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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Oct 24 - 06:18 AM 18 October 1851 Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was first published (as The Whale), in London. When a movie version was produced in 1956, A L Lloyd briefly acted and sang in it as a shanteyman. THE HUMPBACK WHALE - Nic Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lg47v1RrW0 LAST GREAT AMERICAN WHALE - Lou Reed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbBB8QEbUtg SAVE THE WHALES - Country Joe McDonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcjbQqXyvyw THE GREENLAND WHALE FISHERIES Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+GREENLAND+WHALE CALL ME THE WHALE Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=CALL+ME+THE+WHALE+(Paul+Kaplan) Mudcat Lyrics, CALL ME THE WHALE(Paul Kaplan) /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=9427 PADDY AND THE WHALE - A L Lloyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVq0l3In6BY WHALE SONG - Partridge Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDmwxs7RouQ THE WHALE - The Beggars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cgoE9IgTSE THE LAST OF THE GREAT WHALES aka THE LAST LEVIATHAN -Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Last+of+the+Great+Whales+(The+Last+Leviathan) Lyrics for The Last of the Great Whales (The Last Leviathan) from Henry’s Songbook http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/l/lastlevi.html Whaling and Sailing Songs From the Days of Moby Dick - Paul Clayton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFwGD61Z_ZQ Adam Miller Presents: Whaling and Sailing Songs from the Days of Moby Dick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv5z5BreCok Numerous whaling songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=whaling+songs Full album of 17 songs on LP Leviathan! Ballads & Songs of the Whaling Trade https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcDvNkmgZk5Epdf-DwJ3DORkikAEwd9fA Mudcat Thread, Shore Whaling Songs /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=66804 A L Lloyd performs Blood Red Roses as the lead Shantyman in the 1956 movie of Moby Dick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l226lDgP65w “The 1956 film Moby Dick, directed by John Huston, featured Lloyd singing a sea shanty as the Pequod first sets sail. There is also a brief visual clip of him.” from the Wikipedia article AL Lloyd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._L._Lloyd#:~:text=Lloyd,-Article&text=Albert%20Lancaster%20Lloyd%20(29%20February,of%20the%20195 |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Oct 24 - 06:02 AM 19 October 1989 The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison. Guildford Four, article from This Day In History https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/guildford-four-are-cleared THE GUILFORD FOUR - Andy White https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-cdYuiCwaU THE GUILFORD FOUR - The Wolfe Tones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tmEnQ5hXTY |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Oct 24 - 08:49 AM 20 October 1827 Naval Battle of Navarino (off the Peloponnese coast): English, Russian, French combined fleet beat a Turkish and Egyptian force, paving the way for Greek independence Battle of Navarino, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Navarino THE BATTLE OF NAVARINO - Graham and Eileen Pratt from Bandcamp https://grahamandeileenpratt.bandcamp.com/track/the-battle-of-navarino BATTLE OF NAVARIN Broadsheet lyrics from National Library of Scotland https://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/archive/74892088#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1808%2C-1%2C6115%2C3409 The Battle of Navarino and an interesting find, article from Royal Museums Greenwich https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/battle-navarino-interesting-find |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Oct 24 - 08:35 AM 21 October 1970 Bernadette Devlin was released from prison having served four months of her six month sentence for riotous behaviour. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Devlin_McAliskey SONG FOR BERNADETTE - Invisible Guerrillas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGJ7RhFz4oA |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Oct 24 - 06:14 AM 22October 1934 Charles (“Pretty Boy”) Floyd was fatally shot in a field near East Liverpool, Ohio, by FBI agents. Pretty Boy Floyd, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd PRETTY BOY FLOYD - Woody Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YKUJZI5Bg Pretty Boy Floyd - The Byrds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MwplKjk_O0 Pretty Boy Floyd - Roger McGuinn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Cd8W30OrA Pretty Boy Floyd - Ramblin' Jack Elliott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1q_4opvUS4 Pretty Boy Floyd - Cisco Houston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_x9dJbmRNw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1q_4opvUS4 Further archived Wikipedia information about the Woody Guthrie song https://web.archive.org/web/20121202033412/http://www.folkarchive.de/pretty.html |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Oct 24 - 04:16 PM 22 October 1910 Doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) was convicted of poisoning his wife. Hawley Harvey Crippen, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen THE BALLAD OF DOCTOR CRIPPEN - Jerry Desmonde https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeE5s28SN7s DOCTOR CRIPPEN - Martin Howley https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/songs/cmc/doctor_crippen_mhowley.htm DOCTOR CRIPPEN’S SONG - Stephen Daltry https://soundcloud.com/stephendaltry/dr-crippens-song< /a> AIN’T IT A SHAME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SseQ9wQWyss&list=RDSseQ9wQWyss&start_radio=1 |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Oct 24 - 06:14 PM 23 October 1956 The Hungarian Uprising began with a massive demonstration in Budapest. Hungarian Revolution of 1956, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 AVANTI RAGAZZI DI BUDA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cGNnFj_jvw Avanti ragazzi di Buda, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avanti_ragazzi_di_Buda |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Oct 24 - 06:32 PM The third week in October, annually. Yarm Fair is held in High Street, Yarm, in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. Article about the history of Yarm Fair from Calendar Customs https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/yarm-fair/ YARM FAIR Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=yarm+fair+song |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Oct 24 - 06:29 AM 24 October 1931 Chicago gangster "Scarface" Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in jail for Federal income tax evasion. AL CAPONE SONG by Benjamin Cortez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9LBeBan_2Y AL CAPONE SONG by Al Capone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9LBeBan_2Y Al Capone, gangster and budding songwriter from S F Gate https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/al-capone-gangster-and-budding-songwriter-3164291.php |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Oct 24 - 06:25 PM October 1588 Remnants of the Spanish Armada returned to Santander, Spain. SPANISH ARMADA - Peter Bellamy, Dolly Collins and Ursula Pank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxmz0I_hC3o INVINCIBLE SPANISH ARMADA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9t0457ejoY GRANUAILE; THE SPANISH ARMADA - Rita Connolly sings an excerpt from The Spanish Armada from Shaun Davey's Granuaile suite, with Liam O'Flynn (uilleann pipes), Noel Eccles (percussion), Helen Davies (harp), Des Moore (guitar) and the Dublin Chamber Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2frRHJmflao SPANISH ARMADA - Corb Lund https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlmZfytBq9Y SPANISH ARMADA, or Sir Francis Drake - The City Waites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CttJ6pMLu0c&list=OLAK5uy_m8e4Fgl1_Gbszti2z7DhB7Fu9UztTNRwE&index=38 Lyrics of Song composed by Elizabeth I to celebrate the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588 from Royal Museums Greenwich https://prints.rmg.co.uk/products/song-composed-by-elizabeth-i-to-celebrate-the-defeat-of-the-spanish-armada-1588-e9077?srsltid= |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Oct 24 - 09:26 AM 25 October 1983 The US invaded Grenada. (WE GOT TO ) INVADE GRENADA - Banastre Tarleton Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUnpLG0HVjU GRENADA UNDER SIEGE - Mighty Sparrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vzSL6i9Too THE MARINES HAVE CAPTURED GRENADA - Bob A. Feldman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYRLKsldsFo |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Oct 24 - 12:56 PM 25 October 1881 Artist Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain. PABLO PICASSO - The Modern Lovers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT6VGHEUkbA PABLO PICASSO - David Bowie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB7rvbcLzxM |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Oct 24 - 06:11 PM 25 October 1982 Killing of civilian Sinn Féin member Peter Corrigan. THE BALLAD OF PETER CORRIGAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CMrkfCko7s Link to INDEX OF OCTOBER SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Oct 24 - 06:56 AM 26 Oct. 1863 Formation of the English Football Association which documents the first rules of soccer. Association football, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football IT’S COMING HOME aka THREE LIONS - Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1FKaDZBwqg OLE OLE OLE (The Name Of The Game) - The Fans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cKqFrylhPk Soccer Songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFWc6A7R2n2kWb0Q-e5rs0AOgpbSGnep- |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Oct 24 - 09:06 AM 26 October 1881 The gun-fight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL - Frankie Laine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAVpnmjSY7s Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film), article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral_(film)
THE SHOOTOUT AT THE I’M OK, YOU’RE OK CORRAL - Greg Tamblyn https://gregtamblyn.com/track/2401082/the-shootout-at-the-i-m-ok-you-re-ok-corral |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Oct 24 - 07:53 AM October 27, 1858 Birth of President Theodore Roosevelt BALLAD OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT - Black Irish Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJCGHBh7g7Q THEODORE ROOSEVELT SONG - Mr Beat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJlNWgSFb4g Theodore Roosevelt ,article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Oct 24 - 09:27 AM 27 October 1914 Birth of poet Dylan Thomas SONGS WITH LYRICS BY DYLAN THOMAS DO NOT GO GENTLE - Donovan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vscjXcaSyyo DO NOT GO GENTLE Antonio Cipolla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb6LWyc2Z3o DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT - John Cale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maISWZ8Tpsc AND DEATH SHALL HAVE NO DOMINION Paul Kelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6pMBRASfTo AND DEATH SHALL HAVE NO DOMINION Carl Høgset · Grex Vocalis · Sverre Ber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcr0DJdNOeg
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: Mrrzy Date: 27 Oct 24 - 10:04 AM HEAVY HORSES - Jethro Tull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRHATZzMh-g Iron-clad feather-feet pounding the dust On October's day, towards evening |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Oct 24 - 07:30 AM 28 October 1929 Wall Street Crash ( Black Monday ) BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Brother%2C+Can+You+Spare+A+Dime%3F Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother,_Can_You_Spare_a_Dime%3F TALE OF THE TICKER - Frank Crumit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ewiV79_A64 IN THE FALL OF 29 - W. Lee O'Daniel and his Light Crust Doughboys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmKxw49F3lk In the Fall of 29, song lyrics from Protest Song Lyrics.Com http://www.protestsonglyrics.net/Great_Depression_Songs/In-the-Fall-of-29.phtml |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Oct 24 - 10:55 AM 28 October 1922 Mussollinl’s March on Rome, began. March on Rome, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Rome Giovinezza, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovinezza#:~:text=%22Giovinezza%22%20(pronounced%20%5Bd%CA%92ovi%CB%88nettsa,of%20the%20Italian%2 GIOVENEZZA Numerous recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Giovinezza+song |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Oct 24 - 07:27 AM 29 October 1901. Anarchist, Leon Czolgosz was executed for the assassination of United States President William McKinley. Leon Czolgosz, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Czolgosz BALLAD OF CZOLGOSZ - Neil Patrick Harris, Marc Kudisch, James Barbour, Assassins Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Sln03oQy8< /a> LEON CZOLGOSZ SONG - Vennaskond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3Txl8Y08U ZOLGOSZ (White House Blues) - Yellow Jack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxcxlL1FH4 Many other recordings of White House Blues on youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+(White+House+Blues Link to Joe offer’s post about MURDER OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY in Mudcat thread Any September Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170186#whitehouseblues:~:text=From%3A%20Joe%20Offer%20%2D%20PM%0ADate%3A%2030%20Aug%2024% |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Oct 24 - 12:54 PM 29 October 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh was executed SIR WALTER RALEIGH - Scalene (James Fagan, Nancy Kerr, Sandra Kerr) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4EtOg5Bpac THE PASSIONATE MAN’S PILGRIMAGE - lyrics by Walter Raleigh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDZnG3BEIUU A Passionate Man's Pilgrimage -The Ebor Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6X1_-g1tF4 |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Oct 24 - 06:59 PM 29 October – 7 November 1956 Suez Canal Crisis Suez Crisis article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis SUEZ CANAL - Lord Christo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZKzEecbyXM&t=1s OLD PORT SAID - El Tanbura https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHiXjKSI2RM&t=19s Link to INDEX OF OCTOBER SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Oct 24 - 06:52 AM October 30, 1986 Death of Abel Meeropol who wrote the words to the song Strange Fruit. Abel Meeropol, article from Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Meeropol STRANGE FRUIT Various recordings on YouTube by Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and others https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Strange+Fruit%22 Strange Fruit, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit#:~:text=%22Strange%20Fruit%22%20is%20a%20song,Records%20co%2Dfounder%20Ahmet%20Erteg |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Oct 24 - 07:14 AM Link to Index of Any November Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?ThreadID=170494#indexnovember:~:text=below.%2D%20Regards%2C%20GeoffLawes-,INDEX%20OF%20NOVEMBER%20
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Oct 24 - 07:43 PM 31 October 1941 The Mount Rushmore sculptures were completed. MOUNT RUSHMORE - The New Christy Minstrels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beyz0j7febI THE MOUNT RUSHMORE SONG - Cenapsis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXjFDxUHC2k MOUNT RUSHMORE ROCKS written by Jesse Goldberg and Bill Flowerree and sung by Jesse Goldberg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cq7MNqujZg |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Oct 24 - 12:22 PM 31 October 1926Harry Houdini, the magician and escape artist, died of peritonitis stemming from a stomach injury. Harry Houdini, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini HOUDINI - Dua Lipa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suAR1PYFNYA TRIBUTE TO HARRY HOUDINI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCQAreh1muA HARRY HOUDINI - Jesse Alvarez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2rwqYIBKOk HARRY HOUDINI - Kon Kan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Tn8yUg3RY HARRY HOUDINI - The Down & Outs ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0kbI5GAwgY |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Oct 24 - 01:18 PM 1946 OCTOBER 31 HALLOWEEN SONG - Bob Hannon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRes6j6ZJIA |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Oct 24 - 06:00 PM THIRTY FIRST OF OCTOBER Rob Scallon · Andrew Huang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4wkwJBY_Jw 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 November Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?ThreadID=170494#indexnovember:~:text=below.%2D%20Regards%2C%20GeoffLawes-,INDEX%20OF%20NOVEMBER%20 |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Oct 24 - 06:07 PM 31 October 1517 Martin Luther nailed his ’95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg, Germany triggering the Protestant Reformation. REFORMATION HYMN - Chris Anderson / Bob Kauflin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtHCdOxatl0 |
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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 31 Oct 24 - 08:27 PM Dan Schatz just posted a charming song from Jean Ritchie on his FB page. Apologies if it has already appeared here. October/Halloween themed. |
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