Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround

Subject: RE: Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround
From: GerryM
Date: 13 Nov 24 - 06:08 AM

Songs, poems, and readings from the Mudcat Worldwide Zoom singaround of 11/12 November 2024, in the order in which they were presented. Thanks to Moorley Man for the data. Corrections and comments always welcome.

Hang on the Bell, Nellie
Bish Bash Bosh (poem)
My Enemy (The Man I Killed)
November Wood (poem)
November Lament (poem)
Harvest Moon
Father's Toys
Homeward (poem, aka Home, Lads, Home)
Riding the Night Mare (reading)
Fields of Athenry (variant, aka Down by the Claren's Mossy Banks, ttto Star of the County Down)
Sin City
Annexation 1846 (ttto Yankee Doodle)
Peculiar Ale (ttto When Jones' Ale was New)
My Country 'Tis of Thee – Roe v. Wade rewrite
Baby Please Don't Go
No Matter Who You Vote For, The Government Always Gets In
Once I Had A Sweetheart (many other titles – see 26/27 June 2023)
Bridges
Buckets of Rain
John Condon
Milwaukee Blues (aka Jay Gould's Daughter)
Buttermilk Hill (for other names, see 11/12 April 2022)
Voják ("Soldier", sung in Czech)
Gentle Annie
Play Friends (poem)
Man Who Used To Be
Frankie and Johnny
Turn, Turn, Turn
Legacies (poem)
The Best Things Before Sliced Bread (poem)
Won't You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?
When Can I Have a Banana Again?
The Last of the Light Brigade (poem)
The Parting Glass
Where Three Lands Meet (poem)
Hard Times
Polyna
Deportee (aka Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Until the Dark Time Ends (aka The Comfort of Singing Voices)
Listen to the Pipes
You'll Never Walk Alone
Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
I Still Breathe
Lorena
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Too Much of Nothing
After the War
The Death of Queen Jane
Blue Skies and Meadows of Gold
Watching the Trains Come In
He's Coming to Us Dead (aka The Express Office, The Boys in Blue)
Cactus Tree
Geritol Gypsy
Singing Through the Hard Times
They're Taking it Away
After Taps (poem)
The War After the War
Lowlands
When All Thy Names are One
Òran Beinn Lì (Song of Beinn Lì, sung in Scots Gaelic)
Farewell
The Rose of York
Thanksgiving Prayer
Times are Getting Hard

Subject: RE: Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround
From: GerryM
Date: 20 Nov 24 - 01:40 AM

Songs, poems, monologues, essays, and recitations from the Mudcat Worldwide Zoom singaround of 18/19 November 2024, in the order in which they were presented. Thanks to Moorley Man for the data. Corrections and comments always welcome.

What Did You Learn in School Today?
Ballad of a Crystal Man
Ghosts in Deptford (poem)
Courting Disaster
The Caithness Self-Lift Chair (monologue)
Meet Her at the Gate
Ee By Gum, But I'm Cold
Wheels
April Come She Will
The Quiet Woman (poem)
Come Together (US Post-Election Analysis, ttto Come Together)
Lo fantaume Pellegrin (The Ghost Pellegrin, sung in Nice dialect of Occitan)
Oxford Town
The Ballad of the Resurrection Packet (ttto Home Lads Home)
Sweet Violets
The Blackballer (mashup of "The Blackball Line" and "Blow the Man Down", ttto the latter)
I Would I Were
Give Light
Engaging with My Play (essay)
Brownies for Breakfast
Holding the Center (poem)
I Choose Hope
The Ten Meg Morris (ttto The Keeper)
Hurry Sundown
Frosty Mornings
Family Album (poem)
Last Waltz (poem)
Ethel from the Cake Shop
Talking Wheelchair Blues (recited)
Over the Lancashire Hills
The Rue and the Thyme
Label in the Printer (ttto Little Boxes)
Gil Galad Was An Elven King
Thanks for the Memory
Wild Women Don't Have No Blues,
Golden Mansions
I Natt Jag Drömde ("The Strangest Dream", sung in Swedish, then in English)
Farewell Lovely Nancy
More Joy
Somebody Would Shout Out "Shop"
I'm a Hippie Freak (ttto I'm an Old Cowhand)
Sagic Paradox (poem)
Love Me I'm a Liberal (rewrite)
Chicken is Nice
The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia
Gonna Be an Engineer
O Can Ye Sew Cushions
Rice Krispies Jingle
Sixteen Tomes (ttto Sixteen Tons)
Bench by the Sea
Who am I Now?
Love Changes Everything

Subject: RE: Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround
From: GerryM
Date: 26 Nov 24 - 09:58 PM

Songs, poems, monologues from the Mudcat Worldwide Zoom singaround of 25/26 November 2024, in the order in which they were presented. Thanks to Moorley Man for the data. Corrections and comments always welcome.

Anathea
The Bonnie Lass o'Fyvie-O
The Deserter (poem)
Bye Bye Black Sheep (poem)
Defence (poem)
The Dancing Teacher
The Weavers
The Magic Wand (monologue)
I Think it's Going to Rain Today
I Wish They'd do it Now
Habitants de tout âge ("People of all ages", sung in French)
Sing Us Something We Know (ttto Oh, Susanna)
Loch Tay Boat Song
The Face in the Sea (poem)
Teacher Mary had a Deity
Terrorism (poem)
I'm Still Standing
Blood and Gold (ttto Rano mi e more)
Scarlet Ribbons
I Still Miss Someone
Believe me, Sligo
Grey Goose
Chelsea Morning
Aphrodite the Smelly Belly Dancer
Three Rusty Nails (poem)
Take Comfort (poem)
Cock of the North (Sailor Home from the Sea)
The Workhouse Christmas Day (monologue)
I'm Not Angry
Wild Goose Shanty
Tale of the Whale
Makin' Whoopee
Gathering of Spirits
Where the Bottles Break
Grief (poem)
If the Poor don't Matter
I Love My Rooster (with new verses)
This World Goes Round and Round
Freight Train
Love's the Rising Sun
A Prayer for Thanksgiving
I'll Fly Away
Tom Joad (ttto John Hardy)
The February March
Thaïs
If I Were Free
Circle Game
Thanksgiving Eve
Morning Glow
Could I Have this Dance

Subject: RE: Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround
From: GerryM
Date: 03 Dec 24 - 05:20 PM

Songs, poems, and monologues from the Mudcat Worldwide Zoom singaround of 2/3 December 2024, in the order in which they were presented. Thanks to Moorley Man for the data. Corrections and comments always welcome.

My Grandfather's Clock
Carry My Song (poem)
Circle of Song
Turkeys (poem)
The Vote (poem)
I Do Have My Little Bit of Pride
Billy's Rose (monologue)
Le carillon de Vendôme
Mrs Fisher
And Still the Rain Falls (poem)
Lo viatge ("The Journey", sung in Occitan)
River (Joni Mitchell, not Bill staines)
Song of Deal
My Baby's Gone
Puff, The Magic Dragon
Medley: When Johnny Comes Marching Home, The Vacant Chair
Life Passes By (English translation of "La vie s'écoule, la vie s'enfuit")
Frobisher Bay
Brother Noah
Holding the Center (poem)
Light a Candle
Copper Kettle
God's Surprise (ttto Scarlett Ribbons)
The Last Song
Dark of the Moon
When I'm Gone
Souvenirs
Taoist Tale
King John's Christmas (poem)
Fatty Molesworth
The Happiest Christmas of All (monologue)
My Dearest Dear
Come Back in the Morning (ttto Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy)
O Come O Come Emmanuel
A Case of You
Good as Gold
Tenderly
Three Bells
Where the Morning Glories Grow
Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake
Going to Damascus
Woodstock
Oops!! Jamboree! (ttto Whup Jamboree, aka Whip Jamboree)
Alternating stanzas of Homeless Wassail and (poem) Could Be
Catch the Wind
The Lambskin Carol
Holly, Ivy, and Yew
Scotland the Brave (parody version)
The Lifeboat Mona
Crown Him (aka Diadem, aka All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name)
Summer Wages
Cherry Tree Carol
God Rest Ye Unitarians
Jesus in a Snowball
If I Were Free
Farthest Field (David Dodson)

Subject: RE: Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround
From: GerryM
Date: 11 Dec 24 - 02:41 AM

Songs, poems, and monologues from the Mudcat Worldwide Zoom singaround of 9/10 December 2024, in the order in which they were presented. Thanks to Moorley Man for the data. Corrections and comments always welcome.

Medley: Gaudete, Awayday, Crudités
Enniscorthy Christmas Carol
That's Just What I Wanted (poem)
A Time for Sharing (poem)
The Gift of Time (poem)
The Workhouse, Christmas Day (monologue)
Foxtrot Tango Calling
Memory
A Case of You
Chut, chut, chut ("Shush, Shush, Shush", in Occitan)
Five Foot Flirt
Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane
Rudolf med den røde tud ("Rudolf with the Red Nose", in Danish)
Hear Lyrics Clearly
The Drunken Sailor
Separation Blues
Hearth and Fire
A-Rovin' on a Winter's Night
Queen of Waters
Old Dog Tray
Slowed-down Blackbird (poem)
Blackbird
Bradford (poem)
The Night Before Christmas (poem; aka A Visit from Saint Nicholas)
Letter to Santa
Pirate Jenny
For Free
An Empty Mansion
The Dreadnought
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Yorkshire Couple
World Turned Upside Down
Hruška ("The Pear Tree", in Czech)
If You Gotta Go / Si tu dois partir (sung in English and high school French)
Gentle Annie
A-Beggin' I Will Go
When a Child is Born
Hearth and Fire
The Snow Goose
Christmas (poem)
Merry Xmas Everybody
Edelweiss
Rebirth/Ascension (poem)
The Christians and the Pagans
Morningtown Ride

Subject: RE: Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround
From: GerryM
Date: 25 Dec 24 - 11:05 AM

Songs, poems, recitations, and monologues from the Mudcat Worldwide Zoom singaround of 16/17 December 2024, in the order in which they were presented. Thanks to Moorley Man and Yorkshire Yankee for the data. Corrections and comments always welcome.

I Wonder as I Wander
The First Nowell (ttto Young Banker)
Last Minute Christmas Shopping (poem)
The King's Speech (poem)
She's a Little Fairy on a Christmas Tree
I am Christmas (recitation)
Sam's Christmas Pudding (monologue)
The Boar's Head Carol
Winter Wonderland
Sans Day Carol
Coventry Carol
'Zat You, Santa Claus?
Ode by a Christmas Pudding at Sea, lat. 49° 5' n.; long. 9° 17' w.
Christmas Day in the Cookhouse (monologue)
Tura lura lura (sung in Occitan Provençal)
Christmas in the Trenches
Someday at Christmas
Pujdem Spolu Do Betleme ("We are going together to Bethlehem", in Czech) )
Shoutin' on the Hills of Glory
The Victim Gets the Blame
Christmas (poem)
The Fairy on the Tree
Morning Morgantown
John Ball
The Mistletoe Bough
Twas the Night Before Christmas (poem)
I'll be Glad when it's All Over
The Night Before Christmas (monologue)
Gabriel was an Angel (ttto Boney was a Warrior)
Pickle Carol (ttto Cherry Tree Carol)
The Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
The Virgin Mary Had A-One Son
My Prayer
Ardaidh Chuain (The Quiet Land of Erin, sung in Irish and English)
Winter Song
When I Have Seen
Narodil se Kristus Pán ("Be joyful, Earth and starry sky", in Czech)
Joy to the World
Grief (poem)
Thoughts and Prayers
The Christmas Song
Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Gaudy Tree (ttto Gaudete)
Pretty Boy Floyd
A Christmas Carol
12 Days Home for Christmas (ttto Twelve Days of Christmas)
If I Were Free
Chariots
Sussex Mummers' Carol (aka On Christmas Night)