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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: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Aug 22 - 10:49 AM Feb 9,1819 Birth of Lydia Pinkham, LILY THE PINK 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: 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: 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 |
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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: 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: 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 |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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. Link to posting above of CANDLEMAS CAROL by Steve Ashley |
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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: 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: 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 |
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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: 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 - 05:03 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: 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=CWh68F2VME4 |
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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: 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: 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? 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: 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? 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: 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 |
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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: 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: Alan Day Date: 30 Nov 21 - 09:02 AM Here it is Geoff Not a good recording but it demonstrates the tune which is a bit of fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTzlRckT08c&t=120s Al |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Nov 21 - 10:19 AM Yes, Alan Day , Let us have a look! Any recording of your song? |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Alan Day Date: 27 Nov 21 - 06:54 PM I have written a tune called THE COCKLE PICKER'S DAUGHTER and the first verse starts It was a cold wet morning in February When I first met a girl from the Thames Estuary. A bit risque but I can write it out if anyone is interested. Al |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Aug 21 - 05:44 PM JARAMA VALLEY The Battle of Jarama took place from 6–27 February 1937 Jarama Valley - Pete Seeger and the Almanac singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTDzjYNJZ0Q Many recordings of Jarama Valley on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=JARAMA+VALLEY+ Jarama Valley (song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarama_Valley_(song) |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Mar 21 - 09:02 PM THE TRAWLER GAUL byRichard Grainger
“Eighth of February seventy four,
Richard Grainger plays Trawler Gaul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TshmIk5h-t8 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Mar 21 - 04:57 AM SUSAN B ANTHONY SAYS VOTE! February 15, 1820 Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was born in Adams, Massachusetts. A pioneer in women's rights, she worked tirelessly for woman's suffrage. Susan B Anthony Says Vote! - Cassie Silva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzoFtSmEtPI |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Mar 21 - 06:31 PM REMEMBER THE MAINE February 15, 1898 - In Havana, the U.S. Battleship Maine was blown up while at anchor and quickly sank with 260 crew members lost. The incident inflamed public opinion in the U.S., resulting in a declaration of war against Spain on April 25, 1898, amid cries of "Remember the Maine!" Remember The Maine-Lyrics http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/songster/60-remember-the-maine.htm The Battleship of Maine · The New Lost City Ramblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBTxVLqnadA MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE MAINE Traditional Music.co.uk LYRICS http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/My_Sweetheart_Went_Down_With_the_Maine.htm ’Once I had a sweetheart, noble, brave and true, Fearless as the sunrise, gentle as the dew, We had loved and waited, he had named the day, We were pledged to wed each other in the month of May.' |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Mar 21 - 01:15 PM SONGS ABOUT CHARLES LINDBERGH February 4, 1902 - Charles Lindbergh, aviation pioneer was born in Detroit, Michigan. He made the first non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris, May 20-21, 1927. LINBERGH EAGLE OF THE USA by Vernon Dalhart 1927 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q54VvSVk7f4 Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.) On Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_(The_Eagle_of_the_U.S.A.) LUCKY LINDY - by Vernon Dalhart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1DO58aoqA Lindbergh - Woody Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9qJhvxytg Mister Charlie Lindbergh-Words and Music by Woody Guthrie https://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Mister_Charlie_Lindburgh.htm LINDY COMES TO TOWN-Al Stewart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odi-Et5XoAM |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Mar 21 - 12:36 PM FOUR CHAPLAINS February 3, 1943 - In the icy waters off Greenland the U.S. Army transport ship Dorchester was hit by a German torpedo and began to sink rapidly. There were not enough life jackets and four U.S. Army chaplains on board removed theirs, handed them to young soldiers, and chose to go down with the ship while praying. Four Chaplains · Fred Neil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaPb4vqLHg0 Ballad of the Four Chaplains · Dead Men's Hollow-Angels' Share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPjg0_THkxE Four Chaplains on the Sea of Glory-Wintley Phipps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Kd0VwcFz0 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Mar 21 - 12:54 PM 5 February 2004 The Morecambe Bay Cockling Disaster
ON MORECOMBE BAY |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Joe_F Date: 26 Feb 21 - 06:10 PM "February March" by Lou & Peter Berryman. The February March · Lou & Peter Berryman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cybVTbwUbB4 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Feb 21 - 08:33 AM Josh Groban - February Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A49QRw2CSx0 Xmas In February - by Lou Reed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zTKnwwJAfU |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Feb 21 - 08:15 AM I found this site giving historical events in February. Has anyone got songs about any of these events? https://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/february.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Joe Offer Date: 22 Feb 21 - 04:27 PM BALTIMORE FIRE The Baltimore Fire was February 7 and 8, 1904. The song doesn't mention February, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Baltimore_Fire -Joe- Charlie Poole-Baltimore Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7x5AWhT2ec The Baltimore Fire · The New Lost City Ramblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXMmLokot6s |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Feb 21 - 06:28 PM WILTSHIRE SHROVING SONG I have found the lyrics to this song but no on-line performances yet ?? https://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Wiltshire/Wiltshire%20-%20Shroving%20Song.pdf Here is a performance of this song with extra verses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8L27Qw1-zE HERE WE COME A-SHROVING And another shroving song but no performance https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/schools/news/here-we-come-ashroving Here we come a'shroving |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Acorn4 Date: 16 Feb 21 - 05:12 AM It was in response to a themed singaround a couple of years ago when someone came up with "Fair Maids of February" as a theme for the month. Having nothing suitable I thought I'd better write something. No one at the session did the Robin Dransfield song, which is rather surprising as they are a knowledgeable lot, so I assume the theme must have been chosen for the snowdrops connection. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Reinhard Date: 15 Feb 21 - 02:18 PM Robin Dransfield's version of "Fair Maids of February" was written by him and his brother Barry. He wrote in the sleeve notes that 'fair maids of february' is an old country expression for snowdrops. I don't know where Acorn4's version is from and can't find anything in the world wild wilderness. With the phrases "common as muck" and "load of wusses" it doesn't sound traditional. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST Date: 15 Feb 21 - 10:46 AM The Fair Maids of February mentioned by Acorn4 is not the Robin Dransfield song of that name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBUjdrf2uFg&ab_channel=60sMentality |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Feb 21 - 04:29 AM THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY Billy Bragg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jpPDgL2BrI |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 12 Feb 21 - 03:38 AM Swan Arcade sang Last Valentine's Day [Roud 6475 ; Mudcat 69929 ; trad.] in 1973 on their eponymous Trailer album Swan Arcade and in 1988 on their cassette Nothing Blue. (Mainly Norfolk) Last Valentine's Day, bright Phoebus shone clear We had not been a-hunting for the space of one year. I mounted Black Clover, that horse of great fame, For to hear the horns blow and the words "Tally-ho!" https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/lastvalentinesday.html http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/282.html Mudcat 69929 /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=69929#1191709
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