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16 Sep 08 - 08:01 PM (#2442620) Subject: Lyr Req: October songs From: GUEST,mg Oh there are some great ones. Some obvious ones. Please provide clickies to other prevoius threads if you want but I prefer to have fresh threads..I hate it when people say oh we discussed that already in 1994. We were talking about October Roses. The Violet Jacobs thread reminded me of the last Halloween in France, where I think she hopes to meet the spirit of her lover lost in France on Halloween. Then there was that great one Kate L. did at Sunnycamp years ago where a disfigured girl was having all sorts of fun that day and then realized she had to wait another year for more fun because I guess she was disguised or accepted or whatever that yaer. A great song. mg |
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16 Sep 08 - 08:47 PM (#2442643) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Suegorgeous October Song by Bert Jansch (obvious I spose!) |
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16 Sep 08 - 10:21 PM (#2442691) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Joe_F The man who drinketh small beer and goes to bed quite sober Falls as the leaves do fall that fall off in October. |
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16 Sep 08 - 10:41 PM (#2442704) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: GUEST,Gerry In some climates, Urge For Going is an October song. |
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16 Sep 08 - 10:43 PM (#2442707) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Barbara Shaw Fallen Leaves by Grandpa Jones. |
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17 Sep 08 - 01:02 AM (#2442758) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves (Johnny Mercer, et al.) From: Joe Offer It ain't folk, but I sure do like Autumn Leaves. I like just about everything done by Johnny Mercer - Mercer translated this song from the French. "Those Were the Days" is another favorite, and it feels like October to me. -Joe- |
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17 Sep 08 - 01:49 AM (#2442775) Subject: Lyr Add: OCTOBER SONG (Robin Williamson) From: The Borchester Echo October Song as performed by Bert Jansch was written by Robin Williamson: October Song (Robin Williamson) I'll sing you this October song Oh there is no song before it The words and tune are none of my own For 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 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 sed 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 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 he is taking. First recorded on The Incredible String Band. |
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17 Sep 08 - 03:33 AM (#2442808) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Will Fly Ah, Diane - one of Robin Williamson's best ever - together with "The First Girl I Loved" - thanks for putting down the lyrics to this. Coincidentally, I was transcribing this from the original vinyl to my computer only the other day. |
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17 Sep 08 - 04:35 AM (#2442845) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: GUEST,George Henderson How about the Bell ringing Song. One day in October neither drunken nor sober |
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17 Sep 08 - 04:45 AM (#2442849) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: MartinRyan Joe "Autumn Leaves" is one wonderful tune - it can carry so many differently coloured settings. Mercers's set of lyrics are great too - but are they in any sense a translation from French? I've a vague memory that there either weren't lyrics originally or that they were quite different. Anyone know? Regards p.s. My own favourite for this time of years is Burns' "Westlin' Winds" |
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17 Sep 08 - 05:51 AM (#2442878) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: MoorleyMan Yes, Suegorgeous.. Robin Williamson's has got to rank as THE October song for me too. As golden a classic as the season's burnished leaves, and as poetically inspirational. Not an easy song to sing, or to interpret, but so worth the effort. There are some brilliant cover versions around (as well as several different treatments by Robin himself over the years, some with Mike Heron and some not). Check out the ones by Brian Peters, Dick Gaughan and Bernie Parry in particular (and IMHO each inb its own way surpassing the Bert Jansch one, good though that is). But a couple of omissions/typos seem to have crept into your transcription, Diane, so I've corrected them for the benefit of DT... I'll sing you this October song Oh there is no song before it The words and tune are none of my own For 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 he is taking. |
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17 Sep 08 - 06:12 AM (#2442888) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: The Borchester Echo OK, the U fell off the beginning of 'used' in verse 5. But I didn't say someone else wrote it. Bert Jansch tells the story of how he learned it in Edinburgh straight after Robin had written it in, I think, 1965. Dick Gaughan also pays tribute to Robin's exquisite songwriting whenever he performs it. And talking of Westlin Wind (as someone was), Dick Gaughan's rendition of this is sublime. |
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17 Sep 08 - 06:23 AM (#2442895) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Mr Happy http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wER6TM1Jlhc |
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17 Sep 08 - 07:10 AM (#2442911) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Suegorgeous Whoops - knew I shouldn't have posted that late at night without checking! :( |
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17 Sep 08 - 07:21 AM (#2442917) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Keith A of Hertford Three Score And Ten places the event in October, though it was really February. |
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17 Sep 08 - 07:22 AM (#2442918) Subject: Lyr Add: POEM IN OCTOBER (Dylan Thomas) From: Big Al Whittle If it must be a song there is that line Rod McKuen's song - 'the girl in Portland before the winter chill, we used walk along together on October Hill.' not a song, but my October favourite:- 'Poem In October' It was my thirtieth year to heaven Woke to my hearing from harbour and neighbour wood And the mussel pooled and the heron Priested shore The morning beckon With water praying and call of seagull and rook And the knock of sailing boats on the net webbed wall Myself to set foot That second In the still sleeping town and set forth. My birthday began with the water- Birds and the birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses And I rose In rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. High tide and the heron dived when I took the road Over the border And the gates Of the town closed as the town awoke. A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of October Summery On the hill's shoulder, Here were fond climates and sweet singers suddenly Come in the morning where I wandered and listened To the rain wringing Wind blow cold In the wood faraway under me. Pale rain over the dwindling harbour And over the sea wet church the size of a snail With its horns through mist and the castle Brown as owls But all the gardens Of spring and summer were blooming in the tall tales Beyond the border and under the lark full cloud. There could I marvel My birthday Away but the weather turned around. It turned away from the blithe country And down the other air and the blue altered sky Streamed again a wonder of summer With apples Pears and red currants And I saw in the turning so clearly a child's Forgotten mornings when he walked with his mother Through the parables Of sun light And the legends of the green chapels And the twice told fields of infancy That his tears burned my cheeks and his heart moved in mine. These were the woods the river and sea Where a boy In the listening Summertime of the dead whispered the truth of his joy To the trees and the stones and the fish in the tide. And the mystery Sang alive Still in the water and singingbirds. And there could I marvel my birthday Away but the weather turned around. And the true Joy of the long dead child sang burning In the sun. It was my thirtieth Year to heaven stood there then in the summer noon Though the town below lay leaved with October blood. O may my heart's truth Still be sung On this high hill in a year's turning. -- Dylan Thomas |
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17 Sep 08 - 08:03 AM (#2442942) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Dave Earl The October winds lament around The Castle of Dromore |
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17 Sep 08 - 08:36 AM (#2442966) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: GUEST,An Anonymous Benefactor To you all of good heart & good cheer, here is a free mp3 of October Song being performed by the Incredible String Band live at the Filmore some forty years ago in June 1968 - Robin Williamson : guitar & singing / Mike Heron - sitar. A thing of rare beauty, and joy forever... Click the link below & savour! October Song - ISB : Filmore June 1968 |
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17 Sep 08 - 10:42 AM (#2443068) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Arkie Here are a few more: In The Month Of October, recorded by Alan Mills on Songs of the Maritimes album The Winds of October recorded by Gary Fjellgaard October Winds, recorded by Houghton Weavers,and others This October Day, recorded by Cindy Church |
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17 Sep 08 - 11:00 AM (#2443084) Subject: Lyr Add: THE CASTLE OF DROMORE From: ard mhacha To add to Breton Caps lines The Castle of Dromore The October winds lament Around the Castle of Dromore, Yet peace is in its lofty halls, My loving treasure store. Though autumn leaves may droop and die A bud of spring are you. Sing hush-a-bye loo, la loo, lo lan, Sing hush-a-bye loo, la lo. Bring no ill winds to hinder us, My helpless babe and me, Dread spirit of Blackwater banks, Clan Owen's wild banshee. And Holy Mary pitying us In heav'n for grace doth sue. Sing hush-a-bye loo, la loo, lo lan, Sing hush-a-bye loo, la lo. Take time to thrive, my rose of hope, In the garden of Dromore. Take heed, young eagle, till your wings Are feathered fit to soar. A little rest and then the world Is full of work to do Sing hush-a-bye loo, la loo, lo lan, Sing hush-a-bye loo, la lo. |
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17 Sep 08 - 02:56 PM (#2443306) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: GUEST,mg Cliffs of Bacceliu. |
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17 Sep 08 - 03:02 PM (#2443318) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: kendall Robin Williamson's October Song is head and shoulders above all others. (In my not so humble opinion) |
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17 Sep 08 - 04:21 PM (#2443406) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: SINSULL Three Score and Ten The Reuben James "Twas the last day of October..." |
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17 Sep 08 - 04:22 PM (#2443411) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: SINSULL OOOPS "October's night brought such a sight..." from Three Score and Ten. |
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17 Sep 08 - 04:33 PM (#2443421) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: oldhippie Mentioned in a previous thread about Halloween songs, "John's Garden" by Peter Mayer, about pumpkins in the pumpkin patch that must decide between dying on the vine, or becoming jack-o-lanterns. |
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17 Sep 08 - 06:08 PM (#2443500) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Celtaddict Don't forget Tommy Makem's 'Grey October Clouds.' |
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17 Sep 08 - 06:19 PM (#2443509) Subject: Lyr Add: OCTOBER (from Slumbering) From: GUEST,cStu October by slumbering is bewitchingly witchy October, October Warmer and colder Summer is over But she'll keep the Sun In her big, black cauldron Tis the season For death and the night So say the spell Make the ghosts tell Circle the stones Dance with the bones Follow the shadows On All Hallow's Eve Happily we grieve Drink to the Dead In October When the Sun has just gone down It is time To sing the rhyme Bring them out Orange glowing embers light our way to November Waltz through the stones (Through the stones) Dance with the bones (With the bones) Death is romancing (It's romance!) A nightmare perchancing (Spin...) Spin like the leaves (...like the leaves) Drink to our friends Who met their ends When the Moon glows in the sky Do they fly? In the sky... Circle the stones (Circle the stones) Dance with the bones (Dance with the bones) Take Death's hand (Take his hand) To Underland (Underland) Raise up a glass (First do no harm) To souls who have passed (Now work the charm) Drink to the Dead (Make a toast) Drink to the Dead (To the ghost) In October, in October Ooh, October... |
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17 Sep 08 - 06:22 PM (#2443512) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Willa Martin Ryan: Autumn Leaves Music by Joseph Kosma English Lyrics, Johnny Mercer, Additional verse lyric by Geoffrey Parsons, French Lyrics by Jacques Prevert Les feuilles mortes se ramassent a la pelle. Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublie. Les feuilles mortes se ramassent a la pelle. Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi. Et le vent du nord les emporte dans le nuit froide d'oublie. Tu vois, je n'ai pas oubliela chanson que tu me chantais. Refrain C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble. Toi tu m'aimais et je t'aimais. Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble, toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais. Mais la vie separe c'eux qui s'aiment. Tous doucement, sans faire de bruit. Et la mer s'efface sur le sable les pas des amants desunis. |
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17 Sep 08 - 06:29 PM (#2443518) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: MartinRyan Thanks, Willa. Any chance of a rough translation? Regards |
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18 Sep 08 - 08:13 AM (#2443923) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Ron Davies Two wonderful ones: Carter Family: The Schoolhouse on the Hill "And there the ripe nuts glistened in the glow Of rich October skies" And one not specifically October, but sure sounds like a perfect October song to me--and sung in the definitive version, to my mind, by our own Art Thieme--though I've heard others do it well also: Bye and Bye "The time of the year that I like the best The time when the mule walks round the press Gals put on their gingham dress Bye and bye Leaves are red and the ground is cold Sap's gonna rise, so I've been told We don't care if the frost is coming Bye and bye" That's just the chorus. Wolfgang posted the entire song 19 May 2000: 10:27 AM |
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18 Sep 08 - 09:21 AM (#2443972) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: Jack Blandiver To you all of good heart & good cheer, here is a free mp3 of October Song being performed by the Incredible String Band live at the Filmore some forty years ago in June 1968 - Robin Williamson : guitar & singing / Mike Heron - sitar. A thing of rare beauty, and joy forever... Click the link below & savour! October Song - ISB : Filmore June 1968 Bloody Hell! Has anyone bothered to find out what this actually is? It's a near pristine archive recording from 1968 of the ISB reconstructing October Song according to the extended eastern flavoured acid-folk they were famous for on Hangman's Beautiful Daughter and bringing it in at around 10 minutes! This is fucking historic! And it's up there for free! Although in my experience of YOUSENDIT it'll be there for a max of 100 downloads or 7 days maximum. Get it whilst you can. Anonymous Benefactor, we are in you debt, sir! |
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19 Sep 08 - 04:29 AM (#2444805) Subject: Lyr Add: LES FEUILLES MORTES (Prévert, Kosma) From: Willa Hi Martyn Here's a translation (and some more lyrics) Les Feuilles Mortes Lyrics by Jacques Prévert, (1945) Music by Joseph Kosma, (1945) Oh! je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes, Des jours heureux où nous étions amis, En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle, Et le soleil plus brûlant qu'aujourd'hui. Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle, Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié. Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle, Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi. Et le vent du Nord les emporte, Dans la nuit froide de l'oubli. Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié La chanson que tu me chantais... (Oh! I really hope you remember Those happy days when we were friends. In those times life was more beautiful And the sun brighter than today's. The dead leaves gather on the rake. You see, I have not forgotten... The dead leaves gather on the rake, As do the memories and the regrets, And the north wind carries them Into the oblivion of the cold night. You see, I have not forgotten The song that you used to sing to me.) Refrain C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble, Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais. Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble, Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais. Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s'aiment, Tout doucement sans faire de bruit. Et la mer efface sur le sable, Les pas des amants désunis. (It's a song that we resemble. You, you loved me and I loved you And we lived together, You who loved me, I who loved you. But life separates those who love, Gently, without making a sound, And the sea erases from the sand- The footsteps of separated lovers.) Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle, Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi Mais mon amour silencieux et fidèle Sourit toujours et remercie la vie. Je t'aimais tant, tu étais si jolie. Comment veux-tu que je t'oublie ? En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle Et le soleil plus brûlant qu'aujourd'hui. Tu étais ma plus douce amie Mais je n'ai que faire des regrets Et la chanson que tu chantais, Toujours, toujours je l'entendrai ! (The dead leaves gather on the rake As do the memories and the regrets But my love, quiet and loyal, Always smiles and is grateful for life. I loved you so much, you were so beautiful. How can you expect me to forget you? In those times, life was more beautiful And the sun brighter than today's. You were my kindest friend But I only created regrets And the song that you used to sing, I hear it always, always...) |
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19 Sep 08 - 04:32 AM (#2444809) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: October songs From: MartinRyan Many thanks! Regards |