Songs about sleep and dreams

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Willa
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 02:01 PM

FC here are the lyrics for 'I dreamed I saw Unicorns' by Bill Caddick

We were traveling north to sing and play
For friends that we had never met
Been working hard and didn't speak
The sky was grey and threatened wet
And I dreamed that I saw unicorns
Dreamed I saw them wild and white
their sudden beauty lit the world
Like a star will light a winter's night

Pure as love with manes of milk
They danced and pranced and cried aloud
Bright as rainbows round the stars
Their eyes were soft and sad and proud

And I wept for the wild and dirty world
To which this beauty now was lost
And cursed the hungry mind of man
That feeds the future at such cost
My head was bowed, my eyes were closed
When in my ears their voices rang
And these few words lodged deep inside
And in my very soul they sang

We never went away
You always knew that we were near
Remember how to look for us
You'll see we were always here

I raised my eyes to seek them out
The world was empty all around
The rain came tumbling from the sky
It drowned all dreams upon the ground
And when they asked me why I wept
Like one who for his dead love mourns
The only answer I could give
I dreamed that there were unicorns
We never went away
You always knew that we were near
Remember how to look for us
You'll see we were always here

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Matt_R
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 12:00 PM

Don't you know I had a dream last night
That you were here with me
Lyin' by my side so soft and warm
And we talked a while
And shared a smile
And then we shared the dawn
But when I woke up
Oh, my dream it was gone

Don't you know I had a dream last night
And you were here with me
Lyin' by my side so soft and warm
And you said you'd thought it over
You said you were coming home
But when I woke up
Oh, my dream it was gone

I'm not the same
Can you blame me
Is it hard to understand
I can't forget
You can't change me
I am not that kind of man

Don't you know I had a dream last night
And ev'rything was still
And you were by my side so soft and warm
And I dreamed that we were lovers
In the lemon scented rain
But when I woke up
Oh, I found that again, I had been
Dreamin', dreamin' again
I had been dreamin', dreamin' again

- Jim Croce

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Flash Company
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 11:52 AM

Guest Q-- Goodnight Sweetheart was actually Ray Noble (God, I'm old!)

One easy one that springs to mind is Irving Berlin's 'Oh how I hate to get up in the morning', don't mess with the lyrics tho', his estate is VERY watchful!
There is also one called 'Dreamed that I saw Unicorns', I could probably dredge up the lyrics from the back of my memory, but can't help with composers or chords or technical stuff like that>

FC

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Barrie Roberts
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 11:47 AM

How about 'Painting the Clouds With Sunshine':

I've had my dreams till the dawn,
I wake to find they are gone,
But still the show must go on, they say.
When I pretend I'm gay
I never feel that way,
I'm only painting the clouds with sunshine etc.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Joe_F
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 10:21 AM

For a little sly comic relief, "Miss Bailey":

One night betimes he went to bed, for he had caught a fever.
Said he, "I am a handsome man, and I'm a gay deceiver".
His candle just at twelve o'clock began to burn quite palely.
A ghost stepped up to his bedside and said, "Behold Miss Bailey!"

My own theory is that the ghost was a hallucination induced by the fever, which he had caught as a consequence of his gay deceivership. However, she might have been an ordinary dream, for which a Freudian explanation would not be difficult. Or, for that matter, she might have been a real ghost.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: JennyO
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 07:46 AM

Here's a rather silly one that I sang once with a bunch of women. We call ourselves the WWW's (wild wise women). We got all dressed up in our jammies to do it too:

Nightie Nightie Ev'ryone

Lyrics by Dillie Keane
Music by Dillie Keane

There's a cosy little bedroom,
Cosy bunk beds, oh so neat,
Cosy flannelette pyjamas,
Cosy bedsocks for our feet.
Time to snuggle 'neath the blankets
And to close each weary eye,
Tired teddy bears kneel to say their prayers
For they know that dreamland's nigh.

So good night and see you again sometime;
Up the stairs to bedsiebyes we must now climb;
Time for little hobos
To bugger off to bobos,
So nightie nightie ev'ryone.

As we remove our make-up,
We reveal the bitter truth;
For beneath our painted beauty
Is our sadly fading youth.
And so though you think we're gorgeous,
And as lovely as our tunes,
If we're ever viewed when we're in the nude,
We just look like three old prunes.

So goodnight, and hope we've not made you blue;
Underneath this loveliness we're just like you;
For are we beauties? Hardly!
It's all thanks to Yardley;
So nightie nightie ev'ry one.

So goodnight, drive carefully if you're going far;
Mine's a pint, and two white wines -
See you in the bar;
And a treble gin and tonic;
And we'll soon be catatonic.
So nightie nightie ev'ryone.

Nightie nightie ev'ryone.
Nightie nightie ev'ryone.
Night night..

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: open mike
Date: 07 Aug 04 - 11:43 PM

Last night I dreamed that you and I were in an awful storm,
With no place to go for shelter any where..
and it took a while to realize the meaning of the dream
but now i think it all is coming clear:
the storm was all the troubles we've been having
no shelter was the answer we can't find
and the screaming of the raging wind that chilled me to the bone
must have been the troubles on my mind
bay Merle Haggard...

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,cdebolt
Date: 07 Aug 04 - 05:16 PM

In the words of Warren Zevon, I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Pogo
Date: 05 Jun 04 - 12:20 AM

Sleep tight
Sandman's a-coming
And he'll be here
Mighty mighty soon
And if you don't cry
He'll be riding by
On a great big lollipop moon

A sweet little lullaby a friend of mine taught me...it's a kind of round I believe and I think there's another verse to it with a slower pace but I don't recall it

|O)

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Leadfingers
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 08:09 AM

Try doing Beautiful Dreamer and Pub With No Beer together - Almost a perfect fit !

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Adolfo
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 07:09 AM

Greetings. Simon & Garfunkel are always a source for inspiration: both 'The Sound of Silence' and 'For Emily whenever I may find her' describe dreams.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: open mike
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 04:37 PM

Greg Brown has several..
one is Dream Cafe

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Once Famous
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 04:07 PM

Yawn!

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 04:02 PM

Little Willie John's "sleep" circa 1960.

Sleep, sleep, sleep
How we love to sleep.
At the close of day
When the sun and our cares go away

And the memories sweet
Of our days repeat
In our dreams they keep
As we sleep, sleep, sleep.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From:
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 03:56 PM

Here's one from a friend of mine:

Ode To The Snooze Button
V. Roger Stone

I get up every morning
Hit the button on my radio
Eight more minutes
To rest my weary bones
Can't seem to get my feet
To fall down to the floor
Help me start my day
 
Chorus
I'm a sleepyhead
Lying in my bed
Give me eight more minutes
To rest my weary head
Let me stay a little longer
Solve the problems of the world
This is the Ode to snooze and you.
 
Once I'm up and running,
With my toast and watch in hand
I've got eight more minutes
To get to work again
With my sweater inside out
And my jacket in my hand
This is my song to snooze and you.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 02:00 PM

whoa is this jan burda the on ethat makes guitar now

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Jeger
Date: 21 Aug 03 - 03:35 AM

One more I do not think was mentioned is "I dream of Jeanie"

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Merritt
Date: 21 Aug 03 - 12:47 AM

Most requested tune lately at a local bar is "Good Night, My Someone" from the musical The Music Man. I play it like a cowboy song, but it has the structure of Strauss waltz.

- Merritt

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Art Thieme
Date: 21 Aug 03 - 12:18 AM

ANNE HILLS wrote a ver nice song called "WHILE YOU SLEEP". It's on the LP (CD now) thatshe did with her ex, Jan Burda. A lovely record. And I sang backup on that track too.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Russ
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 07:55 AM

Sleepy Dreamer
Hemlock and Primroses
Cowboy's Dream
Dream of a Miner's Child

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Little Robyn
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 07:36 AM

Morningtown Ride is about kids going to sleep.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,banjoman
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 07:08 AM

Try " I'm forever blowing bubbles" although the chorus is used as an anthem by West Ham Football club- the little used verses start with"I.m dreaming dreams......"

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: JennieG
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 05:52 AM

Sorcha, 'California Dreaming' was The Mamas and Papas...and who could ever forget Mama Cass singing 'Dream a Little Dream of Me'...a golden oldie if ever there was one!
Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Kevin Sheils
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 05:43 AM

Unless I've missed it above

The Stonecutters Dream

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Ian
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 04:14 AM

Lowlands away (I dreamed a dream the other night)
She Moved through the fair
A Sailors dream

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Amos
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 01:06 PM

"The Strangest Dream" is one of the all-time great anti-war songs, even if too folky for you. Dare you to sing it...


A

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Martin Gibson
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 01:00 PM

Man, I forgot "I Had to Much to Dream Last Night" by the Electric Prunes.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Steve-o
Date: 19 Aug 03 - 12:55 PM

There's a great song called "Dreams", written by Del McCoury, I think, if you're interested in Bluegrassy stuff. Wonderful for that three-part harmony.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Peg
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 09:42 PM

How about Blow the Candle Out??

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Martin Gibson
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 09:28 PM

Hobo's Lulaby: Great Kingston Trio version
Sweet Dreams, Baby: Roy Orbison
Dreamin' my Dreams:   Waylon Jennings
Dream:   Everly Brothers
I Dreamed I was in Hillbilly Heaven: Tex Ritter

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Charley Noble
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 09:00 PM

Bob Franke's "Thanksgiving Eve":

It's so easy to dream of the days gone by...

Or search the threads for my "Pastures of Memories."

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: akenaton
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 08:48 PM

The late ,great Matt McGinn was well known for his comedy songs, but to me one of his best is the lullaby "Coorie Doon".Matt wrote it as a miners wife siging her baby to sleep ....True and beautiful..AKE..

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: SINSULL
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 08:39 PM

The Bergen
Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland (a real amusement park in Brooklyn which burned to the ground)

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: PaulBobbyBuzz
Date: 18 Aug 03 - 02:14 PM

Ah, as usual you 'catters are awesome. Some of these are too "folky" for me, (that's JUST me!), but several are a great help, and you guys always expand my horizons! Thanks again pbb

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 04:50 PM

Mr. Sandman by the Chordettes:
Mr Sandman

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Mudlark
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 04:08 PM

A couple more lullabyes:

Little Man You've Had a Busy Day
That Sly Old Gentleman from Featherbed Lane

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Jim McLean
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 02:06 PM

Golden Slubers.
Golden slumbers, kiss your eyes,
Smiles await you when you rise,
Sleep pretty baby, don't you cry
And I will sing a lullaby.
This is from memory and it has a sweet melody.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: John P
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 11:30 AM

The Beatles:

I'm Only Sleeping
Good Night
I'm So Tired
Golden Slumbers

-JP

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Jeger
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 03:50 AM

Oh yes!
Did anyone mention "Beautiful dreamer" ?
Now I must go to it myself because it is ten to one AM out here West Coast USA.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 03:45 AM

There is a bautiful song sung by Roy Orbison. I think it is called "In dreams".
"Coast to Coast" radio plays it sometimes before the program.
It has a line that goes
"In dreams I walk with you
In dreams I talk with you. " etc
Then it says toward the end:
"And just before the dawn
I wake and find you gone."
Jeger

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 01:29 AM

Lester Levy site, just click me. then scroll down to Search...........

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 01:27 AM

Califorina Dreamin'.....Beach Boys???
Tam Lin
Oh my goodness, Click me and then scroll down or Edit/Find for Sleep. It's alphabetical.

Also, look for the Lester Levy site and ask the Search the site for either sleep or dream. I'll post a link to Levy next.

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 12:47 AM

Art, I hope that misunderstanding wasn't related to Bruce Phillips' line about being from Utah, "where the men are men and the sheep are nervous"!

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Art Thieme
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 12:08 AM

What a difference one letter makes.

I came in here because I thought you said "sHeep" and dreams---. I guess THE DROVERS DREAM (as suggested by someone else) might just be the way to go. ;-) It could cover both possibilities.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 11:12 PM

Leadfingers, the tune to John of Dreams is Tschaikovsky's, but it's from Symphony No. 6 in Bb minor, not Sleeping Beauty. The tune was borrowed by Tschaikovsky from a southern Italian lullaby entitled "Piva Piva". (That info is from the liner notes of a Mick Moloney album.)

I found a Milanese song called "Piva Piva", but with no tune, and not knowing Italian (let alone Milanese dialect), I don't know if it's the one. Something about olive oil and babies, so it might be.

PIVA PIVA

Piva, piva
l'oli d'oliva
l'è 'l Bambin
che porta i belee,
l'è la mamma
che spend i danee
                                    
Fa la nanna
o bel bambin,
Re divin
Re divin.

PBB, if it doesn't have to be "folk", I've always liked "Stay Awake" from Mary Poppins. (Might be very appropriate for a sleep clinic!)

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 10:49 PM

I dreamed I dwelt in marble halls

Drifting and Dreaming

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 10:32 PM

When My Dreamboat Comes Home.

Ah.....! Guy Lombardo!

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 10:28 PM

Good night, sweetheart, Till we meet tomorrow....
Goodnight, sweetheart, sleep will banish sorrow,
........................
Dreams enfold you, in each one I'll hold you,
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.

Ahhh, Guy Lombardo.....!

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,C
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 10:12 PM

And I bid you good night, good night...

Subject: RE: Songs about sleep and dreams
From: GUEST,C
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 10:11 PM

Wynken, Blynken and Nod