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Thread #170145   Message #4114235
Posted By: GeoffLawes
24-Jul-21 - 05:37 AM
Thread Name: Any August Songs?
Subject: Any August Songs?



Can you suggest any songs associated with the month of August ie: (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.
It would be very helpful to have links to performances of the songs and also more sources of information about them.

Below is an alphabetical index of the titles collected in this thread so far. If a title in this index is clicked then you should be jumped to the section of the thread in which most of the discussion and links for that title occurs. If you just want to add a new post to this thread use the “Post to this thread” or POST buttons to jump to the end of the thread. I shall sometimes rearrange “ late” posts to group them with the 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 line like the one below. - Regards, GeoffLawes



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
COLD WIND IN AUGUST
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




Here is a famous August song to start us off:

BRIGG FAIR

It was on the fifth of August, the weather fair and fine,
Unto Brigg Fair I did repair; for love I was inclined.


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