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27 Mar 08 - 08:46 PM (#2299240) Subject: Flower Songs From: Azizi Here's another category song thread: What songs do you know whose lyrics include a reference to a specific kind of flower or references to more than one kind of flower or references to flowers in general? I'll start the list in my next post unless someone beats me to that second post. Thanks in advance for your participation in this thread!
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27 Mar 08 - 08:51 PM (#2299247) Subject: Lyr Add: TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS WITH ME From: Azizi Here's the first song that I thought of: From the sheet music at Baylor University or Johns Hopkins University:
TIP-TOE THRU' THE TULIPS WITH ME
1. Shades of night are creeping.
CHORUS: Come tip-toe to the window.
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27 Mar 08 - 08:51 PM (#2299248) Subject: Lyr Add: I WILL BRING YOU FLOWERS (Peter La Farge) From: GUEST,Bill the sound Here's one with a few in. I WILL BRING YOU FLOWERS (Peter La Farge) C G7 F C I don't have much to give you in winter's cold and snow G7 But listen to my offer once more before you go C G7 F C The time of the snowdrop is coming I can hear the bluebells ring F C G7 C And I will bring you flowers if you will stay 'til spring I'll bank you 'round with roses and with Spanish bayonet Light your way with poppies all the nasturtiums I can get Snapdragons for your pillow red tulips for your wings Yes I will bring you flowers if you will stay 'til spring Peonies and violets chrysanthemums so bold Sweet pea and begonia and wreaths of marigold I'll weave all these to coverlets till they with perfume sing Yes I will bring you flowers if you will stay 'til spring You'll have a bough from a cherry tree and the cactus blooming too For the prickly pear turns brilliant when the columbine turns blue The barrel and the cholla round their flower spikes do ring Yes I will bring you flowers if you will stay 'til spring And when the flowers wrap you 'round in loveliness and bright You will stand at mid-day in my heart both day and night And to your hand each evening I will dew drops bring Yes I will bring you flowers if you will stay 'til spring Yes I will bring you flowers if you will stay 'til spring |
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27 Mar 08 - 08:56 PM (#2299252) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Here's two links to YouTube videos of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMHJX4b9bU Tip-Toe Through The Tulips (1929) "This is the original. Nick Lucas performing in Gold Diggers Of Broadway" ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5qChE2tdSI Tiptoe Through The Tulips - Tiny Tim -snip- Here's an excerpt from the website where I found the Nick Lucas words to Tiptoe Through The Tulips: "'Tip-Toe Through the Tulips' - 1929 ditty popularized by singer Tiny Tim in the 1960s. Tiny Tim (showbiz pseudonym for Herbert Buckingham Khaury) was a camp, falsetto singer who became a celebrity "oddity" in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He wore long, straggly hair and accompanied himself with a ukulele. Tiny Tim sang "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" on a variety of TV programs and nightclub engagements with a voice that was so high he could call the neighborhood dogs. Surprisingly, the song reached No.17 on the pop charts."... |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:01 PM (#2299257) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Tattie Bogle Roses alone: There Were Roses Roses from the Wrong Man Roses of Picardy The Last Rose of Summer The Rose of Tralee The Rose of Allandale My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose Red Is the Rose The Rose Till the Last Rose Blooms Again Rambling Rose The Yellow Rose of Texas La Vie en Rose The Roseville Fair I don't know where all that rose from! |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:01 PM (#2299258) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Wow, Bill the sound! Thanks for posting that example-and with chords even! Well, alright now! If this thread were a contest, you'd probably win the prize!!! But since this thread isn't a contest, I hope that other folks will post the examples of song that they know, even if the songs don't include as many references to flowers as Bill the sound's example does. |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:08 PM (#2299263) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Tattie Bogle, You forgot the rhyme* Roses are red. Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet. But not as sweet as you. *Okay, this is a rhyme and not a song. But it's recited in a singsong voice. -snip- I remember this rhyme from school autograph books. This is off-topic, but does anybody else remember autograph books? |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:12 PM (#2299271) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Barry Finn My current favorite flower is a recording by our "2 Black Sheep & A Stallion" doing "The Rose of York" Chorus: "and the petals fell from the Rose of York never to bloom again" Just love the song & the way they sing it. Barry |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:19 PM (#2299275) Subject: Lyr Add: DAISY BELL (Harry Dacre) From: Azizi The second "flower song" that popped into my head when I thought of this category thread is the song "Bicycle Built For Two". I thought this song was a stretch for this category, since I figured that "Daisy" was a girls' name [Point of information-My grandmother's first name was "Daisy" and that's my mother's middle name, though most times she uses her maiden name as her middle name instead of her real middle name that was her mother's first name} Anyway, I looked up the lyrics to "Bicycle Built For Two" and learned something I didn't know. The actual name of that song is "Daisy Bell". And this song really isn't a stretch for this thread since it includes the word "flower". Here are the lyrics as provided in the wikipedia article: Daisy Bell Also known as "Bicycle Built For Two" [Harry Dacre, 1892] There is a flower within my heart Daisy, Daisy Planted one day by a glancing dart Planted by Daisy Bell Whether she loves me or loves me not Sometimes it's hard to tell Yet I am longing to share the lot Of beautiful Daisy Bell Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do I'm half crazy all for the love of you It won't be a stylish marriage I can't afford a carriage But you'll look sweet upon the seat Of a bicycle built for two We will go 'tandem' as man and wife Daisy, Daisy Ped'ling away down the road of life I and my Daisy Bell When the road's dark, we can both despise Policemen and lamps as well There are bright lights in the dazzling eyes Of beautiful Daisy Bell I will stand by you in "wheel" or woe Daisy, Daisy You'll be the bell(e) which I'll ring you know Sweet little Daisy Bell You'll take the lead in each trip we take Then if I don't do well I will permit you to use the brake My beautiful Daisy Bell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:27 PM (#2299277) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: oldhippie A Daisy a Day Cornflower Blue |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:33 PM (#2299282) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Here's a link to a YouTube video of a guitarist's interpretation of the song "Daisy Bell" {Bicycle Built for Two} http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moZ28bbEikQ&feature=related HenfieldWill "This lovely old tune was written by Harry Dacre in 1892 and was probably the first (and only) song to be written about a tandem! My version was inspired by that of guitarist John Fahey, who gives a beautifully exact performance of it. Needless to say, I stick in a bit of my own off-the-cuff rubbish in the middle"... -snip- I like this guitar playing...But I'm not a guitarist or any kind of musician for that matter. Does anybody here want to "voice" their opinion about this video? |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:40 PM (#2299286) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Nick E Where have all the flower (songs) gone? Sweet Forget Me Not (She's graceful and she's charming Like the lilies in the pond) Dandelion (Don't tell no lies) - Rolling Stones Scarlet Begonias There Were Roses |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:43 PM (#2299291) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: topical tom A beautiful song of love: Daisy A Day as sung by Jed Strunk |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:52 PM (#2299296) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: topical tom Another beautiful version of this song: here |
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27 Mar 08 - 09:58 PM (#2299300) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Jack Campin We've had this one before: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=21767 |
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27 Mar 08 - 10:06 PM (#2299304) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: SINSULL The Rose of No Man's Land Mighty Lak a Rose Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose Roses are Red/Violets Are Blue Lavender's Blue I'm a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch Where Have All The Flowers Gone? Sweet Violets |
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27 Mar 08 - 10:10 PM (#2299306) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: SINSULL My Wild Irish Rose Edelweiss |
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28 Mar 08 - 04:16 AM (#2299386) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Newport Boy Wildwood Flower (Carter Family version preferred) Phil |
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28 Mar 08 - 04:57 AM (#2299399) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Splott Man Fair Maids of February - Robin Dransfield the fair maids are snowdrops. April Song - Arkie's Toast refers to violets and dandelions Rose of Allandale - not really about a flower, but it's in the title Cadgwith Anthem - The Beauty of Kashmir is a rose |
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28 Mar 08 - 06:05 AM (#2299424) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,young'un Hi There's a beautiful traditional song 'When Spring Comes In' [Spring Glee], one of the Copper Family's songs with the chorus 'The primrose blooms and the cowslip too the violets in their sweet retire the roses shining through the briar and the daffadowndillies which we admire will die and fade away' |
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28 Mar 08 - 06:16 AM (#2299428) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Zany Mouse The flower song to end all flower songs is The Flowers of England. Sung by Martyn Wyndham-Read on his (I think) Mussels On A Tree CD, it's a song made up almost entirely of flower names. Blessings Rhiannon |
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28 Mar 08 - 06:20 AM (#2299430) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Rog Peek DAISY BELL OR A BICYCLE MADE FOR TWO Rog |
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28 Mar 08 - 06:43 AM (#2299441) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Tally Ho Man I remember this version from my childhood! Daisy, Daisy, the cops are after you If they catch you, they give you a month or two, They'll tie you up with wire Inside a Black Maria So ring your bell and peddle like Hell On your bicycle built for two |
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28 Mar 08 - 08:09 AM (#2299467) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FLOWERS OF ENGLAND (Chris Flegg) From: My guru always said There's another song called 'The Flowers of England' (hope that's not a problem) written by Chris Flegg. I sang it at a session that Martin Wyndham-Read was at a few months ago & he really enjoyed it so I wonder if he might sing it one day! THE FLOWERS OF ENGLAND by Chris Flegg Chorus: Of all the flowers of England, my favourites I will tell The primrose and the daffodil, the poppy and bluebell In countryside or city park, wherever you may dwell The primrose and the daffodil, the poppy and bluebell Now the primrose has a colour between buttermilk and gold And she brightens up our wayside when spring days are wet and cold By the railway line and woodland path in clusters she will lie To delight the weary traveller she'll try to catch your eye For the primrose is the symbol of young love and all its joy A reminder of sweet courting days of every girl and boy And the daffodil's a noble flower with tall and slender stem As she waves her golden trumpet every new year to proclaim By the lakeside and on village green, wherever you may go And with newborn lambs to watch her dance, she'll put on a fine show Though the daffodil's the emblem of St David and for Wales She's in every English garden and all England loves her well And the bluebell finds a secret place in shady wood she lies For her flowers are of purest blue like fallen angels eyes And on every stem not one but many fragile blooms display As she spreads a deep blue carpet that will take your breath away She's the flower of eternal sleep, fertility as well And in olden times they feared her for her powerful magic spells Now the poppy is a strange flower for she may not come each year Only when her seed has been disturbed from sleep she troubles to appear Then in fallow field or hedgerow she will come to life in June She will dazzle all who see her with her tall stem and fine bloom For the poppy wears her flower with pride with black heart set in red As a symbol of remembrance for heroes lost and dead |
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28 Mar 08 - 08:50 AM (#2299495) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Bryn Pugh Banks of the Sweet Primroses ? My Love's an Arbutus ? (Moore) |
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28 Mar 08 - 11:00 AM (#2299583) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Splott Man When You Wore a Tulip. Tulips From Amsterdam. A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation) - Marty Robbins Carnation - The Jam Not really ABOUT flowers, but... Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall - Paul Simon You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations Will tunes do?... Bluebell Polka The Primrose Flowers of Edinburgh |
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28 Mar 08 - 11:58 AM (#2299633) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Bryn Pugh Morris Dances - the Rose (Field Town) The Rose Tree in Full Bearing (Bampton) I'm surprised no one has mentioned Lilac Time, or We'll Gather Lilacs, Apple Blossom Time, Roll Me Over in the Clover, Seven Golden Daffodils or Orange Blossom Special (showing me age, now). Awroight Orchid ? (sorry - I'll get me Barbour). |
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28 Mar 08 - 12:00 PM (#2299634) Subject: Lyr Add: DEAD FLOWERS (Rolling Stones) From: GUEST,Neil D Dead Flowers by the Rolling Stones Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talkin' to some rich folk that you know Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company Well, you know I could never be alone Chorus Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send me dead flowers every morning Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead flowers to my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon And another girl can take my pain away [chorus] [chorus] No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave |
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28 Mar 08 - 03:32 PM (#2299828) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice We've had this one before: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=21767 oh right, so real boring eh? to quote Ray Charles (no flowers involved) Hit The Road Jack! and..... The Banks of the Sweet Primroses - Fairport Convention Wild Mountain Thyme (I like The Byrds version of this) The Primrose (a dance tune from The Albion Band) Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - Peter, Paul & Mary Flowers in the Rain - The Move The Flowers of the Forest - Fairport Convention (the flower as metaphor) Dandelion - The Rolling Stones Charlotte (the floral view from Ma and Pa's piano stool) |
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28 Mar 08 - 04:52 PM (#2299902) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Corral #5 "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?" "Edelweiss" "The Yellow Rose of Texas" "San Antonio Rose" With a few exceptions, such as "Edelweiss," most of the "flower" titles refer to metaphors for individuals....mostly women. Not too many appear to celebrate the flowers for their own sake. |
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28 Mar 08 - 05:01 PM (#2299916) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Thanks for posting these examples. Keep 'em coming! ** Here's the link to the May 2000 thread that was also called "Flower Songs": thread.cfm?threadid=21767 I guess that makes this thread "Flower Songs II". Just think, in 2000 there was no such thing as YouTube. If you wanted to hear a song online, the only way you could do it was to click on short sound clips or midis. I wonder what new innovation there'll be eight years from now... |
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28 Mar 08 - 05:34 PM (#2299936) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Prof.Slainte Flower of Scotland The Red Rose Cafe The Rose of Mooncoin Check out Sean and Dolores Keane's version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" The Rose You Don't Bring Me Flowers Irish Eyes Only Our Rivers Run Free Paper Roses Tulips from Amsterdam A Bunch of Thyme (not flower tho; Iris Rose of Allendale The Last Rose of Summer La Vie en Rose |
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28 Mar 08 - 05:35 PM (#2299937) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi I love the song Edelweiss. And speaking of YouTube, I love this clip of Christopher Plummer singing Edelweiss in the "Sound of Music": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj_NPN0Iy3w ** Here's an excerpt from this online page about the edelweiss flower: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/334582.aspx "Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) is one of the best known European mountain flowers. The name comes from German edel (meaning noble) and weiß (meaning white). The scientific name, Leontopodium means "lion's paw", being derived from Greek words leon and podion. Symbolic uses ...Edelweiss is the national flower of Switzerland and Austria. It appears in the logos of both the German and Austrian alpine societies... Edelweiss is a theme and song ("Edelweiss") in the musical and movie The Sound of Music, which takes place in Austria... The Edelweiss is the sign of German and Austrian alpine troops, granted to them in World War I for their bravery. ...During the Second World War, German soldiers occasionally pinned edelweiss flowers to their uniforms. The flower was supposed to be the sign of a "true soldier" in the Wehrmacht as it grows only in rugged terrain, generally above the tree line. Edelweiss was a badge of Edelweiss Pirates (Edelweisspiraten) -- the anti-nazi youth groups in Third Reich. It was worn on the clothes (eg. a blouse or a suit). The Edelweiss flower was in fact the symbol of Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger, or mountain troops, worn as a metal pin on the left side of the cap and as a patch on the right sleeve. The rank insignia of Swiss generals has Edelweiss signs instead of stars. A Korpskommandant for example (equivalent to a Lieutenant General in other countries) wears three Edelweiss signs on his collar instead of three stars. This flower appears prominently in the comic book adventure Asterix in Switzerland where the protagonists attempt to procure an Edelweiss for its use in an antidote. In Austria, on St. Valentine's Day, it is traditional for a man to present a woman with a bunch of edelweiss, the implication being that he has risked his life climbing up to where the flowers grow. In fact, a GM version is grown commercially at lower altitudes." |
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28 Mar 08 - 05:38 PM (#2299939) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Greengal Sweet Sunny South (where the wild flowers on the green margins do grow) There is a Rose In Spanish Harlem |
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28 Mar 08 - 05:47 PM (#2299946) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Somewhat off-topic, but I'd appreciate it if someone clarify part of the excerpt about the edelweiss flower that I posted above. "During the Second World War, German soldiers occasionally pinned edelweiss flowers to their uniforms" and "Edelweiss was a badge of Edelweiss Pirates (Edelweisspiraten) -- the anti-nazi youth groups in Third Reich. It was worn on the clothes (eg. a blouse or a suit)." So was the edelweiss flower used as a symbol by both the nazi Germans and the anti-nazi Germans? [My assumption is that "German soldiers" in the Second World War refers to nazi Germans. If that is not a correct assumption, please excuse my assumption]. |
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28 Mar 08 - 09:46 PM (#2300102) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Here's some information about the origin of the song "Where Have All The Flowers Gone": "...En route to one of these concerts, Seeger had the inspiration for "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" On the plane, he pulled out his pocket-size song notebook: "Leafing through it, I came across three lines I'd written down, oh, at least a year or two before: 'Where are the flowers, the girls have plucked them. Where are the girls, they've all taken husbands. Where are the men, they're all in the army.' " He'd read this in a novel by Mikhail Sholokhov, And Quiet Flows the Don, the three lines came from a Ukrainian folk song. For a year he had searched around for the original song, then given up, jotting down this fragment in hopes of using it some day. This time he glanced at the words, and "things just slipped into place." For four or five years, Pete had also carried a musical phrase in his head, like an old man saving string: "long time passing." He had been struck by its melodic beauty: the four vowel sounds are sequential, opening up the mouth as they are sung. "All I knew was that those were three words I wanted to use in a song; I wasn't quite sure how, where, or when. Suddenly it fit with this 'Where have all the flowers gone -- long time passing.' And, five minutes later, I had 'Long time ago.' Then without realizing it, I took a tune, a lumberjack version of "Drill Ye Tarriers Drill': it was as unconscious as Woody using 'Goodnight Irene' as the tune for 'Roll On Columbia.' " -snip- This story continues at http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/where.html Source: David Dunaway, How Can I Keep From Singing: Pete Seeger, New York, NY, 1990, pp. 186-187. ** Here's a link to a YouTube video of Mary Travers & Kingston Trio singing the beautiful protest song "Where Have All The Flowers Gone": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8Db7VNgL0&feature=related |
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28 Mar 08 - 10:11 PM (#2300122) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Bert Seeing as we are repeating the thread I'll repeat the plug for my song Plastic Flower Seeds. |
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29 Mar 08 - 03:43 PM (#2300532) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Volgadon Erev shel shoshanim!! An Israeli song. Means an evening of roses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5bRwo1aXCU&feature=related |
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29 Mar 08 - 10:03 PM (#2300770) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi Bert, thanks for posting your song in this thread! ** GUEST,Volgadon, here's your hyperlink for the "Erev shel shoshanim" song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5bRwo1aXCU&feature=related Btw, that's a great sounding song! Btw2, Volgadon, here are the steps I follow to make a hyperlink on Mudcat: 1.Scroll my mouse over the URL {website address} that I want posted The URL is found at the top of the screen and starts with http:// 2. Hit copy. {Either click on the "copy" icon, or click on "Edit" in the top of your screen and then click on the copy command}. 3.Click on the "Make a link {"blue clicky"} line that is right below this box. Once you done that, a box will appear. 4.Follow the easy instructions that show up with that box {the instructions will tell you to paste the URL that you copied, and then after one other step that you can skip, click "Submit" 5. Copy the hyperlink that shows up. Make sure you include the < symbol at the beginning and the > symbol at the end. If you don't copy these, the hyperlink won't work. 6.Paste the hyperlink where you want it in the Mudcat message box. And that's that! I'm very tech challenged. Therefore, if I can learn how to make hyperlinks, anybody can. Best wishes, Azizi |
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30 Mar 08 - 08:10 AM (#2300976) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Volgadon Azizi, Thanks. I know the steps, but there's a glitch in my computer, so they don't work. |
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30 Mar 08 - 09:49 AM (#2301032) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Azizi You're welcome, Volgadon. I joined the Mudcat "blue clicky club" as a result of someone posting the directions on a thread. Maybe someone else might join that club because these instructions are posted here. I hope that your computer glitch becomes unglitched soon. |
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30 Mar 08 - 10:01 AM (#2301042) Subject: Lyr Add: WILDWOOD FLOWER (A. P. Carter) From: Azizi Newport Boy, there's a city near my hometown of Atlantic City, New Jersey named "Wildwood". I wonder how many people living there know the song that you listed in this thread: WILDWOOD FLOWER As recorded by The Carter Family Written by A. P. Carter CAPO: 2nd Fret/KEY: E/PLAY: D [D] Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and [A7] waving black [D] hair With the roses so red and the [A7] lilies so [D] fair And the myrtle so [D7] bright with the [G] emerald [D] hue The pale and the leader and [A7] eyes look like [D] blue. Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my (*laugh) shall be gay I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway When I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay All portion of love had all flown away. Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love And to cherish me over all others above How my heart is now wond'ring no mis'ry can tell He's left me no warning, no words of farewell. Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his (*flow'r) That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flow'r. *Note: Mother Maybelle pronounces (laugh/loff) and (flower/flow'r/flour) SOURCE: Columbia House American Country Classics P1-7157 http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/carter-family/wildwood-flower-7456.html ** Here's a link to a YouTube video of The Carter Family performing "Wildwood Flower" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewnfWoSQz3o |
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30 Mar 08 - 12:54 PM (#2301162) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Beer Here are a few more titles:
Sweet Forget Me Not
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30 Mar 08 - 02:30 PM (#2301240) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FAIREST FLOWER (Chris Flegg) From: GUEST,Fleggy My Guru already mentioned The Flowers Of England, which you can hear at http://www.chris-flegg.demon.co.uk/songs_page.htm but I have another called The Fairest Flower from the Through the window album; The fairest flower Chorus The fairest flower lies crushed and broken on the ground Carelessly trampled by the onward march of man For now her fragrant scent still lingers on the wind But fading soon it will be lost for ever gone Chorus Some call it progress when new runways are completed So we can take more flights to somewhere in the sun And as the concrete grows the countryside's depleted And you can see that mother nature's on the run Some call it progress when an ancient wood is cleared To build more homes to house the city's overflow Another natural habitat just disappeared And where the wildlife's gone that lived there no one knows Chorus Some call it progress when new motorways are finished To take more traffic by a better faster route And never mind if all that road kill spoils the image Of shiny four by four's and men in pinstripe suites Some call it progress when new pesticides are scattered Or when genetic engineering clones our seed No matter if the ecosystem is now shattered So long as corporations profit from their greed Chorus Throughout the world the onward march of man's relentless As every forest and each wilderness are tamed And whether it's a hungry need or greed that temps us The tragic end result amounts to much the same So what if man cannot survive this global warming And some catastrophe awaits the human race So what if all our great endeavours come to nothing I'd call it progress for what's left to take our place Chorus Chris Flegg 2006 |
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30 Mar 08 - 02:57 PM (#2301266) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Volgadon Not quite a song and not quite a flower, but: they seek him here, they seek him there....... |
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30 Mar 08 - 05:15 PM (#2301416) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: the lemonade lady Seeds of Love songs of course, and what about Columbine - Waterson, Lal & Oliver Knight. sal |
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30 Mar 08 - 07:43 PM (#2301560) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Tattie Bogle The Flooers o' the Forest: a lament. |
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30 Mar 08 - 08:48 PM (#2301603) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: dulcimerjohn 'The Flower and the Young Man'..Strawbs album Grave New World |
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31 Mar 08 - 07:52 PM (#2302670) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,GrannyInWales What about "Dan Cupid Hath a Garden" sung by the character Walter Raleigh in Edward German and Basil Hood's operetta "Merrie England", first performed in 1904 at the Savoy Theatre. |
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24 Sep 08 - 02:41 PM (#2449109) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: cptsnapper The Color of Roses by Beth Nielsen Chapman |
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24 Sep 08 - 02:55 PM (#2449120) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,mg I can't believe I didn't jump in before. I love flower songs. I often arrange for workshops at music camps on them, but generally, no one comes. Oh well. Pardon me if I repeat..no time to really read this.. Flowers of Edinburgh Rose of Labrador English Country Garden Flower of Lebanon (mine..she asks for Flower of Peru, Flowers of Ukraine, FLower of Cambodia, etc. to come help them). Rose of Argyle My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose Haste to Kelvin Grove Streets of Laredo Blue Bells of Scotland (where tell me where has your bonny laddie gone) Green Grow the Lilacs Sweet Forget Me Not Yellow Rose of Texas Rose of Mooncoin San Antonio Rose Flowers of the Fairest (beautiful Catholic hymn) Dogwood Trail (mine) Rose of No Man's Land |
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17 Jan 09 - 07:14 AM (#2541161) Subject: RE: GARDEN Songs From: GUEST,MERRY ENGLAND BY EDWARD GERMAN [Merrie England is an English comic opera in two acts by Edward German to a libretto by Basil Hood, first performed in London in 1902-3. [One of its songs "Dan Cupid Hath a Garden" was mentioned by GUEST,GrannyInWales above.] |
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17 Jan 09 - 08:16 AM (#2541201) Subject: Lyr Add: GARDENS (Agnes Mure MacKenzie) From: GUEST From the DT GARDENS (Agnes Mure MacKenzie) cho: For days work and weeks work, as I go up and down There are many gardens all about the town For days work and weeks work as I go up and down There are many gardens all about the town One that's gay with daffodils One where children play One that's white with cherry flowers Another red with May CHO A kitten and a lilac bush Bridal white and tall And later crimson ramblers Against a granite wall CHO I have passed your railings When you never knew And people who have gardens I give my thanks to you CHO recorded by the McCalmans Eddie |
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17 Jan 09 - 08:52 AM (#2541232) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Jack Campin "The Buchan Gairdner" must be the only song that features pelargoniums. I can't find the words on the web, though. |
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17 Jan 09 - 10:57 AM (#2541332) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,leeneia Red Roses for a Blue Lady |
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17 Jan 09 - 11:21 AM (#2541361) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Sleepy Rosie Nothing much to offer I'm afraid Azizi. Except a link to this thread I initiated a while back, which might possibly be of interest: Plant Spirit Songs Meanwhile I'll be following this one with interest. |
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17 Jan 09 - 03:46 PM (#2541599) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Millindale I haven't read through all the posts so sorry if I repeat. "The Flowers and the Guns" by Mudcat member George Papavgeris |
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17 Jan 09 - 04:24 PM (#2541637) Subject: Lyr Add: THE GARLAND (Edwin Waugh) From: sid Written by Edwin Waugh, Rochdale (1819-1890) The Garland Before the dawn 'at mornin' began to stir in t'sky, I donned mysel' to wander afore the dew had dried, To wander through the gay green wood,reet early I did rove, I couldn't sleep upon mi bed, for thinkin' of mi love. Down in the bonny dingle where sometimes we did stray, Our vows of love to mingle at close of summer day, It was there where oft among her hair, flowers of spring I wove, An' I sat me down to think upon, the girl that I do love. An' it's there I made mi garland, mi darlin' for to don, An' the posies that were in it, they shine'd like the sun, The dewy posies wild an' free, all in the leafy grove, Well they caused me for to think upon, the girl that I do love. Aye the cowslip and the speedwell, with a dewdrop in it's e'e, An' the wild rose an' the bluebell, they blend so bonnylee An' the honeysuckle, wandering wild, with violets blue I wove, Oh! it breaks mi heart to think upon, the girl that I do love. An' when I poo'd mi posies, the small birds they did sing, (pulled) An' when I wove mi garland they made the woods to ring! On every tree the wild birds glee rang through that leafy grove, An' I came away, at dawn of day, still thinking of mi love. Oh, the morning sun she rises to cheer mi heart's delight, An, the silvery moon she wanders among the clouds at night, An' the twinkling stars, that look so fine, all in the heavens above, At work or play, bi night an' day, I'm thinking of mi love! A version of this song was recorded by Harry Boardman on his LP " A Lancashire Mon" to his own tune. The author wrote it to be sung to "Cupid's Garden". (NB typed from memory, there might be a few mistakes) |
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13 Nov 09 - 09:28 AM (#2765336) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST Only one song that is on the subject ot 'Flowers' and that is 'The Flowers of England' and it holds a poignant message in the final verse But probably noone has heard it, apart from guru, take up Fleggy's invitation then feed back |
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13 Nov 09 - 12:16 PM (#2765361) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Young Buchan There is a flower so I've been told That cures the pain of young and old. And if that flower I could only find It would ease my heart and cure my mind. [Young British Waterman] Don't know what it is though :-{ |
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27 Apr 10 - 08:17 PM (#2895579) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: pdq Here are three from the Grateful Dead: Sugar Magnolia Scarlet Begonias It Must Have Been The Roses |
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27 Apr 10 - 09:31 PM (#2895601) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: open mike Kate Wolf wrote a song about "The Lilac Bush and the Apple" tree growing by an old homestead. Rosalie Sorrels sings a song that says "If You Love Me" (if you love, love love me) plant a rose for me, and if you think you're going to love me for a long long time, plant an apple tree whenever you comes and whenever you goes you'll have an apple and a red red rose... (something like that) "San Antonio Rose" must have been mentioned already.. Laurie Lewis has one about "Texas Bluebonnets" (they make all the meadows as blue as the sky) Dolly Parton has a song about "Wildflowers", and a woman who is as wild as one. Greg Brown has a song ["Vivid"] about giving a bouquet of flowers. Ani DiFranco has one too ["This Bouquet"], I think they wrote them at about the same time. Kate Wolf has a song about "The Trumpet Vine" that grows through the kitchen window and bloomed bright orange on the wall. I did a radio show with 2 hours of songs about flowers, but I guess it was before I posted my playlists online because I can't find the list. keep them coming... |
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27 Apr 10 - 09:50 PM (#2895617) Subject: Lyr Add: REINCARNATION (Wallace McRae) From: open mike "Flowers of Edinburgh" - a scottish hornpipe a singer i met at the cowboy festival in Elko has a wonderful song about Dandelion wine...which is basically a recipe. here is Sorcha's recipe http://www.mudcat.org/Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=221907 from a movie...does any one remember which one? I beg your pardon, "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden." Rosalie Sorrels sings one about her grandmothers..."Bells of Ireland" there is a cowboy song "When the Cactus Is in Bloom" there is a beautiful Carter Family waltz called "Give Me The Roses While I Live" A round we sang in Girl Scouts...."White Coral Bells" (upon a slender stalk) and last, but not least, this one by Wally McRae, posted by Arkie, REINCARNATION by Wallace McRae What is reincarnation? A cowboy asked his friend. It starts, his old pal told him, when your life comes to an end. They wash your neck and comb your hair and clean your fingernails, And put you in a padded box away from life's travails. The box and you goes in a hole that's been dug in the ground. Reincarnation starts in when you're planted neath that mound. Them clods melt down, just like the box, and you who is inside. And that's when you begin your transformation ride. And in a while the grass will grow upon your rendered mound, Until some day, upon that spot, a lonely flower is found. And then a horse may wander by and graze upon that flower That once was you, and now has become your vegetated bower. Now, the flower that the horse done eat, along with his other feed, Makes bone and fat and muscle essential to the steed. But there's a part that he can't use and so it passes through. And there it lies upon the ground, this thing that once was you. And if perchance, I should pass by and see this on the ground, I'll stop awhile and ponder at this object that I've found. I'll think about Reincarnation and life and death and such, And come away concludin', why, you ain't changed all that much. (a recited poem, actually, with no tune to it...but perhaps someone could turn it into a song@!) |
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27 Apr 10 - 09:56 PM (#2895618) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Rowan I seem to remember "Barbara Allen" finishes with mention of a rose and a briar and I'm sure it's only one of many similar. Didn't see it mentioned previously and I was surprised at how long it took for "In an English Country Garden" to get a mention. Cheers, Rowan |
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27 Apr 10 - 09:59 PM (#2895619) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: pdq Kate wolf was a great talent and is sorely missed...some of her songs: "The Lilac Bush and the Apple" "The Trumpet Vine" "Cornflower Blue" "Emma Rose" |
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16 Sep 10 - 04:13 PM (#2988211) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Big Apple Florist There are a ton of songs out there about flowers..We just so happened to write a blog post about it.. You can find it at: http://blog.bigappleflorist.com/flower-songs/ |
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16 Sep 10 - 04:37 PM (#2988223) Subject: Lyr Add: IF YOU LOVE ME (Malvina Reynolds) From: Bettynh My favorite Malvina Reynolds song: If You Love Me If you love me, if you love, love, love me, Plant a rose for me. And if you think you'll love me for a long, long time, Plant an apple tree. The sun will shine, the wind will blow, The rain will fall and the tree will grow, And whether you comes, or whether you goes, I'll have an apple, and I'll have a rose, Lovely to bite, and nice to my nose. And every juicy nibble will be A sweet reminder of the time you loved me And planted a rose for me, And an apple tree. |
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16 Sep 10 - 06:03 PM (#2988282) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Chris Harry Chapin's, "Flowers are Red" |
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16 Sep 10 - 07:10 PM (#2988324) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Crowhugger "When I Was In My Prime", which mentions roses & violets as well as things that may or may not bloom or have showy flowers: thyme, rue, vine, willow tree. |
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17 Sep 10 - 09:16 AM (#2988633) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST The Flowers of England, by Chris Flegg It mentions 4 in detail, the Bluebell, Daffodil, Primrose and - with a poignant twist - the Poppy a well crafted, and melodically charming number always well received and frequently requested try his web site |
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17 Sep 10 - 09:36 AM (#2988641) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FLOWERS OF ENGLAND (Chris Flegg) From: GUEST THE FLOWERS OF ENGLAND (Lyrics by Chris Flegg) Of all the flowers of England my favourites I will tell: The primrose and the daffodil, the poppy and bluebell, In countryside or city park wherever you may dwell, The primrose and the daffodil the poppy and bluebell. Now the primrose has a colour between buttermilk and gold And she brightens up our wayside when spring days are wet and cold By the railway line and woodland path in clusters she will lie To delight the weary traveller she'll try to catch your eye For the primrose is the symbol of young love and all its joy A reminder of sweet courting days for every girl and boy Chorus And the daffodil's a noble flower with tall and slender stem As she waves her golden trumpet every new year to proclaim By the lakeside and on village green wherever you may go And with newborn lambs to watch her dance she'll put on a fine show Though the daffodil's the emblem of St David and for Wales She's in every English garden and all England loves her well Chorus And the bluebell finds a secret place in shady wood she lies For her flowers are of purest blue like fallen angels eyes And on every stem not one but many fragile blooms display As she spreads a deep blue carpet that will take your breath away She's the flower of eternal sleep, fertility as well And in ancient times they feared her for her powerful magic spell Chorus Now the poppy is a strange flower for she may not come each year Only when her seed has been disturbed she troubles to appear Then in fallow field or hedgerow she will come to life in June She will dazzle all who see her with her tall stem and fine bloom For the poppy wears her flower with pride, a black heart set in red As a symbol of remembrance for heroes lost and dead Chorus |
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17 Sep 10 - 06:12 PM (#2988957) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Gallus Moll "Dandelions and Daisies" by Iain Ingram - I'll post the words of this wee love song once I remember them! |
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18 Sep 10 - 11:57 AM (#2989249) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: PHJim "The Banks of the Roses ["Banks of Red Roses"?] -learned from Jamie Snider "Roses in the Snow" -learned from Emmylou Harris "Where the Wild Wild Flowers Grow" -learned from Ola Belle Reed |
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18 Sep 10 - 06:19 PM (#2989411) Subject: Lyr Add: DANDELIONS AND DAISIES (Iain Ingram) From: GUEST,Gallus Moll Dandelions and Daisies by Iain Ingram (you need to get Iain or me to sing you the tune!) We started doon the road, wi' nuthin' but dreams o' plenty True love was a' we owned, oor pockets were ayways empty Noo the years have sped swiftly by, and hardship has been the reason For driftin' far apart, abandonin' dreams we shared chorus For dandelions and daisies was a' I gied tae you The weeds that spring alang the wastegrun' whaur roses never grew Oh Time's been hard on you, Ah wish Life had been much kinder We merriet far too young, baith sixteen and still sae tender Ye feel life has passed ye by, ye're wantin' a taste o' freedom Perhaps Ah didnae try as hard as Ah could hae done. chorus And noo we're on oor ain, the children are a' fu' grown They've gone their separate weys, the winds o' guid fortune blowin' Dae ye think we could try again, we are older but far the wiser Re-kindlin' that old flame, the embers we thought had died? chorus (NB dialect is Glaswegian) |
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11 May 11 - 11:18 AM (#3152129) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,Azoic June Tabor's cd "Rosa Mundi" is completely dedicated to songs referencing roses. |
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12 May 11 - 01:21 AM (#3152529) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST,leeneia Roses from the South by Johann Strauss |
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12 May 11 - 04:19 PM (#3152923) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Bettynh White Coral Bells was discussed extensively. I take it to be a description of lilly-of-the-valley flowers that look carved of ivory. |
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13 May 11 - 12:44 PM (#3153434) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: breezy That Flowers of England song by Chris Flegg is actually about flowers. Which is more than can be said about the other titles. |
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13 May 11 - 07:40 PM (#3153669) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: GUEST Can't believ no-one's posted this yet: Beware Of The Flowers 'Cos I'm Sure They're Gonna Get You, Yeah |
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13 May 11 - 07:42 PM (#3153671) Subject: RE: Flower Songs From: Rob Naylor "Guest" above was me with a lost cookie. |