Help- Mother's Day songs

Subject: Help- Mother's Day songs
From: Abby Sale
Date: 12 May 01 - 12:52 PM



I found myself singing in public last night and, naturally, I try to sing Happy!, or more likely happy? songs. (Ie, songs that can be hooked to some event or anniversary of this week.) This is a little harder than doing the Happy! file as it restricts me to songs I actually know not just songs I can cite.

Well, as everybody will remember, May 10 is the anniversary of the Danes' devastation of the Isle of Anglesey (off Wales) in 994 ce. So it was pretty natural to think of and be prepared to sing "The Bonnie Lass Of Anglesey," (Child #220).

But just before it was my turn someone sang some soppy Irish Mother song and I realized that Mother's Day was at hand. I'd forgotten all about that, not being or having a mother. But this was certainly a mandatory Happy! date, now that I realized.

Well, feeling a bit trite, I sang "The Cruel Mother" (#20) but realized how few trad songs I'm at all familiar with that deal primarily with Mother (not just a line or two). And I cannot think of a single song that deals with matricide!

Quick: anybody know any songs about matricide?

Subject: RE: Help- Mother's Day songs
From: Mr Red
Date: 13 May 01 - 12:23 PM

Was it Al Jolson that sang for "My dear Mother"?
there was a mawkish one made the UK charts about 20/30 years ago called "Mother of Mine".

Subject: RE: Help- Mother's Day songs
From: Amergin
Date: 13 May 01 - 12:30 PM

Lizzy Borden took an axe....

There's a Californian group that I used to listen to many years ago....called Suicidal Tendencies....well anyways on their first album they had this song called I Saw Your Mommy....well it went I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead....I watched her as she bled....

Does that count?

Subject: RE: Help- Mother's Day songs
From: Wolfgang
Date: 13 May 01 - 12:40 PM

Her mother she could never stand
Sing rickety tickety tin
Her mother she could never stand
And so a cyanide soup she planned
The mother died with the spoon in her hand
And her face in a hideous grin, a grin
He face in a hideous grin.

(from: Irish Ballad, T. Lehrer)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Help- Mother's Day songs
From: Abby Sale
Date: 13 May 01 - 06:25 PM

Thanks, guys. Rickety Tickety Tin should do fine, I think.

Subject: RE: Help- Mother's Day songs
From: Haruo
Date: 10 May 04 - 01:34 AM

Lizzie Borden deals with ambidirectional parenticide.

Haruo