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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Feb 24 - 07:04 AM February 19, 1982Death of Celesta Herrmann, the American circus fat lady known as Dolly Dimples. Celesta Geyer from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta_Geyer# SONGS ABOUT FAT WOMEN THE FAT LADY - Dennis Massa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPB5EyjwGDA RAWTENSTALL ANNUAL FAIR Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rawtenstall+Annual+Fair BIG FAT WOMAN - by Lead Belly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBrLKax0SgI BIG FAT WOMAN by Jim Croce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1pQ4qXnSxU LADIES OF THE CANYON - Joni Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obRVlFCVlAg FAT LADY OF THE CIRCUS - AquaMunkee https://soundcloud.com/aquamunkee/2016-01a FAT GIRLS MATTER - Laa Lee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1EbP__MPCI I NEED A FAT GIRL (FATTIE FATTIE) - The Heptones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCPPwiTvtbY FAT GAL - Merle Travis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiFrVIJj_PI FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS - Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0 I WANT A BIG FAT WOMAN - Chick Willis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSJePwRQaQ FAT WOMAN - James Payne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8jto_rHHYQ BIG GIRL YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL - Mika https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSK91mUNLU&list=RDAHuBlg0fJaM&index=5 |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Feb 24 - 11:49 AM 12 February 1929 Death of British socialite, stage actress and producer, Lillie Langtry nicknamed "The Jersey Lily". Lillie Langtry was the inspiration for The Who's 1967 hit single "Pictures of Lily", as mentioned in Pete Townshend's 2012 memoir, Who I Am. Lillie Langtry from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillie_Langtry SONGS ABOUT LILY LANGTRY PICTURES OF LILY I used to wake up in the morning I used to feel so bad I got so sick of having sleepless nights I went and told my dad
He said, 'Son now here's some little something'
Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful JERSEY LILY sung by Anthony James https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_qhq3xmRIg |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Feb 24 - 09:54 AM 17 February 1940 Death of Gus Elan English music hall singer and comedian. Gus Elen from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Elen#:~:text=He%20achieved%20success%20from%201891,career%20lasting%20over%20thirty%20years. SONGS SUNG BY GUS ELAN IF IT WASN'T FOR THE 'OUSES IN BETWEEN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt4ICgTUyik IT'S A GREAT BIG SHAME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enAa2TAQ3wc A NICE QUIET DAY (The Postman's Holiday) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvc-5Y2rUhU THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no3DE_HNWAM NEVER INTRODUCE YOUR DONAH TO A PAL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2ovyl3xYI8 MERIAH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU7PUGfLISo ARF A PINT OF ALE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplHXmga6zE DOWN THE ROAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZCIISpUqp4 I'M GOING TO SETTLE DOWN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB4kbfb8gps ‘E DUNNO WHERE ‘E ARE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgMMYCowOI THE COSTER'S PONY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9sFChuyq4o DICK WITTINGTON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXQhuYP7-8E NATURE’S MADE A BIG MISTAKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7uG5GqZdd4 MRS CARTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ8_g4AtiP0 NEW PERJARMA HAT (THE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpp4-WHQ9iw WAIT TILL THE WORK COMES ROUND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQrEmRBN5kw DON’T STOP ME ‘ARF A PINT OF BEER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwS3uJzKYDk THE PUBLICANhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUSNINgaKo THE PAVEMENT ARTIST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSUdJy2hWVc OUR PRETTY LITTLE VILLA DOWN AT BARKIN’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IOSTLMvvho YOU ‘AVE MADE A NICE OLD MESS OF IT (full album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6LgOEc3aow |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GerryM Date: 07 Feb 24 - 03:54 PM David Lawrieston (or Lowrieston) was the head of a team of ten sealers set down on Open Bay, an island off the coast of New Zealand, by Captain Bader. Bader set sail for Sydney on 16 February 1810, intending to return to Open Bay to pick up the sealers, but his ship went down with all hands. The sealers were only rescued and returned to Sydney in the last days of 1813. The song, DAVY LOWSTON , recounts these events. It follows the tune of Sam Hall / Captain Kidd. It has been recorded by Martin Carthy, June Tabor, the Australian group The Roaring Forties, and others. The folk process has created many variants of the song. Some get the dates wrong, the Captain's name wrong, and all have turned Lowrieston into Lowston. Most say, or imply, that many of the men died on Open Bay, but there is no evidence of this. I'd encourage anyone interested in the events and/or the song to read Frank Fyfe, The story of David Lowston, a pre-colonial NZ song, available at https://www.folksong.org.nz/davylows/lowstonfyfe.html Davy Lowston recording by Martin Carthy and recordings by various others on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=davy+lowston+song |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 07 Feb 24 - 02:13 PM 6 February 1958: Seven Manchester United footballers (the Busby Babes) were killed when their plane crashed in thick snow at Munich airport. An eighth, Duncan Edwards, died 15 days later in hospital. Fifteen other passengers also died. THE FLOWERS OF MANCHESTER was sent into a folk magazine, Sing, anonymously in October 1958. The words were printed, but no music accompanied it, apart from a note saying it was to the tune of High Germany. It later transpired that the lyrics were actually written by Eric Winter, the editor of Sing. The first known musical recording was by The Spinners, a North-West based folk group, on their album ‘Quayside Songs Old and New’ on an old HMV-CLP1500 educational label issued in 1962. It was recorded at Cecil Sharp house by Peter Kennedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SMLcO9xnSU Flowers of Manchester The song MUNICH AIR DISASTER 1958 by Morrissey holds a deep meaning and tells a tragic story that impacted the world of football. Released in 2004 as a tribute to the victims of the Munich air crash, the song captures the emotional turbulence of the event that occurred on February 6, 1958. Munich Air Disaster 1958 - Morrissey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=now4DlVihok |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Feb 24 - 12:38 PM February 13, 1925 The estimated date of death of cave explorer, Floyd Collins who was trapped in Sand Cave, Central Kentucky and who died before a rescue party could get to him. SONGS ABOUT FLOYD COLLINS Various songs about Floyd Collins YouTube https://www.google.com/search?q=+youtube+the+life+and+death+of+floyd+collins+song&sca_esv=574389216&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775& Mudcat thread 'Floyd Collins' recording, not Dalhart /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40314 Floyd Collins from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Jan 24 - 12:01 PM MY LOVE IS A RIDER ( BUCKING BRONCO), Lyrics written by Belle Starr https://politicalfolkmusic.org/blog/belle-starr/my-love-is-a-rider/ Various recordings of “ My Love is a rider” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=MY+LOVE+IS+A+RIDER(+BUCKING+BRONCO)+ |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Jan 24 - 07:03 PM February 5, 1848 – February 3, 1889 Lifespan of the American outlaw known as Belle Starr. SONGS ABOUT BELLE STARR BELLE STARR written by Woody Guthrie, sung by Pete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPmekVfoLDk Lyrics to Belle Starr from Woody Guthrie’s website https://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Belle_Starr.htm Mudcat DT Lyrics :Belle Starr (Woody Guthrie)/mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=587 Mudcat Thread, Origins: Belle Starr (Woody Guthrie) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=172872&messages=6 BELLE STARR written by Emmylou Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4SxrEVNJgM BELLE STARR written by Michael Martin Murphey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euFqZaW9FcU SOME SMALL CRIME - Sissy Spacek & Levon Helm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhe5HB389UY TOMBSTONE BLUES - Bob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUUurs9LoXw Belle Starr from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Starr |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Jan 24 - 03:04 PM February 1540 Johnnie Faa, or Faw , was granted a letter under the Privy Seal from King James V establishing his authority over all Gypsies in Scotland . He subsequently gave rise to various songs and ballads about gypsies. SONGS ABOUT UPPER CLASS WOMEN RUNNING OFF WITH GYPSIES THE RAGGLE TAGGLE GYPSY Various recordings of “The Raggle Taggle Gypsy “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Raggle+Taggle+Gypsy The Raggle Taggle Gypsy from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raggle_Taggle_Gypsy JOHNNY FAA Various recordings of “Johnnie Faa “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Johny+Faa+song John Faa rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Faa BLACK JACK DAVEYVarious recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=BLACK+JACK+DAVEY+song Mudcat, Origins: What is your favorite Blackjack Davy? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=165560&messages=23#4184378 SEVEN YELLOW GYPSIES Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+%22Seven+Yellow+Gypsie BLACK HEARTED GYPSIES O sung by Harry Cox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQs0lTQHHxY DARK SKINNED DAVY sung by Debra Cowan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paUdfjjHlBY CLAYTON BOONE sung by Harry Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGQAAWjIcnk GYPSY DAVEY Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Gipsy+Davey GYPSY LADDIE Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gypsy+laddie GYPSY ROVER https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gypsy+rover+song THE LADY AND THE GYPSY sung by John Jacob Niles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNzOeJ1ZjFA BLACK JACK DAVID - The Carter Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyCC1pF-qEA |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Jan 24 - 09:26 AM February 1, 1960 The Greensboro lunch counter sit in, when four African American students sat down and ordered coffee at a segregated lunch counter inside a Woolworth's store. BALLAD OF THE STUDENTS’ SIT IN - Guy Carawan, Candie Carawan & Eve Merriam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8ciXAY1B0 Lyrics as written by Eve Merriam https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b151-i334 Information about this variously titled song from 20th Century History Songbook https://20thcenturyhistorysongbook.com/song-book/race-relations/the-lunch-counter-sit-ins/ Ballad of the Sit-Ins - Sweet Honey in the Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOW8I1k0Jzw Greensboro sit-ins from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_sit-ins |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Apr 23 - 10:02 AM FEBRUARY SKIES by Wayes Blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYCuH-WauaE&t=10s |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Apr 23 - 11:43 AM FEBRUARY SONG February Song - Josh Groban https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEKrPID-PeI |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Mar 23 - 06:28 PM FEBRUARY SEVEN - Avett Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYCuH-WauaE&t=10s |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Mar 23 - 02:28 PM February 19, 1878.Thomas Edison patented the phonograph EDISON’S MEDICINE Phonograph from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph Edison Machine from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/TNY234.html Edison’s Medicine (Man Out of Time), song - by Tesla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2zwBRa0YhA Lyrics of ” Edison's Medicine”, from Song Meanings .Com https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858535046/ Edison's Medicine from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison%27s_Medicine |
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Subject: RE: Any February Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Mar 23 - 01:10 PM AS I LAY ME DOWN Sophie B Hawkins It felt like Springtime on this February morning In a courtyard, birds were singing your praise I'm still recalling things you said to make me feel All right I carry them with me today now As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B Hawkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq-4vIIJO30 As I Lay Me Down by Sophie B. Hawkins from Songfacts https://www.songfacts.com/facts/sophie-b-hawkins/as-i-lay-me-down |
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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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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 |
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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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 Link to post below MORE SONGS ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE |
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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 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: 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 Link to post from henryp below FOTHERINGAY |
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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. 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: 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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