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Subject: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Feb 21 - 08:52 AM
-Joe Offer- Can you suggest any songs associated with the month of February? That is : (A) Any songs with February in the title (B) Any songs with a February date given in the lyrics (C) Any songs referencing an event that is known to have occurred in February even if the lyrics do not actually say so. It would be very helpful to have links to performances of the songs and also more sources of information about them. Directly below is an alphabetical index of the titles collected in this thread. If a title in this index is blue then by clicking it you should be jumped to the section of the thread in which most of the discussion and links for that title occur. If you just want to add a new post to this thread use one of the the “post” buttons to jump to the end of the thread. I shall sometimes rearrange “late” posts to group them with their appropriate main area of discussion so that they are not overlooked. When I add to someone’s post I make this clear by doing so beneath an orange lone like those above and below .
Regards, GeoffLawes INDEX OF FEBRUARY SONGS ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR (THE) ABE LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY AMERICAN PIE by Don McLean ARF A PINT OF ALE AS I LAY ME DOWN by Sophie B Hawkins BALLAD OF JOHN AXON (THE) BALLAD OF PATTY HEARST, (THE) and other songs about her BALLAD OF THE ALAMO (THE) BALLAD OF THE STUDENTS’ SIT IN BALTIMORE FIRE BANJO PATERSON SONGS BATTLE HYMN OF THE NEW SOCIALIST PARTY BATTLESHIP OF MAINE(THE) BELLE STARR by Emmylou Harris BELLE STARR by Michael Martin Murphey BELLE STARR written by Woody Guthrie, sung by Pete Seeger BIG FAT WOMAN by Jim Croce BIG FAT WOMAN by Lead Belly BIG GIRL YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL BLACK FOX (THE) BLACK HEARTED GYPSIES O BLACK JACK DAVEY BLACK JACK DAVID BLOOD SPORTS BLOW THE MAN DOWN BONNY EARL OF MORAY (THE) BOLD PRINCESS ROYAL (THE) BRIGHID’S KISS CANDLEMAS CAROL by Steve Ashley CANDLEMAS EVE/ CANDLEMAS EVE CAROL CHANGE IS GONNA COME (A) CHRISTMAS IN FEBRUARY CLAYTON BOONE COCKLE PICKER'S DAUGHTER (THE) COLD DAYS OF FEBRUARY COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (THE) COSTER'S PONY (THE) DARK SKINNED DAVY DAVY LOWSTON DERWENTWATER’S FAREWELL DICK WITTINGTON DON’T STOP ME ‘ARF A PINT OF BEER DOWN THE ROAD EDISON’S MEDICINE ‘E DUNNO WHERE ‘E ARE EIGHT MEN FROM HULL ENGLAND’s HAPPINESS IN THE CROWNING OF WILLIAM AND MARY ESSEX’S FAREWELL EVOLUTION GIRL FAIR MAIDS OF FEBRUARY FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS FAT GAL FAT GIRLS MATTER FAT LADY (THE) FAT LADY OF THE CIRCUS FAT WOMAN FEBRUARY FEBRUARY BLUES FEBRUARY BRINGS THE RAIN FEBRUARY SKIES FEBRUARY SONG FEBRUARY 3rd FEBRUARY SEVEN FEBRUARY WIND by Stephen Speaks FETHARD LIFEBOAT DISASTER (THE) FIRE IN THE BELLY FLOWERS OF MANCHESTER (THE) FOREVER WORKS FOR ME FOUR CHAPLAINS FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY (THE) FOXTROT TALLY HOEDOWN GABHAIM MOLTA BRIGHDE GENERAL TAYLOR aka CARRY HIM TO HIS BURIAL GROUND GOLDEN DUSTMAN (THE) GROUNDOG GYPSY DAVEY GYPSY LADDIE GYPSY ROVER HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THIS FUNKY DAY HERE'S TO TOM PAINE HERE WE COME A-SHROVING HYMN TO SAINT BRIGID I CAN’T FIND BRUMMAGEN IF IT WASN'T FOR THE 'OUSES IN BETWEEN I NEED A FAT GIRL (FATTIE FATTIE) I'M GOING TO SETTLE DOWN INION A' BHAOILLIGH INVOCATION TO ST BRIGID ISLE OF CLERKENWELL (THE) IT'S A GREAT BIG SHAME I WANT A BIG FAT WOMAN JANUARY FEBRUARY JARAMA VALLEY JERSEY LILY JOHNNY FAA JUST LIKE TOM PAINE'S BLUES LADIES OF THE CANYON LADY AND THE GYPSY (THE) LEAP YEAR BLUES L &N DON’T STOP HERE ANYMORE (THE) LILY THE PINK LINDBERGH LINDBERGH, THE EAGLE OF THE USA LINDY COMES TO TOWN LONDON IN FEBRUARY LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL (THE) LOVE AT THE FIVE AND DIME LOVE ME, I'M A LIBERAL LUCKY LINDY MAGGIE MAY MALCOLM X MALCOLM X SONGS MARIUPOL by John Murphy MARY'S RHAPSODY MASSACRE OF GLENCOE MERIAH MORE SONGS ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE MRS CARTER MUNICH AIR DISASTER 1958 MY LOVE IS A RIDER( BUCKING BRONCO) MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE MAINE NATURE’S MADE A BIG MISTAKE NEVER INTRODUCE YOUR DONAH TO A PAL NEW PERJARMA HAT (THE) NICE QUIET DAY (A) (The Postman's Holiday) NO PASSARAN! -The Jack Atkinson Story OAKHAM POACHERS (THE) ON MORECOMBE BAY ON THE 23rd OF FEBRUARY ON THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE Walter Scott lyrics and Beethoven arrangement ON THE ROCKS ORIGIN OF SPECIES OUR PRETTY LITTLE VILLA DOWN AT BARKIN’ PANCAKE DAY PANCAKE SONG PAVEMENT ARTIST (THE) PEARL BRYAN PICTURES OF LILY PLAZA DE TETUÁN (THE) PUBLICAN (THE) RAGGLE TAGGLE GYPSY (THE) RAWTENSTALL ANNUAL FAIR RED COAT RIDE RED FLAG (THE) REMEMBER THE ALAMO REMEMBER THE MAINE REYNARD THE FOX RODDY McCORLEY SABOTEUR’S SONG (THE) SAD FEBRUARY aka THE LAIRSFIELD DISASTER by Graeme Miles SEVEN YELLOW GYPSIES SHACKLETON SONG FOR CHARLIE DONNELLY SONG OF WEATHER (A) SONGS ABOUT BELLE STARR SONGS ABOUT DARWIN AND DARWINISM SONGS ABOUT FAT WOMEN SONGS ABOUT FLOYD COLLINS SONGS ABOUT JACK ATKINSON SONGS ABOUT LILY LANGTRY SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO SONGS ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE SONGS ABOUT RONALD REAGAN SONGS ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR SONGS ABOUT UPPER CLASS WOMEN RUNNING OFF WITH GYPSIES SONGS ABOUT 29th FEBRUARY SONGS AGAINST FOX HUNTING SONGS SUNG BY GUS ELAN SONGS SUNG BY HARRY H. CORBETT SONGS WITH LYRICS BY CICELY FOX SMITH SOME SMALL CRIME SPIKE MILLIGAN SONGS ST. BRIGID'S FIRE SUSAN B ANTHONY SAYS VOTE! SWEETER THAN THE FLOWERS THREE SCORE AND TEN TOMBSTONE BLUES TOM PAINE'S BONES TRAWLER GAUL (THE) by Richard Grainger TRIMDON GRANGE EXPLOSION (THE) TRINITY BAY DISASTER (THE) UKRAINIAN NOW by John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton VALENTINE’S DAY WAIT TILL THE WORK COMES ROUND WE SING A SONG TO BRIGID WILTSHIRE SHROVING SONG YOUR BABY HAS GONE DOWN THE PLUGHOLE ZAY GEBENTSHT, UKRAYNE ( BE BLESSED, UKRAINE) 24th FEBRUARY 29th FEBRUARY
The OAKHAM POACHERS THE BOLD PRINCESS ROYAL Louis Killen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJwwnyw_WjA Mainly Norfolk Site INFO https://mainlynorfolk.info/louis.killen/songs/theboldprincessroyal.html MUDCAT Origins: Bold Princess Royal (Song) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=137861&messages=22#top The Bold Princess Royal On the fourteenth of February we sailed from the land In the bold Princess Royal bound for Newfoundland. With forty brave seamen for our ship's company And so boldly from the eastward to the westward bore we.
Now, we had not been sailing scarce days two or three,
So at last this bold pirate, she hove alongside,
“So come heave up your course sails and lay your ship to,
So we hove our course sail, our stay sails too,
They fired shots after us but none did prevail
“So thank God!” cried our captain, “Now the firing is done. FEBRUARY Joan Baez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc_TBPEDHxI I threw your keys in the water, I looked back They'd frozen half way down in the ice They froze up so quickly, the keys and their owners Even after the anger, it all turned silent and The everyday turned solitary So we came to February First we forgot where we'd planted those bulbs last year Then we forgot that we'd planted at all Then we forgot what plants are altogether And I blamed you for my freezing and forgetting and The nights were long and cold and scary Can we live through February? You know I think Christmas was a long red glare Shot up like a warning, we gave presents without cards And then the snow And then the snow came, we were always out shoveling And we'd drop to sleep exhausted Then we'd wake up, and it's snowing And February was so long that it lasted into March And found us walking a path alone together You stopped and pointed and you said, "That's a crocus" And I said "What's a crocus?" and you said "It's a flower" I tried to remember but I said "What's a flower?" You said "I still love you" The leaves were turning as we drove to the hardware store My new lover made me keys to the house And when we got home, well we just started chopping wood Because you never know how the next will be And we'll gather all our arms can carry I have lost to February
1. “Xmas In February” by Lou Reed 2. “February” by Elzhi 3. “February – Whateva Da Weatha” by Ramson Badbonez 4. “February Air” by Lights 5. “February Stars” by Foo Fighters 6. “February Song” by Josh Groben 7.(unavailable) . “February” by The Waifs 8. “February Tale” by Pill-Oh 9. “February Winds” by Billy Talent 10. “February Seven” by The Avett Brothers 11.(unavailable)“February Skies” by Wayes Blood 12. “February” by The Getaway Plan 13. “London In February” by Coastal 14. “One Heavy February” by Architecture In Helsinki |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Mrrzy Date: 02 Feb 21 - 09:08 AM I sang a version of Groundhog on yesterday's singaround, for February... |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Splott Man Date: 02 Feb 21 - 09:08 AM FAIR MAIDS OF FEBRUARY By Robin Dransfield January February - Barbara Dickson January February - Tina B. Calendar Song - Boney M. There's a few to be going on with. Splott Man Thanks Splott Man , here are some blue clicky links to the songs -Geoff -Robin Dransfield - Fair Maids of February https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBUjdrf2uFg JANUARY, FEBRUARY Barbara Dickson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gt98OkL11c JANUARY, FEBRUARY Tina B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWCNvf4GRlo |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: John MacKenzie Date: 02 Feb 21 - 11:24 AM February Wind, Stephen Speaks. FEBRUARY WIND by Stephen Speaks
Flyin' a kite again in the February wind Thanks John but I can’t find an on-line performance ??? |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: The Sandman Date: 02 Feb 21 - 12:46 PM i seem to recall Robin Dransfield wrote a song called fair maids of february which are snowdrops |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: JHW Date: 02 Feb 21 - 02:06 PM SAD FEBRUARY also titled THE LAIRSFIELD DISASTER By Graeme Miles
'Cold February and all is not well The Unthanks Sad February https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEoTsFEqUQQ Req: Sad February (Graeme Miles) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=128423 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GerryM Date: 02 Feb 21 - 03:56 PM AMERICAN PIE By Don McLean 'But February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride Something touched me deep inside The day the music died' "The day" being 3 February 1959, when Buddy Holly died in a plane crash. Date: 02 Feb 21 - 03:56 PM American Pie · Don McLean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_TFkut1PM DIGITRAD /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=250 AMERICAN PIE--PROGRAM NOTES) /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=251 Don McLean On The Meaning Of ‘American Pie’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwRuInx6fSU
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: FreddyHeadey Date: 02 Feb 21 - 05:14 PM SWEETER THAN THE FLOWERS The Stanley Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h92d0YWmv_g 'Just as far as I can remember She'll remain the rose of my heart Mama fell sick along in December February brought us broken hearts' ON THE ROCKS Stornoway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMpM-LeDC2M 'January calls round to find me Alone in this place where I've been living My real home lives down the river Where she's making circles with her tears And February blows even colder And I'll send my love downstream In words and verses in plastic boxes',
FOREVER WORKS FOR ME
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: G-Force Date: 02 Feb 21 - 05:23 PM The Trimdon Grange Explosion. THE TRIMDON GRANGE EXPLOSION https://mainlynorfolk.info/louis.killen/songs/trimdongrange.html On 16 February 1882 there was an explosion of either firedamp or coaldust at the Trimdon Grange colliery in South County Durham verse 3 February has left behind it What will never be forgot; Weeping women and helpless children May be found in many's the cot.' Bob Fox and Benny Graham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_NQ3zL7HdY The Unthanks - with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je4Dv7d67vw Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2INeiMhi29o Alan Price. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNyfmqHwe1U |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GMGough Date: 02 Feb 21 - 08:27 PM Gordon Bok recorded 2 Cassettes entitled "February". Vol 1 and Vol 2. I think they were first released in 1983. I'll see if I can find my copies and I'll play them tomorrow. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST Date: 02 Feb 21 - 09:45 PM There are literally thousands or songs with February in the title listed on the MCPS/PRS database of various genres. Though from a folk point of view, walking in February isn't nearly as popular as going a' walking in May.. too blooming cold to go maiden spotting. There are of course also many indirect February songs linked to Valentines, or where February is mentioned in passing within the lyric, but not the main thrust of the song. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: JHW Date: 03 Feb 21 - 05:09 AM Wouldn't have forgotten Trimdon Grange if the FCs had been open, thanks. Of course 'February left behind it what will never be forgot' |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,Clive Pownceby Date: 03 Feb 21 - 10:57 AM 'CANDLEMAS CAROL' written by Steve Ashley and on his first album. The date for Candlemas is Feb.2nd. I usually run through Steve's song at this time, if only to myself whilst hoovering or on Zoom! Steve Ashley https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%27CANDLEMAS+CAROL%27+Steve+Ashley+ Kate Rusby - Sweet Bells - 07- Candlemass Eve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KOj5omJujw Link to CANDLEMAS EVE/ CANDLEMAS EVE CAROL posted below |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,Clive Pownceby Date: 03 Feb 21 - 11:04 AM FEBRUARY BRINGS THE RAIN Me again, it's hardly 'folk' (oh no we don't trek down that road right now!) but I love Julie London and 'February Brings The Rain' is on her 1956 album 'Calendar Girl' where Julie has a song for each month of the year. This one was written by her then-husband Bobby Troup who wrote 'Route 66.' Julie London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgd6nzcfSTU |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST Date: 03 Feb 21 - 11:10 AM I'm really buzzing now!!!! Jennifer Crook has a 2017 album 'The Year She Turns' which like Ms London in the previous post has a song for each month of the year. The 2nd track is simply titled 'February.' I'm a big fan of her writing and all her records are well worth an earful. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,Clive Pownceby Date: 03 Feb 21 - 11:11 AM Yeh, that last post was me yet again. I'm off for a lie-down now! |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Feb 21 - 01:38 PM Valentine’s Day from Smithsonian Folkways https://folkways.si.edu/valentines-day/music/playlist/smithsonian “Happy Valentine’s Day from Smithsonian Folkways” samples a variety selected from the USA, Mexico, and Europe. Click on the link and hear the songs 1.Froggie Went a–Courtin’3Elizabeth Mitchell https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Trm2mP3pFrU&list=RDAMVMhIpOREDb-Ko 2.Fare You Well, My Blue Eyed Girl Guy Carawan https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=QRfcHyutfLM&list=RDAMVMQRfcHyutfLM 3.I Will Bring You Flowers Peter La Farge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIGx0gfKTEk 4.Black is the Color Shanna Beth McGee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ahSWN1WZ0 5.Will You Always Love Me, Darling? Harry and Jeanie West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgK0aXBXXGs&list=PL8kkooHbYdxWpxI3TdeRsT5J_ypzZuiSd&index=40 6.Wear a Red Rose The Country Gentlemen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ERcMhpEVKs 7.Tu recuerdo y yo (Your Memory and Me) Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb_CIFduIjI 8.Tomorrow is St. Valentine’s Day Hermes Nye> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl3yiSbvFrw 9.Till We Meet Again Elizabeth “Libba” Cottenhttps://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ODUzT6ITCx8&list=RDAMVM7HG6JsG0OfU 10.The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington Richard Dyer-Bennet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLf6h6lyJE 11.Kisses Sweeter Than WinePete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVV8f4-gKfw 12.Cuando la besas tú (When You Kiss Her) Los Tres Reyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T-3PRgfnE8 13.Mary, My Beloved Bob Ross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFvbib_yevE 14.Red River Valley Buffalo Skinners 15.Cuckoo Bird Danny Knicely, Zan Mcleod, Stephen Wade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy0k1Wd83UE 16.Diavoli in Avido AmoreGermana Pucci, Jill Burkee, Giancarlo Biagi, John Caulfield, Jeff Hardy, and Mark Dann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYXt-bLcF10 17.Love is Teasing3: Shanna Beth McGee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhVtYN-y3iQ 18.I Sing of a MaidenStephen Addiss and Bill Crofut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lAojua3AYk 19.Amore de CapriSteve Merrick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmPOJqXv8zI&list=PLRs4MPZYqXJqir_CVD-RyI7UFWNRl-eoE&index=4 20.Black is the ColorGuy Carawan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYkhLDWK4Q 21.A Fair Maid Walked in Her Father’s GardenMrs. William Towns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfsox6fRPgU 22.The Rosebud of Allenvale (medley) Buddy MacMaster, fiddle; Joey Beaton, piano. 23.Liebeslied, EinWolfgang Roth 24.I’ll Sing You a Love Song Pete Seegerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtjR07ZcRp0 25.Careless LoveLead Bellyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpoyW4bLd28 26.The Myllargutens - Miller Boy’s Wedding MarchEivind Groven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yeo0hnhn28 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Feb 21 - 04:41 PM LYRICS CONTAINING THE TERM FEBRUARY 14th https://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/february%2014 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GerryM Date: 03 Feb 21 - 06:44 PM ABE LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY by Parry Gripp https://youtu.be/CZPRKz2IdWY
Lincoln was born 12 February 1809. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Feb 21 - 08:45 AM ON THE 23rd OF FEBRUARY On the 23rd of February, The weather being clear. We spied to be sure seven Turkish men-of-war, Come a sailing from Algier. Chorus; To me ri fol leather ol, ri fol leather ol, ri fol leather ol lay. Rol a diddle i, rol a diddle i, to me ri fol leather ol lay. DigiTrad /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=9269 Royal Oak/Turkish Man of War/Cpt Mansfield's Fight /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=136851 Link to 24th FEBRUARY posted below |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Feb 21 - 08:54 AM A SONG OF WEATHER By Flanders and Swan A Song of the Weather Flanders & Swann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qV-VO5eXOA January brings the snow, Makes your feet and fingers glow. February's ice and sleet, Freeze the toes right off your feet. Welcome March with wint'ry wind, Would thou wert not so unkind. April brings the sweet Spring showers, On and on for hours and hours. Farmers fear unkindly May, Frost by night and hail by day. June just rains and never stops, Thirty days and spoils the crops. In July the sun is hot. Is it shining? No, it's not. August, cold and dank and wet, Brings more rain than any yet. Bleak September's mist and mud, Is enough to chill the blood. Then October adds a gale, Wind and slush and rain and hail. Dark November brings the fog, Should not do it to a dog. Freezing wet December; then, Bloody January again! Flanders and Swann parody of the following Nursery Rhyme; January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes sharp and shrill, Shakes the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet. May brings flocks of pretty lambs, Skipping by their fleecy dams. June brings tulips, lillies, roses, Fills the children's hands with posies. Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers. August brings the sheaves of corn, Then the harvest home is borne. Warm September brings the fruit, Sportsmen then begin to shoot. Brown October brings the pheasant, Then to gather nuts is pleasant. Dull November brings the blast, Then the leaves go whirling past. Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire and Christmas treat. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,heathermabel Date: 04 Feb 21 - 09:12 AM It's Welsh Music Day tomorrow. Plenty there. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Feb 21 - 01:10 PM Leader of the victorious Continental Army, first U.S. president and presiding spirit in the drawing up of his new nation’s constitution, Virginia-born George Washington was a hero and role model to revolutionary anti Hanoverians such as Burns. There are a number of songs celebrating Washington's birthday. Robert Burns wrote this poem in 1794. Ode [For General Washington's Birthday] No Spartan tube, no Attic shell, No lyre Eolian I awake; 'Tis Liberty's bold note I swell, Thy harp, Columbia, let me take. See gathering thousands, while I sing, A broken chain, exulting, bring, And dash it in a tyrant's face! And dare him to his very beard, And tell him he no more is feared, No more the Despot of Columbia's race. A tyrant's proudest insults brav'd, They shout - a People freed! They hail an Empire saved. On George Washington's birth certificate, it says that he was born on Feb. 11, 1731. In the textbooks it says that he was born Feb. 22, 1732. Which side is correct? Both, as usual. When Julius Caesar developed his calendar, his solar calculations were off by 11 minutes and 14 seconds a year. It added up over time. When Pope Gregory XIII developed his calendar in 1582, the disparity had reached 10 days. Gregory decreed that Oct. 4, 1582, should be called Oct. 15. England and its colonies finally adopted the Gregorian calendar on Sept. 2, 1752, decreeing the next day should be Sept. 14, thus bridging the 11-day difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Thus, too, George Washington's birth date was transposed from Feb. 11, 1731 (called Old Style), to Feb. 22, 1732 (New Style). The British act also fixed the start of the new year at Jan. 1. Since the calendar was changed in September, moving January and February to the beginning of the year, Washington did not have a birthday in 1731. He skipped a year and thus became 11 days older and one year younger. JOHN M. CULKIN New York, Feb. 22, 1991. From The New York Times. |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Feb 21 - 07:45 PM THREE SCORE AND TEN “In memoriam of the poor Fishermen who lost their lives in the Dreadful Gale from Grimsby and Hull, Feb. 8&9, 1889” Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/threescoreandten.html Joe Offer http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/104.html Behind the Music! http://www.debisimons.com/whats-real-story-behind-grimsby-town/ YORKSHIRE GARLAND http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=5 MUDCAT 3 Score and 10 -Grave found in Hull” /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=110813 Mudcat DIGITRAD /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7321 The Watersons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JzE1-VJv0 Louis Killen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6M-07YGReg The Dubliners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrnWZSkXMw8 The Clancy Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEjW9Pxildo Gordon Bok · Ann Mayo Muir · Ed Trickett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmyRDiomcb0 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 06 Feb 21 - 06:21 AM For three days between 19 and 21 February 1882, the people of Trimdon Grange and Kelloe buried 74 people. Trimdon Grange Explosion by Tommy Armstrong Let us not think of to-morrow, Lest we disappointed be; All our joys may turn to sorrow, As we all may daily see. To-day we may be strong and healthy, But how soon there comes a change, As we may learn from the explosion, That has been at Trimdon Grange. February left behind it What will never be forgot; Weeping widows, helpless children, May be found in many a cot, Homes that once were blest with comfort, Guided by a father's care, Now are solemn, sad and gloomy, Since the father is not there. Louis Killen from The Iron Muse - A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music Louis Killen |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,Peter Laban Date: 06 Feb 21 - 10:29 AM Any song dealing with St Bridget would suit I suppose. BRIGHID’S KISS Eithne Ní Uallacháin's Brighid's Kiss , for example. Brighid’s Kiss Brighid of the sunrise Rising in the morning Rising with the Springtime Greening all the land. See you in the soft cloud, See you in the raindrop, See you in the winds of change Blowing through the land. You the red eared white cow, Nourishing the people, Nourish now the hunger Souls longing in our land. Bird that is unfolding, Now the time’s upon us, Only have we eyes to see Your Epiphany.
Wikipedia says" Her feast day is 1 February" |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Phil Cooper Date: 07 Feb 21 - 08:41 AM We named our duo February Sky and Susan wrote a song with the same title. We wanted a winter name and January sucks as a part of a band name. If we went by our names we would sound like a law firm, and I was already in a band that went by names. You can check out more reasons for the name at our website: www.februarysky.com I can post the link to the song if someone asks. Yes please.-Geoff |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Feb 21 - 08:43 AM February 14th VALENTINE’S DAY by James Taylor About the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 1929 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Wt8zYopMI |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Ged Fox Date: 08 Feb 21 - 04:48 PM 3 laments - Bonny Earl of Moray - 7th Feb 1591/2 Derwentwater's Farewell - 24th Feb 1716 Essex's Farewell - 25th Feb 1601 Thank you Ged Fox Here are some further links to the songs you give: THE BONNY EARL OF MORAY
Bonnie Earl O'Murray Ewan MacColl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKNl9416fh4 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: Acorn4 Date: 09 Feb 21 - 04:10 AM The Fair Maids of February As you walk out on a May morning, Many a fair maid you’ll spy, Who’ve all been waiting for this moment, Their hopes all flying high. You’ll see them spread across the fields, All of them on a mission, But for every maid there are three brisk lads, Eyeing up the competition. Now you may decide to chance your arm, And pray to lady luck, But those maidens that wander out in May Are all as common as muck. But if you want a rarer treat, Where rivals there are few, Then those fair maids of February, They are the ones for you. These fair maids out of season, Cunningly they steal All among the trees and bushes, Themselves for conceal Though it’s all quite illegal to play This game of hide and seek, If perchance they do get caught They’d be up before the beak. So although these maids of February are exceeding rare, If you are prepared to persevere, You’ll catch one in a snare. And he who dares may win the heart, Of a Nancy or a Polly, If you’re practised at the art, Of Spot the Ball or Where’s Wally For those fair maids of February Are bold and fearless lasses, While those fair-weather maids of May Are just a load of wusses. So come all ye brisk and handsome lads, Whose hearts are bold and merry, To boldly go where the cold winds do blow To find those fair maids of February. |
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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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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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 MUDCAT: Origins: Baltimore Fire..a 'new' old verse.... /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=457&messages=32#reply |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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