Songs of Autumn

Subject: RE: Songs of Autumn
From: topical tom
Date: 04 Dec 07 - 02:56 PM

Unfortunately this is the best I can do so far. If you click on the    title you will hear a clip of the song. It was written by Moon Mullican.http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1046994/a/Sings+His+All+Time+Hits.htm

Subject: RE: Songs of Autumn
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 04 Dec 07 - 01:41 PM

Oh gosh that is sad. But autumn is the saddest season. Can I find the melody somewhere?

Subject: RE: Songs of Autumn
From: topical tom
Date: 03 Dec 07 - 06:33 PM

This is without doubt one of the saddest songs about Autumn.As a young fellow I was fond of this "tear=jerker" mournful melody though.I used to sing it quite often.



Subject: Lyr Add: THE LEAVES MUSTN'T FALL (Moon Mullican)
From: Gene - PM
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 01:58 PM

THE LEAVES MUSTN'T FALL
Recorded by: Moon Mullican
Writers: Dorothy Sebastain and Jack Kenny

The autumn leaves were falling
And the snow was soon to come
As I was walkin' down a lonesome road
I saw a little fellar
He was sittin' all alone
A-catchin' leaves as they came tumblin' down.

CHORUS
The leaves mustn't fall
Oh, no, they mustn't fall
I'm tyin' the leaves so they will stay
I've lost my mom and dad
Now sister's all I have
Don't let the falling leaves take her away.


My little sister's seven
And she's sure a pretty thing
As pretty as a picture on the wall
The doctor came this summer
And he said that she would die
When autumn leaves have turned and start to fall.

So, won't you help me, mister Won't you help me tie the leaves
We'll tie them to the branches good and strong
And if we tie them tightly
We can keep my sister here
And show that doctor man that he is wrong.


CHORUS

Subject: Songs of Autumn
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 03 Dec 07 - 01:03 PM

It's still autumn, tho hard to tell after yesterday's snowfall and bitter winds here in the northeast coastline. But the snow looked pretty on the orange and yellow leaves of trees as geese inched around the half frozen pond.

I have a question about a tape that someone gave me about 15 years ago. Someone made me a tape that I believe was a copy of an already distributed tape/album of singer/songwriter songs about autumn. It contained Richard Shindell's "Are You Happy Now?" and Chery Wheeler's
poignant "When Fall Comes to New England," along with what sounded to my ears like a duet between Jackson Brown and Taj Mahal (!). On it was a song that was powerfully melancholy that I never knew the name of, or the name of the artist.

The song seemed to be from a mother to child, and the refrain went something like" Promise me, promise me you will not precede me, it's the natural order, the way things should be." Does anyone know the tape/collection (if there really is one, I still don't know if the person put this together themself or not) and especially would someone know the name and artist of this haunting song?

Thanks.