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Subject: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:39 PM
-Joe Offer- The songs-of-the-month threads need one for December that does not include anything specifically about the solstice or midwinter holidays, those having their own. Here's a few to begin... ALPHABETICAL DECEMBER INDEX Below is an alphabetical index of 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 occur. 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. We will sometimes rearrange “late” posts to group them with the appropriate main area of discussion so that they are not overlooked.When I add to someone’s post I make this clear by doing so beneath an orange line like the one below.- Regards ,Geoff Lawes INDEX OF DECEMBER SONGS ÁIRD A' CHUAIN ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CONCERTINA ANGEL GABRIEL FROM HEAVEN CAME (THE) APPLE TREE WASSAIL ASHTABULA TRAIN WRECK AS I GO RAMBLING ROUND AULD LANG SYNE A VINT-I-CINC DE DESEMBRE aka FUM FUM FUM AYE FOND KISS by Robbie Burns BACK TO DECEMBER BALLAD OF DARR MINE (THE) BALLAD OF JOHN MACLEAN BALLAD OF KATHLEEN CLARKE (THE) BALLAD OF OF LIFEBOAT 54 (THE) - Trad Academy Sea Shanty Choir BALLAD OF MICHAEL COLLINS (THE) aka Hang Out Your Brightest Colours BALLAD OF PENLEE (THE) - Anthony Phillips BALLAD OF SOLOMON BROWNE (THE) - Simon King BALLAD OF THE CARPENTER (THE) BALLAD OF THE TAY RAIL BRIDGE BALLAD OF THE TEA PARTY BALLAD OF ST. ANNE'S REEL (THE) BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS BAYOU SARA BLACKBIRD (THE) BLECKELL MURRYNEET (THE) BOAR'S HEAD CAROL (THE) BONNIE CHARLIE aka WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN? BOSTON BURGLAR (THE) BOSTON TEA PARTY SONG BOXING DAY BOYS OF PENLEE (THE) - Jim Wearne BOYS OF PENLEE (THE) - Stephen Richard BRACERO BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE ISABELLA BULLFIGHT ON THE SAN PEDRO (THE) BUSHES AND BRIARS CANDLE IN THE WINDOW (A) CAPTAIN JOHNSON’S LAST FAREWELL CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP CHERRY TREE CAROL (THE) CHRISTMAS AT SEA CHRISTMAS CAROL (A) byTom Lehrer CHRISTMAS DINNER by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band CHRISTMAS DINNER by Peter, Paul & Mary CHRISTMAS DINNER COUNTRY STYLE CHRISTMAS HARE (THE) CHRISTMAS GOOSE (THE) CHRISTMAS IN NO MAN’S LAND CHRISTMAS IN SOUTHGATE CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES CHRISTMAS IS COMING, THE GOOSE IS GETTING FAT CHRISTMAS MEMORIES CHRISTMAS MORNING CHRISTMAS, MY ARSE by Ricky Tomlinson CHRISTMAS PUDDING CHRISTMAS PUDDING SONG CHRISTMAS SHOES (THE) CHRISTMAS SONG WRITTEN BY A COMPUTER CHRISTMAS TIME CHRISTMAS TIME IN WASHINGTON written by Roy Acuff CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN' CHRISTMAS TREE FARM CHRISTMAS TREE SONG (THE) CHRISTMAS TRUCE SONG (THE) CHRISTMAS 1914 CHRISTMAS 1915 COLD DECEMBER FLIES AWAY COLUMBIA THE GREAT BANANA MASSACRE 1928 CONCERTINA by Tori Amos CONCERTINA CHAOS SONG CONCERTINA CONSCIOUSNESS CONCERTINA MAN - Ray Bradfield CONCERTINA MAN (THE) - Alan Bell CONCERTINA MAN (THE) - Paul O' Reilly CORNISH WASSAIL CORN,WATER,WOOD COVENTRY CAROL (LULLY LULA) COWARDS OVER PEARL HARBOR COWBOY CAROL (THE) COWBOY CHRISTMAS CREMATION OF SAM McGEE (THE) CUTTY WREN (THE) DARK DECEMBER by Graeme Miles DECEMBER by Foxhunting DEPORTEE DERRY'S WALLS DITCHLING CAROL (THE) DON’T PLAY ME YOUR CONCERTINA EARLY PEARLY EARLY SNOW EDWARD VIII [It Was Love, Love Alone] EIGHT DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (THE) EL DESEMBRE CONGELAT (Catalan) ELLEN VANNIN EMIGRANT EYES (Immigrant Eyes) EMIGRÉ EMPTY GARDEN aka Hey, Hey Johnny ERSKINE CHILDERS FAIRY ON THECHRISTMAS TREE (THE) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK FELIZ NAVIDAD FIGGY PUDDING FIRE AND FLAME FLORA McDONALD’S LAMENT FROZEN DECEMBER GAUDETTE by Angie Wright GET THAT COMMUNIST, JOE GIFT CARD GIFT (THE) GLOUCESTERSHIRE WASSAIL GOOD KING WENSLASLAS LOOKED OUT GOWER WASSAIL(THE) GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER HANUKKAH SONGS HALSWAY CAROL (THE) HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS TREE (THE) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) aka So This Is Christmas HARVEY LOGAN HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS HERE TODAY HEROD AND THE COCK HOT BUTTERED RUM HOMELESS WASSAIL HOUSEWIFE'S LAMENT HOW CAN YOU KEEP ON MOVING(Unless You Migrate Too) HURON CAROL I AM CHRISTMAS I AM A ROCK IF ONLY I COULD PLAY A CONCERTINA IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER IF YOU MISS ME AT THE BACK OF THE BUS I JUST SHOT JOHN LENNON IMMIGRANT’S SONG IMMIGRATION BLUES I’M THE MAN WHO SLITS THE TURKEYS’ THROATS AT CHRISTMAS IN DULCI JUBILO I PLAYED MY CONCERTINA IRELAND BOYS HURRAH IRISH FREE STATE(THE) I SAW THREE SHIPS AKA On Christmas Day in the Morning IT ONLY SEEMS FIVE MINUTES SINCE LAST CHRISTMAS I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL WITH SANTA CLAUS I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY JACOBITE SONGS JACOBSTOWE WASSAIL JOE McCARTHY'S BAND JOE McCARTHY IS COMIN' TO TOWN JOE McCARTHY'S LULLABY JOHN BROWN'S BODY JOHN FUDSTON JOHN MACLEAN MARCH JOSEPH JUST ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SONG KENTUCKY WASSAIL KETT’S REBELLION ! KILMORE CAROLS (THE) KINGSTOWN DISASTER (THE) KIT CARSON KITCHEN DANCE KWANZAA SONGS LADY OF THE HARBOR LAST CHRISTMAS LAST FIERCE CHARGE (THE) LAST HANGING IN WEST VIRGINIA LAST NIGHT OF THE YEAR (THE) LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY LAST WAVE (THE) - Bates Motel LE RÉVEILLON DU JOUR DE L'AN [La Cuisinière] LIFEBOAT MONA (THE) LIFEBOAT SONG, SOLOMON BROWN PENLEE LIFEBOAT (THE) - by Russ Holland LITTLE DRUMMER BOY (THE) LIVING IN THE PROMISELAND LOSS OF THE SAILOR’S HOME LULA VIERS LULLE LULLAY MALPAS WASSAIL MANY RIVERS TO CROSS MARAT/SADE MARCH THE MORNING SUN MARY L. McKAY MARI LWYD SONG (THE) MASTER McGRATH MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING - The Carpenters MERRY CHRISTMAS, I DON’T WANT TO FIGHT TONIGHT MISS FOGARTY’SCHRISTMAS CAKE MORE WOOD MORE WASSAIL SONGS NIGHTINGALE (THE) NINETTO E LA COLONIA NO CHRISTMAS IN KENTUCKY OAKS PIT DISASTER (THE) O CHRISTMAS TREE O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL O MAY, THY MORN O TANNENBAUM ODE BY A CHRISTMAS PUDDING AT SEA OH, CALIFORNIA OLD SUNDAY DINNER (THE) ONE COLD DECEMBER DAY ONE COLD MORNING IN DECEMBER ON MY LITTLE CONCERTINA PADDY LAY BACK PALESTEENA PASTURES OF PLENTY PEARL HARBOR BLUES PENLEE LIFEBOAT DISASTER - (Gil Boyd) performed by Piers Mortimer PERFECT FIELDS OF FREDERICKSBURG (THE) PERSONENT HODIE PIG AND THE INEBRIATE (THE) PLEASE DADDY, DON'T GET DRUNK THIS CHRISTMAS PLEASE MR CUSTER POPPA PICCOLINO PORT ADMIRAL (THE) PRETORIA PIT DISASTER PRINCE CHARLIE STUART PROHIBITION SONGS REBELLION REDNECK REINDEER (THE) REFUGEE REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR REMEMBER THE POOR [The Snow Is on the Ground] REVOLUTIONARY TEA RISE UP ! RIVER ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ROLL ON JOHN RUN, RUN RUDOLPH SAINT STEPHEN AND HEROD SANDS SANS DAY CAROL (THE) , (The Holly Bears a Berry) SANTA CLAUS by Bo Diddley SANTA CLAUS BOOGIE SANTA NEVER BRINGS ME A BANJO SEASON’S UPON US (THE) SHOTGUN SHELLS ON A CHRISTMAS TREE SIGNORINA CONCERTINA - Shuki & Aviva SKYE BOAT SONG (THE) SKIBBEREEN SOLOMON BROWNE (THE) - Hughie Jones SOLOMON BROWNE - Seth Lakeman SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS DINNER SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS PUDDING SONGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREES SONGS ABOUT JACK KETT AND KETT’S REBELLION OF 1549 SONGS ABOUT JOHN LENNON’S DEATH SONGS ABOUT JOSEPH STALIN SONGS ABOUT MIGRANTS SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE BARENTS SEA SONGS ABOUT THE BANANA MASSACRE 1928 SONGS ABOUT THE CONCERTINA SONGS ABOUT THE PENLEE LIFEBOAT DISASTER SONGS ABOUT SENATOR JOE McCARTHY SONGS ABOUT THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION SONGS ABOUT THE SIEGE OF DERRY SONGS OF THE BUSH by Chloe and Jason Roweth SONGS SUNG BY WILL FYFFE SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) STAGGER LEE STANDING STONES (THE) STANDING STONES ( Loreena McKennitt) STANDING STONES OF ORKNEY STARRY, STARRY NIGHT STROUD WASSAIL SUDDENLY IT’S CHRISTMAS SUSSEX CAROL (On Christmas Night) SWEET BABY JAMES TAILOR’S BRITCHES (THE) THANK GOD IT’S CHRISTMAS THAT CHRISTMAS MOOD THOU GLOOMY DECEMBER THREE WISE WOMEN (THE) by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange THREE WISE WOMEN by Stanley Accrington THREE WISE WOMEN nbsp; by Lucinda Lucas THREE WISE WOMEN nbsp; by Kate ? TO DAUNTON ME TOMORROW SHALL BE MY DANCING DAY TRUNCH WASSAIL SONG (THE) TRURO AGRICULTURAL SHOW TRY NOT TO BE A CUNT IT’S CHRISTMAS TRY TO REMEMBER TURKEY SONG (THE) (I've Been Invited for Christmas) ’TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (THE) UN FLAMBEAU,JEANETTE ISABELLA VALLEY FORGE WAKE ISLAND WASSAIL CUP CAROL (THE) WASSAIL OF FIGGY DUFF (THE) WASSAILING SONG (THE)- Blur WASSAIL SONGS WEXFORD CAROL (THE) aka Wexford Lullaby WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE? WHEN GRANDPA PLAYED THE BANJO WHEN SANTA GOT STUCK UP THE CHIMNEY WHEN THE SNOWS OF WINTER FALL WHEN THEY FLEW WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GREY WIFE OF USHER’S WELL (THE) WHIMPLE WASSAIL WISE WOMEN by Marco Frankland WHITE COCKADE (THE) WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS by The Wombles WOUNDED KNEE SONGS WREN DAY SONGS WRIGHT! YORKSHIRE CAROLS YORKSHIRE WASSAIL YULE YOUNG FREEDA BOLT 1913 MASSACRE 23RD FLOTILLA (THE) 2000 Miles |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:42 PM ONE COLD MORNING IN DECEMBER One cold morning in December, I've reason to remember, I fell in love with such a charming girl. Her eyes were bright and tender, her form was tall and slender, Her hair it hung around her head in curls. Along the streets together, regardless of the weather, She took me to a house that stood quite near. She closed the door behind me, to me she said so kindly, "It's warmer in the bed, love, than down here." Sung by Walter Pardon (1978) Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcnQL8xI8WI Other recordings of” One Cold Morning in December “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=One+Cold+Morning+in+December |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:44 PM O MAY, THY MORN (by Robert Burns) O May, thy morn was ne'er so sweet As the mirk night o' December! For sparkling was the rosy wine, And private was the chamber: And dear was she I dare na name, But I will aye remember. Sung by Davy Steele (1998) Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:47 PM THOU GLOOMY DECEMBER (by Robert Burns) Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December! Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care; Sad was the parting thou makes me remember— Parting wi' Nancy, oh, ne'er to meet mair! sung by Jean Redpath (1985) Video sung by Corrina Hewat (1998) Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:49 PM ONE COLD DECEMBER DAY Dick Justice (1929) Video Down by a western water tank One cold December day In the bottom of an empty car A dying hobo lay. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:55 PM December 1, 1955: Montgomery bus boycott begins, as Rosa Parks takes a symbolic seat; December 20, 1956: US Supreme Court orders bus integration and the boycott ends. IF YOU MISS ME AT THE BACK OF THE BUS Digital Tradition /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2937 Link to 4 more Rosa Parks songs to be found in the INDEX of Mudcat Thread:Any November Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170494&messages=72#4122978 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 06:57 PM December 2, 1859: John Brown executed JOHN BROWN'S BODY Thread /mudcat.org/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=71356 Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=john+brown%27s+body |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:14 PM SONGS ABOUT THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION December 6, 1917: an enormous explosion shatters Halifax, Nova Scotia. Songs about it include:
WIKIPEDIA: The Halifax_Explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion The Halifax Explosion Song Written by Daniel MacIntyre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqFT0bWbqew FIRE AND FLAME Fire & Flame - The Longest Johns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_5PHU7vQu4 MUDCAT : Folk songs about the Halifax Explosion /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=149281 David Stone "Sacrifice", Songs-of-the-Halifax-Explosion hear tracks on Bandcamphttps://davidstone2.bandcamp.com/album/sacrifice-songs-of-the-halifax-explosion |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:24 PM December 11, 1936: King Edward VIII abdicates. EDWARD VIII [It Was Love, Love Alone] Mudcat Thread Edward The VIII - The Caresser with Gerald Clark & his Caribbean Serenaders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN0ZYIyKDJY |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:27 PM December 17, 1777: The Continental Army takes up winter quarters at Valley Forge. VALLEY FORGE (by Bob Coltman) We came down here with our boots on our feet, We lost them somewhere in the snow and the sleet. Pennsylvania winters are some kind of cold -- What's left of your body won't comfort your soul. Mudcat Thread Sung by Joe Hickerson (1976) Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 07:28 PM THE BALLAD OF ST. ANNE'S REEL (by David Mallett) He was stranded in a tiny town on fair Prince Edward Island Waiting for a ship to come and find him A one horse place, a friendly face, some coffee and a tiny trace Of fiddling in the distance far behind him ............. Now the sailor's gone, the room is bare, the old piano's setting there Someone's hat's left hanging on the rack Some empty chairs, the wooden floor that feels the touch of shoes no more Awaiting for the dancers to come back And the fiddle's in the closet of some daughter of the town The strings are broke, the bow is gone and the cover's buttoned down But sometimes on December nights, when the air is cold and the wind is right There's a melody that passes through the town. Digital Tradition |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 09:18 PM December 11-15, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg. THE LAST FIERCE CHARGE See Mudcat Thread for arguments that this piece was written about Fredericksburg, and for another composition about the battle. The Last Fierce Charge: Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+last+fierce+charge |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 09:24 PM December 9, 1911: Disaster at Cross Mountain Mine near Briceville, Tennessee. THE CROSS MOUNTAIN EXPLOSION Digital Tradition Cross Mountain Mine Disaster 1911- Tony Thomas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwKp7FBEGG0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 09:51 PM The various broadside ballads about naval combats against Turkish vessels ("The Royal Oak," "The Turkish Man-of-War," "Captain Mansfield's Fight," etc. etc.) are often supposed to have been inspired by an action on December 9, 1669, in which an English squadron under Admiral Kempthorne defeated nine Algerian ships. However, this thread points out that the 1669 battle may be the best known but not the only one, and that few or no specific details in the ballads link them to Kempthorne. (And when they give some date, it is not in December.) |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 10:25 PM THE WALKER OF THE SNOW (Poem, Charles Dawson Shanly, 1859; set to music by Sean Tyrrell.) To the cold December heaven came the pale moon and the stars, As the yellow sun was sinking behind the purple bars. The snow was deeply drifted upon the ridges drear That lay for miles between me and the camp for which we steer. Digital Tradition The Walker of the Snow - Sean Tyrrell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ka5x60vOwE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 10:35 PM December 8, 1959: The lifeboat Mona is lost during a rescue attempt in St. Andrews Bay, Fife. THE LIFEBOAT MONA by Peggy Seeger Remember December of fifty-nine The howling wind and driving rain Remember the gallant men who drowned On the lifeboat, Mona was her name. Digital Tradition "The Lifeboat Mona"- Peggy Seeger and others on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+LIFEBOAT+MONA+by+Peggy+Seeger |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 11:07 PM December 5, 1885: The Mississippi steamboat Bayou Sara burns at the dock. BAYOU SARA Digital Tradition Recorded by Sara Grey and Ellie Ellis (sadly not yet to be heard online) and by Ed Siegler Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 16 Nov 21 - 11:24 PM December, 1917: Murder of Lula Viers. There is some great material online about this case. LULA VIERS Digital Tradition Recorded by, among others, Loretta Lynn. Video |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 17 Nov 21 - 08:46 PM ELLEN VANNIN by Hughie Jones of The Spinners. Another maritime disaster. The Ellan Vannin Tragedy sung by Hughie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91uH_J6B6JI Link to THE ELLEN VANNIN posted below |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa Date: 18 Nov 21 - 04:16 PM The Digital Tradition entry for The Walker of the Snow (see Levana's link on this thread 16 Nov) says "Sung by Davy Spillane on "Shadow Hunter," TARACD 3023, 1990". Davy Spillane plays on his album, but the singing is unmistakably that of Seán Tyrrell (r.i.p. 30 Oct 2021). I saw Seán and Davy at a gig once. Davy played uilleann pipes and whistle and I don't remember him singing anything. Walker of the Snow (via youtube) |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Nov 21 - 07:00 PM THE BOSTON BURGLAR I set my foot on an eastbound train one cold December day, And every station I passed by I could hear the people say: “There goes that Boston Burglar, in iron chains he is bound; For the breaking of the Union Bank he is sent to Charlestown. The Boston Burglar- Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4fB7_8tC0 Boston Burglar · Hedy West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSr9K55_-gs The Boston Burgler · James Keelaghan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc3u__gDeN8 Boston Burglar · Delia Murphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPdA50AFLYY Mudcat, Origins: Boston Burglar /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=100659&messages=38#2021715 Mudcat DT Lyrics, The Boston Burglar /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5968 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 20 Nov 21 - 09:30 AM DARK DECEMBER by Graeme Miles Dark December(Graeme Miles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfLdLcvPMtg MUDCAT: Lyr Add: Dark December (Graeme Miles) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=117679 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,Felipa Date: 20 Nov 21 - 06:27 PM ÁIRD A' CHUAIN Aird a' Chuain, Ardaigh Chuain (various renderings of the place name) is a song about someone abroad (in Scotland) missing home on the north Antrim coast of Ireland. One verse mentions Nollaig, which can mean either the month of December or the Christmas holiday. Is iomai Nollag a bhí mé féin i mBun Abhainn Doine Is mé gan chéill Ag iomainn ar a trá bán 'S mo chaman bán ins mo dhorn liom It is many a Christmas Day I had In Cushendun while still a lad; Hurling on the White Shore Strand With my good ash hurley in my hand. (singable translation by Seán Ó Gallochóír) https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10469#3797807 sung by Éamonn Ó Faogáin (youtube link) |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Nov 21 - 11:11 AM STARRY, STARRY NIGHTaka Vincent December 23, 1888 - Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear during a fit of depression. Don McLean - Vincent ( Starry, Starry Night) With Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk Vincent (Don McLean song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_(Don_McLean_song) Various recordings of Starry, Starry Night on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=STARRY%2C+STARRY+NIGHT |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 21 Nov 21 - 02:52 PM SONGS ABOUT THE SIEGE OF DERRY See the August thread for a collection of songs about the Siege of Derry, 1689, part of a resistance against King James. Although the siege is annually commemorated on August 14, one of the most celebrated events (referenced in most songs) took place on December 7, 1688, when a group of apprentices shut the town gates against Jacobite forces. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Nov 21 - 05:17 PM DERRY'S WALLS 7 December 1688 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. From Wikipedia: Siege of Derry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Derry Wikipedia: Robert_Lundy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lundy Derry's Walls (Apprentice Boys Loyalist Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXoRNA5mUY “Derry's Walls” From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry%27s_Walls "The Siege of Derry" by Alice Osborn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a07JICnCe50 Thanks for this one Felipa |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 21 Nov 21 - 06:28 PM HARVEY LOGAN Out of all the incidents in Harvey Logan's violent, roving, and criminal life, this ballad focuses on a barroom fight and shootout with the police that took place in Knoxville, Tenn. in December, 1901; the jailbreak which, in this account, sounds like it was immediately afterward, was actually in June, 1903. Article by Lyle Lofgren Digital Tradition Recording by Walt Gibson of Hazard, Ky. (collected by A. Lomax in 1937) Dock Boggs, 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QELhq0vXAO8 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 21 Nov 21 - 07:18 PM Harvey Logan From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Logan |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 24 Nov 21 - 10:02 AM SONGS ABOUT JOHN LENNON’S DEATH 8 Dec,1980 Ex-Beatle John Lennon was murdered in New York EMPTY GARDEN aka Hey Hey Johnny Elton John - Empty Garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWyy7Huc6KA HERE TODAY Paul McCartney/John Lennon - Here Today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjwnWU6OsaI ROLL ON JOHN Bob Dylan - Roll On, John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9MCXJuG3KA&t=5s I JUST SHOT JOHN LENNON The Cranberries - I Just Shot John Lennon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsN86H0yzrE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Nov 21 - 08:53 AM PADDY LAY BACK "Paddy Lay Back" ('Twas a cold and dreary morning in December...) MUDCAT DT:Paddy Lay Back /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4580 Many recordings of "Paddy Lay Back" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Paddy+Lay+Back%22 Thanks for this song Levana |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 25 Nov 21 - 10:45 AM Another beautiful song from Graeme Miles which mentions December: copied from another thread: WHEN THE SNOWS OF WINTER FALL (Graeme Miles) My yard is high with wood now, my cellar deep with coal, My windows are well battened; I’ve sealed each crack and hole, When the storms and winds come raging, I’ll not be touched at all, For I’ll be well protected, when the snows of winter fall. My sheep still wander freely, upon the lonely fell, In the field my horse is grazing, and my cattle feed as well, But come the bleak December, with its rain and sleet and squall, They’ll be safely penned and stabled, when the snows of winter fall. I look out from my doorway, to the trees on yonder rise, Soon the leaves will turn to yellow as the summer fades and dies, I’ll put on my coat of leather, and my love will don her shawl, How close we’ll draw together, when the snows of winter fall. Through the bitter cold and darkness, our hopes we will keep high, For we know the warmth of summer will come back by and by, Then we’ll walk into the sunshine wearing neither coat nor shawl, And together we will listen just to hear the cuckoo call. I am not a man of riches; I have little that is new, Some livestock and some chattels, amount to very few, But my love is here beside me; I need nothing more at all, She will give her love and comfort, when the snows of winter fall. My yard is high with wood now, my cellar deep with coal, My windows are well battened; I’ve sealed each crack and hole, When the storms and winds come raging, I’ll not be touched at all, For I’ll be well protected, when the snows of winter fall. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 04:26 AM TRY TO REMEMBER (Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt) Deep in December, it's nice to remember Although you know the snow will follow Deep... Without a hurt the heart is hollow Deep... The fire of September that made us mellow Deep in December our hearts should remember, and follow Lots of recordings onlinehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=TRY+TO+REMEMBER+ Here's one by The Brothers Four: https://youtu.be/LUZpjW7QHGo |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 04:41 AM CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN’S COURTSHIP Child Ballad #46, Roud 36. I maun hae some winter fruit that in December grew And I maun hae a silken goon that waft gaed never through A sparrow's horn, a priest unborn this nicht tae join us twa Afore I'll lie untae your bed at either stock or wa'" Recording by Ewan MacColl: https://youtu.be/lqbbSoZVFM0 Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - Capt Wedderburn's Courtship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUHIVcFbyFU Captain Wedderburn's Courtship · Rossettistone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmCDpfEyu8g Captain Wedderburn's Courtship · Jean Redpath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py5segw40_Q |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 04:46 AM WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GREY (Tom Lehrer) Your teeth will start to go, dear, your waist will start to spread. In twenty years or so, dear, I'll wish that you were dead. I'll never love you then at all the way I do today. So please remember, When I leave in December, I told you so in May. Recording by Tom Lehrer: https://youtu.be/8NOZH0y7VxE |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 04:52 AM PIG AND THE INEBRIATE It was early last December, as near as I remember I was walking down the street in tipsy pride No one was I disturbing, as I lay down by the curbing And a pig came up and lay down by my side As I lay there in the gutter, thinking thoughts I cannot utter A lady passing by was heard to say "You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses" And the pig got up and slowly walked away Recorded by Ed McCurdy: https://youtu.be/wc9pvw1z60M |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 05:04 AM THE NIGHTINGALE (Wreck) On the fifteenth day of December last, The wind did blow a most fearful blast. We lost our spars, likewise every sail. What a dismal wreck was the Nightingale! Couldn't find a recording, but here's some sheet music: http://www.loopendtuygh.nl/mediapool/56/567105/data/040_the_NIGHTINGALE.pdf The Nightingale · Cyril Tawney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMLZFq2K70o
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 05:09 AM MORE WOOD (Dillon Bustin) When the spring rolls around and I spade the muddy ground I have often found I lay my saw away, The shed is empty and yet you can make a bet That I'll forget to be cutting more wood. The old timers say to split a little every day And stack it away to season well, but From March to November I rarely do remember December will find me in a rut... Recording by Herdman, Hills and Mangsen: https://youtu.be/2-Pdg7GmLH0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 26 Nov 21 - 05:13 AM HOUSEWIFE'S LAMENT In March it is mud, it is slush in December The midsummer breezes are loaded with dust In fall the leaves litter, in muddy September The wall paper rots and the candlesticks rust Recording by Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen: https://youtu.be/bslMx_mhiBc More performances on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=housewife%27s+lament+youtube MUDCAT: Origins: Poor Old Woman/Housewife's Lament /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=129897 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 29 Nov 21 - 12:25 PM Matt McGinn's BALLAD OF JOHN MACLEAN celebrates the Communist organizer's return to Glasgow on December 3, 1918 after having been jailed. Many recordings of "Ballad of John MacLean" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+%22Ballad+of+John+MacLean%22+ MUDCAT: Digitrad /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=446 There is also Hamish Henderson's JOHN MACLEAN MARCH Many recordings of " John MacLean March "on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Maclean%27s+March The John MacLean March Lyrics & Info from unionsong.com http://unionsong.com/u124.html Thanks to Levana Taylor for suggesting the above two songs. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM Date: 01 Dec 21 - 12:52 AM SWEET BABY JAMES , by James Taylor Now the first of December was covered with snow So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston The Berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go Recording by James Taylor: https://youtu.be/k2x0fPgAj_Y |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 01 Dec 21 - 06:12 AM 16 Dec. 1773 American colonists boarded three ships in Boston harbour and emptied 342 chests of tea into the sea. Wikipedia:Boston Tea Partyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party REVOLUTIONARY TEA "Revolutionary Tea" Lyrics, Info & Music: The Minnesota Heritage Songbook https://mnheritagesongbook.net/the-songs/addition-song-without-recordings/revolutionary-tea/ BALLAD OF THE TEA PARTY The Ballad of the Tea Party, song lyrics http://www.protestsonglyrics.net/Historic_Songs/Ballad-the-Tea-Party.phtml Ballad of the Tea Party · Hermes Nye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi6Zh3VA1Y Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics: Ballad of the Tea Party http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Ballad_of_the_Tea_Party.htm BOSTON TEA PARTY SONG
The Boston Tea Party Song-Pharrell Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5Nh7mggx0 |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Dec 21 - 06:54 AM December 7, 1941 - The U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese aircraft in a raid that lasted just over one hour and left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR Carson Robison "Remember Pearl Harbor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyOyoHNkeC4 Remember Pearl Harbor (song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_Pearl_Harbor_(song) PEARL HARBOR BLUES -Doctor (Peter) Clayton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg_0AT5LLqE COWARDS OVER PEARL HARBOR - Wilma Lee Cooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnyiE5u03M |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 02 Dec 21 - 07:15 AM And another song about related events which was suggested by Levana Taylor is WAKE ISLAND Wake Island · Oscar Brand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvkdKinM4-0 MUDCAT :Origins, Oscar Brand's 'Wake Island' /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=98039#1936283 It's about a battle that took place December 8-23, 1941. |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: open mike Date: 03 Dec 21 - 12:23 AM HERE ARE MY FAVORITES FOR CHRISTMAS TIME CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN' BEN."TEX" LOGAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRL5hTWidk4 HOT BUTTERED RUM TOMMY THOMPSON Many recordings of "Hot Buttered Rum "on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Hot+Buttered+Rum+song Lyr Req: Hot Buttered Rum (Tommy Thompson) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=1209&messages=49 CORN,WATER,WOOD ELLIOT, WALDMAN Corn, Water and Wood · Michael Martin Murphey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHYUVtxf-XM COWBOY CHRISTMAS CONNIE KALDOR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSi5JO3kzeU EARLY SNOW TOM PAXTON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qCe9vfQzw Lyrics & Chords :Early Snow http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/tom-paxton/early-snow-crd-tom-paxton.htm IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER MERLE HAGGARD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TByT3QlWc THE GIFT STEPHANIE DAVIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEH2QJLSNMU CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES JOHN MCCUTCHEON Christmas in the Trenches - written and performed by John McCutcheon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJi41RWaTCs Wikipedia: "Christmas in the Trenches" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Trenches WE'RE GONNA SING CONNIE KALDOR MUDCAT: Lyr Add: We're Gonna Sing (Connie Kaldor and Bim) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53561#reply |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 03 Dec 21 - 05:28 AM THE PERFECT FIELDS OF FREDERICKSBURG by Larry Kaplan The mower cuts the lower field, The grass grows slow this year. Still, every week, all summer long I see that mower here. Around the fields of Fredericksburg, In this fair morning light, A place we call a monument Straight lines up Marye's Heights. A mile further down this hill, The river Burnside crossed, Who razed this town clear to the ground, Then every soldier lost. The engine drones, the mower slows Where young boys stood in fear. It stops for time to clean the blades Then slowly disappears. The broken walls, the soldiers' calls, The frightened guns are gone. Still, shops that sell the souvenirs Say, "Choose which side you're on." And children search for evidence To prove a war was here. And perfect fields of Fredericksburg Hide blood and bones, and tears. YouTube |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 03 Dec 21 - 05:31 AM In this video, Dermot Byrne has a story from the memoirs of Irish soldiers at the battle of Fredericksburg, concerning Irish troops on both sides singing "Ireland Boys Hurrah" together. The incident is also mentioned in the Mudcat thread about the song. IRELAND BOYS HURRAH YouTube search |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor Date: 03 Dec 21 - 01:13 PM KITCHEN DANCE by Larry Kaplan Was a lonely old night; longest night of the year. Biggest moon in the sky; biggest moon in ten years. There's a chill in the air; hear the wind in the trees. Says it's just another winter night. He doesn't mind. He says, "It suits me." Come a bump on the door, then a snap of the wind. But there hasn't been a single soul come calling here since I don't know when. Put the coffee pot down; better turn into bed. There ain't nothing like a little sleep To get these devils out of your head. CHORUS (after each verse): It's a lonely night; he could use a few songs. Needs a banjo and a fiddle, and a little tune that isn't too long. Dancing in the kitchen; talking 'bout the fishing last June. Flirting with the ladies. Would you take a look at that moon! In a minute or two he was deep in a sleep; But there were tunes in his ear and the music was sweet. Then he heard a voice call, "Roll the carpet back now. Put the chairs in the corner. If you want to dance, We're starting right now." There was singing all night; how that fiddle bow flew! Kids on the stairs, folks alone and in pairs; not a soul there he knew. Won't you come out tonight? Take a turn on the floor. So they spun him 'round a little, Then he spun himself around a bit more. Then the music grew dim; then they all disappeared. He sat up with a start. Where's the music he hears? Throws open the door; just a little new snow. Fire in the fireplace; it must have started minutes ago. Sun up in the trees. There ain't nobody there. But there's rosin on the table, and he can't remember moving them chairs. What a curious dream; what a wonderful night! Well, the winter gets long, but he's got a new song, And the moon is still bright. YouTube |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 04 Dec 21 - 06:43 AM MARY L. McKAY The record run of the "Mary L. McKay" (pseudonym of the schooner Effie M. Morrissey) happened in December, 1912. Various recordings of "Mary L. McKay" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Mary+L.+McKay MUDCAT: Lyr Add: The Mary L. Mackay / Mary L. McKay /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=91328T MUDCAT:lyrics in DT /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6686 Thanks go to Levana Taylor for this song |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: gillymor Date: 04 Dec 21 - 09:15 AM LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY Norman Blake It was good one time Everything was mighty fine The coal tipple rolled day and night And things they got slow For reasons I don't know And the chill winds they pulled into sight The mine's all closed down Everybody layin' around There wasn't very much left to do But to stand in that line Get your rations strict on time And woman I could see it killin' you CHORUS: Now the soft new snow of December Lightly falls my cabin round Saw the last train from Poor Valley Bringing brown-haired Becky Richmond bound Been comin' all night long Soon we'll be gone Leavin' crossed your mind everyday And then you said to me "Things are bad back home you see" I guess I'd better be on my way I should hate you now But I never could somehow A miner's wife you were not cut out to be It wasn't what you thought Just some dreams you bought When you left home and ran away with me Saw the last train from Poor Valley Bringing brown-haired Becky Richmond bound |
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Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Dec 21 - 09:51 AM SONGS ABOUT SENATOR JOE McCARTHY December 2, 1954 - The U.S. Senate condemned Senator Joseph McCarthy for misconduct following his ruthless investigations of thousands of alleged Communists. Joseph McCarthy From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy GET THAT COMMUNIST, JOE -The Kavaliers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzKW-oz1Lbw&t=27s THE SENATOR McCARTHY BLUES by Hal Block https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCp_oWHLki0 JOE McCARTHY'S BAND Joe Glazer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiW50wxZn-I "Joe McCarthy’s Band" is found on page 5 of The Big Little Person’s Book of Songs for Democratic Action(link is external). McCarthy is Comin’ to Town” JOE McCARTHY'S LULLABY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opr-tlqWkrU |
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