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Subject: RE: father songs From: dick greenhaus Date: 06 Jul 11 - 08:17 PM Well, there's "Hang on the Bell, Nellie" (Curfew must not ring tonight) |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: kendall Date: 06 Jul 11 - 08:28 AM That song that the Kodak company used in their ads always got to me. ['Turn Around' by Malvina Reynolds] "Where are you going my little one, little one, Where are you going my baby my own? Turn around and you're two, turn around and you're four, Turn around and you're a young girl going out of the door." Turn around and you're tiny, turn around and you're grown Turn around and you're a young wife with babes of your own." I love my grown daughters as much as I ever did, but I sure do miss my little girls. sniff. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: MATTIE RAG (Jamaica) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Date: 06 Jul 11 - 07:18 AM Mattie Rag (Jamaican Mento) 1. Mumma, mumma, dem ketch puppa, Dem ketch 'im dung a mango walk. If a neva run dem woulda ketch mi tu, So mi sing sweet song an' play guitar. (chorus) Wai oh, Mattie rag, Wai oh, Mattie rag. 2. Puppa go down a mango walk Cause 'im ear wan hog a chaw a piece a rag. Wen 'im ax 'im a chaw fa rag, 'Im tell 'im sey a Mattie rag. (Chorus) 3. Pickney hear whe yu mumma sey, Yu betta 'tap go mango walk. If yu neva run dem woulda ketch yu tu, So sing sweet song an' play guitar. (Chorus) |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE BREAD KNIFE BALLAD (Robert Service) From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 12 Jun 06 - 04:58 AM The Bread-Knife Ballad Robert Service A little child was sitting Up on her mother's knee And down down her cheeks the bitter tears did flow. And as I sadly listened I heard this tender plea, 'Twas uttered in a voice so soft and low. Chorus: "Please Mother don't stab Father with the BREAD-KNIFE, Remember 'twas a gift when you were wed. But if you must stab Father with the BREAD-KNIFE, Please Mother use another for the BREAD." "Not guilty" said the Jury And the Judge said "Set her free, But remember it must not occur again. And next time you must listen to you little daughter's plea," Then all the Court did join in this refrain. Chorus: "Please Mother don't stab Father with the BREAD-KNIFE, Remember 'twas a gift when you were wed. But if you must stab Father with the BREAD-KNIFE, Please Mother use another for the BREAD." Online text © 1998-2006 Poetry X. All rights reserved. From Bar-Room Ballads |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: GUEST,2feathers Date: 11 Jun 06 - 10:44 PM Charmain's lyrics seem to go with the melody of "Swet Rosie O'Grady" Made me laugh, but I can understand her father's reaction to it. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HERE'S TO YOU ROUNDERS (Don Lang) From: GUEST,Art Thieme Date: 11 Jun 06 - 10:25 PM A great one, albeit about his grandfather, is Don Lang's "Here's To You Rounders": I never knew my grandad--he was always on the bum, Every September he'd grab him a southbound and he'd ride, Long about Christmas, me and my brother We would get us some cons in the mail, But we couldn't spend 'em---it was all he could send From the Mexico City jail. CHORUS Here's to you rounders and here's to you railroad bums, Hoping that you make it home soon, Here's to the women who married for love And lived with the man in the moon. One time near the end he rolled into town, He was riding on the Greyhound line, He must've got old and those boxcars got harder to climb, He dropped his last dime in a call to my granny, But, "NO!" was her only reply, She hung up the phone, cursed him in German, But I saw the pain in her yes. I never knew my grandad---he was always on the bum, The Salvation Army, they sent us a note when he died, Now me and my brother we carry the memory Of a face that we never did see, Like some foreign coin laying' cold in the pocket Of a young boy's faded bluejeans. -------------------------------------------------------- I recorded this song on my first ever solo LP album:---"Art Thieme--Outright Boldfaced Lies--Live At The Old Town School Of Folk Music"---Kicking Mule Records (KM-150) Long out of print... -- A.T. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Bonnie Shaljean Date: 11 Jun 06 - 12:14 PM What a super song, Mike! |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE SCULPTOR (Mike Campbell) From: Alaska Mike Date: 11 Jun 06 - 12:10 PM I wrote this in 1994 about my dad. I still use his artwork on the covers of my CDs. The Sculptor by Mike Campbell When I was a young man I found me a sweetheart, I carried her books as we walked home from school. But then when she left me to walk with another, My poor heart was broken, I felt like a fool But my father, the sculptor, said son do not worry, For if you are patient and careful and wise, You will find you a new love and she�ll bring you true love, Your heart will be filled when you look in her eyes. True to his wisdom and just as he told me, I found my true love in my twenty-third year. But marriage and children and building a family, Can bring on more problems than stories you hear. But my father, the sculptor, said son do not worry, For if you are patient and careful and wise, You will let your love guide you and not become blind to, The wonders and good times your family provides. He made art out of stone, out of wood, out of bone, Sometimes he would work through the night in our home. He could take things in pieces and then make them whole, And he worked hard at sculpting my soul. As our children grew older they had many interests, They blossomed and tried many things on their own. But once in a while, they would clash with their parents, Oh, it seemed like, to them, they would never be grown. Then Grandpa, the sculptor, would say kids don�t worry, For if you are patient and careful and wise, You will get through these times when no one understands you, And cherish these years 'til the day that you die. Now my wife and I sit on our boat on the ocean, We'll watch the sunset and think back on good times, And although the sculptor is no longer with us, The love that he showed us continues to shine. For throughout our lives we have tried not to worry, We've worked to be patient and careful and wise, Now we play with our grandkids and watch them as they live, And try our own hand at sculpting their lives. He made art out of stone, out of wood, out of bone, Sometimes he would work through the night in our home. He could take things in pieces and then make them whole, And he worked hard at sculpting my soul. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: GUEST,clive Date: 10 Jun 06 - 06:46 PM My favorite song on this theme does not have "father" in the title, but Eric Bogle's 'Little Bit of Paper' says more than most songs on the subject. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: COME HOME FATHER (Henry Clay Work, 1864) From: Bonnie Shaljean Date: 10 Jun 06 - 08:48 AM Two great Mick Hanly ones, one much more well known: "Lets Have One More From The Daddy" (referring to songs in a singaround or family gathering) and the darker "Daddy Come Down" which is a child's-eye view of a drunken father, the child understanding much more than he wants to about what's going on. The coming-down refers to coming down the stairs at home, more often than not the worse for wear. The only bit of its words I can remember is "Daddy come down, Daddy come down, Daddy don't come down with flames on your breath." A great song which I would love to get ahold of but it's not on his website or recorded CD's. Sorcha, you beat me to it, so just to get even, here are the words to Father Dear Father (nyah nyah) :-) Father, dear father, come home with me now, The clock in the steeple strikes one; You said you were coming right home from the shop As soon as your day's work was done; Our fire has gone out, our house is all dark, And mother's been watching since tea, With poor brother Benny so sick in her arms And no one to help her but me, Come home! come home! come home! Please father, dear father, come home. Chorus: Hear the sweet voice of the child, Which the night-winds repeat as they roam; Oh who could resist this most plaintive of prayers "Please father, dear father, come home." Father, dear father, come home with me now, The clock in the steeple strikes two; The night has grown colder, and Benny is worse But he has been calling for you: Indeed he is worse, ma says he will die-- Perhaps before morning shall dawn; And this is the message she sent me to bring "Come quickly, or he will be gone." Come home! come home! come home! Please father, dear father, come home. Chorus Father, dear father, come home with me now, The clock in the steeple strikes three; The house is so lonely, the hours are so long, For poor weeping mother and me; Yes, we are alone, poor Benny is dead, And gone with the angels of light; And these were the very last words that he said "I want to kiss papa good-night." Come home! come home! come home! Please father, dear father, come home. Chorus |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: open mike Date: 10 Jun 06 - 08:33 AM thanks for all suggestions, additions, and submissions. I will be doing my radio show today from 2-4 pacific time and will feature songs about fathers. krbs is on www.radiobirdstreet.org. Yes I have El Greko's song...a very touching one... and Chet Atkins' and the Furey Brothers' and also a recording of my dad singing The Ash Grove... |
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Subject: Lyr Add: LEADER OF THE BAND (Dan Fogelberg) From: Pauline L Date: 10 Jun 06 - 01:28 AM One of my very favorite songs is Leader of the Band (Dan Fogelberg) LEADER OF THE BAND Dan Fogelberg An only child alone and wild A cab'net maker's son His hands were meant for diff'rent work And his heart was known to none He left his home and went his lone and solitary way And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay A quiet man of music Denied a simpler fate He tried to be a soldier once But his music wouldn't wait He earned his love thru' discipline A thund'ring velvet hand His gentle means of sculpting souls Took me years to understand The leader of the band Is tired and his eyes are growing old But his blood runs thru' my instrument And his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band My brother's lives were diff'rent For they heard another call One went to Chicago and the other to St. Paul And I'm in Colorado When I'm not in some hotel Living out this life I've chose And come to know so well I thank you for the music And your stories of the road I thank you for the freedom When it came my time to go I thank you for the kindness And the times when you got tough And papa I don't think I said "I love you" near enough The leader of the band Is tired and his eyes are growing old But his blood runs thru' my instrument And his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band I am the living legacy To the leader of the band ------------------ The Marvelous Toy (Tom Paxton) --------------------- A beautiful, sad song whose name I can't remember, written by our own El Greko (George Papavgeris) |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Bugsy Date: 10 Jun 06 - 01:06 AM A favourite of mine:
"My Daddy and Me" - Tom Paxton |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Splott Man Date: 09 Jun 06 - 11:21 AM Huw Williams - We Stayed Awake -a beautiful song Shel Silverstein - Father of a Boy Named Sue - It's a cracker! |
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Subject: RE: A bit father on- more songs From: Severn Date: 08 Jun 06 - 09:50 PM Some fathers in dubious situations: Bungle Rye - Clancys, Dubliners, Gordon Bok, Corries, etc. Rocking The Cradle - Ian Campbell Group The Cherry Tree Carol - (Pick your favorite version)
or Cry of a Tiny Babe - Bruce Cockburn w/ Lou Reed, Roseanne Cash & Rob Wasserman (on a CD of The Columbia Records Radio Hour Vol.1) for views of the "ultimate stepfather" Hail Joseph! |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: jaze Date: 08 Jun 06 - 09:46 PM "Daddies Sing Goodnight" is the name of the lullaby cd. Also," Gulf Winds" by Joan Baez is largely about her father. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: GUEST,Joe_F Date: 08 Jun 06 - 09:28 PM They're Moving Father's Grave to Build a Sewer Father's Whiskers --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: Had enough? Drop dead. :|| |
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Subject: RE: father songs-( From: Severn Date: 08 Jun 06 - 09:09 PM I forgot the name of the CD, as I gave it to a friend a while ago who had recently had a kid, but, from another point of view, Sugar Hill put out a CD of fathers singing lullabies for their kids with Doc Watson, Tim O'Brien, The Red Clay Ramblers, The Seldom Scene and others in their folk & bluegrass stable of artists. Papa's On The Housetop - Jim Kweskin (with and w/o the jug band) My Old Man - Jim Kweskin Jug Band (Yet another song by that name) The End Of The Rainbow - Richard Thompson Your Dad Did - John Hiatt Me And All The Mothers, Dilated To Meet You and any number of other father songs written by Loudon Wainwright III Tom Paxton has a couple, for that matter. No Deeper Blue - Townes Van Zandt Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations The Miller's Will - New Lost City Ramblers Come Home, Father - Joan Morris, William Bolcom & Clifford Jackson (the Henry Clay Work Original) or Poor Little Bennie - Bela Lam & His Greene County Singers (the country version from a '78). Hang On The Bell, Nellie - Joe Hickerson or The Chad Mitchell Trio Everybody Works But Father - ? My Father's Son - Ricky Skaggs Carpenter of Wood - The Bluegrass Cardinals Maybe more later... |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: JohnInKansas Date: 08 Jun 06 - 01:29 PM Any list of songs about fathers should include A Boy Named Sue. Viewed as an allegory, the ending with grudging acceptance is about all many fathers can expect, even when their motives are purposeful. True realism - in an exaggerated sort of way. John |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: jaze Date: 08 Jun 06 - 12:57 AM "To Daddy" written by Dolly Parton & recorded by Emmylou Harris "Please Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas" recorded by John Denver-not sure if he wrote it. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 07 Jun 06 - 06:00 PM June Tabor does a choker version of The Cloud Factory. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: OLD FATHER FALL (Sally Rogers) From: Charley Noble Date: 07 Jun 06 - 12:04 PM This is one from Sally Rogers that I've always liked but never dared sing: OLD FATHER FALL (By Sally Rogers ©1975 Recorded on IN THE CIRCLE OF THE SUN Thrushwood Records #2, © 1982) Old Father Fall Rusty and weathered Summertime's beggar in patchwork and pins; Brisk autumn seas, Seagulls' companion, Rushing white lion, After pebbles and fins. Chorus: And I wonder what happens To summer boats on the ocean, And their dry-docked old captains With salty gray beards; To choices and voices, On those scrubbed teaky timbers, Polished brass, tarnished memories, Of love lost and won. The sea claimed his soul And his soul was the ocean, Never slowing or stopping For those on the shore; And his life was a dream, Carried by mainsails, And was drowned in those same sails In the fall of a dream. (CHO) And now he's alone, A grounded old captain, Without crew, sails or sextant to show him the way; And they've left him alone With his wants and his need-be's He just wanted to be free Of family and fear. (CHO) Charley Noble |
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Subject: Lyr Add: MY OLD MAN (Steve Goodman) From: Mr Fox Date: 07 Jun 06 - 08:49 AM Anybody mentioned 'Cat's in the Cradle' yet? And how about: My Old Man (Steve Goodman) I miss the old man tonight, I wish he was here with me With his corny jokes and his cheap cigar He could look you in the eye and sell you a car That's not an easy thing to do But no one ever knew a finer man in all this land Than my old man He never talked about his war, in France when he was eighteen The day they put him in a trench was the day he learnt sense And he never again used violence He got out of uniform Came home and married mum, and not so very long after that He was my old man I remember the fights we had, my sisters and I got him mad He'd get all boiled up, he'd sometimes shout We knew what was coming so we tuned him out Now the old man's gone I'd give all I own to know what he said when I wasn't listening To my old man I miss the old man tonight, I can almost see his face He was always trying to watch his weight But his heart only made it to fifty-eight For the first time since he died Late last night I cried - I wondered when I was going to do that For my old man |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Cool Beans Date: 06 Jun 06 - 03:07 PM Father Along (sorry). I'm My Own Grandpa. When Father Papered the Parlour. Daddy Sang Bass. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: open mike Date: 06 Jun 06 - 02:50 PM thanks for all the good suggestions. for fathers and grandfathers.. Laurel |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Paco Rabanne Date: 06 Jun 06 - 08:22 AM Father and Son - Cat Stevens. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: cptsnapper Date: 05 Jun 06 - 10:17 PM "Please Don't Sell My Daddy No More Wine" though I can't remember who wrote it or sang it. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Charley Noble Date: 05 Jun 06 - 10:05 PM No one has mentioned Arlo Guthrie's classic, "Alice's Restaurant" with its relevant reference to "father-rapers." Charley Ignoble |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Desert Dancer Date: 05 Jun 06 - 09:47 PM Grandfather's Clock? And perhaps not -- Liverpool Lullaby ~ Becky in Tucson |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: open mike Date: 05 Jun 06 - 09:13 PM Oh, this is going to be a great collection.. thanks for all the advice and info, folkies. I have everything from good dads to abusive ones, and from pleasant memories to struggles. thanks, and keep 'em coming... Laurel |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 05 Jun 06 - 09:04 PM open mike, I have sent you a PM about The Old Man. Sandy |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: SharonA Date: 05 Jun 06 - 08:50 PM Paradise ("Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County...") Daddy's Hands (Holly Dunn) Dan Fogelberg wrote a song about his father but the title escapes me at the moment. [Leader of the Band] |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Bob the Postman Date: 05 Jun 06 - 07:00 PM My Dad's Dinner Pail |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Sorcha Date: 05 Jun 06 - 06:25 PM Don't Go Down in the Mine, Dad |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: GUEST Date: 05 Jun 06 - 06:24 PM Michael Smith"s "I Brought My Father With Me"......Frank Of Toledo |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: open mike Date: 05 Jun 06 - 06:23 PM thanks for the info and the links... |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: dick greenhaus Date: 05 Jun 06 - 06:23 PM Of course, there's our own Micca's "The Hash My Father Scored" and "The Dream of the Miner's Child" and the heavy in a whole bunch of Child Ballads. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: John MacKenzie Date: 05 Jun 06 - 06:16 PM Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey, it's in the DT. G. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: BusyBee Paul Date: 05 Jun 06 - 06:16 PM Talking with My Father - Dougie Maclean. I've only ever heard Duncan McFarlane's version on his Bed of Straw CD. Very moving. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 05 Jun 06 - 06:09 PM OM Look here: http://www.thefureys.com/pressrelease.htm and here: http://www.finbarfurey.com/ Sorry but you'll have to paste the URL. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: GUEST,Jim Date: 05 Jun 06 - 05:48 PM Jerry Jeff Walker has a song called My Old Man. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: open mike Date: 05 Jun 06 - 05:30 PM Greg Brown has a song "Same Damn Hat" about his father, and how we are similar to our folks. how would i locate the one by the Furey's ? i have seen it mentioned a few times, but have never run across these musicians. What label? what date? and any other clues ? |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Sorcha Date: 05 Jun 06 - 05:21 PM Father, Dear Father, Come Home with Me Now, the clock in the steeple strikes one.... |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Charley Noble Date: 05 Jun 06 - 04:58 PM Si Kahn has a number that fit this category including "Daddy Don't You Tell No Lies." I'm also fond of his "Gone, Gonna Rise Again" song. Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Bill Hahn//\\ Date: 05 Jun 06 - 04:38 PM Here are a few: Michael Smith's I Brought My Father With Me (Covered by others as well) Steve Goodman's My Old Man (Covered by John Prine) Groucho Marx Der Alte Mann Dad You've Been Like A Mother To Us Bill Hahn Traditions/ Sunday Simcha |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Effsee Date: 05 Jun 06 - 04:32 PM Thank Sandy! Jings, the things you learn on this site. I've enjoyed that song for years without knowing it was a PC composition. Finbar's Dad, Ted, was a one time All Ireland Champion fiddler. |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 05 Jun 06 - 04:22 PM I often sing "The Old Man". See Effsee's list but it should be "the" rather than "my". It is in the DT. It was written by Phill Coulter after the death of the Furey Brothers' father, who was a respected fiddler in his own right. Finbar recorded the song with an amazing amount of emotion. I first heard him sing it in a concert and bought the tape from them the same night so I could learn it. It was also later recorded by John McDermott. A great song by both! Sandy |
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Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: CHILD'S SONG (Murray McLaughlan) From: Wesley S Date: 05 Jun 06 - 04:21 PM Tom Rush Child's Song written by Murray McLaughlan Tom Rush vocals/acoustic guitar Trevor Veitch guitar Duke Bardwell bass Warren Bernhardt piano Herb Lovelle drums E A E Goodbye momma goodbye to you too pa F#m A Amaj7 Little sister you'll have to wait a while to come along E A E Goodybye to this house and all it's memories F#m A Amaj7 We just got too old to say we're wrong E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 Got to make one last trip to my bedroom E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 Guess I'll have to leave some stuff behind E E/D# D/C# E/B Amaj7 It's funny how the same old crooked pictures E E/D# D/C# E/B Amaj7 Just don't seem the same to me tonight E A E There ain't no use in sheding lonely tears mamma F#m A Amaj7 There ain't no use in shouting at me pa E A E I can't live no longer with your fears mamma F#m A Amaj7 I love you but that hasn't helped at all E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 Each of us must do the things that matter E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 All of us must see what we can see E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 It was long ago you must remember E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 You were once as young and scared as me E A E I don't know how hard it is yet mamma F#m A Amaj7 When you relaize you're growning old E A E I know how hard is not to be younger F#m A Amaj7 I know you've tried to keep me from the cold E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 Thanks for all you done it may sound hollow E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 Thank you for the good times that we've known E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 But I must find my own road now to follow E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 You will all be welcome in my home E A E Got my suitacse I must go now F#m A Amj7 I don't mind about the things you said E A E I'm sorry Mom I don't know where I'm going F#m A Amqj7 Remember little sister look ahead E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 Tomorrow I'll be in some other sunrise E E/D# E/C# E/B Amaj7 Maybe I'll have someone at my side E Amaj7 Mamma give your love back to your husband E Amaj7 Father you've have taught we well goodbye E A E A E Goodbye Mamma goodbye to you too pa From Tom Rush Columbia Records |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Charmain Date: 05 Jun 06 - 03:41 PM And old family favourite: Don't jump off the roof, Dad You'll make a hole in the yard Mother's just planted petunias And don't you know she worked hard If you want to end all Dad Why don't you give us a break Take a walk to the park Dad There you can jump in the lake Strange - my Dad never quite saw the funny side...We liked it though |
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Subject: RE: father songs From: Effsee Date: 05 Jun 06 - 03:20 PM Eric Bogle - No Use For Him Ditto - Little Scraps of Paper Ewan MacColl - My Old Man Ditto - Father's Song Finbar Furey - My Old Man |
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