Any October Songs?

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Sep 21 - 01:48 PM

Tattie Bogle, the Youtube track from Sheena Wellington and Karine Polwart is the one from Celtic Connections 2001 that was released on "Scots Women".

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 16 Sep 21 - 01:42 PM

Another favourite, by Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem, Tommy having written the song.
The Grey October Clouds

THE GREY OCTOBER CLOUDS
                        Tommy Makem

The summer birds have gathered on their journey to the sun,
I saw the wild geese heading South on their October run,
The last crop has been harvested and all the work is done,
And the grey October clouds go drifting by.
Chorus
Drifting by, drifting by, and the grey October clouds go drifting by.


At summer dawns I walked along by silver singing streams,
The lark song filled the early morn, and I could dream my dreams,
The good times passed so quickly, that was long ago it seems,
And the grey October clouds go drifting by…………..
Chorus

In memory’s field my fancies ran, wild flowers can be seen
On every hill and valley and meadows in between,
The leaves of brown came tumbling down from trees that once were green,
And the grey October clouds go drifting by………………
Chorus

In the summer of our lifetime, the skies seemed always blue,
We’d dream our dreams with youthful thoughts and hope that they’d come true,
Believe in all your youthful dreams and they’ll live on for you,
And the grey October clouds go drifting by…………………
Chorus x 2

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 16 Sep 21 - 01:32 PM

Another "Hallowe'en" - from the poem by Violet Jacob, set to music by Jim Reid, and here sung by Sheena Wellington and Karine Polwart: it refers to the poet losing her son, Lachlan in WW1. Absolutely haunting.
Hallowe'en (Violet Jacob)

HALLOWE'EN words by Violet Jacob (1920)
Music, Jim Reid.

The tattie-liftin's nearly through,
They're plooin' whaur the barley grew
And efter dark roond ilka stack
You'll see the horsemen stand and crack
O Lachlan, but I mind on you.

I mind fu' aften we hae seen
Ten thoosand stars keek doon atween.
The naked branches, and below
Baith fairm and bothy hae their show
A-low wi' lichts o' Hallowe'en.

There's bairns wi' guys that's at their tail
Cloorin' the doors wi' runts o' kail
And fine you'll hear the screechs an' skirls
O' lassies wi' their drookit curls
Bobbin' for aipples i' the pail.

The bothy fire is loupin' heat.
A new heid-horseman's kist is set.
Richt's o'er the lamp whaur by the blaze
The auld yin stood that kept yer claes.
I cannae thole tae see it yet.

But gin the auld folks' tales are richt
An' ghaists cam hame on Hallow'n nicht,
Oh freend, oh freends, what would I gie
Tae feel yer rax yer hand tae me
Atween the dark an' coral licht!

Awa' in France across the wave,
The wee lichts burn on ilka grave
An' you an' me their lowes hae seen.
Ye'll maybe hae yer Hallowe'en
Yont whaur you're lyin' wi’ the lave.

There's drink an' daff an' sang an' dance,
An' ploys an' kisses get their chance,
But Lachlan, man, the place I see
Is whaur yer auld kist used tae be,
An' the lichts o' Hallowe'en in France.

[As sung by Jean Redpath on "Leaving the Land," 1990. Also recorded by The Sangsters on "Sharp & Sweet," 2001; and by Sheena Wellington on "Scots Women," 2001, as well as the video linked above.
Hallowe'en · Jean Redpath   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzH8ODDi3EI&list=PLLKu4d-qUaWLxvlf0aYJgMZlRQ6bsht1B&index=93
Hallowe'en- The Sangsters     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLoNP2UpdjI

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Sep 21 - 01:22 PM

THREE SCORE AND TEN

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October's night left such a sight, was never seen before:
There was masts and spars and broken yards came floating to the shore.


But It seems that the folk process has had it's way with the facts since the original broadside poem was prefaced

“In memoriam of the poor Fishermen who lost their lives in the Dreadful Gale from Grimsby and Hull, Feb. 8&9, 1889”
Mainly Norfolk     https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/threescoreandten.html

Joe Offer     http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/104.html
Behind the Music!    http://www.debisimons.com/whats-real-story-behind-grimsby-town/
YORKSHIRE GARLAND    http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=5
MUDCAT 3 Score and 10 -Grave found in Hull”     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=110813
Mudcat DIGITRAD     /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7321


The Watersons     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JzE1-VJv0
Louis Killen     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6M-07YGReg
The Dubliners     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrnWZSkXMw8
The Clancy Brothers    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEjW9Pxildo
Gordon Bok · Ann Mayo Muir · Ed Trickett     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmyRDiomcb0

A host of recordings here on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THREE+SCORE+AND+TEN+Youtube

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Sep 21 - 07:42 AM


HALLOWEEN    by The Singing Postman

The Singing Postman – Halloween    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ogTQqP6NQ

Some folks say by the light of the day
They don't believe tha's true
That folks will roam, far from their home
And the witches make their brew
Dew you go where the lights are low
They don't seem quite so keen
And they don't dare, go anywhere
On the night of Hallowe'en.

Now we all go down to the old churchyard
I dust you go inside
You're not far from the old hall beyond
Where the headless horsemen ride
Then you prick those doors seven times
And I know that you will scream
When the devil pops his head out the top
On the night of Hallowe'en.

Ghosts don't like nobody
They all make awful cries
They weep and moan, grunt and groan
And they don't like exorcise
See them walk through the castle walls
As though there's nothin' between
So don't you stray, too far away
On the night of Hallowe'en.

Now we all know Shuck he's a rare old dog
He likes to prowl around
Waiting for, down on the shore
The master who was drowned
His hair is black, his teeth are red
His eyes oh how they gleam
If he gets you, it's toodle-oo
On the night of Hallowe'en   

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Sep 21 - 07:37 AM


SWEET WILLIAM’S GHOST

Many recordings of Sweet William's Ghost on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sweet+William%27s+Ghost

Margaret lay on a fine feather bed
The Halloween drew near
When a dreadful form came to her room
And to her did appear.

"Are you my father the king" she said
"Are you my brother John
Or are you my truelove William
From Scotland coming home?"

"I'm not your father the king" he said
"I'm not your brother John
But I am your truelove William
From Scotland I've returned?"

"Margaret, Lady Margaret" he said
"In love, in charity
Will you give me back the plighted troth
That once, love, I gave thee."

"No I'll not give you back your plighted troth
Nor any other thing
Until you take me to your father's house
Where oft-times I have have been."

He's taken her to his father's house
And as they did enter in
The gates swung open at their own free will
To let young William in.

"Margaret, Lady Margaret" he said
"In love, in charity
Will you give me back the plighted troth
That once, love, I gave thee."

"No I'll not give you back your plighted troth
Nor any other thing
Until you take me to the chapel hall
And marry me with a ring."

He's taken her to the chapel hall
And as they did enter in
The locks flew asunder at their own free will
To let young William in.

"Margaret, Lady Margaret" he said
"In love, in charity
Will you give me back the plighted troth
That once, love, I gave thee."

She took the cross from around her neck
And laid it on his breast
Saying "Take you back your plighted troth
And in Heaven your soul find rest."

Silent stood the red red cock
But loudly called the grey
"It is time for the living to depart the dead
And so you must away."

MUDCAT:Digitrad Lyrics /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5638
Wikipedia information about the song Sweet William’s Ghost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_William%27s_Ghost

Link to HALLOWEEN posts above

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 16 Sep 21 - 06:12 AM

5th October, 1962. The Beatles first release of LOVE ME DO
Love Me Do · The Beatles     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uQuX1sOYk4

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Sep 21 - 07:29 PM

THE MARY ELLEN CARTER -Many recordings on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+MARY+ELLEN+CARTER+Youtube
Wikipedia: The Mary Ellen Carter     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mary_Ellen_Carter
Full lyrics and a recording https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/stanrogers/themaryellencarter.html

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GerryM
Date: 15 Sep 21 - 06:48 PM

THE MARY ELLEN CARTER by Stan Rogers.

She went down last October, in a driving, pouring rain....

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Sep 21 - 06:25 PM

Yes,Guest,   Halloween is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October   Thank you.

Wikipedia: Halloween     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
Kirsty MacColl – Halloween   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz55ZkGADvM
MUDCAT:Halloween Origins    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=3256&messages=57#15958
MUDCAT:Halloween Songs    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=25798&messages=161#305325

Link to SWEET WILLIAM’S GHOST(Halloween song)
Link to HALLOWEEN    by The Singing Postman
LINK to the HAG IS ASTRIDE

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Sep 21 - 05:30 PM

HALLOWEEN
by the late, great, Kirsty MacColl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPAIdYcrr6I&ab_channel=DemonMusicGroup

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GUEST,dave shiflett
Date: 15 Sep 21 - 04:48 PM

here's one AUTUMN LOVE
sung by the great buttafly vazquez.


https://soundcloud.com/dshifl/autumn-love-dave-shiflett-1

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Sep 21 - 06:43 AM

OCTOBER SONG    by Robin Williamson

Incredible String Band ~ October Song    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCnJdQ9izto
Mainly Norfolk: October Song, info     https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/octobersong.html
Rheingans Sisters - The October Song     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VomBZdeDkXw
Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle 'October Song'     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bns8psVzglg
   
October Song · Barbara Dickson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrmIGh7leVg
Martin Simpson - October Song   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZHnmzos3g

Subject: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Sep 21 - 06:41 AM

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-Joe Offer-

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Can you suggest any songs associated with the month of October ie: (A) Any songs with October in the title (B) Any songs with an October date given in the lyrics (C) Any songs referencing an event that is known to have occurred in October 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.
This is an edited PermaThread moderated by Geoff Lawes.

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INDEX OF OCTOBER SONGS

ALLANTIDE
ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND
AS TIME GOES BY
AT THE CHIME OF A CITY CLOCK
AT THE DRIVE IN
AT YOUR SIDE
AUGUST OCTOBER
AUTUMN LOVE
AUTUMN TREES
AWAY YE MERRY LASSES
BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
BACK IN TIME
BALLAD OF OCTOBER 16th
BATTLE OF SARATOGA (THE)
BEEP! BEEP!
BLANTYRE EXPLOSION (THE)
BOER BATTLE SONG
BOERS HAVE GOT MY DADDY (THE)
BOLD NELSON’S PRAISE
BONNIE LASS O’ FYVIE (THE)
BRING OUT YOUR BANNERS
BROKEN CLOCKS
CABLE STREET
CALENDARS AND CLOCKS
CAPTAIN’S APPRENTICE (THE)   aka THE CRUEL SHIP’S CAPTAIN
CARRYING NELSON HOME
CASTLE OF DROMORE(THE)
CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
CHISHOLM TRAIL(THE)
CLOCKS
CLOCKS AND SPOONS
CLOSE THE COALHOUSE DOOR
COLD WATER
COME ALL YOU BOLD CANADIANS (Laws A22)  aka   GENERAL BROCK or The Bold Canadian
COUNT ON ME
CREACH NA SAMHNA
CROSSING THE BAR
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
DEATH OF NELSON by J. Braham & S. J. Arnold
DEATH OF QUEEN JANE (THE)
DE LA REY
DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
DON’T TELL MY MOTHER I’M LIVING IN SIN
DROP OF NELSON’S BLOOD (A)
EDITH CAVELL SONGS
EL SALVADOR
EMPATHY
EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS
ERIE CANAL SONG (THE)
E-RI-E CANAL
EWAN MACCOLL SONGS
EYEMOUTH LAMENT
EYEMOUTH TRAGEDY
FAITHFUL JOHNNY
FAMOUS PIG SONG (THE)
FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER(THE)
FILL YOUR BUCKET SONG
FIJI FANNY
FIRE OF FRENDRAUGHT (THE)
FLOWERS OF BERMUDA(THE)
FOOTBALL’S COMING HOME
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
FROM BUFFALO TO TROY
FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY
GHOSTS OF CABLE STREET(THE)
GLAD TO SEE YOUR BACK
GLAUB! GLAUB! GLAUB!
GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK
GREY OCTOBER
GREY OCTOBER CLOUDS (THE)
HAG IS ASTRIDE(THE)
HALLOWEEN   (Kirsty MacColl)
HALLOWEEN     by The Singing Postman
HALLOWE'EN (From Music Time for Brownies)
HALLOWEEN SONGS FROM THE 1920'S & 1930’S
HALLOWE'EN SIGHTS
HALLOWE’EN QUARTERMASTER(THE)
HALLOWE'EN words by Violet Jacob
HALLOWS’ EVE
HARTLAKE BRIDGE
HENNESSY MURDER (THE)
HERE FOR YOU
HOLD THE FORT
HOOSAC TUNNEL
HOP-TU-NAA
HUSBAND’S CLOCK (THE)
HULL FAIR SONG by Pickled Ginger
HYMNS, CAROLS & SONGS BY RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME
IF YOU CAN’T GET IN THE CORNERS
IF YOU PEEK IN MY GAZEBO
I’LL BE YOUR SHELTER
I’LL STAND BY YOU
IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
JARROW SONG
JOHNNY BOER
JOHN’S GARDEN
LANDLORD FILL THE FLOWING BOWL
LAST OCTOBER
LEAN ON ME
LET ME BE THERE
LET NO MAN STEAL YOUR TIME
LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (THE)
LINDA AND HER LONDONDERRY AIR
LOLA’S SAUSEPAN
LONESOME SUZIE
LOSS OF THE ELIZA (THE)
LOVE ME DO
MACDONNELL ON THE HEIGHTS
MARCHING INLAND
MARCH OF THE WOMEN (THE)
MARCHING TO PRETORIA
MARY ELLEN CARTER (THE)
MATA HARI
MEN OF NORTH LEW(THE) aka THE BELL RINGERS or THE BELL RINGING(Roud 1515)
MONTY PYTHON SONGS
MORLEY MAIN
MRS O'LEARY'S COW
MRS. O'LEARY'S LANTERN
MRS. O'LEARY'S SONG
MY LADY OF AUTUMN
MY OCTOBER SYMPHONY
NELSON’S DEATH
NEVER GO WALKING WITHOUT YOUR HATPIN
NEVER TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE STORM
OCTOBER REVOLUTION SONGS
OCTOBER by Amy Winehouse
OCTOBER by Jackson C. Frank
OCTOBER by Kings
OCTOBER by U2
OCTOBER GREY
OCTOBER ROAD
OCTOBER ROSES
OCTOBER SKIES
OCTOBER SKY
OCTOBER SNOW
OCTOBER SONG by Robin Williamson
OCTOBER THE TWELFTH
OCTOBER TREES
OCTOBER WINDS by Bela Fleck
OCTOBER WINDS (Makem)
OCTOBER WINDS by Cara Dillon
OKTOBERSONG!
O'LEARY'S COW   -  Johnny Horton
OLD WOMAN TAUGHT WISDOM (THE)
ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
(ON BOARD) THE VICTORY
ON BOARD A MAN O’ WAR
ONLY TIME WILL TELL
OTHERS
OXFORD TOWN
OYSTER GIRL (THE)
PIG GOT UP AND SLOWLY WALKED AWAY(THE)
PLEASE SELL NO MORE DRINK TO MY FATHER
PULLING HARD AGAINST THE STREAM
PUNKIE NIGHT
RAILWAY SONG by Roy the Taxi Driver
RAILWAY TRAIL SONG (THE)
RAISE YOUR BANNERS HIGH
RAMBLING COMBER (THE)
RAT CATCHER’S DAUGHTER
REMEMBER THE TIME
RICHARD III
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
RUNNING THE CLOCKS
RUSSIAN LOVE SONG (A)
SANTA AND THE SATELLITE
SARIE MARAIS
SATELITE BABY
SAUERKRAUT
SCHOOLHOUSE ON THE HILL (THE)
SENGHENYDD
SHE WAS AN ANGEL OF MERCY
SINKING OF THE REUBEN JAMES (THE)
SNOW IN OCTOBER
SOME OLD SALTY
SONG FOR THE RED-COATS (A)
SONG OF THE CLYDE (THE)
SONGS ABOUT THE ABERFAN DISASTER
SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
SONGS ABOUT SUPPORTING AND CARING FOR OTHER PEOPLE
SONGS ABOUT ELENOR ROOSEVELT
SONGS ABOUT JOHN BROWN
SONGS ABOUT MOLLY PITCHER
SONGS ABOUT NOTTINGHAM GOOSE FAIR
SONGS ABOUT THE HUNGARIAN UPRISING OF 1956
SONGS ABOUT THE SPUTNIK
SONGS ABOUT TIME AND CLOCKS
SONGS BY CYRIL TAWNEY
SONGS OF THE SUFFRAGETTES sung by Elizabeth Knight
SONGS SUNG BY ELSA LANCHESTER
SOULING SONGS
SPRINGFIELD MINE DISASTER (THE)    aka THE BALLAD OF SPRINGHILL
SPUTNIK (THE SATELLITE GIRL)
SPUTNIKS AND MUTNIKS
SPUTNIK DANCE
SPUTNIK’S DOWN
SPUTNIK SWEETHEART
STOP THE CLOCKS
SUFFRAGETTE SONGS
SUKKOT SONGS
SWEET WILLIAM’S GHOST
TAKING NELSON HOME
TAM LIN
TAM O’SHANTER
TAVISTOCK GOOSEY FAIR
THA MO RÚN AIR A’ GHILLE
THAT OLD CLOCK ON THE WALL
THERE IS A TIME
THAT’S THE TICKET
THIS TIME TOMORROW
THREE JOLLY COACHMEN
THREE SCORE AND TEN
TIME
TIME AFTER TIME
TIME IN A BOTTLE
TIME IS ON MY SIDE
TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ (THE)
TIME WARP
TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS
TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS
TRYING TO MAKE CLOCKS SLOW DOWN
TURN BACK YOUR CLOCKS
TURNING TOWARD THE MORNING
TURN! TURN! TURN!
UMBRELLA
UP THE DOWN ESCALATOR
VA DANSER
VARSHAVYANKA
WALTZ FOR EDITH CAVELL( A )
WE FELL IN LOVE IN OCTOBER
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS
WOBBLING MAN (THE)
WHEN OCTOBER GOES
WHAT IN THE HELL WAS IT FOR?
WHAT’S TIME TO A HOG
WHEN A LADY HAS A PIAZZA
WHEN I NEEDED A NEIGHBOUR
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
WORKER’S MARSEILLES (THE)
YANKEE DOODLE
YORKTOWN
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME
1st DAY OF OCTOBER


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