Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: maire-aine Date: 27 Jul 13 - 12:16 AM I don't have the words. I leave it to Si. WHAT WILL I LEAVE Words and music by Si Kahn Late in the evening as light fades away In silence we gather together Searching the faces of those who are here For those who have left us forever. Chorus: What will I leave What will I leave What will I leave behind When I am gone Who'll carry on What will I leave behind. Where are the ones who caught flame in the night Fired up by the heat of devotion Measuring their lives by the light of the truth They burned like a lamp on the ocean. Who will remember the words of the brave That lifted us higher and higher Who will remember the price that they paid For lives lived too close to the fire. Hearts of the ones who inherit your lives Will rest in the truth you have spoken Memory will echo the trust that you kept Like you it will never be broken. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 Date: 27 Jul 13 - 01:59 AM I was overjoyed when kat discovered the Appalachian dulcimer and of course that the "Mother of the Appalachian Dulcimer," Jean Ritchie, was a Mudcat member. She too could appreciate the lineage in folk music and here's a great song that proves it. Two great voices from two different times blending in a mountain harmony second to none. The song is Jean's lovely "Dear Companion" with Jean Ritchie and Emmylou Harris providing a sweet harmony second to none in sheer beauty. My Dear Companion Spaw |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 27 Jul 13 - 03:06 PM On A Day Like Today |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 27 Jul 13 - 05:14 PM I'm loving this thread. I've had a hard time picking the "right" song, because there are so many. For now, here's one from my chorus, Animaterra: Speak for Me |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Joybell Date: 27 Jul 13 - 05:32 PM "You've been a Friend to Me" is sounding in my head. I'd like to add it from inside my mind. Joy |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 27 Jul 13 - 05:40 PM Tears of solace falling, Allison. Thank you. Folks, sing or share a song you love. This is a song circle. If the "right" song doesn't immediately arise, don't worry about it. Kat surely doesn't. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bobert Date: 27 Jul 13 - 05:48 PM "Dancing With the Angels" A blessing pure as an infant's soul Bright as stars in the dark of night An angel sent from above Dancing in His loving light Taken before the music's end Her spirit lifted by His gentle hand But she'd danced with all of those she loved Touching woman, child and man Chorus: Heaven sent and Heaven bound Yeah, tonight's she's dancing high Dancing with the angels In the starry Southern sky Drenched in the light of His sweet love How can this sorrow be Knowing that she'll be waiting When we're joined eternally Chorus... (Bob Harrison, 1996) When my late wife, Judy, was dieing she asked me to write a song to perform at her funeral with the stipulation that I not play it for her... I went out to my studio and wrote the above song which I did perform at her funeral... I know that Judy would be honored to know that after all these years I have dusted off these dusty lyrics in Kat's honor... Luvya, Kat Bobert |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,Rue Date: 27 Jul 13 - 10:05 PM thank you all |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Bill D Date: 27 Jul 13 - 10:55 PM What's the Life of a Man yes... it includes a wonderful woman. It just struck me...I hope it's ok... WHAT'S THE LIFE OF A MAN As I was a walking one morning at ease A viewing the leaves as they fell from the trees All in slow motion appearing to be And those that had withered, they fell from the trees What's the life of a man anymore than the leaves A man has his season, so why should we grieve Though all thru this life, we appear fine and gay Like the leaves we will wither and soon fade away If you'd seen the leaves just a few days ago So beautiful and bright they all seemed to grow A frost came upon them and withered them all A storm came upon them and down they did fall If you look in the churchyard, there you will see Those that have passed like the leaves from the trees When age and affliction upon us do fall Like the leaves we must wither and down we must fall. ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST Date: 27 Jul 13 - 11:14 PM If I die young, bury me in satin Lay me down on a bed of roses Sink me in the river at dawn Send me away with the words of a love song The ballad of a dove Go with peace and love Gather up your tears, keep'em in your pocket Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them The Band Perry - If I die Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: KathWestra Date: 28 Jul 13 - 11:47 AM I sing this a lot, for friends alive, and friends gone. Sang it for Helen Schneyer's memorial service in 2005, and for Lee Haggerty's memorial a few years earlier. Led it with Caroline Paton at a NEFFA workshop remembering Sandy Paton. Never get tired of it, so I'm singing it now, with love for Kat, who was my "Kat-kin" on Mudcat. We corresponded here, and she got her special nickname when we decided we really must must be family. Total Strangers, by Alan Bell When first we met, we were total strangers. We didn't know if we could be friends. How soon we came to love each other. Now I know we will meet again. Chorus: So here's to you, and our time together. I'll share with you now a parting glass, And bid farewell, with a smile and laughter. Our time apart will be short, and pass. We talked of dreams, and the good tomorrows, Of yesterdays with their dark despair. We've had our share of joys and sorrows. Now we part, as friends who care. A long, long road now winds before me, And fate may take me where it will. Through deep valleys, and over mountains. I'll not forget. I'll remember you still. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Cats Date: 28 Jul 13 - 06:02 PM The Parting Glass. Of all the money that e'er I spent I've spent it in good company And all the harm that ever I did Alas it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To memory now I can't recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all If I had money enough to spend And leisure to sit awhile There is a fair maid in the town That sorely has my heart beguiled Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips I own she has my heart enthralled So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Oh, all the comrades that e'er I had They're sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that e'er I had They'd wish me one more day to stay But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I'll gently rise and softly call Good night and joy be with you all Goodnight Kat. Walk the bridge to the Summerlands with gentle feet. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 28 Jul 13 - 07:26 PM What You Give Me (copyright 1988 Laura Lingren) To Walk in your forest, To graze in your pastures, To fly in your starry black night Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart To flow in your river, To gaze at your colours, To sway in your treetops so high Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart 1st bridge What you give me is a doorway to God, let us bathe in the Now Never grasping at the days ahead Just a patience of the heart in the pastures of truth And love, trembling love. To let out your kite string, To feel your dark ocean, to play in the breakers at dawn Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart To shatter on your hard floor, To dance in your cobwebs, To sing the song of our death Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart 2nd bridge You are teaching me songs that I never dreamed of. Opening worlds that I never hoped for I'm breathing my breath, I'm dying my death Sing that the world doesn't end. To read your sad story, To bask in your glory, To sit in the presence of god Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart To know beyond knowing In the patience of being Beyond thought, beyond wanting to know Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Ebbie Date: 28 Jul 13 - 10:01 PM I'm gonna sing with the angels When my time comes around This earth is just rehearsal For when I'm heaven bound And I'll be well prepared to take my place With harmony and rhyme I'm gonna sing with the angels When it's time I like to think of Kat and Rick in lively Elysian Fields. (It's a good thing I can't prove or disprove it, because life after life makes a pretty picture for me. And I like pretty pictures.) |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Joe Offer Date: 29 Jul 13 - 12:33 AM Here's one Louie Roy sent in:
I sent this to Kat about 10 years ago and she really liked it. I think it fits the thread. My Grand Mother was born in 1860. Anyway it's a new tune for Mudcat. Louie Thanks, Louie. The song is "Climbing the Golden Stairs." Click to play (joeweb) |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Joe Offer Date: 29 Jul 13 - 12:44 AM Here's one from me: "Long, Long Ago." Click to play (joeweb) |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: bradfordian Date: 29 Jul 13 - 02:13 AM SLEEP ON BELOVED (Trad) Watersons Not quite sure if it is good to offer this one now. I do sing it at times of loss. The melody is beautiful. Sleep on, beloved, sleep and take thy rest, Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast. We love thee well but Jesus loves thee best, Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. Until our shadows from this earth are cast, Until He gathers in His sheaves at last, Until the twilight gloom is over past: Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. Until made beautiful by love divine Thou in the likeness of thy Lord shalt shine, And He will bring that golden crown of thine, Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. Until we meet again before the throne Clothed in the spotless robes He gives His own, Until we know as we have known: Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight. goodnight Kat bradfordian |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: nutty Date: 29 Jul 13 - 02:42 PM I've only recently written this - it hasn't got a proper tune yet but I'm sure the sentiments are ones that Kat wouldagree with THANK YOU Now, something in my life would have been missing If I'd not taken time to watch children play And If I had never seen true lovers kissing Life would have been lived in a sad and dull way And if I had never heard people sing A rousing chorus that joined them as one Then life would have been a poor, barren thing With no special memories to dwell upon Now I know that if I'd spent all of these years In solitude and we'd never met Then life would now be so full of tears Not these wonderful mem'ries I'll never forget And if I didn't know that you cared And worried about me when we were apart I'd never have found the courage to have aired These feeling of love buried deep in my heart So, know that your kindness has carried me through And helped make the darkest days sunny and bright For when I've felt down, I've been lifted by you Just being in your comp'ny made everything right So when my spirit is used up and gone And no one on this earth has the power to save me Don't weep and don't mourn, send me off with a song And reflect on the pleasure that knowing you gave me So thank you for the music and thank you for the songs And thank you for the friendships I've seen grow And I'll say another thank you to each and every one For being the nicest kind of folks to know YOU ARE - BELIEVE ME You are the nicest kind of folks to know |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Phil Cooper Date: 29 Jul 13 - 10:59 PM I would put out in Kat's song circle When I Go by Dave Carter (I posted one of the youtube videos on the facebook page) and Robin Williamson's Fare Thee Well Sweet Mally. Here's a link of Margaret Nelson, Paul Goelz and me playing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfEFZkYChyU sorry I've never been able to do the blicky thing. Here's the Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer link if you didn't catch the FB page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZk1CvsDSZc |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 29 Jul 13 - 11:17 PM Here you go, Phil. Fare Thee Well Sweet Mally When I Go |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Phil Cooper Date: 30 Jul 13 - 07:32 AM Thank you, Janie. When I've followed the directions, it doesn't seem to work. Don't know what simple thing I've left out. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 31 Jul 13 - 04:47 AM Phil - I used to have trouble using 'cut & paste' instead of 'copy' Another problem is when folks leave off the http:// & the blickifier thinks it's a page on mudcat.com sandra |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Date: 31 Jul 13 - 02:10 PM This is my contribution. It means a lot to me after seeing what everyone has written. It's not just about kat... it's about kat's friends... you. Long Night |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Amergin Date: 31 Jul 13 - 04:03 PM Kat was one of two women who inspired this poem... The Concert |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 Date: 31 Jul 13 - 06:37 PM Gnu, thank you for posting that! I couldn't remember the name nor the group. The CD is now on its way to my mailbox. Nathan, that was incredible. Thank you for sharing it with us. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 01 Aug 13 - 08:00 AM Sometimes there's a thread that makes me aware of how grateful I am for the gift of the Mudcat - and so much of that is thanks to the way Kat influenced how it developed. Here's a song of mine I am likely to sing when people I feel close to die. Now you've left us behind and you've gone on your way, over the edge of the world. You left without warning with so much to say. Are you just round the corner, or far far away? Well, goodbye, and I hope I might see you some day, over the edge of the world. Now you've gone where nobody can find you, over the edge of the world. To follow a star, like the wise men of old, to search for a treasure, far richer than gold, and to find a great secret, can never be told, over the edge of the world. I'm watching and waiting and trying hard to see over the edge of the world. Now your prison is opened, and now you are free, and that's how I always have known it must be. And maybe now somewhere you're waiting for me, over the edge of the world. Now you've gone where nobody can find you, over the edge of the world. To follow a star, like the wise men of old, to search for a treasure, far richer than gold, and to find a great secret, can never be told, over the edge of the world. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 01 Aug 13 - 11:50 AM And here is a link to a youtube recording of that I have just put up. Not sung as wll as kat deserves. Stick it in the address bar if you want to hear it - my blue lickies seem to go wrong these days... http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plcp&v=-0Dwgy_W-KE |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 01 Aug 13 - 11:53 AM But maybe this clicky will work... Over the edge of the world |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Date: 01 Aug 13 - 07:31 PM McGrath... thanks. It was lovely. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Date: 01 Aug 13 - 08:28 PM McGrath... may I post the lyrics and your link to my Facebook page... timeline... status... whetever the hell it's called? I would like to share it with my friends. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 01 Aug 13 - 08:42 PM You're most welcome to do that gnu. I wrote it some years back when someone I really admired died, and I find it can be the best way to say what I feel like saying sometimes. Hits the spot for me. ......................... I've been going through this thread listening to the songs and such, and it's really something special. I know I'll be coming back to it again. Thank you spaw for starting it. And thanks to kat for inspiring it. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 01 Aug 13 - 09:40 PM Lovely, Kevin. Thank you. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,gillymor Date: 02 Aug 13 - 09:43 PM Someday My Ship Will Sail |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST,gillymor Date: 02 Aug 13 - 09:58 PM Glory Bound |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ranger1 Date: 02 Aug 13 - 11:04 PM I can't believe no one has posted this one yet: I'll Fly Away. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 03 Aug 13 - 02:05 PM This thread set me thinking about the strange friendships we build up on the Mudcat, and I remembered a song I wrote about that back in 1999, quite soon after I found my way here THE BLUE CLICKY THING I spied it one day, I was trawling the net, a fish like a cat, what an elegant pet. When I reached out to touch, me head started to spin - I was off for a ride on the Blue Clicky Thing. The Blue Clicky Thing, the Blue Clicky Thing, it can take you away like a magical ring. It can make you as free as a bird on the wing, the Mudcat Cafe and the Blue Clicky Thing. I was off on a ride and admiring the view, there were places I got to that I never knew, there were stories to hear, there were songs for to sing, there were all kinds of folk in the Blue Clicky Thing. The Blue Clicky Thing, the Blue Clicky Thing, it can take you away like a magical ring, It can make you as free as a bird on the wing, the Mudcat Cafe and the Blue Clicky Thing There are names you can mutter and photos to see, of neighbours next door, 'cross the wide rolling sea, and a tavern where you can drop in for a drink, and gossip with friends, in the Blue Clicky Thing. The Blue Clicky Thing, the Blue Clicky Thing, it can take you away like a magical ring, It can make you as free as a bird on the wing, The Mudcat Cafe and the Blue Clicky Thing. Well I try to explain, and you might understand, it's a fine place to go to when you're feeling grand - but when your heart's heavy, and you're shackled and pinned, you can reach out for help with the Blue Clicky Thing The Blue Clicky Thing, the Blue Clicky Thing, it can take you away like a magical ring, and holds us together like brown paper and string, the Mudcat Cafe and the Blue Clicky Thing. So I went back and looked at the thread (mudcat magic...), and there in the very next post was katlaughing, such a kind welcoming response - and I'll print the rest of the post, kat being encouraging to someone who was a bit down: Oh Kevin, thank you for that. It's been a very, very blue day here, for me and your sonyg just made me smile. Why don't you sing it and send it to Max, for the radio show? Then Rick Fileding can really go down in history; he will never live down the fact that it was himself who coined the term, "blue clicky thing(ie). Steve, young women or ones without too much experience with "hunks" or whatever, may feel that way about sensitive men, but those of us who've been there, done that, learn we are none of us exactly as hoped for and we learn to compromise through the eyes and heart of love. This is damn hard to do, sometimes, like today, but still it seems worth it in the long run, esp. after a history together. I love attractive men, which I consider all of you Mudcatters to be, BUT that is not what attracts me to want to know a man more. Rather it is the depth of his feelings, emotions, beliefs, opinions, listening ability, willingness to forgive and/or apologise, perception, ability to "read" emotions and to act upon that whether he feels like it or not, sometimes, etc., etc. that would make me want to know a whole lot more about that man. These are not impossible standards...almost everyone of you here have demonstrated them repeatedly. Women get tired of men expecting them to be fashion-plate bimbos, with the starved, pre-pubescent body look of Madison ave. Some of us eschewed such strictures a long time ago and have been wearing purple, Birks, and all cotton, even our undies, for years, in a bid for comfort and independence from all pervasive mass media. Thank gawd I found the Mudcat where that seems to be more the norm than t'other! katstilldepressedbutfeelingbetter| |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Date: 03 Aug 13 - 06:09 PM Hot Damn! What a "find", McGrath! Lovely song and the ensuing kat quotation is... you know. Thanks. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 03 Aug 13 - 07:50 PM This just seems to fit. Darlin' Kate Emmylou Harris |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 Date: 03 Aug 13 - 10:35 PM Yes it does.....Thank you Janie.............. Spaw |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Date: 04 Aug 13 - 04:49 AM Ditto that, Spaw. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: catspaw49 Date: 04 Aug 13 - 12:47 PM I'll add one more, a song she and I both liked that hits many others with the beauty of this simplistic idea......an idea which touches the depths of my heart. By Peter Himmelman, The Best Kind of Answer. Spaw |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: gnu Date: 04 Aug 13 - 05:23 PM Spaw... Like. Thanks. |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: ChanteyLass Date: 04 Aug 13 - 11:38 PM Has anyone suggested Elder Joseph's "Simple Gifts"? I am sure that Kat has "come 'round right." |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: bet Date: 05 Aug 13 - 10:50 AM All beautiful! Thanks Mudcatters! |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: topical tom Date: 05 Aug 13 - 11:05 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHFxIQfSxc |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Janie Date: 02 Jun 14 - 10:11 PM Last song circle for Kat? Perhaps. But circles never end. Sweet Honey in the Rock - When I Die |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Rex Date: 03 Jun 14 - 01:07 PM I don't get on here as much as I used to and sometimes I pay a price for that. I didn't know Kat was gone. She and I would share cowboy songs, something her father enjoyed. I guess I figured she would always be here. Below is something by Badger Clark that I recite sometimes for those I'm missing. Thanks for sharing the songs Kat. The Lost Pardner Badger Clark I ride alone and hate the boys I meet. Today, some way, their laughin' hurts me so. I hate the mockin'-birds in the mesquite-- And yet I liked 'em just a week ago. I hate the steady sun that glares, and glares! The bird songs make me sore. I seem the only thing on earth that cares 'Cause Al ain't here no more! 'Twas just a stumblin' hawse, a tangled spur-- And, when I raised him up so limp and weak, One look before his eyes begun to blur And then--the blood that wouldn't let 'im speak! And him so strong, and yet so quick he died, And after year on year When we had always trailed it side by side, He went--and left me here! We loved each other in the way men do And never spoke about it, Al and me, But we both knowed, and knowin' it so true Was more than any woman's kiss could be. We knowed--and if the way was smooth or rough, The weather shine or pour, While I had him the rest seemed good enough-- But he ain't here no more! What is there out beyond the last divide? Seems like that country must be cold and dim. He'd miss the sunny range he used to ride, And he'd miss me, the same as I do him. It's no use thinkin'--all I'd think or say Could never make it clear. Out that dim trail that only leads one way He's gone--and left me here! The range is empty and the trails are blind, And I don't seem but half myself today. I wait to hear him ridin' up behind And feel his knee rub mine the good old way He's dead--and what that means no man kin tell. Some call it "gone before." Where? I don't know, but God! I know so well That he ain't here no more! |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: GUEST Date: 03 Jun 14 - 03:13 PM In Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn There is a season, Turn, Turn, Turn A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: SINSULL Date: 03 Jun 14 - 07:10 PM Keep your lamp trimmed and burning Keep your lamp trimmed and burning Lamp trimmed and burning Jesus gonna make up my dyin bed |
Subject: RE: A Last Song Circle for Katlaughing From: Felipa Date: 19 Jul 21 - 06:03 PM in memory of a mudcatter who passed 21 July 2013 |
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