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Any October Songs?

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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 31 Oct 21 - 06:08 PM

October 17, 1777 - British General John Burgoyne and his entire army of 5,700 men surrendered to American General Horatio Gates after the Battle of Saratoga, the first big American victory of the American Revolutionary War.

THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA
The Battle of Saratoga · Hermes Nye    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoNkkPGoK8w
Battle of Saratoga-Raymond Crooke    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS0GZm_VYpo



Link to Mudcat post below by henryp    YANKEE DOODLE


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 01 Nov 21 - 06:38 PM

A SONG FOR THE RED-COATS

The seventh day of October, The British tried again,
Shells from their cannons throwing, Which fell on us like rain;


Full lyrics & Info about"A Song for the Red-Coats."    
https://www.americanrevolution.org/war_songs/warsongs47.php


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 02 Nov 21 - 06:16 AM

HOP-TU-NAA
Hop-tu-naa is celebrated in the Isle of Man on the 31st of October with people going around the community with carved turnip lanterns and singing one of the traditional songs. The oldest known hop-tu-naa song is in Manx.

Hop-tu-Naa: Sung in Manx by the Bunscoill Ghaelgagh   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI6ShyPZcao
Hop-tu-Naa : Lyrics & regional variations from Isle of Man. com https://www.isleofman.com/welcome/manx-language-symbols/manx-songs,-rhymes-prayers/hop-tu-naa/


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 03 Nov 21 - 09:44 AM

ALLANTIDE

Allantide is a Cornish festival traditionally celebrated on the night of 31 October, as well as the following day time.

Allantide From Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allantide
Allantide – Annown     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS2pa3Hcz3s


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 11 Nov 21 - 08:24 AM

BALLAD OF OCTOBER 16th
The Almanac Singers - Ballad Of October 16th    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhbrYhL3OPk&t=47s
MUDCAT DT, Lyrics: BALLAD OF OCTOBER 16 (Millard Lampell & Lee Hays)    /mudcat.org/@displaysong
Wikipedia:Songs for John Doe   
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_for_John_Doe
Ballad of October 16 · Lee Hunter    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWZK72gD39g


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 12 Nov 21 - 05:02 PM

FAITHFUL JOHNNY

When will you come again, my faithful Johnny?
When will you come again, my faithful Johnny?
Though the night be Halloween, when the fearful sights are seen
I will come again, my sweet and bonnie, I will come again.

Mainly Norfolk: Faithful Johnny   
https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/faithfuljohnny.html
Many recordings on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Faithful+Johnny+


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 14 Nov 21 - 02:24 PM

THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY LONGSTAFF
"Told through the words of 16 year-old Stockton-born Johnny Longstaff who was one of an estimated 100,000 people who defied the police to stand in solidarity with the Jewish people of London’s East End, blocking the route of a British Union of Fascists march on October 4, 1936." https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?lang=en&id=57690
The Young'uns on youtube

THE GHOSTS OF CABLE STREET https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=9658 by Paul Simmonds / Phil Odgers / Jon Odgers / Shanne Hasler / Henry Cush /
Recorded by The Men they Couldn't Hang

documentary about the Battle of Cable Street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE_xclpTAew


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 14 Nov 21 - 02:49 PM

Lyrics of  CABLE STREET , one of the songs which makes up The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff, are now posted on Mudcat https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170608

Cable Street · The Young'uns    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG-w_ZCwOio


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Subject: RE: The Wobbling Man & The Pig Got Up
From: Felipa
Date: 15 Nov 21 - 06:30 PM

both posted today in https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=24205 Songs for Alcoholics thread

THE WOBBLING MAN (John Neville) from http://www.johnnevillemusic.com/?page_id=30#C11
As a cold October morn begins
An old man cries for his past sins
To his lips a picture I see him press
Of a dancing woman in a wedding dress

THE PIG GOT UP (Benjamin Hapgood Burt)
One evening in October
When I was about one-third sober
And was taking home a load with manly pride
My poor feet began to stutter
So I lay down in the gutter
And a pig came up and lay down by my side

Link to THE FAMOUS PIG SONG posted above


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:36 AM

CROSSING THE BAR

6 Oct. 1892 Death of the English Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Crossing the Bar, many varied recordings on YouTube   
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Crossing+the+Bar


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:31 PM

NEVER TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE STORM    Charley Noble's song about the sinking of the Bounty in October 2012
MUDCAT: Lyr Add: Never Turn Blind Eye to Storm (Bounty)   
/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=149674


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 17 Nov 21 - 06:27 PM

Felipa, thanks for Never Turn a Blind Eye to the Storm. Here is a YouTube of Charlie performing his song which is given in the Mudcat thread which you link to above.
Never Turn a Blind Eye to the Storm (IPCAR) Charlie Ipcar     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC67dAWV0dI


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 18 Nov 21 - 05:11 PM

22 October 1877 The Blantyre mining disaster,in Blantyre, Scotland, was Scotland's worst ever mining accident.

THE BLANTYRE EXPLOSION

Many recordings of The Blantyre Explosion on YouTube    
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Blantyre+Explosion+
Blantyre Mining Disaster Information from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blantyre_mining_disaster
Mudcat,Origins: Blantyre Explosion thread.cfm?threadid=103983


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 20 Nov 21 - 03:23 PM

EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS

5 Oct,1930 The British airship R101 crashed during its maiden voyage near Beauvais, France killing 48 people.

Empire of the Clouds From Wikipedia   
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Clouds

Iron Maiden – Empire Of The Clouds     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPYmgPLHsj8

   


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Nov 21 - 05:01 PM

FOOTBALL’S COMING HOME

26 Oct,1863 Formation of the English Football Association which documented the first rules of soccer.

Three Lions (Football's Coming Home) (Official Video)    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqimlFcJsM
Many recordings of FOOTBALL’S COMING HOME on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=FOOTBALL%E2%80%99S+COMING+HOME


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 09 Dec 21 - 10:47 PM

SONGS ABOUT THE HUNGARIAN UPRISING OF 1956

The Hungarian uprising against Soviet domination lasted from October 23 to November 10, 1956.

Later, János Bródy composed Ha én rózsa volnék (If I was a rose), generally interpreted as referring to the uprising (as well as continuing resistance). See
LyricsTranslate for several translations. Its best-known performer is Zsuzsa Koncz; in 1973, she recorded it on an album quickly pulled from shelves (YouTube) and there are various live recordings of her. And here is Márta Sebestyén with a traditional-style unaccompanied rendition.

After the suppression of the uprising, on January 6, 1957, Elvis Presley appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and asked for relief donations, dedicating Peace in the Valley to the people of Hungary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeOBN5e7iM

For the 60th anniversary, Desmond Child (of Bon Jovi) wrote Land of the Free, which made its debut in a choral performance on Hungarian radio -- see article with recording.


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 09 Dec 21 - 10:52 PM

Addendum: I should warn that "Avanti ragazzi di Buda" is associated with the Italian far right and research into it is likely to turn up blatant Nazism.


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 10 Dec 21 - 07:03 AM

UP THE DOWN ESCALATOR

4 Oct. 1911 Britain’s first escalator opens at London’s Earls Court.

The Chameleons – Up the Down Escalator .... ( Lyrics )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jlZfKfg60
ESCALATOR  - Sparks       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzVYV1NgpsE


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 11 Dec 21 - 08:39 AM

VA DANSER
words: Gaston Couté; music: Marcel Legay

"Va danser" (Go and dance), a song from the 1930s, depicts the philosophical farewell of a dying harvester to his sweetheart as the music of the October harvest celebration sounds outdoors. He tells her to leave him, go dance and choose a man to love, for no one should be without love.

Lyrics:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/edith-piaf-va-danser-lyrics.html
Edith Piaf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAw2OGEEyc
Amazing collection of versions on a site dedicated to Marcel Legay: https://www.marcel-legay.com/media/marcel-en-mp3/va-danser/


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 13 Dec 21 - 12:53 PM

WHEN OCTOBER GOES
When October Goes - Barry Manilow    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Reiqwbo4b7Q


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 09 Jan 22 - 11:10 PM

October 17, 1867: Thirteen workers constructing the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts suffocate after being trapped at the bottom of the "Central Shaft" by a fire above. See contemporary account and photos

HOOSAC TUNNEL by Dana Robinson (Bandcamp)

The final lines, calling the Hoosac a "cursed tunnel," allude to the tunnel's terrible reputation that led the workers to dub it the "Bloody Pit." Nearly 200 of the construction crew died there over the 24 years that it took to complete it, the October 1867 incident merely being the most casualties at a single time. As of the 1970s, the tunnel became a highly popular source of ghost stories and ghost sightings.


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST,Diolch
Date: 04 Mar 22 - 06:55 AM

HARTLAKE BRIDGE

The Hartlake Bridge tragedy occurred on 20 October 1853, when a cart carrying hop pickers veered off Hartlake Bridge into the River Medway and over 30 people were drowned. There are local memorials in that area of Kent.
I've added a thread of lyrics to mudcat.

Lyrics:
/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171103

Jasper Smith version (collected by Mike Yates) is here    :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa7V9VIM_ko    and     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUVqN4bGZYk

Bill "Mousey" Smith version (collected by Ken Stubbs) is available online at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.    https://www.vwml.org/search?q=Bill%20Mousey%20Smith%20HARTLAKE%20BRIDGE,%20&collectionfilter=RoudFS;RoudBS;VWMLSongIndex;MasterI

Hartlake Disaster from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartlake_disaster


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST,Diolch
Date: 23 Aug 22 - 03:33 PM

The mudcat internal link for My Lady of Autumn didn't work on my browser. Might need adjusting.
The full thread address: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=17605


I think I have fixed it now Diolch but let me know if it will still not work for you. - Geoff


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 23 Aug 22 - 06:34 PM

Stan Rogers' song, The Mary Ellen Carter, begins "She went down last October, in a pouring, driving rain." https://youtu.be/rGRP3jxwD_A

Link to 2 postings above about THE MARY ELLEN CARTER by Stan Rogers.


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Aug 22 - 11:41 AM

October 15th, 2022 Annual Chisholm Trail Festival

SONGS ABOUT THE CHISHOLM TRAIL
The Old Chisholm Trai from Wikipedia   
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Chisholm_Trail
Many Recordings of ” The_Old_Chisholm_Trail”on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Old+Chisholm+Trai
The Last Cowboy Song from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Chisholm_Trail
Many Recordings of ” The Last Cowboy” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+last+cowboy+song

Link to post above from GerryM about the song THE CHISHOLM TRAIL


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 30 Sep 22 - 12:28 PM

SONGS ABOUT NOTTINGHAM GOOSE FAIR

The first week of October,  annually, Nottingham Goose Fair


Nottingham Goose Fair from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Goose_Fair
Nottingham Goose Fair · Fiddler's Dram     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ1l_iFtP6Q
Nottingham Goose Fair - Mike Musgrove     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwRkQDvaN-8


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 06 Oct 22 - 04:02 AM

JARROW SONG

5th October 1936. The Jarrow Marchers left Jarrow

Jarrow March from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrow_March
Jarrow Song - Alan Price     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=198t_7lOjpg
Jarrow Song by Alan Price from Song Facts    https://www.songfacts.com/facts/alan-price/jarrow-song


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 06 Oct 22 - 07:24 AM

On this day, 6 October 1829, trials began at Rainhill for a locomotive to use on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway. On 8 October 1829, Stephenson’s Rocket was declared the winner.

RAILWAY SONG by Roy the Taxi Driver     Rainhill trials

From Newcastle to Liverpool down came the Rocket man.
To start a revolution had long since been his plan.
To get the world a moving for years had been his dream,
On two long tracks all made of steel, and an engine powered by steam.

So plans were made and tracks were laid for the Rainhill loco trials,
And crowds had gathered down the course that stretched out for three miles.
It was to be a contest, a test of strength and speed,
George Stephenson arrived that day aboard his iron steed.


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 09 Oct 22 - 09:55 AM

THE CAPTAIN’S APPRENTICE   aka THE CRUEL SHIP’S CAPTAIN

26th October 1857 Captain John Doyle, the master of the bark John Sugars, from Ceylon, was found guilty of unlawfully inflicting upon Robert Eastick, a sailor boy, grievous bodily harm. It was alleged that Robert Eastick was driven to commit suicide as a result of the harassing treatment of the captain.


Old Bailey Proceedings, 26th October 1857 from Old Bailey on Line.org    
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?name=18571026
Mainly Norfolk: The Captain's Apprentice / The Cruel Ship's Captain     https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/thecaptainsapprentice.html
Various recordings of “The Cruel Ship's Captain ” on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Cruel+Ship%27s+Captain
Various recordings of “The Captain’s Apprentice ” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+captain%27s+apprentice+folk+song
Come All You Men Throughout This Nation - Harry Cox    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJGXo843vsQ
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties No. 8, The Captain's Apprentice sung by Roderick Williams    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0X4w57dw0
Roy Palmer explores the history of the traditional song The Captain's Apprentice' on BBC Radio3    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m2n8t


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 11 Oct 22 - 07:34 PM

October 1452 Birth of England’s last Plantagenet king, Richard III.

RICHARD III - Supergrass     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXrrOxzZCE
Richard III (song) from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_(song)
Richard III of England from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Oct 22 - 11:42 PM

How 'bout AWAY YE MERRY LASSES
Away Ye Merry Lasses - (Georje Holper)


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 12 Oct 22 - 11:32 AM

25 October 1415   The Battle of Agincourt took place near Azincourt, in northern France.

Battle of Agincourt from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt

SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
THE AGINCOURT CAROL from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agincourt_Carol

The Agincourt Carol from The Ballad Index     http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/MEL51.html

Many recordings of “The Agincourt Carol “on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Agincourt+Carol

KING HENRY’S CONQUEST OF FRANCE     (Child #164)     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04fA4sdo7Dw
King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France (ballad)from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Henry_Fifth%27s_Conquest_of_France

KING HENRY’S CONQUEST OF FRANCE  -   Richard Thompson     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6bvxIQ6KYc
Various other recordings of “King Henry V's Conquest of France” on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=King+Henry+V%27s+Conquest+of+France


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 13 Oct 22 - 03:02 PM

HYMNS, CAROLS & SONGS BY RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

12 October 1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams was born 150 years ago in the village of Down Ampney in the Cotswolds. His earliest published works appeared at the turn of the 20th century (the song Linden Lea being among the first, as well as the cycle Songs of Travel a few years later).

'Bushes and Briars' was famously sung by Mr Potiphar to Ralph Vaughan Williams at Ingrave, Essex on December 4 1903, which RVW said 'set all my doubts about folk-song at rest'.


Bushes and briars

List of compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Ralph_Vaughan_Williams#Hymn_tunes_and_carols


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 14 Oct 22 - 07:46 AM

SENGHENYDD

14 October 1913 Britain’s worst pit disaster took place at Senghenydd, Glamorgan. 439 miners died after a series of explosions.

The resulting funerals took over a month to complete. The mines manager was fined £24 for breaches of the mines safety code, whilst the owner William Thomas Lewis was fined £10.


Senghenydd by Johnny Caesar
Senghenydd

More songs and information about the disaster
Senghenydd Song - R G Rees     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DMZRql5Gxo
Senghenydd Explosion · Here Be Dragons    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhnYnFqjsLw

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senghenydd_colliery_disaster


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 14 Oct 22 - 06:53 PM

29th October, 1644. The Battle at Fyvie Castle. Some sources suggest that the song THE BONNIE LASS O’ FYVIE refers to the capture of the Fyvie Castle by Montrose's Royalist army in 1644.

The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bonnie_Lass_o%27_Fyvie ;
Many recordings of “ The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie”on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=BONNIE+LASS+O%E2%80%99+FYVIE
Information,lyrics and tune from contemplator.com     https://www.contemplator.com/scotland/fyvie.html


The song is known by a variety of other names, the most common of them being "Fennario" , "The Maid of Fife "and "Peggy-O".
Many recordings of "Fennario" on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Fennario%22
Many recordings of "The Maid of Fife" on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22The+Maid+of+Fife%22
Many recordings of "Peggy-O" on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Peggy-O%22


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 17 Oct 22 - 09:32 AM

SONGS ABOUT THE ABERFAN DISASTER

21 October, 1966. The Aberfan Disaster; the collapse of a colliery spoil tip in Wales which engulfed Pantglas Junior School and a row of houses.


Aberfan disaster from Wikipedia,    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster
Peggy Seeger - Grey October    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PpapqCKGr8
MUDCAT: Lyr Req: Grey October/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=57432">mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=57432">/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=57432
Not all the flowers grow -Strawbs    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVglu-3EfiI
Aberfan - Bryn Yemm     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATP5vIVasLU
Many recordings of "Palaces of Gold" on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Palaces+of+Gold%22+
Mainly Norfolk: Palaces of Gold- Lyrics, Information and Recordings    https://mainlynorfolk.info/leon.rosselson/songs/palacesofgold.html

see also posting below from henryp CLOSE THE COALHOUSE DOOR


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 17 Oct 22 - 11:00 AM

> Aberfan

I remember seeing that covered, live, on the evening TV news: mechanical diggers working under arc lights through the night, digging in desperate hope. Still chokes me up, just thinking about it, more now than at the time.


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 17 Oct 22 - 02:12 PM

Alex Glasgow, a pitman's son from Gateshead, wrote CLOSE THE COALHOUSE DOOR  originally for a BBC radio programme. It later became the title song for the 1968 stage musical written by him and Alan Plater. He added the “bairns” verse after the Aberfan disaster, about which see also Leon Rosselson's song Palaces of Gold.

closetheccoalhousedoor


Many more recordings of “Close the Coalhouse Door” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Close+the+coalhouse+door


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 18 Oct 22 - 11:48 AM

A DROP OF NELSON’S BLOOD
After his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, Nelson's body was preserved in a cask of brandy, or rum, to allow transport back to England. ‘Nelson's blood' became a nickname for rum.

A Drop of Nelson's Blood from Wikipedia   
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Drop_of_Nelson%27s_Blood
Many recordings of ” A Drop of Nelson's Blood “ on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=A+Drop+of+Nelsons+Blood

Link to DEATH OF NELSON by J. Braham & S. J. Arnold posted above by Ged Fox


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 19 Oct 22 - 06:00 AM

(ON BOARD) THE VICTORY

21st October, 1805. The Battle of Trafalgar

Mainly Norfolk: (On Board) The Victory    
https://mainlynorfolk.info/nic.jones/songs/thevictory.html
The Victory · Steeleye Span    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM9-uT_yGJw
MUDCAT- Origins: The Victory/On Board of the Victory    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=101323

Link to THE DEATH OF NELSON by J. Braham & S. J. Arnold posted above


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 19 Oct 22 - 06:43 PM

THE SPRINGFIELD MINE DISASTER     aka THE BALLAD OF SPRINGHILL

23 October, 1958. Springhill Nova Scotia Mine Disaster

Information on the disaster from wordpress.com   
https://interestingcanadianhistory.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/springhill-nova-scotia-mine-disaster-oct-23-1958/
Many recordings of “The Springhill Mine Disaster” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=SPRINGHILL+MINING+DISASTER+song
MUDCAT DT Lyrics & Chords: SPRINGHILL MINE DISASTER    /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5519
MUDCAT: Origins: Springhill Disaster/Ballad of Springhill    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=1714


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs? From: Felipa
Date: 20 Oct 22 - 06:58 PM

versions of a love song in Scottish Gaelic, THA MO RÚN AIR A’ GHILLE refer to Oídhche Shamhna, which is Hallowe'en night.
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171787

Oidhche Shamhna ghabhas mi òran,
Nam b’aite leam dhèanainn òran;
‘S truagh a Righ nach mi bha pòsd’
Aig òigear a’ chùil dualaich.

(I’d sing my song on Halloween;
If I could I would compose one;
It’s a pity that I am not married
To the youth with the curly hair.)

or, as sung by Mary Jane Lamond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U3OYYgWnYI:

Oidhche Shamhna dhomh 's mi m'ònar         
Smaointich mi gun dianainn òran
'S truagh a Rìgh nach mi bha pòsd'         
Ri òigear a' chùil dualaich

(Alone on Halloween night
I thought I would compose a song
It's a pity I wasn't married
To the yout2h with the curly hair)

Anna Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wzCYz3OVx0 sings instead of a summer night; it would be easy to sing "Oidhche Shamhna" instead of "oidhche shamhraidh"!

Oidhche shamhraidh dhomh 's mi'm ònar         
Air mo ghaol sa ni mì òran         
'S truagh a rìgh, nach robh mi pòsd         
Aig òigear a' chùil dualaich

(Alone on a summer night
I will make a song about my love
It's a pity I wasn't married
to the youth with the curly hair)


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 23 Oct 22 - 05:45 PM

THE RAILWAY TRAIL SONG

October 31, 1931. The Bermuda Railway was a 21.7-mile (34.9 km) railway line that operated in Bermuda for a brief period of 17 years. In 1984 the defunct track area became a Bermuda Railway Trail for hiking.

Bermuda Railway from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Railway
Railway Trail Song · Val Sherwood · John Woolridge · Neil Burnie · Eddie Wicks    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV0SNbgZCto


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 31 Oct 22 - 11:06 AM

OCTOBER by U2
October -U2    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjxHhoY2E8Y
October (song) from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_(song)


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 31 Oct 22 - 06:39 PM

there is a long Mudcat thread of Hallowe'en songs


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 31 Oct 22 - 06:58 PM

HALLOWEEN SONGS FROM THE 1920'S & 1930’S    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Mpipp-KgQ
1.Hush Hush Hush -    Henry Hall 1932
2.Heebie Jeebies -    Boswell Sisters 1931
3.The Haunted House -    New Mayfair Dance Orchestra 1931
4.Dancing The Devil Away -     Arden & Ohman Orch 1930
5.Mysterious Mose -    Rube Bloom & His Bayoo Boys 1930
6.Minnie The Moocher -     Cab Calloway 1931
7.Spell of the Blues -     Frederick Vettel 1929
8.Ghost of a chance -     Ted Fio Rito 1933
9.Them's Graveyard Words -    Bessie Smith 1927
10.The Nightmare -    Cab Calloway 1931
11.Ghost Walk -    Minnevitch 1933
12.Got The Jitters -    Don Redman & Orchestra 1933
13.Midnight, The Stars and You -     Al Bowlly with Ray Noble's Orchestra 1934


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 07 Nov 22 - 05:48 PM

HALLOWS’ EVE
Hallows' Eve -Show of Hands   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clC9zWY_N4I
MUDCAT Lyr Add: Hallows Eve (from Show of Hands)     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171825&messages=1

Link to more HALLOWEEN songs posted above


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 08 Nov 22 - 06:32 PM

HALLOWE'EN SIGHTS
MUDCAT Lyr Add: Witches on Broomsticks / Halloween Sights    
/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=116371&messages=16#top


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 09 Nov 22 - 10:19 AM

HOLD THE FORT
October 5,1864. The Battle of Allatoona Pass was fought in Bartow County, Georgia during the American Civil War. "Hold the Fort!" was written as a hymn in 1870 by Philip Paul Bliss who was inspired by hearing about an incident in this battle. At the end of the nineteenth century it was re-written by the British Transport Workers as a union song.

Battle of Allatoona from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Allatoona

Hold The Fort from Wordwise Hymns     https://wordwisehymns.com/2010/10/05/today-in-1864-hold-the-fort-inspired/
"Hold The Fort" from Explore Southern History .com     https://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/Allatoona2.html
Many recordings of ”Hold The Fort (Hymn)” on YoTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hold+the+fort+hymn

Hold The Fort from Union Song https://unionsong.com/u511.html
Many recordings of ”Hold The Fort (Union Song)” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hold+the+fort+union


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Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 14 Nov 22 - 01:20 PM

1st DAY OF OCTOBER - Bongos Ikwue     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiQJEOzxwXg


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