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Thread #33090   Message #497897
Posted By: Amos
03-Jul-01 - 07:59 PM
Thread Name: Songs Your Mother Sang to You
Subject: RE: Songs Your Mother Sang to You
My ma sang all sorts, mostly learned from her father, including drinking songs (Glorious, Glorious, One Keg o Beer for the Four of Us), "The King of the Cannibal Islands", a couple of very sweet but politically incorrect Rastus lullabies which can be found in the 1900's sheet music available on the web ("I'se a Lil Alabammy Coon" and "Now I'se Gettin' Ol' an' Weary") plus some old standards like "White Wings", "Hush Lil Baby" , "His Eye is On The Sparrow", and a few rousing things like "A Sergeant in the Aaarmy". Don't recall them all now but she taught us to sing along with her and do basic three part harmony which I always appreciated.

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