMENT (THE) aka BANNA STRAND BALLAD OF BRAVEHEART WILLIAM WALLACE (THE) BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE SONGS BANG BANG, ALL FOR YOU SOPHIA BANKS OF THE NILE (THE) BATAILLE DE CRÉCY BATTLE OF CRÉCY BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD (THE) BATTLE OF OTTERBURN (THE) BATTLE OF THE NILE (THE) BEIRUT MOON BERLIN WALL BERLIN WALL SONGS BLUES FOR LEON TROTSKY BLYTH SANDS BONEY WAS A WARRIOR BONNIE AND CLYDE BONNIE UND CLYDE BRIGG FAIR BRITISH GRENADIERS (THE) BRITISH MAN OF WAR (THE),Roud 372 BUD THE SPUD BURRY MAN AND THE FERRY FAIR BURRYMAN’S DAY CAESAR AUGUSTUS CANDLE IN THE WIND (Marilyn Monroe version) CANDLE IN THE WIND CAPTAIN AVERY CAPTAIN WEBB CASTLEBAR RACES (THE) CHANSON DE ROLAND CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE CHATSWORTH WRECK CHEVY CHASE CHOLERA CAMP CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE WORKHOUSE CIRCLE GAME (THE) COACHELLA-WOODSTOCK IN MY MIND COCA COLA COWBOY COLLIER THE LASS (THE) COME AND STAND AT EVERY DOOR COME BE MY LIGHT COME JOIN THE ABOLITIONISTS CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIER(THE) COPPER KETTLE COVER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES (THE) CYPRUS BRIG DANCING ON THE BERLIN WALL DANS LE PEAU DE MIKE BROWN DAY IN THE LIFE OF BONNIE AND CLYDE (A) DEAR AUGUST DEATH OF EMMET TILL (THE) AKA The Ballad of Emmet Till DEATH OF EMMET TILL (THE) - by The Ramparts DEATH OF MICHAEL BROWN (THE) DERRY'S WALLS DICKIE'S SUCH AN ARSEHOLE DIC PENDERYN DOG DAYS OF AUGUST DONIBRISTLE MINE DISASTER DO THE OZ EMMET’S GHOST ENGLAND’S MOTORWAYS FANNY ADAMS FAREWELL ACADIA FAREWELL LINCOLN CASTLE FARRAGUT’S BALL FIGHTING FOR OLD CHARLIE FIRST DAY IN AUGUST (THE) FOL THE DAY-O FORGED FROM THE LOVE OF LIBERTY - National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago GALE OF AUGUST ’27 (THE) FROM GALWAY TO GRACELAND FUNAMBULIST GALWAY RACES (THE) GARDEN WHERE THE PRATTIES GROW (THE) GAVRILO GEORGE BUSH DOESN’T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE GLORY, GLORY APPRENTICE BOYS GO DOWN MOSES GOD SAVE OZ GOD’S OWN COUNTRY GOODMAN, SWERNER AND CHANEY GOOD MORNING MR COLSTON GRAF ZEPPELIN GREAT MOON HOAX OF 1835 HANG OUT YOUR BRIGHTEST COLOURS - The Ballad of Michael Collins HARES ON THE MOUNTAIN HARBO AND SAMUELSON ( HAVE YOU SEEN ) BRUCE RICHARD REYNOLDS? HELL NO WE AIN’T ALRIGHT HENRY MARTIN aka LOFTY TALL SHIP HERE'S TO THE STATE OF RICHARD NIXON HE'S MISTRA KNOW- IT- ALL HEY YORKSHIRE ! HIROSHIMA HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI RUSSIAN ROULETTE HORNCASTLE FAIR HOT POTATO by The Wiggles HOT POTATOES by The Kinks HOUND DOG HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW ? HUMBOLT’S GROOVE HYMNS BY JOHN NEWTON I’D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE I’M LENIN, I’M TROTSKY IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT INDEPENDENT JAMAICA ISAMAA ILU HOIELDES IT’S BEEN A LONG,LONG TIME JACK ASH SOCIETY (THE) JACKSON POLLOCK JACK THE RIPPER JULY JOHN BULL AND BONAPARTE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY (THE) JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY SONG (THE) JUST ONE AT A TIME LAMMAS DAY SONGS LAUGHING BOY(THE) by Brendan Behan LA YAVE D’ESPAGNA LEGEND OF BONNIE AND CLYDE (THE) LENIN UN TROTSKY LE 31 DU MOIS D’AOÛT LE P’TIT BONHEUR LES BOHEMIENS LIMEJUICE SHIP (THE) LINDEN LEA LITTLE POTATO by Metamora LIZZIE BORDEN LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN LONESOME DEATH OF MICHAEL BROWN(THE) LOVE OF RICHARD NIXON (THE) MACK THE KNIFE MAN ON WIRE MARILYN MONROE MASHED POTATOES MASSA KILLA ME HE WON’T MATHEW HENSON SONG MATTERHORN MEN BEHIND THE WIRE (THE) MENDLE MEXICO MICHAEL MOSQUITO SONG MOSQUITO by Kaj MOSQUITO (THE) by The Doors MOTORWAY (SONG) MOTHER THERESA’S SONG MU ISAMAA ON MINU ARM MY GENERATION MY GIRL’S A YORKSHIRE GIRL MY NAME IS EMMET TILL MY SKY SAILOR NAT TURNER NELSON MANDELA NEW GARDEN FIELDS NIGHTINGALE SONG NO MORE HEROES NO TIME FOR LOVE NOW WESTLIN WINDS OH! YOU BABE RUTH OLD PENDLE ON ILKLA MOOR BAHT'AT OPIUM WARS (THE) OULD LAMMAS FAIR OWD WOMAN IN YORKSHIRE(THE) OVER THE EBRO PARIS AU MOIS D’AOÛT PASO DEL EBRO PENDLE WITCH SONG PENDLE WITCHES (THE) PETERLOO SONGS POTATO by Jay Foreman POTATO SONG (THE) by Cheryl Wheeler POTATO HEAD BLUES POWDER MONKEY (THE) PRATTIES THEY GROW SMALL (THE) PUCK FAIR QUEEN OF THE SEA QUISQUEYANOS VALIENTES REBEL GIRL REBUTTAL OF SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT RICHARD III RICHIE HAVENS AT WOODSTOCK RICHMOND IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL RICHMOND ON THE JAMES RIDING ON TOP OF THE CAR ROAD TO BARCELONA (THE) ROLANDSKADET ROOM FOR COMPANY or BARTHOLOMEW FAIR RULE BRITANNIA RUM AND COCA COLA RUPERT THE BEAR SADDLEWORTH RUSHCART SONGS SARAJEVO SCARBOROUGH FAIR SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT by Sabine Hossenfelder SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT by Tears For Fears SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT STRIKES BACK SECOND OF AUGUST (THE) SEIGE OF UNION STREET (THE) SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM SHED A LITTLE LIGHT SHROPSHIRE LAD (A) aka Captain Webb SHUTTING THE GATES OF DERRY SING A SONG OF YORKSHIRE SIGNOR FARINI SLAVE NO MORE SLAVERY DAYS SLEEPWALKING SOLDIER SONGS OF WORLD WAR ONE SOME BUGGER FROM YORKSHIRE SONG OF ALIZON DEVICE The (PENDLE WITCH SONG No 1) SONG OF FREEDOM SONG OF ROLAND (THE) SONG OF THE DOG DAYS SONGS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA SONGS ABOUT ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT SONGS ABOUT ANNIE OAKLEY SONGS ABOUT BONNIE PARKER AND CLYDE BARROW SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF GORIZIA SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE SONGS ABOUT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SONGS ABOUT DOGS ON YOUTUBE SONGS ABOUT EMMET TILL SONGS ABOUT FREDERICK DOUGLASS SONGS ABOUT HURRICANE KATRINA SONGS ABOUT JOHN MACLEAN SONGS ABOUT KEIR HARDY SONGS ABOUT LAWRENCE OF ARABIA SONGS ABOUT MARCUS GARVEY SONGS ABOUT MARILYN MONROE SONGS ABOUT NAT TURNER SONGS ABOUT LEON TROTSKY SONG ABOUT TROTSKY SONGS ABOUT MOTHER THERESA OF CALCUTTA SONGS ABOUT PHILIPPE PETIT SONGS ABOUT POTATOES SONGS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON SONGS ABOUT SACCO AND VANZETTI SONGS ABOUT SLAVERY SONGS ABOUT SLAVERY (MORE) SONGS ABOUT THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY SONGS ABOUT THE PENDLE WITCHES SONGS ABOUT WILLIAM WALLACE SONGS APPROPRIATE FOR INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY SONGS BY LADY NAIRNE SONGS BY WOODY GUTHRIE SONGS COLLECTED BY LUCY BROADWOOD SONGS COMPOSED BY GEORGE BUTTERWORTH SONG FOR THE BURRYMAN (A) SONGS FOR YORKSHIRE DAY SONGS FROM THE BALTIC SINGING REVOLUTION SONGS OF FELA KUTI SONGS RECORDED BY GEORGE MELLY SONGS SUNG BY DEREK BRIMSTONE SONGS SUNG BY FLORRIE FORDE SONGS SUNG BY NORMA WATERSON SPUDS, SPUDS, SPUDS STAR SPANGLED BANNER (THE) STORY OF BONNIE AND CLYDE (THE) STREETS OF STAITHES (THE) by Vin Garbutt STUCK IN THE AUGUST RAIN SWEEP! CHIMNEY SWEEP (SWEET) FANNY ADAMS SWISS COTTAGE MANOEUVRES TAKE ME HOME TO FRATTON PARK TALKIN’ JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY PARANOID BLUES TALL TALL GRASS (THE) TEENAGE KICKS TEAR ME DOWN T. E. LAWRENCE ON A BIKE TESTIMONY OF PATIENCE KERSHAW (THE) THANK YOU BAKED POTATO THE '68 NIXON THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE THIRTY THIRD OF AUGUST(THE) TO BE A PILGRIM aka He Who Would Valiant Be TOLL FOR THE BRAVE TOO MANY MARTYRS TOUJOURS L'R 100 TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE TRAPPER BOY’S DREAM (THE) ‘TWAS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY aka SHE SAID THE SAME TO ME TWO YOUNG BRETHREN UNEASY RIDER VICTORY WON AT RICHMOND (THE) WALLACE (THE) WALK ON BY WEARING OF THE GREEN WE’LL KNOCK THE HELIGO INTO HELIGO WE ARE MARCHING TO RICHMOND WE’RE STOLE AND SOLD FROM AFRICA WE WILL NEVER ALLOW ANOTHER ATOM BOMB TO FALL WHISKEY REBELLION (A) WHISKEY REBELLION SONG (THE) WHITBY SOUVENIRS WHO KILLED NORMA JEAN? WILD BILL HICKOK SONGS WILLIAM WALLACE (THE KNIGHT OF ELDERSLIE) WILLIAM WILBERFORCE WIND OF CHANGE WITH HENRY HUNT WE’LL GO VERY STRANGE JOURNEY OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT (THE) WONDERFUL GUY (A) WOODSTOCK by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young WOODSTOCK by Joni Mitchell WORKHOUSE WORKHOUSE (THE) WORKHOUSE BOY WORKHOUSE BOY (THE) by The Seven Dials Band WORKHOUSE BLUES WORKHOUSE GATE (THE) WORKHOUSE WALLS YORKSHIRE BORN AND BRED YORKSHIRE SONG YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' YOUR NEW SAINT ZHURAVLI / CRANES 2-4-6-8 MOTORWAY ’03 BONNIE AND CLYDE '97 BONNIE AND CLYDE 1,00 CANDLES 1,000 CRANES BRIGG FAIR It was on the fifth of August, the weather fair and fine, Mainly Norfolk info: https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/songs/briggfair.html Joseph Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdmgUM4LbS4 The Full English - Brigg Fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZm6l-Q2mk Brigg Fair -Shirley Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVHvm0ToT3U Brigg Fair Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOwhMRgTdw Brigg Fair · Roy Bailey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r2r3IftyOE Brigg Fair · Jackie Oates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csI44p3gmm8 British Library: Percy Grainger's collection of ethnographic wax cylinders https://blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2018/02/percy-grainger-ethnographic-wax-cylinders.html