Any May songs?

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

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Various recordings of “Ederlezi “ on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ederlezi+song

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 18 May 23 - 11:35 AM

THE SECOND DAY OF MAY

(words & music by Larry McLaughlin)


Padstow on the Second Day of May in a pub with singing of the song     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2h65pB_cIw
Padstow on the Second Day of May sung at The Golden Lion Hotel,Padstow by members of the Cape Cornwall Singers, Wadebridge's Shipwrecks, and others    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdbo7ks25k8

When the flowers have all faded,
And the streets are looking bare,
And the 'Osses have been stabled,
And the crowds no longer there,
You can stroll around the harbour,
And watch the small boats in the bay,
You can have a drink with old friends,
On the Second Day of May.

As a youth I came into this town,
There were 'Osses in the square,
There was red and white and blue and white, And flowers everywhere,
They were singing, they were dancing,
Oh, it turned my mind astray,
For I had come to Padstow
On the First day of May.

But when the flowers have all faded,
And the streets are looking bare,
And the 'Osses have been stabled,
And the crowds no longer there,
You can stroll around the harbour,
And watch the small boats in the bay,
You can have a drink with old friends,
On the Second Day of May.

Now some dancers they are dead and gone,
The rest are getting slow,
But the young ones they will carry on,
Traditions they all know.
Though my dancing days are nearly done,
And the years have slipped away,
I will always remember Padstow,
And my first, First Day of May.

But when the flowers have all faded,
And the streets are looking bare,
And the 'Osses have been stabled,
And the crowds no longer there,
You can stroll around the harbour,
And watch the small boats in the bay,
You can have a drink with old friends,
On the Second Day of May.

Unite, oh unite and let us all unite,
For summer is a-coming today,
You can have a drink with old friends,
On the Second Day of May.

   
Link to post above of QUEEN OF THE MAY by Larry McLaughlin

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
Various recordings of “ Grace “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grace+irish+song
Grace by Jim McCann from Songfacts    https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jim-mccann/grace
Joseph Plunkett from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Plunkett

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#
HMS Hood Tribute Song    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7IKDUYGKG0
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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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
Cold Harbor by The Outlaws     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHEly4xmf2s
Cold Harbor , from Songfacts     https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-outlaws/cold-harbor

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

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

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

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/

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

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!

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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,-

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 02 May 24 - 11:59 AM

FAIR IS ROSE AS BRIGHT MAY DAY The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzHrfTeAQzc

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 02 May 24 - 12:19 PM

C’EST LE MAI -   Malicorne     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFlx0b7e_ak
Thank you for this traditional French song Monique

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 03 May 24 - 04:49 PM

C’EST DANS LE MOIS DE MAI -   Ariko     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk3ht6ifVws

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 03 May 24 - 06:48 PM

May 1st, 1945. Katharina_Jacob, teacher and member of the German Resistance movement against National Socialism , was rescued by Russian troops from an SS death march .

THEY ALL SANG THE INTERNATIONALE     by David Rovics
Lyrics and recordings of "They All Sang the Internationale", from Songs of Social Significance    https://www.davidrovics.com/songbook/they-all-sang-the-internationale/
Katharina Jacob from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_Jacob

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GUEST
Date: 05 May 24 - 03:16 PM

POLLY ON THE SHORE

Come all you wild young men
And a warning take by me,
Never to lead your single life astray
And into no bad company.

As I myself have done,
It being in the merry month of May,
When I was pressed by a sea-captain
And on board a man-o-war I was sent.

We sailed on the ocean so wide
And our bonny bonny flag we let fly.
Let every man stand true to his gun
For the Lord knows who must die.

Oh our captain was wounded full sore
And so were the rest of his men.
Our main mast rigging it was scattered on the deck
So that we were obliged to give in.

Oh our decks they were spattered with blood
And so loudly the cannons did roar;
And thousands of times have I wished myself at home
And all along with my Polly on the shore.

She's a tall and a slender girl,
She's a dark and a-rolling eye,
And here am I lie a-bleeding on the deck
And for her sweet sake I would die.

So farewell to my parents and friends,
Farewell my dear Polly too.
I ne'er would have crossed this salt sea so wide
If I had been ruled by you.

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Many and various recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Polly+on+the+Shore
Note that there is the song Polly on the Shore as above from the tradition but also another, modern song sung by some such as the Voice Squad

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 06 May 24 - 09:31 AM

VAQUÉ LO POLIT MES DE MAI     Various recordings on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Vaqu%C3%AD+lo+polit+mes+de+mai+

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 07 May 24 - 05:50 AM

NA SERA 'E MAGGIO (A Night in May )    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Na+sera+%27e+maggio+

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 08 May 24 - 01:18 PM

[Verse 1]
'Twas in the merry month of May, when balmy winds first blow
I met my love in Arisaig where rhododendrons grow
I met my love in Arisaig in the shadow of Craig Mor
The sun shone on the Isle of Eigg, far from the silver shore
The sun shone on the Isle of Eigg, far from the silver shore

ISLE OF EIGG -   Robin Laing     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhyH7HF0qB0
Many other recordings of The Isle of Eigg on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Isle+of+Eigg+%C2%B7+Robin+Laing+lyrics

Mudcat,Lyr Add: Isle of Eigg (Robin Laing)    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=173087&messages=5

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 08 May 24 - 05:27 PM

Still nobody helping me with my question about "The first of May" (12th post in this thread, 31st March 2021). I have been asking various people in the hope that that they might know who wrote it but no luck yet.

Robin

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 09 May 24 - 04:49 AM

DO YOU EVER REMEMBER -   Molly Drake     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVGANfB8l_Q

Do you ever remember?
Now you are so far away
Things that we used to laugh about
Crazy things we'd say
There were so many May times
When every word was a song
There were so many gay times
Before it all went all so wrong

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 10 May 24 - 05:42 AM

BEN, BEN VENI MAG  -  Cantovivo    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD40rqBXCJA

Translation from the Piedmontese courtesy of Cattia Salto, Google Translate and Monique

Let May come well, let May come well
when the month of May returns.

Mistress, if you don't want to believe that May has arrived,
look out the window and you will see it firmly planted.

Look at our bride, how well dressed she is
She looks like the peach blossom when covered in buds.

Look at our bride what a beautiful dress she has
Who knows who bought it for her, it must have been her mother.

Look at our bride what a beautiful hat she has
Who knows who bought it for her, it must have been her dad.

Look at our bride, what a beautiful ring she has
who knows who bought it for her, it must have been her fiancé.

[We enter this house if there are good people
we ask permission (to go) if everyone is happy]

Oh, you mistress if you want to pay
the rest of us are on our way and we must go.

[To you mistress who paid
we pray to Saint Anthony to give you sanctity.

To you mistress, who have not paid,
(We wish you) Hornets in the head and wasps in the breast]

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 11 May 24 - 07:07 PM

CAWSAND BAY

In Cawsand Bay lyin', the Blue Peter Flyin'
The hands all turn'd up, oh, the anchor to weigh;
There came off a lady, as fresh as a May-Day
Who, looking up modestly, these words did say

Various recordings of “Cawsand Bay “ on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cawsand+bay+song
Mudcat, Origins: Cawsand Bay     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171250
Mudcat DT Lyrics     /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1123
Mudcat, Cawsand Bay: who was Elinor Ford?     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=151266

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 12 May 24 - 05:50 PM

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon
She wore it in the spring time, in the early month of May

Recordings of “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon " on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=she+wore+a+yellow+ribbon+song+
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon from Song Facts    https://www.songfacts.com/facts/traditional/she-wore-a-yellow-ribbon#:~:text=Songfacts%C2%AE%3A&text=The%20song%2Fpoem%20has%20a
Mudcat DT Study: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53527

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 13 May 24 - 07:16 AM

Whitsun falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter. This usually comes in late May or early June. In 2024 the date will be May 19, because of an early Easter. Whitsuntide, the week following Whitsunday, was one of three holiday weeks for the medieval villein; on most manors he was free from service on the lord's demesne this week, which marked a pause in the agricultural year. It continued to be a holiday for workers. The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould's words for ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS , first published in the Church Times in 1864, were sung in 1865 by the children of Horbury Bridge as they marched up the hill to St. Peter’s, Horbury, in the annual Whit Tuesday procession. Eventually, the hymn was set to the tune 'St Gertrude', composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871.

Horbury Church; This year is the 100th anniversary of the death of Fr Sabine Baring-Gould, who was curate of Horbury from 1864-1867 under Canon John Sharp. We are pleased to be able to mark the centenary of Fr Sabine’s death in the parish for which he wrote ‘Onward, Christian Soldiers’ over Whit Weekend 2024. The weekend opens on Friday, 17th May at 7pm with a concert at Horbury Working Members’ Club with award-winning folk artists Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes, who present ‘Ghosts, Werewolves and Country Folk – Songs and Stories of Sabine Baring-Gould’. Our celebrations then come to a climax with the re-enactment of the Whit Walk on Sunday, 19th May at 2pm.

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Various recordings of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Onward+Christian+Soldiers+

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 13 May 24 - 10:44 AM

Sunday 19 May 2024 Whitsun
WHITSUNTIDE CAROL   aka The Whitsun Song
Various recordings of The Whitsuntide Carol on Youtube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Whitsuntide+Carol
The Whitsun Song · John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig & Steve Woodruff     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpO_nW8tvbU

MUDCAT: Lyr Add: WHITSUNTIDE CAROL /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13130&messages=8

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 May 24 - 08:41 AM

LA BÈLA DE MAI    (No recording yet )

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 May 24 - 09:07 AM

May 13, 1960     death of American old-time fiddler and one of the earliest stars of what would come to be known as country music.

SONGS OF GID TANNER AND THE SKILLET LICKERS on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=songs+of+the+Skillet+Lickers
Gid Tanner from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gid_Tanner#

Subject: RE: Any May songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 16 May 24 - 06:45 AM

LO MES DE MAI    Lyrics and recording https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=7357