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Subject: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:39 PM
-Joe Offer- The songs-of-the-month threads need one for December that does not include anything specifically about the solstice or midwinter holidays, those having their own. Here's a few to begin... ALPHABETICAL DECEMBER INDEX Below is an alphabetical index of 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 occur. 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. We will 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 ,Geoff Lawes INDEX OF DECEMBER SONGS ÁIRD A' CHUAIN ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CONCERTINA ALL THE BRENDA LEE SONGS ON YOUTUBE AMERICAN MOONSHINE AND PROHIBITION SONGS - NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS (full album) ANGEL GABRIEL FROM HEAVEN CAME (THE) ANTHEM TO EURIKA STOCKADE APPLE TREE WASSAIL ARTIFICIAL HEART by Cherrelle ARTIFICIAL HEART by Jonathan Coulton ARTIFICIAL HEART by various ASHTABULA TRAIN WRECK AS I GO RAMBLING ROUND AULD LANG SYNE AUSPICIOUS QUEEN pop song from Phillis Wheatley poem A VINT-I-CINC DE DESEMBRE aka FUM FUM FUM AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI AYE FOND KISS by Robbie Burns BACK TO DECEMBER BALLAD OF DARR MINE (THE) BALLAD OF EURIKA by Marg and Bob Fagan BALLAD OF EURIKA STOCKADE by Terry Bennetts BALLAD OF EURIKA STOCKADE by Lazy Harry BALLAD OF JOHN MACLEAN BALLAD OF KATHLEEN CLARKE (THE) BALLAD OF OF LIFEBOAT 54 (THE) - Trad Academy Sea Shanty Choir BALLAD OF MICHAEL COLLINS (THE) aka Hang Out Your Brightest Colours BALLAD OF PENLEE (THE) - Anthony Phillips BALLAD OF SOLOMON BROWNE (THE) - Simon King BALLAD OF THE CARPENTER (THE) BALLAD OF THE MARY CELEST BALLAD OF THE TAY RAIL BRIDGE BALLAD OF THE TEA PARTY BALLAD OF ST. ANNE'S REEL (THE) BARNSLEY CAROL (THE) aka Christmas Eve BASKET OF EGGS BATTLE OF NASHVILLE by Doc Watson with Frosty Morn BATTLE OF NASHVILLE by Lamar Hill BATTLE OF NASHVILLE by Matthew McCartney BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS BATTLE OF THE BULGE BAYOU SARA BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ BLACKBIRD (THE) BLECKELL MURRYNEET (THE) BLOOD RIVER MIRICAL (THE) BLUE SUEDE SHOES BOAR'S HEAD CAROL (THE) BONNIE CHARLIE aka WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN? BOSTON BURGLAR (THE) BOSTON TEA PARTY SONG BOXING DAY BOYS OF PENLEE (THE) - Jim Wearne BOYS OF PENLEE (THE) - Stephen Richard BRACERO BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE ISABELLA BULLFIGHT ON THE SAN PEDRO (THE) BUSHES AND BRIARS CANDLE IN THE WINDOW (A) CAPTAIN JOHNSON’S LAST FAREWELL CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP CARDIFF BAY CARDIFF BUS SONG CARDIFF CITY FOOTBALL SONGS CHERRY TREE CAROL (THE) CHRISTMAS AT SEA CHRISTMAS CAROL (A) byTom Lehrer CHRISTMAS DINNER by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band CHRISTMAS DINNER by Peter, Paul & Mary CHRISTMAS DINNER COUNTRY STYLE CHRISTMAS HARE (THE) CHRISTMAS GOOSE (THE) CHRISTMAS IN NO MAN’S LAND CHRISTMAS IN SOUTHGATE CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES CHRISTMAS IS COMING, THE GOOSE IS GETTING FAT CHRISTMAS MEMORIES CHRISTMAS MORNING CHRISTMAS, MY ARSE by Ricky Tomlinson CHRISTMAS PUDDING CHRISTMAS PUDDING SONG CHRISTMAS SHOES (THE) CHRISTMAS SONG WRITTEN BY A COMPUTER CHRISTMAS TIME CHRISTMAS TIME IN WASHINGTON written by Roy Acuff CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN' CHRISTMAS TREE FARM CHRISTMAS TREE SONG (THE) CHRISTMAS TRUCE SONG (THE) CHRISTMAS 1914 CHRISTMAS 1915 COLD DECEMBER FLIES AWAY COLUMBIA THE GREAT BANANA MASSACRE 1928 CONCERTINA by Tori Amos CONCERTINA CHAOS SONG CONCERTINA CONSCIOUSNESS CONCERTINA MAN - Ray Bradfield CONCERTINA MAN (THE) - Alan Bell CONCERTINA MAN (THE) - Paul O' Reilly CORNISH WASSAIL CORN,WATER,WOOD COVENTRY CAROL (LULLY LULA) COWARDS OVER PEARL HARBOR COWBOY CAROL (THE) COWBOY CHRISTMAS CREMATION OF SAM McGEE (THE) CUTTY WREN (THE) DARK DECEMBER by Graeme Miles DECEMBER by Foxhunting DEPORTEE DERRY'S WALLS DITCHLING CAROL (THE) DONKEY RIDING DON’T PLAY ME YOUR CONCERTINA EARLY PEARLY EARLY SNOW EDWARD VIII [It Was Love, Love Alone] EIGHT DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (THE) EL DESEMBRE CONGELAT (Catalan) ELLEN VANNIN EMIGRANT EYES (Immigrant Eyes) EMIGRÉ EMPTY GARDEN aka Hey, Hey Johnny ERSKINE CHILDERS EUREKA(The Stockade Song) EUREKA STOCKADE by Jeff Bruce EUREKA STOCKADE by Michael Leese EUREKA STOCKADE SONG(THE) by Edwin Morris FAIRY ON THECHRISTMAS TREE (THE) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK FELIZ NAVIDAD FIGGY PUDDING FIRE AND FLAME FLORA McDONALD’S LAMENT FROZEN DECEMBER GAUDETTE by Angie Wright GELOBET SEIST DU, JESU CHRIST GELOFTE( DIE) GET THAT COMMUNIST, JOE GIFT CARD GIFT (THE) GLOUCESTERSHIRE WASSAIL GOD SAVE THE CZAR GOOD KING WENSLASLAS LOOKED OUT GOWER WASSAIL(THE) GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER HANUKKAH SONGS HALSWAY CAROL (THE) HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS TREE (THE) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) aka So This Is Christmas HARVEY LOGAN HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS HERE TODAY HEROD AND THE COCK HEY HEY, LBJ HOT BUTTERED RUM HOMELESS WASSAIL HOUSEWIFE'S LAMENT HOW CAN YOU KEEP ON MOVING(Unless You Migrate Too) HUNTING THE WREN HURON CAROL A HYMN TO THE EVENING set to music HYMN TO THE MORNING Phillis Wheatley, music by Kelvyn Koning HYMN TO THE MORNING Reid/ Wheatley I AM CHRISTMAS I AM A ROCK I AM GRAND WIZARD MAN IF ONLY I COULD PLAY A CONCERTINA IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER IF YOU MISS ME AT THE BACK OF THE BUS I JUST SHOT JOHN LENNON IMMIGRANT’S SONG IMMIGRATION BLUES I’M GOING TO THE WOODS I’M THE MAN WHO SLITS THE TURKEYS’ THROATS AT CHRISTMAS IN DULCI JUBILO I PLAYED MY CONCERTINA IRELAND BOYS HURRAH IRISH FREE STATE(THE) I SAW THREE SHIPS AKA On Christmas Day in the Morning IT ONLY SEEMS FIVE MINUTES SINCE LAST CHRISTMAS I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL WITH SANTA CLAUS I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY JACOBITE SONGS JACOBSTOWE WASSAIL JA NUS HONS PRIS JOE McCARTHY'S BAND JOE McCARTHY IS COMIN' TO TOWN JOE McCARTHY'S LULLABY JOHN BROWN'S BODY JOHN FUDSTON JOHN MACLEAN MARCH JOSEPH JUST ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SONG KENTUCKY WASSAIL KETT’S REBELLION ! KHOMEINI EY EMAM KILMORE CAROLS (THE) KINGSTOWN DISASTER (THE) KIT CARSON KITCHEN DANCE KKK BLUES KKK TOOK MY BABY AWAY (THE) KU KLUX KLAN by Olga Ramos KU KLUX KLAN by Rio Grande KU KLUX KLAN by Steel Pulse KWANZAA SONGS LADY OF THE HARBOR LAST CHRISTMAS LAST FIERCE CHARGE (THE) LAST HANGING IN WEST VIRGINIA LAST NIGHT OF THE YEAR (THE) LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY LAST WAVE (THE) - Bates Motel LE RÉVEILLON DU JOUR DE L'AN [La Cuisinière] LIFEBOAT MONA (THE) LIFEBOAT SONG, SOLOMON BROWN PENLEE LIFEBOAT (THE) - by Russ Holland LILLIBOLERO LITTLE DRUMMER BOY (THE) LIVING IN THE PROMISELAND LOSS OF THE SAILOR’S HOME LOVE,LOVE ALONE LULA VIERS LULLE LULLAY MALPAS WASSAIL MANY RIVERS TO CROSS MARAT/SADE MARCH THE MORNING SUN MARY CELEST by Eighthavenue MARY CELEST by David Stone MARY CELEST from Summer's Songs and Stories MARY L. McKAY MARI LWYD SONG (THE) MASTER McGRATH MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING - The Carpenters MERRY CHRISTMAS, I DON’T WANT TO FIGHT TONIGHT MISS FOGARTY’SCHRISTMAS CAKE MONAGAH DISASTER (THE) MONAGAH MINE MONAGAH MINE DISASTER MORE WOOD MY THING’S MY OWN MORE WASSAIL SONGS NIGHTINGALE (THE) NINETTO E LA COLONIA NO CHRISTMAS IN KENTUCKY OAKS PIT DISASTER (THE) O CHRISTMAS TREE O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL O MAY, THY MORN O TANNENBAUM ODE BY A CHRISTMAS PUDDING AT SEA OH, CALIFORNIA OLD SUNDAY DINNER (THE) ONCE UPON A DECEMBER ONE COLD DECEMBER DAY ONE COLD MORNING IN DECEMBER ON MY LITTLE CONCERTINA PADDY LAY BACK PALESTEENA PASTURES OF PLENTY PEARL HARBOR BLUES PENLEE LIFEBOAT DISASTER - (Gil Boyd) performed by Piers Mortimer PERFECT FIELDS OF FREDERICKSBURG (THE) PERSONENT HODIE PIG AND THE INEBRIATE (THE) PLEASE DADDY, DON'T GET DRUNK THIS CHRISTMAS PLEASE MR CUSTER PLOUGHBOY’S DREAM (THE) POPPA PICCOLINO PORT ADMIRAL (THE) PRETORIA PIT DISASTER PRINCE CHARLIE STUART PROHIBITION SONGS PROOF IS IN THE PUFFING (THE) (Prince Albert Jingle) PROTESTANT BOYS (THE) PURPLE HAZE QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT’S LOVE SONG > REBELLION REDNECK REINDEER (THE) REFUGEE REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR REMEMBER THE POOR [The Snow Is on the Ground] REVOLUTIONARY TEA RISE UP ! RIVER ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ROLL ON JOHN RUN, RUN RUDOLPH SAINT STEPHEN AND HEROD SANDS SANS DAY CAROL (THE) , (The Holly Bears a Berry) SANTA CLAUS by Bo Diddley SANTA CLAUS BOOGIE SANTA NEVER BRINGS ME A BANJO SEASON’S UPON US (THE) SHOE BOMBER SONG (THE) SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR (THE) by Brad Kay · SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR (THE) by Malcolm Gets · Richard Rodgers · Lorenz Hart SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT SHOTGUN SHELLS ON A CHRISTMAS TREE SIGNORINA CONCERTINA - Shuki & Aviva SITTING BULL IN VENICE SITTING BULL MEMORIAL SONG SKIBBEREEN SKYE BOAT SONG (THE) SKY WEEPS STILL (THE) SOLOMON BROWNE (THE) - Hughie Jones SOLOMON BROWNE - Seth Lakeman SONG FOR EURIKA STOCKADE SONG OF SITTING BULL SONGS ABOUT AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS DINNER SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS PUDDING SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREES SONGS ABOUT EURIKA STOCKADE SONGS ABOUT JACK KETT AND KETT’S REBELLION OF 1549 SONGS ABOUT JOHN LENNON’S DEATH SONGS ABOUT JOSEPH STALIN SONGS ABOUT MIGRANTS SONGS ABOUT PROHIBITION on YOUTUBE SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE BARENTS SEA SONGS ABOUT THE BANANA MASSACRE 1928 SONGS ABOUT THE CONCERTINA SONGS ABOUT THE PENLEE LIFEBOAT DISASTER SONGS ABOUT SENATOR JOE McCARTHY SONGS ABOUT THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION SONGS ABOUT THE SIEGE OF DERRY SONGS OF THE BUSH by Chloe and Jason Roweth SONGS SUNG BY WILL FYFFE SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) STAGGER LEE STANDING STONES (THE) STANDING STONES ( Loreena McKennitt) STANDING STONES OF ORKNEY STARRY, STARRY NIGHT STROUD WASSAIL SUDDENLY IT’S CHRISTMAS SUSSEX CAROL (On Christmas Night) SWEET BABY JAMES TAILOR’S BRITCHES (THE) TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION SONGS & HYMNS on YouTube) THANK GOD IT’S CHRISTMAS THAT CHRISTMAS MOOD THOU GLOOMY DECEMBER THREE WISE WOMEN (THE) by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange THREE WISE WOMEN by Stanley Accrington THREE WISE WOMEN by Lucinda Lucas THREE WISE WOMEN by Kate ? TIM BURMAN TO DAUNTON ME TOMORROW SHALL BE MY DANCING DAY TOWN OF BETHLEHEM TRUNCH WASSAIL SONG (THE) TRURO AGRICULTURAL SHOW TRY NOT TO BE A CUNT IT’S CHRISTMAS TRY TO REMEMBER TURKEY SONG (THE) (I've Been Invited for Christmas) ’TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (THE) UN FLAMBEAU,JEANETTE ISABELLA VALLEY FORGE WAKE ISLAND WASSAIL CUP CAROL (THE) WASSAIL OF FIGGY DUFF (THE) WASSAILING SONG (THE)- Blur WASSAIL SONGS WEXFORD CAROL (THE) aka Wexford Lullaby WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE? WHAT MONTH WAS JESUS BORN IN ? WHEN WAS JESUS BORN ? WHEN GRANDPA PLAYED THE BANJO WHEN SANTA GOT STUCK UP THE CHIMNEY WHEN THE SNOWS OF WINTER FALL WHEN THEY FLEW WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GREY WHIMPLE WASSAIL WIFE OF USHER’S WELL (THE) WINTER SOLSTICE SONGS WISE WOMEN by Marco Frankland WHITE COCKADE (THE) WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS by The Wombles WOUNDED KNEE SONGS WREN DAY SONGS WRIGHT! YORKSHIRE CAROLS YORKSHIRE WASSAIL YOUR FRIENDLY, LIBERAL KU KLUX KLAN YULE YOUNG FREEDA BOLT 1913 MASSACRE 23RD FLOTILLA (THE) 2000 Miles |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:42 PM ONE COLD MORNING IN DECEMBER One cold morning in December, I've reason to remember, I fell in love with such a charming girl. Her eyes were bright and tender, her form was tall and slender, Her hair it hung around her head in curls. Along the streets together, regardless of the weather, She took me to a house that stood quite near. She closed the door behind me, to me she said so kindly, "It's warmer in the bed, love, than down here." Sung by Walter Pardon (1978) Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcnQL8xI8WI Other recordings of” One Cold Morning in December “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=One+Cold+Morning+in+December |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:44 PM O MAY, THY MORN (by Robert Burns) O May, thy morn was ne'er so sweet As the mirk night o' December! For sparkling was the rosy wine, And private was the chamber: And dear was she I dare na name, But I will aye remember. Sung by Davy Steele (1998) Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:47 PM THOU GLOOMY DECEMBER (by Robert Burns) Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December! Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care; Sad was the parting thou makes me remember— Parting wi' Nancy, oh, ne'er to meet mair! sung by Jean Redpath (1985) Video sung by Corrina Hewat (1998) Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:49 PM ONE COLD DECEMBER DAY Dick Justice (1929) Video Down by a western water tank One cold December day In the bottom of an empty car A dying hobo lay. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:55 PM December 1, 1955 Montgomery bus boycott begins, as Rosa Parks takes a symbolic seat; December 20, 1956: US Supreme Court orders bus integration and the boycott ends. IF YOU MISS ME AT THE BACK OF THE BUS Digital Tradition /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2937 Link to 4 more Rosa Parks songs to be found in the INDEX of Mudcat Thread:Any November Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170494&messages=72#4122978 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:57 PM December 2, 1859: John Brown executed JOHN BROWN'S BODY Thread /mudcat.org/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=71356 Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=john+brown%27s+body |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:14 PM SONGS ABOUT THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION December 6, 1917: an enormous explosion shatters Halifax, Nova Scotia. Songs about it include:
WIKIPEDIA: The Halifax_Explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion The Halifax Explosion Song Written by Daniel MacIntyre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqFT0bWbqew FIRE AND FLAME Fire & Flame - The Longest Johns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_5PHU7vQu4 MUDCAT : Folk songs about the Halifax Explosion /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=149281 David Stone "Sacrifice", Songs-of-the-Halifax-Explosion hear tracks on Bandcamphttps://davidstone2.bandcamp.com/album/sacrifice-songs-of-the-halifax-explosion |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:24 PM December 11, 1936: King Edward VIII abdicates. EDWARD VIII [It Was Love, Love Alone] Mudcat Thread Edward The VIII - The Caresser with Gerald Clark & his Caribbean Serenaders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN0ZYIyKDJY Link to post below LOVE,LOVE ALONE - Harry Belafonte |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:27 PM December 17, 1777: The Continental Army takes up winter quarters at Valley Forge. VALLEY FORGE (by Bob Coltman) We came down here with our boots on our feet, We lost them somewhere in the snow and the sleet. Pennsylvania winters are some kind of cold -- What's left of your body won't comfort your soul. Mudcat Thread Sung by Joe Hickerson (1976) Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:28 PM THE BALLAD OF ST. ANNE'S REEL (by David Mallett) He was stranded in a tiny town on fair Prince Edward Island Waiting for a ship to come and find him A one horse place, a friendly face, some coffee and a tiny trace Of fiddling in the distance far behind him ............. Now the sailor's gone, the room is bare, the old piano's setting there Someone's hat's left hanging on the rack Some empty chairs, the wooden floor that feels the touch of shoes no more Awaiting for the dancers to come back And the fiddle's in the closet of some daughter of the town The strings are broke, the bow is gone and the cover's buttoned down But sometimes on December nights, when the air is cold and the wind is right There's a melody that passes through the town. Digital Tradition |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 09:18 PM December 11-15, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg. THE LAST FIERCE CHARGE See Mudcat Thread for arguments that this piece was written about Fredericksburg, and for another composition about the battle. The Last Fierce Charge: Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+last+fierce+charge Link to post below THE LAST FIERCE CHARGE AKA The Battle of Fredericksburg |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 09:24 PM December 9, 1911: Disaster at Cross Mountain Mine near Briceville, Tennessee. THE CROSS MOUNTAIN EXPLOSION Digital Tradition Cross Mountain Mine Disaster 1911- Tony Thomas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwKp7FBEGG0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 09:51 PM The various broadside ballads about naval combats against Turkish vessels ("The Royal Oak," "The Turkish Man-of-War," "Captain Mansfield's Fight," etc. etc.) are often supposed to have been inspired by an action on December 9, 1669, in which an English squadron under Admiral Kempthorne defeated nine Algerian ships. However, this thread points out that the 1669 battle may be the best known but not the only one, and that few or no specific details in the ballads link them to Kempthorne. (And when they give some date, it is not in December.) |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 10:25 PM THE WALKER OF THE SNOW (Poem, Charles Dawson Shanly, 1859; set to music by Sean Tyrrell.) To the cold December heaven came the pale moon and the stars, As the yellow sun was sinking behind the purple bars. The snow was deeply drifted upon the ridges drear That lay for miles between me and the camp for which we steer. Digital Tradition The Walker of the Snow - Sean Tyrrell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ka5x60vOwE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 10:35 PM December 8, 1959: The lifeboat Mona is lost during a rescue attempt in St. Andrews Bay, Fife. THE LIFEBOAT MONA by Peggy Seeger Remember December of fifty-nine The howling wind and driving rain Remember the gallant men who drowned On the lifeboat, Mona was her name. Digital Tradition "The Lifeboat Mona"- Peggy Seeger and others on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+LIFEBOAT+MONA+by+Peggy+Seeger |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 11:07 PM December 5, 1885: The Mississippi steamboat Bayou Sara burns at the dock. BAYOU SARA Digital Tradition Recorded by Sara Grey and Ellie Ellis (sadly not yet to be heard online) and by Ed Siegler Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 11:24 PM December, 1917: Murder of Lula Viers. There is some great material online about this case. LULA VIERS Digital Tradition Recorded by, among others, Loretta Lynn. Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 17 Nov 21 - 08:46 PM ELLEN VANNIN by Hughie Jones of The Spinners. Another maritime disaster. The Ellan Vannin Tragedy sung by Hughie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91uH_J6B6JI Link to THE ELLEN VANNIN posted below |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa Date: 18 Nov 21 - 04:16 PM The Digital Tradition entry for The Walker of the Snow (see Levana's link on this thread 16 Nov) says "Sung by Davy Spillane on "Shadow Hunter," TARACD 3023, 1990". Davy Spillane plays on his album, but the singing is unmistakably that of Seán Tyrrell (r.i.p. 30 Oct 2021). I saw Seán and Davy at a gig once. Davy played uilleann pipes and whistle and I don't remember him singing anything. Walker of the Snow (via youtube) |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Nov 21 - 07:00 PM THE BOSTON BURGLAR I set my foot on an eastbound train one cold December day, And every station I passed by I could hear the people say: “There goes that Boston Burglar, in iron chains he is bound; For the breaking of the Union Bank he is sent to Charlestown. The Boston Burglar- Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4fB7_8tC0 Boston Burglar · Hedy West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSr9K55_-gs The Boston Burgler · James Keelaghan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc3u__gDeN8 Boston Burglar · Delia Murphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPdA50AFLYY Mudcat, Origins: Boston Burglar /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=100659&messages=38#2021715 Mudcat DT Lyrics, The Boston Burglar /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5968 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Nov 21 - 09:30 AM DARK DECEMBER by Graeme Miles Dark December(Graeme Miles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfLdLcvPMtg MUDCAT: Lyr Add: Dark December (Graeme Miles) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=117679 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,Felipa Date: 20 Nov 21 - 06:27 PM ÁIRD A' CHUAIN Aird a' Chuain, Ardaigh Chuain (various renderings of the place name) is a song about someone abroad (in Scotland) missing home on the north Antrim coast of Ireland. One verse mentions Nollaig, which can mean either the month of December or the Christmas holiday. Is iomai Nollag a bhí mé féin i mBun Abhainn Doine Is mé gan chéill Ag iomainn ar a trá bán 'S mo chaman bán ins mo dhorn liom It is many a Christmas Day I had In Cushendun while still a lad; Hurling on the White Shore Strand With my good ash hurley in my hand. (singable translation by Seán Ó Gallochóír) https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10469#3797807 sung by Éamonn Ó Faogáin (youtube link) |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Nov 21 - 11:11 AM STARRY, STARRY NIGHTaka Vincent December 23, 1888 - Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear during a fit of depression. Don McLean - Vincent ( Starry, Starry Night) With Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk Vincent (Don McLean song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_(Don_McLean_song) Various recordings of Starry, Starry Night on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=STARRY%2C+STARRY+NIGHT |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 21 Nov 21 - 02:52 PM SONGS ABOUT THE SIEGE OF DERRY See the August thread for a collection of songs about the Siege of Derry, 1689, part of a resistance against King James. Although the siege is annually commemorated on August 14, one of the most celebrated events (referenced in most songs) took place on December 7, 1688, when a group of apprentices shut the town gates against Jacobite forces. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Nov 21 - 05:17 PM DERRY'S WALLS 7 December 1688 The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The siege was preceded by a first attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates. This was an act of rebellion against James II. From Wikipedia: Siege of Derry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Derry Wikipedia: Robert_Lundy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lundy Derry's Walls (Apprentice Boys Loyalist Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXoRNA5mUY “Derry's Walls” From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry%27s_Walls "The Siege of Derry" by Alice Osborn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a07JICnCe50 Thanks for this one Felipa |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 21 Nov 21 - 06:28 PM HARVEY LOGAN Out of all the incidents in Harvey Logan's violent, roving, and criminal life, this ballad focuses on a barroom fight and shootout with the police that took place in Knoxville, Tenn. in December, 1901; the jailbreak which, in this account, sounds like it was immediately afterward, was actually in June, 1903. Article by Lyle Lofgren Digital Tradition Recording by Walt Gibson of Hazard, Ky. (collected by A. Lomax in 1937) Dock Boggs, 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QELhq0vXAO8 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Nov 21 - 07:18 PM Harvey Logan From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Logan |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Nov 21 - 10:02 AM SONGS ABOUT JOHN LENNON’S DEATH 8 Dec,1980 Ex-Beatle John Lennon was murdered in New York EMPTY GARDEN aka Hey Hey Johnny Elton John - Empty Garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWyy7Huc6KA HERE TODAY Paul McCartney/John Lennon - Here Today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjwnWU6OsaI ROLL ON JOHN Bob Dylan - Roll On, John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9MCXJuG3KA&t=5s I JUST SHOT JOHN LENNON The Cranberries - I Just Shot John Lennon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsN86H0yzrE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Nov 21 - 08:53 AM PADDY LAY BACK "Paddy Lay Back" ('Twas a cold and dreary morning in December...) MUDCAT DT:Paddy Lay Back /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4580 Many recordings of "Paddy Lay Back" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Paddy+Lay+Back%22 Thanks for this song Levana |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 25 Nov 21 - 10:45 AM Another beautiful song from Graeme Miles which mentions December: copied from another thread: WHEN THE SNOWS OF WINTER FALL (Graeme Miles) My yard is high with wood now, my cellar deep with coal, My windows are well battened; I’ve sealed each crack and hole, When the storms and winds come raging, I’ll not be touched at all, For I’ll be well protected, when the snows of winter fall. My sheep still wander freely, upon the lonely fell, In the field my horse is grazing, and my cattle feed as well, But come the bleak December, with its rain and sleet and squall, They’ll be safely penned and stabled, when the snows of winter fall. I look out from my doorway, to the trees on yonder rise, Soon the leaves will turn to yellow as the summer fades and dies, I’ll put on my coat of leather, and my love will don her shawl, How close we’ll draw together, when the snows of winter fall. Through the bitter cold and darkness, our hopes we will keep high, For we know the warmth of summer will come back by and by, Then we’ll walk into the sunshine wearing neither coat nor shawl, And together we will listen just to hear the cuckoo call. I am not a man of riches; I have little that is new, Some livestock and some chattels, amount to very few, But my love is here beside me; I need nothing more at all, She will give her love and comfort, when the snows of winter fall. My yard is high with wood now, my cellar deep with coal, My windows are well battened; I’ve sealed each crack and hole, When the storms and winds come raging, I’ll not be touched at all, For I’ll be well protected, when the snows of winter fall. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 04:26 AM TRY TO REMEMBER (Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt) Deep in December, it's nice to remember Although you know the snow will follow Deep... Without a hurt the heart is hollow Deep... The fire of September that made us mellow Deep in December our hearts should remember, and follow Lots of recordings onlinehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=TRY+TO+REMEMBER+ Here's one by The Brothers Four: https://youtu.be/LUZpjW7QHGo |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 04:41 AM CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN’S COURTSHIP Child Ballad #46, Roud 36. I maun hae some winter fruit that in December grew And I maun hae a silken goon that waft gaed never through A sparrow's horn, a priest unborn this nicht tae join us twa Afore I'll lie untae your bed at either stock or wa'" Recording by Ewan MacColl: https://youtu.be/lqbbSoZVFM0 Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - Capt Wedderburn's Courtship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUHIVcFbyFU Captain Wedderburn's Courtship · Rossettistone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmCDpfEyu8g Captain Wedderburn's Courtship · Jean Redpath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py5segw40_Q |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 04:46 AM WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GREY (Tom Lehrer) Your teeth will start to go, dear, your waist will start to spread. In twenty years or so, dear, I'll wish that you were dead. I'll never love you then at all the way I do today. So please remember, When I leave in December, I told you so in May. Recording by Tom Lehrer: https://youtu.be/8NOZH0y7VxE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 04:52 AM PIG AND THE INEBRIATE It was early last December, as near as I remember I was walking down the street in tipsy pride No one was I disturbing, as I lay down by the curbing And a pig came up and lay down by my side As I lay there in the gutter, thinking thoughts I cannot utter A lady passing by was heard to say "You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses" And the pig got up and slowly walked away Recorded by Ed McCurdy: https://youtu.be/wc9pvw1z60M |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 05:04 AM THE NIGHTINGALE (Wreck) On the fifteenth day of December last, The wind did blow a most fearful blast. We lost our spars, likewise every sail. What a dismal wreck was the Nightingale! Couldn't find a recording, but here's some sheet music: http://www.loopendtuygh.nl/mediapool/56/567105/data/040_the_NIGHTINGALE.pdf The Nightingale · Cyril Tawney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMLZFq2K70o
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 05:09 AM MORE WOOD (Dillon Bustin) When the spring rolls around and I spade the muddy ground I have often found I lay my saw away, The shed is empty and yet you can make a bet That I'll forget to be cutting more wood. The old timers say to split a little every day And stack it away to season well, but From March to November I rarely do remember December will find me in a rut... Recording by Herdman, Hills and Mangsen: https://youtu.be/2-Pdg7GmLH0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 05:13 AM HOUSEWIFE'S LAMENT In March it is mud, it is slush in December The midsummer breezes are loaded with dust In fall the leaves litter, in muddy September The wall paper rots and the candlesticks rust Recording by Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen: https://youtu.be/bslMx_mhiBc More performances on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=housewife%27s+lament+youtube MUDCAT: Origins: Poor Old Woman/Housewife's Lament /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=129897 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Nov 21 - 12:25 PM Matt McGinn's BALLAD OF JOHN MACLEAN celebrates the Communist organizer's return to Glasgow on December 3, 1918 after having been jailed. Many recordings of "Ballad of John MacLean" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+%22Ballad+of+John+MacLean%22+ MUDCAT: Digitrad /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=446 There is also Hamish Henderson's JOHN MACLEAN MARCH Many recordings of " John MacLean March "on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Maclean%27s+March The John MacLean March Lyrics & Info from unionsong.com http://unionsong.com/u124.html Thanks to Levana Taylor for suggesting the above two songs. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 01 Dec 21 - 12:52 AM SWEET BABY JAMES , by James Taylor Now the first of December was covered with snow So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston The Berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go Recording by James Taylor: https://youtu.be/k2x0fPgAj_Y |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Dec 21 - 06:12 AM 16 Dec. 1773 American colonists boarded three ships in Boston harbour and emptied 342 chests of tea into the sea. Wikipedia:Boston Tea Partyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party REVOLUTIONARY TEA "Revolutionary Tea" Lyrics, Info & Music: The Minnesota Heritage Songbook https://mnheritagesongbook.net/the-songs/addition-song-without-recordings/revolutionary-tea/ BALLAD OF THE TEA PARTY The Ballad of the Tea Party, song lyrics http://www.protestsonglyrics.net/Historic_Songs/Ballad-the-Tea-Party.phtml Ballad of the Tea Party · Hermes Nye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi6Zh3VA1Y Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics: Ballad of the Tea Party http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Ballad_of_the_Tea_Party.htm BOSTON TEA PARTY SONG
The Boston Tea Party Song-Pharrell Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5Nh7mggx0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Dec 21 - 06:54 AM December 7, 1941 - The U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese aircraft in a raid that lasted just over one hour and left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR Carson Robison "Remember Pearl Harbor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyOyoHNkeC4 Remember Pearl Harbor (song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_Pearl_Harbor_(song) PEARL HARBOR BLUES -Doctor (Peter) Clayton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg_0AT5LLqE COWARDS OVER PEARL HARBOR - Wilma Lee Cooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnyiE5u03M |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Dec 21 - 07:15 AM And another song about related events which was suggested by Levana Taylor is WAKE ISLAND Wake Island · Oscar Brand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvkdKinM4-0 MUDCAT :Origins, Oscar Brand's 'Wake Island' /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=98039#1936283 It's about a battle that took place December 8-23, 1941. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: open mike Date: 03 Dec 21 - 12:23 AM HERE ARE MY FAVORITES FOR CHRISTMAS TIME CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN' BEN."TEX" LOGAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRL5hTWidk4 HOT BUTTERED RUM TOMMY THOMPSON Many recordings of "Hot Buttered Rum "on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Hot+Buttered+Rum+song Lyr Req: Hot Buttered Rum (Tommy Thompson) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=1209&messages=49 CORN,WATER,WOOD ELLIOT, WALDMAN Corn, Water and Wood · Michael Martin Murphey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHYUVtxf-XM COWBOY CHRISTMAS CONNIE KALDOR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSi5JO3kzeU EARLY SNOW TOM PAXTON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qCe9vfQzw Lyrics & Chords :Early Snow http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/tom-paxton/early-snow-crd-tom-paxton.htm IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER MERLE HAGGARD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TByT3QlWc THE GIFT STEPHANIE DAVIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEH2QJLSNMU CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES JOHN MCCUTCHEON Christmas in the Trenches - written and performed by John McCutcheon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJi41RWaTCs Wikipedia: "Christmas in the Trenches" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Trenches WE'RE GONNA SING CONNIE KALDOR MUDCAT: Lyr Add: We're Gonna Sing (Connie Kaldor and Bim) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53561#reply |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 03 Dec 21 - 05:28 AM THE PERFECT FIELDS OF FREDERICKSBURG by Larry Kaplan The mower cuts the lower field, The grass grows slow this year. Still, every week, all summer long I see that mower here. Around the fields of Fredericksburg, In this fair morning light, A place we call a monument Straight lines up Marye's Heights. A mile further down this hill, The river Burnside crossed, Who razed this town clear to the ground, Then every soldier lost. The engine drones, the mower slows Where young boys stood in fear. It stops for time to clean the blades Then slowly disappears. The broken walls, the soldiers' calls, The frightened guns are gone. Still, shops that sell the souvenirs Say, "Choose which side you're on." And children search for evidence To prove a war was here. And perfect fields of Fredericksburg Hide blood and bones, and tears. YouTube |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 03 Dec 21 - 05:31 AM In this video, Dermot Byrne has a story from the memoirs of Irish soldiers at the battle of Fredericksburg, concerning Irish troops on both sides singing "Ireland Boys Hurrah" together. The incident is also mentioned in the Mudcat thread about the song. IRELAND BOYS HURRAH YouTube search Link to post below IRELAND BOYS HURRAH aka Song from the Backwoods |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 03 Dec 21 - 01:13 PM KITCHEN DANCE by Larry Kaplan Was a lonely old night; longest night of the year. Biggest moon in the sky; biggest moon in ten years. There's a chill in the air; hear the wind in the trees. Says it's just another winter night. He doesn't mind. He says, "It suits me." Come a bump on the door, then a snap of the wind. But there hasn't been a single soul come calling here since I don't know when. Put the coffee pot down; better turn into bed. There ain't nothing like a little sleep To get these devils out of your head. CHORUS (after each verse): It's a lonely night; he could use a few songs. Needs a banjo and a fiddle, and a little tune that isn't too long. Dancing in the kitchen; talking 'bout the fishing last June. Flirting with the ladies. Would you take a look at that moon! In a minute or two he was deep in a sleep; But there were tunes in his ear and the music was sweet. Then he heard a voice call, "Roll the carpet back now. Put the chairs in the corner. If you want to dance, We're starting right now." There was singing all night; how that fiddle bow flew! Kids on the stairs, folks alone and in pairs; not a soul there he knew. Won't you come out tonight? Take a turn on the floor. So they spun him 'round a little, Then he spun himself around a bit more. Then the music grew dim; then they all disappeared. He sat up with a start. Where's the music he hears? Throws open the door; just a little new snow. Fire in the fireplace; it must have started minutes ago. Sun up in the trees. There ain't nobody there. But there's rosin on the table, and he can't remember moving them chairs. What a curious dream; what a wonderful night! Well, the winter gets long, but he's got a new song, And the moon is still bright. YouTube |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Dec 21 - 06:43 AM MARY L. McKAY The record run of the "Mary L. McKay" (pseudonym of the schooner Effie M. Morrissey) happened in December, 1912. Various recordings of "Mary L. McKay" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Mary+L.+McKay MUDCAT: Lyr Add: The Mary L. Mackay / Mary L. McKay /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=91328T MUDCAT:lyrics in DT /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6686 Thanks go to Levana Taylor for this song |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: gillymor Date: 04 Dec 21 - 09:15 AM LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY Norman Blake It was good one time Everything was mighty fine The coal tipple rolled day and night And things they got slow For reasons I don't know And the chill winds they pulled into sight The mine's all closed down Everybody layin' around There wasn't very much left to do But to stand in that line Get your rations strict on time And woman I could see it killin' you CHORUS: Now the soft new snow of December Lightly falls my cabin round Saw the last train from Poor Valley Bringing brown-haired Becky Richmond bound Been comin' all night long Soon we'll be gone Leavin' crossed your mind everyday And then you said to me "Things are bad back home you see" I guess I'd better be on my way I should hate you now But I never could somehow A miner's wife you were not cut out to be It wasn't what you thought Just some dreams you bought When you left home and ran away with me Saw the last train from Poor Valley Bringing brown-haired Becky Richmond bound |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Dec 21 - 09:51 AM SONGS ABOUT SENATOR JOE McCARTHY December 2, 1954 - The U.S. Senate condemned Senator Joseph McCarthy for misconduct following his ruthless investigations of thousands of alleged Communists. Joseph McCarthy From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy GET THAT COMMUNIST, JOE -The Kavaliers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzKW-oz1Lbw&t=27s THE SENATOR McCARTHY BLUES by Hal Block https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCp_oWHLki0 JOE McCARTHY'S BAND Joe Glazer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiW50wxZn-I "Joe McCarthy’s Band" is found on page 5 of The Big Little Person’s Book of Songs for Democratic Action(link is external). McCarthy is Comin’ to Town” JOE McCARTHY'S LULLABY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opr-tlqWkrU |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Dec 21 - 10:11 AM JOE McCARTHY IS COMIN' TO TOWN Folk Singer Joe Glazer wrote this parody about Senator McCarthy titled “Joe McCarthy is Comin’ to Town” (1951) sung to the tune of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”.
You’d better beware, you’d better be good,
He’ll call you a pink, he’ll call you a red,
He knows when you’re subversive, he knows each move you make;
So you’d better play safe, don’t talk and don’t read,
If you’ve got a book whose cover is red,
If you go to church to pray or to wed,
Now if you are a teacher and you want to get ahead,
So, you’d better play safe, don’t talk and don’t read,
Be careful who your friends are, be careful what you say.
So, get rid of your brains and you’ll never go wrong, |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 05 Dec 21 - 10:23 AM DECEMBER by Foxhunting (Joseph Sutherland) Hear on Bandcamp |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 05 Dec 21 - 12:57 PM THE BLECKELL MURRYNEET Or, "Blackwell Merry Night" in more standard dialect -- a "merry night" in the borders, especially Cumbria, being a big party at a public house. This one, in a song written by Robert Anderson (1770-1833), took place on "the last of December" 1802 or 1803. "Blackwell Merry Night" on Mainly Norfolk Mudcat thread and DT Instrumental version ("loosely based") by a harp and guitar duo is the only online recording I found: YouTube |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Dec 21 - 05:19 PM JOHN FUDSTON concerns the execution of said murderer, which took place on December 29, 1825. MUDCAT, DT lyrics: John Fudston /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3241 On the twentieth of December, in the morning quite soon, He called to the sheriff to confess what he'd done; He confessed to his God for the crime he had done, He said he was a murderer, his race it was run. Thanks go to Levana Taylor for suggesting this song |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Dec 21 - 08:17 AM MASTER McGRATH The greyhound's triumph is stated in the song to have taken place in December, 1869. Various recordings of "Master McGrath" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Master+McGrath MUDCAT DT Lyrics: "Master McGrath" /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905&SongI Thanks to Levana Taylor for this song. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa Date: 06 Dec 21 - 03:57 PM 6 Dec 1921, the Anglo-Irish treaty was signed. One war ended and another - the Irish Civil War - was soon to start. What songs would you recommend to mark the occasion? One that springs to mind for me is a relatively recent composition by Brian Moore (1946-2011) THE BALLAD OF MICHAEL COLLINS aka Hang Out Your Brightest Colours Returning then to London town, who will take the blame? The Treaty lies before him, Michael Collins adds his name. There's a darker time upon the land, who will bear the load? An awkward hero in an armoured car on an Irish country road. Hang out your brightest colours and his memory now recall For each one wants a part of him, no one wants it all Brian singing under the name Cormac O'Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QhMx_UI1fs LINK to post below from Felipa about more songs marking the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 08 Dec 21 - 01:02 AM December 28, 1879: The bridge over the Tay at Dundee collapsed taking a passenger train down with it. The event inspired a famous poem by Theodor Fontane and an infamous one by William McGonagall (see Mudcat thread), neither having been set to music as far as I know. BALLAD OF THE TAY RAIL BRIDGE by B Yellow The station was so dark, so quiet and still, There was nothing in the air, the air was bracing, Christmas day had passed, he was coming home, your loved one. And over the valleys people crying out loud, A storm was on its way, The memories of Christmas day flashed before your eyes, When the truth came out. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty36a9Z4gHE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Dec 21 - 06:40 PM WOUNDED KNEE SONGS December 29, 1890 - Members of the U.S. 7th Cavalry massacred more than 200 Native American (Sioux) men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. Wounded Knee-Vic Abram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ErFsomokn8 We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee-Redbone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-exUl-TnQ0 "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"-Buffy Sainte-Marie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnwUbJoheo Big Foot-Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEwWXNN6bIs Wounded Knee · Nik Kershaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmSoY1hj2ek "Gwaed Ar Yr Eira Gwyn"-Tecwyn Ifan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmUMjX1DWRg "Were You There?"-Grant Lee Buffalo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7plNcVqmX4 Wounded Knee · Walela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XowG1z6Ag0 Wounded Knee Massacre From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Dec 21 - 10:28 AM THE NIGHTINGALE [ Roud 1093 ; Laws M37 ; G/D 1:18 ; Henry H75a ; Ballad Index LM37 ; VWML HAM/3/13/5 ; Bodleian Roud 1093 ; trad.] On the fourteenth day of December last, The storm did blow a most fearful blast. We lost our spars, likewise every sail. What a dismal wreck was the Nightingale!” The Nightingale · Cyril Tawney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2deKpaMtI Link to NIGHTINGALE (THE) posted above |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Dec 21 - 05:37 PM PROHIBITION SONGS 5 December, 1933 - The 18th Amendment (Prohibition Amendment) to the U.S. Constitution was repealed. For nearly 14 years, since January 29, 1920, it had outlawed the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. Wikipedia: Repeal of Prohibition in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeal_of_Prohibition_in_the_United_States Just A Little Drink - Tennessee Happy Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXvUwA3UUis Prohibition is a Failure · The New Lost City Ramblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYm5I6izh4Q The Goodbye Old Booze- New Lost City Ramblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdTNkoe7mes
American Moonshine and Prohibition Songs, many tracks on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=American+Moonshine+and+Prohibition+Songs+all+tracks+Youtube |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 09 Dec 21 - 07:23 PM December 24, 1913: At a Christmas party organized by striking miners in Calumet, Michigan, someone shouted "Fire," and during the ensuing rush for the exit, 79 people, including 54 children, were crushed to death. It is very widely believed that the culprit was an opponent of the union. (Wikipedia) 1913 MASSACRE by Woody Guthrie Mudcat: here and related threads Traditional Ballad Index Wikipedia article about the song Well-known recordings of the song include those by Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Alex Campbell. Live recording by Christy Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvnazELFb5k |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Dec 21 - 05:16 AM MUDCAT:Christmas Parodies I /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=28249#top |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa Date: 11 Dec 21 - 08:59 PM As I noted in my 6 Dec message, that date marked the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty. Another song for the occasion is THE IRISH FREE STATE by Patrick Galvin. It is the opening song in this video of a Treaty Songs programme at the (Irish) National Concert Hall, Dublin in Dec 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwGXdOtgeWY There's also a new song by Duke Special about ERSKINE CHILDERS . I haven't watched the full programme yet, but hope there will be some other noteworthy songs. I'm just about to listen to Karan Casey sing two songs she has written about Kathleen Clarke. LINK to post above on 06 Dec 21 from Felipa about songs marking the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Dec 21 - 10:44 AM Felipa,here is another song about her: THE BALLAD OF KATHLEEN CLARKE By Paul Gillis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwjvTYqpK8 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa Date: 12 Dec 21 - 10:49 AM /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170729 THE KINGSTOWN DISASTER by Johnny McEvoy recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4S96bsaiQ8 It was Christmas Eve in eighteen ninety-five The biggest storm in years was blowing wild Never had we seen it’s like before As we drifted helpless towards the Kingstown shore
The wind was blowing like a wild banshee
Each man on board believed it was the end
How nobody died I’ll never know
Hold tight me boys we’ll throw to you a line
Then through the night there came a mighty roar
Splintered timbers scattered all around
Alex Williams was the cockswain’s name
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Dec 21 - 06:58 AM THE BULLFIGHT ON THE SAN PEDRO is about the so-called Battle of the Bulls, an incident of Mormon history traditionally dated to December 12, 1846. MUDCAT: Lyr Add: The Bullfight on the San Pedro et al. /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2964#13720 Thanks for this one Levana Taylor |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Dec 21 - 06:40 AM JACOBITE SONGS 22 Dec.1715 James Edward Stuart, son of James II, the deposed Catholic King of England, lands in north-east Scotland to lead a Jacobite rebellion. Many Jacobite songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jacobite+Songs More Jacobite songs https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&tbm=vid&q=jacobite+rebel+songs&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGj_Gd_OX0AhUBoVwKHTVEB Wikipedia : Jacobite songs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jacobite_songs Extract from a Jacobite song in The National Archives Kew, Richmond https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/jacobite-1715/jacobite-song/
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Dec 21 - 09:06 AM O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL has been identified by Professor Bennett Zon, the Head of the Department of Music at Durham University as a Jacobite song Article:‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ - Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Christmas Carol https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=7328 More on Wikipedia ( scroll down to Jacobite connection) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Come,_All_Ye_Faithful |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Dec 21 - 09:15 AM SONGS ABOUT JOSEPH STALIN December 21 Josef Stalin leader of Soviet Russia leader was born as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili Stalin Wasn't Stallin' , many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stalin+wasn%27t+stallin Stalin Wasn't Stallin' ,From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin_Wasn%27t_Stallin%27 The Ballad Of Stalin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fxSMQFAkBE MUDCAT: Lyr Add:The Ballad of Stalin (songs about Stalin) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=39480 Just Like Me (Joseph Stalin Song) · Jeffrey Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8igbElE_y0 Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys - Advice To Joe 1951 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SosOQkKnNkc |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Dec 21 - 05:47 AM CHRISTMAS SONG WRITTEN BY A COMPUTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C89qjdBb9k8 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Dec 21 - 09:02 AM PLEASE DADDY, DON'T GET DRUNK THIS CHRISTMAS Many recordings of “Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=PLEASE+DADDY+DON%27T+GET+DRUNK+THIS+CHRISTMAS+ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 19 Dec 21 - 08:17 PM I AM A ROCK by Paul Simon Recorded by Simon & Garfunkel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlSVNxLB-A A winter's day In a deep and dark December I am alone Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Dec 21 - 10:07 AM WHEN THEY FLEW 17th December, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, controlled airplane flights. They made four flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. When They Flew - Jonathan Sprout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UeXUYsUi4E
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Dec 21 - 06:33 AM WASSAIL SONGS Wassail! Wassail! Early American Christmas Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvylJZczJrc&list=OLAK5uy_nXL9QITouGVeYSS2_gEqV4QP1zja_bsfA Wassail songs and Tunes http://www.cbladey.com/wassong.html MALPAS WASSAIL-Watersons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE2BsU-dVdI Mainly Norfolk: Malpas Wassail Lyrics & Info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE2BsU-dVdI APPLE TREE WASSAIL- Watersons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYsi7Y-ICYs&list=OLAK5uy_l0Vp2LdaqgA74qeeA3-7do0Bh0chzYguw&index=10 APPLE TREE WASSAIL-Peter Griggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W0wUo2rng4 THE GOWER WASSAIL -The Revels Chorus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH8DGS3K3jM GOWER WASSAIL -Steeleye Span https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwwEmQmSWs YORKSHIRE WASSAIL - Elektra Women's Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXM9G9uyt4 CORNISH WASSAIL - Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4Ql4YEdbg JACOBSTOWE WASSAIL - Lynn Rowan · Will Rowan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5s4DK82OwU THE WASSAILING SONG- Blur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_fnMdIw3o&list=PLvh35o-hIL3zuLP0jOXsr1idvrm6lqRnR GLOUCESTERSHIRE WASSAIL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfncJavzoB8 STROUD WASSAIL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJYigw7vzEk WHIMPLE WASSAIL- Jim Causley and assorted musicians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHMPs5lZwfE WASSAIL SONG - Dick Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGJlnITRcTc&t=2s Many More Wassail Songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Wassail++songs Link to Mudcat post below MORE WASSAIL SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Dec 21 - 05:02 PM KENTUCKY WASSAIL- · Cathy Barton · Dave Para · Caroline Paton · Sandy Paton · Skip Gorman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5A9yBXeYo |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 21 Dec 21 - 07:30 PM HOMELESS WASSAIL by Ian Robb "Wassail, wassail,all over the town, Our cup is white and our ale is brown" But huddled on the iron grate we poor and hungry curse our fate. This song was originated by Finest Kind and has been covered by many others. See thread. It's very much in the tradition of older works: THE DITCHLING CAROL And all remember, gentles gay: For you who bask in fortune's ray The year is all a holiday. The poor have only Christmas. See Mudcat, Mainly Norfolk, and YouTube search. REMEMBER THE POOR [The Snow Is on the Ground] Cold winter is come with its keen cutting breath, And the birds is all dropped from the trees. All nature seems touched at the finger of death, And the streams are beginning to freeze. When the hills and the dales are all covered in white And Flora attends us no more, When you sit by your fireside, reviving and hot, Will you grumble to think on the poor? Recorded by Jeff Warner, Waterson:Carthy, and others. See Mudcat and Mainly Norfolk. Remember the Poor / The Snow Is on the Ground - Catherine Earnshaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=iYQBLj2X4-8 Various other recordings of Remember the Poor / The Snow Is on the Ground https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Remember+the+Poor+%2F+The+Snow+Is+on+the+Ground
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Dec 21 - 04:44 PM YORKSHIRE CAROLS recordings of the singing of carols in Yorkshire pubs and other public places https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=YORKSHIRE+CAROLS Dungworth and the Sheffield carols https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNonVdwRT9A Hidden Carols: A Christmas Singing Tradition in the English Pennines (Ian Russell ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeH270_alTM |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 21 - 04:53 PM BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE ISABELLA Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella · The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square · Orchestra at Temple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voqg04JdZss Many other recordings of ' Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella' on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ring+a+Torch%2C+Jeannette%2C+Isabella Link to post below UN FLAMBEAU,JEANETTE ISABELLA |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 21 - 04:59 PM KIT CARSON December 24 American frontiersman Christopher "Kit" Carson (1809-1868) was born in Madison County, Kentucky. He was a soldier, trapper, guide and Indian agent in the Old West. Fess Parker - The Ballad of Kit Carson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t00-MsQVKA Kit Carson by Bruce Cockburn http://cockburnproject.net/songs&music/kc.html Bruce Cockburn - Kit Carson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm3mX1UoJQo |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 21 - 09:05 AM THE CHRISTMAS SHOES The Christmas Shoes - Many recordings on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Christmas+Shoes! BR> |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 21 - 09:25 AM HANUKKAH SONGS MUDCAT:Happy C/Hanukkah! (plus a song) /thread.cfm?threadid=28872&messages=14 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 21 - 05:42 PM CHRISTMAS AT SEA - The Longest Johnshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDjbUJxVw84 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 21 - 05:57 PM THE MARI LWYD SONG The Mari Lwyd was a tradition enacted at Christmas time in Wales Mari Lwyd on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Lwyd Lyrics, Recording & Info https://museum.wales/collections/folksongs/?id=2 Mari Lwyd performed by Carreg Lafar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlqIhJnQrc Mari Lwyd performed in Wales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ptel9C3Zhg Mari Lwyd - The Welsh Sources and Meaning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5pk-Hc758 Many More YouTube Videos about Mari Lwyd https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mari+lwyd+song |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 21 - 07:30 PM THE CHERRY TREE CAROL Wikipedia: The Cherry-Tree Carol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cherry-Tree_Carol The Cherry Tree Carol -Joan Baez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYaFGSG_x80 Many other recordings of The Cherry Tree Carol on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cherry+tree+carol The Qur’an and the Cherry-Tree Carol – David Halperin https://www.davidhalperin.net/the-quran-and-the-cherry-tree-carol-a-christmas-story/ Islam and Source Criticism: Part 1 http://tonymusings.blogspot.com/2015/04/islam-and-source-criticism-part-1.html Wikipedia :Mary in Islam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_in_Islam |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: leeneia Date: 25 Dec 21 - 11:20 AM There's a Christmas song called COLD DECEMBER FLIES AWAY Here's a YouTube video with the melody: |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Dec 21 - 11:47 AM JUST ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SONG "Just Another Christmas Song"- Bill and the Belles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZbmJTIHy3o And for a song of a different colour there's TRY NOT TO BE A CUNT, IT’S CHRISTMAS Try Not To Be A Cunt, It’s Christmas - Fascinating Aïda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U2XdkBkTTk |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Dec 21 - 11:57 AM YULE Yule · Lisa Thiel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=400WG-v3VO0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Dec 21 - 10:27 AM HEROD AND THE COCK
Herod and the Cock · Watersons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMwbY5aWSVQ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Reinhard Date: 26 Dec 21 - 11:55 AM Is the premise from the beginning of the thread still valid? : "The songs-of-the-month threads need one for December that does not include anything specifically about the solstice or midwinter holidays, those having their own." |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 26 Dec 21 - 03:54 PM @Reinhard: excellent question. It was me who proposed having a separate non-holiday thread, but Geoff's the one running the "months" project, so if he thinks separating them out isn't a good idea, he's no doubt right. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Dec 21 - 05:24 AM PLEASE MR CUSTER George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio. Please Mr Custer Custer, many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Please%3B+Mr+Custer |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa Date: 28 Dec 21 - 07:35 AM I think having one thread for Christmas and St Stephen's day songs (and maybe other holidays such as Chanukah and Kwanza) and one for other December songs (secular Dec songs?) was a good idea. If Geoff doesn't mind the work, he could sub-divide the index by song type. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Dec 21 - 06:45 AM MARCH THE MORNING SUN Then men and dames give up your beds oh, maids and boys, you're yawning to hear the bells ring frosty round to tell it's Christmas morning March the Morning Sun - The Young Tradition With Shirley and Dolly Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2qFXIvxb-Q Thanks for suggesting this one Reinhard |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Dec 21 - 06:12 AM THE CUTTY WREN 26 December is sometimes called St Stephen's Day or Wren Day. The song is thought by some to represent the human sacrifice of the Year King, or the symbolic substitute slaughter of the wren as "king of the birds" at the end of the year for similar purposes, and such songs are traditionally sung on Boxing Day (26 December), just after the winter solstice. Saint Stephen's DayFrom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen%27s_Day Various recordings of The Cutty Wren on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Cutty+Wren MUDCAT: Origins: Any St Stevens Day songs?/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170749&messages=2#top |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Dec 21 - 06:26 AM CHRISTMAS TIME IN WASHINGTON written by Roy Acuff Many & various recordings of “Christmas Time in Washington”on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E2%80%9CChristmas+Time+in+Washington%E2%80%9D%2C+written+and+sung+by+Steve+Earle |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 31 Dec 21 - 04:43 PM THE PORT ADMIRAL 'Twas at the landing-place That's just below Mount Wyse, Poll leaned against the sentry's box, A tear in both her eyes, Her apron twisted round her arms, All for to keep them warm, It being a windy Christmas Day, And also a snowstorm. Lyrics: Frederick Marryat (1837); Music: George Ward (1998) Mudcat YouTube |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Dec 21 - 05:55 PM SAINT STEPHEN AND HEROD Wikipedia: Saint Stephen and Herod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen_and_Herod Bluegrass Messengers: Recordings & Info 22. St. Stephen and Herod http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/recordings--info-22-st-stephen-and-herod.aspx Thanks to Reinhard for suggesting this one |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Jan 22 - 08:58 AM CHRISTMAS 1914 Christmas 1914 by Mike Harding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqaCSnyRMO8 Link to "Christmas in the Trenches "above |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Jan 22 - 09:11 AM THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE SONG The Christmas Truce Song (A Game of Football)- Louis Skiffington & Andy Mort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGgXYGsqmw |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Jan 22 - 09:16 AM CHRISTMAS 1915 'Christmas 1915'- Celtic Thunder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3l-OBdcPI Christmas 1915 – Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Christmas+1915+ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Jan 22 - 01:50 PM CHRISTMAS IN SOUTHGATE - Ry Cooder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yCMTm2zT8s |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Jan 22 - 04:47 PM THE LIFEBOAT MONA Remember December fifty-nine, The howling wind and the driving rain, Remember the gallant men who drowned, On the lifeboat, Mona was her name Luke Kelly -The Lifeboat Mona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elNHzSf-QZI Various recordings of The Lifeboat Mona on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Lifeboat+Mona+++ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Jan 22 - 11:27 AM THE BOAR'S HEAD CAROL Wikipedia: Boar's Head Carol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boar%27s_Head_Carol The Boar's Head Carol - Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Boar%27s+Head+Carol |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Jan 22 - 06:54 PM HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) aka So This Is Christmas Recordings by various performers on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=HAPPY+XMAS+%28WAR+IS+OVER%29+ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Jan 22 - 10:26 AM ASHTABULA TRAIN WRECK The Ashtabula Train Disaster was the failure of a bridge over the Ashtabula River near the town of Ashtabula, Ohio, in the United States on December 29, 1876. The Hiram Rapids Stumblers -- Ashtabula Train Wreck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De5Gz662e2E Wikipedia: Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster MUDCAT: Ashtabula Train Disaster 1876 songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=148645&messages=7 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 06 Jan 22 - 01:41 AM LE RÉVEILLON DU JOUR DE L'AN [La Cuisinière] (The New Year's Eve Dinner, or The Cook) "A réveillon is a long dinner held in the evening preceding Christmas Day and [on] New Year's Eve." (Wikipedia) Recordings: Originated by the Famille Larin, recorded circa 1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nWWD0moxs La Bottine Souriante has many live recordings of this song; here are ones from 1987 and 1996 Live by The Lost Fingers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-UvJzqoZE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Jan 22 - 10:29 AM I SAW THREE SHIPS aka On Christmas Day in the Morning Wikipedia: I Saw Three Ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Saw Three_Ships Many recordings of " I_Saw_Three_Ships" on YouTube nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=I+Saw+Three+Ships Many recordings of "On Christmas Day in the Morning" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=christmas+day+in+the+morning+song |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Jan 22 - 08:31 AM JOSEPH - Jake Thackray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QTG-1d6rGQ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa Date: 08 Jan 22 - 04:21 PM AYE FOND KISS by Robbie Burns https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=32222#422373 http://www.robertburns.org/works/358.shtml "When Burns's affair with Mrs Agnes M'Lehose ('Clarinda') came to an end, and he settled down to married life with Jean Armour, he still retained a strong affection for 'Clarinda'. They met in Edinburgh for the last time on 6th December 1791. She was then about to set sail for Jamaica in the hope of achieving reconciliation with her husband (a hope that was not to be realized). On 27th December, Burns sent her 'Ae Fond Kiss' from Dumfries, a song so genuine in its resigned passion that it makes the drawing-room songs of 'sensibility' he had previously written for her seem artificial and insignificant. Sir Walter Scott thought that 'Ae Fond Kiss' contained the 'essence of a thousand love tales'." as sung by Dougie MacLean Jean Redpath with Alisdair Fraser and San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 11 Jan 22 - 01:20 AM TO DAUNTON ME by Robert Burns The blude-red rose at Yule may blaw, The simmer lilies bloom in snaw, The frost may freeze the deepest sea, But an auld man shall never daunton me. Mudcat Lyrics and translation Recorded by Ewan MacColl and by Janet Russell |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 11 Jan 22 - 01:58 AM THE WHITE COCKADE The white cockade was a Jacobite symbol. A Mudcat thread discusses several songs by that title. Link to JACOBITE SONGS above Link to more Jacobite songs posted below by GUEST,henryp |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,Diolch Date: 15 Jan 22 - 07:38 AM BOXING DAY by Robb Johnson, also recorded in two different but both magnificent versions by Roy Bailey. Any undated hunting and anti-hunting songs set in winter could also fit on the 26th December. Mudcat thread with lyrics and tune: /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=33441 The youtube offerings tend to come and go as it's under copyright but searching will usually turn one up. Here's one Diolch Boxing Day · Robb Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4v8FK7IyEA and anotherBoxing Day · Roy Bailey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmKru6yYHjM |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST Date: 15 Dec 22 - 06:07 AM THE ELLEN VANNIN 3rd December 1909 The SS Ellan Vannin left the Isle of Man bound for Liverpool. She foundered on the Mersey approach channel and all 15 passengers and 21 crew were lost. The Ellan Vannin Tragedy - Hughie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK6g46ooCmk Other recordings of “The Ellan Vannin Tragedy” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ellan+Vannin++tragedy SS Ellan Vannin from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ellan_Vannin_(1883) Link to earlier post ELLEN VANNIN from Tattie Bogle |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Dec 22 - 07:34 AM CHRISTMAS IS COMING, THE GOOSE IS GETTING FAT
Christmas Is Coming the Goose Is Getting Fat - Boogertown Gap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3sICMeiZk |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Dec 22 - 01:26 PM WHEN GRANDPA PLAYED THE BANJO ”When Grandpa Played the Banjo” recording and lyrics from Bandcamp https://davetaylor1.bandcamp.com/track/when-grandpa-played-the-banjo |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Dec 22 - 06:52 AM THE BALLAD OF THE CARPENTER by Ewan MacColl Jesus was a working man, a hero as you shall hear Born in the slums of Bethlehem at the turning of the year, Yes, the turning of the year. Many recordings of” Ballad Of The Carpenter “ on YouTube https://www.google.com/search?q=THE+BALLAD+OF+THE+CARPENTER+youtube&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&oq=THE+BALLAD+OF+THE+CARPENTER++ Information about the song from Rise Up Singing https://www.riseupandsing.org/songs/ballad-carpenter |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Dec 22 - 04:25 AM A CHRISTMAS CAROL byTom Lehrer A Christmas Carol -Tom Lehrer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Dec 22 - 12:17 PM CHRISTMAS, MY ARSE by Ricky Tomlinson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSDn6o2RN4A |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Dec 22 - 05:53 PM THE CHRISTMAS GOOSE The Christmas Goose, recording by Will Noble and information from The Yorkshire Garland http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=40 The Christmas Goose · Kate Rusby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGJI2ftqi88 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Dec 22 - 01:56 PM THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Many and various recordings of “The 12 Days of Christmas” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=12+Days+of+Christmas THE EIGHT DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Destiny's Child https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKdndMXIVXw
TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Dec 22 - 02:14 PM BBC Sounds In Tune 22 days left to listen; Folk duo Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones perform their new single - traditional Yorkshire Christmas song EARLY PEARLY - in the studio. Tracklist; (1 John Foster; While shepherds watched their flocks by night) 10 Trad. The Grey Goose and Gander 14 Trad. Early Pearly 17 Trad. The Christmas Goose Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones sing Early Pearly on Folk Radio https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/12/bryony-griffith-alice-jones-early-pearly/ Margaret Gardham sings “ Early Pearly “ on The Yorkshire Garland https://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=126 Link to THE CHRISTMAS GOOSE posted above BBC Radio 3 Sounds, In Tune https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001fx2g |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 22 - 12:08 PM SUDDENLY IT’S CHRISTMAS - Loudon Wainwright III https://youtu.be/ew6rVcL3Up8 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 22 - 04:09 PM RUN, RUN RUDOLPH - Chuck Berry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqVtqbzTdVs Run Run Rudolph - Foo Fighters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nun2eNYeaQ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 22 - 04:20 PM SONGS ABOUT THE PENLEE LIFEBOAT DISASTER 19 December 1981 The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred off the coast of Cornwall, England. Penlee lifeboat disaster from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penlee_lifeboat_disaster SOLOMON BROWNE- Seth Lakeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYCf-Esfjb8 THE BALLAD OF SOLOMON BROWNE - Simon King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOfN4QzViBc THE BALLAD OF PENLEE - Anthony Phillips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtn4Yw7oe7U THE SOLOMON BROWNE - Paul Sirman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlR5RAc9LYs THE SOLOMON BROWNE - Hughie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDZ25s1pPiM THE BALLAD OF LIFEBOAT 54 - Trad Academy Sea Shanty Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5f5jLqY3SA PENLEE LIFEBOAT DISASTER - (Gil Boyd) performed by Piers Mortimer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcWK-07X-Ik <BR> THE LIFEBOAT SONG, SOLOMON BROWN PENLEE LIFEBOAT - by Russ Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTr41HTpx0k PENLEE - Lyn Edmonds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkDAyKzcMR0 DON’T TAKE THE HEROES - Kimber's Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxOfMMrr_IQ THE LAST WAVE - Bates Motel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMYNBLtpWiA THE BOYS OF PENLEE - Jim Wearne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7vLSay95mY THE BOYS OF PENLEE - Stephen Richard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSIiaezDCl4 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 22 - 05:02 AM SANTA CLAUS by Bo Diddley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD2baClJefg |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 22 - 09:05 AM THE SEASON’S UPON US Dropkick Murphys - "The Season's Upon Us" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Dec 22 - 12:57 PM RIVER by Joni Mitchell River It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer, And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river, I could skate away on |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 22 - 07:42 PM CHRISTMAS MORNING
Christmas Morning - Loudon Wainwright III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgzRPPuQis |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,Kristoffer Ross Date: 24 Dec 22 - 09:59 PM Depending upon which version one sings, THE OLD SUNDAY DINNER describes the eponymous meal as "the peace and goodwill in the month of December" The Old Sunday Dinner I included an unaccompanied version of it in a yuletide show last year. Charlie McGonigle (James Eoghain), singing " The Old Sunday Dinner" on ITMA plus information https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/sound/old_sunday_dinner_charlie_mcgonigle_james_eoghain MUDCAT Origins: Ye Old Sunday Dinner /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=144188 Other recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Old+Sunday+Dinner |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Dec 22 - 05:19 AM THE CHRISTMAS HARE by The Druids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmd0fQyQEY Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham sing Roger Watson's song The Christmas Hare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yweR7_z3Rdw MUDCAT Lyr ADD: The Christmas Hare (Roger Watson) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=63106&messages=9#reply |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Dec 22 - 06:43 AM TOMORROW SHALL BE MY DANCING DAY
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Shall_Be_My_Dancing_Day |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Dec 22 - 09:08 AM WREN DAY SONGS 26 December Saint Stephen's Day from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen%27s_Day ”Saint Stephen, God's Knight (I shall you tell this ylke night)” from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/MSSSGK.html Saint Stephen and Herod [Child 22] from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/C022.html
26th December Wren Day |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Dec 22 - 09:33 AM THE WIFE OF USHER’S WELL Mudcat: Wife of Usher’s Well /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=20497 It was very close to Christmas time; The nights was long and cold. And the very next morning at the break of day Them babes come a-running home. The Wife of Usher's Well (Child 79) - Hedy West https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fmn8dCpLrug Various other recordings of The Wife of Usher’s Well on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Wife+Of+Ushers+Well N.B.This song is also located at Martinmas (November) in some versions |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Dec 22 - 04:57 AM THE FAIRY ON THECHRISTMAS TREE The Fairy On The Christmas Tree -Gracie Fields https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAzEr5mmu4 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Dec 22 - 12:59 PM THE REDNECK REINDEER Joe Diffie - Leroy The Redneck Reindeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIdnYAkqSes |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Dec 22 - 01:04 PM THE COWBOY CAROL Many Recordings of “ The Cowboy Carol” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Cowboy+Carol |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Dec 22 - 03:19 AM 31 December 1942 The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement between warships of the German Navy and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE BARENTS SEA Battle of the Barents Sea From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea 23rd Flotilla from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Hopk112.html THE 23RD FLOTILLA sung on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9IAJhLjH4 Russian Convoy Escort's Song from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Tawn068.html THE KOLA RUN from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/PsSea152.html The Battle of Barents Sea oral documentary from World War II Chronicles https://soundcloud.com/wwiichronicles?platform=hootsuite |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Dec 22 - 09:36 AM THREE WISE WOMEN by Stanley Accrington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awSwhPIPy2E Jolly Jock sings "3 wise women" by Stanley Accrington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Rh-2JFplc WISE WOMEN by Marco Frankland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSFk9kFDLsk THE THREE WISE WOMEN by by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPauis-Dk8 THREE WISE WOMEN by Lucinda Lucas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtaBnQEyVm4 THREE WISE WOMEN nbsp; by Kate ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXgZyTP_s-0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 31 Dec 22 - 01:12 AM 31 December 1720: Charles Edward Stuart – Bonnie Prince Charlie, the “Young Pretender” – was born in Rome. As leader of the Scottish Jacobites, he attempted to depose George II, but was finally defeated at Culloden. THE BLACKBIRD The first broadside versions of this song date to 1650, obviously referring to Charles II, who was then in exile. It wasn't safe to refer to him by name, so the allegorical "blackbird" was used. It seems also to have been used of James II, and perhaps also to his son James III. However, the title came to be most strongly associated with Bonnie Prince Charlie. After the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the same situation arose as in 1650. It was generally not safe to speak of Charlie, so the Jacobites adopted various circumlocutions -- the "blackbird," the "moorhen," or simply "Somebody."
Moira Craig sang FLORA McDONALD’S LAMENT on her 2000 album On ae Bonny Day. She noted: The Steeleye Span version of this, PRINCE CHARLIE STUART, was one of the first songs I sang in public...it was only part of a Jacobite song Flora McDonald's Lament. It was found by John Moulden in the Kidson Collection in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, not far from where I first sang it. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Dec 22 - 11:45 AM THE LOSS OF THE SAILOR’S HOME 31 December, 1890 The Sailor's Home was wrecked near St Pierre & Miquelon carrying coal from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Fortune, Newfoundland. Loss of the Sailor's Home from The Ballad Index https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Pea960.html |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Jan 23 - 12:16 PM SANTA NEVER BRINGS ME A BANJO Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo · Kate Rusby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coDfMgwu3HI |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Jan 23 - 06:47 AM THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY Many Recordings of “ The Little Drummer Boy” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Little+Drummer+Boy Little Drummer Boy - The Priests with Shane MacGowan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC191TMNBqc |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Jan 23 - 04:31 PM 6 December Saint Nicholas Day, also called the Feast of Saint Nicholas, is observed on 5 December or on 6 December in Western Christian countries, and on 19 December in Eastern Christian countries using the old church Calendar. PERSONENT HODIE Saint Nicholas Day from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Day Personent hodie from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personent_hodie Personent hodie from Classic fm https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/occasions/christmas/first-santa-song/ Intonent hodie voces ecclesiae- Anonymous 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJSUDI0f880 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Jan 23 - 07:23 AM MISS FOGARTY’SCHRISTMAS CAKE - The Irish Rovers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8SfdNBUWVk |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Jan 23 - 05:33 PM 8 December 1914. BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS Battle of the Falkland islands from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Tawn059.html Information and some lyrics from "Grey Funnel Lines: Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970" By Cyril Tawney (scroll down a little) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r01ACwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102&lpg=PT102&dq=%22One+day+at+Port+Stanley+The+lookout+man+did+see+Some+s |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Jan 23 - 07:02 PM KWANZAA SONGS 26 December to 1 January Kwanzaa , an annual celebration of African-American culture Kwanzaa from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa A Kwanzaa Song - Lovely Hoffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg2T3zRfIRc Happy Kwanzaa Song - Fanoko Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPR7jsc6JRw It's Kwanzaa Time - Steve Cobb, Chavunduka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxp6WIYSRDI O Kwanzaa - Karen Dubiner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2dE5ECe2_E |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Jan 23 - 09:40 AM GOOD KING WENSLASLAS LOOKED OUT
MUDCAT Origins: Good King Wenceslas /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=161099&messages=20 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa Date: 08 Jan 23 - 08:00 PM LAST HANGING IN WEST VIRGINIA 16 December 1897 a real event commemorated in a song by T. Hall, recorded by Flatt and Scruggs. The December date is mentioned at the end of the song. I posted the lyrics and links to youtube today in a long Mudcat discussion thread Songs about capital punishment The Last Public Hanging in West Virginia - Flatt & Scruggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjDC4EvVdg |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Jan 23 - 06:05 AM SONGS SUNG BY WILL FYFFE 14 December 1947. Death of Will Fyffe, Scottish music hall and performing artist. Will Fyffe from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Fyffe Will Fyffe - 16 recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m096Io6nzF98D06F4tRW3sRsC54iVSDZA 1. I Belong to Glasgow2.I'm the Landlord of the Inn at Aberfoyle3.Ye Can Come and See the Baby 4.The Engineer 5.A'm Fear'd for Mrs. McKie 6.The Spirit of a Man from Aberdeen 7.The Waddin' o' Mary Maclean 8.The Train That's Taking You Home 9.I'm 94 Today 10.He's Been on the Bottle Since a Baby 11.The Railway Guard 12.Uncle Mac 13.The Skipper of the Mercantile Marine 14. Corporall McDougal 15.It Isn't the Hen 16.Sailing up the Clyde MUDCAT Lyr Add: Music-hall songs sung by Will Fyffe /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=140776&messages=22#top |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Feb 23 - 05:59 PM OH, CALIFORNIA It could be the Christmas season Why I want to get away And just lately for no reason I've been thinking of LA Oh, California - a balladeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3z4zXC9jQM |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Feb 23 - 05:55 AM THANK GOD IT’S CHRISTMAS Thank God It's Christmas - Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5mtUff6ik |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Monique Date: 15 Feb 23 - 07:17 AM EL DESEMBRE CONGELAT (Catalan) El desembre congelat confús es retira. Abril, de flors coronat, tot el món admira. Quan en un jardí d'amor neix una divina flor, d'una ro, ro, ro, d'una sa, sa, sa, d'una ro, d'una sa, d'una rosa bella, fecunda i poncella. El primer pare causà la nit tenebrosa que a tot el món ofuscà la vista penosa; mes, en una mitjanit, brilla el sol que n'és eixit d'una be, be, be, d'una lla, lla, lla, d'una be, d'una lla, d'una bella aurora que el cel enamora. El mes de maig ha florit, sense ser encara, un lliri blanc tot polit de fragància rara, que per tot el món se sent, de Llevant fins a Ponent, tota sa, sa, sa, tota dul, dul, dul, tota sa, tota dul, tota sa dulçura i olor, amb ventura. Arribaren els tres reis amb molta alegria, adorant el rei del cel en una establia. Oferint-li tres presents, com són or, mirra i encens. A la Ma, Ma, Ma, a la re, re, re, a la Ma, a la re, a la Mare pia, la Verge Maria. Amb contentament i amor celebrem el dia, en què el diví Senyor neix amb alegria. Si no tenim més tresor oferim-li nostre cor, que és la gran, gran, gran que és la fi, fi, fi que és la gran, que és la fi, que és la gran finesa de nostra pobresa. FROZEN DECEMBER Frozen December, Sorry, withdraws. The whole world admires April, crowned with flowers, When in a garden of love A divine flower is born, Of a ro-, ro-, ro-, Of a -se, -se, -se, Of a ro-, of a -se, Of a beautiful rose, Fecund and virgin. The first father caused The dark night That overshadowed the painful sight Of the whole world; But, one midnight, The sun shines that came out Of a beauti-, beauti-, beauti-, Of a -ful, -ful, -ful, Of a beauti-, of a -ful, Of a beautiful dawn That the sky falls in love with. The month of May has blossomed, Without being yet A white lily all well groomed With a rare fragrance, That can be felt throughout the world, From the East to the West, All its, its, its, All sweet-, sweet-, sweet-, All its, all sweet-, All its sweetness And smell, hopefully. The three kings arrived With great joy, Worshiping the king of heaven In a cowshed Offering him three presents, Such as gold, myrrh, and frankincense. To the Mo-, Mo-, Mo-, To the -ther, -ther, -ther, To the Mo-, to the -ther, To the pious Mother, the Virgin Mary. With joy and love Let's celebrate the day In which the divine Lord Was born with joy If we have no other treasure Let's give him our hearts, Which is the great, great, great, That's the re-, re-, re- Which is the great, which is the re-, Which is the great refinement Of our poverty. Live rendition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fe8xEmM71o El desembre congelat YT page (different versions) |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Feb 23 - 08:35 AM A VINT-I- CINC DE DESEMBRE aka FUM FUM FUM Fum, fum, fum from Mama Lisa’s World https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=622&c=45 “Fum,Fum,Fum"from Wikipedia https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fum,_Fum,_Fum Fum,Fum,Fum - Musica Nostra Canta Nadal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2opnMO4BzRk Many other recordings of “ Fum, Fum, Fum on YouTube https:https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=FUM+FUM+FUM+
Thanks to Monique for this suggestion and for the following addition Verse on the Wiki page not on MLW and with no translation:
Qui dirà més gran mentida?
Who will tell the biggest lie? |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Feb 23 - 07:00 AM YOUNG FREEDA BOLT December 14, 1929 Freeda Bolt, from Floyd County, Virginia was murdered. Various recordings of ” Young Freda Bolt “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Young+Freda+Bolt++song Freeda Bolt from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeda_Bolt “ Young Freda Bolt“: Lyrics from Bluegrass Lyrics.com https://www.bluegrasslyrics.com/song/young-freda-bolt/ The Story of Freeda Bolt - Floyd County Ramblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gXwk5zGtRY |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Mar 23 - 07:04 AM STAGGER LEE Christmas night 1895 In St. Louis, Missouri, Lee Shelton, nicknamed Stag Lee or Stack Lee, shot and killed his acquaintance William "Billy" Lyons in a bar room dispute about a hat. A Christmas Killing: Stagger Lee By Paul Slade http://www.planetslade.com/stagger-lee1.html Stagger Lee from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee Various recordings of ” Stagger Lee” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Stagger+Lee |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST Date: 04 Jul 23 - 04:52 AM WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS by The Wombles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JhVkWNHaU4 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Jul 23 - 09:27 AM SONGS ABOUT THE CONCERTINA 19 December 1829 British Patent No. 5803, for the first English Concertina, was submitted by Charles Wheatstone. The patent document from Concertina Library Digital Reference Collection for Concertinas aka http://www.concertina.com/patents/#wheatstone-patent-1829 MUDCAT: The Concertina Song thread.cfm?threadid=170923 I PLAYED MY CONCERTINA - Arthur Osmond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L12JP1CdwD0 PALESTEENA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQzJRJPQlI8 Other recordings of “Palesteena “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Palesteena+song Music and lyrics to Dave Goulder's CONCERTINA CONSCIOUSNESS on The Concertina Newsletter No 23 Pages 11 & 12 http://www.concertinamuseum.com/FreeReed/FR23.pdf POPPA PICCOLINO - Petula Clark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cMFkd5AaUQ Many more recordings of Poppa Piccolino on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=poppa+piccolino+song CONCERTINA by Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqLR7pbYRcc Concertina (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concertina_(song) ON MY LITTLE CONCERTINA - Ian Page - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMjc1seanSI THE CONCERTINA MAN - Paul O' Reilly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4QthgQRRsk CONCERTINA MAN - Ray Bradfield - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02QmwjY0gwk SIGNORINA CONCERTINA - Shuki & Aviva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5gdnkgkSPg DON’T PLAY ME YOUR CONCERTINA, written by Les Barker - sung by Hilary Spencer with Mrs Ackroyd Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fZA54vn5iY MUDCAT: Lyr Req: Don't Play Me Your Concertina (Les Barker) - /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=157543 CONCERTINA CHAOS SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGt-Y2_FIRU ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CONCERTINA D Street Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sd-4pGuByw All I Want For Christmas is a Concertina - Kat Vilardi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qhT9a_BBYU Songs About Concertinas from Concertina.net - https://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?/topic/762-songs-about-concertinas/page/3/ IF ONLY I COULD PLAY A CONCERTINA - Dick Rogers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FGZkITHHKw |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Jul 23 - 06:09 PM THE CONCERTINA MAN written by Alan Bell Mudcat: Lyr Req: The Concertina Man (Alan Bell) - /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72157 But I cannot find an on-line recording of it yet.?? CONCERTINA CONSCIOUSNESS Music and lyrics to Dave Goulder’s “Concertina Consciousness” are here on The Concertina Newsletter No 23 Pages 11 & 12 http://www.concertinamuseum.com/FreeReed/FR23.pdf
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Jul 23 - 07:15 PM SONGS OF THE BUSH by Chloe and Jason Roweth Thanks to GerryM for his PM Message suggesting this song.He told me Chloe and Jason Roweth, Songs of the Bush has the chorus, I never learned how to play concertina, Happy enough with my foot keeping time, Somewhere I guess I just took it for granted; The songs of the bush would still be there next time... Click on track 2 to listen to the song https://www.rowethmusic.com.au/copy-of-wailing-bizarre-1 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Nov 23 - 07:54 PM BACK TO DECEMBER - Taylor Swift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUwxKWT6m7U |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,Rob Mad Jock Wright Date: 30 Nov 23 - 08:55 AM A must listen to track is Angie Wright version of GAUDETTE which is on her C D Captive Heart and is available on Spotify. It is a modern parody which sums up what many of us go through at this time of year. 20% of all Angies appearance fees and sales o towards the Scottish Mental Health Charity SAMH. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST Date: 30 Nov 23 - 02:14 PM MERRY CHRISTMAS, I DON’T WANT TO FIGHT TONIGHT Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) - Ramones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIhIBFPtnoc
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST Date: 30 Nov 23 - 02:19 PM MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING - The Carpenters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR1ujXx2p-I
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Dec 23 - 11:43 PM 2 December; On this day in 1814, the Marquis de Sade, the French aristocrat whose perverted lifestyle gave the word sadism to the language, died in an asylum. The play by Peter Weiss titled The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, as performed by the inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade, or Marat/Sade for short, is a fictional account of Sade directing a play in Charenton, where he was confined for many years. Judy Collins sings MARAT/SADE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvW2v9dUjI8 Judy Collins |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Dec 23 - 08:50 AM December 06, 1928 . The Banana Massacre was a massacre of United Fruit Company workers that occurred between December 5 and 6, 1928 in the town of Ciénaga near Santa Marta, Colombia. The event inspired Italian singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori's song Ninetto e la colonia. SONGS ABOUT THE BANANA MASSACRE 1928 NINETTO E LA COLONIA - Francesco De Gregori https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrIZjQ4Mk4M COLUMBIA THE GREAT BANANA MASSACRE 1928 - Recording & lyrics - Tim Hughes https://scatcat.bandcamp.com/track/columbia-the-great-banana-massacre-1928 Banana Massacre from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Dec 23 - 10:09 AM On the 4 December 1903, Ralph Vaughan Williams heard his first folk singer. He borrowed a bicycle and cycled from Brentwood to the home of Charles Potipher in near-by Ingrave. The first song Mr Potipher, standing on his doorstep, sang was BUSHES AND BRIARS. Lady Ursula Vaughan Williams said, "He felt it was something he had known all his life." Far From the Madding Crowd |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Dec 23 - 12:05 PM On the 4 December 1903, Ralph Vaughan Williams heard Charles Potipher of Ingrave, Essex, sing ‘Bushes and Briars’, and his life changed. Around forty ‘Vaughan Williams’s Journey into Folk’ posts by Caroline Davidson are still available. If you enjoyed travelling with him last time, you might like to revisit his journey, starting from today. https://carolinedavison.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=email
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Dec 23 - 06:37 PM 6 December 2023 Truro Primestock Show https://www.truroprimestockshow.co.uk/ TRURO AGRICULTURAL SHOW - Ian Marshall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ykqQcSo8Ew Truro Agricultural Show - Andy Roberts – Haverfolk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLswhFtflE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Dec 23 - 06:32 PM December 12th 1866 The Oaks Pit Explosion, the worst mining disaster in England, occurred near Stairfoot in Barnsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire killing 361 miners and rescuers. Oaks Explosion from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_explosion#:~:text=The%20Oaks%20explosion%2C%20which%20happened,worst%20mining%20disaster%20in THE OAKS PIT DISASTER Sung by Keith Tomlinson on the Yorkshire Garland site https://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=130 To the Oaks Pit near Barnsley on the 12th of December About four hundred colliers to work they did go, In health and in strength upon that fatal morning, Not thinking of danger they descended below. THE OAKS PIT DISASTER - Del Scott Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgXNJ5Uy-zM
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Dec 23 - 09:32 AM MORE WASSAIL SONGS THE WASSAIL CUP CAROL - John Kirkpatrick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWT9ROFjWMU
THE KENTUCKY WASSAIL - The Revels Chorus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU55Q9zd9dY
THE TRUNCH WASSAIL SONG - The Kipper Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reiXwyUm0lM |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Dec 23 - 10:04 AM GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER - Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grandma+got+run+over+by+a+reindeer+song |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Dec 23 - 11:54 AM SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS PUDDING CHRISTMAS PUDDING - (Willcocks) SA [Full Performance] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad7OnuT15pA CHRISTMAS PUDDING SONG - Postman Pat · Bryan Daly · Ken Barrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSEIfM3FT_c ODE BY A CHRISTMAS PUDDING AT SEA Information and Lyrics from Peter Marquis-Kyle https://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/mt/002079.php FIGGY PUDDING - by Ruth Morris Gray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvpafsXgTIk |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Dec 23 - 04:22 AM GIFT CARD - The Snake Oil Willie Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=iZZkt_XXtMo |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Dec 23 - 03:52 AM 21 December 1910 The Pretoria Pit Disaster was a mining accident . Three hundred and forty four men and boys lost their lives in an underground explosion at the Hulton Colliery Bank Pit No. 3, known as the Pretoria Pit, in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England. THE PRETORIA PIT DISASTER - Houghton Weavers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPu-g-lcXM4 Pretoria Pit disaster from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria_Pit_disaster |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Dec 23 - 11:44 AM SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREES O CHRISTMAS TREE Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+O+Christmas+Tree O TANNENBAUM Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=O+Tannenbaum ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rockin%27+Around+the+Christmas+Tree THE HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS TREE Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E2%80%9CThe+Happiest+Christmas+Tree%E2%80%9D THE CHRISTMAS TREE SONG - A.J. Jenkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfuTBGaEQ-E&list=RDnfuTBGaEQ-E&start_radio=1 CHRISTMAS TREE FARM - Taylor Swift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3rDTAdM2o ”Christmas Tree Farm" from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Tree_Farm |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Pappy Fiddle Date: 14 Dec 23 - 06:21 PM I created a Christmas song, THAT CHRISTMAS MOOD , and posted it to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSG-SwFrDgo I think it's a very good song. It's had over 100 views! in two years. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Dec 23 - 05:23 PM SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS DINNER CHRISTMAS DINNER - Peter, Paul & Mary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DfEpCQKsyc&t=12s CHRISTMAS DINNER - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW3eCD3L8vo CHRISTMAS DINNER COUNTRY STYLE - Bing Crosby https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=aBVMIQkpp2w THE TURKEY SONG (I've Been Invited for Christmas) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUXr-9qDEAA&t=18s |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Dec 23 - 11:59 AM 18 December International Migrants Day. Information from UN site https://www.un.org/en/observances/migrants-day SONGS ABOUT MIGRANTS DEPORTEE (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Deportee+(Plane+Wreck+at+Los+Gatos Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportee_(Plane_Wreck_at_Los_Gatos) REFUGEE - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbWDV72oQlo&t=7s IMMIGRANT’S SONG - Keith & Kristyn Getty ft. Jordyn Shellhart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBoZwm0m6oQ HOW CAN YOU KEEP ON MOVING(Unless You Migrate Too) - Ry Cooder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s89wz8BjXvw IMMIGRATION BLUES - Chris Rea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtrV50AQvYw&t=34s EMIGRÉ - Alela Diane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NWAC-PmEVo&t=168s AS I GO RAMBLING ROUND - (Woody Guthrie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf772d9mR-g MANY RIVERS TO CROSS - Jimmy Cliff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjW5f7i5EwE&t=3s LIVING IN THE PROMISELAND Willie Nelson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lxpt8lzbo&list=PLk6n90VAXJUafo0LH0E6jnlVNAHL6U2a0&index=53 Link to post SONGS FOR WORLD REFUGEE DAY in Mudcat Tread Any June Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169898#worldrefugeeday:~:text=Subject%3A%20RE%3A%20Any%20June%20Songs%3F%0AFrom%3A%20Geof Link to post below LADY OF THE HARBOR |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Dec 23 - 04:42 AM Thanks to GerryM for sending the following suggestions in a Mudcat PM PASTURES OF PLENTY - Woody Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pastures+of+Plenty+-+Woody+Guthrie BRACERO - Phil Ochs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmNDZNmxIk EMIGRANT EYES (Immigrant Eyes) - Guy Clark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBMqZ7xa1ZU Various other recordings of the song https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Emmigrant+Eyes+ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 19 Dec 23 - 04:02 AM Just a reminder. Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Geoff Lawes Date: 23 Dec 22 - 04:20 PM 19 December 1981 The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred off the coast of Cornwall, England. Link to post above SONGS ABOUT THE PENLEE LIFEBOAT DISASTER |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Dec 23 - 11:19 AM 19 December 1907 239 workers died in the Darr Mine Disaster, the worst coal mining disaster in Pennsylvanian history. THE BALLAD OF DARR MINE - Jason Hegedus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VfjYUklxW4 Monument to the Darr Mine Disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darr_Mine_Disaster_Memorial.jpg Darr Mine disaster from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darr_Mine_disaster |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Dec 23 - 11:46 AM FELIZ NAVIDAD Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Feliz+Navidad |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Dec 23 - 05:32 AM I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY - Wizzard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJPc7esgvsA&list=RDIJPc7esgvsA&start_radio=1 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Dec 23 - 09:08 AM THE KILMORE CAROLS Kilmore Carols from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmore_Carols Ancient Christmas Carols in the Yola language, Co. Wexford, Ireland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pgcFP5Cf2E Song for the Twelfth Day: The Kilmore Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mMEgdYpTxk Caroling tradition from rural Wexford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV52t75mxWQ The Kilmore Carol -The Voice Squad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTk_kZN-qM |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Dec 23 - 11:29 AM SHOTGUN SHELLS ON A CHRISTMAS TREE - Robin and Linda Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpzSWAg-HDg Mudcat Thread, Lyr Req: Shotgun Shells on a Christmas Tree /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87182 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Dec 23 - 09:38 AM 7 December 1549 Jack Kett leader of the Kett Rebellion in Norfolk was hanged from the walls of Norwich Castle SONGS ABOUT JACK KETT AND KETT’S REBELLION OF 1549 RISE UP ! - The Demon Barbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94q5UOombDQ KETT’S REBELLION - Hard to Port https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_en2Xu0ixU REBELLION ! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPEAKg27-8k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPEAKg27-8k Kett's Rebellion from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kett%27s_Rebellion |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Dec 23 - 02:34 PM NO CHRISTMAS IN KENTUCKY - Phil Ochs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7E69Do9dv0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Dec 23 - 04:45 PM CAPTAIN JOHNSON’S LAST FAREWELL 23th. December, 1690 Capt. Johnson executed at Tyburn for abduction of a young heiress
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 23 - 04:33 AM HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Yourself_a_Merry_Little_Christmas MUDCAT: Origins: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171966&messages=9 Many recordings of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Have+Yourself+A+Merry+Little+Christmas |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 23 - 06:48 AM ’TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Twas+the+Night+Before+Christmas+Song. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 23 - 10:07 AM CHRISTMAS TIME Christmas Time - Smashing Pumpkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmFeg2e5GzI |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 23 - 10:20 AM CHRISTMAS IN NO MAN’S LAND - Maggie Boyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNd-N2rw00&list=OLAK5uy_men4VWxn78KN8JCWU37NHB1sCDT6UBZoQ&index=51 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 23 - 10:44 AM Friday 22 December 2023 the longest night of the year THE HALSWAY CAROL - Jackie Oates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpwwO2kJOlg Lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton http://www.towncommonsongs.org/songs/halswaycarol.html The Halsway Carol by Iain frisk (lyrics) and Nigel Eaton (music) sung by Julie Murphy and played by Nigel Eaton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siI5kX-iUmk
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 23 - 04:14 AM IN DULCI JUBILO - Maddy Prior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY7liENnrIA Various recordings of “In Dulci Jubilo “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=in+dulci+jubilo |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 23 - 09:16 AM FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - The Pogues|Kirsty MacColl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSkN4EXhBR8 Fairytale of New York from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairytale_of_New_York Lyrics from Kirsty MacColl website https://www.kirstymaccoll.com/songs/other-peoples-songs/fairytale-of-new-york/ Fairytale of New York: the story behind the Pogues' classic Christmas anthem, from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/06/fairytale-new-york-pogues-christmas-anthem |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 23 - 09:52 AM SUSSEX CAROL (On Christmas Night) - Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=On+Christmas+Night+(Sussex+Carol ) Sussex Carol from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex_Carol# |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 23 - 12:13 PM THE ANGEL GABRIEL FROM HEAVEN CAME Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+ANGEL+GABRIEL+FROM+HEAVEN+CAME ”Gabriel's Message” from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%27s_Message |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 23 - 12:17 PM THE STANDING STONES Dave and Toni Arthur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoYWEi7TFbk One bonny moonlight Christmas Eve They met at the sad place. With heart of glee and the beams of love Were shining on her face. STANDING STONES - Loreena McKennitt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OexEDXBW4-4 STANDING STONES OF ORKNEY Quadriga Consort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RioWx6QxEFQ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 23 - 06:05 PM I AM CHRISTMAS I am Christmas - John Conolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETCZR5HySkQ I Am Christmas - Kate Rusby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGwVWdBFdVs Sheffield Folk Chorale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGBARewAeMc The V&A Ensemble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ml6VGibSE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Dec 23 - 08:33 AM COVENTRY CAROL (LULLY LULA) various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Coventry+Carol+ Coventry Carol from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Carol LULLE LULLAY - John Jacob Niles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOSbgcYHJt0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Dec 23 - 08:40 AM CHRISTMAS MEMORIES - Alabama Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2XD1A7HG9E MUDCAT Thread, Lyr Add: Christmas Memories /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=172934&messages=1 CHRISTMAS MEMORIES WHEN SANTA GOT STUCK UP THE CHIMNEY - Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=When+Santa+Got+Stuck+Up+the+Chimney+song
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Dec 23 - 10:03 AM THE CREMATION OF SAM McGEE - Ed Mathis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YwPyu9FTAU On a Christmas day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail. Talk of your cold! through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail. Various other recordings of “The Cremation of Sam Mcgee” on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+cremation+of+sam+mcgee+l The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service from The Poetry Foundation https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Dec 23 - 08:47 AM 2000 Miles I can hear people singing It must be Christmas time I hear people singing It must be Christmas time Pretenders - 2000 Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyGZlBdkaA |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Dec 23 - 10:28 AM THE WASSAIL OF FIGGY DUFF - Ayrshire Voices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmvisa2lN5A Link to Mudcat post above WASSAIL SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Dec 23 - 10:33 AM THE SANS DAY CAROL (The Holly Bears a Berry) Many recordings of “ The Sans Day Carol “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Sans+Day+Carol Sans Day Carol from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_Day_Carol |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Dec 23 - 11:00 AM UN FLAMBEAU,JEANETTE ISABELLA - Diane Taraz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-qFn48d9s Link to post above BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE ISABELLA |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Dec 23 - 06:40 AM Many recordings of I’M THE MAN WHO SLITS THE TURKEYS’ THROATS AT CHRISTMAS https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=I%27m+the+man+that+slits+the+Turkeys+throats+at+Christmas |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Dec 23 - 06:30 AM Thanks to GerryM for a further song about migrants LADY OF THE HARBOR - Si Kahn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUDcc4p5YSk Various other recordings on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=Lady+of+the+Harbor Link to post above SONGS ABOUT MIGRANTS |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Dec 23 - 06:58 AM HURON CAROL - Prairie Rose Rangers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTlU2jO9VZI Many other recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Huron+Carol |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Dec 23 - 01:22 PM THE WEXFORD CAROL AKA WEXFORD LULLABY Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wexford+caro l Mudcat DT Wexford Carol Lyrics /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7708#:~:text=WEXFORD%20LULLABY%0A(%20John%20Renbourn) Mudcat, Lyr ADD: Wexford Carol /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=270&messages=22 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Dec 23 - 06:23 PM A CANDLE IN THE WINDOW - Alabama Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqL-Kv4T5WI&list=PLyBnvt-PVepluInXlt-igUQujzzzwmPn0&index=8 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Dec 23 - 09:34 AM IT ONLY SEEMS FIVE MINUTES SINCE LAST CHRISTMAS- Trouble at' Mill (Dixon/Dixon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PnorkJOAL0 It Only Seems Like Five Minutes Since Last Christmas by Colin C McDonald. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7redvsSaunw
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I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL WITH SANTA CLAUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmRAgXt0Nxo |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Dec 23 - 09:51 AM LINK to Alphabetical Index of all the December songs above /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170618&messages=192#:~:text=INDEX%20OF%20DECEMBER%20SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Dec 23 - 10:19 AM LAST CHRISTMAS - Wham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN5vC0Cxl44 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Dec 23 - 10:39 AM AULD LANG SYNE Various recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Auld+Lang+Syne WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE? - The Carpenters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sl1xhU7xpk THE LAST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Kantos Chamber Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux4w-vw3acI
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 31 Dec 23 - 12:32 PM The liner notes to Eileen McGann's recording of her song, SANDS, say, "Written on the beach, near midnight on New Year's Eve." There's a thread here, /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=130078 with the subject, RE: ADD: Sands (Eileen McGann). The thread contains the full lyrics. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Jan 24 - 11:21 AM THE TAILOR’S BRITCHES aka THE BRISK YOUNG TAILOR
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Dec 24 - 08:31 AM 1 December 1964 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers met to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. HEY HEY, LBJ - Bill Frederick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_krQH_zZqE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Dec 24 - 08:01 AM 2 December 1982 The first permanent artificial heart was implanted in 61-year-old Barney C. Clark by Dr. William De Vries at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. The First Artificial Heart, 30 Years Later , article from the University of Utah https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/2012/12/first-artificial-heart-30-years-later ARTIFICIAL HEART - Jonathan Coulton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDqtCiZJES8 ARTIFICIAL HEART - Cherrelle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NoVTIqkKzA ARTIFICIAL HEART - Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Artificial+Heart%22+song |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Dec 24 - 12:14 PM 2 December 1979 Iranian electors voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new constitution granting absolute power to Ayatollah Khomeini. SONGS ABOUT AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI KHOMEINI EY EMAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxHwrytBMdk AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI - John Valby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac7z0dPX_No |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Dec 24 - 05:44 AM 3 December 1854 The Battle of the Eureka Stockade was fought in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, between gold miners and the colonial forces of Australia. Battle of the Eureka Stockade, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eureka_Stockade SONGS ABOUT EURIKA STOCKADE EUREKA(The Stockade Song) - Buddy Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG9-otc26Qw BALLAD OF EURIKA - Marg and Bob Fagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF-MxHO3mqI BALLAD OF EURIKA STOCKADE - Terry Bennetts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6YuimiwLMk#:~:text=Ballad%20of%20the%20Eureka%20Stockade%20%2D%20Terry%20Bennetts%20%2D%20YouTu BALLAD OF EURIKA STOCKADE by Lazy Harry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFAL_l_sm98 SONG FOR EURIKA STOCKADE - David Rovics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laE0hOSMnoo THE EUREKA STOCKADE SONG by Edwin Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTOYmpbcM74 EUREKA STOCKADE by Michael Leese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8OD4QtTIXg EUREKA STOCKADE by Jeff Bruce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty16PZ11NZE ANTHEM TO EURIKA STOCKADE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QQK70omgpE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Dec 24 - 05:29 AM 4 December 1872 The American brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered drifting in the Atlantic, off the Azorean islands . Her crew was never found. Mary Celeste, article from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste BALLAD OF THE MARY CELEST - J.P. Cormier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2MFZ-BcUs MARY CELEST by Eighthavenue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqvfU6abKag MARY CELEST from Summer's Songs and Stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUyIRBGjus0 MARY CELEST by David Stone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0sz8KIbkIE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Dec 24 - 06:30 AM 5 December 1784 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley died. Phillis Wheatley, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley A HYMN TO THE EVENING set to music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjDhVuHIgAI A HYMN TO THE MORNING Clement Reid/Phillis Wheatley - Jordan Wright, soprano; Jane Harty, piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk10tSTv_xI A HYMN TO THE MORNING Phillis Wheatley, music by Kelvyn Koning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkoLnmFBg18 AUSPICIOUS QUEEN pop song from Phillis Wheatley poem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6CxQO70rBk |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Dec 24 - 06:51 PM December 6, 1907 The Monongah Mining Disaster was a coal mine explosion at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia. Monongah mining disaster , article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monongah_mining_disaster MONAGAH MINE DISASTER - Dan Cunningham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK73xK0klC4 MONAGAH MINE - AJ Lee & Blue Summit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBEWe6w0RKg THE MONAGAH DISASTER - Ryan Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quRFsOIJEmk |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Dec 24 - 05:00 AM 11 December 1936 King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England to marry American Wallis Simpson. Abdication of Edward VIII, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication_of_Edward_VIII LOVE,LOVE ALONE - Harry Belafonte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq9-Fge-dp8 EDWARD VIII - Lord Caresser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-x1vRJ91AY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJrrAXrHts Edward The VIII Lord Mouse And The Kalypso Katz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJrrAXrHtshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJrrAXrHts KING EDWARD VII SCHOOL SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIHiciIx-eY Link to Levana Taylor's post above EDWARD VIII [It Was Love, Love Alone] Link to Index of Any December Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170618#4126401:~:text=From%3A%20Levana%20Taylor%20%2D%20PM%0ADate%3A%2016%20Nov%2021%20%2 Link to Index of Any January Songs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJrrAXrHts /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169254#4090567:~:text=below%20.%20Regards%2C%20GeoffLawes-, |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 Dec 24 - 07:47 AM In December 1903, Ralph Vaughan Williams began his collection of folk songs. 4 December 1903 Vaughan Williams collected nineteen songs in the village of Ingrave, near Brentwood, Essex, including six from Mr Potiphar, four from a Mrs Horsnell, and five from a Mr Bloomfield. The first of these was Bushes and Briars sung by 74-year-old labourer Charles Potiphar. Vaughan Williams proclaimed "I felt it was something I had known all my life". 7 December 1903 Vaughan Williams was clearly excited by his discovery of folk singers. Only three days after his visit to Ingrave, he arranged for Henry Burstow to travel the ten miles from Horsham to his home at Leith Hill Place, where he used a phonograph to record the old man singing at least eight songs. One of these was Basket of Eggs, also known as The Biter Bit. Burstow remembered ‘I was amazed beyond expression to hear my own songs thus repeated in my own voice.’ Late December 1903 Vaughan Williams was at his childhood home, Leith Hill Place, for the Christmas holidays when he set off on his bike ‘equipped with notebook and pencil’ to find songs ‘almost at his own doorstep’. Vaughan Williams didn’t note down the exact date when he heard ‘The Ploughboy’s Dream’ sung by Mr Garman, but it was probably sung a couple of days after Christmas when he collected further songs from another local resident near his home at Leith Hill Place, Surrey. In The English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams matched the tune, now familiar as Forest Green, with the words of a mid-19th century American poem, ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’, written by Phillips Brooks, an Episcopalian preacher from New England. ‘The Poachers’ sung by Isaac Longhurst at Broadmoor, Surrey. Isaac Longhurst lived at Forest Green. Mr Garman lived at Ockley. Vaughan Williams probably got their home villages mixed up when he met the two men at Broadmoor on the day when Garman sang ‘The Ploughboy’s Dream'. See Vaughan Williams's Journey into Folk by Caroline Davison https://carolinedavison.substack.com/ with links to recordings where you can hear her sing the first verse of a song from each of the forty days that Vaughan Williams collected them, between December 1903 and January 1905. BASKET OF EGGS - Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Basket+of+Eggs+song THE PLOUGHBOY’S DREAM Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Ploughboy%E2%80%99s+Dream%E2%80%99 TOWN OF BETHLEHEM Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Town+of+Bethlehem%E2%80%99%2C O Little Town of Bethlehem,article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Little_Town_of_Bethlehem Vaughan Williams's Journey into Folk by Caroline Davison https://carolinedavison.substack.com/
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Dec 24 - 05:26 PM 11 December 1944 Birth of American singer Brenda Lee Brenda Lee, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lee ALL THE BRENDA LEE SONGS ON YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=all+brenda+lee+songs Mudcat thread, Happy 80th birthday BRENDA LEE /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=173728&messages=5#reply |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Dec 24 - 06:57 PM 13 December 1862 The Battle of Fredericksburg , Virginia Battle of Fredericksburg article , from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg THE LAST FIERCE CHARGE AKA The Battle of Fredericksburg Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Last+Fierce+Charge Audio recording of Ward H Ford, and song information about The Last Fierce Charge from Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/2017700924 Mudcat DT Lyrics The Last Fierce Charge /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6575 IRELAND BOYS HURRAH aka Song from the Backwoods - Dermot Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp0vrQFMoaQ Song from the Backwoods - Bonnie Whitehurst · Brendan Nolan · Jimmy Crowley · Maírtín de Cógáin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHkfTyzjBqI Recordings of Song of the Backwoods on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Song+of+the+Backwoods Link to Levana Taylor’s post above THE LAST FIERCE CHARGE Link to Levana Taylor’s post above IRELAND BOYS HURRAH |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Dec 24 - 09:50 AM 14th December 1861 Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria died. QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT’S LOVE SONG https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/horrible-histories-song-victoria-and-albert-love-song THE PROOF IS IN THE PUFFING, ( Prince Albert Jingle) -Ernest Tubb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBzQVmM4Tw |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Dec 24 - 05:17 PM 15 December 1890 Sioux leader Sitting Bull was killed in a skirmish with U.S. soldiers along the Grand River in South Dakota as his warriors tried to prevent his arrest. SITTING BULL MEMORIAL SONG - Lakota Thunder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQFmTwbQpE SONG OF SITTING BULL - sung by Wahácha?ka-yapi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wr_fztT4k SITTING BULL IN VENICE - Tom Russell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aS2rHYJYQU |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST Date: 15 Dec 24 - 12:06 PM 16 December 1864 Battle of Nashville in the American Civil War. Battle of Nashville, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nashville#:~:text=It%20was%20fought%20at%20Nashville,Thomas. BATTLE OF NASHVILLE - Doc Watson with Frosty Morn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gylqAf2bbBw BATTLE OF NASHVILLE - Lamar Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaGT8eViUKg BATTLE OF NASHVILLE Matthew McCartney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ZyMR0Dxv0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Dec 24 - 06:56 PM 16 December 1944 The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes Forest as the Germans launched a big counter-offensive. PANZERLIED (Tankmen's Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzCjrZ4lF5I Panzerlied, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerlied BATTLE OF THE BULGE - William Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrIjr6Me650 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Dec 24 - 05:18 AM 16 December 1838 The Battle of Blood River when the Voortrekkers defeated the Zulu impis in South Africa. Battle of Blood River, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blood_River#:~:text=The%20Battle%20of%20Blood%20River,in%20their%20Republic%20of%20Natal DIE GELOFTE Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Die+Gelofte%22 THE BLOOD RIVER MIRICAL - John Edmond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn69XRblHQs |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Dec 24 - 05:00 PM 17 December1895 The Anti-Saloon League of America was formed in Washington D.C. Anti-Saloon League, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Saloon_League#:~:text=The%20Anti%2DSaloon%20League%2C%20now,Prohibition%20was%20repealed%20in SONGS ABOUT PROHIBITION on YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjdzLbJeDxijwbTX6BoenTLSr6q0BPppM AMERICAN MOONSHINE AND PROHIBITION SONGS - NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS (full album) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJzSUzFtksdjYH2iY61htQwwNnZPuHbpm TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION SONGS & HYMNS on YouTube) - by Peter Tylor &bsp; https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT1O3SMLsQmWXXAHtZc3G1EoJhImgVJO4 Anti-Saloon League Song Book from Ohio Memory https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll36/id/782 Convention song book of the Anti-Saloon League of America from Digital Library of Appalachia https://dla.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/wvwc/id/436 Mudcat thread: Anti-alcohol, temperance songs /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=65565 Link To post above PROHIBITION SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Dec 24 - 06:28 AM 17 December 1955 Carl Perkins wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes.' Blue Suede Shoes, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Suede_Shoes BLUE SUEDE SHOES - Carl Perkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvsYRAc-BWA Other recordings of 'Blue Suede Shoes'on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Blue+Suede+Shoes |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Dec 24 - 11:02 AM 18 December 1833 The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", was first performed. God Save the Tsar!, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Tsar! GOD SAVE THE CZAR Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22God+Save+the+Tsar!%22%2C+ |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Dec 24 - 06:57 PM 19 December 1942 Convicted murderer, Robert Stroud, was transferred to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, where he became known as " The Birdman of Alcatraz" Robert Stroud, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stroud BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ - The Highwaymen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RUfjr_aD-0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Dec 24 - 09:01 AM 20 December 1955 Cardiff was proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom Cardiff, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff CARDIFF BAY - Martyn Joseph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9koRmCVxYk DONKEY RIDING - Brian Gulland · Robin Jeffrey · Tim Laycock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2vRuNCbiwg CARDIFF BUS SONG - Clive Hewins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msfMgJ4gxzk CARDIFF CITY FOOTBALL SONGS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5H6FV3lGVcLv84pTz94VN4t0599I-z9
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Dec 24 - 05:51 AM 21 December 1988 Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, because of a terrorist bombing. Pan Am Flight 103, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 TIM BURMAN - The Young'uns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVXAbEKwsrc Tim Burman - the Young'uns (film about the song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrDRjihzgs8 THE SKY WEEPS STILL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTKduzKWwkg |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Dec 24 - 06:15 PM 21 December 1192 King Richard 1 of England was captured and imprisoned by Duke Leopold of Austria. JA NUS HONS PRIS Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ja+nuns+hons+pris+ Ja Nus Hons Pris by Richard the Lionheart from Songfacts https://www.songfacts.com/facts/richard-the-lionheart/ja-nus-hons-pris Article from Silence de Cherbourg”Translation: Ja Nus Hons Pris” http://www.silencethebard.com/?page_id=34 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Dec 24 - 08:35 AM WHAT MONTH WAS JESUS BORN IN ? Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=What+Month+Was+Jesus+Born+In+song Mudcat thread Origins: What Month Was Jesus Born In? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=42199&messages=15#top WHEN WAS JESUS BORN ? Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22When+Was+Jesus+Born%22++song Link to Index of Any November Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?ThreadID=170494#indexnovember:~:text=below.%2D%20Regards%2C%20GeoffLawes-,INDEX%20OF%20NOVEMBER%20 Link to Index of Any December Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170618#4126401:~:text=From%3A%20Levana%20Taylor%20%2D%20PM%0ADate%3A%2016%20Nov%2021%20%2 Link to Index of Any January Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169254#4090567:~:text=below%20.%20Regards%2C%20GeoffLawes-, |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Dec 24 - 09:59 AM 22 December 2001 The Shoe Bomber, Richard Reid, unsuccessfully attempted to blow up a transatlantic flight with explosives packed in his shoes. Richard Reid , article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid THE SHOE BOMBER SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq-vaOm6Tw0 Replace |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Pappy Fiddle Date: 23 Dec 24 - 12:19 AM About 3 years ago I created a new Christmas song and put it on YouTube . I'm rather pleased with it, if I do say so myself. THAT CHRISTMAS MOOD by Woody Brison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSG-SwFrDgo Link to post above THAT CHRISTMAS MOOD
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 24 - 08:49 AM 23 December 1688 The Glorious Revolution. James II went into exile in France having been replaced as English monarch by his daughter Mary II, and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange. Glorious Revolution , article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution LILLIBOLERO Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lilliburlero%27++ Lillibullero , article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillibullero Mudcat thread, Lyr Req: Lily Bolero/Lilliburlero /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=102149 THE PROTESTANT BOYS - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Protestant+Boys+song Mudcat DT Lyrics: The Protestant Boys /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6854 MY THING’S MY OWN Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=My+Thing+Is+My+Own |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Dec 24 - 07:25 PM December 21 or 22 Winter Solstice Winter Solstice, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice WINTER SOLSTICE SONGS THE LONGEST NIGHT AND THE SHORTEST DAY - Colum Sands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozjOG_YmFJ4 SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7eO7jQQ-Xc THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR by Brad Kay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5-D6k4te8 THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR by Malcolm Gets · Richard Rodgers · Lorenz Hart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2JYqXn9fI THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mary Chapin Carpenter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ojSnpqnT20 THE LONGEST NIGHT - Tim Grimm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vev-o35mUUA Mudcat Thread, Wonderful Winter solstice gathering songs /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=168914 Mudcat Thread,Songs for the Winter Solstice /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=106626 Mudcat Thread, Lyr Add: Solstice songs! /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=16330 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Dec 24 - 02:39 AM 24 December. On this day; 1818: A mouse put the organ out of order at St Nicholas Church, Oberndorf, Austria. Franz Xaver Gruber rescued the Christmas music for midnight mass by writing a carol for guitar and choir. It was called “Stille Nacht” (”Silent Night”). Gruber wrote the tune, but Josef Mohr wrote the lyrics for “Silent Night”. 1828: The trial of William Burke began in Edinburgh. The other body-snatcher, William Hare, had turned king’s evidence and was not brought to trial. Sentenced to death, Burke was hanged on 28 January 1829. BURKE AND HARE https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=993 John Doyle sings Burke and Hare; using the nursery rhyme as a chorus; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBeT3DxK4Qo Burke and Hare sung by Robin Laing; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIH91SoRMNs "Burke And Hare" is a novelty song with lyrics by Norman Newell and music composed and conducted by Roger Webb. Newell (1919-2004) was a record producer who also co-wrote many songs. "Burke And Hare" was recorded by The Scaffold, and was used at the beginning of the 1972 Kenneth Shipman production Burke & Hare which was also known as Horrors Of Burke And Hare. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-scaffold/burke-and-hare 1871: Verdi’s opera Aida had its world premiere in Cairo. Link to post in Any November Songs? BURKE AND HARE SONGS /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170494#burkeandharesongs:~:text=Subject%3A%20RE%3A%20Any%20November%20Songs%3F%0AFrom%3A% |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 24 - 05:12 AM 24 December 1818 The Christmas carol "Silent Night", composed by Franz Xaver Gruber ,was sung at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria for the first time. Silent_Night, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night SILENT NIGHT Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Silent+Night |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 24 - 05:16 AM 24 December 1865Several Confederate veterans form Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. Ku Klux Klan , article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan YOUR FRIENDLY, LIBERAL KU KLUX KLAN - The Mitchell Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GTcsLPgDiE KU KLUX KLAN - Rio Grande https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8RoEKp73c KU KLUX KLAN - Steel Pulse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZuDD3SYeU KU KLUX KLAN - Olga Ramos os https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7TUFT9dwAI THE KKK TOOK MY BABY AWAY - Ramones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYXS5q0105Y KKK BLUES - Chris Rea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVFwr5X97lY
I AM GRAND WIZARD MAN Assorted Klan songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-huFam7FK5j2g8loHHB2Mj9xd65yy2fb |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Dec 24 - 10:28 AM THE BARNSLEY CAROL aka Christmas Eve - Tegwen Roberts https://soundcloud.com/barnsleymuseums/the-barnsley-carol-christmas-eve-1933-by-arthur-godfrey-vocals-by-tegwen-roberts CHRISTMAS EVE aka The Barnsley Carol, with Lyrics, on YouTube - Tegwen Roberts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orlqLBPFnxk Link to Index of Any December Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170618#4126401:~:text=From%3A%20Levana%20Taylor%20%2D%20PM%0ADate%3A%2016%20Nov%2021%20%2 Link to Index of Any January Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169254#4090567:~:text=below%20.%20Regards%2C%20GeoffLawes-, |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Dec 24 - 05:29 AM 25 December 1724 J. S. Bach lead the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther's 1524 Christmas hymn. GELOBET SEIST DU, JESU CHRIST Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gelobet+seist+du%2C+Jesu+Christ%2C+BWV+91%2C |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Dec 24 - 11:29 AM December 26, 1966 Jimi Hendrix completed the writing of "Purple Haze" in the dressing room of the Upper Cut Club, London. Purple Haze, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Haze PURPLE HAZE Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Purple+Haze%22+
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Dec 24 - 06:56 PM ONCE UPON A DECEMBER Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Once+Upon+a+December |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Dec 24 - 07:07 PM DEATH OR GLORY WASSAIL - Blanche Rowen & Mike Gulston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vYKoyfMGlQ DEATH OR GLORY WASSAIL Mudcat thread, Lyr Add: Death or Glory Wassail (Kipper) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=28561 Link to post above WASSAIL SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Dec 24 - 07:51 PM 26 December Wren Day HUNTING THE WREN - Lankum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqgYbPlZNsM I’M GOING TO THE WOODS - Bill Whiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOvXhTde5X4 Link to post above WREN DAY SONGS |
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