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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

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INDEX OF AUGUST SONGS
ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN
ADMIRAL BENBOW
ADMIRAL BENBOW aka BRAVE BENBOW
AGONISING CRUEL SLAVERY DAYS
ALMA
ANNIE YOUNG (THE)
APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY
APRIL COME SHE WILL
AQABA
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
BALLADE DE JEAN SAINT MALO (LA)
BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT (THE)
BALLAD OF HERBERT LEONARD MILLS (THE)
BALLAD OF MARILYN MONROE (THE)
BALLAD OF RICHARD NIXON (THE)
BALLAD OF ROGER CASEMENT (THE)     aka BANNA STRAND
BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE SONGS
BANKS OF THE NILE (THE)
BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD (THE)
BATTLE OF OTTERBURN (THE)
BATTLE OF THE NILE (THE)
BLUES FOR LEON TROTSKY
BLYTH SANDS
BONEY WAS A WARRIOR
BRIGG FAIR
CAESAR AUGUSTUS
CANDLE IN THE WIND (Marilyn Monroe version)
CANDLE IN THE WIND
CAPTAIN AVERY
CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE
CHEVY CHASE
CHOLERA CAMP
CIRCLE GAME (THE)
COLD WIND IN AUGUST
COME AND STAND AT EVERY DOOR
COME BE MY LIGHT
COME JOIN THE ABOLITIONISTS
CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIER(THE)
COVER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES (THE)
CYPRUS BRIG
DEAR AUGUST
DERRY'S WALLS
DICKIE'S SUCH AN ARSEHOLE
DIC PENDERYN
DOG DAYS OF AUGUST
DONIBRISTLE MINE DISASTER
FANNY ADAMS
FAREWELL LINCOLN CASTLE
FARRAGUT’S BALL
FIRST DAY IN AUGUST (THE)
FOL THE DAY-O
GALE OF AUGUST ’27 (THE)
FROM GALWAY TO GRACELAND
GALWAY RACES (THE)
GEORGE BUSH DOESN’T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE
GLORY, GLORY APPRENTICE BOYS
GO DOWN MOSES
GOODMAN, SWERNER AND CHANEY
GOOD MORNING MR COLSTON
HANG OUT YOUR BRIGHTEST COLOURS - The Ballad of Michael Collins
HARES ON THE MOUNTAIN
HARBO AND SAMUELSON
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
HIROSHIMA
HORNCASTLE FAIR
HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI RUSSIAN ROULETTE
I’D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE
I’M LENIN, I’M TROTSKY
IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT
IT’S BEEN A LONG,LONG TIME
JOHN BULL AND BONAPARTE
JUST ONE AT A TIME
LAMMAS DAY SONGS
LENIN UN TROTSKY
LE 31 DU MOIS D’AOÛT
LE P’TIT BONHEUR
LES BOHEMIENS
LIMEJUICE SHIP (THE)
LINDEN LEA
LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN
LOVE OF RICHARD NIXON (THE)
MARILYN MONROE
MASSA KILLA ME HE WON’T
MATHEW HENSON SONG
MATTERHORN
MEN BEHIND THE WIRE (THE)
MEXICO
MICHAEL
MOTHER THERESA’S SONG
MY GENERATION
MY SKY SAILOR
NAT TURNER
NELSON MANDELA
NEW GARDEN FIELDS
NO MORE HEROES
NO TIME FOR LOVE
NOW WESTLIN WINDS
OULD LAMMAS FAIR
OVER THE EBRO
PARIS AU MOIS D’AOÛT
PASO DEL EBRO
PETERLOO SONGS
POWDER MONKEY (THE)
PUCK FAIR
REBEL GIRL
RICHIE HAVENS AT WOODSTOCK
ROAD TO BARCELONA (THE)
ROOM FOR COMPANY or BARTHOLOMEW FAIR
RULE BRITANNIA
SADDLEWORTH RUSHCART SONGS
SCARBOROUGH FAIR
SECOND OF AUGUST (THE)
SEIGE OF UNION STREET (THE)
SHED A LITTLE LIGHT
SHROPSHIRE LAD (A)   aka Captain Webb
SHUTTING THE GATES OF DERRY
SLAVE NO MORE
SLAVERY DAYS
SOLDIER SONGS OF WORLD WAR ONE
SONG OF FREEDOM
SONG OF THE DOG DAYS
SONGS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA
SONGS ABOUT ANNIE OAKLEY
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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS
SONGS ABOUT HURRICANE KATRINA
SONGS ABOUT JOHN MACLEAN
SONGS ABOUT KEIR HARDY
SONGS ABOUT LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
SONGS ABOUT LEON TROTSKY
SONG ABOUT TROTSKY
SONGS ABOUT MARCUS GARVEY
SONGS ABOUT MARILYN MONROE
SONGS ABOUT MOTHER THERESA OF CALCUTTA
SONGS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON
SONGS ABOUT SACCO AND VANZETTI
SONGS ABOUT SLAVERY
SONGS ABOUT SLAVERY (MORE)
SONGS APPROPRIATE FOR INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY
SONGS BY LADY NAIRNE
SONGS BY WOODY GUTHRIE
SONGS COLLECTED BY LUCY BROADWOOD
SONGS SUNG BY DEREK BRIMSTONE
SONGS SUNG BY FLORRIE FORDE
SONGS SUNG BY NORMA WATERSON
STREETS OF STAITHES (THE) by Vin Garbutt
STUCK IN THE AUGUST RAIN
SWEEP! CHIMNEY SWEEP
(SWEET) FANNY ADAMS
SWISS COTTAGE MANOEUVRES
TALL TALL GRASS (THE)
TEENAGE KICKS
TESTIMONY OF PATIENCE KERSHAW (THE)
THE '68 NIXON
THIRTY THIRD OF AUGUST(THE)
TO BE A PILGRIM aka He Who Would Valiant Be
TOLL FOR THE BRAVE
TOUJOURS L'R 100
‘TWAS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY aka SHE SAID THE SAME TO ME
TWO YOUNG BRETHREN
WE’RE STOLE AND SOLD FROM AFRICA
WE WILL NEVER ALLOW ANOTHER ATOM BOMB TO FALL
WILD BILL HICKOK SONGS
WHITBY SOUVENIRS
WHO KILLED NORMA JEAN?
WITH HENRY HUNT WE’LL GO
WONDERFUL GUY (A)
YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN'
YOUR NEW SAINT
ZHURAVLI / CRANES
1,00 CANDLES 1,000 CRANES

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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   'Unto Brigg Fair'  folksong: Recording and Info    https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/brigg-fair-folksong-recording#