Lyr Req: American and other folksongs

Subject: Lyrics: American and other folksongs
From: Tuija Hellakoski
Date: 04 Jun 97 - 04:37 AM

I am looking for the lyrics for the following songs - I am comparing the original lyrics of some folksongs to Japanese lyrics at University of Hokkaido. - Comin Through the Rye, Scotland - Old Folk's at Home, Foster (1889) - Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground, Foster (1903) - Trump, Trump, Trump , G.F. Roof (1903) - Dreaming of Home and Mother, Ordway, USA - My Dear Old Sunny Home, Hays, USA - Abschied, German air - Swanny River, Foster, USA - Fruhlings Ankunft, German air - Children Go to and fro, France - The Cooling Fountain, Britain? - Danube Waves (Donauwellen Waltzen), Ivanovici, Romania I found the names in Japanese songbooks, the titles might need some correction... sorry for that. Thanks for your help.

Subject: RE: Lyrics: American and other folksongs
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 04 Jun 97 - 08:49 AM

I have some of these for you and will post them as separate threads - it's easier to follow that way.....Tiger

Subject: RE: Lyrics: American and other folksongs
From:
Date: 04 Jun 97 - 08:15 PM

Tuija:

Interesting!

As you know, some Japanese think of these songs as Japanese ones. For example, Comin' Through The Rye is known as "Sky of Hometown". The lyrics are completele different from original ones. I hope you not only to compare the lyrics themselves, but to find out how the songs came to Japan, and why the lyrics were so much changed. Some of the songs were introduced during World War II. Anyway, you must study Japanese history! I do not know all these songs, but if you tell me Japanese titles (in Romaji or Kanji/Kana), it may be easy to find original lyrics. I have songbooks in which lyrics are written in Japanese and original languages.

With regard

Teru (Nagoya, Japan)

Subject: RE: Lyrics: American and other folksongs
From: Murray
Date: 06 Jun 97 - 12:07 AM

Some are in the DT database: Comin thro' the rye [one version at least]; Old Folks at Home [= Swanee River]; Tramp, Tramp, Tramp [by George Root]; some of the others are a bit obscure. If you could indicate the tune of the "German air" maybe we could find "Abschied". The other tune title means "The Arrival/Coming of Spring", which sounds familiar, somehow. I don't know of any words to Donauwellen except those by Al Jolson, "The Anniversary Song". Regards Murray Shoolbraid

Subject: RE: Lyrics: American and other folksongs
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 08 Jun 97 - 07:35 PM

To our Japanese friends,

A few months ago I was "entertaining" a group of Japanese schoolgirl tourists with Aussie songs when they said they had a song they'd like to sing for me. They called it "Big Old Clock". Couldn't understand the words but from the tune it was obviously "My Grandfather's Clock". I sang this back to them, much mutual appreciation!

Cheers,

Alan

Subject: RE: Lyrics: American and other folksongs
From: Teru
Date: 08 Jun 97 - 08:00 PM

I posted a few lyrics as the separate threads.