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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Jul 23 - 05:40 PM SONGS ABOUT HENRY FORD July 30 1863 Automobile pioneer Henry Ford was born in Dearborn Township, Michigan,USA. THE BALLAD OF HENRY FORD - Thomas Maguire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aN-XkgZlQQ HENRY FORD - Brian Stokes Mitchell · Larry Daggett · Ragtime Ensemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqKtD5BKP6g LORD MR FORD - Jerry Reed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUcVUpGOejM HENRY FORD WAS A FASCIST - David Rovics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C44Zk6yFsso SINCE HENRY FORD APOLOGIZED TO ME by The Happiness Boys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8w3ADqWp8Q HENRY FORD BLUES by Leadbelly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPu10brxguw HENRY'S MADE A LADY OUT OF LIZZIE by the Clicquot Club Eskimos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqcFPDRtQVQ Sheet Music for "Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzie," - https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/191744/#slide=gs-215915 Henry Ford from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 28 Jul 23 - 02:24 PM 28 July 2023 BBC Radio 4 19.15 Add to List Film and TV composer Debbie Wiseman OBE and musician and fiddler Sam Sweeney, formerly of the folk group Bellowhead, join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they choose the next five tracks, in the penultimate episode of the current series. |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Jul 23 - 04:10 AM 28 July 1540 beheading on Tower Hill on of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's chief adviser. TROLLE ON AWAY A newe ballade made of Thomas Crumwel, called ‘Trolle on away’, from the Execution Ballads site (full recording available at bottom of this page with a click) Performance of part of ‘Troll on away’ on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS0TErjbthA Thomas Cromwell from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Jul 23 - 06:28 PM THE BALLAD OF HARRY BRIDGES 28 July 1901 Birth of Harry Bridges, Australian-born American union leader Harry Bridges from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bridges Various recordings of "The Ballad of Harry Bridges" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22The+Ballad+of+Harry+Bridges%22 MUDCAT, Add: The Ballad Of Harry Bridges /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=30813&messages=12#top Waterfront Workers History Project:Harry Bridges from University of Washington https://depts.washington.edu/dock/Harry_Bridges_intro.shtml |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 26 Jul 23 - 05:06 PM 26 July 1952: Eva Peron (Evita), Argentina’s First Lady, died of cancer, aged 33. DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA , written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 album Evita. Later included in the 1978 musical of the same name. ANOTHER SUITCASE IN ANOTHER HALL , written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Recorded by Scottish singer Barbara Dickson for the 1976 concept album Evita, the basis of the musical of the same name. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - Julie Covington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adUPdnzCAk8 Another Suitcase in Another Hall - Barbara Dickson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZEqkGqjKo8 |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Jul 23 - 04:27 AM NORFOLK AND GOOD Norfolk Day is celebrated on July 27 each year in the United Kingdom. Norfolk Day from nationaltoday.com https://nationaltoday.com/norfolk-day / Norfolk & Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUhIoigf3Co |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jul 23 - 03:57 AM 17 July 2003 The death of David Kelly, Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare, which followed political controversy about weapons of Mass destruction in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. HARROWDOWN HILL David Kelly (weapons expert) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert) Harrowdown Hill from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowdown_Hill "Harrowdown Hill" - Thom Yorke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ybWaIvmaM Lyrics for Thom Yorke’s "Harrowdown Hill" from Genius.com https://genius.com/Thom-yorke-harrowdown-hill-lyrics |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Jul 23 - 06:12 PM 24 July, 1411 The Battle of Harlaw was a Scottish clan battle fought just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. THE BATTLE OF HARLAW Battle of Harlaw from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Harlaw Many recordings of “The Battle of Harlaw” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+battle+of+harlaw+song The Battle of Harlaw from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thebattleofharlaw.html The Battle of Harlaw Lyrics And Chords https://www.irish-folk-songs.com/the-battle-of-harlaw-lyrics-and-chords.html |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Jul 23 - 10:40 AM TARO 26 July 1937. Photographer Gerda Taro was killed during the Republican army retreat at the Battle of Brunete, in The Spanish Civil War.
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Jul 23 - 09:47 AM Salamanca/Arapiles continued! John Tams, playing the part of Rifleman Hagman in Sharpe's Sword, sang; Let kings and tyrants come and go I'll stand adjudged by what I know A soldiers life I'll ne'er gainsay Over the hills and far away O'er the hills and o'er the main Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain King George commands and we obey Over the hills and far away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzTPu9ChVDc&t=53s Over the Hills |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST Date: 22 Jul 23 - 09:36 AM 22 July On this day in 1812 the Battle of Salamanca took place in west Spain in which the Duke of Wellington was victorious over the French in the Peninsular War. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY A version of the lyrics by George Farquhar for his play The Recruiting Officer from 1706. Our 'prentice Tom may now refuse To wipe his scoundrel Master's Shoes, For now he's free to sing and play Over the Hills and far away. Over the Hills and O'er the Main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain, The Queen commands and we'll obey Over the Hills and far away. The battle features in Sharpe's Sword by Bernard Cornwell, in which Richard Sharpe helps Wellington bring the French to battle by feeding a known French spy false information. |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 22 Jul 23 - 06:30 AM On this day in 2005: Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by police as the hunt began for the bombers responsible for the 7/7 London bombings. HOLLOW POINT by Chris Wood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVecC8oNJl8 Hollow Point DOWN AT STOCKWELL STATION Written by Henry Peacock Tune; The Keeper The lookout called, He's left his home! Under his coat he carries a bomb To blow us all to Kingdom come Down at Stockwell station Chorus; Are you armed? With a gun! Can you shoot? Anyone! Like the young man whose life was undone Down at Stockwell station Cressida Dick was in command She held his future in her hand He must be stopped! was her demand Down at Stockwell station Nobody heard a warning shout Before two men began the rout Loudly, gunshots they rang out Down at Stockwell station Who could have guessed what lay in store? He hadn't broken any law And yet he lay dead on the floor Down at Stockwell station Sir Ian Blair hides behind his lies We must keep London safe, he sighs Meanwhile, a mother softly cries Down at Stockwell station THE BALLAD OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENENZES - Roger Waters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fyZBq65VEI Lyrics of The Ballad Of Jean Charles de Menezes from Genius. com https://genius.com/Roger-waters-the-ballad-of-jean-charles-de-menezes-lyrics BLUES FOR JEAN CHARLES DE MENENZES - Marcina & the LoveRats https://marcinaarnold.bandcamp.com/track/blues-for-jean-charles-de-menezes
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Jul 23 - 06:31 AM SONGS ABOUT SIMON BOLIVAR July 24, 1783 Birth of Simon Bolivar ,"The Liberator", in Caracas, Venezuela. Bolivar led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. Simón Bolivar SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOmGzeKgXxk “Simón, Simón” - Serenata Guayanesa https://folkways.si.edu/serenata-guayanesa-simon-simon/latin/music/video/smithsonian Simón Bolívar from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Jul 23 - 05:15 PM THE BATTLE OF GARVAGH The Battle Of Garvagh · Houl Yer Whisht https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y4r8vNpbLc Many other recordings of The Battle Of Garvagh on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Battle+Of+Garvagh The Battle of Garvagh from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Garvagh MUDCAT DT LYRICS: The_Battle_of_Garvagh /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5862 'The Battle of Garvagh' from Orange Pages https://www.orange-pages.tk/histindex.htm?https://www.orange-pages.tk/The%20Battle%20Of%20Garvagh.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Jul 23 - 07:22 PM SONGS ABOUT THE CUBAN REVOLUTION July 26th, 1953 Fidel Castro organized an armed attack on the Cuban military's Moncada Barracks. This was an opening military move in the Cuban revolution. THE COMPANEROS by Allan Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpw8buvOV8k THE COMPANEROS by Ewan MacColl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsY5oA9GImI THE BALLAD OF THE BIG CIGARS by Ewan MacColl https://ewanmaccoll.bandcamp.com/track/big-cigars LOS BARBUDOS René Touzet and his Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFRLUJjYGw LO ETERNO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbY2sf_EY84 QUE VIVA FIDEL - Kaydy Cain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S_OYual-Eg&t=6s Y EN ESO LLEGO FIDEL (And then Fidel came) - Carlos Puebla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv4QdQ5Sb2o HASTA SIEMPRE, COMANDANTE Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+++0%3A02+%2F+4%3A24+++Hasta+Siempre Hasta Siempre, Comandante from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasta_Siempre,_Comandante MUDCAT, Songs about Fidel and Che /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=156994&messages=12#top Cuban Revolution from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Jul 23 - 05:27 PM 16 July 2023. The London-born inger and actress, Jane Birkin, died at the age of 76. She was best known for her 1969 hit song "Je t’aime... moi non plus". JE T’AIME… MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Fa4lOQfbA Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus: Lyrics, Meaning & Translation from French Learner.com https://www.frenchlearner.com/songs/je-taime-moi-non-plus-lyrics-meaning-translation/ |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Jul 23 - 07:17 PM SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF FALKIRK 22 July 1298 The Battle of Falkirk (Blàr na h-Eaglaise Brice in Gaelic), one of the major battles in the First War of Scottish Independence. BATTLE OF FALKIRK MUIR Battle of Falkirk Muir-Battlefield Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNa7xQCTctM&t=1s Mudcat DT Lyrics, Battle of Falkirk Muir /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=532 The Battle of Falkirk Muir,Lyrics and information from Susanne Kalweit http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/b/batofalk.htmlBattle of Falkirk from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Falkirk THE BATTLE OF FALKIRK - Ivan Drever and Duncan Chisholm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIkJJMWsBKc ÒRAN EILE AIR BLÀR NA H-EAGLAISE BRICE Recording and information from Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/13126?l=en THE LAMENT OF WALLACE AFTER THE BATTLE OF FALKIRK https://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/scottish/thoudark.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Jul 23 - 05:39 AM BONEY WAS A WARRIOR 15 July On this day in 1815, Napoleon surrendered at Rochefort to Captain Maitland of the ship Bellerophon (familiarly known as the Billy Ruffian). Maitland’s orders from the Admiralty were to take Napoleon to the nearest port in England, pending a formal decision on the French warlord’s fate. Thus, the Bellerophon set sail for Torbay. Boney was a warrior Away, a-yeah A warrior and a terrier Jean Francois Boney fought the Russians Away, a-yeah The Russians and the Prussians Jean Francois Moscow was a-blazing Away, a-yeah And Boney was a-raging Jean Francois Boney went to Elba Away, a-yeah Boney he came back again Jean Francois Boney went to Waterloo Away, a-yeah There he got his overthrow Jean Francois Then they took him off again Away, a-yeah Aboard the Billy Ruffian Jean Francois He went to Saint Helena Away, a-yeah There he was a prisoner Jean Francois Boney broke his heart and died Away, a-yeah Away in Saint Helena Jean Francois Exmouth Shantymen - although omitting Boney's trip to Torbay on the Bellerophon; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIbjdHjB0mc Boney was a Warrior Boney (Was a Warrior), lyrics and information from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/boney.html Various other recordings of Boney Was a Warrior on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Boney+Was+A+Warrior |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 14 Jul 23 - 01:13 AM 14 July On this day in 1789, the Bastille, the state prison in Paris, was stormed by the citizens of Paris and burnt to the ground at the start of the French Revolution. More from Marat/Sade! We've got new generals, our leaders are new They sit and they argue and all that they do Is sell their own colleagues and ride upon their backs Or jail them, or break them, or give them all the ax Screaming in language that no one understands Of the rights that we grabbed with our own bleeding hands When we wiped out the bosses and stormed through the wall Of the prison they told us would outlast us all Also Quatorze Juillet (July 14), a song written in 1940 by the Swiss composer Gilles Jean-Villard for occupied France and sung in 1943 by the French artist Renée Lebas. LINK to BASTILLE DAY posted above /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170041&messages=126#bastilleday:~:text=Subject%3A%20RE%3A%20Any%20July%20Songs%0AFrom%3A% 14 JUILLET "14 juillet" de Jean Villard-Gilles - Dominique Desmons : chant et piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln0XBk2UF-w
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 13 Jul 23 - 01:28 AM 13 July; On this day in 1793: Jean-Paul Marat, the French revolutionary leader, was stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday while in his bath. A Medley of four songs from Marat/Sade sung by Judy Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvW2v9dUjI8 Judy Collins As posted to Any June Songs; 2 June; On this day in 1740, the Marquis de Sade, a French aristocrat whose lifestyle gave rise to the word sadism, was born in Paris. The medley consists of the songs HOMAGE TO MARAT,MARAT WE’RE POOR, PEOPLE’S REACTION, POOR OLD MARAT. Recorded at Sound Techniques Studios, London, England. Released November 1966. "Members of The Young Tradition (Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood and Heather Wood) and myself, Hans Fried, helped Judy out on the second chorus. Great memory." Link to post on 02 Jun 23 - 03:41 PM by henryp about these four songs /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169898#peoplesreaction:~:text=Subject%3A%20RE%3A%20Any%20June%20Songs%3F%0AFrom%3A%20GUES CHARLOTTE CORDAY - Al Stewart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVQ9IdyeYX0 |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Jul 23 - 06:42 PM SONGS ABOUT GEORGE FOX, QUAKER LEADER July 1624. Birth of George Fox, English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers. GEORGE FOX - John Kirkpatrick · John O'Connor · Sydney Carter · Rick Kemp · Nigel Pegrum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxbtvdQHFCU THE GEORGE FOX SONG - "Walk in the Light" (chords & lyrics) - Jon Watts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz5LgEIg61U George Fox - "Be Still and Cool" (Sung by Paulette Meier) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0YigR7uvpA George Fox , Music ,Lyrics and information from Sea Green Singers https://seagreensingers.com/music/georgefox.htm MUDCAT: Lyr Add: George Fox (Sydney Carter) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=6173#reply
George Fox and the Quakers , In Our Time from BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01f67y4 |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Jul 23 - 06:39 PM CIGARETTE SMOKING SONGS 1 July 2007. It became illegal to smoke in any pub, restaurant, nightclub, and most workplaces and work vehicles, anywhere in the UK. Tex Williams - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) 1947 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65_-vNtWLLs Don't Smoke in Bed - Nina Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jegpATcIxI My Last Cigarette - Sheila Hancock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z58bWU5thoY My Last Cigarette · k.d. lang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGypFwcZ4Mw ‘Cigarettes and Coffee’ - Otis Redding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQww3HeL8M4 Cigarettes - Oliver Tree (Lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3vx5apvg5Q Strawberries & Cigarettes - Troye Sivan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw5mAozjC6M Give the Anarchist a Cigarette - Chumbawamba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Ve73-_Iq4 Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit -Roger Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCcjHNCsqlU Harry Rag - THE Kinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgYav6czQ58; Cigarettes And Chocolate - Milk Rufus Wainwright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hll_pO59ksc Smoking ban in England from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_ban_in_England MUDCAT, Lyr Req: Anti-smoking songs /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=16834&messages=127#top |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Jul 23 - 06:34 PM 5 July Tynwald Day,Manx: Laa Tinvaal, the National Day of the Isle of Man. Isle of Man from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man Tynwald Day from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tynwald_Day#:~:text=Tynwald%20Day%20(Manx%3A%20Laa%20Tinvaal,then%20on%20the%20following%20Monday) ARRANE ASHOONAGH VANNIN Anthem of the Isle of Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY6Qcx7n7Z8 Arrane Ashoonagh Vannin from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrane_Ashoonagh_Vannin HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN KELLY ? ( originally entitled "Kelly From the Isle of Man") Various recordings of “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Has+Anybody+Seen+Kelly%3F Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has_Anybody_Here_Seen_Kelly%3F Mudcat: Isle of Man's National Day /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=22964&messages=11 |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Jul 23 - 06:25 PM SONGS ABOUT THE NHS 5 July 1948 Nye Bevan launched the National Health Service in the UK THANK YOU NHS – Talia Morrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_3lTEQFqTo NYE: SONG FOR THE NHS - Martyn Joseph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IBmmXn1QwM EVERYDAY HEROES - Beth Porch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMM1_zplGNE MUDCAT Lyr Req: a song about Aneurin Bevan /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=95641,95641 National Health Service from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service Songs for the NHS by Foals, Wolf Alice, Baxter Dury, The Vaccines, The Big Moon, The Wombats, Sports Team, The Magic Gang, Spector, Swim Deep, The Orielles, Nilüfer Yanya, Alfie Templeman, Oscar Lang, Pixx and Jessica Winter. https://www.indieisnotagenre.com/songs-for-the-national-health-service/ |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Jul 23 - 05:45 PM GOLD WATCH BLUES I went up for my interview on the fourth day of July Personnel man, he questioned me until I nearly cried Goldwatch Blues lyrics by Donovan, https://www.google.com/search?q=Goldwatchy+song+lyrics&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&oq=Goldwatchy+song+lyrics&aqs=chrome..69i57j0 Various recordings of “Goldwatch Blues “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?sGoldwatch Bluesearch_query=Gold+Watch+Blues Goldwatch Blues - Pagan Billy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaiV2IM2BXU MUDCAT Lyr Req: Gold Watch Blues / Goldwatch Blues /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=22449 |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Jun 23 - 05:25 PM THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER July 1, 1867. The Canadian Confederation was established when the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, were united into one federation called the Dominion of Canada Canadian Confederation from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation The Maple Leaf Forever from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maple_Leaf_Forever The Maple Leaf Forever (original version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxOhk4Lk9aE Various other recordings of ” The Maple Leaf Forever “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Maple+Leaf+Forever+song |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Jun 23 - 08:15 AM GONE TO AMERICA - Steeleye Span https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOYvtSppA9M
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: Greum Date: 06 Jun 23 - 02:57 AM One version of HOME BOYS HOME happened in July. Well who wouldn't be a sailor lad, a-sailing on the main, To gain the good will of his captain's good name, He came ashore one evening in July, And that was the beginning of me own true love and I. Many recordings of Home Boys Home on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Home+Boys+Home |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: Felipa Date: 05 Jun 23 - 06:02 PM ANNIE MOORE aka THE BALLAD OF ANNIE MOORE https://digital.ucd.ie/view-media/ivrla:6136/canvas/ivrla:6137 The link is to a digitalised copy of a Broadsheet ballad in the Colm Ó Lochlainn collection at University College Dublin. The lyrics put me in mind of the Irish nationalist song "The Wind that Shakes the Barley". In this case, Annie Moore is a Belfast Protestant Loyalist who was shot when infantry fired at the crowd. also at https://orangesongbook.blogspot.com/2011/05/36th-brigade.html recordings on youtube Sung by Raymond Croke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3iYJDHzkBw unidentified: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixAO4iMZxk&t=3s |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Aug 22 - 05:58 AM THE BATTLE OF AUGHRIM July 12, 1691 - Battle of Aughrim. Decisive defeat of Irish Catholic forces in the Williamite War in Ireland.Possibly the bloodiest battle ever fought in the British Isles. Several recordings of “The Battle of Aughrim “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+battle+of+aughrim+song Information about “After Aughrim's Great Disaster on The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/PGa017.html Several recordings of “After Aughrim's Great Disaster “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=After+Aughrim%27s+Great+Disaster Battle of Aughrim from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aughrim MUDCAT: Lyr Req: After Aughrim's Great Disaster /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=7866 |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Aug 22 - 06:48 AM I PREDICT A RIOT July 20, 1715 The Riot Act took effect in Britain Riot Act from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Act 'I Predict A Riot'- The Kaiser Chiefs https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zMbkYUsbDN8 ”I Predict a Riot” from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Predict_a_Riot Riot Song · Frank Turner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kvoYLpYKPw |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 08 Aug 22 - 09:59 AM JOLTIN’ JOE DIMAGGIO July 5, 1937 - Baseball player Joe DiMaggio hit his first grand slam. Joltin' Joe DiMaggio -Les Brown & His Orch. -(1941) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STfeDVarb78 Lyrics to “ Joltin' Joe DiMaggio “ https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&lei=dUujYuHEBY2I8gKDg5PgBg&q=joe%20dimaggio%20song%20lyrics&ved=2ahUKE |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Aug 22 - 10:18 AM THURGOOD MARSHALL
July 2, 1908 Birth of Thurgood Marshall ,the first African American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. He began his 24-year career on the High Court in 1967. |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Jul 22 - 09:49 AM July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison died at age 27 in Paris. THE END The End - The Doors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VScSEXRwUqQ Jim Morrison from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Jul 22 - 10:12 AM July 5, 1934 The West Coast Waterfront Strike THE BALLAD OF BLOODY THURSDAY The Ballad of Bloody Thursday - John Greenway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWafvcwXCtc The Ballad of Bloody Thursday, song lyrics http://www.protestsonglyrics.net/Labor_Union_Songs/Ballad-of-Bloody-Thursday.phtml 1934 West Coast waterfront strike from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_West_Coast_waterfront_strike |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Jul 22 - 09:26 AM SAMUEL COLT July 19, 1814 Birth of Samuel Colt, American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable. Samuel Colt from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt ”Samuel Colt” - Billy Walker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ2_ChL9Rmc |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jul 22 - 06:15 PM THE GALWAY RACES The Galway Races is an Irish horse-racing festival that traditionally starts on the last Monday of July every year but, as you will hear, the songwriters prefer to put the event in August. Galway Races from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway_Races ”The Galway Races” - The Dubliners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTT-g0y9nsc The Wolfe Tones – “The Galway Races” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQaFHrowg8A The Pogues – “Galway Races” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP3PCZR9-gA ”Galway Races” · Ockham's Razor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4uxx-rZbVM ”Galway Races” · Jim McCann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIc_r-_tyow ”The Galway Races “· Paddy Reilly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQcrwmb1nxY |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: gillymor Date: 25 Jul 22 - 11:15 AM X covering Dave Alvin's Fourth of July LINK to post of 4th JULY- Dave Alvin above |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: gillymor Date: 25 Jul 22 - 09:44 AM WHEN THE RAIN TUMBLES DOWN IN JULY I don't know if anyone mentioned Slim Dusty's wonderful The Rain Tumbles Down in July |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jul 22 - 08:50 AM VINCENT aka STARRY,STARRY NIGHT 29 July 1890 Death of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh Vincent ( Starry, Starry Night) With Lyrics - Don McLean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk Vincent van Gogh from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh MUDCAT Lyr/Chord Req: Vincent (Starry Starry Night) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13789&messages=21#top Spuriously Seventeen Windows -Bob Dylan (The Painting by Van Gogh) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7g9GTtHSw Information about Vincent van Gogh’s death and Dylan’s song https://amouthfulofpennies.wordpress.com/tag/spuriously-seventeen-windows-the-painting-by-van-gogh/ |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Jul 22 - 04:43 PM 1 July, 1903 Birth of Amy Johnson, the English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. And she was a Hull lass. SONGS ABOUT AMY JOHNSON Amy Johnson from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Johnson Amy Johnson (With Lyrics) - Johnny McEvoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOMtdornYPc A Lone Girl Flier (1930) - Len Maurice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVMSQT6j_SQ Johnnie, Our Aeroplane Girl (1930)- Len Maurice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54nALfTAyk Amy Our Aeroplane Girl 1930 by Jack Lumsdaine (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPacJ3mg3M0 ”Amy” sung by Dick Denton, 1930 on Zonophone Records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Lysx5uFlg “Amy, Wonderful Amy -” -Jack Hylton and His Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ofe_bYb4uA " Flying Sorcery" -Al Stewart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klsTowdcEsk Amy Johnson Song Cycle ten songs exploring the life and achievements of Amy Johnson written by Amanda Lowe https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Amy+Johnson+Song+Cycle+ |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Jul 22 - 06:15 AM July 2, 1881. James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C by Charles_Guiteau . SONGS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD Assassination of James A. Garfield from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_James_A._Garfield Charles Guiteau (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Guiteau_(song) Johnny Cash ~ Mister Garfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNAfPvzTBmQ The Ballad of Guiteau · Jonathan Hadary · Patrick Cassidy · Assassins Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAnHW2qwc2Y I am Going to the Lordy from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am_Going_to_the_Lordy
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Jul 22 - 07:28 PM 5 July, 1935 Birth date of English folk singer Shirley Collins
SONGS SUNG BY SHIRLEY COLLINS
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Jul 22 - 06:30 AM July 10,1925 Date of the Scopes "Monkey" trial “SONGS ABOUT THE SCOPES “MONKEY" TRIAL Can´t Make a Monkey Out of Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOevfRXMVpA The John T. Scopes Trial - Vernon Dalhart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJv-SjBwLzk Scopes Trial Rap (Tay-K's "The Race" Parody - #FreeTayK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piD0dgwa-y0 "The Bible's True" - Song Against Evolution - 1920's Folk Song - Uncle Dave Macon cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qNy_5z4mOw 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial - Original Music of the Era https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LyGoUgCjnQ ”Evolution Mama”-Even Dozen Jug Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQoM8nmA0F0 Lyrics and Information about ”Evolution Mama”- https://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=10383.0 Can't Make a Monkey of Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6jPbThgx8 The John T. Scopes Trial, Vernon Dalhart and Company (The Old Religion's Better After All) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrQYObFZXc Ain't No Bugs On Me · Fiddlin John Carson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe1sFw-LdM Monkey Biz-ness (Down in Tennessee) · Billy Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zx4NhUnP1M Part Man, Part Monkey—Bruce Springsteen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAb4bClqfR8 Vernon Dalhart - William Jennings Bryan's Last Fight - 1925 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ns8L4d9CwA Scopes Trial from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Jul 22 - 03:59 AM A Song for John Dillinger https://soundcloud.com/denise_whittle/a-song-for-john-dillinger |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Jul 22 - 09:26 AM July 22, 1934 American gangster ,John Dillinger was shot and killed. SONGS ABOUT THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN DILLINGER
"Death Of John Dillinger"- Bucky Halker https://buckyhalker1.bandcamp.com/track/death-of-john-dillinger |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GUEST Date: 17 Jul 22 - 04:41 AM JULY IN CHEYENNE July In Cheyenne - Aaron Watson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0RthSr3l0Y |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Jul 22 - 11:13 AM SONGS ABOUT BUFFALO HUNTING July 4, 1882 - The "Last Great Buffalo Hunt" began on Indian reservation lands near Hettinger, North Dakota . 2,000 Teton Sioux Indians killed about 5,000 buffalo. By this time, most of the estimated 60-75 million buffalo in America had been killed by white hunters who usually took the hides and left the meat to rot. By 1883, the last of the free-ranging buffalo were gone. "On the Trail of the Buffalo", also known as "The Buffalo Skinners"from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Trail_of_the_Buffalo “Buffalo Skinners”- Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=buffalo+skinners+song ” Chase the Buffalo “-Wolf Folklore Collection (information) http://bluegrassmessengers.com/chase-the-buffalo.aspx Chase the Buffalo · Cyril Tawney https: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2PviEfGLag MUDCAT: Origins: Hunt / Chase / Shoot the Buffalo /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26594 ”The Buffalo” https://www.contemplator.com/england/buffalo.html Mudcat DT: BANKS OF THE PLEASANT OHIO /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=493,493,493,493,493,493,493,493&SongID=493,493,493,493,493,493,493,493 ”The Lovely Ohio”: About the Song from Ballad of America https://balladofamerica.org/the-lovely-ohio/ "The Last Great Buffalo Hunt" Performance by Grant Peeples at the European Street Cafe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE-moZeo3fs |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Jul 22 - 06:35 PM July 15 is St. Swithin’s Day ST. SWITHUN’S DAY "St.Swithins Day" - Billy Bragg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljJl-E5bzm4 "St.Swithins Day" – Norma Waterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujxgtd5_kEQ Saint Swithun in popular culture from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Swithun_in_popular_culture |
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Subject: RE: Any July Songs From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Jul 22 - 08:23 AM JULY FLAME July Flame -Laura Veirs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7R2ubzlbUw ; |
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