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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=CNKLBwAcP04 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GerryM Date: 23 Jul 22 - 10:59 PM SCHOONER INDUSTRY First stanza: Come all you noble colored tars, that plow the raging main Come & listen to my story boys, a thing that is quite strange It was on the 8th of May, me boys, 1822 A schooner from Nantucket, boys with all a colored crew Later stanzas mention the 4th of July, and the 10th of July. The song is on the Finn and Haddie album, Fathom This. The liner notes say, "My friend, great singer/musician & writer of sea songs & shanties, Jerry Bryant dug this up from the log of the Industry & culled it down from 40 verses to eight. Jerry put this to a traditional tune, without the chorus, as he found it. The tune here is from Neil Downey as well as its new chorus. Historically I've found the song very accurate & from the report of the Commissioners of Fish & Fisheries where in the remarks column it has the crew as "manned wholly by blacks" as well as the brig Traveler also mentioned in this song. Absalom S. Boston a Nantucketer, land owner, inn keeper & merchant put to sea at the age of 15 in 1800 & retired from sea after this voyage. He was married to the granddaughter of the famous Black/Indian sea captain Paul Cuffe who also commanded & owned a brig by the same name of Traveler only 7 yrs earlier, most likely they are one in the same although I've yet to verify this. Interestingly enough the Bostons were also no strangers to litigation. His uncle Prince Boston, a slave sailor was the first on Nantucket to sue for his ships pay & won. Absalom himself sued the state of Massachusetts on behalf of his daughter & niece for school integration of the state school on Nantucket & won, this being a first time in the nation. I'd like to thank Jerry for his blessing to record this gem." The full lyrics are given in a Mudcat thread about the album, /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=103743 with the subject, Lyr Add: ROLLER BOWLER + YANGTZE RIVER SHANTY etc./mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=103743#2117962 Recording at https://sonichits.com/video/Finn_%26_Haddie/Schooner_Industry?track=1 Schooner Industry · Finn & Haddie on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPWkEuqaaDE |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Jul 22 - 12:15 PM DAINTY DAVIE Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers, To deck her gay, green-spreading bowers; And now comes in the happy hours, To wander wi' my Davie. MUDCAT DT Lyrics /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1436,1436&SongID=1436,1436 Dainty Davie from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainty_Davie Many recordings of “ Dainty_Davie “on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=DAINTY+DAVIE+ |
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Subject: RE: Ballinderry From: Felipa Date: 26 Jun 22 - 03:09 PM There is a version of BALLINDERRY (Bonny Ram's Island) with the verse O. lonely I wander on bonny Church Island Far, far away from Phelimy Diamond The birds may whistle a merry tune, But sorrowful May brought woeful June. I add it to a different version, so I sing Bonny Ram's Island rather than Church Island. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13807 sung by Anne Byrne sung by Davy Hammond Mudcat-Lyr Add:Ballinderry /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13807&messages=10#top Digitrad Lyrics : Ballinderry /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=463
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 24 Jun 22 - 06:18 AM THE MAYPOLE (Traditional) by The Oldham Tinkers Who made the flowers grow, the flowers grow, the flowers grow? Who made the flowers grow? Tra la la la la la. God made the flowers grow, the flowers grow, the flowers grow. God made the flowers grow, tra la la la la la. Chorus: We’ll skip the Maypole, the Maypole, the Maypole, We’ll skip the Maypole, tra la la la la la. Who made the fishes swim, the fishes swim, the fishes swim? Who made the birdies sing, the birdies sing, the birdies sing? Molly dancers kicking up a row, kicking up a row, kicking up a row. Molly dancers kicking up a row, my fair lady. Cheese and bread, the owd cows dead, bake it in a lantern. A bit for thee and a bit for me and a bit for the Molly dancers. When the Oldham Tinkers were kids the last three days of April were hectic. People’s back yards were hives of activity as the little girls prepared their Maypole outfits and practiced their routines, which varied little anyway. This is one of the songs they sang as they danced, unaware that they were perpetuating an ancient fertility rite. The actual performances took place on the first three days of May. First recorded and published by Topic Records 1975. Album - FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE TOPIC 12TS276 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Jun 22 - 08:58 AM THE STRETFORD AND NORTHERN MAY SONG The Stretford and Northen May song - The Bailey Sisters https://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_6877237 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Jun 22 - 06:16 PM THE FISHER LAD OF WHITBY It was one lovely morning, one morning in May, He took me in his boat to sail out on the bay The Fisher Lad of Whitby - Steve Tilston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxhyqzYxRx0 Many other recordings of ” The Fisher Lad Of Whitby “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Fisher+Lad+of+Whitby |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Jun 22 - 05:31 PM RING AROUND THE LAND And May is here again, our town will cheer again, And we'll all pull together, hand in hand, "Ring Around The Land" - Red Shoes https://soundcloud.com/red-shoes/ring-around-the-land Ring Around The Land · Red Shoes on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuDEEuO6kJs |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Jun 22 - 11:27 AM HIPPY CHIPPY CHARLIE Mudcat-Origins: Hippy Chippy Charlie (maypole song) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=64056 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Monique Date: 05 Jun 22 - 08:46 AM More information about "La rosée du joli mois de mai" / "La rousée du joly mois de may", Geoff's post, 2 posts above. Link to LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI posted above & Link to JOLI MOIS DE MAI posted above LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI This piece was first written and composed by Jean Planson (c.1559 -c.1611). You'll find the original sheet music with score and lyrics at the BNF. The lines in italics in the text below don't show on it. The tune you can hear sung by The Toronto Consort, Angelo Branduardi among others is by Emmanuel Adrianssen (c. 1554-1604), a Flemish lutenist. It was published in "Pratum musicum…", you'll find a pdf copy of it there. The piece is #54 on page 134 of the pdf. The lyrics can also be found at the BNF in this 1600 book ("La fleur des chansons amoureuses où sont comprins tous les airs de court recueillis aux cabinets des plus rares poëtes de ce temps, A Rouen, chez Adrian de Launay, devant le Palais, au Compas d'Or -M.DC. Avec privilège du ROY" -yes, with this spelling!) Below are the lyrics in modern French spelling with a quite literal translation. Some French wordings feel clumsy, I suppose they feel even clumsier once translated. LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Jun 22 - 06:48 PM JOAN TO THE MAYPOLE Joan to the Maypole · The Toronto Consort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfHgLgz10yA Many recordings of “Joan to the Maypole” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joan+to+the+Maypole Joan, to the Maypole away let us on, The time is swift and will be gone; There go the lasses away to the green, Where their beauties may be seen; Bess, Moll, Kate, Doll, All the brave lasses have lads to attend 'em, Hodge, Nick, Tom, Dick, Jolly brave dancers, and who can amend 'em?
Joan, to the Maypole away let us on,
Now, if we hold out as we do begin,
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 May 22 - 11:03 AM LA ROSÉE DU JOLI MOIS DE MAI La Rosée du Joly Mois de May · The -Toronto Consort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTowBc9Vg6c Many more recordings of ' La Rosée du Joly Mois de May ' on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=LA+ROUS%C3%89E+DU+JOLI+MOIS+DE+MAI+ |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 May 22 - 06:14 PM MAY BLOOMING FIELD So away went this young man, his wager for to win away to the May blooming field He sat himself down by the clear flowing stream and he fell fast asleep on the bank May Blooming Field · Cordelia's Dad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbZoW12zeZw |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 May 22 - 07:02 AM MAY MORNING CAROL MUDCAT: Digitrad Lyrics /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3919">mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3919">/mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3919 Lyrics and translation https://www.maymorning.co.uk/426888189 'Hymnus Eucharisticus' From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymnus_Eucharisticus Oxford May Morning - Hymnus Eucharisticus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2PiJaX25U |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 May 22 - 07:06 PM P STANDS FOR PADDY As I walked out one mid-May morning To take a pleasant walk. I sat myself down upon an old stone wall For to hear two lovers talk. Mainly Norfolk: P Stands for Paddy , Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/tstandsforthomas.html P. Stands For Paddy · Old Blind Dogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tCqrasNWw P Stands For Paddy - Maria Doherty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_9J_NYhsJs Líadan - 'P stands for Paddy' | Geantraí Lá Fhéile Pádraig (2009) | TG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7DGKLl8OHg P Stands for Paddy · Annmarie O'Riordan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=340JJahbDys |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 19 May 22 - 10:26 AM Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire May Day carols May Day Carols CAMBRIDGESHIRE MAY CAROL Tune: ARISE, ARISE Link to postings, above, of Cambridgeshire May Carol & Arise,Arise CAMBRIDGE MAY GARLAND SONG Collected in 1900 in the Peterborough area Link to postings, above, of Cambridgeshire May Garland CHESHIRE MAY-DAY CAROL Link to postings, above, of Cheshire May Song ESSEX So many carols have been Christianized, shifting the homage to the ancient deities to God and Our Lady, as in the next examples. HERTFORDSHIRE HITCHIN MAY DAY SONG Lyrics "Hitchin May Day Song " https://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/english/hitchinm.htm The Hitchin May Day Song · Banter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_DmlU3FmzI |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 19 May 22 - 06:45 AM BETWEEN SEA AND LAND – A TRIP TO THE WHITSUNTIDE FAIR by Henry Peacock 2022 Tune; Rambleaway as sung by Roger Wilson. Performed by the Albion Band on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_0LBEbiVhU Twice every day the tide fills Morecambe Bay Sweeping aside anything in its way Ellen and Thomas worked on Flookburgh sands Reaping the harvest between sea and land Ellen, my darling girl, Thomas then said It won’t be long now before we are wed And people in hundreds come from far and wide To watch as we walk down the aisle side by side Chorus; Sailors take to the sea, others never leave land But in Flookburgh the folk spend their lives on the sand In Ulverston there’ll be the Whitsuntide Fair We’ll take all our friends and we’ll have some fun there And so they set off at the break of the day Over the sands that surround Morecambe Bay Thomas bought Ellen a new dress to wear A ring for her finger and a bow for her hair The sun was going down at the end of the day As they departed on their homeward way Chorus The sands hold great dangers for wandering souls Where the rush of the tide scours out steep-sided holes Their cart in the dark, I am sorry to say Was heading towards a deep pool in their way Early next morning nine bodies were found The coroner confirmed his verdict of drowned Who thought that a day that began so carefree Would end on the sands in such dark tragedy? Chorus At noon on the Sunday the muffled church bells Sadly rang over the grey Furness Fells And mourners in hundreds came from far and wide As Ellen and Thomas were laid side by side Nine lives were needlessly lost on the sands Caught in the space inbetween sea and land Today as you cross the sands safely by train Remember those poor souls whose trip was in vain Chorus The events in this song occurred in 1846. Until 1974, Furness was part of Lancashire - the two were linked by the dangerous road across the sands. The Earl of Burlington - who became the Duke of Devonshire - promoted a railway from Ulverston to Carnforth, and by 1857 trains would carry passengers safely over both the Kent and the Leven rivers. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 May 22 - 05:40 PM JOLI MOIS DE MAI Joli Mois de Mai- Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joli+mois+de+mai |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 May 22 - 05:31 PM ONE MORNING IN MAY (Hoagy Carmichael ) One morning in May, don't forget, dear That one wonderful day when we met, dear The world over was blue clover And hearts carefree and gay 'One Morning in May' From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Morning_in_May_(1933_song)#:~:text=%22One%20Morning%20in%20May%22%20is,and%20music%20by%20Hoag One Morning In May · Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra · Mitchell Parish · Hoagy Carmichael https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdZ0ifGyL98 One Morning In May · Al Bowlly · The Ray Noble Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUWgvnQa12Q |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 May 22 - 05:47 PM SONGS OF GEORGE FORMBY 26 May.1904 Birthday of George Formby, Wigan born entertainer and Ealing film star, famous for his ukulele. Songs of George Formby on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=george+formby+songs MUDCAT: George Formby /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=95669#top MUDCAT: Lyr Req: George Formby Songs /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=6124#top< BR> |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 13 May 22 - 05:54 PM Mick Blake has composed and recorded a song about Seán Mac Diarmada another man executed for his part in the Dublin Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, Seán Mac Diarmada. Mac Diarmada was killed on the same day as James Connolly, 12 May 1916. Today I added Mick's lyrics and links to his recording of SEÁN MAC DIARMADA (THE PRIDE OF CORRANMORE) to the Mudcat discussion thread Sean MacDiarmada/Sean McDermott MUDCAT:Sean MacDiarmada/Sean McDermott /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=159117#3768421 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 May 22 - 05:27 PM THE MONTH OF MAY aka The Merry Haymakers
The Month of May · Bob Copper · Ron Copper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Z59YUBi9w |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 09 May 22 - 07:22 PM On 14 May 2021, Henryp cited Gathering Rushes in the Month of May, aka Underneath Her Apron. Link to " Gathering Rushes in the Month of May" posted above It's a song of merry May seduction. I'm adding some Mudcat links which could be added to that message. One of the linked recordings in that post is A Wee Bird Cam' Tae My Apron · Jean Redpath · Abby Newton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uNGheGyvDo Casey sang this song on the 9 May 2022 Mudcat singaround The lyrics of that Scottish variant are posted on Mudcat A WEE BIRD CAM' TAE MY APRON It fell on a morning, a morning in May My faither's cows they a' went astray I loukit me down and the heather was gay And a burr stack tae my apron also at Mudcat UNDERNEATH HER APRON A pretty young girl all in the month of May, She's gathering rushes just at the break of day, But before she come home she had bore a little son, And she rolled him underneath her aperon. and THE REAPING OF THE RUSHES GREEN - As I walked out one morning, it being in the merry month of May, Me and my two wild beagles, hoping to find some game to kill. When I spied no one but Mary; she appeared to me like a virgin queen She being at her daily labour at the reaping of her rushes green. - is among lyrics posted at Mudcat discussion ADD: bonny little bunch of rushes/Gathering Rushes along with some related songs which don't mention the month of May |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 May 22 - 06:07 PM 9 May 1887 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opened in London. WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WILD WEST SHOW We're Off to See the Wild West Show- Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=we%27re+off+to+see+the+wild+west+show |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 09 May 22 - 04:24 PM A version of THE COALMINER AND THE PITMAN'S WIFE has these lines in the last verse Well, the pit gates are locked, little more I've to say, I was turned out of my house on the thirteenth of May. source: Dallas:One Hundred Songs of Toil 1974 The lyrics are among the versions posted at Mudcat thread https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=68589#3285561 These lines aren't in the versions I've heard so I don't know what recording to recommend. The discussion thread does include some links to recordings; the discussion is partly about the different tunes that versions of The Coalminer and the Pitman's Wife are set to. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 May 22 - 03:24 PM I LOVE MY SAILOR BOY - From Franz Rickaby, Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926), p. 203. Apparently from M. C. Dean's The Flying Cloud. Abroad as I rambled one morning in May, So carelessly I rambled down Liverpool's streets so gay. I overheard a fair maid, and this was all her cry, "And let my friends say what they will, I love my sailor boy." |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 May 22 - 05:28 PM 8 May 1429 The French warrior maiden, Joan of Arc, led the Dauphin’s troops to victory over the English at Orleans. SONGS ABOUT JOAN OF ARC Songs about Joan of Arc From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_Joan_of_Arc Joan of Arc (Leonard Cohen song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc_(Leonard_Cohen_song) Joan of Arc - Leonard Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPf5Ki9ygVY Chant à Sainte Jeanne d'Arc - French Song to St Joan of Arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVoWh7faBvg Maid Of Orleans - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmwMhjbThKg |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 08 May 22 - 01:31 PM James Connolly, trade union activist and leader of the Irish Citizen Army, was executed on 12 May 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising for Irish independence. JAMES CONNOLLY SONGS : I have added links to lyrics and recordings in one of the James Connolly discussion threads on Mudcat. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13902 TITLES: JAMES CONNOLLY WHERE OH WHERE IS OUR JAMES CONNOLLY CONNOLLY WAS THERE Dick Gaughan - Connolly Was There https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4zt3hOkiwg MAY 12th, 1916- A SONG FOR JAMES CONNOLLY Niall Connolly - May 12th 1916 - A Song for James Connolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWa0ubNgQ9I "Paddymac" posted words to a poem, CONNOLLY, by Liam Mac Gabhann, on the same Mudcat thread on 22 Sept. 1999 There is also a thread containing several of James Connolly's own compositions and several of his lyrics/poems are in the DT. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=16522 |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 May 22 - 04:40 PM A memorable performance of I Roved Out. Andy Irvine sings and plays hurdy-gurdy, with Paul Brady whistle and guitar and Donal Lunny guitar in 1976. As I Roved Out Link to "As I Roved Out" posted above |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 05 May 22 - 04:29 PM FACING THE CHAIR (Andy Irvine) From Andy Irvine's recent double CD OLD DOG LONG ROAD – VOL.2. Another song about Sacco and Vanzetti Facing the Chair Andy Irvine: mandola & vocal Recorded in Dreieichenhain, Germany on 3rd December 1982. Being a massive fan of Woody Guthrie’s from an early age, I bought his records as they came out. “Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti” came out on Folkways in 1960. Woody had recorded it in 1946/47 but was not really satisfied with the result. I had not heard of these two Italian anarchists whose trial for murder in Boston had led to them being found guilty and executed in the Electric Chair in 1927. His lyrics made a great impression on me and I studied the books which had been written about these events. As the trial unfolded, the bias of Judge Thayer became more and more evident and I came to the conclusion, along with Woody and most other socially minded people that a terrible injustice had been perpetrated. I wrote this song after visiting the courthouse in Dedham MA where so much of this trial had been held. Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody (1963-65) strongly opposed capital punishment and "vowed that he would not sign a death warrant even for the Boston Strangler, if he were ever caught and convicted." In 1977, Governor Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation vindicating Sacco and Vanzetti, stating that they had been treated unjustly and that no stigma should be associated with their names. |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Felipa Date: 05 May 22 - 03:39 PM 3 MAY 1916 Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett married in Kilmainham Gaol. Joseph Plunkett was condemned to death for his part in the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. song GRACE by Frank and Seán Ó Meara https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2379 Mudcat discussion https://mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=5041 as sung by Jim McCann sung by Caoimhe Mooney The lyrics have been translated to Irish Gaelic, quite appropriately as J Plunkett was a keen member of the Gaelic League. He was one of the founders of the Irish Esperanto League as well. translation by Ciarán Fox, sung by Kelli McGrory translation by Seán Mac Cumhaill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU0SKL5GogA lyrics in notes and comments translation by Zara Ní Fhinn lyrics on screen some background https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/1916/joseph-plunketts-wedding-wasnt-romantic-it-was-sordid-34622448.html https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/1916/joseph-plunketts-wedding-wasnt-romantic-it-was-sordid-34622448.html |
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Subject: Sacco and Vanzetti arrested 5 May 1920 From: Felipa Date: 05 May 22 - 02:43 PM Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists who were charged with armed robbery and murder. They were executed in Aug. 1927, after very controversial trials."Anti-Italianism, anti-immigrant, and anti-Anarchist bias were suspected as having heavily influenced the verdict." (Wikipedia) Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with the crime of murder on May 5, 1920, and indicted four months later on September 14. I had to look up the dates of indictment and execution but I always remember the date they were arrested because I know a Woody Guthrie song RED WINE with lines, "'twas 1920, the fifth of May, a cop and some buddies took two men away". https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4922 (I learned a slightly abridged version from the singing of Bill Vanaver) https://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Red_Wine.htm performed by Woody Guthrie |
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