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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Jun 23 - 10:49 AM JIM HARRIS In nineteen hundred and thirty-four, the last daylight in May, Jim Harris in the Ronald P. from St. Kyran's sailed away; “Jim Harris”- Matthew Byrne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubm7Z4QCle4 Jim Harris - The Punters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itaIs6XNYKo Lyrics and information about Jim Harris from Disaster Songs https://disastersongs.ca/jim-harris/ |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Jun 23 - 11:12 AM SONGS ABOUT GEORGIE BEST 22 May 1946.Birth of N.Irish footballer Georgie Best George Best song: Spirit in the Skyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sElZk-Zd7Q George Best Manchester United song - Spirit in the skyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEJrLQzXsTw Georgie Best, Superstar from The Ballad Index ; http://balladindex.org/Ballads/OpGa479D.html Belfast Boy - The Electric Stars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvW1z5S0FjY The Ballad of Georgie Best" performed by Finbar Furey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETz1y_70V6g |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Jun 23 - 03:22 AM SINK THE BISMARK 27 May 1941. The German battleship Bismarck was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the British battleships King George V and Rodney supported by cruisers. Last battle of the battleship Bismarck from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_battle_of_the_battleship_Bismarck Blues Brothers - Sink the Bismarck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CPXnur0vMs Don Lang - Sink The Bismarck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyTmp-N-2xk Link to post above SONGS ABOUT THE SINKING OF HMS HOOD |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Jun 23 - 02:36 PM May 31, 1889. The Johnstown Flood occurred after the failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. JOHNSTOWN FLOOD Johnstown Flood from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood Johnstown Flood from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LG14.html The Night of the Johnstown Flood · Rock Creek Jug Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7EEtO8Dkcc MUDCAT Lyr Req: Night of the Johnstown Flood /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=22181 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 May 23 - 05:48 PM May 31 to June 12, 1864 The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3. COLD HARBOR
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 May 23 - 11:12 AM WILLIAM EDDY May, 1846. The Donner-Reed wagon train, composed of group of American pioneers left Independence, Missouri, migrating to California. The wagon train encountered great difficulties and some of the migrants resorted to cannibalism to survive, eating the bodies of those who had died as a result of starvation, sickness, and extreme cold. William Eddy sung by Alice Osborn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnPPvcvngkQ The Donner Party - Mr BettsClass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZiSyV4kz40 Donner Party from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party > William Eddy from Sparticus Educational https://spartacus-educational.com/WWeddy.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 May 23 - 08:46 AM THE THIRTEENTH OF MAY aka In Fatimas's Cove, or Avé de Fátima The Thirteenth of May - Cantate Domino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU2gKKlk4KA Many other recordings of 13th Of May on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Thirteenth+of+May In Fatimas's Cove by Kyle Geraghty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mk8iM3XaeU Avé de Fátima from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Av%C3%A9_de_F%C3%A1tima |
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Subject: indexing May songs From: Felipa Date: 25 May 23 - 09:03 PM I think there are likely to be several repeats in this discussion of May songs. My message refers to the two previous messages, posted 24 and 25 May 2023. Henry P. mentioned Whitsun Dance (the ladies go dancing at Whitsun) on 31 March 2021. Henry also mentioned a line in Bogie's Bonnie Belle "Ae Whitsun day at Huntly toun 'twas there I did agree Wi auld Bogieside a fairmer a six-month for tae fee" but I don't see Bogie's Bonnie Belle listed in the index at the beginning of this 7 page thread. I wonder if Bogie's Bonnie Belle is mentioned as a June song, as any Whitsun song might be appropriate in either May or June of a given year. I also don't see the Whaddon Whitsun Song in the index; henry p posted that in a separate message, also on 31 March 2021 I posted re Dh'èirich mi moch madainn Chèitein on 13 Jun 21; I see admin (Geoff) has linked the two messages but left out a letter "i" in the word "dh'èirich". The lyrics of that Gaelic song are on Mudcat at https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=122289 Link to post by above by henryp WHADDON WHITSON SONG Link to post by above by henryp BOGIE’S BONNIE BELLE Link to post by above by henryp LADIES GO DANCING AT WHITSUN
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 May 23 - 05:44 PM DANCING AT WHITSUN Sunday, 28 May 2023 Whitsun Many recordings of “Dancing at Whitsun” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dancing+at+whitsun+song Whitsun Dance / Dancing at Whitsun from Mainly Norfolk. https://mainlynorfolk.info/shirley.collins/songs/whitsundance.html MUDCAT Lyr Add: Dancing at Whitsun /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=24241&messages=64#top MUDCAT DT Dancing at Whitsun /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1452 The Ladies Go Dancing at Whitsun. Or do they? from Doctoral research.wordpress https://doctroidalresearch.wordpress.com/pages/morris-dancing/morris-dancing-origins-and-history/the-ladies-go-dancing-at-whitsu Whitsun from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitsun Link to post by above by henryp LADIES GO DANCING AT WHITSUN |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 May 23 - 06:52 PM There’s a lovely traditional song called DH’ÉIRICH MI MOCH MADAINN CHÈITEIN (I arose early on a May morning) . It’s a waulking song, fast, lively, joyful, full of praise for the birds and their singing, the salmon leaping, and the beauty of nature. seaboardgàidhlig Ainsley Hamill and Toby Shaer performed this beautifully last night at the Willows Folk Club, Wrea Green, Preston. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFg3b6usyBc Ainsley Hamill Various other recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Dh%27+%C3%88irich+Mi+Moch+Madainn+Ch%C3%A8itein Link to post above by Felipa DH’EIRICH MI MOCH MADAINN CHEITEIN |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 May 23 - 12:52 AM 24 May On this day in 1809: Dartmoor Prison was opened to house French prisoners of war. From 1850 it was used for convicts. TWENTY ONE YEARS ON DARTMOOR The judge said, “Stand up, boy, and dry up your tears. You're sentenced to Dartmoor for twenty-one years.” So kiss me goodbye, babe, and say you'll be mine, For twenty-one years, love, is a mighty long time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duO5vZyBXaw 21 Years Tim van Eyken sang Twenty-One Years on Dartmoor in 2004 on Waterson:Carthy's fifth album, Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand. Martin Carthy commented in the liner notes: The album is topped and tailed by Goodbye Fare You Well and Twenty-One Years on Dartmoor. […] Tim learned the latter from a recording of the lovely London born, Sussex dwelling singer Louie Fuller who sadly died just this year. It's great to come upon an old American song which has made the crossing the other way for a change and this is one which has been given a real working over into an English vernacular. Mainly Norfolk Dartmoor (For 21 Years) - Jim Carroll and Tony Reeves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ-bUM4uCgA Many recordings of "21 Years" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=21+years+irish+song Information and full lyrics from Mainly Norfolk: Twenty-One Years on Dartmoor https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/twentyoneyearsondartmoor.html MUDCAT Lyr Req: Twenty-One Years /thread.cfm?threadid=23631
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 May 23 - 10:32 AM THE PRAISE OF A DAIRY (sung to the air of Packington’s Pound) In praise of a dairy I purpose to sing, But all things in order, first, God save the King! And the Queen, I may say, That every May-day, Has many fair dairy-maids all fine and gay. Assist me, fair damsels, to finish my theme, Inspiring my fancy with strawberry cream. Old English Song Lyrics for: In Praise Of A Dairy I Purpose To Sing from Traditional Music.co - https://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/old-english-songs/in-praise-of-a-dairy-i-purpose-to-sing.htm John Playford - Packington's Pound ("In praise of milk") - Voice & Harpsichord : Tom Mébarki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8dsL9n7buA |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 23 May 23 - 12:17 AM 23 May On this day in 1701: Scottish pirate William Kidd was hanged at Execution Dock in London for piracy. Oh, my name is Captain Kidd, as I sailed, as I sailed, Oh, my name is Captain Kidd, as I sailed. Oh, my name is William Kidd, Many wicked things I did, And the law I did forbid, as I sailed, as I sailed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFXh-29avn4 Alex Campbell 23 May On this day in 1706: Marlborough defeated the French at the Battle of Ramillies in Belgium. "Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre" ("Marlborough Has Left for the War"), which was composed the night after the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709. It was popularized by a nurse singing it to one of Marie Antoinette's infants as a lullaby. The tune has been adopted for He's A Jolly Good Fellow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-zL5bM7pUs Malbrough http://www.goldenhindmusic.com/lyrics/LORDMELB.html John Roberts & Tony Barrand In Lincolnshire Posy this is categorized as "'Lord Melbourne' (War Song)," where it is given a fanfare-like, almost arhythmic treatment. The song is better known as Lord Marlborough, to whom it properly refers. John Churchill (1650-1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough, soldier and statesman, is perhaps best known for his "glorious victories" against the French at Blenheim and Ramillies. He was a meticulous planner, and was also known for his consideration of the welfare of his soldiers, which is perhaps why he became so popular in balladry. He was also an ancestor of Winston Churchill, whose elder brother Charles became the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1892. I am an Englishman to my birth, Lord Melbourne is my name; In Devonshire I first drew breath, that place of noble fame. I was beloved by all my men, by kings and princes likewise. I never failed in anything, but won great victories. 23 May On this day in 1934: Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot dead in an ambush by Texas Rangers near Gibland, Louisiana. THE BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE is a song, written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, and recorded by the British rhythm and blues singer Georgie Fame. Released as a single, the song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for one week from 24 January 1968. The song reached number seven in the US Billboard Chart later the same year. Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i8mTAsv5cA Georgie Fame Link to post above on CAPTAIN KIDD Link to post above SONGS ABOUT THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde - Merle Haggard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I_Lu4l85_I A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde" - Mel Torme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifdmyEBMUNE Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot - "Bonnie and Clyde". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GPm5_X3Ykg |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 May 23 - 03:57 AM JOCKEY TO THE FAIR , Roud Number: 3344 ’Twas on the morn of sweet May-day, When nature painted all things gay, Taught birds to sing, and lambs to play, And gild the meadows fair; Young Jockey, early in the dawn, Arose and tripped it o’er the lawn; Jockey to the Fair - Archer Goode, from Glostrad http://glostrad.com/jockey-to-the-fair-2 / Jocky to the Fair – Edmund Henneberry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgQNxd8BFLQ Lyrics and information from The Project Gutenberg eBook, Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, Edited by Robert Bell https://www.gutenberg.org/files/649/649-h/649-h.htm#page245 Ballad sheet, information and instrumental tune recording from Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project https://www.americanantiquarian.org/thomasballads/items/show/88 Jockey to the Fair Lyrics from Musica International https://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/english/jockeyto.htm MUDCAT : Lyr Req: Jockey to the Fair /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=67201 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 May 23 - 05:08 AM SONGS ABOUT THE SINKING OF HMS HOOD 24 May 1941. HM S Hood was sunk during the Battle of the Denmark Strait. HMS Hood from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hood# Sink The Bismrack - Johnny Horton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Ufc2hI4FM “Battle of Denmark Strait” A song tribute to the Hood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7IKDUYGKG0 The Battle Of Denmark Strait · Beatnik Turtle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShaGO1041n4 The Lost 1400 - Brian Peters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJmKM4Xgb0A MUDCAT: Songs and poems about HMS Hood /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169224,169224 Link to post below SINK THE BISMARK |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 May 23 - 06:43 PM GRACE by Frank and Seán O'Meara 4 May 1916 Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising, in Dublin, married Grace Gifford, seven hours before his execution.
Grace - Jim McCann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5UhRcpyLyc
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 May 23 - 11:35 AM THE SECOND DAY OF MAY
(words & music by Larry McLaughlin)
When the flowers have all faded,
As a youth I came into this town,
But when the flowers have all faded,
Now some dancers they are dead and gone,
But when the flowers have all faded,
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 May 23 - 04:14 AM 19 May 1918 Mary Turner was lynched in southern Georgia, United States following the murder of a plantation owner, Hampton Smith . Mary Turner’s unborn child was also brutally killed. May 1918 lynchings from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1918_lynchings THE BABY OF MOTHER MARY TURNER - David Ballinger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wuMg0XGwfY The sad story of Mary Turner information video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wuMg0XGwfY MARY TURNER , MARY TURNER - Xiu Xiu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kGvUCz9BVw |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 May 23 - 03:38 AM SONGS ABOUT SIGMUND FREUD 6 May 1856. Birth of Sigmund Freud Doctor Freud - Pete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fa0L3Eyibs Various recordings of JOLLY OLD SIGMUND FREUD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jolly+Old+Sigmund+Freud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGfsnbyJogE Various recordings of THE BALLAD OF SIGMUND FREUD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Ballad+of+Sigmund+Freud FREUD SONG - Hannah Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWOXn1qwheg Sigmund Freud from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 May 23 - 05:22 PM MAY QUEEN - Heather Dale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODzcHCRQ3D0&t=48s |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 May 23 - 04:07 AM NIGHT OF THE 4th OF MAY– Al Stewart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCYWMymuXU8 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 May 23 - 11:46 AM 'TWAS IN THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY - Leila Megane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tbpF3nfrU |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 May 23 - 07:09 PM TOM DOOLEY May 1, 1868. Tom Dula was convicted and hanged for the murder of Laura Foster Tom Dooley (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dooley_(song) Various recordings of "Tom Dooley" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tom+Dooley Doc Watson - Tom Dooley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stBtJCZyQTw Grateful Dead - Tom Dooley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxetLkhani0 MUDCAT: Origins: Tom Dooley /mudcat./thread.cfm?threadid=1119 MUDCAT DT Lyrics: Tom Dooley @displaysong.cfm?SongID=7374 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 May 23 - 06:44 PM JULIAN OF NORWICH aka All Shall Be Well Again or The Bells of Norwich 8 May English mystic, Julian of Norwich is commemorated by the Church of England and in the United States by The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church.In Norwich, England,the first Julian Week was held in May 2013. Julian of Norwich - Gordon Bok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtET63_lqoY The Bells of Norwich · Moonrakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEHgNS2BYz0 Julian of Norwich from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich Julian of Norwich from Rise Up Singing https://www.riseupandsing.org/songs/julian-norwich MUDCAT: Lyr Req: Bells of Norwich? / Julian of Norwich /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=653 Link to post above on JULIAN OF NORWICH |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 May 23 - 09:00 AM BOLD NEVISON 4 May 1685.Execution of seventeenth century highwaymen William Nevison. Bold Nevison from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/songs/boldnevison.html Bold Nevison starts at 8.05 on YouTube “The songs of Joseph Taylor (1907) | Historic recordings of nineteen traditional English folk songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PxQ37K3rQs Lyrics and Information from The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire by C.J. Davison Ingledew, https://overtown.org.uk/Highwaymen/pdf/Bold%20Nevison%20Ballads%20and%20Songs%20of%20Yorkshire.pdf |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 May 23 - 09:05 AM SONGS OF SYDNEY CARTER 6 May 1915. Birth of poet, songwriter, and folk musician Sydney Carter in Camden Town, London. Many recordings of LORD OF THE DANCE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lord+of+the+dance+song+ Many recordings of CROW ON THE CRADLE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E2%80%9CCrow+on+the+Cradle%22++song+ Many recordings of JOHN BALL on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22%E2%80%9DJohn+Ball%E2%80%9D+song+ Many recordings of ONE MORE STEP ALONG THE WORLD I GO on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22One+More+Step+Along+the+World+I+Go%22 + Many recordings of WHEN I NEEDED A NEIGHBOUR on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22When+I+Needed+a+Neighbour%22+ Many recordings of JULIAN OF NORWICH on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=julian+of+norwich+song “Songs by Sydney Bertram Carter”, from Song Select https://songselect.ccli.com/Search/Results?List=contributor_P423168_Sydney%20Bertram%20Carter Sydney Carter from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Carter Link to post below on JULIAN OF NORWICH |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Jack Campin Date: 05 May 23 - 07:00 AM EDERLEZI is celebrated on 6 May (occurring approximately 40 days after the spring equinox) Ederlezi (song) from Wikipedia Ederlezi Various recordings of “Ederlezi “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ederlezi+song
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,RJM Date: 04 May 23 - 10:14 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8H9wpMBVtw The Ball of Yarn Link to BALL OF YARN posting above |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 03 May 23 - 06:20 AM AIN’T (SEEN) NO ASH WILL BURN, by Walt Aldridge. First stanza goes I have seen snow that fell in May, And I have seen rain on cloudless days. Some things are always bound to change. There ain’t no ash will burn. Several threads about this song here on Mudcat, and many recordings on Youtube. Various recordings of “Ain't No Ash Will Burn” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=There+Ain%27t+No+Ash+Will+Burn Lyrics and part recording of Ain’t No Ash Will Burn by Matt Heckler https://genius.com/Matt-heckler-aint-no-ash-will-burn-lyrics MUDCAT Lyr Req: There Ain't No Ash Will Burn /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=37983 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 May 23 - 03:08 AM BY THE GREEN GROVE aka The Birds in the Spring One May morning early I chanced for to roam And strolled through the field by the side of the grove. It was there I did hear the harmless birds sing, And you never heard so sweet, and you never heard so sweet, you never heard so sweet as the birds in the spring. By the Green Grove - Hugh Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7HzME6Aq7o The Birds In The Spring by the Copper Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpMNxVRSu3I&list=PLufSRA7tKQp4hrXigqOnLffeCnvpuE7SH&index=3 The Birds in the Spring / (Down) By the Green Groves / One May Morning Early from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/thebirdsinthespring.html |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Apr 23 - 03:24 AM MERRY MONTH OF MAY (by Stanley Messenger) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOmWIrGbafI - May round written by Stanley Messenger with refrain by Jenny Bliss performed and arranged by Heloise Pilkington and Jenny Bliss |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 15 Mar 23 - 04:44 AM THE FIREMAN COWBOY aka THE TRUSTY LARIAT , has the stanza, Oh we will all remember That forty-fifth of May For there were many gallant hearts All filled with fear that day That's not a typo – the lyrics really do refer to the 45th of May, intentionally. The full lyrics are at /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1368 with a discussion at /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=15451 and Youtube links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBhSR9Mxoj4 (Faith Petric) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmWIfSHN5c (Mac McClintlock). More recordings on Youtbe https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=++THE+FIREMAN+COWBOY++ MUDCAT Digitrad Lyrics: COWBOY FIREMAN (TRUSTY LARIAT) (Harry A. McClintock) @displaysong.cfm?SongID=1368
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Feb 23 - 09:07 AM 25th MAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwYb94PXopI The 25th of May · Celtic Bhoys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXYr4p3Or0 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Nov 22 - 06:54 PM THE DEATH OF PARKER 12 May 1797 The Nore Mutiny broke out in the Thames Estuary. Spithead and Nore Mutinies from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spithead_and_Nore_mutinies The Death of Parker - Marilyn Tucker(singer and dulcimer) from Bob & Jacqueline Patten English Folk Music Collection https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Bob-and-Jacqueline-Patten-Collection/025M-C1033X0279XX-2100V0 MUDCAT Origins: The Death of Parker/Poor Parker /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26908 THE COLOURS Richard Parker (mutineer) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Parker_(mutineer) “The Colours” - The Men They Couldn't Hang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJuMv7uLRwc |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Oct 22 - 04:48 AM SONGS BY PERCY FRENCH 1 May 1854 birth date of Irish songwriter Percy French Percy French from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_French Percy French - Documentary on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48xknMcbXcI Songs Attributed to Percy French, from Wikipedia with some links below to YouTube recordings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_French#Songs
Abdul Abulbul Amir (1877) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=abdul+abulbul+amir+song |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Oct 22 - 07:42 AM JESSE OWENS’ SHOES May 25, 1935 is remembered as the day when Jesse Owens established 4 world records in athletics. Jesse Owens from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens Jesse Owens' Shoes - Jez Lowe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNVUDm201M Lyrics of “ Jesse Owens' Shoes “ from Jez Lowe’s website https://www.jezlowe.com/lyrics/jesse-owens-shoes/ Jim Hellewell singing Jesse Owens' Shoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjm7qY0-KGw |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Oct 22 - 05:14 PM HEY DONAL, HO DONAL It wis in the merry month o’ May When a nice wee lass she cam my way, And aa the words that she could say wis, Donal dinna miss me. Hey Donal, How Donal from The Ballad Index https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/GrD4910.html Hey Donal! - Harry Lauder (1908) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4XOiH1FE3k "Hey Donal, Ho Donal", from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/heydonalhodonal.html |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Oct 22 - 12:09 PM LAFAYETTE, WE HEAR YOU CALLING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqe6hpbMV7E May 20 1834 The death of the Marquis de Lafayette. May 20 is celebrated as Lafayette Day Information from The Franco-American Centre https://facnh.com/lafayette-day/#:~:text=Lafayette%20Day%20%E2%80%93%20May%2020&text=The%20Marquis%20de%20Lafayette%20served,Fra Lafayette (We Hear You Calling) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_(We_Hear_You_Calling) Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 15 Oct 22 - 03:06 PM additional background info on the Coal in the Stone. This info isn't frm the DT but is in the thread https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=14358#122726 Subject: RE: Origin: Coal in the Stone From: Catamariner - PM Date: 25 Oct 21 - 03:02 AM The data in DIGITRAD has a problem. Although there was another accident in 1959 that killed nine workers closer to the surface, this accident did not occur in 1963, it occurred in May 1965 -- and this song was written by Kay Cothran and copyrighted in September of 1965. She said in the copyright that the tune was an extensive reworking of Streets of Laredo. The information eventually was published in a government report, but the papers were quite quiet about it at the time, hence the outrage that sparked the song. Source for the disaster details: https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/C_L_Cline_No2.htm C. L. Kline Coal Company No. 2-A Mine Explosion Robbins, Scott County, Tennessee May 24, 1965 No. Killed - 5 USBM Final Investigation Report (2.3 Mb) An explosion, originating in the face area of the left main aircourse, killed all five men in the mine. The explosion occurred when a methane accumulation was ignited by a cigarette lighter. The methane was emitted from crevices in the roof near the face. The mine was classified non-gassy by the State. The owner-operator was the only one that possessed a flame safety lamp. He reportedly made a gas check during his pre-shift examination. Ventilation was inadequate. The mine fan was not capable of supplying air flow appropriate to the size of the mine. Also the eight inby stoppings in the mains were constructed of brattice cloth and the left main aircourse was advanced 300 feet inby the last open crosscut with a line curtain terminated 25 feet from the face. Dust from coal on the conveyors and from spillage along the conveyor lines entered into the propagation. Source: Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States - Volume II |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 15 Oct 22 - 02:20 PM THE COAL IN THE STONE (Kay Cothran) is in the DT On May twenty-fourth, they went down diggin' May twenty-fifth, one body was found And the rescue team labored, through the night and the danger Seekin' for others trapped under the ground. MUDCAT DT: The Coal In The Stone (Kay Cothran) /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6062,6062&SongID=6062,6062 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Oct 22 - 05:12 AM CAPTAIN KIDD May 23, 1701 The execution of Captain William Kidd for piracy Many recordings of “The Ballad of Captain Kidd” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+The+Ballad+Of+Captain+Kidd Captain Kidd [Laws K35] - Information from The Traditional Ballad Index https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LK35.html Mainly Norfolk: Captain Kidd Lyrics and Information https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/captainkidd.html Captain Kidd (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Kidd_(song) "The Ballad of Captain Kidd" (PDF) by Willard Hallam Bonner, (January 1944). https://people.brandeis.edu/~dkew/David/Bonner-CaptKidd_ballad-1944.pdf MUDCAT DT Study: Captain Kidd /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=161762&messages=18 Link to henryp’s post below on CAPTAIN KIDD |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Sep 22 - 07:22 AM SONGS SUNG BY TONY ROSE May 1 1941 Tony Rose, folk singer was born born in Exeter, England. Biography from last.fm https://www.last.fm/music/Tony+Rose/+wiki Index of Tony Rose's Songs from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/tony.rose/songs/index.html Tony Rose recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tony+Rose+all+tracks MUDCAT- Review: Newly discovered Tony Rose recordings? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=156831 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Sep 22 - 05:48 PM NATHAN HALE September 22, 1776. Execution of Nathan Hale,as a spy, by the British Nathan Hale from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/SBoA067.html The Ballad of Nathan Hale- Strictly Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRjQvqfCSSE Nathan Hale from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 14 Sep 22 - 09:12 AM ISIS, by Bob Dylan, starts I married Isis on the fifth day of May But I could not hold on to her very long So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong https://youtu.be/INilAY6aJTc Isis (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_(song) |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Aug 22 - 11:31 AM And a different song with a similar title WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY Welcome as the Flowers in May – Maurice West of Holmesfield, Derbyshire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ixb7DGxVM ”As welcome as the flowers in May”: information from folksong and musichall.com http://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/as-welcome-as-the-flowers-in-may/ MUDCAT: Lyr Req: Songs by Harry Clifton (1832-1872) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=51212#top |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Aug 22 - 06:54 AM Many recordings of YOU’RE AS WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS IN MAYon YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=You%27re+as+Welcome+as+the+Flowers+in+May |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Aug 22 - 06:00 PM SONGS ABOUT THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH May 26th, 1650. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English soldier and statesman , was born The Duke of Marlborough - Nic Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrRWjrv6PAw ”The Duke of Marlborough” from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/songs/thedukeofmarlborough.html MUDCAT, Lyr Req: Lord Marlborough / Duke of Marlborough /mudcat./thread.cfm?threadid=27509,27509 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlboroughfrom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough “Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre” from Songs & Rhymes From France https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=186 Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre French nursery song (Marlborough Has Left for the War) 1928 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqiBHgH2Uic Link to henryp’s post below on THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Aug 22 - 09:29 AM BLUE HAIRED JIMMY He's gone for evermore Is our darling blue-eyed boy We ‘ll never see our cross-eyed darling any more Like a dream he passed away On the thirty-ninth of May He never died so suddenly before. Blue-Haired Boy (Little Willie II, Blue-Haired Jimmy) Information from The Traditional Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/RcBlHaJi.html Blue-Haired Jimmy · Horton Barker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJTJmIXCb9E MUDCAT Lyric Add: Death of Willie /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=33707 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 Aug 22 - 09:25 AM More on The Bold Fisherman; An early sighting/hearing by Francis Jekyll and George Butterworth. Sung by Mr Edmund Spooner (c. 70) inmate of Midhurst Workhouse, December 1908. From The Ploughboy's Glory edited by Michael Downey 1977. Midhurst Union workhouse (the original House of Industry built for Easebourne United Parishes) is now occupied by 'Christ for the Nations' organisation (2001). As I rowed out one May morning Down by the river side There I beheld a Bold Fisherman Come rolling down by the tide https://sussextraditions.org/person/edward-or-edwin-or-edmund-spooner/?paging=3https://sussextraditions.org/person/edward-or-edwin-or-edmund-spooner/?paging=3 Edmund/Edwin/Edward/Ned Spooner was the source of several more songs collected by George Butterworth (1908) and Clive Carey (1912). Link to THE BOLD FISHERMAN posted above by henryp Link to THE BOLD FISHERMAN posted above by Diolch |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Jul 22 - 11:06 AM 6 May 1882. The Phoenix Park Murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke happened in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. SONGS ABOUT THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS Phoenix Park Murders from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park_Murders Frank McNally on a forgotten song about the Phoenix Park Murders https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/frank-mcnally-on-a-forgotten-song-about-the-phoenix-park-murders-1.3884080 “The Phoenix Park Tragedy”. The article includes many song titles about the Phoenix Park Murders http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/ballads/BrdPhoeP.html ”Pat O'Donnell” -Martin Anthony Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v6HMteoNhM ”Pat O'Donnell From Donegal” - Ruthie Morrossey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwtRTvZNEf8 ”The Ballad of Pat O'Donnell” - The Irish Brigade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Og7Jl1kkM Dan Curley (song) - Jimmy McBride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaYkulUb_ys "Joe Brady"- Luke Kelly (last verse) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRiThMXTjjo |
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