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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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,
Unite, oh unite and let us all unite, |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
Battle of Cold Harbor from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 01 May 24 - 04:58 AM WHEN ROSY MAY COMES IN WI’ FLOWERS (aka THE GARD'NER WI' HIS PAIDLE) written by Robert Burns sung by Tony Cuffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqZvrOxFcU Mudcat , Lyr Req/Add: The Gard'ner wi' His Paidle (R Burns) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=56534 The Gardener Wi' His Paidle Christine Sparks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwVewkZN2E Also from Burns', DAINTY DAVEY 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. Dainty Davie - Eddi Reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ_w4rGTVN8 Link to Post above DAINTY DAVIE |
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Subject: RE: Any May songs? From: Dave the Gnome Date: 01 May 24 - 06:11 AM First of May by the BeeGees - See other thread! Link to post above FIRST DAY OF MAY by The Bee Gees Link to Dave’s other thread /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=173277&messages=1#:~:text=Friendly%20%2D%20Home-,First%20of%20May%20%2D%20The%20BeeGees,- |
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