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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Rob Naylor Date: 13 May 11 - 07:42 PM "Guest" above was me with a lost cookie. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST Date: 13 May 11 - 07:40 PM Can't believ no-one's posted this yet: Beware Of The Flowers 'Cos I'm Sure They're Gonna Get You, Yeah |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: breezy Date: 13 May 11 - 12:44 PM That Flowers of England song by Chris Flegg is actually about flowers. Which is more than can be said about the other titles. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Bettynh Date: 12 May 11 - 04:19 PM White Coral Bells was discussed extensively. I take it to be a description of lilly-of-the-valley flowers that look carved of ivory. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 12 May 11 - 01:21 AM Roses from the South by Johann Strauss |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Azoic Date: 11 May 11 - 11:18 AM June Tabor's cd "Rosa Mundi" is completely dedicated to songs referencing roses. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: DANDELIONS AND DAISIES (Iain Ingram) From: GUEST,Gallus Moll Date: 18 Sep 10 - 06:19 PM Dandelions and Daisies by Iain Ingram (you need to get Iain or me to sing you the tune!) We started doon the road, wi' nuthin' but dreams o' plenty True love was a' we owned, oor pockets were ayways empty Noo the years have sped swiftly by, and hardship has been the reason For driftin' far apart, abandonin' dreams we shared chorus For dandelions and daisies was a' I gied tae you The weeds that spring alang the wastegrun' whaur roses never grew Oh Time's been hard on you, Ah wish Life had been much kinder We merriet far too young, baith sixteen and still sae tender Ye feel life has passed ye by, ye're wantin' a taste o' freedom Perhaps Ah didnae try as hard as Ah could hae done. chorus And noo we're on oor ain, the children are a' fu' grown They've gone their separate weys, the winds o' guid fortune blowin' Dae ye think we could try again, we are older but far the wiser Re-kindlin' that old flame, the embers we thought had died? chorus (NB dialect is Glaswegian) |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: PHJim Date: 18 Sep 10 - 11:57 AM "The Banks of the Roses ["Banks of Red Roses"?] -learned from Jamie Snider "Roses in the Snow" -learned from Emmylou Harris "Where the Wild Wild Flowers Grow" -learned from Ola Belle Reed |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Gallus Moll Date: 17 Sep 10 - 06:12 PM "Dandelions and Daisies" by Iain Ingram - I'll post the words of this wee love song once I remember them! |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE FLOWERS OF ENGLAND (Chris Flegg) From: GUEST Date: 17 Sep 10 - 09:36 AM THE FLOWERS OF ENGLAND (Lyrics by Chris Flegg) Of all the flowers of England my favourites I will tell: The primrose and the daffodil, the poppy and bluebell, In countryside or city park wherever you may dwell, The primrose and the daffodil the poppy and bluebell. Now the primrose has a colour between buttermilk and gold And she brightens up our wayside when spring days are wet and cold By the railway line and woodland path in clusters she will lie To delight the weary traveller she'll try to catch your eye For the primrose is the symbol of young love and all its joy A reminder of sweet courting days for every girl and boy Chorus And the daffodil's a noble flower with tall and slender stem As she waves her golden trumpet every new year to proclaim By the lakeside and on village green wherever you may go And with newborn lambs to watch her dance she'll put on a fine show Though the daffodil's the emblem of St David and for Wales She's in every English garden and all England loves her well Chorus And the bluebell finds a secret place in shady wood she lies For her flowers are of purest blue like fallen angels eyes And on every stem not one but many fragile blooms display As she spreads a deep blue carpet that will take your breath away She's the flower of eternal sleep, fertility as well And in ancient times they feared her for her powerful magic spell Chorus Now the poppy is a strange flower for she may not come each year Only when her seed has been disturbed she troubles to appear Then in fallow field or hedgerow she will come to life in June She will dazzle all who see her with her tall stem and fine bloom For the poppy wears her flower with pride, a black heart set in red As a symbol of remembrance for heroes lost and dead Chorus |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST Date: 17 Sep 10 - 09:16 AM The Flowers of England, by Chris Flegg It mentions 4 in detail, the Bluebell, Daffodil, Primrose and - with a poignant twist - the Poppy a well crafted, and melodically charming number always well received and frequently requested try his web site |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Crowhugger Date: 16 Sep 10 - 07:10 PM "When I Was In My Prime", which mentions roses & violets as well as things that may or may not bloom or have showy flowers: thyme, rue, vine, willow tree. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Chris Date: 16 Sep 10 - 06:03 PM Harry Chapin's, "Flowers are Red" |
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Subject: Lyr Add: IF YOU LOVE ME (Malvina Reynolds) From: Bettynh Date: 16 Sep 10 - 04:37 PM My favorite Malvina Reynolds song: If You Love Me If you love me, if you love, love, love me, Plant a rose for me. And if you think you'll love me for a long, long time, Plant an apple tree. The sun will shine, the wind will blow, The rain will fall and the tree will grow, And whether you comes, or whether you goes, I'll have an apple, and I'll have a rose, Lovely to bite, and nice to my nose. And every juicy nibble will be A sweet reminder of the time you loved me And planted a rose for me, And an apple tree. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Big Apple Florist Date: 16 Sep 10 - 04:13 PM There are a ton of songs out there about flowers..We just so happened to write a blog post about it.. You can find it at: http://blog.bigappleflorist.com/flower-songs/ |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: pdq Date: 27 Apr 10 - 09:59 PM Kate wolf was a great talent and is sorely missed...some of her songs: "The Lilac Bush and the Apple" "The Trumpet Vine" "Cornflower Blue" "Emma Rose" |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Rowan Date: 27 Apr 10 - 09:56 PM I seem to remember "Barbara Allen" finishes with mention of a rose and a briar and I'm sure it's only one of many similar. Didn't see it mentioned previously and I was surprised at how long it took for "In an English Country Garden" to get a mention. Cheers, Rowan |
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Subject: Lyr Add: REINCARNATION (Wallace McRae) From: open mike Date: 27 Apr 10 - 09:50 PM "Flowers of Edinburgh" - a scottish hornpipe a singer i met at the cowboy festival in Elko has a wonderful song about Dandelion wine...which is basically a recipe. here is Sorcha's recipe http://www.mudcat.org/Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=221907 from a movie...does any one remember which one? I beg your pardon, "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden." Rosalie Sorrels sings one about her grandmothers..."Bells of Ireland" there is a cowboy song "When the Cactus Is in Bloom" there is a beautiful Carter Family waltz called "Give Me The Roses While I Live" A round we sang in Girl Scouts...."White Coral Bells" (upon a slender stalk) and last, but not least, this one by Wally McRae, posted by Arkie, REINCARNATION by Wallace McRae What is reincarnation? A cowboy asked his friend. It starts, his old pal told him, when your life comes to an end. They wash your neck and comb your hair and clean your fingernails, And put you in a padded box away from life's travails. The box and you goes in a hole that's been dug in the ground. Reincarnation starts in when you're planted neath that mound. Them clods melt down, just like the box, and you who is inside. And that's when you begin your transformation ride. And in a while the grass will grow upon your rendered mound, Until some day, upon that spot, a lonely flower is found. And then a horse may wander by and graze upon that flower That once was you, and now has become your vegetated bower. Now, the flower that the horse done eat, along with his other feed, Makes bone and fat and muscle essential to the steed. But there's a part that he can't use and so it passes through. And there it lies upon the ground, this thing that once was you. And if perchance, I should pass by and see this on the ground, I'll stop awhile and ponder at this object that I've found. I'll think about Reincarnation and life and death and such, And come away concludin', why, you ain't changed all that much. (a recited poem, actually, with no tune to it...but perhaps someone could turn it into a song@!) |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: open mike Date: 27 Apr 10 - 09:31 PM Kate Wolf wrote a song about "The Lilac Bush and the Apple" tree growing by an old homestead. Rosalie Sorrels sings a song that says "If You Love Me" (if you love, love love me) plant a rose for me, and if you think you're going to love me for a long long time, plant an apple tree whenever you comes and whenever you goes you'll have an apple and a red red rose... (something like that) "San Antonio Rose" must have been mentioned already.. Laurie Lewis has one about "Texas Bluebonnets" (they make all the meadows as blue as the sky) Dolly Parton has a song about "Wildflowers", and a woman who is as wild as one. Greg Brown has a song ["Vivid"] about giving a bouquet of flowers. Ani DiFranco has one too ["This Bouquet"], I think they wrote them at about the same time. Kate Wolf has a song about "The Trumpet Vine" that grows through the kitchen window and bloomed bright orange on the wall. I did a radio show with 2 hours of songs about flowers, but I guess it was before I posted my playlists online because I can't find the list. keep them coming... |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: pdq Date: 27 Apr 10 - 08:17 PM Here are three from the Grateful Dead: Sugar Magnolia Scarlet Begonias It Must Have Been The Roses |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Young Buchan Date: 13 Nov 09 - 12:16 PM There is a flower so I've been told That cures the pain of young and old. And if that flower I could only find It would ease my heart and cure my mind. [Young British Waterman] Don't know what it is though :-{ |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST Date: 13 Nov 09 - 09:28 AM Only one song that is on the subject ot 'Flowers' and that is 'The Flowers of England' and it holds a poignant message in the final verse But probably noone has heard it, apart from guru, take up Fleggy's invitation then feed back |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE GARLAND (Edwin Waugh) From: sid Date: 17 Jan 09 - 04:24 PM Written by Edwin Waugh, Rochdale (1819-1890) The Garland Before the dawn 'at mornin' began to stir in t'sky, I donned mysel' to wander afore the dew had dried, To wander through the gay green wood,reet early I did rove, I couldn't sleep upon mi bed, for thinkin' of mi love. Down in the bonny dingle where sometimes we did stray, Our vows of love to mingle at close of summer day, It was there where oft among her hair, flowers of spring I wove, An' I sat me down to think upon, the girl that I do love. An' it's there I made mi garland, mi darlin' for to don, An' the posies that were in it, they shine'd like the sun, The dewy posies wild an' free, all in the leafy grove, Well they caused me for to think upon, the girl that I do love. Aye the cowslip and the speedwell, with a dewdrop in it's e'e, An' the wild rose an' the bluebell, they blend so bonnylee An' the honeysuckle, wandering wild, with violets blue I wove, Oh! it breaks mi heart to think upon, the girl that I do love. An' when I poo'd mi posies, the small birds they did sing, (pulled) An' when I wove mi garland they made the woods to ring! On every tree the wild birds glee rang through that leafy grove, An' I came away, at dawn of day, still thinking of mi love. Oh, the morning sun she rises to cheer mi heart's delight, An, the silvery moon she wanders among the clouds at night, An' the twinkling stars, that look so fine, all in the heavens above, At work or play, bi night an' day, I'm thinking of mi love! A version of this song was recorded by Harry Boardman on his LP " A Lancashire Mon" to his own tune. The author wrote it to be sung to "Cupid's Garden". (NB typed from memory, there might be a few mistakes) |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Millindale Date: 17 Jan 09 - 03:46 PM I haven't read through all the posts so sorry if I repeat. "The Flowers and the Guns" by Mudcat member George Papavgeris |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Sleepy Rosie Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:21 AM Nothing much to offer I'm afraid Azizi. Except a link to this thread I initiated a while back, which might possibly be of interest: Plant Spirit Songs Meanwhile I'll be following this one with interest. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 17 Jan 09 - 10:57 AM Red Roses for a Blue Lady |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Jack Campin Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:52 AM "The Buchan Gairdner" must be the only song that features pelargoniums. I can't find the words on the web, though. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: GARDENS (Agnes Mure MacKenzie) From: GUEST Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:16 AM From the DT GARDENS (Agnes Mure MacKenzie) cho: For days work and weeks work, as I go up and down There are many gardens all about the town For days work and weeks work as I go up and down There are many gardens all about the town One that's gay with daffodils One where children play One that's white with cherry flowers Another red with May CHO A kitten and a lilac bush Bridal white and tall And later crimson ramblers Against a granite wall CHO I have passed your railings When you never knew And people who have gardens I give my thanks to you CHO recorded by the McCalmans Eddie |
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Subject: RE: GARDEN Songs From: GUEST,MERRY ENGLAND BY EDWARD GERMAN Date: 17 Jan 09 - 07:14 AM [Merrie England is an English comic opera in two acts by Edward German to a libretto by Basil Hood, first performed in London in 1902-3. [One of its songs "Dan Cupid Hath a Garden" was mentioned by GUEST,GrannyInWales above.] |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,mg Date: 24 Sep 08 - 02:55 PM I can't believe I didn't jump in before. I love flower songs. I often arrange for workshops at music camps on them, but generally, no one comes. Oh well. Pardon me if I repeat..no time to really read this.. Flowers of Edinburgh Rose of Labrador English Country Garden Flower of Lebanon (mine..she asks for Flower of Peru, Flowers of Ukraine, FLower of Cambodia, etc. to come help them). Rose of Argyle My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose Haste to Kelvin Grove Streets of Laredo Blue Bells of Scotland (where tell me where has your bonny laddie gone) Green Grow the Lilacs Sweet Forget Me Not Yellow Rose of Texas Rose of Mooncoin San Antonio Rose Flowers of the Fairest (beautiful Catholic hymn) Dogwood Trail (mine) Rose of No Man's Land |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: cptsnapper Date: 24 Sep 08 - 02:41 PM The Color of Roses by Beth Nielsen Chapman |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,GrannyInWales Date: 31 Mar 08 - 07:52 PM What about "Dan Cupid Hath a Garden" sung by the character Walter Raleigh in Edward German and Basil Hood's operetta "Merrie England", first performed in 1904 at the Savoy Theatre. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: dulcimerjohn Date: 30 Mar 08 - 08:48 PM 'The Flower and the Young Man'..Strawbs album Grave New World |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Tattie Bogle Date: 30 Mar 08 - 07:43 PM The Flooers o' the Forest: a lament. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: the lemonade lady Date: 30 Mar 08 - 05:15 PM Seeds of Love songs of course, and what about Columbine - Waterson, Lal & Oliver Knight. sal |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Volgadon Date: 30 Mar 08 - 02:57 PM Not quite a song and not quite a flower, but: they seek him here, they seek him there....... |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE FAIREST FLOWER (Chris Flegg) From: GUEST,Fleggy Date: 30 Mar 08 - 02:30 PM My Guru already mentioned The Flowers Of England, which you can hear at http://www.chris-flegg.demon.co.uk/songs_page.htm but I have another called The Fairest Flower from the Through the window album; The fairest flower Chorus The fairest flower lies crushed and broken on the ground Carelessly trampled by the onward march of man For now her fragrant scent still lingers on the wind But fading soon it will be lost for ever gone Chorus Some call it progress when new runways are completed So we can take more flights to somewhere in the sun And as the concrete grows the countryside's depleted And you can see that mother nature's on the run Some call it progress when an ancient wood is cleared To build more homes to house the city's overflow Another natural habitat just disappeared And where the wildlife's gone that lived there no one knows Chorus Some call it progress when new motorways are finished To take more traffic by a better faster route And never mind if all that road kill spoils the image Of shiny four by four's and men in pinstripe suites Some call it progress when new pesticides are scattered Or when genetic engineering clones our seed No matter if the ecosystem is now shattered So long as corporations profit from their greed Chorus Throughout the world the onward march of man's relentless As every forest and each wilderness are tamed And whether it's a hungry need or greed that temps us The tragic end result amounts to much the same So what if man cannot survive this global warming And some catastrophe awaits the human race So what if all our great endeavours come to nothing I'd call it progress for what's left to take our place Chorus Chris Flegg 2006 |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Beer Date: 30 Mar 08 - 12:54 PM Here are a few more titles:
Sweet Forget Me Not
Hope I haven't repeated too many from above. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: WILDWOOD FLOWER (A. P. Carter) From: Azizi Date: 30 Mar 08 - 10:01 AM Newport Boy, there's a city near my hometown of Atlantic City, New Jersey named "Wildwood". I wonder how many people living there know the song that you listed in this thread: WILDWOOD FLOWER As recorded by The Carter Family Written by A. P. Carter CAPO: 2nd Fret/KEY: E/PLAY: D [D] Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and [A7] waving black [D] hair With the roses so red and the [A7] lilies so [D] fair And the myrtle so [D7] bright with the [G] emerald [D] hue The pale and the leader and [A7] eyes look like [D] blue. Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my (*laugh) shall be gay I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway When I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay All portion of love had all flown away. Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love And to cherish me over all others above How my heart is now wond'ring no mis'ry can tell He's left me no warning, no words of farewell. Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his (*flow'r) That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flow'r. *Note: Mother Maybelle pronounces (laugh/loff) and (flower/flow'r/flour) SOURCE: Columbia House American Country Classics P1-7157 http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/carter-family/wildwood-flower-7456.html ** Here's a link to a YouTube video of The Carter Family performing "Wildwood Flower" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewnfWoSQz3o |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Date: 30 Mar 08 - 09:49 AM You're welcome, Volgadon. I joined the Mudcat "blue clicky club" as a result of someone posting the directions on a thread. Maybe someone else might join that club because these instructions are posted here. I hope that your computer glitch becomes unglitched soon. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Volgadon Date: 30 Mar 08 - 08:10 AM Azizi, Thanks. I know the steps, but there's a glitch in my computer, so they don't work. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Date: 29 Mar 08 - 10:03 PM Bert, thanks for posting your song in this thread! ** GUEST,Volgadon, here's your hyperlink for the "Erev shel shoshanim" song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5bRwo1aXCU&feature=related Btw, that's a great sounding song! Btw2, Volgadon, here are the steps I follow to make a hyperlink on Mudcat: 1.Scroll my mouse over the URL {website address} that I want posted The URL is found at the top of the screen and starts with http:// 2. Hit copy. {Either click on the "copy" icon, or click on "Edit" in the top of your screen and then click on the copy command}. 3.Click on the "Make a link {"blue clicky"} line that is right below this box. Once you done that, a box will appear. 4.Follow the easy instructions that show up with that box {the instructions will tell you to paste the URL that you copied, and then after one other step that you can skip, click "Submit" 5. Copy the hyperlink that shows up. Make sure you include the < symbol at the beginning and the > symbol at the end. If you don't copy these, the hyperlink won't work. 6.Paste the hyperlink where you want it in the Mudcat message box. And that's that! I'm very tech challenged. Therefore, if I can learn how to make hyperlinks, anybody can. Best wishes, Azizi |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Volgadon Date: 29 Mar 08 - 03:43 PM Erev shel shoshanim!! An Israeli song. Means an evening of roses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5bRwo1aXCU&feature=related |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Bert Date: 28 Mar 08 - 10:11 PM Seeing as we are repeating the thread I'll repeat the plug for my song Plastic Flower Seeds. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Date: 28 Mar 08 - 09:46 PM Here's some information about the origin of the song "Where Have All The Flowers Gone": "...En route to one of these concerts, Seeger had the inspiration for "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" On the plane, he pulled out his pocket-size song notebook: "Leafing through it, I came across three lines I'd written down, oh, at least a year or two before: 'Where are the flowers, the girls have plucked them. Where are the girls, they've all taken husbands. Where are the men, they're all in the army.' " He'd read this in a novel by Mikhail Sholokhov, And Quiet Flows the Don, the three lines came from a Ukrainian folk song. For a year he had searched around for the original song, then given up, jotting down this fragment in hopes of using it some day. This time he glanced at the words, and "things just slipped into place." For four or five years, Pete had also carried a musical phrase in his head, like an old man saving string: "long time passing." He had been struck by its melodic beauty: the four vowel sounds are sequential, opening up the mouth as they are sung. "All I knew was that those were three words I wanted to use in a song; I wasn't quite sure how, where, or when. Suddenly it fit with this 'Where have all the flowers gone -- long time passing.' And, five minutes later, I had 'Long time ago.' Then without realizing it, I took a tune, a lumberjack version of "Drill Ye Tarriers Drill': it was as unconscious as Woody using 'Goodnight Irene' as the tune for 'Roll On Columbia.' " -snip- This story continues at http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/where.html Source: David Dunaway, How Can I Keep From Singing: Pete Seeger, New York, NY, 1990, pp. 186-187. ** Here's a link to a YouTube video of Mary Travers & Kingston Trio singing the beautiful protest song "Where Have All The Flowers Gone": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8Db7VNgL0&feature=related |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Date: 28 Mar 08 - 05:47 PM Somewhat off-topic, but I'd appreciate it if someone clarify part of the excerpt about the edelweiss flower that I posted above. "During the Second World War, German soldiers occasionally pinned edelweiss flowers to their uniforms" and "Edelweiss was a badge of Edelweiss Pirates (Edelweisspiraten) -- the anti-nazi youth groups in Third Reich. It was worn on the clothes (eg. a blouse or a suit)." So was the edelweiss flower used as a symbol by both the nazi Germans and the anti-nazi Germans? [My assumption is that "German soldiers" in the Second World War refers to nazi Germans. If that is not a correct assumption, please excuse my assumption]. |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Greengal Date: 28 Mar 08 - 05:38 PM Sweet Sunny South (where the wild flowers on the green margins do grow) There is a Rose In Spanish Harlem |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Date: 28 Mar 08 - 05:35 PM I love the song Edelweiss. And speaking of YouTube, I love this clip of Christopher Plummer singing Edelweiss in the "Sound of Music": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj_NPN0Iy3w ** Here's an excerpt from this online page about the edelweiss flower: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/334582.aspx "Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) is one of the best known European mountain flowers. The name comes from German edel (meaning noble) and weiß (meaning white). The scientific name, Leontopodium means "lion's paw", being derived from Greek words leon and podion. Symbolic uses ...Edelweiss is the national flower of Switzerland and Austria. It appears in the logos of both the German and Austrian alpine societies... Edelweiss is a theme and song ("Edelweiss") in the musical and movie The Sound of Music, which takes place in Austria... The Edelweiss is the sign of German and Austrian alpine troops, granted to them in World War I for their bravery. ...During the Second World War, German soldiers occasionally pinned edelweiss flowers to their uniforms. The flower was supposed to be the sign of a "true soldier" in the Wehrmacht as it grows only in rugged terrain, generally above the tree line. Edelweiss was a badge of Edelweiss Pirates (Edelweisspiraten) -- the anti-nazi youth groups in Third Reich. It was worn on the clothes (eg. a blouse or a suit). The Edelweiss flower was in fact the symbol of Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger, or mountain troops, worn as a metal pin on the left side of the cap and as a patch on the right sleeve. The rank insignia of Swiss generals has Edelweiss signs instead of stars. A Korpskommandant for example (equivalent to a Lieutenant General in other countries) wears three Edelweiss signs on his collar instead of three stars. This flower appears prominently in the comic book adventure Asterix in Switzerland where the protagonists attempt to procure an Edelweiss for its use in an antidote. In Austria, on St. Valentine's Day, it is traditional for a man to present a woman with a bunch of edelweiss, the implication being that he has risked his life climbing up to where the flowers grow. In fact, a GM version is grown commercially at lower altitudes." |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Prof.Slainte Date: 28 Mar 08 - 05:34 PM Flower of Scotland The Red Rose Cafe The Rose of Mooncoin Check out Sean and Dolores Keane's version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" The Rose You Don't Bring Me Flowers Irish Eyes Only Our Rivers Run Free Paper Roses Tulips from Amsterdam A Bunch of Thyme (not flower tho; Iris Rose of Allendale The Last Rose of Summer La Vie en Rose |
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Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Date: 28 Mar 08 - 05:01 PM Thanks for posting these examples. Keep 'em coming! ** Here's the link to the May 2000 thread that was also called "Flower Songs": thread.cfm?threadid=21767 I guess that makes this thread "Flower Songs II". Just think, in 2000 there was no such thing as YouTube. If you wanted to hear a song online, the only way you could do it was to click on short sound clips or midis. I wonder what new innovation there'll be eight years from now... |
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