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Subject: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Feb 21 - 07:54 AM
-Joe Offer- Can you suggest any songs associated with the month of April That is : (A) Any songs with April in the title (B) Any songs with an April date given in the lyrics (C) Any songs referencing an event that is known to have occurred in April 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. INDEX OF APRIL SONGS Below is an index of the May songs listed in Alphabetical order. The titles are blue click links which will take you to the area in thread where you will be able to see most of the posts for that title. I shall sometimes rearrange “ late” posts to group them with the 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 line like the one below. Regards, GeoffLawes
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Feb 21 - 08:25 AM A ROSE IN APRIL Wikipedia info https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/aroseinapril.html ”I was a rose in April and still a rose in June I fear that come the winter, I shall no longer bloom.” A Rose in April -Kate Rusby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYClOgRyvLs |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,Roderick A Warner Date: 27 Feb 21 - 08:46 AM APRIL IN PARIS Gotta be done... one more once! Count Basie Orchestra April in Paris (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_in_Paris_(song) |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Feb 21 - 06:30 PM SONGS ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC The Titanic sank on April 15,1912 Wikipedia info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic IT WAS SAD WHEN THAT GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN /aka THE TITANIC Wikipedia info about song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Titanic_(song) When That Great Ship Went Down · Woody Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItfbzUg-CWM Roy Acuff - "The Titanic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQ_bxF_N1U Pete Seeger - The Titanic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u61Pj4f6Ucg Lead Belly - "The Titanic"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNlnl8nbfSE Bessie Jones, "The Titanic"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09yWul4yPY4 MY HEART WILL GO ON My Heart Will Go On / Titanic : Celine Dion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOJx_M_pBDI MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-Sheet Music for song https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200197074.0?st=gallery My Sweetheart Went Down With The Ship - Caitlin Doak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9zfzcuXH6E My Sweetheart Went Down with the Ship · Nathaniel Blumberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqx8YKml8qY THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC Vernon Dalhart-The Sinking Of The Titanic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_zJKOwN008 THE LAST SCENE OF THE TITANIC Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic - 1927 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG67Toa7ZRk SHE MOVES ON THE WATER Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MylKZba4wa4 God Moves on the Water From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Moves_on_the_Water JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN Just As The Ship Went Down- piano, Jake Turski vocals, James Penca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qEBhpufEEU TITANIC (Falco song) Titanic (Falco song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_(Falco_song) Falco - Titanic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkQyIh7c8p0 Link to post below from: GUEST,henryp – PM Date: 14 Apr 23 - 11:42 PM /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?ThreadID=169449#reply:~:text=Subject%3A%20RE%3A%20Any%20April%20Songs%3F%0AFrom%3A%20GUEST%2Chenry
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: mg Date: 27 Feb 21 - 11:55 PM april come she will...Paul Simon I think
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Feb 21 - 09:51 AM Here is a link to April events in History https://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/april.htm If you know any songs about any events please post them |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Feb 21 - 09:59 AM PONY EXPRESS SONG April 3, 1860 The Pony Express service began in the American West. Devil's Gate - Pony Express Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH62HTnGgGw |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Feb 21 - 11:27 AM MOTEL IN MEMPHIS April 4, 1968 Civil Rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed. Motel in Memphis - Old Crow Medicine Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOQzFhsoZ0w |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: RTim Date: 28 Feb 21 - 12:25 PM April So here we are in April, in showy, blowy April, In frowsy, blowsy April, the rowdy dowdy time In soppy, sloppy April, in wheezy breezy April, In ringing, stinging April, with a singing swinging rhyme. The smiling sun of April on the violets is focal, The sudden showers of April seek the dandelion out; The tender airs of April make the local yokel vocal, And he raises rustic ditties with a most melodious shout. So here we are in April, in tipsy gypsy April, In showery, flowery April, the twinkly, sprinkly days; In tingly, jingly April, in highly wily April, In mighty, flighty April with its highty-tighty ways! The duck is fond of April, and the clucking chickabiddy And other barnyard creatures have a try at caroling; There's something in the air to turn a stiddy kiddy giddy, And even I am forced to raise my croaking voice and sing. Sung by Arky's Toast on Maypoles to Mistletoe.. Tim Radford |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Feb 21 - 05:44 PM THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE April 18th is the anniversary of the earthquake which partially destroyed San Francisco in 1906.
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: Joe_F Date: 28 Feb 21 - 05:50 PM "April May" by Lou & Peter Berryman. APRIL MAY April May · Lou & Peter Berryman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xC4NVcMujg For more on this song see posting below from GUEST,Karen Impola -Date: 23 Mar 21 - 09:55 PM |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Feb 21 - 06:08 PM April 26, 1937 - During the Spanish Civil War, the ancient town of Guernica was attacked by German warplanes SONGS ABOUT THE BOMBING OF GUERNIKA MARKET DAY IN GUERNICA Katie Melua - Market day in Guernica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjEFYymMEIw GUERNIKA by Andy Roberts Lyrics & Info https://www.distributedresearch.net/blog/2006/12/31/gernika-2 Link to more songs about Guenika posted below |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Feb 21 - 07:07 PM THE SULTANA April 27, 1865 The Loss of the Steamboat Sultana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hOB-3pDrqY MUDCAT DT: The Sultana (Art Thieme) /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=10226 The Sultana by Art Thieme Lyrics and information http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Sultana.htm MUDCAT,Lyr Add: Sultana (steamboat disaster 1865) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=172321&messages=2 Another song about this disaster The Sultana by Jeff Stachyra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFV9qperaGo&t=201s Link to post below by henryp about The Saltana disaster |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: Long Firm Freddie Date: 01 Mar 21 - 11:57 AM Little April Shower LFF |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Mar 21 - 08:12 AM YES! WE HAVE NO BANANAS 10 April,1633 Bananas, unknown before in England, went on sale in a London shop. Billy Jones: Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDd8shcLvHI Yes, We Have No Bananas · Louis Prima & His Orchestrahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QqkrIDeTeA Yes We Have No Bananas-Spike Jones & His City Slickers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvhIOyvmutE Banana Boat (Day-O) · Harry Belafonte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5dpBWlRANE Many recordings of I’VE NEVER SEEN A STRAIGHT BANANA, on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22I%27ve+Never+Seen+A+Straight+Banana%22+ |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Mar 21 - 10:54 AM 16 April. 1889 Birth of Charlie Chaplin THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN The Oldham Tinkers - Charlie Chaplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHm-b99-ER4 Sam Lee - The Moon Shines Bright feat. Elizabeth Fraser with Bernard Butler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxKyfPR5nls MARY ANN JOOS SINGS "THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNB5YD6tjgk Those Charlie Chaplin Feet – 1915, Arthur Collins And Byron Harlan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEjKmkHQ1bM Charlie Chaplin Let Us All Unite ( with lyrics ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb60J5dnW-w Sing along with Chaplin - Nonsense Song (Titine) from Modern Times – Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqd1ar5_7qw |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Mar 21 - 12:08 PM CULLODEN 16 April, 1746 Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) was defeated at the Battle of Culloden Deánta- (singer- Mary Dillon). - "Culloden's Harvest" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtnPquqI3Bk Runrig - Fae Hymn for Culloden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJTL3Fd-U9Y Jacobite Rebellion Song (1745) "Welcome Royal Charlie" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6gOcXrvmtg Ye Jacobites by Name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEDy3vEX8Ms> Ye Jacobites by Name - Moonrakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P0tvHbb-yU Lizzie Higgins- MUIR O’ CULLODEN MUDCAT: Origins: Culloden Moor. /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72261 The Skye Boat Song from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skye_Boat_Song Many recordings of “The Skye Boat Song” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Skye+Boat+Song |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Mar 21 - 11:41 AM PAUL REVERE 18 April,1775 At the start of the War of American Independence, US patriot Paul Revere rode from Charleston to Lexington, warning people that British troops were advancing. ”On April 18 of '75, hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. “ Midnight Ride of Paul Revere - Razzle Bam Boom (Mark Beckwith and Obediah Thomas) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dKJ75F3tj8 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Mar 21 - 06:23 PM Nine (pop) titles from The Cavan Project http://www.thecavanproject.com/songs-about-april/ 1. “April Sun In Cuba” by Dragon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE7RJuR9dj0 2. “April 29, 1992 (Miami)” by Sublime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ddaTlS2kT0 3. “April After All” by Ron Sexsmith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYD-DIggB2k 4. “April Lady” by Smile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuX_t10LOvk 5. “April Come She Will” by Simon & Garfunkel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYD-DIggB2k 6. “April Showers” by Proleter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv3bdsome4U 7. “April’s Song” by Real Estate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTA_9Dst4-Q 8. “April Skies” by The Jesus And Mary Chain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pchGKkTs5o 9. “April In Paris” by Frank Sinatra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeKC0vxCc_w
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Mar 21 - 06:34 PM APRIL QUEEN Jon Boden April Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayr7oESLvqI |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Mar 21 - 06:19 AM 25 April, 1599 Birth of Oliver Cromwell, republican leader in the English Civil War, Lord Protector of England 1653-8. THE BALLAD OF OLIVER CROMWELL Oliver Cromwell by Monty Python https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ1yPz14LrU OLIVER CROMWELL LAY BURIED AND DEAD Oliver Cromwell Lay Buried and Dead , Vivien Ellis , Tim Laycock-The Broadside Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LftVPA4AmSc Oliver Cromwell Lay Buried and Dead Lyrics http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/796.html English Folksong: Oliver Cromwell (Nursery Rhyme from Suffolk) (arr. Britten) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4fllaxedk4 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: FreddyHeadey Date: 09 Mar 21 - 09:00 AM NARROW BOATS TO TOW © Barry Goodman 2008 has a verse And as I walk the towpath on a glowing April morning, The brasses on my harness flashing brightly in the sun, I think about those horses who by fortune’s fickle calling Are taken far away to pull a gun. thread.cfm?threadid=113151#3957087 You can see the music and hear the tune played here : http://www.waterwaysongs.info/narrowboats_to_tow_tune.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Mar 21 - 06:34 PM 25 April the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings at at Anzac Cove in 1915 AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA Wikipedia: song info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Band_Played_Waltzing_Matilda Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnFzCmAyOp8 And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by the Dubliners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0fF6oY6I4 Liam Clancy - Band Played Waltzing Matilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCekeoSTwg And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Live) · Joan Baez) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmCHm-sxNxA GALLIPOLI Gallipoli (the song for the ANZAC Centenary) - Adam Dunning & ChanCé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX9MfaRWBrA OLD GALLIPOLI'S A WONDERFUL PLACE Old Gallipoli's A Wonderful Place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQnp6PlA79k Link to post below ALL AND EVERYONE |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 10 Mar 21 - 06:10 PM One April Morning; Sisters Jane and Amanda Threlfall released a notable version as April Morn on their 2002 CD Gown of Green WBCD 002. They recorded it again on their 2007 CD Revisited WBCD 003. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Mar 21 - 03:17 AM PIECES OF APRIL Three Dog Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FrbAow3LtY&list=RD-hotMw70-6M&index=3 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,Erich Date: 11 Mar 21 - 05:27 AM There is a song simply called "April" from "Arky's Toast" LP From the Half Moon to the Rising Sun, Greenwich Village GVR 212, 1979. It is also on the CD "Maypoles to Mistletoe" Leader, LERCD2092. It's also sung by "Jolly Jack" as "April Song" (CD "Seasons, Cermonies & Rituals" Fellside, FTSR 5 Also: 20th of April, Oysterband April 1918, Steve Byrne April Friend, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan April Morning ('twas on one April Morning, Young Men are false): Folly Bridge, June Tabor, Wilsons, Lou Killen, Norma Waterson, Tony Rose, Cyril Tawney, Pilgrim's Way The April Fool Tape: Nicols/Swarbrick (Cropredy Box) When April came to Rhymney: APRIL FRIEND James Fagan · Nancy Kerr · Colin Fletcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6g-4wandPU WHEN APRIL CAME TO RHYMNEY - Poem by Idris Davies set to music by Gerhard Obwegeser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRz_PiQhAoU |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Mar 21 - 12:19 PM 7 April, 1739 Highwaymen Dick Turpin, was hanged at York. TURPIN HERO Ewan MacColl -Turpin Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0UA2UjJYbU Eliza Carthy - Turpin Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BObQG71tIX8 Brian Peters: Turpin Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TXeHHqtBbo Shirley Collins, Dolly Collins - Turpin Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ZP__V4J4c DICK TURPIN’S RIDE TO YORK Dick Turpin's Ride to York · John Graham Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMpEw4CnlTg BONNIE BLACK BESS Bonnie Black Bess · Margaret MacArthur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJqSVqz2nMg American Folk Music (CA): My bonny black Bess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1htoFKOr7hs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJqSVqz2nMg fresnostate.edu folklore ballads http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LL09.html The Ballad of Dick Turpin-Freddie and The Dreamers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km0FXujoiig Gallant Dick Turpin Part 1 & 2 · George Formby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTHKrGuXlFg |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Mar 21 - 08:44 PM SONGS FOR ST GEORGES DAY 23 April. St George’s Day : Patron Saint of England. Waterson:Carthy - St George https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVBcDaZGxdg Mainly Norfolk: info https://mainlynorfolk.info/john.kirkpatrick/songs/saintgeorge.html MUDCAT:What songs for St. George's Day? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=46861&messages=66 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: JHW Date: 22 Mar 21 - 06:27 AM Still over a week to go. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Mar 21 - 07:31 PM 20th OF APRIL Thanks for your suggestion, above, Erich. Here is a link 20th of April - Oysterband https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifk4Yfo6LrE |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,Karen Impola Date: 23 Mar 21 - 09:55 PM APRIL MAY Lou and Peter Berryman, of Madison Wisconsin, have a song called "April May". April = name of month, and May = verb, in this instance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xC4NVcMujg The February sun it didn't turn the lawn to mud but April May The warmer wind of March it didn't bloom a single bud but April May There are little lumps of February down behind the bed Winter wasn't wonderland like everybody said March it didn't melt away the blizzard in my head but April May Full lyrics can be found by scrolling down here: https://www.louandpeter.com/files/212287/lyricsx-ysnh.pdf |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Mar 21 - 04:21 AM Blue click link to lyrics given above by GUEST,Karen Impola - https://www.louandpeter.com/files/212287/lyricsx-ysnh.pdf |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Mar 21 - 06:25 AM CAPTAIN COOK 28 April,1770 English naval explorer James Cook arrived in Botany Bay, Australia. Song for Captain Cook · Phil Garland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyTjsf_ncuk The Ballad of Captain Cook https://www.folksong.org.nz/captain_cook/index.html The Ballad of Captain Cook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz9jY-uls1g The Song About Captain Cook · Peter Combe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP8IZfmCWvc |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,Felipa Date: 29 Mar 21 - 06:28 PM One April Morning features in the first message. Here is a link to a different Mudcat thread discussing that song: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=107721#2731981 Thanks Felipa I have copied and pasted your message at the top of this thread where the other links for this song are grouped |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Apr 21 - 07:10 AM April 24, 1916 The first day of the Easter Rising in Dublin. THE DYING REBEL “ Chorus My only son was shot in Dublin, Fighting for his country bold, He fought for Ireland,and Ireland only, The harp the shamrock,green white and gold “ The Wolfe Tones - The Dying Rebel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGlk1FTUN_Y
Lonnie Donegan - My Only Son Was Killed in Dublin (The Dying Rebel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEuBzNEpPsk |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Apr 21 - 09:14 AM WALTZING MATILDA April 6th is Waltzing Matilda Day Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqtttbbYfSM The Seekers - Waltzing Matilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exgYn-BuYI Kylie Minogue - Waltzing Matilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmEnymAMBR8 Wikipedia Song Origins Info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Apr 21 - 06:35 PM GREEN GROW THE RUSHES 'Eight for the April Rainers.' The Spinners 'Green Grow The Rushes O' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZldyI0-OqM Guitar: Green Grow The Rushes Ho (Including lyrics and chords) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR1-iwtih8k Green Grow the Rushes-O (Traditional, after Roberts & Barrand) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjht2xQripM |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Apr 21 - 05:27 PM APRIL SHOWERS - Al Jolson (1921) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Z0odJJj00 IT’S APRIL AFTER ALL Ron Sexsmith (1998 BBC Session) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4yAageqJoY |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: mg Date: 05 Apr 21 - 12:23 AM moonshine can red velvet by ian tyson |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Apr 21 - 06:36 AM LYRA MCKEE 18 April 2019 Lyra McKee was shot during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry. The Young’uns have a song about this called “Lyra McKee”, but I have not found any on-line lyrics or recordings yet.??? |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Apr 21 - 10:25 AM Mr Cooney wrote 14 songs for the theatre piece - Rising Up Peterloo 2019 - seven about the events of 1819 and seven about 2019. His song about Ms McKee was among those eventually chosen and performed. The song's lyrics include the lines: "Was early early in the spring/ All the birds did sweetly sing/ They changed their notes from tree to tree/ And they sang for Lyra McKee". Mr Cooney said the producers behind the Peterloo show posted a video of his song about Ms McKee, sung by Lucy Farrell, Jim Molyneux and Sam Carter, on YouTube. Lyra McKee |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: YorkshireYankee Date: 06 Apr 21 - 12:29 AM This is a song I wrote for the April song swap of the Paint Creek Folklore Society of Rochester (near Detroit), Michigan (not sure what year it was, maybe 1996 or 97). We have a theme every month and it was "April Fool". I'd had an idea in mind for weeks without having time to sit down and try to write anything, but the drive to the meeting took about 20 minutes, so I composed it in my head as I drove there. (Don't think I'd be able to do it all in my head now, sadly!) APRIL FOOL © ~1997 Vikki Appleton Fielden Come sit ye down beside me and hear my sorry tale And if you have a mind to, you might purchase me an ale Me heart is sick and weary and me pride is hurtin' bad And if you listen, you will hear the time that I have had. Chorus: And there's no fool like an April fool I thought I'd learned me lessons But now I'm back in school And there's no fool like an April fool So I'll just drink and sit and think How love can be so cruel. Now I was just a fool for love -- I guess I lost me head But she was young and pretty and she winked at me and said Come sit ye down beside me and we'll have a drink or two Her charms were irresistible... what else was I to do? Chorus We passed a lovely evening there and when she asked me in I knew that luck was with me (or perhaps it was the gin)... The next thing I remember I was lyin' in the street Without a stitch of clothing or the shoes upon me feet. Chorus So now, your Honour, here I stand, and now I comprehend Not every lass who smiles at you is bound to be a friend So if you'll take a tip from me concernin' lovin's game Don't trust a girl who tells you, Sir, that April is her name... For there's no fool like an April fool (etc.) Note: Sometimes I start the chorus with "And" instead of "For", usually on verse 3. Sorry, no link to a video, but if anyone would like an mp3 with the melody, PM me. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: JHW Date: 08 Apr 21 - 02:24 PM 'The winds of March all blown away the April skies show fair' FARNDALE DAFFODILS - Graeme Miles 'Ronnie me lad thi ship is noo leavin An t convoy is headin for Arctic seas April without thee is past beleivin Already there's leaves on our wych-elm trees' RONNIE - Dorothy Una Ratcliffe '...though snow is still seen on the moorlands And winds are companioned by hail Yet April the year's fortune teller Is gypsying right up the dale' APRIL IN WENSLEYDALE - Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Both Dorothy Una Ratcliffe lyrics set by Brian Bedford and sung by Artisan |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,Clive Pownceby Date: 08 Apr 21 - 03:42 PM I’LL REMEMBER APRIL Frank Sinatra "I'll Remember April" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pepYluyez4k |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Apr 21 - 08:04 AM THE BALLAD OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ‘It was in the month of April '68, In the Delta land he met a soldier's fate. He fought to his last breath and he died a hero's death, And he wore the black pyjamas of the People's NLF.’ Barbara Dane - Ballad of the Unknown Soldier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBETzjoNKeI |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Apr 21 - 05:16 PM THE BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD ’It was on the first of April, Nineteen-Fifty-Four The Federal man sent word he'd better make his run no more. He said "200 agents were covering the state; Whichever road he tried to take they'd get him sure as fate." Robert Mitchum sings The Ballad of Thunder Road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdwUpxkfSJw > The Charlie Daniels Band - Ballad of Thunder Road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX8WKD_WndI Jim and Jesse - Ballad of Thunder Road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKP6_8-QA1s The Ballad of Thunder Road · R.B. Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TknmCfwxN3o Ballad of Thunder Road · The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brk8-vMvn8w |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Apr 21 - 08:32 AM SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL Sometimes It Snows In April · Prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZgBhSMSUM |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Apr 21 - 07:26 PM THE FORTUNATE FACTORY MAID Roud Number: 1659 First Line:”The sun was just rising one fine May morning” Bodlian Ballad info http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/static/images/sheets/20000/19099.gif |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Apr 21 - 09:06 AM APRIL IN PORTUGAUL - Russell Arms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1xxsTHZJh4 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: JHW Date: 16 Apr 21 - 04:27 AM 'It was on one April morning' has had several mentions. I always remember Tony Rose singing it. |
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