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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: 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: 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
HMS Royal George sank at anchor off Portsmouth as told in Cowper's poem; |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 22 Aug 22 - 09:24 AM SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH
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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: 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: 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 - 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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Aug 22 - 03:28 PM SONGS BY WOODY GUTHRIE
July 14, 1912. Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Aug 22 - 09:34 AM ‘TWAS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY aka SHE SAID THE SAME TO ME
Lyrics for “ ‘Twas in the Month of August In the Middle of July” AKA “She Said the Same to Me” from Traditional Ballad Index. http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/San038.html |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: The Sandman Date: 08 Aug 22 - 03:46 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHql-Taq8DA |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: The Sandman Date: 08 Aug 22 - 03:39 AM ok. it is in my songbook The Sailors Dream which is available from my websitehttp://www.dickmiles.com but here it is for mudcat. THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD (Dick Miles) 1.On the 22nd of August with glistening sword and shield. Brave Richard king of England,did fight at Bosworth Field. He led his troops in battle,and death did bravely face The White Rose did fall never more to be replaced. Chorus.A horse, a horse,my kingdom for a horse. 2.Fight on stout hearted swordsman for king and country fight. and aim you well bold archers the enemy well fright. oh take you heed Northumberland and false Lord Stanley. Have courage me lads for victorious we shall be. Chorus. 3. So thick and fast the arrows around the king did fly when to the south marching up the hill false Stanley he did spy. he mounted on his charger,to fight all for his crown The White Rose did fall never more to leave the ground Chorus 4.Unseated from his charger as on the ground lay he surrounded and out numberd by lord stanleys infantry they quickly stoop to kill as hawks high in the sky The White Rose did fall theselast words he then did cry Chorus 5.and so the last of the House of York to death did come at last He ruled his people fairly and the law for bail he passed a good and noble ruler by the Tudors so disgraced. The White Rose did fall never more to be replaced. chorus. copyright, Dick Miles. this song was written about 1984,and recorded on Cheating the Tide GVR227,with Martin Carthy playing guitar. my inspiration was a book called The Daughter of Time,by Josephine Tey,I realised that Richard the Third,had been unfairly treated by historians,and particularly by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was writing at a time when if you criticised the existing monarchy you could be executed,and had to be careful not to upset the ruling Tudor dynasty,who were close relatives of Henry the Seventh. I think this tune is suited to open guitar tuning,I played it in emodal or Eminor,but I would of course be happy for anyone to sing the song,and do it just how they want. I am not sure but I think the tune is in the dorian mode. Dick Miles Link to THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD posted above by The Sandman |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Aug 22 - 06:17 PM 7 August 1890 Birth of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, labour leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World.The song “ Rebel Girl” was written about her by Joe Hill. REBEL GIRL Elizabeth Gurley Flynn from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gurley_Flynn The Rebel Girl from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_Girl Many recordings of “ The Rebel Girl” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22The+Rebel+Girl%22 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Aug 22 - 07:22 PM ADMIRAL BENBOW aka BRAVE BENBOW The Action of August 1702 was a series of naval engagements during which Admiral John Benbow was hit by chain shot while fighting French ships in the West Indies. As a result of leg wounds received, Benbow later died at Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica on 4 November 1702. Action of August 1702 from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_August_1702 John Benbow from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benbow "Admiral Benbow" -Paul Clayton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99-PGCcwT1M "Admiral Benbow" - Kimber’s Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylE_DN0vk00 "Admiral Benbow" - June Tabor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-j4SKhclSg "Brave Benbow" - Paul Gwynne Phillips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-EcgYgWyr8 "Brave Benbow" - Laura Smyth and Ted Kemp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgYAvbqrpyE "Admiral Benbow" - Bob Copper https://sussextraditions.org/record/admiral-benbow-5/ Mainly Norfolk : Admiral Benbow https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/admiralbenbow.html Link to ADMIRAL BENBOW posted above by Ged Fox |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Aug 22 - 06:31 AM August 4, 1961. Barack Obama the 44th U.S. President was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. SONGS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA Songs about Barack Obama from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_Barack_Obama There's No One As Irish As Barack Obama - Corrigan Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xkw8ip43Vk There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_No_One_as_Irish_as_Barack_O%27Bama Welcome Home President Barack O'Bama - Corrigan Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNHx_5wo_nE Corrigan Brothers There's Still No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama - Featuring President Barack O'Bama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nMJ63zD-NY Crush On Obama- Leah Kauffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU ” Crush on Obama” from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_on_Obama ” Welcome To The Future” - Brad Paisley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Yg9wjctRw ”Welcome to the Future from Wikipedia” |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Aug 22 - 10:11 AM 15 August , 1939. Birth of Norma Waterson, Hull folk singer. SONGS SUNG BY NORMA WATERSON Norma Waterson from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Waterson Many of Norma’s recordings on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Norma+Waterson++all+songs+on+YouTube |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Aug 22 - 12:44 AM LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN On this day in 1831, New London Bridge was opened by King William IV. Until the mid-eighteenth century the Old London Bridge was the only crossing on the Thames in London. It was damaged in a major fire in 1633, but in the fire of 1666 this damage acted as a fire break and prevented the flames from further damaging the bridge and crossing to the south side of the Thames. With its 19 narrow arches, it impeded river traffic and flow. Central piers were removed to create a wider navigational span. Widening and the removal of its houses was completed in 1763, but it remained relatively narrow and needed continual and expensive repairs. In the early nineteenth century it was decided to replace the bridge with a new construction. New London Bridge was opened in 1831 and survived until it was replaced in 1972. At that time, the 1831 bridge was dismantled and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Wikipedia London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair Lady. "London Bridge Is Falling Down" from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_Is_Falling_Down Many recordings of "London Bridge Is Falling Down" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=london+bridge+is+falling+down+song |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Aug 22 - 12:27 AM On this day in 1798, the British fleet arrived off Egypt and discovered Brueys's dispositions, and Nelson ordered an immediate attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI6-CsdO4LY Fotheringay The Young Tradition sang The Banks of the Nile in 1968 on their last LP, Galleries. Heather Wood added in the Mudcat Café thread Origins: Banks of the Nile: “Sandy Denny learned it from us but put her own inimitable stamp on it.” |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Jul 22 - 03:43 AM SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE 1st to the 3rd of August 1798. The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay was fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt Battle of the Nile from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile THE BATTLE OF THE NILE Many Recordings of “ The Battle of The Nile“ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+BATTLE+OF+THE+NILE+song THE BANKS OF THE NILE Many recordings of Banks of the Nile on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Banks+Of+The+Nile Lyrics to “The Banks of the Nile “ from Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Battle_of_the_Nile.htm THE POWDER MONKEY Powder Monkey, The (Soon We'll Be in England Town) from The Balllad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/CrNS057.html The Powder Monkey sung by Norman Allin Bass Singer rare 78 rpm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3I8Y-vXjSQ Ballad Sheet and Lyrics of “The Powder Monkey “ from the National Library of Scotland https://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/archive/74897245?mode=transcription
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Jul 22 - 06:19 PM SONGS ABOUT JOHN MACLEAN 24 August 1879 Birth of revolutionary Scottish socialist John Maclean. John Maclean (Scottish socialist) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maclean_(Scottish_socialist) ”The Ballad of John Maclean” - Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ballad+of+John+MacLean Lyrics of The Ballad of John Maclean” from John Maclean Internet Archive https://www.marxists.org/archive/maclean/works/ballad.htm “John Maclean March “ -Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=John+MacLean+March The John Maclean March from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_John_Maclean_March The John MacLean March: Lyrics and Information from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thejohnmacleanmarch.html MUDCAT DT Lyrics & Music /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6504 Hamish Henderson makes reference to Maclean in the final verse of his "Freedom Come-All-Ye" Sae come aa ye at hame wi freedom Never heed whit the houdies croak for Doom In yer hous aa the bairns o Aidam Will fin breid, barley-bree an paintit room Whan MacLean meets wi's friens in Springburn Aa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume An a black laud frae yont Nyanga Dings the fell gallows o the burghers doun. Many recordings of "Freedom Come-All-Ye" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Freedom+Come-All-Ye%22 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Jul 22 - 12:02 PM 2 August 1511 Privateer, Henry Barton was killed, and his ship The Lion captured. A ballad about him and his adventures was written and eventually his name was transformed into Henry Martin HENRY MARTIN aka LOFTY TALL SHIP Henry Martin (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Martin_(song) Many recordings of “ Henry Martin “ by different singers on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=henry+martin+song Many recordings of “ Lofty Tall Ship “ by different singers on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lofty+Tall+Ship++song Mainly Norfolk: Henry Martin / The Lofty Tall Ship, Information and lyrics https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/henrymartin.html MUDCAT DT Lyrics: HENRY MARTIN /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2591/mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2591 MUDCAT DT Lyrics: ANDREW BARTON /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=278 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Mrrzy Date: 22 Jul 22 - 09:29 AM August is a wicked month, John Hartford aka THE TALL TALL GRASS The Tall Tall Grass · John Hartford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB-CZqzDnzI MUDCAT: Lyr Req: August is a wicked month /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=47486 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Jul 22 - 05:50 AM Thanks for the contribution GerryM I have posted your interesting link on another (old) mudcat thread MUDCAT: Lyr Add: Siege of Union Street (Alistair Hulett) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=118813&messages=4#top |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 21 Jul 22 - 10:59 PM THE SIEGE OF UNION STREET written by Alistair Hulett The liner notes say, "The Unemployed Workers Union was formed ... during the Great Depression to fight evictions by heartless landlords of destitute families for non-payment of rent.... Matters came to a head in Union Street in the inner city suburb of Erskineville in Sydney, when over a thousand militants fought a pitched battle with police that lasted several days." The first stanza goes, You should have seen us down at Erko Fourteenth August, Saturday night To Newtown, Stanmore, Enmore and Petersham Calls went out, "Workers unite!" We built a bloody great wall With planks and boards full seven foot tall We didn't mind the howling winds and sleet When we stood round the fire at Union Street Other sources (e.g., http://jcmhood.squarespace.com/newtown-eviction) say the siege took place in Newtown, not in the neighboring suburb of Erskineville, and on 19 June 1931, not 14 August (and those were both Fridays, not Saturdays), but this nitpicking does not detract from the power of the song. Here's a recording of Alistair, accompanied by Dave Swarbrick: https://youtu.be/ioD8AvSfp2c |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Jun 22 - 06:22 PM GOODMAN, SCHWERNER AND CHANEY August 4, 1964 - Three young civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were found murdered and buried in an earthen dam outside Philadelphia, Mississippi. They had disappeared on June 21 after being detained by Neshoba County police on charges of speeding. They were participating in the Mississippi Summer Project organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to increase black voter registration. Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney-Tom Paxton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cunIbeqFrJw Other recordings of 'Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney'on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Goodman%2C+Schwerner%2C+and+Chaney++song Lyrics and Information about 'Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney' song “ https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=10010&lang=en |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Jun 22 - 06:29 PM SADDLEWORTH RUSHCART SONGS From An August Bank Holiday Lark by Deborah McAndrew for Northern Broadsides When the Saddleworth Rushcart was revived in 1974 the Morris men also resurrected an old song, sung by their predecessors. To the traditional tune of ‘Brighton Camp’ the Rushcarters sing the following words, taken directly from the banner of the Greenfield village ‘Armistice Cart’ of 1918: Oh the Rushcart lads are bonny bonny lads The Rushcart lads are bonny Oh they dance round 'cart and whistle like a lark And that’s as good as ony With heft and heart we pull the cart In August bright and sunny The Rushcart lads are bonny bonny lads The Rushcart lads are bonny They shoulder t’gun to fight the hun Fight as good as ony Oh the Rushcart lads are bonny bonny lads The Rushcart lads are bonny Saddleworth Morris Men sing part of the above song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PXW-IE7TZ0 With the kind permission of the Saddleworth Morris Men, Deborah McAndrew has used this song in the play, just altering the words slightly for the first Act when the young men have not yet gone to fight. On Rushcart Day the song is woven with another song, composed for this production by the great folk singer Mike Waterson just before he died. Director Barrie Rutter commissioned his friend, Mike, to write the song knowing that he was dying and would never see it performed. Cut the rushes, pile them high Stack them ‘til they reach the sky So the church be warm and dry Oh we are all rushcarters On our hats a bright bouquet Sing the summer, dance the day Come we will, if come we may Oh we are all rushcarters We are not rich, we are not poor We do not beg from door to door You have seen us all before We are all rushcarters Through the village, up the hill Round the green and by the mill Bearing rushes, dancing still We are all rushcarters Dance we did in days of yore Like our fathers did before We will dance for evermore We are all rushcarters |
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Subject: RE: Michael (Collins) by Johnny McAvoy From: Felipa Date: 12 Dec 21 - 10:31 AM https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=7850 MICHAEL by Johnny McEvoy there are plenty of Johnny McEvoy recordings of Michael which you can watch on youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Michael-Johnny+McEvoy+ On a far off August day, cold young men in ambush lay On a roadside, by a hill where flowers grow So much hate for one so young, who was right and who was wrong Though a thousand years may pass, we'll never know Chorus Candles dripping blood, they placed beside your shoulder Rosary beads, like teardrops on your fingers Friends and comrades standing by In their grief they wonder why, Michael, In their hour of need you had to go |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 12 Dec 21 - 10:06 AM Michael Collins died by gunfire at Béal na Blath, Co. Cork 22 Aug, 1922 HANG OUT YOUR BRIGHTEST COLOURS - The Ballad of Michael Collins by Brian Moore (1946-2011) https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53176#817022 performed by the author/composer under the name Cormac O'More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QhMx_UI1fs The bark of a dog breaks the silence like a bitter last hurrah And a raven spreads its wings for flight over fields near Béal na Blath A rifle still clasped to his breast, hanging low his head A black August day in the County Cork, Michael Collins is dead Hang out your brightest colours and his memory now recall Each one wants a part of him, no one wants it all |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 11 Nov 21 - 08:17 PM Denver, Boise and Johnson,THE '68 NIXON. https://youtu.be/OLs8QwKTAZY |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 11 Nov 21 - 08:13 PM Phil Ochs,HERE'S TO THE STATE OF RICHARD NIXON, https://youtu.be/lqLtsp4xVAA |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 11 Nov 21 - 09:12 AM SONGS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON August 9, 1974. In light of his loss of political support and the near-certainty that he would be impeached and removed from office, President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. Richard Nixon From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon THE BALLAD OF RICHARD NIXON- Joe Glazer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU6SJPoW9OY
From Wikipedia : Songs about Richard Nixon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_Richard_Nixon
MEXICO - Jefferson Airplane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWVjAWvhAGg
HE'S MISTRA KNOW - IT - ALL by Stevie Wonder https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=He%27s+Misstra+Know-It-All
IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT- The Honey Drippers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqbEsS5kFb8
YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' - Stevie Wonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2ma2mfyhU
THE LOVE OF RICHARD NIXON - Manic Street Preachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_G_R_1gMfc |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Nov 21 - 06:55 PM LAMMAS DAY SONGS Lammas Day (Anglo-Saxon hlaf-mas, "loaf-mass"), also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August. Lughnasadh or Lughnasa is a Gaelic festival which corresponds to the English Lammas and is also held on 1 August. Wikipedia: Lammas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammas Wikipedia: Lughnasadh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh MUDCAT: Lammas /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=23976 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43e5Ty0BwO8 Lammas · Lisa Thiel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph4GEyHfENE Ruby Murray - The Old Lammas Fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDJTpUDYXXo Many recordings of “The Old Lammas Fair” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Old+Lammas+Fair Lughnasadh-song-Omnia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbE03jjw15M |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Sep 21 - 06:33 AM AUGUST IS OVER We the Kings - August is Over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Fzs9dWBJ8 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Sep 21 - 04:54 PM AUGUST by Julia Nunes August - Julia Nunes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ9CUKybUHM |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Sep 21 - 10:02 AM Hear Tom and see Alma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWFEy1lVUMI |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 10 Sep 21 - 09:10 AM Alma Mahler was born 31 August 1879. Tom Lehrer wrote a song about her. ALMA The loveliest girl in Vienna Was Alma – the smartest as well. Once you picked her up on your antenna, You'd never be free of her spell. Recording by Tom Lehrer. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Sep 21 - 03:13 AM LYRICS of August by Rilo Kiley https://www.google.com/search?q=august+rilo+kiley+lyrics&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&oq=August-+Rilo+Kiley+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Sep 21 - 05:54 PM AUGUST by Rilo Kiley August- Rilo Kiley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a23LtMxEWg8 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Reinhard Date: 31 Aug 21 - 09:33 AM FOL THE DAY-O - Nancy Kerr Though the end of time is long before us We are hunted like the Oldham hare Let us sing like it’s the 5th of August And our lovers wait beyond the fair Mainly Norfolk info and lyrics https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/folthedayo.html Fol the Day-O - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYnDiyJmAvM |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 30 Aug 21 - 06:16 PM IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered, ending World War Two The song "It's Been A Long, Long Time" by the Harry James Orchestra with singer Kitty Kallen reflected the feelings of relief that there would be no more killing, that men and women would be returning from overseas, and families could be reunited It became one of the biggest hits from immediately after the war in 1945 and 1946. It's Been a Long, Long Time- Kitty Kallen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP0tHmoc1rs |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 27 Aug 21 - 08:55 AM From Boxing the Compass by Roy Palmer; THE SECOND OF AUGUST A New Song composed by the wounded Tars at the Siege of Boulogne On the second of August, eighteen hundred and one, As we sailed with Lord Nelson to the port of Boulogne For to cut out some shipping, which prov-ed in vain To our misfortune they were all moored with chain. Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, York |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Aug 21 - 12:11 PM “ AUGUST DAY SONG August Day Song- Bebel Gilberto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP3q0iaAVJA |
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