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Posted By: YorkshireYankee
02-Sep-22 - 07:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs of the Yorkshire Yankee
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs of the Yorkshire Yankee
This one is in response to more sad news: the passing of Juel Ulven – another extraordinary folkie who shared his love of folk music and touched countless lives.
I adapted an old trad song (because Juel loved old trad songs) in his honour. The festival referred to in the song is the Fox Valley Folk Festival, which takes place in a lovely park on an island in the Fox River, and was one of countless folk projects founded by Juel.
At Lake Geneva in old Kane County On a pleasant island one autumn day I spied a fellow behind the sound desk His lovely festival took my breath away
His name was Juel, he was a diamond He shared his music with one and all Now all Fox Valley mourn his finale Though no one knows how he did it all
He brought us singing, barn dances, stories He taught so many to love them too Though we will miss him, his lines will linger The gifts he gave us will see us through
His name was Juel, he was our diamond His gift of music did us enthrall Now all Fox Valley mourn his finale But we'll remember what he gave us all