Any December Songs?

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 05 Dec 21 - 10:11 AM

JOE McCARTHY IS COMIN' TO TOWN

Folk Singer Joe Glazer wrote this parody about Senator McCarthy titled “Joe McCarthy is Comin’ to Town” (1951) sung to the tune of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”.

You’d better beware, you’d better be good,
You’d better do only the things that you should.
Joe McCarthy’s coming to town.

He’ll call you a pink, he’ll call you a red,
He’ll drive every liberal thought from your head.
Joe McCarthy’s coming to town.

He knows when you’re subversive, he knows each move you make;
His gumshoe boys are watching, so be good for McCarthy’s sake.

So you’d better play safe, don’t talk and don’t read,
Don’t write and don’t join if you want to succeed.
Joe McCarthy’s coming to town.

If you’ve got a book whose cover is red,
When you start to read look under the bed,
Cause Joe McCarthy’s coming to town.

If you go to church to pray or to wed,
You’d better make sure that the preacher’s not red,
Cause Joe McCarthy’s coming to town.

Now if you are a teacher and you want to get ahead,
Don’t mention Thomas Jefferson, talk about Joe McCarthy instead.

So, you’d better play safe, don’t talk and don’t read,
Don’t write and don’t join, if you want to succeed,
Joe McCarthy’s coming to town.

Be careful who your friends are, be careful what you say.
Don’t be too controversial, or McCarthy will get you some day.

So, get rid of your brains and you’ll never go wrong,
You’ll always be safely sailing along,
When Joe McCarthy’s coming to town.

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 05 Dec 21 - 10:23 AM

DECEMBER
by Foxhunting (Joseph Sutherland)

Hear on Bandcamp

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 05 Dec 21 - 12:57 PM

THE BLECKELL MURRYNEET

Or, "Blackwell Merry Night" in more standard dialect -- a "merry night" in the borders, especially Cumbria, being a big party at a public house. This one, in a song written by Robert Anderson (1770-1833), took place on "the last of December" 1802 or 1803.

"Blackwell Merry Night" on Mainly Norfolk
Mudcat thread and DT
Instrumental version ("loosely based") by a harp and guitar duo is the only online recording I found: YouTube

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 05 Dec 21 - 05:19 PM

JOHN FUDSTON   
concerns the execution of said murderer, which took place on December 29, 1825.

MUDCAT, DT lyrics: John Fudston     /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3241

On the twentieth of December, in the morning quite soon,
He called to the sheriff to confess what he'd done;
He confessed to his God for the crime he had done,
He said he was a murderer, his race it was run.

Thanks go to Levana Taylor for suggesting this song

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 06 Dec 21 - 08:17 AM

MASTER McGRATH

The greyhound's triumph is stated in the song to have taken place in December, 1869.

Various recordings of "Master McGrath" on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Master+McGrath
MUDCAT DT Lyrics: "Master McGrath"     /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905&SongI

Thanks to Levana Taylor for this song.

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 06 Dec 21 - 03:57 PM

6 Dec 1921, the Anglo-Irish treaty was signed. One war ended and another - the Irish Civil War - was soon to start. What songs would you recommend to mark the occasion? One that springs to mind for me is a relatively recent composition by Brian Moore (1946-2011)
THE BALLAD OF MICHAEL COLLINS   aka Hang Out Your Brightest Colours

Returning then to London town, who will take the blame?   
The Treaty lies before him, Michael Collins adds his name.   
There's a darker time upon the land, who will bear the load?   
An awkward hero in an armoured car on an Irish country road.

Hang out your brightest colours and his memory now recall   
For each one wants a part of him, no one wants it all   

Brian singing under the name Cormac O'Moore    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QhMx_UI1fs

LINK to post below from Felipa about more songs marking the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty.

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 08 Dec 21 - 01:02 AM

December 28, 1879: The bridge over the Tay at Dundee collapsed taking a passenger train down with it.

The event inspired a famous poem by Theodor Fontane and an infamous one by William McGonagall (see Mudcat thread), neither having been set to music as far as I know.

BALLAD OF THE TAY RAIL BRIDGE
by B Yellow

The station was so dark, so quiet and still,
There was nothing in the air, the air was bracing,
Christmas day had passed, he was coming home, your loved one.
And over the valleys people crying out loud,
A storm was on its way,
The memories of Christmas day flashed before your eyes,
When the truth came out.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty36a9Z4gHE

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 08 Dec 21 - 06:40 PM

WOUNDED KNEE SONGS
December 29, 1890 - Members of the U.S. 7th Cavalry massacred more than 200 Native American (Sioux) men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.

Wounded Knee-Vic Abram     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ErFsomokn8
We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee-Redbone   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-exUl-TnQ0
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"-Buffy Sainte-Marie    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnwUbJoheo
Big Foot-Johnny Cash     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEwWXNN6bIs
Wounded Knee · Nik Kershaw    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmSoY1hj2ek
"Gwaed Ar Yr Eira Gwyn"-Tecwyn Ifan    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmUMjX1DWRg
"Were You There?"-Grant Lee Buffalo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7plNcVqmX4
Wounded Knee · Walela    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XowG1z6Ag0
Wounded Knee Massacre From Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 09 Dec 21 - 10:28 AM

THE NIGHTINGALE
[ Roud 1093 ; Laws M37 ; G/D 1:18 ; Henry H75a ; Ballad Index LM37 ; VWML HAM/3/13/5 ; Bodleian Roud 1093 ; trad.]

On the fourteenth day of December last,
The storm did blow a most fearful blast.
We lost our spars, likewise every sail.
What a dismal wreck was the Nightingale!”

The Nightingale · Cyril Tawney     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2deKpaMtI

Link to NIGHTINGALE (THE) posted above

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 09 Dec 21 - 05:37 PM

PROHIBITION SONGS
5 December, 1933 - The 18th Amendment (Prohibition Amendment) to the U.S. Constitution was repealed. For nearly 14 years, since January 29, 1920, it had outlawed the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.

Wikipedia: Repeal of Prohibition in the United States     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeal_of_Prohibition_in_the_United_States
Just A Little Drink - Tennessee Happy Boys     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXvUwA3UUis
Prohibition is a Failure · The New Lost City Ramblers    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYm5I6izh4Q
The Goodbye Old Booze- New Lost City Ramblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdTNkoe7mes

American Moonshine and Prohibition Songs, many tracks on Youtube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=American+Moonshine+and+Prohibition+Songs+all+tracks+Youtube

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 09 Dec 21 - 07:23 PM

December 24, 1913: At a Christmas party organized by striking miners in Calumet, Michigan, someone shouted "Fire," and during the ensuing rush for the exit, 79 people, including 54 children, were crushed to death. It is very widely believed that the culprit was an opponent of the union. (Wikipedia)

1913 MASSACRE
by Woody Guthrie

Mudcat: here and related threads
Traditional Ballad Index
Wikipedia article about the song
Well-known recordings of the song include those by Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Alex Campbell.
Live recording by Christy Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvnazELFb5k

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 11 Dec 21 - 05:16 AM

MUDCAT:Christmas Parodies I   /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=28249#top

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 11 Dec 21 - 08:59 PM

As I noted in my 6 Dec message, that date marked the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty.
Another song for the occasion is THE IRISH FREE STATE by Patrick Galvin. It is the opening song in this video of a Treaty Songs programme at the (Irish) National Concert Hall, Dublin in Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwGXdOtgeWY
There's also a new song by Duke Special about ERSKINE CHILDERS . I haven't watched the full programme yet, but hope there will be some other noteworthy songs. I'm just about to listen to Karan Casey sing two songs she has written about Kathleen Clarke.
LINK to post above on 06 Dec 21 from Felipa about songs marking the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty.

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 12 Dec 21 - 10:44 AM

Felipa,here is another song about her:
THE BALLAD OF KATHLEEN CLARKE

By Paul Gillis

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwjvTYqpK8

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 12 Dec 21 - 10:49 AM

/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170729 THE KINGSTOWN DISASTER
by Johnny McEvoy

recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4S96bsaiQ8

It was Christmas Eve in eighteen ninety-five
The biggest storm in years was blowing wild
Never had we seen it’s like before
As we drifted helpless towards the Kingstown shore

The wind was blowing like a wild banshee
Our ship was tossed upon the raging sea

Each man on board believed it was the end
We thought we’d never see our homes again
Suddenly there came a mighty sound
Our sails in shreds as they came tumbling down

How nobody died I’ll never know
As we ran aground upon the rocks below
We prayed to God to see us through the night
We had many hours to go before day-light

When suddenly we heard somebody call
“Stand fast me boys we’ll save you one and all

With burning eyes, we stared into the night
I must admit it was a wonderous sight
The Kingstown lifeboat drawing up abeam
Our eyes could not believe the sight we’d seen

Hold tight me boys we’ll throw to you a line
To tell the truth we haven’t got much time
The tide is turning fast before our eyes
We’ve got to get you off before sunrise

Then through the night there came a mighty roar
A towering wave of twenty feet or more
Came crashing down upon the men below
Such fear and terror you could never know

Splintered timbers scattered all around
Of those brave men there wasn’t sight nor sound
Capsized and smashed into a million parts
tnough to break a hardened sailor’s heart

Alex Williams was the cockswain’s name
His likes I know we’ll never see again
Fifteen men and boys were lost that night
Gone to their reward before daylight

Saint Stephen’s day they laid them in their grave
Wives and mothers prayed their souls to save
And we stood by just glad to be alive
That Christmas time in eighteen ninety-five.

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 13 Dec 21 - 06:58 AM

THE BULLFIGHT ON THE SAN PEDRO is about the so-called Battle of the Bulls, an incident of Mormon history traditionally dated to December 12, 1846.
MUDCAT: Lyr Add: The Bullfight on the San Pedro et al.    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2964#13720

Thanks for this one Levana Taylor

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 14 Dec 21 - 06:40 AM

JACOBITE SONGS

22 Dec.1715 James Edward Stuart, son of James II, the deposed Catholic King of England, lands in north-east Scotland to lead a Jacobite rebellion.

Many Jacobite songs on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jacobite+Songs
More Jacobite songs    https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&tbm=vid&q=jacobite+rebel+songs&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGj_Gd_OX0AhUBoVwKHTVEB
Wikipedia : Jacobite songs     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jacobite_songs
Extract from a Jacobite song in The National Archives Kew, Richmond https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/jacobite-1715/jacobite-song/

Link to THE WHITE COCKADE posted by Levana Taylor below
Link to more Jacobite songs posted below by GUEST,henryp

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Dec 21 - 09:06 AM

O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL  has been identified by Professor Bennett Zon, the Head of the Department of Music at Durham University as a Jacobite song
Article:‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ - Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Christmas Carol    https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=7328
More on Wikipedia ( scroll down to Jacobite connection)     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Come,_All_Ye_Faithful

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 15 Dec 21 - 09:15 AM

SONGS ABOUT JOSEPH STALIN
December 21 Josef Stalin leader of Soviet Russia leader was born as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

Stalin Wasn't Stallin' , many recordings on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stalin+wasn%27t+stallin
Stalin Wasn't Stallin' ,From Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin_Wasn%27t_Stallin%27
The Ballad Of Stalin     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fxSMQFAkBE
MUDCAT: Lyr Add:The Ballad of Stalin (songs about Stalin)    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=39480
Just Like Me (Joseph Stalin Song) · Jeffrey Martin    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8igbElE_y0
Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys - Advice To Joe 1951    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SosOQkKnNkc

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 17 Dec 21 - 05:47 AM

CHRISTMAS SONG WRITTEN BY A COMPUTER    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C89qjdBb9k8

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 19 Dec 21 - 09:02 AM

PLEASE DADDY, DON'T GET DRUNK THIS CHRISTMAS
Many recordings of “Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=PLEASE+DADDY+DON%27T+GET+DRUNK+THIS+CHRISTMAS+

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 19 Dec 21 - 08:17 PM

I AM A ROCK
by Paul Simon
Recorded by Simon & Garfunkel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlSVNxLB-A

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December
I am alone
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 20 Dec 21 - 10:07 AM

WHEN THEY FLEW

17th December, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, controlled airplane flights. They made four flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

When They Flew - Jonathan Sprout     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UeXUYsUi4E

Another song about The Wright Brothers    WRIGHT!
Wright! - by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkBmFWUNRzs

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 21 Dec 21 - 06:33 AM

WASSAIL SONGS

Wassail! Wassail! Early American Christmas Music     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvylJZczJrc&list=OLAK5uy_nXL9QITouGVeYSS2_gEqV4QP1zja_bsfA
Wassail songs and Tunes     http://www.cbladey.com/wassong.html

MALPAS WASSAIL-Watersons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE2BsU-dVdI     Mainly Norfolk: Malpas Wassail Lyrics & Info     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE2BsU-dVdI
APPLE TREE WASSAIL- Watersons    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYsi7Y-ICYs&list=OLAK5uy_l0Vp2LdaqgA74qeeA3-7do0Bh0chzYguw&index=10
APPLE TREE WASSAIL-Peter Griggs    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W0wUo2rng4
THE GOWER WASSAIL -The Revels Chorus     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH8DGS3K3jM
GOWER WASSAIL -Steeleye Span     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwwEmQmSWs
YORKSHIRE WASSAIL - Elektra Women's Choir    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXM9G9uyt4
CORNISH WASSAIL - Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4Ql4YEdbg
JACOBSTOWE WASSAIL - Lynn Rowan · Will Rowan     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5s4DK82OwU
THE WASSAILING SONG- Blur     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_fnMdIw3o&list=PLvh35o-hIL3zuLP0jOXsr1idvrm6lqRnR
GLOUCESTERSHIRE WASSAIL     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfncJavzoB8
STROUD WASSAIL -     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJYigw7vzEk
WHIMPLE WASSAIL- Jim Causley and assorted musicians     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHMPs5lZwfE
WASSAIL SONG - Dick Miles     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGJlnITRcTc&t=2s
Many More Wassail Songs on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Wassail++songs
Link to Mudcat post below MORE WASSAIL SONGS

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 21 Dec 21 - 05:02 PM

KENTUCKY WASSAIL- · Cathy Barton · Dave Para · Caroline Paton · Sandy Paton · Skip Gorman     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5A9yBXeYo

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 21 Dec 21 - 07:30 PM

HOMELESS WASSAIL by Ian Robb

"Wassail, wassail,all over the town,
Our cup is white and our ale is brown"
But huddled on the iron grate
we poor and hungry curse our fate.

This song was originated by Finest Kind and has been covered by many others. See thread. It's very much in the tradition of older works:

THE DITCHLING CAROL

And all remember, gentles gay:
For you who bask in fortune's ray
The year is all a holiday.
The poor have only Christmas.

See Mudcat, Mainly Norfolk, and YouTube search.

REMEMBER THE POOR [The Snow Is on the Ground]

Cold winter is come with its keen cutting breath,
And the birds is all dropped from the trees.
All nature seems touched at the finger of death,
And the streams are beginning to freeze.
When the hills and the dales are all covered in white
And Flora attends us no more,
When you sit by your fireside, reviving and hot,
Will you grumble to think on the poor?

Recorded by Jeff Warner, Waterson:Carthy, and others. See Mudcat and Mainly Norfolk.

---

Remember the Poor / The Snow Is on the Ground   -  Catherine Earnshaw    https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=iYQBLj2X4-8
Various other recordings of Remember the Poor / The Snow Is on the Ground     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Remember+the+Poor+%2F+The+Snow+Is+on+the+Ground

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Dec 21 - 04:44 PM

YORKSHIRE CAROLS
recordings of the singing of carols in Yorkshire pubs and other public places    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=YORKSHIRE+CAROLS
Dungworth and the Sheffield carols    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNonVdwRT9A
Hidden Carols: A Christmas Singing Tradition in the English Pennines (Ian Russell )    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeH270_alTM

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 23 Dec 21 - 04:53 PM

BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE ISABELLA
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella · The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square · Orchestra at Temple     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voqg04JdZss
Many other recordings of ' Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella' on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ring+a+Torch%2C+Jeannette%2C+Isabella
Link to post below UN FLAMBEAU,JEANETTE ISABELLA

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 23 Dec 21 - 04:59 PM

KIT CARSON
December 24 American frontiersman Christopher "Kit" Carson (1809-1868) was born in Madison County, Kentucky. He was a soldier, trapper, guide and Indian agent in the Old West.

Fess Parker - The Ballad of Kit Carson     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t00-MsQVKA
Kit Carson by Bruce Cockburn    http://cockburnproject.net/songs&music/kc.html
Bruce Cockburn - Kit Carson     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm3mX1UoJQo

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 24 Dec 21 - 09:05 AM

THE CHRISTMAS SHOES
    The Christmas Shoes  -  Many recordings on Youtube        https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Christmas+Shoes! BR>

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 24 Dec 21 - 09:25 AM

HANUKKAH SONGS
MUDCAT:Happy C/Hanukkah! (plus a song)     /thread.cfm?threadid=28872&messages=14

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 24 Dec 21 - 05:42 PM

CHRISTMAS AT SEA   -  The Longest Johnshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDjbUJxVw84

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 24 Dec 21 - 05:57 PM


THE MARI LWYD SONG
The Mari Lwyd was a tradition enacted at Christmas time in Wales

Mari Lwyd on Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Lwyd
Lyrics, Recording & Info    https://museum.wales/collections/folksongs/?id=2
Mari Lwyd performed by Carreg Lafar     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlqIhJnQrc
Mari Lwyd performed in Wales     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ptel9C3Zhg
Mari Lwyd - The Welsh Sources and Meaning     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5pk-Hc758
Many More YouTube Videos about Mari Lwyd     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mari+lwyd+song

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 24 Dec 21 - 07:30 PM

THE CHERRY TREE CAROL
Wikipedia: The Cherry-Tree Carol     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cherry-Tree_Carol
The Cherry Tree Carol -Joan Baez    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYaFGSG_x80
Many other recordings of The Cherry Tree Carol on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cherry+tree+carol

The Qur’an and the Cherry-Tree Carol – David Halperin     https://www.davidhalperin.net/the-quran-and-the-cherry-tree-carol-a-christmas-story/
Islam and Source Criticism: Part 1    http://tonymusings.blogspot.com/2015/04/islam-and-source-criticism-part-1.html
Wikipedia :Mary in Islam    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_in_Islam

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: leeneia
Date: 25 Dec 21 - 11:20 AM

There's a Christmas song called COLD DECEMBER FLIES AWAY

Here's a YouTube video with the melody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l78tzAYDYiE

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 25 Dec 21 - 11:47 AM

JUST ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SONG
"Just Another Christmas Song"- Bill and the Belles     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZbmJTIHy3o
And for a song of a different colour there's
TRY NOT TO BE A CUNT, IT’S CHRISTMAS
Try Not To Be A Cunt, It’s Christmas - Fascinating Aïda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U2XdkBkTTk

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 25 Dec 21 - 11:57 AM

YULE

Yule · Lisa Thiel     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=400WG-v3VO0

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 26 Dec 21 - 10:27 AM

HEROD AND THE COCK

Herod and the Cock · Watersons     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMwbY5aWSVQ
Many other recordings of Herod and the Cock on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Herod+and+the+Cock

Thanks for suggesting this one Reinhard

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Reinhard
Date: 26 Dec 21 - 11:55 AM

Is the premise from the beginning of the thread still valid? :

"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."

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 26 Dec 21 - 03:54 PM

@Reinhard: excellent question. It was me who proposed having a separate non-holiday thread, but Geoff's the one running the "months" project, so if he thinks separating them out isn't a good idea, he's no doubt right.

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 28 Dec 21 - 05:24 AM

PLEASE MR CUSTER
George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio.

Please Mr Custer Custer, many recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Please%3B+Mr+Custer

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Felipa
Date: 28 Dec 21 - 07:35 AM

I think having one thread for Christmas and St Stephen's day songs (and maybe other holidays such as Chanukah and Kwanza) and one for other December songs (secular Dec songs?) was a good idea.

If Geoff doesn't mind the work, he could sub-divide the index by song type.

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 29 Dec 21 - 06:45 AM

MARCH THE MORNING SUN

Then men and dames give up your beds
oh, maids and boys, you're yawning
to hear the bells ring frosty round
to tell it's Christmas morning

March the Morning Sun - The Young Tradition With Shirley and Dolly Collins     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2qFXIvxb-Q
Thanks for suggesting this one Reinhard

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 30 Dec 21 - 06:12 AM

THE CUTTY WREN

26 December is sometimes called St Stephen's Day or Wren Day. The song is thought by some to represent the human sacrifice of the Year King, or the symbolic substitute slaughter of the wren as "king of the birds" at the end of the year for similar purposes, and such songs are traditionally sung on Boxing Day (26 December), just after the winter solstice.

Saint Stephen's DayFrom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen%27s_Day
Various recordings of The Cutty Wren on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Cutty+Wren
MUDCAT: Origins: Any St Stevens Day songs?/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170749&messages=2#top

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 31 Dec 21 - 06:26 AM

CHRISTMAS TIME IN WASHINGTON
written by Roy Acuff
Many & various recordings of “Christmas Time in Washington”on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E2%80%9CChristmas+Time+in+Washington%E2%80%9D%2C+written+and+sung+by+Steve+Earle

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: Levana Taylor
Date: 31 Dec 21 - 04:43 PM

THE PORT ADMIRAL

'Twas at the landing-place
    That's just below Mount Wyse,
Poll leaned against the sentry's box,
    A tear in both her eyes,
Her apron twisted round her arms,
    All for to keep them warm,
It being a windy Christmas Day,
    And also a snowstorm.

Lyrics: Frederick Marryat (1837); Music: George Ward (1998)
Mudcat
YouTube

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 31 Dec 21 - 05:55 PM

SAINT STEPHEN AND HEROD
Wikipedia: Saint Stephen and Herod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen_and_Herod
Bluegrass Messengers: Recordings & Info 22. St. Stephen and Herod http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/recordings--info-22-st-stephen-and-herod.aspx
Thanks to Reinhard for suggesting this one

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 01 Jan 22 - 08:58 AM

CHRISTMAS 1914
Christmas 1914 by Mike Harding     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqaCSnyRMO8

Link to "Christmas in the Trenches "above

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 01 Jan 22 - 09:11 AM

THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE SONG
The Christmas Truce Song (A Game of Football)- Louis Skiffington & Andy Mort    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGgXYGsqmw

Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 01 Jan 22 - 09:16 AM

CHRISTMAS 1915
'Christmas 1915'- Celtic Thunder     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3l-OBdcPI
Christmas 1915 – Various recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Christmas+1915+