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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Apr 25 - 08:50 AM 23 April 1014 The Battle of Clontarf took place at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. Battle of Clontarf, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Clontarf BRIAN BORU, DEFEATER OF THE DANES - The Skaldic Bard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRL-VkUZS3E BRIAN BORU - Cécile Corbel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkfJIFCwK8k > BRIAN BORU - Alan Stivell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC_v0qt_Vxo HIGH KING OF IRELAND - Seth Staton Watkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La3f3nBRRwA THE BATTLE OF CLONTARF - Brendan Nolan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX96ZlIJWuM BATTLE OF CLONTARF - Deep End of the Ford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzro3qyzuaQ |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Apr 25 - 05:35 AM 22 April 1823 British inventor Robert John Tyers patented an in-line roller skate, which he called the "Volito", with a single row of 5 wooden wheels, a wooden sole, and a curved iron bar at the front as a rudimentary brake. "Volito" In-line Roller Skate, article with photo from National Museum of American History https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_335014 BRAND NEW KEY - Melanie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02DgHeGdyI Brand New Key, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Key#:~:text=%22Brand%20New%20Key%22%20is%20a,on%20the%20UK%20Singles%20Chart. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Apr 25 - 07:17 AM 21 April 1934 The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, was published in the Daily Mail ( it was revealed to be a hoax in 1994). Loch Ness Monster, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster SONGS ABOUT THE LOCH NESS MONSTER THE LOCH NESS MONSTER SONG - The Pow Pow Family Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-22WgFPw7I LOCH NESS MONSTER SONG - Cool King Chris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y6aqSRWzts THE LOCH NESS MONSTER - Thurl Ravenscroft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0Xu6NvIsc THE LOCH NESS MONSTER - Matilda Mann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pRTIXu85gM THE MONSTER OF LOCH NESS - Scott · MacGregor · McHarg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYDTFqs_YAk NESSIE - Stuart Anderson Jnr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlFl0ql2Cs |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Apr 25 - 06:58 AM 21 April 1952 Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) was first celebrated. Administrative Professionals Day, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Professionals_Day SECRETARY - Betty Wright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_JIQmM1Ff8 THE SECRETARY’S SONG - Sawyer Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73DijU9DGik THE SECRETARY - Sailor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829MZiPFAek THE SECRETARY SONG - Peggy Lee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MfURolQvkg THE SECRETARY’S SONG - The Satisfiers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxJ8UURSu_M ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS’ DAY SONG - The Lyrical Lanterns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg1AVVrxoqk ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ SECRETARY SONG - The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mDXDJfdj-s ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Hidden Driveways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ifL6Vzybs ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Edge Factor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxe42v5gDwc INTIMATE SECRETARY - The Raconteurs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk7lKdCzKEo PRIVATE SECRETARY - Gregory Isaacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVVsXkbeqEo TEMPORARY SECRETARY - Paul McCartney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EeTkF-SLxE |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Apr 25 - 08:59 AM 18th April 1968 London Bridge was sold for £1m to American oil tycoon Robert McCullough. He decided to knock it down, brick by brick, and have it re-built at Lake Havasu in the United States. London Bridge, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge LONDON BRIDGE Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=London+Bridge+song |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Apr 25 - 06:39 AM 17 April 1964 Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world. She flew a single engine Cessna 180 called The Spirit of Columbus. Jerrie Mock, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerrie_Mock SPIRIT OF COLUMBUS - Sally Fingerett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vc_k6xrX0g |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Apr 25 - 07:39 AM 16 March Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot an aircraft across the English Channel. Harriet Quimby, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Quimby Harriet Quimby short video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMXUO5Ar5k HARRIET QUIMBY - Break a Leg! https://breakalegmusic.bandcamp.com/track/harriet-quimby HARRIET QUIMBY - GE Baldwin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H9uRkTTmtM THE TRIUMPH AND TRADGEDY OF HARRIET QUIMBY - Eric Scott Stevens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4iMwuoQpx4 e |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Apr 25 - 06:57 AM 14 April 1828: Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language. TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS You're much, too much, and just too very very To ever be in Webster's dictionary And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds To tell you that you're marvelous Too marvelous for words Frank Sinatra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJFj1YCyN6w ROAD TO MOROCCO - Bing Crosby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIjvsU6OPVg We certainly do get around Like Webster's Dictionary we're Morocco bound |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Apr 25 - 05:34 AM 14 April 1471 The Battle of Barnet - a decisive engagement in the Wars of the Roses. The Battle of Barnet, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barnet THE BATTLE OF BARNET SONG - The Legendary Ten Seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-dKai8WezY&t=25s |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Apr 25 - 06:46 AM 13 April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approximately 379–1,000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE SPECIAL SONG - S.P.Balasubrahmanyam ,Suddala Ashok Teja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ8E6HWeJyQ DIN KHOON KE HAMARE - Sumangala Damodaran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThxPAAzAuD4 JALLIANWALA BAGH YAAD RAHEGA - Udbhav Ojha & Pawni Pandey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtJxQg_DZM |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Apr 25 - 05:56 AM 8th April 1093 The new Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire, one of the largest cathedrals in England, was dedicated. Winchester Cathedrals, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Cathedral WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL - The New Vaudeville Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GcPYzYYM9M CATHEDRAL - Crosby, Stills & Nash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MaSU0ABrnY |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Apr 25 - 04:57 AM 10th April annually World Siblings Day Siblings Day, article From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siblings_Day#:~:text=Siblings%20Day%20is%20a%20holiday,and%20sisters%20of%20all%20ages. SONGS FOR WORLD SIBLINGS DAY HE AIN’T HEAVY HE’S MY BROTHER - Various recordings by The Hollies and others on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=He+Ain%27t+Heavy+He%27s+My+Brother MARTHA - Rufus Wainwright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGTZpv1aUc BROTHER AND SISTER - Matthew Mole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M8iYCkF69E BINNORIE (Child Ballad 10) Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Binnorie THE CRUEL BROTHER (Child Ballad No. 11) - Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Cruel+Brother EDWARD (Child Ballad No. 13) - Frank Hinchliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8tLF1YLCk |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 11 Apr 25 - 04:06 AM On 11 April 1961, Bob Dylan played his first official gig in Greenwich Village, New York. THE NEVER ENDING TOUR You’re on an endless journey, do you ever wonder why? Everyday another concert, every night another town Every evening is a greeting, every morning a goodbye Do you think that you can ever settle down? It’s time you put an end to all your rough and rowdy ways You always want to ramble, you always want to roam You drive hotel to hotel, and you live from day to day Do you think that you will ever find a home? Day after day, behind dark glasses, you drive from shore to shore At night you stand before the lights of crowded concert halls The songs are your companions, no conversation, just applause What will you do after the final curtain falls? Henry Peacock January 2025 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Apr 25 - 05:57 PM 9 April 1731 The ear of British mariner Robert Jenkins was cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean. This later caused war between Britain and Spain. The capture of Porto Bello led to the public popularity of the song Rule, Britannia! The RULE BRITANNIA! Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Song%3A+Rule+Britannia!++Ian+Berwick+124K+subscribers++Subscribe In 1751 Mallet re-used the text of "Rule, Britannia!", omitting three of the original six stanzas and adding three new ones by Lord Bolingbroke, to form the repeated chorus of the comic song "Married to a Mermaid". Rule Britannia!, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule,_Britannia! MARRIED TO A MERMAID - Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Song%3A+Married+to+a+Mermaid |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Apr 25 - 04:30 AM 9 April 1948 The Deir Yassin massacre took place when Zionist paramilitaries attacked the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, then part of Mandatory Palestine, killing at least 107 Palestinian Arab villagers, including women and children. Deir Yassin Massacre, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre THEY SAID - Leon Rosselson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91m6jCyZWH0 They Said; information about the song in Leon Rosselson’s book Turning Silence Into Song, 2003 from Fuse Records https://lrsc.weebly.com/197-they-said.html GHOSTS OF DEIR YASSIN - Phil Monsour & Rafeef Ziadah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJR3yss04M ON AN APRIL DAY (DEIR YASSIN REMEMBERED) - Garth Hewitt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TJiGsDsR0o REMEMBERING DEIR YASSIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2hUSCLESe8 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Apr 25 - 06:55 AM 8 April 1820 The ancient Greek statue, Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos. Venus de Milo, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo VENUS DE MILO - Jasmina Makota https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URhsfei8R5I VENUS DE MILO - D.I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvD1Y2Xx-Dw VENUS DE MILO - Manzanera/Mackay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt7wokA3UZ8 VENUS DE MILO - Peppermint B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXqtvpbjYw |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Apr 25 - 06:26 AM Between 7 April and 19 July 1994 Rwandan Genocide Rwandan genocide article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide SONGS ABOUT THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE A MILLION VOICES - Wyclef Jean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYqQvksWwDo I CAN SEE - The Ben https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=curoVXcW3bc NO MORE GENOCIDE - Jean Paul Samputu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBXJ8wnIuX8 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Apr 25 - 10:03 AM 6–7 April 1862 The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War. Battle of Shiloh, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh THE BALLAD OF SHILOH - Donald Thomas Parsons & The Smokehouse Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTnSG_RXSgc THE GREEN GRASS OF SHILO - Evelyne Beers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PXZoRbHaGA Mudcat Thread, Req: Green Grass of Shiloh by Robert Beers /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=145406&messages=6#top THE DRUMMER BOY OF SHILOH Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Drummer+Boy+Of+Shiloh The Drummer Boy of Shiloh article from Civil War Monitor https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/the-drummer-boy-of-shiloh/ Link to post above SHILOH HILL Link to THE HILLS OF SHILOH posted above by henryp |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Apr 25 - 06:56 AM 6 April 1893 The opening of the Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers' Umbrella). It was the first electric elevated railway. Liverpool Overhead Railway electric units, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Overhead_Railway_electric_units Liverpool Overhead Railway (old video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xg0EAJ7OAk LIVERPOOL ELEVATED RAILWAY - The Mersey Rigger, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTAaMgbhPVE THE DOCKERS’ UMBRELLA - Michael Rimmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3TxwTmeDE THE DOCKERS’ UMBRELLA - ebomagic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd5pdNQMQRE |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Apr 25 - 07:52 PM 5 April 1614 Pocahontas married the tobacco planter John Rolfe. Pocahontas, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas BALLAD OF POCAHONTAS - · Native American Music Consort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHGnjO0iMws |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Apr 25 - 06:16 AM April 4, 1859 The song "Dixie" was first performed in New York City as part of a blackface minstrel show by Bryant's Minstrels. Dixie (song), article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_(song)#:~:text=%22Dixie%22%2C%20also%20known%20as,products%20of%20the%2019th%20century. Dixie, song information from Song of America https://songofamerica.net/song/dixie/ DIXIE aka I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE or DIXIE’S LAND Various recordings of each title on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dixie+song WHILE THE BAND IS PLAYING DIXIE - Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=While+The+Band+Is+Playing+Dixie Mudcat Thread ,Lyr Req: While the Band is Playing Dixie /thread.cfm?threadid=58286 LET THE BAND PLAY DIXIE - Bob Gibson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INTZTqZ7RgA The news was run from Richmond In that fading April sun That Lee had handed Grant his sword The war was finally won Mudcat Thread, Lyr Req: Let the Band Play Dixie (Bob Gibson) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=17279 I SANG DIXIE - Dwight Yoakam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJCPnd3NDNs
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Apr 25 - 06:11 AM 3 April 1913 English suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst was sentenced to 3 years in prison for inciting supporters to place explosives at the London home of British politician David Lloyd George. Emmeline Pankhurst, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmeline_Pankhurst Suffragette Bombing and Arson Campaign, article rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette_bombing_and_arson_campaign#:~:text=On%204%20April%2C%20the%20day,outside%20the%20Bank% DEEDS NOT WORDS - Frances Mayli McCann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KJpsDirxxw&t=1s THE PANKHURST ANTHEM - Eliza Carthy (music by Lucy Pankhurst text by Helen Pankhurst ) https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2014414818572646 A Choral performance of 'The Pankhurst Anthem' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ankkzc42w |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Apr 25 - 06:18 AM 2 April, annually World Autism Awareness Day World Autism Awareness Day, article from Autism Speaks https://www.autismspeaks.org/world-autism-awareness-day#:~:text=Every%20April%20Autism%20Speaks%20celebrates,annual%20World%20Au SONGS FOR WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY WE’LL GET BY (THE AUTISM SONG) - Johnny Orr Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBOSr7JK8OA&t=1s NOT SO DIFFERENT - Cassandra Kubinski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEOQmW2pPD4 LET ME SHINE - Prior's Court https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjHb0ivKNPA HENRY JAMES - The Nadas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSD9NqS_XFA&t=12s Replace AUTISM RAP - Jenn Posey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zovDHa9Kk4 DON’T GIVE UP ON ME - Victoria Boland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdGGqsQs2LI I’M JUST LIKE YOU - Krylyn Peters nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6XsGrKAv5w RAINBOW - Matthew Lien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDCUYt39Hy0 UNTIL ALL THE PIECES FIT - Kaity Meagher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q9tchCfvh0&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autism360.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY MISSING PIECES - Mark Leland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH96XpgXrSQ THROUGH THE SPECTRUM - Carla Bianco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVH-M75tp9E ACCEPTANCE AND PATIENCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBtfGyVZdWA
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Apr 25 - 07:20 AM 1 April 758 Winnats Pass Murders The Murder of Allen and Clara, article from Stoney Middleton Heritage https://smhccg.org/folklore-legends/the-murder-of-allen-and-clara/ WINNATS PASS MURDERS - The Ripley Wayfarers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSx6yE9OfxY GHOSTS OF WINNATS PASS - The Amber Band ( track 55 down this page) https://www.music-flo.com/detail/artist/9593235/track |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 May 24 - 06:18 PM DO AWAY WITH APRIL - Sarah Vaughan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzEKwTbRfjo Link to Index of Any AprilSongs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169449#4095111:~:text=below.%20Regards%2C%20GeoffLawes-,ABOUT%20A%20BOY%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0 Link to Index of Any May Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169613#4100012:~:text=INDEX%20OF%20MAY%20SONGS%0AADIRONDACK%20MOUNTAINS(THE) |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: FreddyHeadey Date: 30 Apr 24 - 08:39 AM v1 of I REMEMBER by Molly Drake We tramped the open moorland in the rainy April weather And came upon the little inn that we had found together The landlord gave us toast and tea and stopped to share a joke And I remember firelight I remember firelight I remember firelight And you remember smoke YouTube Molly Drake https://youtu.be/ZYo2ryZ3wUs Unthanks https://youtu.be/3-iIuU0tE24 score https://youtu.be/zNfXQqBOXPY score musescore.com/user/2730651/scores/6710183 Pretty well the only mention of Molly Drake on mudcat; with a link to a 2013 BBC radio programme & link to info about her music on CD. mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=152972 Recording and information from Beautiful Song of the Week 506 https://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/week-506-i-remember-by-molly-drake/ |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Apr 24 - 08:34 AM April 1808 It is said that this is when Naomi Wise went missing. Her drowned and battered body was later found in a river Infrormation from Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15846775/naomi-wise
THE BALLAD OF OMIE WISE Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Ballad+of+Omie+Wise |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Apr 24 - 03:10 AM 24 April On this day in 1965: The Pennine Way – 250 miles from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish border – was officially opened. Pete Coe sang his own song The Pennine Way in 1989 on his LP A Right Song and Dance; Want of employment causes me to roam Far from the valley where I have made my home, Like many a one before me returning when I may, Just another pilgrim on the Pennine Way. THE PENNINE WAY - Pete Coe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2tFww3yIfE Pilgrim On The Pennine Way Jon Boden https://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=1800
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Apr 24 - 05:28 PM APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTHwritten by Tor Thomassen performed by The Late Great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jL4zGkX7to |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Apr 24 - 05:43 AM APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH by Rob Scallon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IMn5omIBwk |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Apr 24 - 11:15 AM April 1923 Hundreds of emigrants left the Scottish Western Isles and sailed for Canada on the SS Marloch and SS Metagama. Donald MacDonald wrote the song Fagail Bhornais about this. FAGAIL BHORNAIS - Mairi MacInnes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWYVtpntB4Y Fagail Bhornais -several other recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Fagail+Bhornais Mudcat: Lyr Add: Fagail Bhornais (Donald Macdonald /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=172513&messages=3 Emigration from Stornoway from Stornoway Historical Society https://stornowayhistoricalsociety.org.uk/emigration/ Metagama exodus shows how 1,500 people left the Western Isles a century ago article from P& J Website https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/5592385/metagama-exodus-1500-people-left-western-isles-century-ago/ Information from "Scotish News"https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/5592385/metagama-exodus-1500-people-left-western-isles-century-ago/ GUR MI BHA GÒRACH A' FÀGAIL BHÒRNAIS :Information about the song and recording from Tobar an Dualchais https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/34645?l=en |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Apr 24 - 04:17 AM WRECK OF THE OLD ‘49 Well, I'll sing you a song 'bout the old Forty Nine The fastest engine on the Santa Fe line On the fourteenth of April, she made a desp'rate dash And she got there on time and she did not crash! Wreck Of The Old 97 · Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PauEAvUbQLg Many recordings of ‘ Wreck Of The Old 97’ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Wreck+Of+The+Old+97 The Wreck of the Old 97 - History and Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ggBWk-Q_NY Wreck of the Old ’49 - Shel Silverstein https://genius.com/Shel-silverstein-wreck-of-the-old-49-lyrics |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GerryM Date: 11 Apr 24 - 12:44 AM Six Irish convicts, sentenced to fourteen years deportation to Western Australia, were whisked away by the American whaler, The Catalpa, in April of 1876. THE CATALPA (Trad.) (usually sung to the tune of Rosin the Bow) A noble whale ship and commander Was called the Catalpa, they say, She came out to Western Australia And took six poor Fenians away Chorus: So come all you screws, warders and jailers Remember Perth Regatta Day. Take care of the rest of your Fenians Or the Yankees will steal them away. Seven long years they had served here And seven long more had to stay, For defending their country, old Ireland. And for that they were banished away. You kept them in Western Australia Till their hair began to turn grey, When a Yank from the States of America Came out here and stole them away. Chorus Now all the Perth boats were a-racing, And making short tacks for the spot; But the Yankee tacked into Fremantle And took the best prize of the lot. The Georgette gave chase with bold warriors With orders the Yanks to arrest But she hoisted her star-spangled banner Saying “You will not board me, I guess.” Chorus Now they've landed safe in America And there will be able to cry, “Hoist up the green flag and the shamrock. Hurrah, for old Ireland we'll die.” Many recordings on the web. Here's one by Raymond Crooke: https://youtu.be/Ec228_a89WQ?si=C8w1NxDJ0evasK1m More songs about The Catalpa THE CATALPA RESCUE,1876 by Éilis Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_OSNUjNqx0 CATALPA RESCUE by Beyond the Pale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcZm21Xxv4 CATALPA RESCUE by Catalpa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4bBEazM66c THE GOOD SHIP CATALPA by Padraig Grimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-b7uqzm0Eo TAKE CARE OF YOUR FENIANS OR THE YANKEES WILL STEAL THEM AWAY - Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0fYxNIByQ Mudcat, Origins: The Catalpa /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=130098 Mudcat Digitrad lyrics /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1117,1117 Catalpa Rescue from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalpa_rescue BR> |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Apr 24 - 06:41 AM April 15, 2013 The Boston Marathon bombing, a terrorist attack that took place during the annual Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and hundreds injured. Boston Marathon bombing from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombing SONGS ABOUT THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING I DON’T HAVE A SONG FOR THAT - Ben Johnston and Jordan Lucero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-9rN8rJkXM NEW BEGINNING - Noah Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1YBtDcRnXA 4 -15-13 - Dropkick Murphys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjsXEpVc8w0 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Apr 24 - 11:13 AM April 9 1898 American actor and singer Paul Robeson was born. Paul Robeson from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson Paul Robeson Playlist of 82 recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL644F31FFC8571789 1. DEEP RIVER & CURLY HEADED BABY 2. JOE HILL 3. SUMMERTIME 4.BALLAD FOR AMERICANS 5.JERUSALEM 6. ODE TO JOY 7. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD? 8. NEARER MY GOD TO THEE 9. LAND OF MY FATHERS 10. LOCH LOMOND 11.OLD MAN RIVER 12. THE MINSTREL BOY 13.IT AINT NECESSARILY SO 14. DRINK TO ME ONLY THINE EYES 15. NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I SEEN 16.THE HOUSE I LIVE IN 17. SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT 18.SONG OF FREEDOM 19.THAT’S WHY DARKIES WERE BORN 20.TREES 21. CONGO LULLABY 22.MA CURLEY HEADED BABY 23.JUST A WEARYING FOR YOU 24. BALM OF GILEAD 25. A PERFECT DAY 26.ERISKAY LOVE LILT 27. KILLING SONG 28. COBBLERS SONG 29.STAR VICINO 30. SCANDALIZE MY NAME! 31.DIDN’T MY LORD DELIVER DANIEL 32.MIGHTY LAK A ROSE 33. LOVE SONG 34. RIVER STAY AWAY FROM MY DOOR 35.THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE 36. CLIMBING UP THE MOUNTAIN 37.OLD FOLKS AT HOME& WAY DOWN UPON THE SWANEE 38. STEAL AWAY 39.THE BLIND PLOUGHMAN 40. PASSING BY 41.THE LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM 42.NATIVE LAND 43. SONG OF THE PLAINS 44. STAND STILL JORDAN 45. NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL 46. ON MY JOURNEY & MOUNT ZION 47. WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH 48.THE BANJO SONG 49.MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME 50. LE CANADIEN ERRANT 51. ANTHEM FOR THE USSR 52. MEXICAN LULLABY 53.JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO 54. THE FOUR INSURGENT GENERALS 55. PAUL ROBESON MELODY 56. AT DAWNING 57. SKYE BOAT SONG 58. THE PEAT BOG SOLDIERS 59.THE PUREST KIND OF GUY 60. LITTLE PAL 61. DEEP RIVER 62.FROM BORDER TO BORDER 63. SHORTENIN BREAD 64. LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER ON OUR KNEES 65. OLD FOLKS AT HOME & SWANEE RIVER 66. SILENT NIGHT 67. MARY HAD A BABY 68. IT TAKES A LONG PULL TO GET THERE 69. POOR OLD JOE 70. OH NO JOHN 71. WANDERER 72.OH, HOW PROUD OUR QUIET DON. 73. CHEE LAI 74. GOSPODI GOSPODI 75. HO HO-WAGON SONG 76.JUST KEEPIN ON 77.MAMMY 78. THE FOUR RIVERS 79. CRADLE SONG 80. GOT THE SOUTH IN MY SOUL 81. DEEP RIVER & CURLY HEADED BABY 82. THE BANJO SONG
PAUL ROBESON sung by World Inferno Friendship Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgujrPPYNXs |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Apr 24 - 01:06 PM THE DEATH OF LITTLE KATHY FISCUS April 8, 1949, Kathy Fiscus, a three-year-old girl died after falling into a well in San Marino, California. The failed rescue attempt received nationwide attention in the US as it was carried live on radio and on television. On April the 8th, the year '49, Death claimed a little child, so pure and so kind. Kathy they called her, met her doom that day. I know it was God that called her away. Recordings and information on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Death+Of+Little+KATHY+FISCUS+ Death of Kathy Fiscus as sung by Glenda Sue Richardson, Mountain View, Arkansas from The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1224 Kathy Fiscus from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Fiscus Mudcat, ADD/Origin: Death of Little Kathy Fiscus (Osborne) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10213&messages=16#top |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Apr 24 - 01:29 AM Another vote for April Fool's Day Morn by Loudon wainwright. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaZiqmpah8" Who were his English and Irish companions? Link to post above from Geordie Downie , APRIL FOOL’S DAY MORN |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Apr 24 - 05:26 PM APRIL FOOL by Patti Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcR3I3Qk1XU |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Mar 24 - 07:53 AM Apr 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln BOOTH KILLED LINCOLN / BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN Booth Killed Lincoln · Cisco Houston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-sMBrOx-XA Various recordings of Booth Shot Lincoln on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=booth+shot+lincoln+song Mudcat, Lyr Req: Booth Shot Lincoln / Booth Killed Lincoln /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40567&messages=11 THE MURDER OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN by Dennis Lee Nowick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3t9fvo0nlo ON THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN - American Pioneer Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VU_M5Fa-N0 "On the Death of President Abraham Lincoln Lyrics by Silas S. Steele https://electionsongs.com/12-on-the-death-of-president-abraham-lincoln Song on the Death of President Abraham Lincoln from The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection https://www.lincolncollection.org/collection/categories/item/?cat=18&page=37&item=105836 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Jun 23 - 03:54 AM SONGS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by stage actor John Wilkes Booth. John Wilkes Booth · Tony Rice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ_z6V7nMlY John Wilkes Booth - dud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khLP3iejkgE Mudcat: Lyr Req: John Wilkes Booth /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=27479&messages=13#top Lyrics to Song, on the death of President Abraham Lincoln from the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/amss.cw105410.0/?st=text The Assassin's Vision J.W. Turner · University of St. Mary's Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZz73GyOW8 ”Give Us Just Another Lincoln” - Sheet music and information from Johns Hopkins University https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/008/035 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Jun 23 - 06:23 PM THE KENTUCKIAN SONG - Eddy Arnold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LKrJX3jA6c I see my darling in each spray of summer sunlight I see my darling in the leaves that fall I see her walking in the rainy April sadness And hear her name in every bluebird call. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Jun 23 - 09:20 AM SONGS SUNG OR WRITTEN BY HEDY WEST April 6, 1938 Birth of American singer and songwriter Hedy West. Hedy West from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_West Songs sung by Hedy West on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=By+Hedy+West |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 17 Jun 23 - 05:26 PM Further to SONGS ABOUT EMELIANO ZAPATA Date: 07 Jun 23 - 04:56 PM Andy Irvine sings VIVA ZAPATA at Dent Festival 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSk-FD_4pSk Viva Zapata Link to post above SONGS ABOUT EMELIANO ZAPATA |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Jun 23 - 12:27 PM THE HERTHA AYRTON SONG 28 April 1854 Birth,in Portsea, Hampshire, England, of Hertha Marks Ayrton,suffragette, mathematician, scientist and inventor of the practical form of arc lighting . Hertha Ayrton from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertha_Ayrton The Hertha Ayrton Song Lyrics from electric voice theatre https://minervascientifica.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-Hertha-Ayrton-Song-Lyrics.pdf |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Jun 23 - 09:11 AM Apr 13, 1743 Birth of Thomas Jefferson , the third president of the United States. SONGS ABOUT THOMAS JEFFERSON Thomas Jefferson from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson Jefferson and Liberty - Pete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLkOqeQe0XM The Thomas Jefferson Song - Mr. Beat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTTWwsyA_cU |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Jun 23 - 04:56 PM SONGS ABOUT EMELIANO ZAPATA April 10 1919. Death of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata ” Zapata's Blood”- Rage Against the Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSekAZFTuHA Emiliano Zapata from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata ” Zapata Se Queda” - Lila Downs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beuRgIqxTnY Corrido de la Muerte de Emiliano Zapata - La Milpa de Mexico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gyA0vSa91U Link to post below from ,henryp :VIVA ZAPATA |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Jun 23 - 06:44 PM Apr 30, 1900. Death of "Casey" Jones, railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi. CASEY JONES Casey Jones from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones Casey Jones [Laws G1] from The Ballad Index http://balladindex.org/Ballads/LG01.html Many recordings of Casey Jones on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Casey+Jones+song |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Jun 23 - 03:58 AM April 7, 1915 Birth of singer Billie Holiday SONGS SUNG BY BILLIE HOLIDAY Billie Holiday from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday Many recordings by Billie Holiday on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Billie+Holiday++top+tracks |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Jun 23 - 02:28 PM THE GOOD OLD CAUSE April 1660 General John Lambert tried to raise an army against the restoration of The Crown in favour of the Commonwealth by issuing a proclamation calling on all supporters of the "Good Old Cause" to rally on the battlefield of Edgehill, but he was arrested before arriving at the battlefield. Ballad: The Downfall Of The Good Old Cause https://web.archive.org/web/20090125135724/http://www.poemsonline.org/poem/cavalier-songs/downfall-of-the-good-old-cause/ Hey Boys, Up Go We from Folktune Finder https://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/15867 The Good Old Cause – The Dolmen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT4i6hBET8U Good Old Cause rom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Old_Cause |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Jun 23 - 09:23 AM 15 April 1988 Death of British actor, Kenneth Williams who sang many folk song parodies as Rambling Sid Rumpo , originally in the 1960s BBC Radio comedy series Round the Horne. SONGS SUNG BY RAMBLING SID RUMPO https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l9wbwhy5ksWIVaDza4sFDKYB--uGWP5K8 Rambling Syd Rumpo from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambling_Syd_Rumpo#cite_note-Ganderbag-1 Kenneth Williams from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams |
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