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Subject: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Jul 21 - 05:37 AM
-Joe Offer- Can you suggest any songs associated with the month of August ie: (A) Any songs with August in the title (B) Any songs with an August date given in the lyrics (C) Any songs referencing an event that is known to have occurred in August even if the lyrics do not actually say so. It would be very helpful to have links to performances of the songs and also more sources of information about them. Below is an alphabetical index of the titles collected in this thread so far. If a title in this index is clicked then you should be jumped to the section of the thread in which most of the discussion and links for that title occurs. If you just want to add a new post to this thread use the “Post to this thread” or POST buttons to jump to the end of the thread. I shall sometimes rearrange “ late” posts to group them with the appropriate main area of discussion so that they are not overlooked. - Regards, GeoffLawes INDEX OF AUGUST SONGS ADMIRAL BENBOW ADMIRAL BENBOW aka BRAVE BENBOW ALMA APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY APRIL COME SHE WILL AUGUST by Arthur Lee and Love AUGUST by Julia Nunes AUGUST by Rilo Kiley AUGUST by Taylor Swift AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER AUGUST DAY SONG AUGUST IS OVER AUGUST SONG BALLAD OF RICHARD NIXON (THE) BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE SONGS BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD (THE) BATTLE OF THE NILE (THE) BLYTH SANDS BRIGG FAIR COLD WIND IN AUGUST COME AND STAND AT EVERY DOOR CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIER(THE) CYPRUS BRIG DEAR AUGUST DERRY'S WALLS DICKIE'S SUCH AN ARSEHOLE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST DONIBRISTLE MINE DISASTER FANNY ADAMS FIRST DAY IN AUGUST (THE) FOL THE DAY-O GALWAY RACES (THE) GLORY, GLORY APPRENTICE BOYS GOODMAN, SWERNER AND CHANEY HANG OUT YOUR BRIGHTEST COLOURS - The Ballad of Michael Collins HARES ON THE MOUNTAIN HENRY MARTIN aka LOFTY TALL SHIP HERE'S TO THE STATE OF RICHARD NIXON HE'S MISTRA KNOW- IT- ALL HIROSHIMA HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI RUSSIAN ROULETTE IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT IT’S BEEN A LONG,LONG TIME LAMMAS DAY SONGS LE 31 DU MOIS D’AOÛT LE P’TIT BONHEUR LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN LOVE OF RICHARD NIXON (THE) MATTERHORN MEN BEHIND THE WIRE (THE) MEXICO MICHAEL MY SKY SAILOR NELSON MANDELA NEW GARDEN FIELDS NO TIME FOR LOVE NOW WESTLIN WINDS OULD LAMMAS FAIR OVER THE EBRO PARIS AU MOIS D’AOÛT PASO DEL EBRO PETERLOO SONGS REBEL GIRL RULE BRITANNIA SADDLEWORTH RUSHCART SONGS SECOND OF AUGUST (THE) SEIGE OF UNION STREET (THE) SHROPSHIRE LAD (A) aka Captain Webb SHUTTING THE GATES OF DERRY SOLDIER SONGS OF WORLD WAR ONE SONG OF THE DOG DAYS SONGS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA SONGS ABOUT JOHN MACLEAN SONGS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON STREETS OF STAITHES (THE) by Vin Garbutt STUCK IN THE AUGUST RAIN SWEEP! CHIMNEY SWEEP (SWEET) FANNY ADAMS SWISS COTTAGE MANOEUVRES TALL TALL GRASS (THE) THE '68 NIXON THIRTY THIRD OF AUGUST(THE) TOLL FOR THE BRAVE TWO YOUNG BRETHREN WE WILL NEVER ALLOW ANOTHER ATOM BOMB TO FALL WILD BILL HICKOK SONGS WHITBY SOUVENIRS WITH HENRY HUNT WE’LL GO WONDERFUL GUY (A) YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' ZHURAVLI / CRANES 1,00 CANDLES 1,000 CRANES Here is a famous August song to start us off: BRIGG FAIR It was on the fifth of August, the weather fair and fine, Unto Brigg Fair I did repair; for love I was inclined. Mainly Norfolk info: https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/songs/briggfair.html Joseph Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdmgUM4LbS4 The Full English - Brigg Fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZm6l-Q2mk Brigg Fair -Shirley Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVHvm0ToT3U Brigg Fair Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOwhMRgTdw Brigg Fair · Roy Bailey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r2r3IftyOE Brigg Fair · Jackie Oates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csI44p3gmm8 British Library 'Unto Brigg Fair' folksong: Recording and Info https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/brigg-fair-folksong-recording# |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: JHW Date: 24 Jul 21 - 08:25 AM I'm sorry to say I recorded Raglan Road with August (morn). Realising I'd sung August rather than Autumn I repeated it to save another take. |
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Subject: RE: Au 31 du Mois d'août From: Felipa Date: 24 Jul 21 - 01:23 PM LE 31 DU MOIS D’AOÛT Au 31 du Mois d'août A French naval song about a battle with the British. Lyrics are on screen on the youtube video, and there are background notes and translation to English at https://batalladevitoria1813.org/french-napoleonic-songs-au-31-de-mois-daout/ more video recordings: Mikaël Yaouank & co. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZvNFHM0Axk&t=1s |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 24 Jul 21 - 01:26 PM The aforementioned 31st of August French song has been previously posted on Mudcat with both lyrics and translation https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=39712#564162 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 24 Jul 21 - 01:50 PM PARIS AU MOIS D’AOÛT https://lyricstranslate.com/en/paris-au-mois-daout-paris-month-august.html Paris au mois d'août (Paris in the Month of August) writers Georges Garvarentz, Charles Aznavour LE P’TIT BONHEUR staying with French-language songs, the singer-songwriter French-Canadian Félix LeClerc was born and died in August. (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) His song Le p'tit bonheur featured in a Mudcat Monday night singaround and is posted at https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169209, message date 23 Jan 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsA9rZ-3FMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hafFjvs3uP8 (with English translation subtitles) ---------------------- David Kidman usually joins the Mudcat singaround. He is presently presenting songs of Keith Marsden, coming up to the anniversary of Marsden's death on 10 Aug. 1991. David sang Morley Main at another song circle last night (23 July) but that apparently is about a disaster that happened in a different month, Oct, in 1872. The lyrics of Morley Main and of several other Keith Marsden songs can be found posted in Mudcat. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Modette Date: 24 Jul 21 - 01:59 PM AUGUST by Arthur Lee and Love The wonderful Arthur Lee and Love - Love - August (1969). |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Long Firm Freddie Date: 24 Jul 21 - 02:48 PM STUCK IN THE AUGUST RAIN - Jethro Tull Stuck in the August Rain LFF |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 24 Jul 21 - 07:10 PM THE GALWAY RACES As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station Me eyes began to dazzle and I'm goin' to see the races. The Dubliners - The Galway Races https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTT-g0y9nsc Various other YouTube recordings of The Galway Races https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Galway+Races |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 24 Jul 21 - 07:11 PM NOW WESTLIN WINDS (Robert Burns) Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns Bring August's pleasant weather; The moorcock springs, on whirring wings, Amang the blooming heather; Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain, Delights the weary Farmer; The moon shines bright, as I rove at night, To muse upon my Charmer. Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics ,recordings & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/nowwestlinwinds.html Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Westlin+Winds See Tattie Bogle’s note on this song |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 24 Jul 21 - 07:16 PM CYPRUS BRIG There is no mention of August in the lyrics of this song, but the notes in the DT say: The seizure of convict ships by convicts happened a number of times. This particular event occured in August 1829, and a manuscript in the Mitchell Library has a poem of 48 lines that commemorates the seizure. Titled 'Seizure of the Cyprus Brig in Recherche Bay' it is printed in Geoffrey Ingleton's True Patriots All and attributed to Frank MacNamara (Frank the Poet). Wikipedia Cyprus mutiny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_mutiny Australian Folk Songs: Lyrics & Recording of Cyprus Brig http://folkstream.com/027.html |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: John MacKenzie Date: 25 Jul 21 - 03:44 AM August, die she must. The autumn winds blow chilly and cold. September, I remember A love once new has now grown old. APRIL COME SHE WILL Simon & Garfunkel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYD-DIggB2k |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jul 21 - 06:14 AM RULE BRITANNIA The song was sung in public for the first time 1 August 1740. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule,_Britannia! Thomas Arne: Rule, Britannia! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E53mX2SwsG4 Many more Youtube recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=RULE+BRITANNIA |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jul 21 - 06:22 AM THE STREETS OF STAITHES by Vin Garbutt One fine August day as I was making my way Along the hardship-troubled streets of Staithes, I saw the seagulls flying in the grey northern sky Heard the shifting chorus of the waves The Streets of Staithes - Vin Garbutt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqBClTN1WAk MUDCAT: Lyr Req: Streets of Staithes (Garbutt/Slater) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81277 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jul 21 - 09:29 AM NELSON MANDELA |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Phil Cooper Date: 25 Jul 21 - 09:41 AM 1,000 CANDLES 1,000 CRANES The Small Potatoes song 1000Candles/1000 Cranes mentions the month of August. I've a picture in my mind Of two women slowly walking August 6th, 1985 Walking to church to light a candle 1,00 CANDLES 1,000 CRANES on antiwarsongs.org : LYRICS & video recording https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=58789&lang=en |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Jul 21 - 10:35 AM HIROSHIMA The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki Hiroshima - David Rovics – Recording & Lyrics https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=3208&lang=en Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette with lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyek0MdrBNo Information on another "Hiroshima" song |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 25 Jul 21 - 01:46 PM more Hiroshima COME AND STAND AT EVERY DOOR sung by Pete Seeger words in Turkish by Nazim Hikmet, English translation by Jeanette Turner. Tune "The Great Silkie" attributed to James Waters in the digital tradition under the title HIROSHIMA origins and DT correction thread also includes Yüksel Pazarkaya's German translation, set to a tune by Zulfu Livaneli; and links to recordings in Greek and Japanese as well. I'm only seven though I died In Hiroshima long ago I'm seven now as I was then When children die they do not grow |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 25 Jul 21 - 01:56 PM WE WILL NEVER ALLOW ANOTHER ATOM BOMB TO FALL Hiroshima Song (We Will Never Allow Another Atom Bomb to Fall) posted by GUEST,999 on 6 Aug 2011 A song by Ishiji Asada and Koki Kinoshita©1955 English words by Ewan MacColl All that men have created with their hands And their minds, for the glory of the world we live in, Now it can be smashed, in a moment destroyed, Deadly the haryest of two atom bombs. Then, people of the world, you must watch, and take care That the third atom bomb never comes Lyrics in Japanese as well as in English translation: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/genbaku-o-yurusu-maji-hiroshima-song-we-will-never-allow.html Last year at Hiroshima day, I sent a Japanese friend a link to some videos. I think this was the song Pete Seeger sang in Japanese in one video. Junko said his Japanese pronunciation was good. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 25 Jul 21 - 06:08 PM GerryM beat me to it with Westlin’ Winds, but worth pointing out that the original title was “Song composed in August “. See GerryM’s post on this song |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 27 Jul 21 - 04:32 AM SWEEP! CHIMNEY SWEEP 7 August 1840 Britain bans the employment of climbing boys as chimney sweeps. Mainly Norfolk song info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5q-ZQgRMUI Sweep, Chimney Sweep · Steeleye Span https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8fpF4Efle4 The Chimney Sweeper (words William Blake)- Greg Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJrCO153LdM |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Ged Fox Date: 27 Jul 21 - 09:15 AM ADMIRAL BENBOW Benbow's last battle was 24th August 1702, so "Come all you seamen bold"," Other youtube recordings of “Admiral Benbow”https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Admiral+Benbow Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics & Info: https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/admiralbenbow.html Bob & Jacqueline Patten English Folk Music Collection https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Bob-and-Jacqueline-Patten-Collection/025M-C1033X0258XX-1800V0 Link to ADMIRAL BENBOW aka BRAVE BENBOW posted below TOLL FOR THE BRAVE Also, the Royal George went down on 29th August 1792, so "Toll for the Brave." Tune Information and Lyrics from contemplator.com https://www.contemplator.com/sea/tollbrave.html |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST Date: 27 Jul 21 - 06:38 PM Should be 1782 above, not 1792. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Jiggers Date: 27 Jul 21 - 07:46 PM Basically, after May, the songs run out a lot. May is the month of rejuvination and celebration. Hurrah for May, |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: leeneia Date: 28 Jul 21 - 01:14 AM SONG OF THE DOG DAYS Here are the lyrics to my "Dog Days Song." It doesn't specify August, but what can I say. Song of the Dog Days - to the tune of The Four Maries 1.The weatherman warns of the heat wave; with cirrus like feathers on high, while the towering form of a thunderstorm surges up in southeastern sky. 2. The grasshoppers buzz by the roadside so lively, despite the long drought, and starlings wheel over yellow fields getting ready to head for the South. 3. So why do we call these the dog days? In the heat there is nary a breeze. And a sane dog's goal is a nice cool hole in the shade of the big leafy trees. 4. The butterflies visit the zinnias, [ZEEN yahs] soft orange, bright yellow and tan. There's the ghostly blur of a hummingbird finding nectar wherever it can. 5. The songbirds have gone into hiding while distant coyotes give tongue, and a redtail cries from the pale blue skies keeping track of its wandering young. 6. Come up on the porch, and we'll visit. We'll all have a glass of iced tea. There's Mary Lou and Peggy Sue and Mrs. Carmichael and me. ================ Creative Commons License: Song of the Dog Days lyrics by Eileen KCMO Chase is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Steve Shaw Date: 28 Jul 21 - 05:39 AM HARES ON THE MOUNTAIN There's Hares On The Mountain, as considerably (and tenderly) rewritten by Chris Wood, with the bit about enjoying your ice-cream in the hot August sun and getting nothing done: 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. There's a Youtube of him and Andy Cutting singing it in a folk club. It's very grainy but it's wonderful. Chris Wood & Andy Cutting - Hares On The Mountain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDsWOZz3eec |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Steve Shaw Date: 28 Jul 21 - 10:05 AM I take it that was you, Geoff - cheers for making my post look more respectable! :-) |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Jul 21 - 06:06 PM AUGUST by Taylor Swift Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_(song) Taylor Swift – August https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn_0zPAfyo8 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 30 Jul 21 - 01:10 AM A Wonderful Guy I'm as corny as Kansas in August, I'm as normal as blueberry pie. No more a smart little girl with no heart, I have found me a wonderful guy! From Rodgers & Hammerstein, South Pacific. A WONDERFUL GUY A Wonderful Guy (from "South Pacific") - Jane Morgan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_dXjL15ZI8 FULL LYRICS https://genius.com/The-original-broadway-cast-of-south-pacific-a-wonderful-guy-lyrics |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 31 Jul 21 - 07:43 PM PETERLOO SONGS 16 August 1819The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire. Wikipedia info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre WITH HENRY HUNT WE’LL GO With Henry Hunt We'll Go (feat. Bob Diehl) · Harry Boardman · Dave Hillery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFuH-7D6Vf4 With Henry Hunt We'll Go -The Critics Group: Frankie Armstrong, John Faulkner, Brian Pearson, Denis Turner, Terry Yarnell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGvFtjw9fMU The Oldham Tinkers singing "Peterloo" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHG2iKY33WY Oldham Tinkers Website: Lyrics ‘Peterloo’ http://www.oldhamtinkers.com/peterloo.html 4 songs from ‘The Road to Peterloo’: Pete Coe, Brian Peters & Laura Smyth https://worldlisteningpost.com/2020/03/04/coe-peters-smyth-the-road-to-peterloo/ History Workshop: The Ballads of Peterloo https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/s2-e3-the-ballads-of-peterloo/ MUDCAT: Lyr Req: Peterloo Massacre (Harvey Kershaw) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=23907&messages=112&page=3#top |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Aug 21 - 06:16 PM 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany SOLDIER SONGS OF WORLD WAR ONE https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Soldier_Songs_of_World_War_I |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Jerome Clark Date: 01 Aug 21 - 08:43 PM Piedmont bluesmen John Cephas & Phil Wiggins's "Dog Days of August" (Flying Fish, 1984) carries a song of the same name, written by Cephas & Wiggins. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Aug 21 - 04:31 AM DOG DAYS OF AUGUST Cephas and Wiggins - "Dog Days of August" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ert0I3o0w20 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 02 Aug 21 - 05:48 PM THE OULD LAMMAS FAIR https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=37238#518884 The fair is held in Ballycastle annually in late August. A Mudcat discussion of "Lammas" https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=23976#269972 (see also Lughnasa aka Lúnasa) |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Aug 21 - 06:15 PM OULD LAMMAS FAIR Many Youtube recordings https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Ould+Lammas+Fair More Information on Lammas Day from henryp |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,JHW Date: 03 Aug 21 - 05:27 AM I'm back as my incorrect rendering of August for Autumn is playing out. Summer seems to have ended with July this year.(2021) Useful reminders here though. Westlin Winds and good old Vin. "If its Staithes you've come to see you've come too late". What a prediction of our times. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Aug 21 - 06:30 AM (SWEET) FANNY ADAMS “On Saturday the twenty-first of August, My poor Fanny and her sister went to play With another little girl, Minnie Warren, Little thinking of danger on her way.” MUDCAT Lyr Req: Sweet Fanny Adams /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=69336 Information about Sweet Fanny Adams Murder https://stmargarets.london/archives/2010/12/the_sad_story_of_sweet_fanny_adams.html YouTube video documentary of the case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkhajGakubs Vashti Vincent - Fanny Adams https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Peter-Kennedy-Collection/025M-C0604X0904XX-0001V0 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Aug 21 - 10:59 AM NEW GARDEN FIELDS On the seventeenth of August, the eighth month of the year Down the new garden fields where T just met my dear, She appeared like some goddess or some young divine, And come like a torment to torture my mind. Collected by RVW from Mr Broomfield, a woodcutter, at East Horndon, Essex on 22 April 1904. From Bushes and Briars by Roy Palmer. Info , music&lyrics https://afolksongaweek.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/week-208-new-garden-fields/ |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,henryp Date: 04 Aug 21 - 01:28 PM Lammas Day, also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August. While Loaf Mass Day is traditionally a Christian holy day, Lughnasadh is celebrated by Neopagans around the same time. "I wish you strength to bring you pride, And a love to keep you clean, And I wish you luck, come Lammastide, At racing on the green." Link to posting from Felipa on this topic A Shropshire Lad VIII (Farewell to barn and stack and tree) by A E Housman From Loveliest of Trees by the Polly Bolton Band |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Aug 21 - 04:12 AM A SHROPSHIRE LAD aka Captain Webb A Shropshire Lad- John Kirkpatrick, Sue Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRyJJZOFQdI John Betjeman - A Shropshire Lad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jnT4tOl_qQ MUDCAT: Lyr Add: A Shropshire Lad (John Betjeman) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=94240 Captain Webb - the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYKc_gYRRRs |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 05 Aug 21 - 01:32 PM I wonder why you don't include more Mudcat links. The thread starts with lots of links to recordings of Brigg Fair. A set of lyrics is in the DT https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=921 I haven't looked to see discussions of the song. commenting today because It was on the fifth of August The weather fair and mild Unto Brigg Fair I did repair For a love I was inclined |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,JHW Date: 07 Aug 21 - 06:16 AM Trying to think of songs I knew but didn't learn and have never sung (for the few outdoor do's) I remembered SWISS COTTAGE MANOEUVRES Jonathan Kelly. 'On a Christmas cake day, one Friday in August In a bookshop in Charing Cross road' |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Aug 21 - 06:39 AM Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (Original) · Al Stewart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv0UlzUwic4 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Aug 21 - 07:34 AM August 6th, 1938, the republican Army crossed the River Ebro to fight Franco’s fascists in the Spanish Civil War OVER THE EBRO Over the Ebro · The Young'uns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68KuqcJvShM |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Aug 21 - 09:14 AM And the Spanish song EL PASO DEL EBRO aka Ay Carmela Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+El+Paso+del+Ebro |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,JHW Date: 07 Aug 21 - 04:39 PM Yes was Al Stewart, 1967 album. Was thinking I was past it. Confirmed. Only 54 years ago and I forgot. |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 07 Aug 21 - 05:13 PM Hello Felipa , above you said "I wonder why you don't include more Mudcat links. " I do try to include them if they look interesting but making the links in to " blue clickies" is not straightforward and I sometimes abandon the task. It is not as simple as running them through the " clicky maker". |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Felipa Date: 08 Aug 21 - 12:04 PM another one to add to the Hiroshima songs is ZHURAVLI / CRANES https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=106885#2211631 In the author Rasul Gamzatov's native Dagestan, there is a an annual White Cranes Festival held 22 Oct, so I should remember to also add the song to the Oct song list when it starts. There is yet another August connection as well as Hiroshima, however, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuravli "The poem's publication in the journal Novy Mir caught the attention of the famous actor and crooner Mark Bernes who revised the lyrics and asked Yan Frenkel to compose the music. When Frenkel first played his new song, Bernes (who was by then suffering from lung cancer) cried because he felt that this song was about his own fate: 'There is a small empty spot in the crane flock. Maybe it is reserved for me. One day I will join them, and from the skies I will call on all of you whom I had left on earth.' The song was recorded from the first attempt on 9 July 1969. Bernes died on 16 August 1969, about five weeks after recording the song, and the recording was played at his funeral. Later on,'Zhuravli' would most often be performed by Joseph Kobzon. According to Frenkel, 'Cranes' was Bernes' last record, his 'true swan song.'" A link to more Hiroshima themed songs |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 08 Aug 21 - 05:06 PM 9 Aug 1972 Introduction of internment without trial in Northern Ireland 9-11 Aug, "The Ballymurphy Massacre" - only this year, it was officially declared that the 11 people killed in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast were innocent of any terrorist offences. THE MEN BEHIND THE WIRE THE MEN BEHIND THE WIRE (Mudcat thread) NO TIME FOR LOVE (Mudcat thread) BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE SONGS BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE SONG youtube video, song by Gerard McConnell, background info on screen, lyrics on page. Ballymurphy Massacre Song recording on youtube, lyrics on screen Pádraig Mór on youtube Ballymurphy Massacre, words by T Docherty, on youtube Lyrics for both Ballymurphy Massacre songs are at Mudcat thread https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170214 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 08 Aug 21 - 05:19 PM NO TIME FOR LOVE No Time for Love If They Come in the Morning recorded by The Men of No Property No Time for Love performed by its composer Jack Warshaw MUDCAT:Lyr Req: No Time for Love (Jack Warshaw) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=84944&messages=13 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Aug 21 - 08:55 AM MY SKY SAILOR On 24 August 1921, the airship R.38 (designated ZR-2 by the USN) was destroyed by a structural failure while in flight over the city of Hull. Yorkshire Garland: Lyrics, Recording & Info http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=132 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 09 Aug 21 - 09:10 AM Geoff, why is it more complicated to link to Mudcat threads than to other sites? |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 10 Aug 21 - 09:38 AM DEAR AUGUST PJ Harding, Noah Cyrus - Dear August https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=uIIqbiv3X74&list=RDAMVMuIIqbiv3X74 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: Felipa Date: 11 Aug 21 - 12:57 PM 12 August - the annual commemoration of the siege of Derry, N Ireland though this year the Apprentice Boys Parade held on 14 Aug. because that is a Saturday. It will be scaled down from the usual massive event, because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10894#77974 SHUTTING THE GATES OF DERRY https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=36749#669429 DERRY'S WALLS Derry Walls sung with lyrics on screen same recording with photographs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7yolZ_Ga6Y a search for Apprentice Boys songs on youtubes brings up a few other songs APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY there are a few other videos of this song, "Let me tell you of the story of fame and gallantry" GLORY, GLORY APPRENTICE BOYS GLORY, GLORY APPRENTICE BOYS there is also a commemoration in December, Lundy's Day The Trial of Lundy - Title not capitalised, because this material is not a song and it pertains more to Dec than to Aug It was a long siege .... 18 Apr 1689 – 1 Aug 1689 "The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The siege was preceded by a first attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates. This was an act of rebellion against James II." Wikipedia |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 12 Aug 21 - 03:55 AM THE THIRTY THIRD OF AUGUST Waylon Jennings The 33rd of August https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Jw-7J09RY |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 13 Aug 21 - 09:11 AM DONIBRISTLE MINE DISASTER Swan Arcade – Donibristle Mine Disaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uL26TJzKYM “ On the twenty sixth of August our fatal moss gave way “ Scottish Mining Website info http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/86.html |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 14 Aug 21 - 04:34 PM THE FIRST DAY IN AUGUST Song The First Day In August-Carole King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHAnMd24pd4 |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: RTim Date: 14 Aug 21 - 09:42 PM "AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER Counting Crows.... If you need it..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DeQrKoIAY They're waking up Maria 'Cause everybody else has got someplace to go She makes a little motion with her head Rolls over, and says she's gonna sleep For a couple minutes more I said I'm sorry to Maria For the cold-hearted thing that I have done I've said I'm sorry by now, at least once To just about everyone She says, "I have forgotten what I'm supposed to do today" And it slips my mind what I'm supposed to say We're getting older and older and older and older And always a little further out of the way You look into her eyes And it's more than your heart will allow In August and everything after You get a little less than you expected somehow Well, I stumbled into Washington Square Just as the sun began to rise And I walked across the lawn to the cathedral And I lay down in the shadow of St. Mary's in the sky I'm just one of these late model children Waiting for the king But there ain't no sign of Elvis in San Francisco It's just me and I'm playing this rock and roll thing She wants to be just like me And I want every damn thing that I can see You know, one day you're Daddy's little angel The next day, you're everything he wanted you to be They dress you up in white satin And they give you your very own pair of wings In August and everything after I'm after everything Well, I got my reservations And I got my seven-million dollar home I got the number of some girl in North Dakota Who's always wide awake So I never have to spend the night alone I got this nasty little habit Of peeking down the shirts of all the little girls As they pass me by And I know you wonder when it all catches up to me And they finally bring me down Do you think I'm gonna cry? Well listen, I already got my disease So get your fucking filthy hands off of me I hope you weren't expecting me to be crucified The best that they can do Is just to hang me from the nearest tree It's midnight in San Francisco And I'm waiting here for Jesus on my knees In August and everything after I need somebody else to bleed for me In August and everything after I need somebody else to bleed for me Well, I came down from San Francisco Because I had confidence and a military mind But now everyone I know is turning showgirl And dancing with their shirt off In some Las Vegas hotel line So I'm going to New York City Cause it got a little sleazy here for me And when I find myself alone You know I'm never going home You make the changes The changes that you need But I no longer know how to pray I live in a dog town and it's a Dalmatian parade I change my spots over and over But they never seem to fade away I am the last remaining Indian Looking for the place where the buffalo roam In August and everything after Man, them buffalo ain't never coming home In August and everything after Man, them buffalo ain't They ain't never coming home No In August and everything after Man, them buffalo ain't never coming home |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Aug 21 - 06:53 AM AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER August And Everything After Song ( Lyrics )- Counting Crows/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9_lj0F-mDY See RTim’s post above |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Aug 21 - 09:04 AM TWO YOUNG BRETHREN There is April, there is May, there is June and July What a pleasure it is for to see the corn grow. In August we will reap it, we will cut, sheaf and bind it And go down with our scythes for to mow. MAINLY NORFOLK: Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/twoyoungbrethren.html#:~:text=Mainly%20Norfolk%3A,-English%20Folk%20and Two Young Brethren · The Copper Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYTncpoIrDQ |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Aug 21 - 05:27 AM THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIER The battle between these two ships took place on 16thAugust ,1812 The Constitution and the Guerriere- Bohola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75v8e07Zu8 Wikipedia : USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution_vs_HMS_Guerriere |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GerryM Date: 17 Aug 21 - 08:44 PM MATTERHORN written by Fred B. Burch and Mel Tillis. We started out from Bern one sunny August morn There was just the four of us against the Matterhorn There was Albert the Australian and John the Irishman Me and Bill from Britain, mad dogs in the sun Recording by The Country Gentlemen Other recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=matterhorn+song |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Aug 21 - 05:47 PM COLD WIND IN AUGUST Cold Wind in August · Van Morrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2kmMohN-AE |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Aug 21 - 07:27 PM AUGUST SONG August Song- Roommate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBYoQtOTQDk |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: The Sandman Date: 22 Aug 21 - 10:20 AM THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD
(Dick Miles) Battle of Bosworth Field-Dick Miles on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHql-Taq8DA MUDCAT: Battle of Bosworth Field (Dick Miles) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=112658 Link to THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD posted below by The Sandman |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 22 Aug 21 - 07:15 PM August 2, 1876 Gambler and gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok was killed. WILD BILL HICKOK SONGS Wild Bill Hickok · Johnsburg 3 (Bucky Halker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfwgE4hRvRk Colter Wall "Wild Bill Hickok" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBbkxeFUysQ The Burial of Wild Bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LquWA_qJRWM |
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Aug 21 - 05:42 PM WHITBY SOUVENIRS In the early hours of morning At the end of an August day. I went down to take a farewell walk, By the sands of Whitby Bay. The summer sun still lingered there, On the breath of the dreaming sea, And the waves were turning, half awake, As I walked along to the quay.
I went out along the West Pier,
In the darkness I stood gazing,
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Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GUEST,Tom Patterson Date: 23 Aug 21 - 08:16 PM August 24th 1917A song that recalls an incident in Blyth, Northumberland where young soldiers of the Warwickshire Regiment were preparing for service in the First World War. BLYTH SANDS The sun was out early that warm August day Our Warwickshire lads had been sent far away To a camp in the North East preparing for war Most not yet twenty so young and so raw. They'd been marching all morning in sweltering heat Sweating, exhausted half dead on their feet Arriving at Blyth Town they were ordered to rest Bathe in the North Sea before their next test. Six hundred soldiers ran onto the beach Laughing and joking along the tide's reach But the joy of that moment would soon turn to grief When the pull of the current took men underneath. Lt Colonel Chatterley sat high on his horse Anxiously watching more waves changing course His charges were swimming near to the land But the wild swirling sea was beyond his command Sgt John Riley was just back from France He dived in to save them but stood little chance Some waded out bravely grabbed five with their hands But nine lives were taken that day on Blyth Sands. The youngest to die was a boy from Kings Heath His father stood dumbstruck in sheer disbelief "This cannot have happened", poor Mrs Blunn said She couldn't accept that her Jesse was dead. At the inquest on Monday there were questions to ask Coroner Rutherford had the sad task "To swim there was madness", one fisherman claimed But the jury decided no one should be blamed. Lt Colonel Chatterley etc Tom Patterson This song is on You Tube at Tom Patterson Singer Songwriter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7iga4_SC0s |
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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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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: 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: 28 Jul 22 - 03:43 AM 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 Many Recordings of “ The Battle of The Nile“ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+BATTLE+OF+THE+NILE+song Lyrics to “The Battle of the Nile “ from Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Battle_of_the_Nile.htm Lyrics, information and recording of “The Battle of the Nile “ from Mainly Norfolk https://mainlynorfolk.info/peter.bellamy/songs/thebanksofthenile.html |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: The Sandman Date: 08 Aug 22 - 03:46 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHql-Taq8DA |
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