Lyr Req: Midsummer/Summer folks songs & ballads.

Subject: Lyr Req: Midsummer/Summer folks songs & ballads.
From: GUEST
Date: 23 May 20 - 11:51 AM

Hello

I am on a search for lovely folk songs and ballads with a Midsummer theme and summer theme.

Thanks.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Midsummer/Summer folks songs & ballads.
From: Murpholly
Date: 23 May 20 - 12:11 PM

Summer is a cumin in; Strawberry Fair

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Midsummer/Summer folks songs & ballads.
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 23 May 20 - 12:31 PM

Midsummer Song (Swedish)? (with English words)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Midsummer/Summer folks songs & ballads.
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 May 20 - 01:52 PM

Would this include
the summer solstice?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Midsummer/Summer folks songs & ballads.
From: GUEST
Date: 23 May 20 - 07:09 PM

Yes searching for anything with a summer solstice theme, Midsummer or welcoming of summer etc.
Any traditional ballads with a summer theme.

I am open to English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh & Scandinavian. Thank you.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Midsummer/Summer folks songs & ballads.
From: GUEST,Bob Coltman
Date: 23 May 20 - 07:16 PM

Will Ye Go, Lassie Go (McPeake Family) - in Mudcat database:

Oh, the summer time is comin'
And the leaves are sweetly bloomin' ...

Numerous British songs open on a "'Twas the summer of the year"-type theme. Searching Mudcat for "June" in particular should net you a few.

Bob