Subject: Everything Malvina! From: MichaelAnthony Date: 06 Nov 01 - 02:34 PM Man, do I need a Malvina Reynolds fix. I love her voice, and her songs (that I've heard or read.) I want to get a copies of You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out, God Bless the Grass...already have Little Boxes on a compilation somewhere. I've been checking CDnow etc for cd's...not sure what to invest in. I want everything so I don't miss any gems (maybe they all are). Also interested in books, biographies, etc. And stories of having met her. Thanks, Michael |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Sorcha Date: 06 Nov 01 - 02:39 PM Malvina's Home Page |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Hollowfox Date: 06 Nov 01 - 03:11 PM Try Dick Greenhaus's company, Camsco (which will benefit him, you, and Mudcat/DT), or try Front Hall Records. Sorry I'm not computer-literate enough to do a blue clicky. Links added by clicky-elves - JRO |
Subject: Malvina Reynolds From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Nov 01 - 03:23 PM The home page makes mention of a Smitsononian/Folkways recording called Ear to the Ground, a collection of 23 cuts recorded by Malvina. Rosalie Sorrels canme out with a Malvina tribute CD called No Closing Chord: The Songs of Malvina Reynolds. Bot of these CD's are good, but I prefer the one by Malvina herself. Click here for more information about these recordings. There are some Malvina songbooks click here, butAmazon lists them as "special order," which often means they're out of print and unavailable. Oak Publications had a couple of gems, Little Boxes and Other Handmade Songs (1964) and The Muse of Parker Street: More Songs by Malvina Reynolds (1967). In 1976, Malvina's Shroder Music Company published There's Music in the Air: Songs for the Middle-Young by Malvina Reynolds. You may be able to find these by checking the used book merchants like Bookfinder. Sorry, my copies aren't for sale, but I'm willing to post lyrics for any of the songs. I'll post the songbook indexes later. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: Index: Malvina Reynolds Songbooks From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Nov 01 - 03:47 PM Here goes: The Malvina Reynolds Songbook (2nd edition, 1974) The Albatross Backyard Blues (music by Jack Lyons - & some words) The Ballad of Robban’s First Ride The Battle of Maxton Field The Bloody Neat Bury Me In My Overalls The Cement Octopus DDT on my Brain (apparently deleted from this edition) Daddy’s In the Jail The Day the Freeeway Froze The Desert The Devil’s Baptizin Dialectic The Emperor’s Nightingale Fantastic Man The Faucets Are Dripping The Fragile Sea From Way Up Here (music by Pete Seeger) God Bless the Grass Green Shadows I Don’t Have Anything I Wish You Were Here It Isn’t Nice Let It Be Let Them Eat Cake Little Boxes The Little Red Hen Magic Penny The Money Crop Morningtown Ride Mrs. Clara Sullivan’s Letter (music by Pete Seeger) The New Restaurant No Hole In My Head No Room On the Rim of the World The Pied Piper Quiet Rand Hymn Rosie Jane Singin Jesus Skagit Valley Forever Somewhere Between There’ll Come a Time There’s a Bottom Below This House Is Your House This World Tokyo Farewell Tungsten Turn Around (Words & Music by Malvina Reynolds & Alan Greene) Uneasy Dreams The Walker Outside We Can Stop Here We Hate To See Them Go The Whale What Have They Done to the Rain Wheels World Gone Beautiful You’ll Be A Man If You Love Me Look On the Sunny Side Carolina Cotton Mill Song We Don’t Need the Men World In Their Pocket Little Boxes and Other Handmade Songs (1964) Alone Andorra (music by Pete Seeger) Battle of Maxton Field Billy Boy Black Horse Bring Flowers Bury Me In My Overalls (DT) Count Ten Dialectic (see below) Don't Talk To Me of Love Do Something Wrong (music traditional) Eight Candles Faucets Are Dripping From Way Up Here (music by Pete Seeger)(DT) I Live In A City I Wish You Were Here In Bethlehem Johnny Built A House Let It Be Let Us Come In (Party Crasher's Carol) Little Boxes (DT) Little Land Magic Penny (DT) Morningtown Ride^^ Nobody Oh, Doctor One of the Family Patchwork of Dreams Pied Piper Place to Be Preedle Proddle Quiet Rand Hymn Sally Don't You Grieve (music by Woody Guthrie) Sausalito Fire Sing Along Somewhere Between Temptation The Desert The Emperor's Nightingale The Little Mermaid The Miracle The Moment The Pets There'll Come A Time This World (see below) Turn Around (words & music by Malvina Reynolds & Alan Greene)(DT) Upside Down We Don't Need The Men We Hate to See Them Go (DT) What Have They Done to the Rain? (DT) Where Is The Little Street (adapted from Russian (Yiddish?) folk song) You Can't Make A Turtle Come Out The Muse of Parker Street: More Songs by Malvina Reynolds (1967) Born in the Town Singin Jesus The Money Crop (DT) The Delinquent Run, Run, the Tree Is Falling The Falling Tree The Lambeth Children O Ring Like A Bell God Bless the Grass I Believe This House is Your House The Man Says Jump No Hole In My Head Bitter Rain A Short History of Warfare The Devil's Baptizin' I Don't Mind Failing The Highway We Can Stop Here The New Restaurant^^ The Cement Octopus The Day The Freeway Froze Seventy Miles (music by Pete Seeger) I Don't Understand It Isn't Nice^^ What's Goin On Down There The Little Red Hen (check this) The Boy Salutes (DT) Jail House Buddy Rail Birds Don't Push Me They've Got Everything The Bloody Neat Money Blues Where Did My Money Go? Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter (music by Pete Seeger)(posted below) I Lived Through This Day Sleep, Come On By A White and Orange Aeroplane Red Bird Jeannie The Tour of the Irish Fusiliers Shaggy Baggy Man I Don't Care About You Uneasy Dreams Say Something Nice The Corners of Your Mind This Dream I Have The Soul of an Onion Never Argue With a Bee The Good Ship O'Connor (music traditional) Down to Hanson's Jenny Appleseed All Over Everything Little Kids Judy's Song Inscriptions on a Ginger Jar Sorrow is a Curse Morrison Building, U. C. Bookmark for a Gideon Bible Dialectics Birthday Card Atonal Stocktaking Runners in the Street Nativity There's Music in the Air: Songs for the Middle-Young by Malvina Reynolds (1976) The Alameda Mountains All Over Everything Artichokes Black Horse The Desert Don't Push Me Early in the Morning Eight Candles Everybody Says Eight Candles Faucets Are Dripping From Way Up Here (music by Pete Seeger)(DT) Galaxy God Bless the Grass Green Shadows Griddle Cakes I Live in a City If You Love Me (in DT - shown as by Rosalie Sorrels) If You Want a Friend It's Up to You I've Got a Song Jenny Appleseed Johnny Built a House Kennebunkport The Lambeth Children Let It Be Let Us Come In Little Boxes (DT) Magic Penny (DT) Magical Song Morningtown Ride^^ My Street Never Argue With a Bee Never Touch a Singing Bird The New Restaurant Non-Ads (words by Malvina Reynolds & Nancy Schimmel, music by Malvina Reynolds) Nothing to Say Pea Soup Song The Pets Place To Be Preedle Proddle Quiet The Rigatoni Song Ring Like a Bell Run Run the Tree Is Falling Skagit Valley Sweet Stuff There'll Come a Time There's Music in the Air Timing Nancy's Nap Turn Around (words & music by Malvina Reynolds & Alan Greene)(DT) The Whale What Have They Done to the Rain? (DT) What Time Is It? Wheels You Can't Make A Turtle Come Out Unless otherwise noted, words and music are by Malvina Reynolds. Copyright for most songs is held by Schroder Music Co., but I didn't take the time to note the few exceptions. I can look up copyright information if you need it. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: MichaelAnthony Date: 06 Nov 01 - 05:03 PM Thanks for the posts. The Malvina site is great, and I'll be checking the other links soon. MA |
Subject: Lyrics ADD: Malvina Reynolds songs From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Nov 01 - 08:47 PM Here are the lyrics posted at the Malvina Reynolds Website, at the link shown above. -Joe Offer-
Ear to the Ground Song LyricsCheck out the Ear to the Ground page at Folkways which has audio for some of the songs. Album Notes: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2675
THE ALBATROSS
It is an ancient mariner
I don't know why he shot him,
I also wear the albatross,
Yet those that kill their thousands
So never kill a gooney bird
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
BORAXO
Boraxo, Boraxo
Chorus:
The cop shot the Rector on the roof,
Chorus
The student is protesting,
Chorus
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
BURY ME IN MY OVERALLS
Bury me in my overalls,
The undertaker will get my dough,
The grave it is a quiet place,
I gave a hand to clear the land
And when I get to heaven
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
CAROLINA COTTON MILL SONG
Oh I love to get into my clean bed
CHORUS Oh the mystical people, they think they are wise,
Oh it's Burlington and Stevens,
CHORUS
Oh some people talk of the yin and yang
CHORUS
Oh the mystics they wear the blue jeans
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
DIALECTIC
It's hard to believe that people live in such palaces,
It's hard to believe that thousands live in such shanties,
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
IT ISN'T NICE
It isn't nice to block the doorway
It isn't nice to carry banners
We have tried negotiations
How about those years of lynchings
Words and Music by Malvina Reynolds.
THE JUDGE SAID
The judge said, Screw 'em,
CHORUS:
Now if you beat a horse or dog
CHORUS
To draw a true conclusion
NEW CHORUS:
Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
LOOK ON THE SUNNY SIDE
Look on the sunny side,
Chorus:
Look on the sunny side,
Look on the sunny side,
Chorus
Look on the sunny side,
Chorus
Words and Music by Malvina Reynolds.
LITTLE BOXES
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds
Little boxes on the hillside,
And the people in the houses
And they all play on the golf course
And the boys go into business
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
THE LITTLE MOUSE
A little mouse got into the wires
Then there was another item in the papers
Repeat first verse.
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
THE LITTLE RED HEN
The little red hen found a grain of wheat,
Chorus:
Not I! said the dog and the cat,
Well the sun shone bright, the rain it blew,
Chorus
She lugged it to the miller to grind to flour,
Chorus
The bread looked good and smelled so fine
I planted and hoed this grain of wheat,
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
MAGIC PENNY
Love is something if you give it away,
It's just like a magic penny,
Chorus
Money's dandy and we like to use it
Chorus
So let's go dancing till the break of day
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
MARIO'S DUCK
Mario had a little pet duck,
Mother washed fine clothes every day
The story that I am telling you
The farmer laughed and let him go,
As if there weren't troubles to spare,
The wedding ring is a silver band
And what did they have for the wedding feast
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
THE MONEY CROP
Well money has its own way,
Many a child goes hungering
The little that they leave for us
Words and Music by Malvina Reynolds.
ON THE RIM OF THE WORLD
She inches along on the rim of the world,
She looks like a princess in somebody's rags,
Words and Music by Malvina Reynolds.
ROSIE JANE
This song is addressed to my sisters.
CHORUS
Rosie Jane, are you pregnant again? Rosie Jane,
I had an extra shot, on top of what I'd got,
CHORUS
When that baby is a child, it will suffer from neglect,
CHORUS
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
SKAGIT VALLEY FOREVER
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds
There's a fine green valley not far from Vancouver,
CHORUS
Well, the parks are getting fewer, the trees are getting thin,
CHORUS
Oh my sisters and my brothers in this shining northern land,
CHORUS
Words and Music by Malvina Reynolds.
THERE'S A BOTTOM BELOW
CHORUS
There's a low below
CHORUS
Every once in a while
CHORUS
You sit at a party
CHORUS
There's a nightmare kind
CHORUS
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE RAIN?
Just a little rain, falling all around,
Just a little boy, standing in the rain, Just a little breeze out of the sky,
Words and Music by Malvina Reynolds.
THIS WORLD
Baby, I ain't afraid to die,
I'd rather go to the corner store Somebody else will take my place, Words and Music by Malvina Reynolds.
WORLD GONE BEAUTIFUL
The world's gone beautiful
I never saw such hands
I want to hold this world Words and music by Malvina Reynolds. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: GUEST Date: 06 Nov 01 - 09:09 PM Then there's the long-last Malvina album I Hate Men featuring these classics:
I Hate Men |
Subject: If You Love Me - Malvina? From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Nov 01 - 10:27 PM The Digital Tradition attributes If You Love Me to Rosalie Sorrels, but I'm 99.385 % sure it's Malvina who wrote it. Can anybody confirm this? Do we have a tune, MMario? -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Tedham Porterhouse Date: 07 Nov 01 - 09:05 AM Joe, Yes, "If You Love Me," sung and recorded by Rosalie Sorrels was, indeed, written by Malvina Reynolds. Rosalie says so in the credits to her "Miscellaneous Abstract Record No. 1."
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Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: MichaelAnthony Date: 07 Nov 01 - 09:19 AM Thank you, Joe! |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Charley Noble Date: 08 Nov 01 - 09:05 AM Refresh! Still remember Melvina singing "You Think You've Hit Bottom" at the Ark in Ann Arbor back in the 1970's; I didn't catch that one on the lists above but I do have her songsheet. Any interest? |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Joe Offer Date: 08 Nov 01 - 03:11 PM You betcha, Charley! Please post it here in this thread. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Charley Noble Date: 08 Nov 01 - 04:33 PM You're a slavedriver, Joe. You don't know the file folders I have to go through. Sigh, well, soon it will be on the hard drive... |
Subject: Lyr Add: THERE'S A BOTTOM BELOW (Malvina Reynolds) From: Charley Noble Date: 08 Nov 01 - 05:33 PM Weren't in the #%@ file cabinet; it was buried in a pile by the photocopier. Hope you're happy! Note: repaste in Word for correlating the chords THERE'S A BOTTOM BELOW (Words and music by Malvina Reynolds, Schroder Music Co. 1970) Chorus: F---------------------------A Do you think you've hit bot-tom? F Do you think you've hit bot-tom? ----E Oh, no! There's a bot-tom be-low. E--------D There's a low be-low the low, you know; ------------------------------E------------------A You can't i-mag-ine how far you can go – DOWN! (CHO) Every once in a while you'll rise and glow, But that's only so they can let you go – DOWN! (CHO) You sit at a party and watch the fun, It don't touch you none 'cause you're off and gone – DOWN!(CHO) There's the nightmare kind where you fall and fall, And you wake to find you haven't been dreaming at all – DOWN! (CHO) (Repeat first verse and chorus) |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Tinker Date: 08 Nov 01 - 06:51 PM Charley !!!!THANK YOU !!!! There's a Bottom Below is on the Ear to the Ground CD I got at Getaway and I've been singing it cheerily to my Wall St husband ever since. I've been encouraging him to work it into a corporate analysis..BG Now I can play it for him too.....Love YA Tinker |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: MichaelAnthony Date: 08 Nov 01 - 11:50 PM thanks charley! |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: GUEST,Charley Noble without his cookie? Date: 09 Nov 01 - 08:46 AM Thinking back at the Ark evening when I heard Melvina singing this song, I can't help remembering my roommate Dana, one of those intense Vietnam War veterans sorting out his life as a theatre student, who was down in the dumps, had to drag him to this concert performed by "Who?" He ended up grinning from ear to ear. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: open mike Date: 09 Nov 01 - 11:17 AM I got to hear Malvina sing in Chico years ago. Wonderful to hear a white haired woman with such powerful statements! When Rosalie did her Malvina set live at Strawberry festival last spring that was the best in the whole weekend line-up! She and Utah Phillips have done a couple of sets at the Kate Wolf memorial fest. and they always do some Malvina songs. Malvina's daughter had a group in the bay area called Plum City Players. She is a story teller and children's performer. Can't remember her name--Nancy? |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Charley Noble Date: 09 Nov 01 - 01:12 PM Hey, the cookie came back! Open Mike - you're thinking about Nancy Schimmel who among other things wrote that great alternative "Columbus" song. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Barbara Date: 09 Nov 01 - 01:16 PM Nancy Schimmel, still telling stories and singing around the area, mostly in the womyn's community.
I actually got to hear Malvina play "If You Love Me" on her piano on Parker Street shortly after she composed it. Good timing on my part. I shared a graphics studio a couple doors down, so I often walked by. That particular block of Parker Street was often called "the Anarchist's Block" because a house across from where my studio was had a large banner slung between the second floor windows that said "Anarchy". Mal's house was actually pretty well kempt and tame, tho I recall the interior as being all dark stained wood, and dark.
One of the joys of living in Berkeley in the '70's was that I often ran into Malvina at fundraisers and singing circles and protests. I always thought she wrote "Rim of the World" about one of my housemates, tho she said it was a pastiche when I asked her, and I'm just about positive "Rosie Jane" is about Rosalie.
When I heard her sing the song about "One Little Mouse", I recall that she actually sang the F word, not "mucked" -- and I was shocked to hear it come out of the mouth of this little white haired lady.
Couple more of my favorites are "No Hole In My Head" and "You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out".
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Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Charley Noble Date: 09 Nov 01 - 01:31 PM You're right, Barb. I missed the reference to "There's a Bottom Below" in my general excitment.;-) |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Joe Offer Date: 11 Nov 01 - 08:48 PM Charley - I'm the guy who asked you to post "Bottom" - forgetting that I had already posted the lyrics in this thread. Sorry.... I got a personal message asking for chords to "God Bless the Grass." Can anybody help with that? Be sure to put preformat tags <pre> before and </pre> after the part with the chords, so the spacing is right. I can type what's in Rise Up Singing, but I'm no guitarist. -Joe Offer-
Here's what's in Rise Up Singing: |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: WyoWoman Date: 11 Nov 01 - 09:08 PM I've done "Rim of the World" for years -- in fact, it was the song that inspired me to learn how to yodel. But I have to say I had no idea she was so prolific. Just when I swear off buying MORE CDs ... If I wanted to get the most bang for my limited bucks, what should I buy that would give me a good selection of Malvina? Yeay for this thread!!! ww |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Joe Offer Date: 11 Nov 01 - 09:14 PM Wyo, the only Malvina CD I know about is the new one from Smithsonian/Folkways, Ear To The Ground. It's a good one. You can probably afford to also by the tribute CD by Rosalie Sorrels, No Closing Chord: The Songs of Malvina Reynolds. CAMSCO will be glad to get them for you. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: Add: MRS. CLARA SULLIVAN'S LETTER(Reynolds/Seeger) From: Joe Offer Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:42 PM MRS. CLARA SULLIVAN'S LETTER (Malvina Reynolds & Pete Seeger) SPOKEN: Malvina Reynolds puts together many of her songs out of things she reads in the newspapers -- and this was directly made up from a letter written to a newspaper by a woman named Mrs. Clara Sullivan, down in the Eastern part of Kentucky where they been having the troubles in the coal mining area. So. Malvina called her song "Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter." Dear Mr. Editor, if you choose, Please send me a copy of the "Labor News;" I've got a son in the Infantry, And he'd be mighty glad to see That somebody somewhere, now and then, Thinks about the lives of the mining men In Perry County. In Perry County and here about, The miners simply had to go out. It was long hours, and substandard pay; Then they took our contract away. And now fourteen months is a mighty long time To face the goons on the picket line In Perry County. I'm twenty-six years, a miner's wife, There's nothing harder than a miner's life. But there's no better man than a mining man, You couldn't find better in all this land. The deal they get is a rotten deal, Mountain greens and gravy meal, In Perry County. We live in shacks that the rain comes in, While the operators live high as sin, Ride Cadillac cars, and drink like a fool, While our kids lack clothes to go to school. Sheriff Combs, he has it fine; He runs the law and owns a mine In Perry County. I believe, the truth will out some day That we're fighting for jobs at decent pay. Why, after work, my man comes in, With his wet clothes frozen to his skin. Diggin' coals, so the world can run And operators can have their fun In Perry County. Lyrics as performed by Pete Seeger, "The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963" (COLUMBIA CSK-45312), 1989; transcribed by Manfred Helfert. http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/mrsclara.html |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Susanne (skw) Date: 19 Dec 02 - 06:23 PM More lyrics: Andorra I'm Quiet The Military Parade (as adapted by Rod Sinclair) |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: GUEST,Heather Lev Date: 07 Feb 04 - 07:29 PM Hi everybody, I have the honor of performing a Malvina Reynolds mini-concert/workshop at the New England Folk Festival this April (visit neffa.org for details). I already have several Malvina albums & songbooks, but I have one album on tape that I copied from an LP years ago, and can't figure out *which* lp it was! The songs on the tape are: The New Restaurant * What's going on down there * Little Boxes *Battle of Maxton Field * God Bless the Grass * I don't mind failing * What have they done to the rain * The Devil's Baptizin' * Singin' Jesus * The Bloody Neat * Quiet * Magic Penny * Bitter Rain Any idea which album this is? Also, I can't seem to find a list of the songs on the albums I don't have, namely: Malvina Reynolds (1970) Century City CCR5100 / Cassandra CFS 5100 Malvina… Held Over (1975); Cassandra Records CFS-3688 Malvina Reynolds Sings The Truth (1968) on Columbia, CS 9414 Any suggestions or ideas? By the way, here is the bibliography/discography I've put together thus far for Malvina... please email me with any updates or changes at heatherlev@hotmail.com. Thanks! Heather Lev http://heatherlev.com MALVINA REYNOLDS RESOURCES DISCOGRAPHY Another Country Heard From (1960) on Folkways 02524 http://www.si.edu/folkways/ The Pied Piper * We Hate to See Them Go *Let it Be *Faucets are Dripping *Don't Talk to Me of Love * Money Blues * The Day the Freeway Froze * The Delinquent * Mommy's Girl * Somewhere Between * I Live in a City * The Little Land * Oh Doctor! * Sing Along * The Miracle Malvina Reynolds Sings The Truth (1968) on Columbia, CS 9414 Malvina Reynolds (1970) Century City CCR5100 / Cassandra CFS 5100 Artichokes, Griddlecakes and Other Good Things (1970) Pacific Cascade LPC 7018 (Cassette) www.sisterschoice.com Artichokes * The Pets * Johnny Built a House * Wheels * Everybody Says * One Shoe Morningtown Ride * Griddlecakes * It Turned Out to Be a Song * I Went A-Gathering * Don't Bother Me * Little Boat* Eight Candles * In Bethlehem * You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out Malvina (1972); Cassandra Records. CFS-2807 www.sisterschoice.com Little Boxes * You'll Be a Man * The Albatross * No Room * Turn Around * The Little Red Hen * This World * There's a Bottom Below * Green Shadows * The Money Crop *Somewhere Between * The Day the Freeway Froze Funny Bugs, Giggleworms, and Other Good Friends (1972) Pacific Cascade LPC 7025 (Cassette) www.sisterschoice.com Magical Food * Funny Bug Basin * Rabbits Dance You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out * Place to Be * Hello Ladybug * Says the Bee * Little Birds * What Time Is It? * The Pets * Black Horse Malvina… Held Over (1975); Cassandra Records CFS-3688 We don't need the men Magical Songs (1978) Cassandra Records. www.sisterschoice.com CR 040 (Cassette) Sweet Stuff * Wheels * Lambeth Children * My Street * Kennebunkport * Quiet * Never Touch a Singing Bird *Don't Push Me * Let Us Come In * It's Up to You * Morningtown Ride * Magical Song * The Whale * I've Got a Song Mama Lion (1980); (CR 050) Cassandra Records. www.sisterschoice.com Skagit Valley Forever * Bury Me in My Overalls * The Judge Said * If You Were Little * The Devil's Baptizin' * The Little Mouse * Power Plant Reggae * Mario's Duck * Back Alley Surgery * Dialectic * The Last Time * Carolina Cotton Mill Song * Malvina Reynolds, Ear to the Ground, Topical Songs 1960-1978 Smithsonian Folkways 40124 http://www.si.edu/folkways/40124.htm 1. It Isn't Nice 2. On the Rim of the World 3. What Have They Done to the Rain? 4. Look on the Sunny Side 5. The World's Gone Beautiful 6. Spoken Introduction to Little Boxes 7. Little Boxes 8. Little Red Hen 9. Dialectic 10. Bury Me in My Overalls 11. There's a Bottom Below 12. The Little Mouse 13. Rosie Jane 14. The Money Crop 15. Magic Penny 16. The Albatross 17. Skagit Valley Forever 18. Spoken Introduction to The Judge Said 19. The Judge Said 20. Mario's Duck 21. Caroline Cotton Mill Song 22. Boraxo 23. This World Virgo Rising / The once and Future Woman / Thunderbird Records LP 7037 Various Artists / Save The Children / Women Strike for Peace Records W-001 WEBSITES: http://www.sisterschoice.com/ http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/reynolds.html http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hend/songs/MalvinaReynolds.html http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/r/R70.HTM http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40846 http://www.ocap.ca/lyrics.html http://www.theiceberg.com/artist.html?artist_id=25285 BOOKS/SONG SOURCES/VIDEOS The Malvina Reynolds Songbook, 4th Ed. www.sisterschoice.com Schroder Music Co. & Sisters' Choice, 704 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA 94710-1333 Little Boxes and Other Handmade Songs by Malvina Reynolds Oak Publishing Co. (out of print), 1964 The Muse of Parker Street: More Songs by Malvina Reynolds by Malvina Reynolds, Oak Publishing Co. (out of print), 1967 There's Music in the Air: Songs for the Middle-Young by Malvina Reynolds, 1976 Shroder Music Company published; order through www.sisterschoice.com Cheerful Tunes For Lutes And Spoons Tweedles And Foodles For Young Noodles order through www.sisterschoice.com Love it Like a Fool, Video Biography, http://www.sisterschoice.com/sporadic-4.html Other Recordings & Compilations on which Malvina's songs appear: RECORDINGS Tribute Album: Rosalie Sorrels, No Closing Chord, The Songs of Malvina Reynolds, RHR-CD-143 www.redhouserecords.com Folk, Gospel & Blues: Will The Circle Be Unbroken, (19.99), Label: Legacy Recordings, Distributor: Sony Music Distribution, (Little Boxes) Dogfight, (1991), Label: Nouveau (What Have They Done To The Rain) Bread & Roses: Festival Of Acoustic Music, Vol. 1, (1990) Label: Fantasy Records, Distributor: Fantasy (Little Boxes) Folk Classics: Roots Of American Folk Music, (1989), Label: Columbia, (Little Boxes) Washington Square Memoirs... 1950-70, (2001), Label: Rhino Records Distributor: WEA (Little Boxes) The Best of Broadside: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (What Have They Done To The Rain?; Little Boxes; The Faucets Are Dripping) http://www.folkways.si.edu/broadside/htdocs/reynolds.htm Other Folkways Recordings featuring Malvina's songs): What Now People, Vol. 3 - Paredon 02003 American History in Ballad and Song Vol.2 - Folkways 05802 (The Delinquent; Too Many Bookmakers) We Won't Move: Songs of the Tenants' Movement, Malvina Reynolds, Folkways Recordings – 05287 Reynolds wrote for children's TV shows incl. Sesame Street Others recording Malvina's Songs: Pete Seeger recorded five of her songs on God Bless The Grass '66, including the title song, 'The Faucets Are Dripping', 'Cement Octopus', 'From Way Up Here'. 'What Have They Done To The Rain', recorded by Joan Baez and by the Seekers, who also covered 'Morningtown Ride'. 'It Isn't Nice' about demonstrations was rewritten by Barbara Dane and recorded by Judy Collins. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Feb 04 - 08:55 PM You've done a lot of great work, Heather! I checked my four Malvina songbooks, and none had much of a discography. You might check Folk Music: Index of Recorded Resources for a partial discography, listed by song title. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Feb 04 - 09:12 PM Here is the discography shown in the back of the Malvina Reynolds Songbook, and also in There's Music in the Air. No discography in either of the two Oak songbooks. (Pacific Cascade LPL 7018) $5.50 Malvina sings her kids' songs. Includes "Johnny Built a House," "You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out," "Morningtown Ride (Pacific Cascade LPS 7025) $5.50 Another LP of songs for kids; "Little Birds," "Funny Bug Basin," "PlaceTo Be," "The Pets" and more. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Stewart Date: 07 Feb 04 - 10:05 PM Hi Heather. I'm also a Malvina fan. For a couple of years, a few years ago, I did Malvina song workshops at Seattle Song Circle's Rainy Camp. The album you're looking for is "Malvina Reynolds...Sings the Truth" Columbia CS9414 or CL2614. It starts with "The New Restaurant" and ends with "I Don't Mind Failing" on Side 1. Side 2 begins with "What Have They Done To The Rain" and ends with "Bitter Rain." My only regret is that when I lived in Berkeley from 1962-65, I didn't meet her. I'm pretty sure I was into her music at that time. But a few years ago I did meet and talk to her daughter Nancy Shimmel. Here's my web page on Malvina HERE. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: GUEST,Lyn Date: 22 Aug 04 - 12:33 AM Did Malvina record "Morningtown Ride" before The Limeliters did it in 1962? The earliest recording by her that I can find is 1970, on "Artichokes, Griddlecakes and Other Good Things", but I've seen reference to an "original recording" by her on Vanguard. The song seems to be copyrighted in 1957. Thanks. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Margret RoadKnight Date: 22 Aug 04 - 08:55 AM I have all Malvina Reynold's 'official' recordings, and yes, her version of "Morningtown Ride" first appears on "Artichokes". |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Peter T. Date: 22 Aug 04 - 11:42 AM Malvina is the greatest! It is a pity that so much of her stuff seems unobtainable -- she needs one of those 5 CD box set things. Can anyone tell me if there is a reasonably accessible version of "Andorra" anywhere recorded? yours, Peter T. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Margret RoadKnight Date: 22 Aug 04 - 09:36 PM Nancy Schimmel (Malvina's daughter) might have this ("Andorra") info .... contact her via sisterschoice.com website. Malvina doesn't seem to have recorded it, but didn't Pete Seeger? |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: GUEST,Lyn Date: 23 Aug 04 - 05:23 AM Margret, thanks for your reply about "Morningtown Ride". I've referred to it at my page about the Seekers' version. Hope that's okay. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: GUEST Date: 23 Aug 04 - 05:27 AM Um, that didn't work... It's my page about the Seekers' version at http://poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=453 |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Susanne (skw) Date: 24 Aug 04 - 04:59 PM Peter T., where do you live? I have a taped live performance of Andorra by Hamish Imlach somewhere. It isn't technically very good, but very spirited and you're welcome to it. Send me a PM if you're interested. |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: PoppaGator Date: 24 Aug 04 - 05:24 PM Those who love Malvina Reynolds may be interested in these three women who love her enough to name their trio after her: The Malvinas' website |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: GUEST,Erik Date: 02 Sep 04 - 05:23 AM I spotted an earlier request for a list of the songs performed on the album "MALVINA REYNOLDS" (CFS 5100) - copyright 1977 Cassandra Records. The list off the back of my LP jacket follows: SIDE 1 The World's Gone Beautiful Daddy's In The Jail It Isn't Nice Boraxo We Hate To See Them Go There'll Come A Time SIDE 2 From Way Up Here The Desert D.D.T. Let It Be Morningtowm Ride No Hole In My Head The back of the album also states "All compositions by Malvina Reynolds." Hope the information helps! |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Mark Ross Date: 02 Sep 04 - 02:07 PM I got to know Malvina in the '70's when I lived in Berserkely. When my wife and I were feuding I'd spend a night or two at the Anarchist commune across the street from her house. We had met when she appeared on campus at a rally. I went up and introduced myself and said that we had mutual friends and acquaintances. She invited me back to Parker Street for tea. We had some interesting discussions about songwriting. A couple of years later I was back in NYC working at the Folklore Center. Malvina appeared as part of the store's concert series. When she arrived she requested that I sit in with her, I readily agreed to play stump the band (with me being the stumpee). I confess I don't think I did very well, but nonetheless, a couple of days later a check arrived for me at the store from Malvina. I think it was for more than she had made that evening. What a great lady! Mark Ross |
Subject: ADD: Little Land From: Joe Offer Date: 29 Sep 04 - 10:43 PM Deckman mentioned this song in another thread, so I thought it would be good to post it. -Joe Offer- Little Land (Malvina Reynolds, 1958) When you're in the Little Land They fill your hands with gold, You think you stay for just a day, You come out bent and old. CHORUS Dead leaves in your pockets, Oh, my enchanted, have a care. Run, run from the Little Folk, Or you'll have dead leaves in your pockets, And snowflakes in your hair. When you're in the Little Land You watch the wee folk play, You see them through a game or two, You come out old and gray. CHORUS Lights shine in the Little Land From diamonds on the wall, But when you're back on the brown hill side It's cold pebbles after all. CHORUS Music in the Little Land, It makes the heart rejoice, It charms your ear so you cannot hear The sound of your true love's voice. CHORUS source: Little Boxes and other Handmade Songs, Malvina Reynolds (Oak Publications, 1964)
Click to play (joeweb)Also see: /thread.cfm?ThreadID=36505 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YQdpvO4s_w CHORDS (Key of C): C Am |
Subject: "playing war"?? From: GUEST,rob goldberg Date: 19 Jan 06 - 12:51 AM Hi Malvina fans! I'm trying to find an LP copy (or CD is there is one) of Malvina singing "Playing War," a song she wrote in 1964 about war toys... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Rob Goldberg rrgoldberg@gmail.com 917 710 7852 |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: open mike Date: 19 Jan 06 - 01:00 AM the cd that rosalie sorrells did of malvina songs is called no closing chord. I recommend it for malvina fans. Laurel |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: Joe Offer Date: 19 Jan 06 - 09:54 PM Hi, Rob - I looked all around, but had no luck. It's not in any of the Malvina songbooks or recordings I know of. It's not on Malvina's Ear to the Ground complilation CD, or on the Sorrels No Closing chord CD. -Joe Offer- Here's the track list for No Closing Chord, by Rosalie Sorrels: Rosalie Sorrels / No Closing Chord: The Songs Of Malvina Reynolds Label: Red House Year: 2000
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Subject: ADD: I Wish You Were Here From: GUEST,Joe_F Date: 19 Jan 06 - 10:21 PM From memory: I WISH YOU WERE HERE (Malvina Reynolds) I wish you were here to be underfoot, I wish you were here to get in my way, To call me from work, to call me to play. I wish you were here again. Oh, what did I do that had to be done, And what did I read that had to be read, When I could have turned to watch you instead? I wish you were here again. The monuments rise, the monuments fall, The papers are signed and turn into chaff, But I can recall the sound of your laugh. I wish you were here again. I wish you were here to be underfoot, I wish you were here to get in my way, To call me from work, to call me to play. I wish you were here again. --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: Parent & child is host & guest plus warden & prisoner. :|| |
Subject: Lyr Add: PLAYING WAR (Malvina Reynolds) From: Stewart Date: 19 Jan 06 - 10:22 PM PLAYING WAR Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978), in 1964 There's a nameless war in Vietnam, There's wars in many lands, And my little boy in our back yard, Has a toy gun in his hands, And the big toymakers in Buffalo Are getting my boy set to go, But I say No and the kids say No, We're playing war no more. Today it's a plastic tank or plane, Tomorrow it's for real; Today it shoots a wooden shot, Tomorrow the bullet's steel. And the buyers in the department store Are getting my boy ready for war, But I say No and the kids says No, We're playing war no more. Well, a little red wagon on the hill Can pull his pal along, But we want no little revolver gun To shoot his buddy down. The factories run in old New York to get him ready for the dirty work, But I say No and the kids say No, We're playing war no more. There's many a boy like my own boy Who's lying in the mud, And his good young life was cut away While it was in the bud. So the stores that offer death for play Will have to get rich some other way 'Cause I say No and the kids say No. We're playing war no more. Well, the Army brass and the CIA Are hardly grown-up boys, And they're playing now with atom bombs As though they were plastic toys. But the life of the world is on the throw, And while there is time, we're shouting "No!" We say No and the kids say No, We're playing war no more. Don't know the melody or if/where it is recorded, but these are the words. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
Subject: Playing War From: GUEST,Rob Date: 21 Feb 06 - 02:38 AM Thanks Stewart and Joe, I appreciate your searching for me. I actually have the words, and also the chords and notes (which I found randomly during some archive-digging for a graduate school project...I guess they are unpublished?). It seems only a bootleg might offer a recording. Anybody have a collection of Malvina bootlegs? Thanks again, Rob |
Subject: RE: Help: Everything Malvina! From: GUEST,Guest - Corey Date: 06 Mar 06 - 10:24 PM Help!! I've been trying to find the guitar chords for "I don't mind failing in this world" but I keep coming up short. Does anybody have them or a URL that works that I can get them from! It would be much appreciates Cfrank@stny.rr.com Thanks again. CLICK HERE -Joe Offer (e-mail sent)- |
Subject: Schroder Publishing Co. From: GUEST,tennesseeplayers@webtv.net Date: 25 Apr 06 - 11:09 AM I would like address and telephone number for publisher, regardin "What Have They Done to the Rain." Thurston Moore TennesseePlayers.org Thank you, |
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