Tunes and songs with 'water' references

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Genie
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 05:30 PM

Oops! I see someone beat me to that bad pun, much earlier!

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: maldenny
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 04:30 PM

Harvey Andrews used to do one about "I'm an otter in the water, swimming around" - nice catchy song.

Mal

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: GUEST,daylia
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 03:01 PM

Oops, "Black Water" is by the Doobie Brothers, not CCR, right?

See, I AM getting ancient!

- d

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: GUEST,daylia
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 02:55 PM

Is "Smoke on the Water" (Deep Purple) too rocky for you?

How about "Salt Water" by Julian Lennon

"Black Water" - CCR

"Raindrops Keep Fallin on my Head" - BJ Thomas (I think)

ok that's enough - I'm starting to feel very old .....


daylia

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 06:09 PM

See the waters a-gliding, hear the nightengale sing...

Black waters, black waters, run down through the land... (predates the Doobie Brosthers'song, and also ((was it?)) Elton John's).

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: SINSULL
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 05:45 PM

Prime The Pump
How High's The Water Mama?
Crossing The Water

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: lady penelope
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 05:46 PM

"Lovely on the water" - Steeleye Span did a version. Pretty song.

TTFN M'Lady P.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Genie
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:14 PM

"Wat-er Ya Doin' New Year's Eve?"  ;-D

 

Genie (ducking and running for cover)

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: mg
Date: 03 Dec 02 - 04:18 PM

How about old man river??? Rivers of Texas et al, ...one song I love used to be on the radio..by Jimmie Rogers not the train one..

I asked this woman from Liberia ??? where'd you get that cool cool water..uh oh where'd you get the water and it was not from the well..

I got it from the river and I got it from the sea and the Good Lord gave this water to me uh oh where'd you get the water and it was not from the well...


oh..more words..

I got it from the rain that fell from the sky and I got it from the river when the well ran dry uh oh where'd you get the water and it was not from the well..
maybe I hsould start another thread, but if I don't does anyone have more words?

mg

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: JenEllen
Date: 03 Dec 02 - 02:53 PM

Yeah, Bobert, I couldn't figure the Byrds singing that, would have been worth a listen! *g*

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Bobert
Date: 03 Dec 02 - 02:26 PM

Jen:

Different song entirely. I'm at work now and don't have too many of the words floatin' in my head since I don't remember ever doin' the song but I'll check em out tonight and get back to ya'. It's on the "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" LP.

Speakin' of no memory, I had forgotten that I ever posted to the thread but see that I did. When I read the initial post, the first song that came to mind today was one of the songs that came to mind a couple months ago and that is Dan Fogleburg's "The River" which is an absolutely beautiful and powerfull song but requires a decent pianist in order to do it well.

One I forgot is Neil Young's (yeah I know, there you go agin, Bobert...) "Down by the River". McKendree Springs does it better than Neil with "Crazy Horse" (Nils Lofgrin, I think..) with that electric violin creatin' all kinds of tension and power.

Bobert

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: pattyClink
Date: 03 Dec 02 - 02:02 PM

You don't mention genre, does this need to be any special genre.

The water people would especially favor the sentiments in:

Dig a Little Deeper in the Well (gospel)

Strongly second the "Cool Water" nomination

Subject: Lyr Add: YOU NEVER MISS THE WATER TILL THE WELL...
From: JenEllen
Date: 03 Dec 02 - 01:14 PM

Bobert, the music I have has that song as being written by Harry Linn and R. Howard. Is it the same song the Byrds did?

You Never Miss The Water

When a child I lived at Lincoln
With my parents on the farm
The lessons that my mother taught
To me were quite a charm
She would often take me on her knee
When tired of childish play
And as she pressed me to her breast
I've heard mother say

Chorus:
Waste not, want not
Is the maxim I would teach
Let your watch-word be despatch
And practice what you preach
Do not let your chances
Like sunbeams pass you by
For you never miss the water
'Till the well runs dry

As years rolled on
I grew to be a mischief making boy
Destruction seemed my only sport
It was my only joy
And well do I remember
When of-times well chastised
How father sat beside me then
And thus has me advised
(Chorus)

When I arrived at man-hood
I embarked on public life
And found it was a rugged road
Be-strewn with care and strife
I speculated foolishly
My losses were severe
But still a tiny little voice
Kept whispering in my ear
(Chorus)

Then I studied strict economy
And found to my surprise
My funds instead of sinking
Very quickly then did rise
I grasped each chance
And always struck the iron while t'was hot
I seized my opportunities
And never once forgot
(chorus)

I'm married now and happy
I've a careful little wife
We live in peace and harmony
Devoid of care and strife
Kind fortune smiles upon us
We have little children three
The lesson that I teach them
As they prattle round my knee
(Chorus)

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Gareth
Date: 07 Jun 02 - 07:15 PM

Or Kipling - Gungha Din ?

Or "Three Score and Ten" (aka "the Great Storm"

Gareth

Subject: Lyr Add: WE ARE THE RIVER
From: open mike
Date: 07 Jun 02 - 05:38 PM

here is my favorite river song but it will not endear you to the corporate water company--

We are the river,
We're gonna wash your levees down,
Flowin' from the mountains,
We're coming right down thru your town,
We're gonna join with the other rivers,
You know, the dam don't stand a chance,
Cuz no dam that man can build will stand,
When the sea begins to dance.

We're gonna join with the fishes,
We're gonna help them on their way,
Though the man tries to kill them,
And frighten them away,
From the depths up to the surface,
You know the fishes won't be found,
Cuz only water knows where the water flows,
When the river's underground.

Maple buds are bloomin',
The small stream trickles down,
Snows are a-meltin',
And the river rushes 'round in town
We'll have no more of your reservoirs,
Keepin' us from bein' free,
Cuz flood time is here my friend,
And we're almost to the sea.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: open mike
Date: 07 Jun 02 - 04:50 PM

Boom Boom Diddum Dattum wadum shoo-- and they swam and they swam right over the dam... a song about fishies.... there must be some that pete seeger and crew use for the Clear Water festival.... Greg Brown has a reference to a cool farm pond in "out in the country" and in Spring Wind (I think that's the tune) "to clean our lovely planet, that's a noble wish, I'm puttin' my shoulder to the wheel cuz I want to catch a fish..." and he has a lot of other water images cuz he sings about fishing a lot-- fishing with bill, laughing river----etc. also John Hartford has river tunes and river boat tunes.. Steam Whistle Blues, Julia Belle Swain, and others... and of course many sea chanties have water themes.. just deeper and saltier... and john prine's music contains water references.. in Paradise--"when i die let my ashes float down that green river, let my soul float on up to the rochester dam..." and in hello inb there-- "old trees just grow wider and rivers grow wilder every day--".. something like that--from the rusty 'old memory banks.... Tom russel and Iris Dement sing a song about a flood that washed away a town...not sure of title-any one out there??? the song roll on columbia roll on refers to hydro electric power so if "your" company is also involved in turning water in to power.. there's your tune.....good luck!

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Trapper
Date: 07 Jun 02 - 04:03 PM

How about "Water From Another Time" by John McCutcheon?

- Al

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: allanwill
Date: 07 Jun 02 - 11:52 AM

A coupla nice Aussie pieces - The River by Ian McDougall and Roll On Wild River by Dave Clark (written during the Franklin River fiasco in the 70's).

Also Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's most underrated song - Ripplin' Waters.

Allan

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Wolfgang
Date: 07 Jun 02 - 04:07 AM

Water loo by Abba

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Mudlark
Date: 07 Jun 02 - 12:56 AM

I agree about The Water is Wide...prettiest song about anything... On a more contemporary note Moon River (wider than a mile) isn't bad, Up a Lazy River...

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: GUEST,Katzele
Date: 06 Jun 02 - 06:17 PM

"Water You Doing New Years' Eve?"

or Helen Kane's [Betty Boop's]
"I Water Be Loved By You"

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Genie
Date: 06 Jun 02 - 06:12 PM

That was baaaaaaaaaad, KB! *G*

In a similarly bad vein, there's
Water Wonderful World
Flash Dance [Water Feeling!]

or how about "The Mayor of Bayswater"?

or "Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine"?

En Españnol, there's the one the Kingston Trio sang: "En El Agua"

There's also:
Water Boy

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: KingBrilliant
Date: 06 Jun 02 - 06:39 AM

Water difference a day makes.......

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: fat B****rd
Date: 06 Jun 02 - 05:35 AM

"Water Water Everywhere" by Tommy Steele. "Watching The River Flow" by Bob Dylan.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Wolfgang
Date: 06 Jun 02 - 05:28 AM

Living by the water (Anne Briggs)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Hrothgar
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 10:53 PM

The Waters of Tyne

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Genie
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 11:56 AM

Linda Waterfall, of Seattle, has a song called "Going To the Water"

Then there's the Doobie Brothers' "Black Water"

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 10:44 AM

The water is wide, I cannot get o'er
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat than can carry two
And both shall row my love and I

nicest water song I know.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Declan
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 07:16 AM

There's a song called The Well of Spring Water as sung by Co Clare whistle player Micho Russell (R.I.P). Also a lot of Irish dance tunes e.g Going to the well for water, Out on the ocean, The ship at full sail.

If you can get your hands on a CD made to benefit the Doolin Sea & Cliff rescue service(available through www.custysmusic.com) theres a set of reels all with nautical themes played on it by Martin Hayes and John Williams which might be worth checking out, if you do Irish tunes.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: KingBrilliant
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 06:27 AM

There's always Black Muddy River (Grateful Dead) - but perhaps the water authority might not like the implication...

KRis

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: rich-joy
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 05:26 AM

Oh and who could forget that Robert Crumb revival "Singing in the Bathtub" with the Cheap Suit Seranaders ??? (just love that name)

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: rich-joy
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 05:23 AM

bring me little water, Sylvie

smoke on the water

river deep, mountain high

river of death

cold jordan

row, row, row your boat, gently ....

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Ian
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 04:11 AM

Blackwater side (In the month of January) Cool Clear water The water is wide River deep mountain high Banks of the ohio Red river valley Lakes of (Carlin)

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Genie
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 03:39 AM

Oh, I give up! I had but the HTML codes for boldface around the words
Steam
Mist
Waters
Icicles
Hail
Creek
Ripple
River
Ocean
Wave
Sea
Fog
Dew
Lake
Tear
Rainbow
Fountain
Bay
But I probably left out one of the HTML codes, so the whole thing ended up bold.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Genie
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 03:31 AM

Screwed up the boldface, so here's a slightly modified list:

Steam Heat Misty
By TheWaters Of Babylon
Icicles, Popsicles
Hail Columbia*
Cripple Creek
Ripple
Swanee River
How Deep Is The Ocean
Catch A Wave
Sea Cruise
Foggy, Foggy Dew
Indian Lake
A Little Bitty Tear Let Me Down
Over the Rainbow
Three Coins In The Fountain
Moonlight Bay

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Genie
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 03:02 AM

Water comes in lots of forms. You might try searches for its variants. E.g.,

Early Mornin' rain
Down By The Old Mill Stream
Snowbird
Steam Heat
Misty
Danger Waters
Icicles, Popsicles
Hail To The Chief*

Cripple Creek
Ripple
Up A Lazy River
How Deep Is The Ocean
Over The Waves
Beyond The Sea
A Foggy Day In London Town
Indian Lake
A Little Bitty Tear Let Me Down

Too many to list. I guess water's pretty ubiquitous in human consciousness.

Genie

*Sorry 'bout that.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 02:43 AM

Banks of the Bann?

London River (Rod Shearman)

Red sails in the sunset?? (sorry)

LTS

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: GUEST,Eileen Smith
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 01:38 AM

Cry Me a River

Down by the O-Hi-O

Erie Canal

Floatin' Down the Old Green River

Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay

Oh Shenandoah

Singin' in the Rain

By the Sea, By the Sea

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: catspaw49
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 01:32 AM

Maybe a tune by Johnny Rivers?
A tribute to Muddy Waters?
Or a tribute to Ethel Waters!!
Flute music of the Creek Indians?
Something by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer?
How about a song by the band "Aleka's Attic" featuring River Phoenix and his sister Rain?
Some new material from singer/songwriter Matt Pond could work.


Just a few thoughts............

Spaw

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Hrothgar
Date: 05 Jun 02 - 01:09 AM

"Watching the Obi Flow" by Noel Gardner is a good one, but the water company might not like it because it laments the harnessing of a river.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Sorcha
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 10:51 PM

Rubber Duckie?
Bubbledy Bum Bum (fish in the ocean, fish in the sea?
"I wish I were a little bar of soap, I'd go slidey slidey slidey
On your hiney hiney hiney........" Well, it in the shower at least, LOL!

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Bobert
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 10:36 PM

Water songs? Hmmmmmm? Splish, Spalsh, I was takin' an bath, early on a Saturday night...How was i to know there was a party going on?.... Just funnin'... Paul Siebel's "Legend of the Captain's Daughter"... "Legend of the Titanic" by Jamie Brockett , et al... "The River" by Dan Fogelburg.... " You Don't Miss the Water, Till the Well Runs Dry" by the Byrds (trad.?)... "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston (1960) where Running Bear and "little White Cloud" meet their demise in the middle of the river after swimming toward each other from distant shores (oh, what a tear jerker, if one was ever written...)

Bobert

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 10:16 PM

Rihhh-pples in still wa-ah-ter....

~S~

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 09:44 PM

All those spirituals with the River Jordan.
And who can forget "All day I faced the barren waste, without the taste of water. Co-oo-ol Water....."

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: van lingle
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 08:36 PM

Midnight on the Water is a beautiful waltz that's been discussed in these pages at least once. It's also a great song that someone put words to and Kate Wolf sung. And there's Water Song by Jorma Kaukonen which is a fingerstyle guitar piece he recorded with Hot Tuna which might work in an orchestral setting.vl

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: quantock
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 08:35 PM

How about these,

Water bound (and I cant get home) I'm the man, the very fat man, that waters the workers beer Midnight on the Water Annan Water (Nick Jones did it on an early album)

Good luck with the album.

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: GUEST,ozmacca
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 08:25 PM

I'll put in a plug for some terrific music about the Maroochy River in Queensland, by a great group, Scrub Turkey. Especially "River of Hope".

Sales of this fantastic CD are now into four figures, and tha's not bad, considering I know three of the people who boughtone. Are you listening, fellers, that's another one sold....

http://www.buderimvillage.com.au/Shopping___Business/Specialty__Collectables/Scrub_Turkey/body_scrub_turkey.html

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: masato sakurai
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 07:37 PM

Search for songs with water in their titles (Click here) gives "19344" hit!

~Masato

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Genie
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 07:30 PM

River (Bill Staines)
Run, River, Run
Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
Wade In The Water
Deer River
Somos El Barco
She Rises Like The Dolphin (Kate Wolf)
Blue Danube
Roll On, Columbia

lots more

Subject: RE: Tunes and songs with 'water' references
From: Sorcha
Date: 04 Jun 02 - 07:23 PM

Also, see the Blue Search box? Type in "Water" without the quotes...........you can also click on the W for the ones that actually start with Water. The Water is Wide, Logan Water......must be lots. Oh--there are 479 hits at JC's place.