songs about remembering

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: topical tom
Date: 11 Aug 08 - 11:17 PM

Those are two very moving songs, Genie.Thanks.

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: Beer
Date: 12 Aug 08 - 03:02 PM

I have been following this thread in hopes to add a tune that has not been mentioned. Sorry tom, none have come to mind. But I know there must be more out there. I will keep thinking.
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 12 Aug 08 - 03:17 PM

Ah Yes I remember It well - Maurice Chevalier

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 06:39 AM

By the firelight's gentle gleaming I am sitting here and dreaming;
It's a pleasure to recall again the days that now are gone.
But I find upon reflection that my fondest recollections
Are the lilting fiddle music and the dancing in Glenrone (x2)

Every jig and reel, I mind them; in my memory I still find them,
When I think back to my boyhood and the days beyond recall.
Though I'm old and growing dreary, yet my heart will never weary
Of the lilting fiddle music and the dancing in Glenrone (x2)

You girls, you were the neatest and your dancing was the sweetest,
And I'll never find your equal now in the valleys of Tyrone.
Us lads were young and steady, and it's always we were ready
For the lilting fiddle music and the dancing in Glenrone (x2)

As I sit a while and ponder, in my mind I sometimes wonder
Why we ever leave such pleasures for a life so cold and lone;
And I wish I was returning to begin again life's morning
With the lilting fiddle music and the dancing in Glenrone (x2)

Though my age is swift advancing, yet I know there'll still be dancing
In a cottage by the glenside where my thoughts tonight have flown.
So may joy of life betide you - may the hand of Heaven guide you -
May I live to see you all againn still dancing in Glenrone (x2)

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: GUEST,Ken Brock
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 10:57 AM

In addition to McCartney's "Yesterday," there's also an older song (from the first half of the 20th C.) titled "Yesterdays."

The above had music by Jerome Kern.

Eric Bogle - Scraps of Paper
Paul Simon - Bookends, Part 2 ("preserve your memories, they're all that's left you"
Remember - Nilsson ("Long Ago, Far Away...")
The "Gigi" I Remember It Well was actually a rewrite. Alan Jay Lerner wrote a similar song with the same title with Kurt Weill for LOVE LIFE in the late 1940s', available on one of Ben Bagley's Painted Smiles collections.

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: GUEST,Ken Brock
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 10:58 AM

There is also a parody version of Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing On My Mind" sung by the trio Hot Soup about forgetfulness.

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: bubblyrat
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 05:20 PM

I seem to remember ( !!) a song about a guy who is getting drunk ,and starts off by singing "I drink to your memory", and it ends up " I mem to your drinkery " -----now who WAS that ??
    Then there was Australian singer Frank Ifield's big British hit single " I remember you "-----but does anyone out there remember it ? ( or Frank even ??).

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: Jayto
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 05:47 PM

I would put one but I have forgotten it. :)

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: topical tom
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 06:02 PM

GUEST, Ken Brock: I had never heard the trio "Hot Soup" before. Very enjoyable! Thanks!

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: GUEST,Ken Brock
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 09:35 PM

One of the Hot Soup trio is the daughter of Ann Mayo Muir, of the Bok-Muir-Trickett trio.

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: oldhippie
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 09:05 PM

WHEN I'M 64
Jim Terr parody of Paul McCartney

Now that I'm older, I still got me hair,
But there's still things 'bout which,
If I were sufficiently a pessimist,
I might still be willing to bitch.
Sittin and standin', movin' me bowels,
Trying to unlock the damn door.
Life is a more static, less automatic,
Now that I'm 64.
It's only the new 54, that's what they say,
But that's a load of bull and it's hard to take.
And no doubt when I am 85,
I'll know me attitude was a mistake. -But meanwhile…
Send me postcard telling me please,
Where I left that note
Reminding meself where I left the auto keys,
And where I put that linament to rub on me knees.
If I stay out til eleven or twelve, dial 944. (or is it 991?)
Life is more static, less automatic,
Now that I'm 64.

Subject: Lyr Add: GRANDFATHER (Kilkenny Krew)
From: oldhippie
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 09:26 PM

And this one, transcribed from the singing of the Kilkenny Krew:

GRANDFATHER

Grandfather sits in an old rocking chair
And he hums a sad song to the still morning air
This old folks prison don't feel much like home
And though he's got friends he feels so much alone

Chorus:
Ah, but Julie comes somedays when she finds the time
And she brings homemade bread and some blueberry wine
And most of all she brings him hope for awhile
And she leaves the old man with a tear and a smile

In the old days Grandfather remembers so sweet
You should see the old Ford Model T's on the street
And the hot roaring twenties were a young man's delight
With the straw hat and whiskey and speed kings and dice

Chorus

Do the folks in the village remember us still
Or, are we quickly forgotten when we're over the hill
And as Grandfather drifts down the warm sunset years
He can scarcely recall all the seasons of tears

Chorus

Grandfather sits in an old rocking chair
And he hums a sad song to the still morning air
This old folks prison don't feel much like home
And though he's got friends he feels so much alone

Chorus

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: oldhippie
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 09:55 PM

Do You Remember These - Statler Brothers

Saturday morning serials chapters 1 through 15,
Fly paper, penny loafers, Lucky Strike Green.
Flat tops, sock hops, Studebaker, Pepsi Please,
Ahh, do you remember these?

Cigar Bands, on your hand, your daddy's socks rolled down.
Sticks, snow floats and aviator caps with flaps that button down.
Movie stars on Dixie Cup tops, and knickers to your knees,
Ahh, do you remember these?

The Hit Parade, grape Tru-Aid, The Sadie Hawkins Dance,
Pedal pushers, duck tail hair and peggin' your pants.
Howdie-Doodie, Tutti-Frutti, the seam up the back of her hose,
Ahh, do you remember those?

James Dean, he was keen, Sunday movies were taboo,
The Senior Prom, Judy's mom, Rock-n-Roll was new.
Cracker Jack prize, stars in your eyes, as Daddy tore the keys,
Ahh, do you remember these?

The boogey man, lemonade stands, takin' your tonsils out,
Hindenburg, -n- wait your turn, and 4 foul balls you're out.
Cigarette loads, -n- secret codes, -n- savin' lucky stars,
Can you remember back that far?

The boat neck shirts, and fender skirts and crinoline petticoats,
Mum's the word, and a dirty bird and a double root beer float.
Moon hub caps, and loud heel taps, and he's a real gone cat.
Ahh, do you remember that?

Dancin' close, little moron jokes, and cooties in her hair,
Captain Midnight, Ovaltine, and The Whip at the County Fair.
Charles Atlas Course, Roy Roger's Horse, and "only The Shadow knows"
Ahh, do you remember those?

Gable's charm, Frog in your arm, loud mufflers, pitchin' woo,
Going steady, Veronica and Betty, white bucks, and "Blue Suede Shoes"
Knock Knock jokes, and "Who's there?", Dewey, Dewey who?;
Do we, do we remember these? Yes, we do, Ahh do we do we remember these?

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: Barbara
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 10:23 PM

SHIT I'VE FORGOTTEN THE WORDS
(Anon)

Chorus:
On a packet of fags I'd written them down
I threw them away as I drove into town
Now I feel a bit of a clown
Shit, I've forgotten the words

My heart is a-pounding within my breast
I know the first line, I forgot all the rest
A memory like mine is a hell of a pest
Shit, I've forgotten the words

The last time I sang them they went down a treat
Dogs were howling out on the street
I spilt my beer all over my feet
'Cos shit, I've forgotten the words

Sometimes they come back line by line as I sing
Tonight I can't seem to remember a thing
Ian McCalman will know, I'll give him a ring
Oh shit, I've forgotten his number

So come all you singers, practise your verse
If you do not you surely will curse
But I remembered the tune, it could have been worse
Next time I'll remember the words


Tune is the Muckin' of Geordie's Byre, and I have modified this by substituting the name of any friend who can remember a lot of the words (or has notebooks and notebooks of words) and "ATM statement" for "a packet of fags" because on this side of the pond the word "fag" changes meaning.
I thought this was Hamish Imlach, but it appears to be attributed to anon on his recording.

Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Mar 11 - 05:35 AM

Remember the days of the old schoolyard - Cat Stevens;

Also, here is a list of good songs about remembering an old love:

http://www.bestsongsabout.com/songs-about-memories-of-love/

Subject: RE: songs about remembering
From: PHJim
Date: 02 Mar 11 - 10:00 AM

While Tom Rush did cover the Remember Song, Steve Walters wrote it and should get credit. I've noticed this happening a lot. Often when you google lyrics, they're credited to someone who performed them rather than the actual song writer.

Todd Snider's song Missing You came into my head the day my brother died:

I feel like missing you today.
Sometimes I just get this way.
Seems like everything I see
Brings back another memory.
I feel like missing you today.