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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GUEST,Diolch
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 12:47 PM

Another Shrove Tuesday song, from Wales.

https://museum.wales/collections/folksongs/?id=30
Clickable tune on website

PANCAKE SONG

Woman of the house and good family,
Please may I have a pancake ?
Mother is too poor to buy flour
And Father too lazy to work.
Please may I have a pancake ?
My mouth is dry for want of a pancake.
If there is no butter in the house
Put a large spoonful of treacle,
And if there is no treacle in the house
Give a terribly large pancake.
Terribly, terribly.

Collected 9.10.64 from Williams (postman, b. 1899), Sarn Mellteyrn, near Aberdaron, Caernarvonshire.

Probably more of these around if you search for "pancake" in traditional song archives.


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GUEST,Diolch
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 02:31 PM

Less traditional, but including the recipe, Steve Ashley's song PANCAKE DAY from his Family Album (Revisited - or original).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZt395XoJkk


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: The Sandman
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 04:18 PM

THE 24th FEBRUARY which celebrates the Battle of Cadiz which took place in December
The 24th of February · Ian Giles   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyfKcXGGp_0

On the 24th of February (Sea Shanty) - ShamrockDragon7    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsCNrZ6kIBI
The 24th of February - The Motley Crew     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1sctyJJpY
Battle of Cádiz (1669) from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_C%C3%A1diz_(1669)
MUDCAT: Royal Oak/Turkish Man of War/Cpt Mansfield's Fight     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=136851#3127838
MUDCAT Lyr Add: 25th of February. /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=148349

Link to 23rd OF FEBRUARY posted below
Link to ON THE 23rd OF FEBRUARY posted above by henryp


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 05:09 PM

5 February 2004 The Morecambe Bay Cockling Disaster
Morecambe Bay by Maggie Holland   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXEolE3WMXE

I wrote the song in 2004 in the wake of the cockle-picking tragedy in Morecambe Bay. The tune I took from the Australian convict ballad ‘Moreton Bay’, initially because the resonance of the titles (I’d heard Moreton Bay sung many times in years past, mostly by Fred Wedlock). It was only when I started singing it that I realised the tune was originally from Ireland, usually called Boolavogue. Recorded by John Vick at Finiflex, Edinburgh, February 2005.


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 06:46 PM

Thank you Guest henryp, your fine song is already posted above entitled "On Morecambe Bay".
Link to ON MORECOMBE BAY posted above


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? re St Brigid
From: Felipa
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 07:37 PM

more lyrics in honour of Saint Brigid

GABHAIM MOLTA BRIGHDE https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=142413

sung by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dNRPcPpeI4

HYMN TO SAINT BRIGID     https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=46884#3355452 - The second song posted on 23 Apr 2002

MORE AT MUDCAT THREAD Lyr Req: songs about St. Brigid:
Manx INVOCATION TO ST BRIGID - Breeshey, Breeshey, tar gys my hie,...
WE SING A SONG TO BRIGID
ST. BRIGID'S FIRE


Link to earlier post on ST BRIGHID’S DAY SONGS

MUDCAT:St Brigid's Feast Day
/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=17574&messages=42


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 07:43 PM

There is a Mudcat thread for Songs for Groundhog Day but all it comes up with is this GROUNDOG song, which is discussed more fully at
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=16150#2223742


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 11 Jan 22 - 08:51 AM

Some Groundhog Day related songs given here   Groundhog Day (musical) -From Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(musical)


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 12 Jan 22 - 06:32 PM

THE RED FLAG

On 15 February, 1906 British Members of Parliament elected under the auspices of the Labour Representation Committee decided to take the name The Labour Party. The Labour Party adopted the Red Flag as its official anthem.

Wikipedia: The Red Flag    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Flag
Many recordings of " the Red Flag " on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+RED+FLAG


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 12 Jan 22 - 06:50 PM

BATTLE HYMN OF THE NEW SOCIALIST PARTY

Battle Hymn of the New Socialist Party · Leon Rosselson   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVtt60RxAQ0
Lyrics for Battle Hymn of the New Socialist Party    https://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/song-midis/Battle_Hymn_of_the_New_Socialist_Party.htm


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 05:03 AM

TOM PAINE'S BONES

February 9, 1737 Tom Paine, English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist was born

Wikipedia:Thomas Paine   
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine

In 1995, the English folk singer Graham Moore released a song called Tom Paine's Bones on an album of the same name. The song has since been covered by a number of other artists, including Dick Gaughan, Grace Petrie and Trials of Cato.

Various recordings of Tom Paine's Bones on on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tom+Paine%27s+Bones+on+on+YouTube+
Mainly Norfolk, Lyrics & Info for Tom Paine's Bones     https://mainlynorfolk.info/roy.bailey/songs/tompainesbones.html


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 05:07 AM

HERE'S TO TOM PAINE
Many recordings of Here's to Tom Paine   
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Here%27s+to+Tom+Paine%22+


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 05:14 AM

MUDCAT:Lyr Add: Reformer of England, Tom Paine    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=102061


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 18 Jan 22 - 03:52 AM

SHACKLETON

February 15,1874 explorer Ernest Shackleton's birthday.

Wikipedia: Ernest Shackleton    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton

"SHACKLETON"- Tingley Turner    https://www.reverbnation.com/tingleyturner
MUDCAT: Shackleton Antarctic Expedition: Songs?/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53113
Early Recording of "The Ballad of Tom Crean"    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Gs2pjpJvs


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 20 Jan 22 - 05:15 AM

JUST LIKE TOM PAINE'S BLUES
Just Like Tom Paine's Blues · Graham and Barbara Dean   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi2atZalZKk&list=OLAK5uy_kGcMT5mU6K-CmburqV3GNZkoSmnb0Gjl4&index=8

Link to TOM PAINE'S BONES & HERE'S TO TOM PAINE posted above


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 21 Jan 22 - 07:22 PM

29th of February 1892, The Trinity Bay Disaster, Newfoundland,Canada.

THE TRINITY BAY DISASTER
Trinity Bay Disaster · Joe Don West    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvuyk0dyV3o


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GUEST,Diolch
Date: 31 Jan 22 - 10:47 AM

CANDLEMAS EVE/ CANDLEMAS EVE CAROL is the setting of a Robert Herrick poem, Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve, to a Basque melody adapted by Edgar Pittman.

Mudcat:
/mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1064

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEhAKY-yUvw

Youtube tune only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reGzEFTQfuk

I heard someone (sorry, can't remember who or where) perform this in a session recently and it worked well in folk style.




Candlemas Eve · John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig & Steve Woodruff     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-Ifw-Hy_I
Candlemas from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlemas
Link to posting above of CANDLEMAS CAROL by Steve Ashley


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Feb 22 - 06:02 AM

COLD DAYS OF FEBRUARY - The Incredible String Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR87AOPHVBw


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 07 Feb 22 - 04:43 PM

MARY'S RHAPSODY

8 Feb,1587 Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded on the orders of her cousin England’s Queen Elizabeth I.

Mary’s Rhapsody    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZjd11GB0A


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 20 Feb 22 - 12:18 PM



BANJO PATERSON SONGS

February 17th,1864- Birthday of Banjo Paterson

Wikipedia : Banjo Paterson    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson
MUDCAT: Happy! – Feb 17 (A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson)   /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=88878&messages=7
Banjo Paterson songs on Youtube   
https://www.google.com/search?q=banjo+paterson+songs+youtube&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&ei=aFQSYteAAYSA8gLLjozgCg&oq=%22Banjo%2


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 21 Feb 22 - 04:36 PM

MALCOLM X SONGS

Malcolm X was assassinated 21 Feb. 1965

I don't know the songs about him; none in the "folk" genre that I know of.
https://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/Malcolm%20X


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 21 Feb 22 - 04:56 PM

Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" could do as song to commemorate Malcolm X. https://variety.com/2021/music/opinion/sam-cooke-a-change-is-gonna-come-civil-rights-black-history-month-1234900231/

A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
Sam Cooke

I was born by the river, in a little tent
Oh, and just like the river
I've been running ever since

It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will

It's been too hard living
But I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's up there
Beyond the sky

It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will

I go to the movie
And I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me
Don't hang around

It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know, a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say, brother, help me please
But he winds up, knockin' me
Back down on my knees

Oh, there been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able, to carry on

It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Sam Cooke

Miriam Makeba sang:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrN6fOJqwZ0:

MALCOLM X

Everybody seems to be preaching revolution
But no one ever seems to show appreciation
To that man over there who brought about a new generation
Yes to that man who brought about a new Black nation

Do you remember Malcolm?
Do you remember him, Malcolm?
Yeah brother, Malcolm
Don't you know he was a great man?
Oh yeah hmm
Ooh yeah

He tried to keep a people away from oppression
I say from day to day Malcolm lived for liberation
Until that man with a gun took away his devotion
He left his wife and kids without protection

Do you remember Malcolm?
Do you remember him, Malcolm?
Yeah brother, Malcolm
Don't you know he was a great man?
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

It seems life and death seem to go together
But for me in my heart Malcolm will live forever
Especially when I think about the blackness he reflected
I said especially when I think about all that he represented

Do you remember Malcolm?
Do you remember him, Malcolm?
Yeah brother, Malcolm
Don't you know he was a great man?

Oh yeah
I said yeah, yeah, yeah
Do you remember Malcolm?
Do you remember him, Malcolm?
Yeah brother, Malcolm
Don't you know he was a great man?
Oh yeah, hmm yeah, yeah
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, hmm yeah, yeah

Also in the USA, February is designated BLACK HISTORY MONTH, and there is no shortage of songs you can sing to honour that theme. In Britain and Ireland, Black History Month is celebrated in October rather than in February.


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 22 Feb 22 - 12:23 AM

Malcolm X gets a mention in the Phil Ochs song, LOVE ME, I'M A LIBERAL


I cried when they shot Medgar Evers
Tears ran down my spine
And I cried when they shot Mr Kennedy
As though I'd lost a father of mine
But Malcolm X got what was coming
He got what he asked for this time
So love me, love me, love me; I'm a liberal.

Phil Ochs - Love Me I'm A Liberal   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nFvhhCulaw


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Subject: The Fethard Lifeboat Disaster, Ireland 20 Feb 1914
From: Felipa
Date: 22 Feb 22 - 04:01 PM

http://irelandbyways.co.uk/saltees-keeraghs-co-wexford/ "[On 20] February 1914 'The Mexico', a Norwegian barque, ran aground in stormy seas. The Fethard lifeboat was launched, but both vessels were smashed to pieces by mighty waves. Nine of the 14 crew were swept to their deaths; the remaining five joined the eight surviving sailors on the exposed reef , where they remained miserably clinging to rocks while the storm continued unabated.

Several attempts to rescue them were foiled before two brave men, Bill Duggan and Jim Wickham of the Rosslare Fort lifeboat, took a dinghy and ferried the survivors two at a time from their ice cold rocks. The operation needed 6 trips in stormy seas to bring all to safety, but on the second of these, the dinghy was holed. For the remaining trips the sea was kept out by a loaf of bread wrapped in oilskins, plugged into the opening.

The incident is known as THE FETHARD LIFEBOAT DISASTER
There were poems and song composed in the aftermath of the disaster, including
THE FETHARD LIFEBOAT CREW and THE MEXICO

The Fethard Lifeboat Crew sung by Seamus Brogan     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOwIwa0kkQk
The Fethard Lifeboat Disaster from Ireland Calling     https://ireland-calling.com/fethard-lifeboat-disaster/


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 23 Feb 22 - 08:58 AM

THE ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR
28 Feb1900 was the end of the siege of the British garrison at Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa, during the Anglo Boer War. "The Absent-Minded Beggar" is an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and used to raise money for soldiers fighting in that war.

Wikipedia:The Absent-Minded Beggar   
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Absent-Minded_Beggar
The Absent-Minded Beggar (Arr. for 4 Voices and Piano)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52GsSJtri8Q
The Absent-Minded Beggar - Rudyard Kipling & Sir Arthur Sullivan   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTGTsI7W6yU


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 02 Mar 22 - 08:38 AM

27 February 2002 Comedian Spike Milligan died

SPIKE MILLIGAN SONGS
Many Spike Milligan songs on YouTube    
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Spike+Milligan+Top+songs+on+Youtube


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 11 Jul 22 - 06:37 PM

The Massacre of Glencoe took place in GlenCoe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692.

SONGS ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE
Massacre of Glencoe from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Glencoe
Massacre Of Glencoe -The Corries     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cPitxtk4m0
The Massacre of Glencoe · Alastair McDonald    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXVhF0NGoR0
Jim McLean song “Ballad of Glencoe”     http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_glencoe.htm

Link to post below MORE SONGS ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 26 Jul 22 - 01:25 PM

THE BALLAD OF PATTY HEARST and other songs about her

February 4, 1974 Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army

The Ballad Of Patty Hearst · Red River Dave    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu_Cjw2goKk
” Patty Hearst“ by Stereo Total     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cInY9Fh8aFQ
“Tania” by Camper Van Beethoven     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hLZstCG-ik
Hey Joe - Patti Smith     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH9KozepiFU
Patty Hearst from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 10:49 AM

LILY THE PINK

Feb 9,1819 Birth of Lydia Pinkham.Lydia Estes Pinkham (born Estes; February 9, 1819 – May 17, 1883) was an American inventor and marketer of an herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" for menstrual and menopausal problems, which medical experts dismissed as a quack remedy, but which is still on sale today in a modified form.
Lydia Pinkham from Wikipedia 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Pinkham#References
Lily the Pink (song) From Wikipedia  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_the_Pink_(song)
Many recordings of “Lily the Pink " on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Lily+The+Pink


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 06 Aug 22 - 06:19 AM

SONGS WITH LYRICS BY CICELY FOX SMITH

1 February 1882    Cicely Fox Smith was born in Lymm, Cheshire.

C. Fox Smith from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Fox_Smith
Many songs with Cicely Fox Smith lyrics on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Cicely+Fox-Smith%2C
MUDCAT: Cicely Fox Smith Songbook Available Now     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=127544
SEA SONGS OF CICELY FOX SMITH - Charlie Ipcar     https://www.charlieipcar.com/songs_of_cfs_sample.pdf


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 17 Oct 22 - 01:18 AM

Greg Brown, HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THIS FUNKY DAY , https://youtu.be/xAJgro7vbH4 has a stanza that goes,

It look like February 19th and November 8th
had an ugly little baby
They're gonna call it "Today"
My face feels like clay
every time I try to grin
and I think I might cry
if I try to grin again.


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 17 Oct 22 - 04:10 AM

9 February, 1957 John Axon, an English train driver from Stockport, lost his life while trying to stop the runaway freight train he was driving after its automatic brake pipe fractured. Axon's engine crashed into another freight train, but his brave action saved the lives of of the many children being carried on his train. Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, and Charles Parker created the first of the Radio Ballads, The Ballad Of John Axon, around this story.

THE BALLAD OF JOHN AXON
The Ballad Of John Axon from Songfacts
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/ewan-maccoll/the-ballad-of-john-axon
Script of The Ballad Of John Axon from Charles Parker Archive Trust     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/601d943f3b66f8616eac3746/t/6075f9611d647d0141367ce5/1618344289213/john-axon.pdf
John Axon from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Axon
Radio ballad from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_ballad

Links to the songs sung in The Ballad Of John Axon, on YouTube
1.   Come All You British Loco Men    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qzzZKoZ8Fk
2.  John Axon Was a Railway Man · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJcqslbDmVA&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=2
3.  The Repair Was Done · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imOgObZLbmk&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=3
4.   It Was 4 A.M. That Saturday · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe0LTvJ-vx8&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=4
5.   I May Be a Wage Slave on Monday · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1vRgEUGIpc&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=5
6.  The Iron Road Road Is a Hard Road · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6F6a-Wusjc&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=6
7.  Come All You Young Maidens · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eamm_M_Ox0&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=7
8.  It Doesn't Matter Where You Come From · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQUDJfSV4E8&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=8
9.   Steam Train, Steam Train · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDM0dWw2j3E&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=9
10.  The Rain Was Gently Falling · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW9BnFnOopQ&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=10
11.  On the 3rd of May 1957 · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-3mWHSNwv0&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=11
12.  The Engine Had Reached the Distant Signal · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7xDl09qq7w&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=12
13.   Under the Large Injector Steam-Valve · Ewan MacColl · Charles Parker · Peggy Seeger    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doy0CaAIHcU&list=PLbFknnbkaiq1iv1yg8Qm0ItYd84NhLIqD&index=13


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 18 Oct 22 - 05:13 PM

THE L &N DON’T STOP HERE ANYMORE , by Jean Ritchie, has a stanza that goes,

I used to think my daddy was a black man
With scrip enough to buy the company store
But now he goes downtown with empty pockets
And his face as white as a February snow

Many recordings online. Here's one by Jean Ritchie:
https://youtu.be/x1CNua_KWRM
Other recordings on Youtube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+The+L+and+N+Don%27t+Stop+Here+Anymore+


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 25 Oct 22 - 04:32 AM

PEARL BRYAN

Feb 1, 1896. Discovery of the headless body of Pearl Bryan, killed along with her unborn child by Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, near Fort Thomas, Kentucky

Pearl Bryan [Laws F2] from The Ballad Index   
http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LF02.html
Bradley Kincaid - Pearl Bryan (1929)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQjLeFp7g_Q
Pearl Bryan · Bruce Buckley    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKQdWNcRb54
Many other recordings of “Pearl Bryan “ on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pearl+bryan+song
Pearl Bryan from Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Pearl_Bryan


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 01 Feb 23 - 07:10 AM

CHRISTMAS IN FEBRUARY
Xmas in February - Lou Reed    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zTKnwwJAfU
” Xmas in February “Lyrics from Song Meanings     https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858660256/

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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 02 Feb 23 - 11:06 AM

6th February Birthday of Ronald Reagan.

SONGS ABOUT RONALD REAGAN

"The Ballad of Ronald Reagan" - The Austin Lounge Lizards    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDRnUGdIhCY
Dear Mr. Reagan - The Right Brothers     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVb20NaRXDY
If Reagan Played Disco - The Minutemen     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6bDSvSwtZM
Re-Ron by Gil Scott-Heron     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc1flR0LgwY
Ronnie Talk To Russia - Sheree     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGT0VC7NEpk
The Ronald Reagan Song - Mr. Beat     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdM84-3_esY


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 03 Feb 23 - 06:28 AM

FIRE IN THE BELLY from Van Morrison     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4bxHOaptmQ

Got a heart and a mind
And a fire inside
And I'm crazy about you
You, you on your high flying cloud
You, you with the laugh in your eyes
You, you with your hidden surprise
You
Gotta get through January
Gotta get through February


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 04 Feb 23 - 07:31 PM

THE PLAZA DE TETUÁN
The Plaza de Tetuán is a song having its origin in the Spanish-Moroccan war of 1859-1860. The song achieved great popularity on the Republican side during the civil war, 17 July 1936 – 1 April 1939, owing to the participation of Moroccan contingents on Franco's side .

Del día seis de febrero
nos tenemos que acordar.
Entraron los españoles
en la Plaza de Tetuán.

“ La Plaza de Tetuán”, various recordings on YouTube    
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=La+plaza+de+Tetu%C3%A1n+song


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 09 Feb 23 - 02:33 PM

February 1689 The joint reign of William III and Mary II began in the UK. Mary and William were crowned as joint-monarchs in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 11 April 1689.

ENGLAND’s HAPPINESS IN THE CROWNING OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Audio recording of “England's Happiness in the Crowning of William and Mary” from The English Broadside Ballad Archive   
http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/20880/recording
England's Happiness in the Crowning of William and Mary from Wikipedia.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England%27s_Happiness_in_the_Crowning_of_William_and_Mary
The Coronation of Mary II and William III from Early Modern British Isles Blog https://publish.illinois.edu/canderson/2015/12/03/the-coronation-of-mary-ii-and-william-iii/#:~:text=As%20we%20know%2C%20Mary%20

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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 10 Feb 23 - 05:51 AM

RODDY McCORLEY
28 February 1800. Roddy MacCorly was executed by hanging near the Bridge of Toome,County Antrim.

Roddy McCorley from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_McCorley
“Roddy McCorley” - Various Recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=roddy+mccorley+song
REMEMBERING RODDY McCORLEY IN SONG, information,yrics and recordings    https://londoncelticpunks.wordpress.com/2019/07/28/remembering-roddy-mccorley-in-song/


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 12 Feb 23 - 04:03 PM

SONGS ABOUT DARWIN AND DARWINISM
February 12,1809 Author and naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was born in Shrewsbury, England. Best known for his work Origin of the Species concerning the theory of evolution.

Charlie Darwin -The Low Anthem    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66SPUQEgEKk
Charlie Darwin by The Low Anthem, from Songfacts    https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-low-anthem/charlie-darwin
Part Man Part Monkey - Bruce Springsteen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faWmZrO8HGg
EVOLUTION GIRL     Double Decker String Band     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_3fXc7_nQg
The Carolina Buddies-My Evolution Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SroCAqw8Q4
Science: Darwin in Song | The New York Times     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrIN8ptMmug


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 12 Feb 23 - 08:45 PM

Chris Smither has a song called ORIGIN OF SPECIES with the stanza,

Well, Charlie Darwin looked so far
Into the way things are
He caught a glimpse of God's
Unfolding plan


https://youtu.be/jOxgiq6c6_E


Mudcat thread, Add: Origin Of Species - Chris Smithers /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=173126&messages=1


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 16 Feb 23 - 06:15 PM

LONDON IN FEBRUARY by Coastal     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7XRq1h7TjY


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 19 Feb 23 - 05:01 AM

GENERAL TAYLOR    aka     CARRY HIM TO HIS BURIAL GROUND

February 22–23, 1847. General Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican General Santa Ana at Buenavista and thus became a national hero. He was then elected 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850.

Many recordings of “ General Taylor” on YouTube   
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=general+taylor+shanty
From Mainly Norfolk: “General Taylor / Carry Him to His Burying Ground”     https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/generaltaylor.html
Zachary Taylor from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor
Battle of Buena Vista from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buena_Vista
MUDCAT - Origins: General Taylor - who was he?   /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=79270&messages=64#310684


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 21 Feb 23 - 07:29 PM

THE 23rd OF FEBRUARY
The 23rd of February    
https://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/23rd_of_February.htm

This song seems to be the same as the song about the Battle of Cadiz called THE 24th FEBRUARY which is posted above by The Sandman
Link to 24th FEBRUARY posted above by The Sandman
Link to ON THE 23rd OF FEBRUARY posted above by henryp


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 09:21 AM

THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO

February 26, 1848 The Communist Manifesto pamphlet was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It advocated the abolition of all private property and a system in which workers own all means of production, land, factories and machinery. In 1932 the Austro-Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff composed an oratorio of The Communist Manifesto (Op. 82).
Erwin Schulhoff - The Communist Manifesto Op. 82 (1932)   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVW0sjh_gSU
Erwin Schulhoff from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schulhoff
Erwin Schulhoff from Music and the Holocaust     https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/camps/central-europe/wulzburg/schulhofferwin/


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 06:06 PM

       THE LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL

    February 9, 1963.     Hattie Carroll, a 51-year-old African-American barmaid, was killed at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore by William Zantzinger.

    The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUnNBz_h8-I
    The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonesome_Death_of_Hattie_Carroll
    Bob Dylan at 80: Why “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” is his greatest protest song, from Prospect Magazine  by  Ray Monk   https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/bob-dylan-at-80-why-the-lonesome-death-of-hattie-carroll-is-his-greatest-prote


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 25 Feb 23 - 11:59 AM

27 February 1937 Charles Patrick Donnelly, Irish poet, republican and left wing political activist, was killed at Jarama fighting on the republican side during the Spanish Civil War.
SONG FOR CHARLIE DONNELLY
Charles Donnelly from Wikipedia    
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Donnelly_(poet)
” Song for Charlie Donnelly”- recording by Manus O’Riordan, from The Irish Traditional Music Archive     https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/sound/unidentified_manus_oriordan


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 14 Mar 23 - 11:33 AM

          FEBRUARY 3rd
    February 3rd - Jorja Smith    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P2AT0Wa_BY
February 3rd - Jorja Smith from genius.com https://genius.com/Jorja-smith-february-3rd-lyrics


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Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Mar 23 - 05:49 AM

24 February 2022. Russia invaded Ukraine

SONGS ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR

UKRAINIAN NOW   by John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton and   sung by Peter Yarrow, Bill Miller, Tret Fure, Holly Near, Emma's Revolution, Rebel Voices, Crys Matthews, Carrie Newcomer, Joe Jencks, Christine Lavin with the electric bouzouki playing of Joe Jencks and the piano of McCutcheon.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSwxoJHJ4EI

MARIUPOL    by John Murphy     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQqhQ3t_MeM

ZAY GEBENTSHT, UKRAYNE ( BE BLESSED, UKRAINE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiMz4F35RsQ

Thanks to Felipa for the above three suggestions which she posted on MUDCAT:Lyr Add, Songs about Ukraine War, where more information may be found    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171252&messages=11


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