Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Mrs Scarecrow Date: 30 Oct 06 - 12:17 PM I have a habit of writng songs that not only fit particular seasons or months but in some cases only particular days, which makes it very hard to keep them in my memory but my Autumn song 'Keep the Dark away' would do for October and although it refers to the spirit world waking which is sort of haloweeny there is not a witch in sight! Its on the Scarecrow CD and I would be delighted if other people started singing it. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: GUEST,Buspassed Date: 30 Oct 06 - 09:58 AM 'Three Score and Ten' [The Watersons] 'October's night left such a sight....' Achingly poignant in the wake of the loss in the North Sea of the four trawlermen last week. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: GUEST,Jim I Date: 30 Oct 06 - 08:49 AM As to "October Song" Countess Richard suggested the following found in another thread "(E)I'll sing (A)you this (E)October song there (B7)is no song be(E)fore it. the words and (A)tune are none of my (E)own for my (B7)joys and sorrows (E)bore it. Beside the (E???)sea the brambly (E)briars in the (B7) still of (E)evening, birds fly (A)out behind the (E)sun, and (B7)with them I'll be (E)leaving. Someone suggested Dm instead of the dodgy E which sounds marginally better." Looking at "The Incredible String Band" song book they give the following: Beside the (E7)sea the brambly briars (B7)in the still of (E)evening, birds fly (A)out behind the (E)sun, and (B7)with them I'll be (E)leaving. OK They have it in G(D) but the thought is the same. HOWEVER they give the song in DADF#AD tuning, in the key of G, played with the capo at the 5th fret, using the appropriate given chords (with 2 different G chords). Perhaps done like that the E7 probably sound better. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Splott Man Date: 30 Oct 06 - 06:05 AM In Welsh, October and Autumn are the same word, so how about Autumn Song by Harvey Andrews? |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: The Shambles Date: 30 Oct 06 - 05:27 AM http://www.geocities.com/doireanne/autumngold.html |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: The Borchester Echo Date: 15 Sep 03 - 08:20 AM And when you get round to asking about songs for April, look out 'April Morning' recorded by Tony on 'Banks of the Green Willow' . This may involve cans of worms. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Kevin Sheils Date: 14 Sep 03 - 05:29 PM Kitty's posting way back in the thread (although it was only yesterday) reminded me that One day in October is the opening of The Bellringing as sung by the late (and greatly missed) Tony Rose on Young Hunting Or was that what Kitty was referring to anyway? |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Padre Date: 14 Sep 03 - 04:31 PM The "Reuben James": 'Twas the last day of October that they saved 44 From the cold icy waters off that cold Iceland shore |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 14 Sep 03 - 04:15 PM Can I sneak in one of my favorite poems, Vagabond Song? Perhaps you could set it to music. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Barry T Date: 14 Sep 03 - 01:52 PM I've always been inspired by the imagery of Ian Tyson's Wild Geese. Wild geese flyin' by Callin' on the downwind as they go No answers they send And springtime has too many miles to go. Fly through the miles Of country I've never seen before. Why does the wind Say you ain't comin' back any more? Where I live this is a sight and sound that marks the time of year better than any calendar! |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: winniemih Date: 14 Sep 03 - 01:39 PM In the autumn I always think of Kate Wolf's song "These Times We're Living In": Down by the river the water's running low as I wander underneath the trees and in the park outside of town the leaves turned brown and yellow now are falling on the ground .... From her recording "Give Yourself to Love" |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: GUEST,Jerry Date: 14 Sep 03 - 10:47 AM Leo Kretzner's "Bold Orion" is a great autumn song. Rick Spencer's "Pirates of Winter" is too. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: MAG Date: 14 Sep 03 - 10:37 AM Bill Staines' "October Winds." ("October winds have come to town, and summer's o'er the hill.") |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Abby Sale Date: 14 Sep 03 - 10:13 AM There are far too many. Have you any particular day in October in mind? Abby Sale (Senior Editor, The Happy! File.) |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 14 Sep 03 - 06:23 AM http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3875 |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 14 Sep 03 - 06:20 AM Thiepval posted by Micca is an excellent, non witch related Halloween song (wish I had the tune) Another name for Halloween is Martinmas. There is a fine tred song in DT called Martinmastide |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: The Borchester Echo Date: 14 Sep 03 - 04:15 AM 'October Song' chords: found this in a previous thread. Sounds (roughly) OK (E)I'll sing (A)you this (E)October song there (B7)is no song be(E)fore it. the words and (A)tune are none of my (E)own for my (B7)joys and sorrows (E)bore it. Beside the (E???)sea the brambly (E)briars in the (B7) still of (E)evening, birds fly (A)out behind the (E)sun, and (B7)with them I'll be (E)leaving. Someone suggested Dm instead of the dodgy E which sounds marginally better. If you google around the various ISB sites you might find a download of the tune. Better still, get the CD! |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 14 Sep 03 - 03:31 AM So much for NORTHERN HEMISPHERE October songs... How about some SOUTHERN hemisphere ones? :-) Robin |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Abuwood Date: 14 Sep 03 - 03:08 AM Thanks everyone, some great suggestions to get me thinking, I love the Robin Williamson son, I'll have to try and find the tune. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: GUEST,reggie miles Date: 13 Sep 03 - 11:42 PM How about this one? There's not a witch within it which can be found but it's still gross enough to make a creepy Halloween song or recitation with which (not "witch") to freak out those little goblins whilst they're gobblin' up their goodies after a long evening's trick or treat trek. Grossosity! |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: mg Date: 13 Sep 03 - 11:31 PM I have one but I forget one of the verses... It's about a beautiful maple tree in Toledo, Washington, where I went to high school. One autumn day so long ago when I was just a girl I sat beneath a maple tree and watched its colors swirl And there beyond the falling leave of orange, red and gold Was the world's most perfect mountain for my young eyes to behold.. Missing verse And yet I knew that maple tree if taken to the mill Would lessen many's the sleepless nights and cover many's the bill If it met the perils of the ax or withered from within I'd remember that proud maple tree and the beauty that had been So armed with resolution and the lessons I had learned I gathered up my courage and one day I returned And there in bright October's light in golden disarray The maple tree was standing...but..the mountain blew away |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: GUEST,Bernie Date: 13 Sep 03 - 11:01 PM "The Burning Tree" is by Elmer Beal,Jr. of Bar Harbor,Maine......recorded in 1985 on the LP by DIFFERENT SHOES,["One size fits all"] on the Fretless label,distributed by Rounder..... |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: mg Date: 13 Sep 03 - 10:45 PM Cliffs of Baccalieu (sp??) mg |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: GUEST,AArk Date: 13 Sep 03 - 06:21 PM What about Dave Webber's beautiful "Lady Of Autumn"? Search "Lady of Autumn" in forum. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: wysiwyg Date: 13 Sep 03 - 06:19 PM October Roses. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 03 - 05:53 PM Joni Mitchells 'Urge for Going' meadow grasses turning brown, summer time falling down...etc etc...??? |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Barbara Date: 13 Sep 03 - 05:33 PM cetmst, I'm wondering if the word in the chorus could be "leaves"? All Among the Barley is September not October, but the words are interchangeable and the sentiment is one of fall. Blessings, Barbara |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Peg Date: 13 Sep 03 - 10:17 AM I think the John Wood song has a section on autumn in it, as all the seasons are covered ("For every season of the year, John Wood has brewed a special beer") |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: cetmst Date: 13 Sep 03 - 07:47 AM Robin Williamson's 'October Song' is in Sing Out v. 18, #6, p 14, 1969 and is recorded by Gordon Bok and Cindy Kallet on their Neighbors CD. Jean Ritchie's 'October and the Frost is Early' in her Celebration of Life book is another song naming all the months. 'October Brew' from an issue of Punch in 1867 was set to tune 'Bonny Green Garters' by Peter Bellamy and recorded on the 'Tale of Ale' CD by Free Reed Records. 'October Roses' written by Linda Allen is sung by Cindy Mangsen on her 'Songs of Experience' CD. Browsing through some old school song books returned five songs for children of various ages titled 'October' and one called 'October's Party' Also in v. 18 is 'Grey October' from England's Critics Group circa 1968 comparing October in Aberfan (Wales?) and Vietnam. Browsing through some old school song books returned five songs titled 'October' and one called 'October Music' by Katharine Whitmore and Louis Adolphe Coerne (Laurel Music Series 'Folk and Art Songs', 1925). Can mail copies of words an music if you wish. One of my favorites for which I have been trying to find the origin and the singer is titled, I think, 'In the Light of the Burning Trees'. I have transcribed what I can get of the lyrics from from a tape I made from Mary Cliff's Traditions program: Summer is gone and the day's growing cold, Far away honk some geese in their flight, Here down below we start thinking of snow And the quiet of long winter nights. And even though times will get harder And the darkness could make you feel old, There's a good harvest stored in the larder And the trees are aflame now in red, orange and gold. Cho: And I run through the leaves in the cold autumn breeze, Being warmed by the fire in the (year?) Though it's said they don't talk, I still learn a lot In the light of the burning trees. Too many times when I'm driving I'm blind, Swept along thinking I've got to be First in the line and my teeth start to grind Like thr cobblestones down by the sea. Yesterday morning at sunrise Where the highway dips down by the stream The fire of dawn was reflected In the leaves of the trees that would beckon to me. Cho. There on the ground I heard a voice with no sound Saying this is reason to be, To seek your own place in the whole human race, And to find it would set your heart free. But even though times will get harder, And the darkness could make you feel old, There's a good harvest stored in the larder, And the wisdom you hear in the trees is your soul. Cho. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Herga Kitty Date: 13 Sep 03 - 07:46 AM Early one morning, one day last October.... |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: The Borchester Echo Date: 13 Sep 03 - 07:00 AM Oh, why not Robin's own? It's on the 1st (eponymous) Incredible String Band recording. Bert Jansch & Dick Gaughan have also done it justice. Many haven't. The timing's hard. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Big Tim Date: 13 Sep 03 - 06:50 AM Williamson's 'October Song' is terrific. Check the recording by The Corries. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: The Borchester Echo Date: 13 Sep 03 - 06:12 AM 'January Man' by Dave Goulder has ALL the months. It's in the DT (0.8351) but not being as clever as Kevin and rubbish at html, I can't make the clicky thing work here. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Cllr Date: 13 Sep 03 - 05:59 AM Bellringer first line One day in October neither drunken nor sober Cllr |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Kevin Sheils Date: 13 Sep 03 - 04:48 AM October winds lament around the castle of Dromore It in the DT Castle Of Dromore First time I've done a clicky to a DT song, hope it works (it did for me). |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: The Borchester Echo Date: 13 Sep 03 - 04:48 AM 'October Song' by Robin Williamson. I'll sing you this October song there is no song before it the words and tune are none of my own but my joys and sorrows bore it. Beside the sea the brambly briars in the still of evening birds fly out behind the sun and with them I'll be leaving. The fallen leaves that jewel the ground they know the art of dying and leave with joy their glad gold hearts in the scarlet shadows lying. When hunger calls my footsteps home the morning follows after, I swim the seas within my mind and the pine trees laugh green laughter. I used to search for happiness, and I used to follow pleasure but I found a door behind my mind and that's the greatest treasure. For rulers like to lay down laws and rebels like to break them, and the poor priests like to walk in chains and God likes to forsake them. I met a man whose name was Time, and he said: "I must be going," but just how long ago that was I have no way of knowing. Sometimes I want to murder time, sometimes when my heart's aching but mostly I just stroll along, the path that I am taking. |
Subject: RE: Songs for October? From: Jeanie Date: 13 Sep 03 - 04:27 AM How about: "What's the Life of a Man" (any more than a leaf) - in the DT. A beautiful song about the cycle of life and cycle of the seasons. The related thread about the earlier song "The Fall of the Leaf" also makes an interesting read. - jeanie |
Subject: Songs for October? From: Abuwood Date: 13 Sep 03 - 04:04 AM I love it when singers at singarounds are able to have a song for the season. I reckon I can fit songs for November & December, but would welcome suggestions for next month. By the way if it has a witch in it I don't sing it..... |
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