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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.
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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 Gotta be done... one more once! Count Basie Orchestra |
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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
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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.
“(Theme from )San Francisco” From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_from_San_Francisco |
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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 The Sultana by Art Thieme Lyrics http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Sultana.htm MUDCAT /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=8376 The Sultana by Jeff Stachyra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFV9qperaGo&t=201s |
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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 |
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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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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Apr 21 - 03:32 AM Thannks JHW, This Youtube has a number of Tony Rose recordings on it but starts with ‘Twas on One April Morning’ Tony Rose - On Banks of Green Willow (1976) (Full Album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoMMyHB0PT8 TRACKLIST & CUE A1 - Twas on One April Morning 0:00 A2 - Bold Archer 4:06 A3 - Fanny Blair 7:34 A4 - Polly Vaughan 11:14 A5 - The Murdered Servantman 15:28 A6 - Poor Man's Sorrows 19:59 B1 - Banks of Green Willow 23:34 B2 - Lord Randall 26:54 B3 - The Bonny Hind 30:54 B4 - Sir William Gower 37:10 B5 - The Fourteenth of July 42:13 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 17 Apr 21 - 07:15 AM Tony Rose sang 'Twas on One April Morning on his 1976 LP On Banks of Green Willow. He commented in the album's sleeve notes: The village of Cowley, near Exeter, awakens boyhood memories on three counts — it was the terminus of the old “F” bus route, my mum's favourite picnic spot, and a superb vantage point from which to behold the Great Western Railway in all its majesty! Last year I discovered it was also where Priscilla Wyatt-Edgell collected 'Twas on One April Morning from Mr R. Bryant. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: The Sandman Date: 17 Apr 21 - 10:06 AM Cyril Tawney introduced On One April Morning to the Folk RevivaL and passed the song on to Tony Rose and Lou Killen. Cyril told me this in person, he claimed he never sang it live , but some years ago a mudcat contributor mentioned that in fact he did sing it live at least once. Cyril Tawney: I Will Give My Love Cyril Tawney: I Will Give My Love (Argo ZFB 87) I Will Give My Love Traditional love songs from South West England Cyril Tawney (1930-2005) Argo Records ZFB 87 (LP, UK, October 1973) Recorded by John Rollo and Iain Churches; Produced by Kevin Daly; Cover: Brockley Combe, Somerset, by Peter Baker Musicians Cyril Tawney: vocals, guitar; Bob Stewart: dulcimer; Dave Bland: concertina; Doug Sherriff: melodeon Tracks Side 1 Side 2 'Twas on One April Morning (Devon) (Roud 1546) (2.47) My Rose in June (Dorset) (Roud 1202) (3.25) Searching for Lambs (Somerset) (Roud 576; Henry H548) (2.37) Must I Be Bound? (Dorset) (Roud 18829; Henry H218ab) (3.52) The False Bride (Somerset) (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (1.52) The Scornful Dame (Devon) (Roud 381; G/D 5:980) (2.27) Midsummer Carol (Devon) (Roud 6913) (4.17) The Queen of Hearts (Devon) (Roud 3195) (2.35) Nancy (Hampshire) (Roud 1646) (3.07) I Will Give My Love an Apple (Dorset) (Roud 330) (1.57) The Turtle Dove (Somerset) (Roud 422) (4.02) The Cuckoo (Devon) (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (2.25) One Night As I Lay on My Bed (Dorset) (Roud 672) (2.42) The Sweet Streams of Nancy (Cornwall) (Roud 688; Henry H520) (2.01) Farewell She (Dorset) (Roud 803; Henry H504) (2.12) All songs trad. arr. Cyril Tawney |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Apr 21 - 06:54 PM ALL IN THE APRIL EVENING All in the April Evening - Hugh Roberton. Choir and orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh7E-A9mbUo All In The April Evening -Aled Jones · Libera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hqoocpFiog |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Apr 21 - 08:50 AM 'Till April is dead' Lisa Knapp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-WWMHQASg |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Apr 21 - 07:00 PM RUINATION DAY It was not December. Was not in May. Was the 14th of April. That is ruination day. Gillian Welch. Ruination Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yXM8wxg6XM |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GerryM Date: 15 May 21 - 07:14 AM THE BALLAD OF BARNEY GRAHAM Della Mae Graham On April the thirtieth Nineteen thirty-three Upon the streets of Wilder They shot him brave and free They shot my darling father He fell upon the ground 'Twas in the back they shot him His blood came streaming down They took the pistol handles And beat him on the head The hired gunmen beat him 'Til he was cold and dead When he left home that morning I though he'd soon return But for my darlin' father My heart shall ever yearn We carried him to the graveyard There we laid him down To sleep in death for many a year In the cold and sodden ground Although he left the union He tried so hard to build His blood was spilled for justice And justice guides us still Liner notes from Hedy West, Old Times and Hard Times: This elegy was written by teen-age Della Mae Graham for her father, who was president of the United Mineworker's Union local in Wilder. One Sunday morning Barney Graham was walking along the dirt road that was Wilder's main street, and as he passed the company store, two gun thugs shot and killed him. The community was so tightly controlled by the mine owners that no local preacher dared preach at the funeral of the dead union man; instead, the oration was preached by divinity students from Nashville. "The tune I sing here is from John Greenway' s American Folk Songs of Protest which doesn't explain its source. When Daddy knew Della Mae Graham, she recited this poem and had no written tune." The song also appears as Track 20 on Pete Seeger, American Industrial Ballads. Recording by Hedy West. Recording by Pete Seeger. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 May 21 - 12:23 PM FARNDALE DAFFODILS by Reg Meuross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOPY8OY4oj4 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 May 21 - 04:39 PM This song is ususually set in May But this version is set in April The Bonny Black Hare (Roud 1656) - Ed Thrasher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrv254V0vM |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Jun 21 - 10:54 AM Aprill is in my mistris face, Aprill is in my mistris face, And July in hir eyes hath place; With in hir bosome is September, But in her heart a could December. Aprill is in my mistris face written by Thomas Morley is one of the best-known and shortest of English madrigals; it was published in 1594, and appears to be based on an Italian text by Livio Celiano, set by Orazio Vecchi in 1587. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Jun 21 - 03:47 AM APRIL IS IN MY MISTRESS’ FACE April is in my mistress' face (Thomas Morley) – Ingenium Ensemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPDltGCotyk |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Jun 21 - 06:36 PM Many more recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=April+is+in+my+Mistress%27+face |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Jun 21 - 12:24 PM ONE APRIL MORNING Mainly Norfolk Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/cyril.tawney/songs/twasononeaprilmorning.html
“It was on one April morning, just as the sun was rising,
Norma Waterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ANgVGV-EWM Here is a relevant post from above in this thread 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: |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jun 21 - 05:49 PM CAMPBELL THE DROVER The first day of April I'll never forget Three English lassies together they met They mounted their horses and swore solemnly That they would play a trick on the first man they see Campbell the Drover- David Ingerson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA3hoonMpYw Campbell, The Drover · Grit Laskin · Margaret Christl · Ian Robb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsg2kf5D2Ok |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Jun 21 - 06:33 AM WALPURGIS NIGHT SONGS MUDCAT: Songs for Walpurgis Night (April 30) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=137390&messages=8 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Aug 21 - 12:13 PM THE MUIR O' CULLODEN -Lizzie Higgins https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/66020?l=en Main Post for CULLODEN SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Aug 21 - 06:33 AM DRUMOSSIE MOOR Drumossie Moor · New Tradition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Tld2UEtzY Main Post for CULLODEN SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Oct 21 - 06:00 PM The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, took place from April 6 to April 7, 1862, and was one of the major early engagements of the American Civil War SHILOH HILL Shillo Hill- Bobby Horton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6plG_wgraF8 Wikipedia: Battle of Shiloh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh Hill
Come all you gallant soldiers, a story I will tell
Was on the sixth of April about the break of day
Was about the hour of sunrise the battle it began
Was early the next morning we fit the fight again
My uniform of blue was turned to a purplish red
Although we won the battle, my heart is filled with pain |
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Subject: Re: Any April songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 23 Oct 21 - 09:06 AM "Bedtime Story," written by Jan Harmon, recorded by Anne Dodson on From Where I Sit in 1993. Video Dodson writes: "'Bedtime Story' is actually a four-part choral piece, but since I can't carry a chorus around with me, I put the bass, tenor, and alto parts on the guitar and sing the soprano." BEDTIME STORY Jan Harmon Once upon a time I caught a glimpse of April Like a spear of sunlight on a January morning I closed myself as petals, but the light unclosed me There so deep in darkness Nothing, even starlight, has such tiny fingers Stones reach out and whisper to each other without warning And nothing, even wisdom, is as kind as roses Or so rare and reckless So sleep, my dearie 'Neath the dream horse hooves I will give you, in a wreath of leaves Bedtime stories, wishes tossed Like flashing pennies by lovers. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Oct 21 - 05:51 AM COPSHAWHOLM FAIR On a Friday, it fell in the month of April, O'er the hill came the morn' with the blithe sunny smile, And the folks they were throngin' the roads everywhere, Makin' haste to be in at Copshawholme Fair. Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/copshawholmefair.html Various Recordings of Copshawholme Fair on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=COPSHAWHOLM+FAIR |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Oct 21 - 06:40 AM I SHALL NOT CARE
When I am dead |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 02 Dec 21 - 04:57 PM Another Sultana song, this one by Son Volt (Jay Farrar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBhzCfDBvus Link To main posts above about THE SULTANA |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Dec 21 - 07:10 PM Margaret Thatcher died on 8 April 2013 MRS THATCHER'S SONG Mrs Thatcher Song - Alan Dean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJh0m0E7Ozg Lyrics to Mrs Thatcher Song https://pesni.guru/text/belfast-busker-alan-dean-by-sean-brady-mrs-thatcher-song I'M IN LOVE WITH MARGARET THATCHER "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher" From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_in_Love_with_Margaret_Thatcher I'm in Love With Margaret Thatcher -Not Sensibles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnToK3kSKKg Link to Thatcher songs posted below |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 09 Dec 21 - 08:46 PM SONGS ABOUT THE INVASION OF JOHNSON COUNTY In April, 1892 Wyoming's "Johnson County War," a conflict between large cattle owners and less wealthy settlers, culminated in the former bringing in a small army of hired gunmen to dispose of their opponents. They succeeded in killing the opposition leader, Nate Champion, but despite support from the President of the U.S., didn't come out well from the political fallout. See the Traditional Ballad Index for historical info and for the songs The Blood-Stained Diary and The Invasion Song. Under the title "Ballad of Nate Champion," "The Blood-Stained Diary" was recorded by The Phoenix Arizona Rebels. Johnson County War by Chris LeDoux: Mudcat thread and YouTube The Ballad of Nate Champion by David Wilkie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB0UfarpJ8I Nate Champion by The Hotshot Freight Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DHBYdYAnlw |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 03 Jan 22 - 11:09 PM LE PORTE-ENSEIGNE , also known as "Le 25 du mois d'avril", "Le 26 du mois d'avril", "La mort du contre-maître", and other titles, is a traditional song widespread in France and Canada. It tells of a dying soldier's farewell to his sweetheart, and usually begins something like "Voici le mois d'avril arrivé..." (The month of April has come...) See main thread for further discussion and many recordings. |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 06 Jan 22 - 06:24 PM April 3, 1911 Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada: six men perish, four of them from the same family; they'd gone out to the sea-ice to hunt seals. COMPLAINTE DES LEBEL written by Nelson Arsenault Historical notes and lyrics: https://www.centredarchivesdesiles.org/2019/04/ephemeride-3-avril-tragedie-sur-les.html Recording by Georges Langford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu2k5aaFsr8 Recording by Mélusine [électrotrad]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9JShzvLELE |
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Subject: The Dance of the Cherry Trees From: Felipa Date: 21 Feb 22 - 05:55 PM https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171051 THE DANCE OF THE CHERRY TREES recorded, and presumbably written by, John Spillane. Let me tell you 'bout the cherry trees Every April in our town They put on the most outrageous clothes And they sing and they dance around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlmOZycFqVc |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST Date: 27 Apr 22 - 05:54 PM THE CUCKOO Various dates in April are called 'Cuckoo Day ' and some places hold 'Cuckoo Fairs'. Marsden Cuckoo Day Festival https://www.visitengland.com/experience/herald-coming-spring-real-old-english-knees The Cuckoo (song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo_(song) Mainly Norfolk: The Cuckoo / The Coo Coo Bird https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/thecuckoo.html Many recordings of "The Cuckoo" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+cuckoo+song The Cuckoo Bird - Doc Watson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YgFY8_Nt68 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Apr 22 - 09:28 AM April 20, 1914 The Ludlow Massacre, attack on striking coal miners and their families by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards at Ludlow, Colorado, resulting in the deaths of 25 people, including 11 children. LUDLOW MASSACRE By Woody Guthrie Wikipedia:Ludlow Massacre (song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre_(song) Ludlow Massacre · Woody Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGuASGyI7SY Dick Gaughan - Ludlow Massacre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNFyTBs4rP8 The Ludlow Massacre · Christy Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktWxFtkL314 Ludlow Massacre · Ramblin' Jack Elliott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ5fwfYdUTk Ludlow Massacre · John McCutcheon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3FUT7-t7lI MUDCAT DT lyrics : LUDLOW MASSACRE (Woody Guthrie) /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3779 MUDCAT: Tune Origins: WOODY'S LUDLOW MASSACRE - INFO PLEASE /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=6877#top |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Apr 22 - 05:10 PM 26th April 1937The bombing of Guernika in the Spanish Civil War PICASSO PAINTS GUERNICA Picasso Paints Guernica - Robin Laing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jjTYr3mZOI SPANISH BOMBS Spanish Bombs- The Clash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qcy0-7ngw IN GUERNICA In Guernica -Joan Baez Lyrics http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk/songs/joan-baez/baptism/in-guernica.php Joan Baez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZrUXaGCiEc GUERNICA(Tribute to Picasso) Guernica (Tribute to Picasso)"Mad World" as performed by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFCXdO9HQBw |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Jun 22 - 10:19 AM I SYNG OF A MAYDEN aKa "As Dewe in Aprille" “I Syng of a Mayden” From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_syng_of_a_mayden Many recordings of “I Syng of a Mayden” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=I+Syng+of+a+Mayden++song Many recordings of "As Dewe in Aprille" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22As+Dewe+in+Aprille%22%3C+song |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,Geordie Downie Date: 05 Jun 22 - 03:46 PM APRIL FOOL’S DAY MORN LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III- April Fool's Day Morn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaZiqmpah8 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Jun 22 - 06:49 PM TILL APRIL IS DEAD 'Till April is dead' Lisa Knapp on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-WWMHQASg |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Jun 22 - 06:23 PM ELEPHANT ISLAND
April 15th1916. Shackleton's Antarctic expedition arrived on Elephant Island |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Jun 22 - 12:19 PM 9 April,1806 Birth date of English engineer and inventor Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He was one of the greatest 19th-century engineers. Brunel designed railways, bridges, tunnels, viaducts and ships. SONGS ABOUT ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL "BRUNEL” - The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21QqXumEWFU "Brunel Railway Song" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NOhggkJfI "Isambard Kingdom Brunel" · The Crowman & the Fiddling Pixie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY4fVPxl1TA Isambard Kingdom Brunel from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Jun 22 - 11:08 AM SONGS ABOUT IQBAL MASIH April 16, 1995 - Iqbal Masih, a young boy from Pakistan spoke out against child labour and was shot to death. He had been sold into servitude as a carpet weaver at the age of four and spent the next six years shackled to a loom. At age ten, he escaped and began speaking out, attracting worldwide attention. Iqbal Masih:from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Masih Iqbal Masih, Child Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW15xzLt2VI “You Spoke Louder Everyday”- Buster Shuffle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5y_hOI--8 Song, Tribute to Iqbal Masih https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJnpq9fR1iY ”Iqbal Masih vive” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oaiSphzwLA |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Jul 22 - 06:51 PM SONGS SUNG BY PAUL ROBESON April 9, 1898 Birthdate of African American actor and singer Paul Robeson Paul Robeson from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson “Paul Robeson Songs” from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Paul_Robeson_songs Paul Robeson Top Tracks on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Paul+Robeson+Top+Tracks |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Jul 22 - 05:05 PM The Battle at the Haughs o’ Cromdale took place near Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire. on 30 April and 1 May 1690. THE HAUGHS O’ CROMDALE Many recordings of ” The Haughs o’ Cromdale “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+haughs+of+cromdale+ Mainly Norfolk: The Haughs of Cromdale - Lyrics and information https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thehaughsofcromdale.html |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Jul 22 - 05:22 PM THE SMUGGLERS OF BUFFALO It was on the thirteenth of April as I lay on my bed, A'thinking of the sorrows that crowned my aching head; And surrounded I was by officers, and with them I was forced to go To serve a dreary sentence in the jails of Buffalo. The Smugglers of Buffalo - Greg Hodapp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3wQiU7Z298 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Jul 22 - 09:15 AM Monday, April 27th, 1863 The steamer Anglo Saxon of the Canadian Line ran ashore and was completely lost at Clam Cove, Cape Race, owing to a thick fog LOSS OF “ THE ANGLO SAXON” SS Anglo Saxon (1856) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Anglo_Saxon_(1856) Information about the song from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/JMOC062.html A SORROWFUL LAMENTATION ON THE ANGLO – SAXON On the 17th of April, in the year of sixty-three We sailed away from Liverpool with spirits light and free Lyrics and Information about “ A Sorrowful Lamentation on the Anglo-Saxon “ from Disaster Songs in Canada https://disastersongs.ca/sorrowful-lamentation-on-the-anglo-saxon- a/ Lyrics and information from The National Library of Scotland https://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/archive/74893867?mode=transcription
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: Felipa Date: 25 Feb 23 - 05:36 PM THE REASON I LEFT MULLINGAR by Pat Cooksey https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=1331 as sung by Noel McLoughlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGSLV42Nxxw CHORUS: I remember that bright APRIL morning When I left home to travel afar, But to work till you're dead For one room and a bed Is not the reason I left Mullingar. MUDCAT DT : THE REASON I LEFT MULLINGAR (P. Cooksey) /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6884 |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Mar 23 - 04:17 AM SONGS ABOUT JESSE JAMES April 3rd 1882American outlaw, Jesse James, was shot in the back by Bob Ford. The Ballad of Jesse James - Michael Martin Murphey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFxgeuf3QL4 Many more recordings of “The Ballad of Jesse James " on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Ballad+of+Jesse+James
Jesse James from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GUEST,RJM Date: 16 Mar 23 - 04:27 AM There are 7 songs about April Fools Day Link to APRIL FOOL posted above Link to APRIL FOOL’S DAY MORN posted above Any more titles, recordings or information about April Fool's Day songs ? |
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Subject: RE: Any April Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Apr 23 - 04:36 AM On 8 April 2013, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, died. THE GROCER by Ewan MacColl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g62fJPEa804 MARGARET ON THE GUILLOTINE - Morrissey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsq3H_6XuFA THE DAY THAT THATCHER DIES - Hefner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxgsW57u2Vs PINOCHET AND MARGARET THATCHER - Deborah Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUz_mc1r95I WHO’LL TAKE THE BALL FROM MAGGIE THATCHER? - The Corries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJLsyQdEpas THATCHERITES Billy Bragg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkXQm7tSCY THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING / PISS ON THATCHER’S GRAVE by The Maggie Thatcher Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_gALEe0nfA COMPANY POLICY - Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6LzNnea_ws BALLAD OF ‘84 - Dick Gaughan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhVNgoKEWlw THATCHER’S SONG aka MRS THATCHER'S SONG - Sean Brady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chfm5xMfCDs Link to Thatcher songs posted above |
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