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19 Oct 21 - 08:43 AM (#4123484) Subject: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GUEST,Emmie I am due to teach some folk music workshops in a special school. We will be doing dancing and singing. The words need to be simple and have easy words and repetition. We will probably use some sign language with the words as well to help people learn the meanings. The school have a theme this term which is "me, my self and my body" I am wondering if anyone knows any traditional songs that reference the body in some way and that are appropriate for children. I am broadly thinking of doing songs about things people have used their bodies for i.e. work songs, sea shantys, rambling, dancing, eating and drinking that sort of thing but if anyone knows any body related songs that would be great. |
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19 Oct 21 - 10:36 AM (#4123493) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GUEST Possibly a bit too complicated - though a very catchy chorus - Roy Bailey singing Leon Rosselson's "You Need Skin" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqaV78kJj-w&ab_channel=krasnapolski2000 https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=35163 |
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19 Oct 21 - 10:40 AM (#4123494) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GUEST oh yes i'd forgotten about that song...thanks so much. A friend played it to me in the car a couple of years ago and said it was was one of his favourite childhood songs. I love leon Rosselson. |
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19 Oct 21 - 03:02 PM (#4123520) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GUEST,RA The one about all the bones and how they join together. The knee one's connected to the thighbone, etc... Or if you are from New York State, the kneebone Schenectady... Sorry. |
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19 Oct 21 - 03:10 PM (#4123521) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GUEST,RA Ps it seems to be called 'The Skelton Dance' or 'Dem Bones'. Maybe not a traditional song in the classic sense, but a good one! |
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19 Oct 21 - 03:41 PM (#4123523) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: Joe Offer Be sure to see the "Songs about anatomy" thread: Also see the songs in the "Dry Bones" series: |
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19 Oct 21 - 03:49 PM (#4123525) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: John MacKenzie Hokey Cokey. Twenty Tiny Fingers Nobody Nose the Trouble I've Seen |
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19 Oct 21 - 04:09 PM (#4123529) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: Monique Don't forget "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" that's been translated/adapted in a lot of languages. |
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19 Oct 21 - 05:32 PM (#4123548) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GerryM My Anna lies over the ocean, My Anna lies over the sea. My Anna lies over the ocean, Oh, bring back my anatomy. |
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20 Oct 21 - 01:01 AM (#4123574) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GUEST,henryp You need hands to hold someone you care for You need hands to show that you're sincere When you feel nobody wants to know you You need hands to brush away the tears When you hold a brand new baby You need tender hands to guide them on their way You need hands to thank the Lord for living And for giving us this day 1958 Max Bygraves picked up the basics of songwriting. Describing "You Need Hands" as one of his early attempts, he relates how "...I had penned the rough guide to a song" while appearing in Swinging In The Lane. Later, it was recorded by Eydie Gormé and became a big hit; the original version was the alternative A Side to "Tulips From Amsterdam". |
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20 Oct 21 - 04:16 AM (#4123579) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: BobL I remember Bernard Bresslaw's parody: You need feet to stand up straight on, You need feet to kick your friends, You need feet to keep your socks on, And stop your legs from fraying at the end... |
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20 Oct 21 - 08:50 AM (#4123603) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: Dave the Gnome I always thought the Max Bygraves one was a German song You need Hans... |
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20 Oct 21 - 09:32 AM (#4123606) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: Georgiansilver IO'm sure this could be sung to a better tune.......https://youtu.be/BwHMMZQGFoM |
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20 Oct 21 - 09:54 AM (#4123608) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: gillymor The Two Sisters (or Twa Sisters) gets a bit graphic and grisly re body parts- There were two sisters lived in a bower, Oh the wind and rain, There were two sisters lived in a bower, Oh the dreadful wind and rain. Johnny courted the eldest with a gay gold ring, But he loved the youngest above all things. Johnny courted the eldest with a brooche and knife, But he loved the youngest with all his life. Oh the eldest envied the sister fair For her pretty little face and her long flowing hair. “Now sister, sister, come to yon sea strand, And see our father's ships a-coming home to land.” And the eldest pushed the youngest in For she knew, her sister, she could not swim. Some times she sank, and some times she swam, Until she came to the miller's dam. Oh the miller standing at his door And he saw her drowning by the shore. “Oh miller, I'll give you this gay gold chain If you bring me back to my father again.” And the miller took that gay gold chain And he pushed her back in the water again. Her father's knight he came riding by And this fair maid's body chanced to spy. Oh he took three locks of her long yellow hair And with them strung a bow so fair. And what did he do with her breast bone? He made it a fiddle to play upon. And what did he do with her veins so blue? He made fiddle strings to play a tune. And what did he do with her fingers slight? He made little pegs to hold them tight. And the only tune that the fiddle would play Was oh the wind and rain, And the only tune that the fiddle would play Was oh the dreadful wind and rain. |
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20 Oct 21 - 12:59 PM (#4123619) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GUEST "The Pope's Toe" - song by Con O'Driscoll. |
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21 Oct 21 - 06:11 PM (#4123777) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs about the body From: GUEST Thanks for these suggestions. I had thought of two sisters...quite macabre but wonderful. Another song I am thinking of is what shall we do with the herrings head. |