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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Aug 22 - 06:57 AM 15 August, 1856 Birth of Keir Hardie, Scottish trade unionist and politician who was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader. SONGS ABOUT KEIR HARDY Keir Hardie from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Hardie Let's be clear about Keir - Robb Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4onKQJmvnT0 Labour Election songs in support of Keir Hardie, 1906 https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/10126 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Aug 22 - 08:21 AM 15 August 1969 Richie Havens was the first act to take to the Woodstock stage on this day in 1969 Joni Mitchell |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Aug 22 - 09:26 AM Woodstock - dia 15 de Agosto de 1969 - Richie Havens (I Can't Make it Anymore) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezb2KkGJUww Complete Woodstock 1969 recordings of Richie Havenshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7MarlixBRY |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Joe Offer Date: 15 Aug 22 - 03:45 PM HARBO AND SAMUELSON Jerry Bryan's song says that HARBO AND SAMUELSON finished rowing across the Atlantic on August the First. Harbo and Samuelsen by Pint and Dale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYSr8QMfnKs The Ballad of Harbo and Samuelsen (Live) (feat. Don Sinetti & Bill Walach) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrby_Ep-Wg0 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 16 Aug 22 - 04:21 AM AQABA 16 August 1888: TE Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, was born in Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIUhmMPoKis Aqaba June Tabor; I have suggested ideas to people, as with Bill Caddick and “Aqaba”. Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics: Aqaba http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Aqaba.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Aug 22 - 06:36 AM SONGS ABOUT LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Manic Street Preachers TE Lawrence on a Bike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpJHPOq1HWc “The Ghost” - Running Wild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj-7yP3fG9g T. E. Lawrence from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 16 Aug 22 - 07:51 AM 16 August 1977. The king of rock ’n’ roll Elvis Presley died in the bathroom of his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Richard Thompson FROM GALWAY TO GRACELAND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLSZXHXFsss Galway to Graceland List of songs about or referencing Elvis Presley, from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_or_referencing_Elvis_Presley |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Aug 22 - 04:26 AM August 17, 1887 Marcus Garvey was born SONGS ABOUT MARCUS GARVEY “Marcus Garvey” - Sinéad O'Connor ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y47V8MNcRbc Marcus Garvey - Tarrus Riley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZppi1f_1eY Them Never Love Poor Marcus - The Mighty Diamonds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv6cVi0NYpU ”Oh Marcus” - Leroy Smart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f6ml6cTtdE “Old Marcus Garvey”- Burning Spear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsrcrceVsUU Songs about Marcus Garvey (Tribute To The Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey) By DJ Ray Ranking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFLvsyT10QI |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Aug 22 - 09:24 AM SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Aug 22 - 06:04 AM 13 August ,1831 Dic Penderyn aka Richard Lewis, Welsh labourer was hanged after being involved in The Merthyr Rising. DIC PENDERYN Dic Penderyn from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dic_Penderyn Dic Penderyn (The Ballad of Richard Lewis)– Martyn Joseph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtPJpqhmkOM Dic Penderyn- Sweet Liberties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCp0n0_-blM Dic Penderyn (Yn Fyw) - Meic Stevens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSCiFhEZIfY Merthyr Rising from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merthyr_Rising |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Aug 22 - 06:02 AM Aug 24, 1935. wreck of the Annie Young en route from Fox Island to Labrador THE ANNIE YOUNG On the twenty-fourth of August the truth I will relate, In nineteen hundred and thirty-five those poor men met their fate. The Annie Young Lyrics from disastersongs.ca The Song Of The Annie Young (Walter Hayman) https://disastersongs.ca/the-annie-young/ Annie Young Story (Ocean Show Band) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taUyUWKMgj8 Full lyrics and video for "The Song Of The Annie Young" (Walter Hayman) http://gestsongs.com/20/annie.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Aug 22 - 05:19 PM 16 August, 1766 Birth of Scottish songwriter Lady Nairne - famous for writing more than 80 songs including "Charlie is my darling", "Will ye no' come back again?", "The Rowan Tree", "Wi' a Hundred Pipers' and "Caller Herrin’ ”. SONGS BY LADY NAIRNE Carolina Nairne from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Nairne ”Will Ye No Come Back Again”- Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Will+Ye+No+Come+Back+Again "Charlie is my Darling" - Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Charlie+is+my+Darling%22+ "The Rowan Tree"- Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+rowan+tree+song+ "Caller Herrin'"-Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=caller+herrin+song "Wi" a Hundred Pipers” - Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Wi%27+a+Hundred+Pipers%27+song Songs by the Baroness Nairne from electricscotland.com (with links to lyrics) https://electricscotland.com/nairne/songsndx.htm MUDCAT : Lady Nairne biography /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=167259&messages=13#top |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Chris Lamb Date: 28 Aug 22 - 09:51 PM ROOM FOR COMPANY or BARTHOLOMEW FAIR (lyrics in Digitrad) The Bartholomew Fair was one of London's pre-eminent summer charter fairs. A charter for the fair was granted by Henry I to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew; and from 1133 to 1855 it took place each year on 24 August within the precincts of the Priory at West Smithfield ...The fair was suppressed in 1855 by the City authorities for encouraging debauchery and public disorder. (Wikipedia). The 24th of August is celebrated in Western Christianity as the Feast of St Bartholomew. Mainly Norfolk: Bartholomew Fair / Room for Company https://mainlynorfolk.info/danny.spooner/songs/bartholomewfair.html Room For Company · Ewan MacColl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l99HDlDhKk Various recordings of “ Bartholomew Fair “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bartholomew+Fair++song Bartholomew Fair from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Fair |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 29 Aug 22 - 07:52 AM 29 August 1782: The 100-ton battleship HMS Royal George - the largest warship in the world at the time of her launch in 1756 - sank off Spithead. Royal George was heeled over by rolling the ship's starboard guns into the centreline of the ship. Royal George quickly filled with water and sank, taking with her around 900 people, including up to 300 women and 60 children who were visiting the ship in harbour. TOLL FOR THE BRAVE - "On the Loss of the Royal George"; Tune, Handel's march for Scipio (1725); Words by William Cowper; Sung by Ged Fox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th7qo_k0UEc Toll for the Brave
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Aug 22 - 10:36 AM SONGS ABOUT FREDERICK DOUGLASS August 11, 1841 Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, spoke before an audience in the North for the first time. During an anti-slavery convention on Nantucket Island, he gave a powerful, emotional account of his life as a slave. He was immediately asked to become a full-time lecturer for the Massachusetts Antislavery Society. Frederick Douglass From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass "Farewell Song of Frederick Douglass", performed by Jonathan Rhodes, tenor & Lee Wright piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I53djcD77iA Rare sheet music celebrates Frederick Douglass https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/rare-rediscovered-song-honoring-frederick-douglass-to-be-performed-for-the-first-time-in-a- Slave Song by Adolphus C. Hailstork https://songofamerica.net/song/slave-song/ Agitate (Frederick Douglass)-Jonathan Sprout https://www.songsforteaching.com/africanamericanhistory/agitate.htm The Fugitive's Song https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661459/#:~:text=The%20cover's%20text%20states%20that,of%20his%20brothers%20in%20bonds |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Aug 22 - 11:22 AM SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON
Aug 16, 1777. General John Stark & local militia routed the British at the Battle of Bennington, a battle of the American Revolutionary War . |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 31 Aug 22 - 04:03 AM 31 August 1688 John Bunyan, the Puritan preacher and author most famous for his popular allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, died on August 31, 1688. TO BE A PILGRIM aka He Who Would Valiant Be is an English Christian hymn using words of John Bunyan in The Pilgrim's Progress. It first appeared in Part 2 of The Pilgrim's Progress, written in 1684. The words were modified extensively by Percy Dearmer for the 1906 The English Hymnal. At the same time it was given a new tune by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, who used a melody taken from the traditional song "Our Captain Cried All Hands" which he collected [from Mrs Verrall] in the hamlet of Monk's Gate [near Horsham in West Sussex] – hence the name of "Monks Gate" by which the melody is referred to in hymn books. Wikipedia I can never forget singing this at school; Hobgoblin nor foul fiend can daunt his spirit; He knows he at the end shall life inherit. Then fancies fly away; he'll fear not what men say; He'll labour night and day to be a pilgrim. Our Captain Cried All Hands Many recordings of “He Who Would Valiant Be” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=He+who+would+Valiant+Be
Mainly Norfolk: Our Captain Cried All Hands / Fountains Flowing https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/ourcaptaincriedallhands.html |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 31 Aug 22 - 05:54 AM I’D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE 31 August 1900. Coca-Cola first went on sale in Britain. I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke January 18, 1971 Bill Backer, creative director on the Coca-Cola account for the McCann Erickson advertising agency, was flying to London to meet up with Billy Davis, the music director on the Coca-Cola account, to write radio commercials with two successful British songwriters, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, to be recorded by the New Seekers, a popular British singing group. [This great song was written in almost 24 hours and campaign’s directors tried to film the clip as quickly as the song.] The new budget eventually topped $250,000, a staggering amount in that era. Davis allowed a group of studio singers to record the new song lyric to "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke." They called themselves "The Hillside Singers" in order to identify with the TV image. Within two weeks of the release of the Hillside Singers recording, it was on the national charts. Two weeks after that, Davis was able to convince the New Seekers to find the time and record their version of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)," the new title for the song version of "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke." He took them to the studio on a Sunday and produced the record which became the Top 10 hit, followed by the Hillside Singers' version as No. 13 on the pop charts. The song was recorded in a wide range of languages and sold more sheet music than any song in the previous 10 years. The Coca-Cola Company donated the first $80,000 in royalties earned from the song by writers and publishers to UNICEF under an agreement with the writers. Creating the ad |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Aug 22 - 05:23 PM SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF GORIZIA 6 August-17 August, 1916 The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo also known as the Battle of Gorizia was the most successful Italian offensive along the Soca (Isonzo) River during World War I. ”O Gorizia, tu sei maledetta” – Many recordings on YouTube https://www.google.com/search?q=o+gorizia+tu+sei+maledetta+youtube&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&oq=O+Gorizia%2C+tu+sei+maledetta & ”Oj, Doberdob!” - Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Oj%2C+Doberdob! Sixth Battle of the Isonzo from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Battle_of_the_Isonzo MUDCAT -100 years ago: Gorizia/Doberdo /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=160371&messages=3
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Sep 22 - 05:23 PM HORNCASTLE FAIR Horncastle Horse Fair was held in August for three weeks and was once the largest of its kind in the U.K. Horncastle Fair from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/OSLi08.html Mainly Norfolk: Horncastle Fair https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/horncastlefair.html Horncastle Fair · Vikki Clayton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbVXIYndOI0 Horncastle Fair -Ray Elliott https://christopherhinkins.com/ray-elliott/ |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Sep 22 - 04:36 AM CANDLE IN THE WIND 31 August 1997 Diana,Princess of Wales died in a car crash.
Candle In The Wind - Elton John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxyf1caYbbU |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Sep 22 - 08:15 AM August 13, 1860. Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter, was born Annie Oakley from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley#Depictions_in_arts_and_entertainment SONGS ABOUT ANNIE OAKLEY
Andy Pratt - Avenging Annie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__7OrOxoQxI |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Sep 22 - 03:34 AM SONGS COLLECTED BY LUCY BROADWOOD Lucy Broadwood, English folksong collector and researcher, was born on 9 August, 1858 and died on 22 August, 1929. Lucy Broadwood from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Broadwood Lucy Broadwood Collection from The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library https://www.vwml.org/archives-catalogue/LEB Listed English County Songs from The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/books/englishcountysongs.html Traditional Song Forum video talk by Martin Graebe about Sabine Baring-Gould and Lucy Broadwood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asR8nRga5hg |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Sep 22 - 12:35 PM SONGS SUNG BY FLORRIE FORDE
16 August 1876. Florrie Forde, music hall performer was born in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Sep 22 - 07:07 PM THE MATHEW HENSON SONG 8 August, 1866 Birth of African American explorer Matthew Henson. He accompanied Robert E. Peary on several Arctic expeditions and reached the North Pole ”Matthew Henson” From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Henson Matthew Henson tribute song – music,lyrics and voice by Enty3way Music, choirs, mixed and mastered by Sanchesqui.ng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6v-_5UDXIw |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Sep 22 - 06:40 AM THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT August 17, 1786 David Crockett was born in eastern Tennessee. Davy Crockett from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett Many recordings of “ Ballad of Davy Crockett “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ballad+of+David+Crockett < |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Sep 22 - 05:56 PM THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIERE Aug 19, 1812. the U.S.S. Constitution defeated and captured H.M.S. Guerriere. Various recordings of “The Constitution and the Guerriere” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Constitution+and+the+Guerriere+song+ USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution_vs_HMS_Guerriere |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Sep 22 - 08:51 AM August 23, 1927. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed. SONGS ABOUT SACCO AND VANZETTI Sacco and Vanzetti from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballads_of_Sacco_%26_Vanzetti Links to YouTube Recordings of Guthrie’s “Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti” Many recordings of "The Flood and the Storm" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22The+Flood+and+the+Storm%22+ Many recordings of "I Just Want to Sing Your Name" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22I+Just+Want+to+Sing+Your+Name%22+ Many recordings of "Old Judge Thayer" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Old+Judge+Thayer%22+ Many recordings of "Red Wine" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Red+Wine%22++song+Woody+Guthrie Many recordings of "Root Hog and Die" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Root+Hog+and+Die%22+Woody+Guthrie Many recordings of "Suassos Lane" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Suassos+Lane%22+++Woody+Guthrie Many recordings of "Two Good Men" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+%22Two+Good+Men%22++++Woody+Guthrie Many recordings of "Vanzetti's Letter" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Vanzetti%27s+Letter%22+++Woody+Guthrie Many recordings of "Vanzetti's Rock" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Vanzetti%27s+Rock%22++++Woody+Guthrie Many recordings of "We Welcome to Heaven" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22We+Welcome+to+Heaven%22+++Woody+Guthrie Many recordings of "You Souls of Boston" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22You+Souls+of+Boston%22+++Woody+Guthrie Many recordings of The Ballad of Sacco & Vanzetti (aka Here’s to You) on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Ballad+of+Sacco+%26+Vanzetti Sacco's Letter To His Son - Pete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XdMB4t4wPk |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Sep 22 - 09:30 AM SCARBOROUGH FAIR
In medieval times, Scarborough Fair lasted 45 days and started every year on August 15th |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Sep 22 - 06:31 PM CAPTAIN AVERY 20 August 1659 The pirate Henry Avery, also known as Henry Every, was born at Newton Ferrers,near Plymouth, Devon, England. Henry Every from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Every A Copy of Verses, Composed by Captain Henry Every, Lately Gone to Sea to seek his Fortune https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Copy_of_Verses,_Composed_by_Captain_Henry_Every,_Lately_Gone_to_Sea_to_seek_his_Fortune MUDCAT Tune Req: Captain Avery / Two English Travellers /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171692&messages=5#top Information about Avery from Traditional Music.co /Naval Songs & Ballads http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/navel-songs-ballads/naval-songs-ballads%20-%200052.htm Captain Every from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/BdCapEve.html |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 25 Jan 23 - 04:20 PM The Porrajmos, or Porajmos (translated 'the Devouring') is the term used to describe the Nazi genocide of Europe's Roma and Sinti (Gypsy) population. While these travelling people are included among the victims of genocide who are commemorated in the International Holocaust Memorial Day (27 Jan, beginning of the liberation of Auschwitz), 2 AUGUST is the European Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma "On 2 August, we commemorate the last 4,300 Sinti and Roma in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, who were murdered by the SS on that night in 1944 despite their fierce resistance. In memory of all 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe, the European Parliament declared this date the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma in 2015." Mudcat thread Lyr Req: Rom Song about Holocaust has references to Aušvits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ5yItOCSEM and https://www.ushmm.org/collections/the-museums-collections/collections-highlights/music-of-the-holocaust-highlights-from-the-collection/music-of-the-holocaust/auschwitz and lyrics in French, LES BOHEMIENS by Tony Gatlif and Delphine Mantoulet (Sung by Catherine Ringer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B6fMZbtXFk and lyrics in English, Your New Saint by Larry (Lorcan) Otway Link to YOUR NEW SAINT by Lorcan Otway on MUDCAT Thread, Songs in English about the Spanish Civil War /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=128093#saint:~:text=Subject%3A%20Lyr%20Add%3A%20THE%20NEW%20SAINT%20(Lorcan%20Otway)%0AFr |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Jul 23 - 04:48 AM THE BALLAD OF ROGER CASEMENT aka BANNA STRAND 3 August 1916 Execution by hanging at Pentonville Prison, of Irish revolutionary Roger Casement. The Ballad of Roger Casement, from Execution Ballads https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/items/show/958 The Ballad of Roger Casement, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPnptC3JjJw Various recordings of “ Banna Strand” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lonely+banna+strand+song |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Jul 23 - 06:13 PM August 2, 1864 until August 23, 1864. The Battle of Mobile Bay, a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War, during which Rear Admiral David G. Farragut issued orders which became the famous catchphrase, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" FARRAGUT’S BALL Farragut’s Ball - Dan Milner, Gabriel Donohue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE0tZgN4WL4 Battle of Mobile Bay from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mobile_Bay David Farragut from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Farragut
Admiral Farragut; Civil War Figures, from Tennessee Civil War 150 https://video.wnpt.org/video/admiral-david-farragut-figures-tennessee-civil-war-150-exszv/ |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Aug 23 - 06:46 PM August 1866 The music hall song "Champagne Charlie" premièred at the Princess' Concert Hall in Leeds.
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Aug 23 - 03:01 AM THE BALLAD OF HERBERT LEONARD MILLS August 3, 1951 The murder of Mabel Tattershaw, by Herbert Leonard Mills, in Sherwood Forest, Nottingham,England. Ballad of Herbert Leonard Mills - Big Al Whittle https://soundcloud.com/denise_whittle/the-ballad-of-herbert-leonard-mills Herbert Leonard Mills: Murderpedia entry https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mills-herbert-leonard.htm |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Aug 23 - 11:37 AM SONGS ABOUT MARILYN MONROE August 5, 1962 American film star Marilyn Monroe died at age 36 from an overdose of sleeping pills. MARILYN MONROE sung by The Ian Campbell Folk Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=827lPUAWiZ0 Mudcat, Lyr Add: Marilyn Monroe (Sydney Carter/Rory McEwen) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=133310 WHO KILLED NORMA JEAN? sung by Pete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Sy1Gn4V58 Recording, Lyrics and Information from Sing Out https://singout.org/who-killed-norma-jean/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Sy1Gn4V58 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80rHyABCb20 Candle in the Wind from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle_in_the_Wind THE BALLAD OF MARILYN MONROE - Red River Dave McEnery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZLEEjW17mc Talking About Marilyn Monroe in Song by Steve Pafford https://www.stevepafford.com/monroe/ |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Aug 23 - 10:04 AM FAREWELL LINCOLN CASTLE 4 August 1941. Maiden voyage of the paddle steamer PS Lincoln Castle. She was a coal-fired side-wheel paddle steamer which ferried passengers across the Humber from the 1941 until 1978. She was the last coal-fired paddle steamer still in regular services in the UK. Farewell Lincoln Castle - Spare Hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt2FS0wGyO8 Farewell Lincoln Castle Lyrics and information from Spare Hands https://www.sparehands.org.uk/lincoln-castle/ P.S. Lincoln Castle Humber Ferry -Borassick Steve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpq-bAe78ok Lincon Castle from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_Lincoln_Castle |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 09 Aug 23 - 10:31 PM 10 August On this day in 1842, the Mines Act was passed by the British Parliament, forbidding women and children to work underground. I praise your good intentions, Sir, I love your kind and gentle heart But now it's 1842, and you and me, we're miles apart A hundred years and more will pass before we're walking side by side But please accept my grateful thanks. God bless you Sir, at least you tried In August 1842 the Children's Employment Commission drew up an act of Parliament which gave a minimum working age for boys in mines, though the age varied between districts and even between mines. The Mines and Collieries Act 1842 also outlawed the employment of women and girls in mines. In 1870 it became compulsory for all children aged between five and thirteen to go to school, ending much of the hurrying. It was still a common profession for school leavers well into the 1920s. The 1969 song THE TESTIMONY OF PATIENCE KERSHAW by Frank Higgins (recorded by Roy Bailey and The Unthanks) is based on the testimony of Patience Kershaw (aged 17) when she spoke to the Children's Employment Commission. Her testimony includes: "The bald place upon my head is made by thrusting the corves ... I hurry the corves a mile and more underground and back; they weigh 3 cwt ... The getters that I work for are naked except for their caps ... Sometimes they beat me if I am not quick enough". It was published in My Song Is My Own (compiled by Kathy Henderson, Pluto Press, 1979). Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmhACB1ZPQM&t=7s Unthanks Many other recordings of “ The Testimony of Patience Kershaw” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Testimony+of+Patience+Kershaw Mudcat DT, Lyrics: The Testimony of Patience Kershaw /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5724 Hurrying from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrying Whatever Happened to Patience Kershaw? From Live Journal of Nicholas Whyte https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3620489.html
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Aug 23 - 03:59 AM PUCK FAIR 10–12 August The Puck Fair takes place annually in Killorglin, County Kerry and is one of Ireland's oldest fairs. Puck Fair · P.J. Murrihy · Seamus Shannon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7_aBBq-_uM Puck Fair from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_Fair MUDCAT Folklore: Puck Fair in Co. Kerry /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=66572 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Aug 23 - 04:08 AM SONGS APPROPRIATE FOR INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 12 August International Youth Day MY GENERATION by The Who https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN5zw04WxCc THE CIRCLE GAME by Joni Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGHjHU_Z8d8 TEENAGE KICKS by The Undertones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg International Youth Day from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Day |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Aug 23 - 05:50 AM SONGS ABOUT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 3 August 1492 Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships on his first voyage across the Atlantic towards the unknown continent of America. Columbus (Didn't Find America) · Show of Hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yulNuGpv8io Christopher Columbus - Fats Waller https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=christopher+columbus+fats+waller Christopher Columbus · Guy Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pE5Jqv8lk8 Christopher Columbus - Burning Spear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK9-i62yktg Christopher Columbus - Ken Boothe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW752jKUqAU Christopher Columbus from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Aug 23 - 06:59 PM 5 August 1388, or 19 August (according to English sources) The Battle of Otterburn, part of the continuing border skirmishes between the Scots and English. CHEVY CHASE, and THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN contain parallel biographical and historical information. The Ballad of Chevy Chase from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Chevy_Chase Facsimile copies of The Ballad of Chevy Chase from the English Broadside Ballad Archive of the University of California, Santa Barbara http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/search_combined/?ss=chevy+chase Many recordings of “Chevy Chase” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+ballad+of+chevy+chase+song Battle of Otterburn from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Otterburn The Battle of Otterburn (Border Reiver Ballad) - Ungern Sternberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VndRwoAMWyY “The Battle of Otterburn” from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/june.tabor/songs/thebattleofotterburn.html Many recordings of “The Battle of Otterburn” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+battle+of+otterburn+song |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Aug 23 - 10:15 AM Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Sep 22 - 09:30 AM SCARBOROUGH FAIR In medieval times, Scarborough Fair lasted 45 days and started every year on August 15th. In 1891 Kidson published a version "sung by a ballad singer in Whitby streets twenty or thirty years ago". And he got a second version from Mr. A. Wardill, a railway pointsman of Goathland, refrain; Rue, parsley, rosemary and thyme. The Whitby and Pickering Railway, one of earliest railways in Yorkshire, had opened throughout on 26 May 1836. Cecil Sharp in 1913 collected a tune and three verses from Richard Hutton, aged 65, also in Goathland. Ewan MacColl claims he collected the famous melody from Mark Anderson (1874–1953), a retired lead miner from Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham in 1947. Jim Boyes, born Bridlington, 1945, and Belinda O'Hooley, born Leeds, 1971, notably perform Kidson's words to Mr Wardill's tune on Sensations of a Wound, The Long, Long Trail of Robert Riby Boyes. (No Masters NMCD44 2015). Robert Riby "Croppie" Boyes, Jim's grandfather, was bred and born in Scarborough. Jim also chose the song because of the reference to the shirt, which leads to a song later in the story. Pete Coe and Alice Jones sing the same version on the Yorkshire Garland page, The Search for Frank Kidson; https://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/kidson.cfm Scarborough Fair |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Aug 23 - 10:22 AM 15 August 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica. BONEY WAS A WARRIOR For Boney was a Corsican Way hey ya A rortin, snortin Corsican John Francois JOHN BULL AND BONAPARTE (1803) Tune – “Blue Bell of Scotland”; When and O when does this little Boney come? Perhaps he’ll come in August! Perhaps he’ll stay at home; But it’s O in my heart, how I’ll hide him should he come. Songs About Napoleon Bonaparte from Shannon Selin https://shannonselin.com/2018/01/songs-about-napoleon-bonaparte/ Various recordings of “ Boney was a Warrior" on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boney+was+a+warrior+song Boney (Was a Warrior) from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/boney.html Link to post SONGS ABOUT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, in Mudcat thread Any May Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169613#napoleonbonaparte:~:text=Subject%3A%20RE%3A%20Any%20May%20songs%3F%0AFrom%3A%20Geo |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Aug 23 - 04:58 AM 25th August 1894 The Merchant Shipping Act 1894, known as the 'Limejuice Act' was passed by the UK Parliament. THE LIMEJUICE SHIP The Limejuice Ship / According to the Act from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thelimejuiceship.html#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Act%20concerns,of%20Limejuice%20ten%2 John Roberts and Tony Barrand sing The Limejuice Ship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OFxWnRGceI Various recordings of ”The Limejuice Ship “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Limejuice+Ship+++ |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Aug 23 - 05:42 AM 21 August 1940. Leon Trotsky, was assassinated in Mexico City, Mexico SONGS ABOUT LEON TROTSKY BLUES FOR LEON TROTSKY / Lev Davidovich - Daniel Kahn ,Psoy Korolenko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOPDcQT9AZU SONG ABOUT TROTSKY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFJAjH2FYnM NO MORE HEROES - The Stranglers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2np37JNEg No More Heroes (The Stranglers song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Heroes_(The_Stranglers_song) LENIN UN TROTSKY - Kapelye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSp3bNQqAq8 I’M LENIN, I’M TROTSKY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKQjD25i0r4 MUDCAT,Origins: Russian Song (I'm Lenin, I'm Trotsky) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=155349&messages=21#top Leon Trotsky from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Long Firm Freddie Date: 22 Aug 23 - 07:22 AM CAESAR AUGUSTUS Caesar Augustus - Richard Cootes LFF 19 August AD 14 Roman Emperor Augustus died Augustus from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Aug 23 - 04:55 PM THE ROAD TO BARCELONA 25 August 1936 Death of Felicia Browne, the first British volunteer to die in the Spanish Civil War. She was killed in action on the Aragón front near Tardienta while serving as part of a band of raiders attempting to dynamite a Nationalist munitions train. The Road To Barcelona Words and music by Patrick Dexter Vocal by Eilís Dexter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ki_HNVqKk (n.b.)Her name was Felicia not Felicity as given in this YouTube recording. Felicia Browne from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Browne Felicia Browne from Spartacus Educational https://spartacus-educational.com/WbrowneF.htm “Felicia Browne and the Spanish Civil War by Anne Newman” https://www.anart4life.com/felicity-browne-and-the-spanish-civil-war/ |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Aug 23 - 03:23 AM 26 August 1910 Birth of, Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. SONGS ABOUT MOTHER THERESA OF CALCUTTA MOTHER THERESA’S SONG - Laura Tompkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ9aV94AVaY COME BE MY LIGHT - Students from Maronite College of the Holy Family Come Be My Light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ztI1n-xrY JUST ONE AT A TIME Sarah Logan ,Ankita Sachdev, Kiran Pradhan,Tushar Apte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAHOOk-Pok0 Mother Theresa from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa International Day of Charity from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Charity Information about UN Charity Day https://www.un.org/en/observances/charity-day |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Aug 23 - 10:43 AM THE GALE OF AUGUST ‘27 The Gale of August, '27 from Mainsail Café https://mainsailcafe.com/songs/the-gale-of-august-27 Vaughan Williams Library entries for Roud #9431 https://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/9431 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_Nova_Scotia_hurricane |
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