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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Nov 24 - 05:31 AM August 21, 1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion, a rebellion of enslaved Virginians in Southampton County, Virginia. SONGS ABOUT NAT TURNER
“The Ballad of Nat Turner-“ Mbiyu Chui William K. Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHYDCAVVJ8 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Nov 24 - 06:14 PM 20th August 1867. The Merchant Shipping Act 1867 was passed by the UK Parliament requiring that lime or lemon Juice and other anti-scorbutics must be provided and kept on board ships. This was intended to prevent scurvy amongst ships’ crews. This gave rise to the term “lime-juicers” when referring to British sailors and in the USA this eventually resulted in the term “limey” being used as a slang term for British folk in general. Limey from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limey THE LIME JUICE SHIP Mainsail Café https://mainsailcafe.com/songs/limejuice-ship Many other recordings of ”Lime Juice Ship” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lime+Juice+Ship ACCORDING TO THE ACT - Hughie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hm3wRrB2E0 According to the Act from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/FaE042.html |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Nov 24 - 12:53 PM THE LAUGHING BOY by Brendan Behan I went to take the warming air all in the month of flowers And there I saw a maiden and heard her mournful cry: Oh, what will mend my broken heart? I've lost my laughing boy! The Laughing Boy - The Brendan Behan Pig and Whistle Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5VMdqoRl5c The Laughing Boy by Brendan Behan performed by McKenna, Carroll, Rowsome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZRyXGkqJxc The Laughing Boy/An Buachaill Geal Gáireach, RTE Radio programme about the song https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22137880/ Lyrics and recording of the poem “The Laughing Boy “ from Poets Corner https://poetscorner.blog/2019/03/20/the-laughing-boy/ Link to Index of Any November Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?ThreadID=170494#indexnovember:~:text=below.%2D%20Regards%2C%20GeoffLawes-,INDEX%20OF%20NOVEMBER%20 Link to Index of Any December Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170618#4126401:~:text=From%3A%20Levana%20Taylor%20%2D%20PM%0ADate%3A%2016%20Nov%2021%20%2 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Nov 24 - 04:55 PM August 1695 British grenadiers mounted an assault on the French-held fortress of Namur during the Nine Years War. This is reputed to be the event which sparked the writing of the song THE BRITISH GRENADIERS The British Grenadiers from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_British_Grenadiers Various recordings of “ The British Grenadiers“ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+British+Grenadiers+Song+ How Soldiers in the Seven Years War originally sang "The British Grenadiers" https://www.militaryheritage.com/british-grenadiers.htm Grenadier from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadier |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Nov 24 - 06:31 AM 5 August 1916 English composer, George Butterworth was killed at Pozières, Somme, France, during World War One. George Butterworth, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Butterworth SONGS COMPOSED BY GEORGE BUTTERWORTH https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhHUg8xSoZUHxYeq8dAJoTOewOvP-Alw8 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Nov 24 - 07:07 PM 4 August, 1725 Birth of John Newton English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist, at Wapping, London. He is noted for being author of the hymns “Amazing Grace” and “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”. John Newton from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newton HYMNS BY JOHN NEWTON Amazing Grace · Judy Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3G-suuZgK4 Many more recordings of Amazing Grace on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=amazing+grace+hymn Amazing Grace from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace Many recordings of “ Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Glorious+Things+of+Thee+Are+Spoken.+ Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Things_of_Thee_Are_Spoken |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: FreddyHeadey Date: 02 Nov 24 - 07:31 PM Geoff\Anyone interested in Frederick Douglass ^ mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170145#songsaboutfrederickdouglass might like to listen to this BBC programme from 2018. NB no music. Frederick Douglass - 2018 BBC Radio4 - In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818 and, once he had escaped, became one of that century's most prominent abolitionists. He was such a good orator, his opponents doubted his story, but he told it in grim detail in 1845 in his book 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.' He went on to address huge audiences in Great Britain and Ireland and there some of his supporters paid off his owner, so Douglass could be free in law and not fear recapture. After the Civil War and the abolition of slavery, he campaigned for equal rights for African-Americans, arguing against those such as Lincoln who had wanted freed slaves to leave America and found a colony elsewhere. "We were born here," he said, "and here we will remain." With : Celeste-Marie Bernier Professor of Black Studies in the English Department at the University of Edinburgh Karen Salt Assistant Professor in Transnational American Studies at the University of Nottingham Nicholas Guyatt Reader in North American History at the University of Cambridge Producer: Simon Tillotson. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09qb0kc Link to post above SONGS ABOUT FREDERICK DOUGLASS |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Sep 24 - 07:13 AM Link to INDEX OF AUGUST SONGS |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Sep 24 - 04:23 PM 31 August 1900 Coca Cola is sold for the first time in Britain. RUM AND COCA COLA - The Andrews Sisters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk Rum & Coca Cola -Lord Invader - Rupert Westmore Grant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFKnLfOEwqI Coca Cola Commercial - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - 1971https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-Qiyklq-Q THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE - The Who https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oCp5dV61g4 COCA COLA COWBOY - Mel Tillis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT7j5qOcbR0
Link to post above from henryp I’D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Sep 24 - 06:57 AM 30 August 1860 Britain’s first tramway opened in Birkenhead, near Liverpool. RIDING ON TOP OF THE CAR Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Riding+on+Top+of+the+Car |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Sep 24 - 01:17 PM August 10, 1887 The Great Chatsworth Train Wreck occurred 3 miles (5 km) east of Chatsworth, Illinois, in the United States. About 85 were killed and many were injured. CHATSWORTH WRECK - Johnsburg 3 (Bucky Halker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcYc4-R3JE Lyrics from Mudcat DT /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6040 Great Chatsworth train wreck from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1887_Great_Chatsworth_train_wreck |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Sep 24 - 06:04 PM August 28, 1955 Murder of Emmet Till Emmett Till from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till# SONGS ABOUT EMMET TILL THE DEATH OF EMMET TILL AKA The Ballad of Emmet Till - Bob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-0vClQa1Hw THE DEATH OF EMMET TILL - The Ramparts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4fJ1s_W84 MY NAME IS EMMET TILL - Emmylou Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlHAr5IZhp8 EMMET’S GHOST - Eric Bibb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_OBMr-SvM4 TOO MANY MARTYRS - Phil Ochs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwh3UwElu6c (A song about Medger Evers which also refers to Emmet Till) |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Sep 24 - 07:05 AM 13 August 1961 Construction of Berlin Wall started. BERLIN WALL SONGS BERLIN WALL - Rai Thistlethwayte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBX1Al6RlZ4 DANCING ON THE BERLIN WALL - Rational Youth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZr4KnpYhCE TEAR ME DOWN - Hedwig and the Angry Inch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZ5F2CKlZE ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - Pink Floyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMtSisXjYZo WIND OF CHANGE - Scorpions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Sep 24 - 11:16 AM 18–19 August 1612 Pendle witch Trials took place at Lancaster Assizes. Pendle witches from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witches SONGS ABOUT THE PENDLE WITCHES OLD PENDLE - The Pendlefolk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-g8Wvttrj8 THE PENDLE WITCHES - Cobalt Tales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNT-6cuEuZE PENDLE WITCH SONG by Ursula Holden Gill https://ursulaholdengill.bandcamp.com/track/pendle-witch-song THE SONG OF ALIZON DEVICE (PENDLE WITCH SONG No 1) https://soundcloud.com/something-memorable/the-song-of-alizon-device MENDLE - Mr. Fox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQN9XyGcuyE |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Sep 24 - 05:04 AM 8th August, 1963 Britain’s Great Train Robbery Great Train Robbery (1963), article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Train_Robbery_(1963)#:~:text=stolen%20the%20train!%22-,Robbers%20and%20accomplices,to%20recr (HAVE YOU SEEN) BRUCE RICHARD REYNOLDS? - James Donal Faulkner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHnc0kxwB_E Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds - Alabama 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QbmRgKuWa8 Bruce Richard Reynolds - Nigel Denver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSKTxGhJDY4 Bruce Richard Reynolds - Co Jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAp6S735D4o |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Sep 24 - 07:18 PM August 6, 1962 Jamaica became independent after centuries of British and Spanish rule. INDEPENDENT JAMAICA - Lord Creator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmJbq2U7ODk |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Aug 24 - 06:13 AM 30th August 1936 The RMS Queen Mary won the Blue Riband by setting the fastest time for a transatlantic crossing. QUEEN OF THE SEA - Alex Mendham & His Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uFz4AF-cfY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElFGB1KStxg Queen Of The Sea "Queen Mary"by Horatio Nicholls from Songfacts - https://www.songfacts.com/facts/horatio-nicholls/queen-of-the-sea-queen-mary RMS Queen Mary from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Aug 24 - 09:35 AM 29th August 1930 The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda (40 miles west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean) were voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson - Hirta Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0E2QR7A2g Hirta from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirta Lost songs of St Kilda https://www.lostsongsofstkilda.com/ On this day 1930: The evacuation of St Kilda, from The Scotsman https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/on-this-day-1930-the-evacuation-of-st-kilda-581945 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Aug 24 - 05:27 PM August 28 1914 The first major naval action between British and German naval forces during the First World War, the Battle of Heligoland Bight. WE’LL KNOCK THE HELIGO INTO HELIGO - Sung by Laurence Rubenstein accompanied by Denese Coulbeck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap32LeqW4tg "We'll Knock the Heligo Into Heligo Out of Heligoland" sung by Arthur Fields, baritone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-JzWbqcQq8 We'll Knock The Heligo-- Into Heligo-- Out Of Heligoland! from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27ll_Knock_The_Heligo--_Into_Heligo--_Out_Of_Heligoland! Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight_(1914) |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST Date: 28 Aug 24 - 12:06 AM 28 August 1963 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King made his “I have a dream” speech to a rally of 200,000 people in Washington. "Abraham, Martin and John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler. The song itself is a tribute to the memory of four assassinated Americans, all icons of social change: Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written in response to the assassination of King and that of Robert Kennedy in April and June 1968, respectively. It was first recorded by Dion, in a version that was a substantial North American chart hit in 1968–1969. Near-simultaneous cover versions by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and Moms Mabley also charted in the U.S. in 1969, and a version that same year by Marvin Gaye became the hit version in the UK. It was also a hit as part of a medley (with "What the World Needs Now Is Love") for Tom Clay in 1971, and has subsequently been recorded by many other artists. Wikipedia I Have A Dream Martin Luther King Jr with LyricsLet Freedom Ring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxRe6rCdYVA Dion Link to post above by henryp ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Aug 24 - 12:08 PM August 27, 1798 The Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, when Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clashed with the British Army.The Battle of Castlebar would later become known as the "Castlebar Races" or "Races of Castlebar". Battle of Castlebar from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Castlebar THE CASTLEBAR RACES - Rob McHale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7z1NEBEQE4 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Aug 24 - 05:52 AM August 25 1945 John Birch, an American Baptist missionary and U.S. Army intelligence officer, was killed by Chinese communists Later,this inspired the foundation of the John Birch Society. SONGS ABOUT THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY - The Chad Mitchell Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWCYSVZhPoU THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY SONG - Tom Paxton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRDumFXqOV0 TALKIN’ JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY PARANOID BLUES - Bob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AylFqdxRMwE Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues fromWikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkin%27_John_Birch_Paranoid_Blues THE JACK ASH SOCIETY - Pete Seeger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xX3IfQEH_E UNEASY RIDER - Charlie Daniels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrRwTTqm0o&t=1s I'm a faithful follower of Brother John Burch And I belong to the Antioch Baptist Church And I ain't even got a garage, you can call home and ask my wife John Birch Society from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Aug 24 - 07:10 PM 24 August 1803 Irish revolutionary James Napper Tandy died in France. He is memorialized in the Irish ballad The Wearing of the Green. THE WEARING OF THE GREEN The Wearing of the Green from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wearing_of_the_Green#:~:text=The%20best%2Dknown%20version%20is,rebel%20leader%20exiled%20in%20 . Lyrics and tune recording of The Wearing Of The Green https://www.ireland-information.com/irishmusic/thewearingofthegreen.shtml James Napper from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Napper_Tandy Various recordings of The Wearing of the Green on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Wearing+of+the+Green |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Aug 24 - 10:51 AM August 13, 1952 Willa Mae Thornton recorded "Hound Dog" at Radio Recorders Annex in Los Angeles , the day after its composition. August 18 1956 Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" reached No 1 in the charts. Hound Dog (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound_Dog_(song) HOUND DOG - Elvis Presley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHJ12Vhpyc Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxQdKbhPoBM |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Aug 24 - 06:37 AM August 17, 1883 The first public performance of the Dominican Republic’s national anthem, Quisqueyanos Valientes. QUISQUEYANOS VALIENTES Dominican National Anthem - "Quisqueyanos Valientes" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ED30PNAuU National Anthem of the Dominican Republic from Wikipedia https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himno_nacional_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Dominicana |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 17 Aug 24 - 06:20 AM 16 August 1948 Legendary American baseball player Babe Ruth died at age 53. OH! YOU BABE RUTH; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrUxBvcS8n0 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Aug 24 - 04:54 AM 14 August 1956 Death of German playwright, songwriter and poet Bertolt Brecht . Berthold Brecht from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht List of Songs with Lyrics by Berthold Brecht from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_with_lyrics_by_Bertolt_Brecht MACK THE KNIFE https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mack+the+knife+bertolt+brecht Mudcat Thread,Chord Req: Mack the Knife chord formations /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=77038 Mudcat Thread, Folklore: Beggars opera vs. Threepenny opera /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=77270 Many Bertolt Brecht songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bertolt+Brecht+songs |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Aug 24 - 11:38 AM Aug 15 778 AD Battle of Roncevaux Pass at which Roland was killed. Battle of Roncevaux Pass from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Roncevaux_Pass THE SONG OF ROLAND - Michael Kelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNrzCoASqSI Song of Roland - Rosalind Jehanne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLUf3vG9VdA ROLANDSKADET - Erik Bye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXWgoKP1AOU CHANSON DE ROLAND - dArtagnan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL_XSdQmGp0 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 15 Aug 24 - 06:01 AM .... and by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, which was used as the outtro for the film of the event. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – WOODSTOCK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM2dzjWYGLc |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Aug 24 - 02:02 AM On 15 August 1969: The three-day Woodstock festival began in upstate New York. More than 400,000 people watched artists such as The Who, Santana and Jimi Hendrix, but massive traffic jams, adverse weather and a shortage of food led to the event being declared a disaster area. Woodstock written by Joni Mitchell Also recorded by Matthews Southern Comfort Link to post above by henryp about WOODSTOCK |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Aug 24 - 01:51 AM On 15 August 1960 Britain’s first motorway restaurant was opened on the M1 at Newport Pagnell. Decameron, formed in 1968 in Cheltenham by Johnny Coppin and Dave Bell, had a Motorway Song with a chorus based on the motorway sign; A petrol pump A knife and fork A cup of tea And a P I don't think that they ever recorded it. THE MOTORWAY SONG (Rosselson) - The Black Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmIFNvIxvbk 2-4-6-8 MOTORWAY - Tom Robinson Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGrnEc_3mYo ENGLAND’S MOTORWAYS (Ewan MacColl) - Thomas Doran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1JqBy6lHK0 England's Motorway · Blackwater Céilí Band · Emmet Mulholland · Dermot Mulholland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sHj2R4EhdE England's Motorway (My Little Son) · Philomena Begley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOS6ckdSIo
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 15 Aug 24 - 01:05 AM On 15 August 1771, Sir Walter Scott, creator of the historical novel, was born in Edinburgh. His home, Abbotsford, is open to the public at Tweedbank in the Borders. SINGER'S REQUEST (Nic Jones, adapted from Scott) See Mudcat thread Origin: Singer's Request / Minstrel's Request Now the sun it does decline; pour the beer and pour the wine. We can lead your thoughts astray from the world and from the day. CHORUS Dark the night and long till day; do not bid us further stray. Dark the night and long till day; do not bid us further stray. We sing songs of history, love and war and mystery. We can lead you from despair, or can chill the darkening air. CHORUS You may choose to pass us by with a cruel or scornful eye. We will see the ending through, then we'll turn and say to you: CHORUS |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Aug 24 - 09:43 AM AUGUST 11th 1956 Death, in an automobile accident, of American abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock JACKSON POLLOCK - Daphne Eckman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-d7rkqCKVc Jackson Pollock from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST Date: 10 Aug 24 - 05:16 AM 10 August 1842: The Mines Act was passed by the British parliament, forbidding women and children to work underground. (continued) THE COLLIER LASS; Words collected in a printed broadside by Frank Kidson Tune compiled from two traditional tunes by Mike Harding www.vwml.org/record/FK/11/107/2 Roud Number: V7863 Traditional My name’s Polly Parker, I’m come o’er from Worsley My father and mother work in a coal mine My family’s large, we’ve got seven children And so I am forced to work down the coal mine By the greatest of dangers each day we’re surrounded, I hang in the air by a rope and a chain. The mine may fall in; I may be killed or be wounded May perish by firedamp or the fire of a train. From Coal mining with folk arts and poetry Produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS), June 2014 Written by Jayne Ambrose (NCMME), Sue Bousfield and Bryony Griffith Edited by: Frances Watt THE TRAPPER BOY’S DREAM https://lobmusiclibrary.wordpress.com/2019/11/09/the-colliers-rant-and-other-miners-ballads/ It shouldn’t be any surprise to learn there’s a large section in Lloyd’s book concerning songs about pit accidents and disasters. Mining today still has its dangers, but nothing compared to the perils of working in a Victorian-era mine. In his notes to this song, Lloyd gives the following information: The explosion at the West Moor Colliery, Killingsworth, [in 1845] occurred between two shifts. The gas was ignited by the candle of a little boy who was allowed to proceed before the men. There had been a fatal explosion at West Moor in January of the previous year, but nothing had been done to improve safety. His description of a ‘little boy’ makes me wonder whether the mine owner ignored the recently enacted Mines and Collieries Act. Here’s a couple of verses. ‘I thought that at my post I sat, upon my duty bent, When suddenly there came a sound as if the mine was rent: And then the earth rocked to and fro, and I strove for help to call For o’er my head a mass of coal hung ready to fall. ‘It swayed and tottered, still it hung, as held by secret power, and as I gazed such horrid faces round me seemed to lower. Grim demons looked with scowling eye, and nearer then they came. They smote and dashed me to the earth and turned my heart to flame.’ No recording to be found of this. Various recordings of The Collier Lass on Youtbe https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Collier+Lass+swong Link to post above by henryp about: The Mines Act of 10 August 1842 & THE TESTIMONY OF PATIENCE KERSHAW |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST Date: 09 Aug 24 - 06:07 AM AUGUST 10th , 2008 Death, at age 65, of American singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes WALK ON BY - Isaac Hayes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5loAY27W5IY Isaac Hayes top hits on YouTube nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=isaac+hayes+top+hits+ Isaac Hayes from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Steve Shaw Date: 07 Aug 24 - 09:00 PM Oops, I see I posted about that song three years ago! Still, isn't it lovely... |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Steve Shaw Date: 07 Aug 24 - 08:55 PM Chris Wood's version of Hares On The Mountain. It's August in the third verse! What a lovely song: do YouTube it... If all you young girls were like hares on the mountain We'd soon get our boots on and go out a-walking. But if all you young girls were like swans in the water We'd soon take those boots off and dive in there after. And if all you young girls were like stars in the dark We'd chase round the world to avoid the dawn's spark. And if all you young girls were like the sun in the morning We'd sit bleary-eyed just to see the day dawning. And if all you young girls were like rain from the sky We'd stand out in T-shirts and shun all things dry. And if all you young girls were like the hot August sun Then we'd sit out with ice-cream and get nothing done. And if all you young girls flew south like the swallow There's be nothing for it but to up sticks and follow. But if all you young girls were like my own true lover Then all you young men would love them as I love her. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Aug 24 - 06:51 PM 8 August 1929 The German airship Graf Zeppelin began a round-the-world journey. The entire circumnavigation (including stops) took 21 days, 5 hours, and 31 minutes. It was the fastest circumnavigation of the globe at the time. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin GRAF ZEPPELIN - Attila the Hun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-xcUzC0LXM |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Aug 24 - 09:23 AM 7thAugust 1974 French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, walked a high wire between twin towers of the World Trade Center SONGS ABOUT PHILIPPE PETIT MAN ON WIRE - 27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCS8uznSoUY SLEEPWALKING - Ste van Holm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k9XZyPf76c FUNAMBULIST - Cormorant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrCDASDQvvU Philippe Petit from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit#:~:text=The%20song%2C%20%22Man%20on%20Wire,Petit's%20World%20Trade%20Center%20walk. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 06 Aug 24 - 05:49 PM 7 August 1888 The first of the murders committed by Jack the Ripper took place in London's East End. JACK THE RIPPER - Lord Sutch & The Savages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWCOFkyeGNs Various songs about Jack the ripper on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jack+the+ripper+song |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Aug 24 - 09:31 AM 5th August 1305 William Wallace, was captured by the English forces near Glasgow. He was then transported to London to face trial and execution for leading the resistance against English domination. SONGS ABOUT WILLIAM WALLACE THE WALLACE - MD Donnelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR5her2eCS8 WILLIAM WALLACE (THE KNIGHT OF ELDERSLIE) - Alastair McDonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcD0gWk7Z9w THE BALLAD OF BRAVEHEART WILLIAM WALLACE - Song Lyrics by Joel Sattler https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=310719 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Aug 24 - 09:01 AM August 5 1932 Clyde Barrow, with an accomplice, killed Deputy Eugene C. Moore at Stringtown, Oklahoma. This was the first law officer killed by Barrow and his gang. Bonnie and Clyde from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde SONGS ABOUT BONNIE PARKER AND CLYDE BARROW THE BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE Georgie Fame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEMBlJpjWqY THE STORY OF BONNIE AND CLYDE - Flatt & Scruggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsfuttVYjU A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BONNIE AND CLYDE - Mel Torme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwG4hS0V_c THE LEGEND OF BONNIE AND CLYDE - Merle Haggard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfp4jxRuizM The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde - Tammy Wynette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGf2-61U6D0 BONNIE UND CLYDE - Die Toten Hosen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaR4RQAE2fc BONNIE AND CLYDE - Serge Gainsbourg Brigitte Bardot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GPm5_X3Ykg ’03 BONNIE AND CLYDE - Jay-Z & Beyoncé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idU3XPCpZvw '03 Bonnie & Clyde from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2703_Bonnie_%26_Clyde '97 BONNIE AND CLYDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NyoAiROoVI 97 Bonnie & Clyde from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2797_Bonnie_%26_Clyde |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Steve Shaw Date: 04 Aug 24 - 03:54 PM As a semi-irrelevant aside, about forty or fifty years ago I read the opinion of a "leading" meteorologist of the time that, in their opinion, August should be regarded as an autumn month. Well, I spent the Augusts of both 1975 and 1976 in the northern Highlands, and anyone of a certain age (me included) who was in Scotland at that time will attest that those remarkable Augusts were anything but "autumnal!" And in Burns' time the climate was much colder than it is today. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Aug 24 - 09:37 AM August 4, 1892 Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. LIZZIE BORDEN - Chad Mitchell Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdF428jC6vw Lizzie Borden from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 03 Aug 24 - 05:49 AM August 3,1804 After a five-year-long expedition to Latin America, the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt returned to Bordeaux, France. His scientific journey contributed significantly to the understanding of the natural world and laying the foundation for modern scientific exploration. SONGS ABOUT ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT ( Pretzel Boys) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45NlJJ7piCY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT ( La Poudre) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZlAm54fjXk THE VERY STRANGE JOURNEY OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT - The Shrugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWNfDyWF3TI HUMBOLT’S GROOVE - Retrogott feat. El Temba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuHUCe7Wmg4 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Aug 24 - 06:02 AM 2 August 1997 Death of Fela Kutti, Nigerian musician and political activist. Fela Kuti from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fela_Kuti SONGS OF FELA KUTTI Fela Kutti songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSx_RyMYooNKnxTl80983w Fela Kuti Song list from Songfacts https://www.songfacts.com/songs/fela-kuti |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 31 Jul 24 - 04:06 AM Gerry M: definitely “Autumn’s pleasant weather” (not August’s) in any books of Burns’ poetry, and in the copy held in the National Library of Scotland. But it seems I have mis-spelled slaughterin’ - should be slaught’ring - which is as the DT has it. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Jul 24 - 08:24 AM 1 August 1779 Birth, in Frederick County, Maryland, of Francis Scott Key, writer of the US national anthem, TheStar-Spangled Banner. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=THE+STAR+SPANGLED+BANNER The Star-Spangled Banner from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner THE ANACREONTIC SONG from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anacreontic_Song "To Anacreon in Heaven" sung, with lyrics displayed, on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IPLFLH3BHU Various other recordings of The Anacreonic Song on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22To+Anacreon+in+Heaven%22 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 27 Jul 24 - 11:17 PM Tattie Bogle, I'm sure you're right, but that implies – horror of horrors! – that the Digital Tradition is wrong. It gives August, not Autumn. Link to Mudcat DT Lyrics for NOW WESTLIN WINDS /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4291 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 27 Jul 24 - 04:20 AM A wee correction to Gerry M’s post from 24th July 2021 re “Now Westlin Winds”. (Missed it at the time!) It should be: Now Westlin’ winds and slaughterin’ guns Bring AUTUMN’S pleasant weather (Not August’s). The only time that August is mentioned is in the alternative title “Song Composed in August”. All correct in the linked text in mainly Norfolk. Link to GerryM 's post above NOW WESTLIN WINDS |
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