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16 Nov 21 - 06:42 PM (#4126402) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor ONE COLD MORNING IN DECEMBER One cold morning in December, I've reason to remember, I fell in love with such a charming girl. Her eyes were bright and tender, her form was tall and slender, Her hair it hung around her head in curls. Along the streets together, regardless of the weather, She took me to a house that stood quite near. She closed the door behind me, to me she said so kindly, "It's warmer in the bed, love, than down here." Sung by Walter Pardon (1978) Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcnQL8xI8WI Mainly Norfolk: One Cold Morning in December, Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/onecoldmorningindecember.html Other recordings of” One Cold Morning in December “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=One+Cold+Morning+in+December |
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16 Nov 21 - 06:44 PM (#4126403) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor O MAY, THY MORN (by Robert Burns) O May, thy morn was ne'er so sweet As the mirk night o' December! For sparkling was the rosy wine, And private was the chamber: And dear was she I dare na name, But I will aye remember. Sung by Davy Steele (1998) Video |
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16 Nov 21 - 06:47 PM (#4126404) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor THOU GLOOMY DECEMBER (by Robert Burns) Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December! Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care; Sad was the parting thou makes me remember— Parting wi' Nancy, oh, ne'er to meet mair! sung by Jean Redpath (1985) Video sung by Corrina Hewat (1998) Video |
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16 Nov 21 - 06:49 PM (#4126405) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor ONE COLD DECEMBER DAY Dick Justice (1929) Video Down by a western water tank One cold December day In the bottom of an empty car A dying hobo lay. |
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16 Nov 21 - 06:55 PM (#4126406) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 1, 1955: Montgomery bus boycott begins, as Rosa Parks takes a symbolic seat; December 20, 1956: US Supreme Court orders bus integration and the boycott ends. IF YOU MISS ME AT THE BACK OF THE BUS Digital Tradition /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2937 Link to 4 more Rosa Parks songs to be found in the INDEX of Mudcat Thread:Any November Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170494&messages=72#4122978 |
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16 Nov 21 - 06:57 PM (#4126408) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 2, 1859: John Brown executed JOHN BROWN'S BODY Thread /mudcat.org/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=71356 Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=john+brown%27s+body |
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16 Nov 21 - 07:24 PM (#4126410) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 11, 1936: King Edward VIII abdicates. EDWARD VIII [It Was Love, Love Alone] Mudcat Thread Edward The VIII - The Caresser with Gerald Clark & his Caribbean Serenaders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN0ZYIyKDJY |
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16 Nov 21 - 07:27 PM (#4126411) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 17, 1777: The Continental Army takes up winter quarters at Valley Forge. VALLEY FORGE (by Bob Coltman) We came down here with our boots on our feet, We lost them somewhere in the snow and the sleet. Pennsylvania winters are some kind of cold -- What's left of your body won't comfort your soul. Mudcat Thread Sung by Joe Hickerson (1976) Video |
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16 Nov 21 - 09:18 PM (#4126420) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 11-15, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg. THE LAST FIERCE CHARGE See Mudcat Thread for arguments that this piece was written about Fredericksburg, and for another composition about the battle. The Last Fierce Charge: Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+last+fierce+charge |
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16 Nov 21 - 09:24 PM (#4126421) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 9, 1911: Disaster at Cross Mountain Mine near Briceville, Tennessee. THE CROSS MOUNTAIN EXPLOSION Digital Tradition Cross Mountain Mine Disaster 1911- Tony Thomas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwKp7FBEGG0 |
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16 Nov 21 - 09:51 PM (#4126424) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor The various broadside ballads about naval combats against Turkish vessels ("The Royal Oak," "The Turkish Man-of-War," "Captain Mansfield's Fight," etc. etc.) are often supposed to have been inspired by an action on December 9, 1669, in which an English squadron under Admiral Kempthorne defeated nine Algerian ships. However, this thread points out that the 1669 battle may be the best known but not the only one, and that few or no specific details in the ballads link them to Kempthorne. (And when they give some date, it is not in December.) |
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16 Nov 21 - 10:25 PM (#4126428) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor THE WALKER OF THE SNOW (Poem, Charles Dawson Shanly, 1859; set to music by Sean Tyrrell.) To the cold December heaven came the pale moon and the stars, As the yellow sun was sinking behind the purple bars. The snow was deeply drifted upon the ridges drear That lay for miles between me and the camp for which we steer. Digital Tradition The Walker of the Snow - Sean Tyrrell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ka5x60vOwE |
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16 Nov 21 - 10:35 PM (#4126430) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 8, 1959: The lifeboat Mona is lost during a rescue attempt in St. Andrews Bay, Fife. THE LIFEBOAT MONA by Peggy Seeger Remember December of fifty-nine The howling wind and driving rain Remember the gallant men who drowned On the lifeboat, Mona was her name. Digital Tradition "The Lifeboat Mona"- Peggy Seeger and others on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+LIFEBOAT+MONA+by+Peggy+Seeger |
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16 Nov 21 - 11:07 PM (#4126435) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 5, 1885: The Mississippi steamboat Bayou Sara burns at the dock. BAYOU SARA Digital Tradition Recorded by Sara Grey and Ellie Ellis (sadly not yet to be heard online) and by Ed Siegler Video |
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16 Nov 21 - 11:24 PM (#4126436) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December, 1917: Murder of Lula Viers. There is some great material online about this case. LULA VIERS Digital Tradition Recorded by, among others, Loretta Lynn. Video |
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17 Nov 21 - 08:46 PM (#4126560) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Tattie Bogle ELLEN VANNIN by Hughie Jones of The Spinners. Another maritime disaster. The Ellan Vannin Tragedy sung by Hughie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91uH_J6B6JI Link to THE ELLEN VANNIN posted below |
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18 Nov 21 - 04:16 PM (#4126643) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa The Digital Tradition entry for The Walker of the Snow (see Levana's link on this thread 16 Nov) says "Sung by Davy Spillane on "Shadow Hunter," TARACD 3023, 1990". Davy Spillane plays on his album, but the singing is unmistakably that of Seán Tyrrell (r.i.p. 30 Oct 2021). I saw Seán and Davy at a gig once. Davy played uilleann pipes and whistle and I don't remember him singing anything. Walker of the Snow (via youtube) |
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19 Nov 21 - 07:00 PM (#4126749) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE BOSTON BURGLAR I set my foot on an eastbound train one cold December day, And every station I passed by I could hear the people say: “There goes that Boston Burglar, in iron chains he is bound; For the breaking of the Union Bank he is sent to Charlestown. Mainly Norfolk :lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/thewhitbylad.html The Boston Burglar- Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4fB7_8tC0 Boston Burglar · Hedy West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSr9K55_-gs The Boston Burgler · James Keelaghan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc3u__gDeN8 Boston Burglar · Delia Murphy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPdA50AFLYY |
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20 Nov 21 - 09:30 AM (#4126788) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes DARK DECEMBER by Graeme Miles Dark December(Graeme Miles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfLdLcvPMtg MUDCAT: Lyr Add: Dark December (Graeme Miles) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=117679 |
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21 Nov 21 - 11:11 AM (#4126879) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes STARRY, STARRY NIGHTaka Vincent December 23, 1888 - Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear during a fit of depression. Don McLean - Vincent ( Starry, Starry Night) With Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk Vincent (Don McLean song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_(Don_McLean_song) Various recordings of Starry, Starry Night on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=STARRY%2C+STARRY+NIGHT |
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21 Nov 21 - 02:52 PM (#4126897) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor SONGS ABOUT THE SIEGE OF DERRY See the August thread for a collection of songs about the Siege of Derry, 1689, part of a resistance against King James. Although the siege is annually commemorated on August 14, one of the most celebrated events (referenced in most songs) took place on December 7, 1688, when a group of apprentices shut the town gates against Jacobite forces. |
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21 Nov 21 - 05:17 PM (#4126908) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes DERRY'S WALLS 7 December 1688 The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The siege was preceded by a first attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates. This was an act of rebellion against James II. From Wikipedia: Siege of Derry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Derry Wikipedia: Robert_Lundy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lundy Derry's Walls (Apprentice Boys Loyalist Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXoRNA5mUY “Derry's Walls” From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry%27s_Walls "The Siege of Derry" by Alice Osborn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a07JICnCe50 Thanks for this one Felipa |
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21 Nov 21 - 06:28 PM (#4126915) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor HARVEY LOGAN Out of all the incidents in Harvey Logan's violent, roving, and criminal life, this ballad focuses on a barroom fight and shootout with the police that took place in Knoxville, Tenn. in December, 1901; the jailbreak which, in this account, sounds like it was immediately afterward, was actually in June, 1903. Article by Lyle Lofgren Digital Tradition Recording by Walt Gibson of Hazard, Ky. (collected by A. Lomax in 1937) Dock Boggs, 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QELhq0vXAO8 |
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21 Nov 21 - 07:18 PM (#4126925) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Harvey Logan From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Logan |
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25 Nov 21 - 08:53 AM (#4127220) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes PADDY LAY BACK "Paddy Lay Back" ('Twas a cold and dreary morning in December...) MUDCAT DT:Paddy Lay Back /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4580 Many recordings of "Paddy Lay Back" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Paddy+Lay+Back%22 Thanks for this song Levana |
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26 Nov 21 - 04:26 AM (#4127271) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM TRY TO REMEMBER (Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt) Deep in December, it's nice to remember Although you know the snow will follow Deep... Without a hurt the heart is hollow Deep... The fire of September that made us mellow Deep in December our hearts should remember, and follow Lots of recordings onlinehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=TRY+TO+REMEMBER+ Here's one by The Brothers Four: https://youtu.be/LUZpjW7QHGo |
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26 Nov 21 - 04:41 AM (#4127274) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN’S COURTSHIP Child Ballad #46, Roud 36. I maun hae some winter fruit that in December grew And I maun hae a silken goon that waft gaed never through A sparrow's horn, a priest unborn this nicht tae join us twa Afore I'll lie untae your bed at either stock or wa'" Recording by Ewan MacColl: https://youtu.be/lqbbSoZVFM0 Mainly Norfolk: Lyrics and Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/captainwedderburnscourtship.html Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - Capt Wedderburn's Courtship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUHIVcFbyFU Captain Wedderburn's Courtship · Rossettistone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmCDpfEyu8g Captain Wedderburn's Courtship · Jean Redpath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py5segw40_Q |
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26 Nov 21 - 05:04 AM (#4127278) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM THE NIGHTINGALE (Wreck) On the fifteenth day of December last, The wind did blow a most fearful blast. We lost our spars, likewise every sail. What a dismal wreck was the Nightingale! Couldn't find a recording, but here's some sheet music: http://www.loopendtuygh.nl/mediapool/56/567105/data/040_the_NIGHTINGALE.pdf The Nightingale · Cyril Tawney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMLZFq2K70o Mainly Norfolk, The Nightingale, Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/cyril.tawney/songs/thenightingale.html
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26 Nov 21 - 05:13 AM (#4127280) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM HOUSEWIFE'S LAMENT In March it is mud, it is slush in December The midsummer breezes are loaded with dust In fall the leaves litter, in muddy September The wall paper rots and the candlesticks rust Recording by Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen: https://youtu.be/bslMx_mhiBc More performances on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=housewife%27s+lament+youtube MUDCAT: Origins: Poor Old Woman/Housewife's Lament /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=129897 |
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29 Nov 21 - 12:25 PM (#4127541) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Matt McGinn's BALLAD OF JOHN MACLEAN celebrates the Communist organizer's return to Glasgow on December 3, 1918 after having been jailed. Many recordings of "Ballad of John MacLean" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+%22Ballad+of+John+MacLean%22+ MUDCAT: Digitrad /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=446>BR> There is also Hamish Henderson's JOHN MACLEAN MARCH Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics & Info for" John MacLean March " https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thejohnmacleanmarch.html Many recordings of " John MacLean March "on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Maclean%27s+March The John MacLean March Lyrics & Info from unionsong.com http://unionsong.com/u124.html Thanks to Levana Taylor for suggesting the above two songs. |
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01 Dec 21 - 12:52 AM (#4127682) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GerryM SWEET BABY JAMES , by James Taylor Now the first of December was covered with snow So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston The Berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go Recording by James Taylor: https://youtu.be/k2x0fPgAj_Y |
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01 Dec 21 - 06:12 AM (#4127704) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes 16 Dec. 1773 American colonists boarded three ships in Boston harbour and emptied 342 chests of tea into the sea. Wikipedia:Boston Tea Partyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party REVOLUTIONARY TEA "Revolutionary Tea" Lyrics, Info & Music: The Minnesota Heritage Songbook https://mnheritagesongbook.net/the-songs/addition-song-without-recordings/revolutionary-tea/ BALLAD OF THE TEA PARTY The Ballad of the Tea Party, song lyrics http://www.protestsonglyrics.net/Historic_Songs/Ballad-the-Tea-Party.phtml Ballad of the Tea Party · Hermes Nye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi6Zh3VA1Y Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics: Ballad of the Tea Party http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Ballad_of_the_Tea_Party.htm BOSTON TEA PARTY SONG
The Boston Tea Party Song-Pharrell Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5Nh7mggx0 |
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02 Dec 21 - 06:54 AM (#4127791) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes December 7, 1941 - The U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese aircraft in a raid that lasted just over one hour and left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR Carson Robison "Remember Pearl Harbor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyOyoHNkeC4 Remember Pearl Harbor (song) From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_Pearl_Harbor_(song) PEARL HARBOR BLUES -Doctor (Peter) Clayton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg_0AT5LLqE COWARDS OVER PEARL HARBOR - Wilma Lee Cooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnyiE5u03M |
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02 Dec 21 - 07:15 AM (#4127795) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes And another song about related events which was suggested by Levana Taylor is WAKE ISLAND Wake Island · Oscar Brand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvkdKinM4-0 MUDCAT :Origins, Oscar Brand's 'Wake Island' /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=98039#1936283 It's about a battle that took place December 8-23, 1941. |
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03 Dec 21 - 05:31 AM (#4127869) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor In this video, Dermot Byrne has a story from the memoirs of Irish soldiers at the battle of Fredericksburg, concerning Irish troops on both sides singing "Ireland Boys Hurrah" together. The incident is also mentioned in the Mudcat thread about the song. IRELAND BOYS HURRAH YouTube search |
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04 Dec 21 - 06:43 AM (#4127962) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes MARY L. McKAY The record run of the "Mary L. McKay" (pseudonym of the schooner Effie M. Morrissey) happened in December, 1912. Various recordings of "Mary L. McKay" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Mary+L.+McKay MUDCAT: Lyr Add: The Mary L. Mackay / Mary L. McKay /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=91328T MUDCAT:lyrics in DT /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6686 Thanks go to Levana Taylor for this song |
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05 Dec 21 - 09:51 AM (#4128081) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes SONGS ABOUT SENATOR JOE McCARTHY December 2, 1954 - The U.S. Senate condemned Senator Joseph McCarthy for misconduct following his ruthless investigations of thousands of alleged Communists. Joseph McCarthy From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy GET THAT COMMUNIST, JOE -The Kavaliers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzKW-oz1Lbw&t=27s THE SENATOR McCARTHY BLUES by Hal Block https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCp_oWHLki0 JOE McCARTHY'S BAND Joe Glazer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiW50wxZn-I "Joe McCarthy’s Band" is found on page 5 of The Big Little Person’s Book of Songs for Democratic Action(link is external). McCarthy is Comin’ to Town” JOE McCARTHY'S LULLABY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opr-tlqWkrU |
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05 Dec 21 - 10:11 AM (#4128086) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes JOE McCARTHY IS COMIN' TO TOWN Folk Singer Joe Glazer wrote this parody about Senator McCarthy titled “Joe McCarthy is Comin’ to Town” (1951) sung to the tune of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”.
You’d better beware, you’d better be good,
He’ll call you a pink, he’ll call you a red,
He knows when you’re subversive, he knows each move you make;
So you’d better play safe, don’t talk and don’t read,
If you’ve got a book whose cover is red,
If you go to church to pray or to wed,
Now if you are a teacher and you want to get ahead,
So, you’d better play safe, don’t talk and don’t read,
Be careful who your friends are, be careful what you say.
So, get rid of your brains and you’ll never go wrong, |
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05 Dec 21 - 10:23 AM (#4128088) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor DECEMBER by Foxhunting (Joseph Sutherland) Hear on Bandcamp |
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05 Dec 21 - 12:57 PM (#4128104) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor THE BLECKELL MURRYNEET Or, "Blackwell Merry Night" in more standard dialect -- a "merry night" in the borders, especially Cumbria, being a big party at a public house. This one, in a song written by Robert Anderson (1770-1833), took place on "the last of December" 1802 or 1803. "Blackwell Merry Night" on Mainly Norfolk Mudcat thread and DT Instrumental version ("loosely based") by a harp and guitar duo is the only online recording I found: YouTube |
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05 Dec 21 - 05:19 PM (#4128121) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes JOHN FUDSTON concerns the execution of said murderer, which took place on December 29, 1825. MUDCAT, DT lyrics: John Fudston /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3241 On the twentieth of December, in the morning quite soon, He called to the sheriff to confess what he'd done; He confessed to his God for the crime he had done, He said he was a murderer, his race it was run. Thanks go to Levana Taylor for suggesting this song |
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06 Dec 21 - 08:17 AM (#4128183) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes MASTER McGRATH The greyhound's triumph is stated in the song to have taken place in December, 1869. Various recordings of "Master McGrath" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Master+McGrath MUDCAT DT Lyrics: "Master McGrath" /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905,3905&SongI Thanks to Levana Taylor for this song. |
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06 Dec 21 - 03:57 PM (#4128228) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa 6 Dec 1921, the Anglo-Irish treaty was signed. One war ended and another - the Irish Civil War - was soon to start. What songs would you recommend to mark the occasion? One that springs to mind for me is a relatively recent composition by Brian Moore (1946-2011) THE BALLAD OF MICHAEL COLLINS aka Hang Out Your Brightest Colours Returning then to London town, who will take the blame? The Treaty lies before him, Michael Collins adds his name. There's a darker time upon the land, who will bear the load? An awkward hero in an armoured car on an Irish country road. Hang out your brightest colours and his memory now recall For each one wants a part of him, no one wants it all Brian singing under the name Cormac O'Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QhMx_UI1fs LINK to post below from Felipa about more songs marking the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty. |
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08 Dec 21 - 01:02 AM (#4128366) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 28, 1879: The bridge over the Tay at Dundee collapsed taking a passenger train down with it. The event inspired a famous poem by Theodor Fontane and an infamous one by William McGonagall (see Mudcat thread), neither having been set to music as far as I know. BALLAD OF THE TAY RAIL BRIDGE by B Yellow The station was so dark, so quiet and still, There was nothing in the air, the air was bracing, Christmas day had passed, he was coming home, your loved one. And over the valleys people crying out loud, A storm was on its way, The memories of Christmas day flashed before your eyes, When the truth came out. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty36a9Z4gHE |
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08 Dec 21 - 06:40 PM (#4128428) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes WOUNDED KNEE SONGS December 29, 1890 - Members of the U.S. 7th Cavalry massacred more than 200 Native American (Sioux) men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. Wounded Knee-Vic Abram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ErFsomokn8 We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee-Redbone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-exUl-TnQ0 "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"-Buffy Sainte-Marie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnwUbJoheo Big Foot-Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEwWXNN6bIs Wounded Knee · Nik Kershaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmSoY1hj2ek "Gwaed Ar Yr Eira Gwyn"-Tecwyn Ifan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmUMjX1DWRg "Were You There?"-Grant Lee Buffalo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7plNcVqmX4 Wounded Knee · Walela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XowG1z6Ag0 Wounded Knee Massacre From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre |
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09 Dec 21 - 07:23 PM (#4128519) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor December 24, 1913: At a Christmas party organized by striking miners in Calumet, Michigan, someone shouted "Fire," and during the ensuing rush for the exit, 79 people, including 54 children, were crushed to death. It is very widely believed that the culprit was an opponent of the union. (Wikipedia) 1913 MASSACRE by Woody Guthrie Mudcat: here and related threads Traditional Ballad Index Wikipedia article about the song Well-known recordings of the song include those by Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Alex Campbell. Live recording by Christy Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvnazELFb5k |
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11 Dec 21 - 05:16 AM (#4128638) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes MUDCAT:Christmas Parodies I /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=28249#top |
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11 Dec 21 - 08:59 PM (#4128703) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa As I noted in my 6 Dec message, that date marked the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty. Another song for the occasion is THE IRISH FREE STATE by Patrick Galvin. It is the opening song in this video of a Treaty Songs programme at the (Irish) National Concert Hall, Dublin in Dec 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwGXdOtgeWY There's also a new song by Duke Special about ERSKINE CHILDERS . I haven't watched the full programme yet, but hope there will be some other noteworthy songs. I'm just about to listen to Karan Casey sing two songs she has written about Kathleen Clarke. LINK to post above on 06 Dec 21 from Felipa about songs marking the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty. |
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12 Dec 21 - 10:44 AM (#4128742) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes Felipa,here is another song about her: THE BALLAD OF KATHLEEN CLARKE By Paul Gillis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwjvTYqpK8 |
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12 Dec 21 - 10:49 AM (#4128744) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170729 THE KINGSTOWN DISASTER by Johnny McEvoy recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4S96bsaiQ8 It was Christmas Eve in eighteen ninety-five The biggest storm in years was blowing wild Never had we seen it’s like before As we drifted helpless towards the Kingstown shore
The wind was blowing like a wild banshee
Each man on board believed it was the end
How nobody died I’ll never know
Hold tight me boys we’ll throw to you a line
Then through the night there came a mighty roar
Splintered timbers scattered all around
Alex Williams was the cockswain’s name
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13 Dec 21 - 06:58 AM (#4128810) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE BULLFIGHT ON THE SAN PEDRO is about the so-called Battle of the Bulls, an incident of Mormon history traditionally dated to December 12, 1846. MUDCAT: Lyr Add: The Bullfight on the San Pedro et al. /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2964#13720 Thanks for this one Levana Taylor |
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14 Dec 21 - 06:40 AM (#4128896) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes JACOBITE SONGS 22 Dec.1715 James Edward Stuart, son of James II, the deposed Catholic King of England, lands in north-east Scotland to lead a Jacobite rebellion. Many Jacobite songs on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jacobite+Songs More Jacobite songs https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&tbm=vid&q=jacobite+rebel+songs&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGj_Gd_OX0AhUBoVwKHTVEB Wikipedia : Jacobite songs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jacobite_songs Extract from a Jacobite song in The National Archives Kew, Richmond https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/jacobite-1715/jacobite-song/
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15 Dec 21 - 09:06 AM (#4128974) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL has been identified by Professor Bennett Zon, the Head of the Department of Music at Durham University as a Jacobite song Article:‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ - Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Christmas Carol https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=7328 More on Wikipedia ( scroll down to Jacobite connection) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Come,_All_Ye_Faithful |
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15 Dec 21 - 09:15 AM (#4128976) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes SONGS ABOUT JOSEPH STALIN December 21 Josef Stalin leader of Soviet Russia leader was born as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili Stalin Wasn't Stallin' , many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stalin+wasn%27t+stallin Stalin Wasn't Stallin' ,From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin_Wasn%27t_Stallin%27 The Ballad Of Stalin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fxSMQFAkBE MUDCAT: Lyr Add:The Ballad of Stalin (songs about Stalin) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=39480 Just Like Me (Joseph Stalin Song) · Jeffrey Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8igbElE_y0 Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys - Advice To Joe 1951 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SosOQkKnNkc |
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17 Dec 21 - 05:47 AM (#4129158) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes CHRISTMAS SONG WRITTEN BY A COMPUTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C89qjdBb9k8 |
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19 Dec 21 - 09:02 AM (#4129369) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes PLEASE DADDY, DON'T GET DRUNK THIS CHRISTMAS Many recordings of “Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=PLEASE+DADDY+DON%27T+GET+DRUNK+THIS+CHRISTMAS+ |
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19 Dec 21 - 08:17 PM (#4129424) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor I AM A ROCK by Paul Simon Recorded by Simon & Garfunkel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlSVNxLB-A A winter's day In a deep and dark December I am alone Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow |
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20 Dec 21 - 10:07 AM (#4129476) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes WHEN THEY FLEW 17th December, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, controlled airplane flights. They made four flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. When They Flew - Jonathan Sprout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UeXUYsUi4E
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21 Dec 21 - 05:02 PM (#4129584) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes KENTUCKY WASSAIL- · Cathy Barton · Dave Para · Caroline Paton · Sandy Paton · Skip Gorman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5A9yBXeYo |
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22 Dec 21 - 04:44 PM (#4129694) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes YORKSHIRE CAROLS recordings of the singing of carols in Yorkshire pubs and other public places https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=YORKSHIRE+CAROLS Dungworth and the Sheffield carols https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNonVdwRT9A Hidden Carols: A Christmas Singing Tradition in the English Pennines (Ian Russell ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeH270_alTM |
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23 Dec 21 - 04:53 PM (#4129793) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE ISABELLA Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella · The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square · Orchestra at Temple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voqg04JdZss Many other recordings of ' Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella' on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ring+a+Torch%2C+Jeannette%2C+Isabella |
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23 Dec 21 - 04:59 PM (#4129796) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes KIT CARSON December 24 American frontiersman Christopher "Kit" Carson (1809-1868) was born in Madison County, Kentucky. He was a soldier, trapper, guide and Indian agent in the Old West. Fess Parker - The Ballad of Kit Carson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t00-MsQVKA Kit Carson by Bruce Cockburn http://cockburnproject.net/songs&music/kc.html Bruce Cockburn - Kit Carson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm3mX1UoJQo |
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24 Dec 21 - 09:05 AM (#4129850) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE CHRISTMAS SHOES The Christmas Shoes - Many recordings on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Christmas+Shoes! BR> |
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24 Dec 21 - 09:25 AM (#4129851) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes HANUKKAH SONGS MUDCAT:Happy C/Hanukkah! (plus a song) /thread.cfm?threadid=28872&messages=14 |
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24 Dec 21 - 05:42 PM (#4129901) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes CHRISTMAS AT SEA https://www.google.com/search?q=CHRISTMAS+AT+SEA+YouTube&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&oq=CHRISTMAS+AT+SEA+YouTube&aqs=chrome..69i |
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24 Dec 21 - 05:57 PM (#4129902) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE MARI LWYD SONG The Mari Lwyd was a tradition enacted at Christmas time in Wales Mari Lwyd on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Lwyd Lyrics, Recording & Info https://museum.wales/collections/folksongs/?id=2 Mari Lwyd performed by Carreg Lafar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlqIhJnQrc Mari Lwyd performed in Wales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ptel9C3Zhg Mari Lwyd - The Welsh Sources and Meaning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5pk-Hc758 Many More YouTube Videos about Mari Lwyd https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mari+lwyd+song |
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24 Dec 21 - 07:30 PM (#4129905) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE CHERRY TREE CAROL Wikipedia: The Cherry-Tree Carol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cherry-Tree_Carol The Cherry Tree Carol -Joan Baez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYaFGSG_x80 Many other recordings of The Cherry Tree Carol on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cherry+tree+carol The Qur’an and the Cherry-Tree Carol – David Halperin https://www.davidhalperin.net/the-quran-and-the-cherry-tree-carol-a-christmas-story/ Islam and Source Criticism: Part 1 http://tonymusings.blogspot.com/2015/04/islam-and-source-criticism-part-1.html Wikipedia :Mary in Islam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_in_Islam |
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25 Dec 21 - 11:20 AM (#4129945) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: leeneia There's a Christmas song called COLD DECEMBER FLIES AWAY Here's a YouTube video with the melody: |
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25 Dec 21 - 11:47 AM (#4129948) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes JUST ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SONG "Just Another Christmas Song"- Bill and the Belles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZbmJTIHy3o And for a song of a different colour there's TRY NOT TO BE A CUNT, IT’S CHRISTMAS Try Not To Be A Cunt, It’s Christmas - Fascinating Aïda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U2XdkBkTTk |
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25 Dec 21 - 11:57 AM (#4129949) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes YULE Yule · Lisa Thiel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=400WG-v3VO0 |
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26 Dec 21 - 11:55 AM (#4130034) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Reinhard Is the premise from the beginning of the thread still valid? : "The songs-of-the-month threads need one for December that does not include anything specifically about the solstice or midwinter holidays, those having their own." |
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26 Dec 21 - 03:54 PM (#4130050) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor @Reinhard: excellent question. It was me who proposed having a separate non-holiday thread, but Geoff's the one running the "months" project, so if he thinks separating them out isn't a good idea, he's no doubt right. |
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28 Dec 21 - 05:24 AM (#4130179) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes PLEASE MR CUSTER George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio. Please Mr Custer Custer, many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Please%3B+Mr+Custer |
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28 Dec 21 - 07:35 AM (#4130200) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa I think having one thread for Christmas and St Stephen's day songs (and maybe other holidays such as Chanukah and Kwanza) and one for other December songs (secular Dec songs?) was a good idea. If Geoff doesn't mind the work, he could sub-divide the index by song type. |
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29 Dec 21 - 06:45 AM (#4130283) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes MARCH THE MORNING SUN Then men and dames give up your beds oh, maids and boys, you're yawning to hear the bells ring frosty round to tell it's Christmas morning Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics and Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/shirley.collins/songs/marchthemorningsun.html March the Morning Sun - The Young Tradition With Shirley and Dolly Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2qFXIvxb-Q Thanks for suggesting this one Reinhard |
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30 Dec 21 - 06:12 AM (#4130418) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE CUTTY WREN 26 December is sometimes called St Stephen's Day or Wren Day. The song is thought by some to represent the human sacrifice of the Year King, or the symbolic substitute slaughter of the wren as "king of the birds" at the end of the year for similar purposes, and such songs are traditionally sung on Boxing Day (26 December), just after the winter solstice. Saint Stephen's DayFrom Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen%27s_Day Various recordings of The Cutty Wren on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Cutty+Wren MUDCAT: Origins: Any St Stevens Day songs?/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=170749&messages=2#top |
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31 Dec 21 - 04:43 PM (#4130626) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor THE PORT ADMIRAL 'Twas at the landing-place That's just below Mount Wyse, Poll leaned against the sentry's box, A tear in both her eyes, Her apron twisted round her arms, All for to keep them warm, It being a windy Christmas Day, And also a snowstorm. Lyrics: Frederick Marryat (1837); Music: George Ward (1998) Mudcat YouTube |
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31 Dec 21 - 05:55 PM (#4130633) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes SAINT STEPHEN AND HEROD Wikipedia: Saint Stephen and Herod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen_and_Herod Bluegrass Messengers: Recordings & Info 22. St. Stephen and Herod http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/recordings--info-22-st-stephen-and-herod.aspx Thanks to Reinhard for suggesting this one |
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01 Jan 22 - 08:58 AM (#4130668) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes CHRISTMAS 1914 Christmas 1914 by Mike Harding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqaCSnyRMO8 Link to "Christmas in the Trenches "above |
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01 Jan 22 - 09:11 AM (#4130670) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE SONG The Christmas Truce Song (A Game of Football)- Louis Skiffington & Andy Mort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGgXYGsqmw |
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01 Jan 22 - 09:16 AM (#4130672) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes CHRISTMAS 1915 'Christmas 1915'- Celtic Thunder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3l-OBdcPI Christmas 1915 – Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Christmas+1915+ |
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01 Jan 22 - 01:50 PM (#4130689) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes CHRISTMAS IN SOUTHGATE - Ry Cooder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yCMTm2zT8s |
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01 Jan 22 - 04:47 PM (#4130700) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE LIFEBOAT MONA Remember December fifty-nine, The howling wind and the driving rain, Remember the gallant men who drowned, On the lifeboat, Mona was her name Luke Kelly -The Lifeboat Mona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elNHzSf-QZI Various recordings of The Lifeboat Mona on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Lifeboat+Mona+++ |
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02 Jan 22 - 11:27 AM (#4130753) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE BOAR'S HEAD CAROL Wikipedia: Boar's Head Carol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boar%27s_Head_Carol The Boar's Head Carol - Many recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Boar%27s+Head+Carol |
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02 Jan 22 - 06:54 PM (#4130795) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) aka So This Is Christmas Recordings by various performers on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=HAPPY+XMAS+(WAR+IS+OVER)+ |
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05 Jan 22 - 10:26 AM (#4131115) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes ASHTABULA TRAIN WRECK The Ashtabula Train Disaster was the failure of a bridge over the Ashtabula River near the town of Ashtabula, Ohio, in the United States on December 29, 1876. The Hiram Rapids Stumblers -- Ashtabula Train Wreck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De5Gz662e2E Wikipedia: Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster MUDCAT: Ashtabula Train Disaster 1876 songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=148645&messages=7 |
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06 Jan 22 - 01:41 AM (#4131208) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor LE RÉVEILLON DU JOUR DE L'AN [La Cuisinière] (The New Year's Eve Dinner, or The Cook) "A réveillon is a long dinner held in the evening preceding Christmas Day and [on] New Year's Eve." (Wikipedia) Recordings: Originated by the Famille Larin, recorded circa 1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nWWD0moxs La Bottine Souriante has many live recordings of this song; here are ones from 1987 and 1996 Live by The Lost Fingers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-UvJzqoZE |
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07 Jan 22 - 10:29 AM (#4131387) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes I SAW THREE SHIPS aka On Christmas Day in the Morning Wikipedia: I Saw Three Ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Saw Three_Ships Many recordings of " I_Saw_Three_Ships" on YouTube nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=I+Saw+Three+Ships Many recordings of "On Christmas Day in the Morning" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=christmas+day+in+the+morning+song |
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08 Jan 22 - 08:31 AM (#4131510) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes JOSEPH - Jake Thackray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QTG-1d6rGQ |
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08 Jan 22 - 04:21 PM (#4131580) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa AYE FOND KISS by Robbie Burns https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=32222#422373 http://www.robertburns.org/works/358.shtml "When Burns's affair with Mrs Agnes M'Lehose ('Clarinda') came to an end, and he settled down to married life with Jean Armour, he still retained a strong affection for 'Clarinda'. They met in Edinburgh for the last time on 6th December 1791. She was then about to set sail for Jamaica in the hope of achieving reconciliation with her husband (a hope that was not to be realized). On 27th December, Burns sent her 'Ae Fond Kiss' from Dumfries, a song so genuine in its resigned passion that it makes the drawing-room songs of 'sensibility' he had previously written for her seem artificial and insignificant. Sir Walter Scott thought that 'Ae Fond Kiss' contained the 'essence of a thousand love tales'." as sung by Dougie MacLean Jean Redpath with Alisdair Fraser and San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers |
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11 Jan 22 - 01:20 AM (#4131897) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor TO DAUNTON ME by Robert Burns The blude-red rose at Yule may blaw, The simmer lilies bloom in snaw, The frost may freeze the deepest sea, But an auld man shall never daunton me. Mudcat Lyrics and translation Recorded by Ewan MacColl and by Janet Russell |
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11 Jan 22 - 01:58 AM (#4131900) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Levana Taylor THE WHITE COCKADE The white cockade was a Jacobite symbol. A Mudcat thread discusses several songs by that title. Link to JACOBITE SONGS above Link to more Jacobite songs posted below by GUEST,henryp |
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15 Jan 22 - 07:38 AM (#4132397) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,Diolch BOXING DAY by Robb Johnson, also recorded in two different but both magnificent versions by Roy Bailey. Any undated hunting and anti-hunting songs set in winter could also fit on the 26th December. Mudcat thread with lyrics and tune: /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=33441 The youtube offerings tend to come and go as it's under copyright but searching will usually turn one up. Here's one Diolch Boxing Day · Robb Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4v8FK7IyEA and anotherBoxing Day · Roy Bailey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmKru6yYHjM |
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15 Dec 22 - 06:07 AM (#4159338) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST THE ELLEN VANNIN 3rd December 1909 The SS Ellan Vannin left the Isle of Man bound for Liverpool. She foundered on the Mersey approach channel and all 15 passengers and 21 crew were lost. The Ellan Vannin Tragedy - Hughie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK6g46ooCmk Other recordings of “The Ellan Vannin Tragedy” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ellan+Vannin++tragedy SS Ellan Vannin from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ellan_Vannin_(1883) Link to earlier post ELLEN VANNIN from Tattie Bogle |
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18 Dec 22 - 01:26 PM (#4159637) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes WHEN GRANDPA PLAYED THE BANJO ”When Grandpa Played the Banjo” recording and lyrics from Bandcamp https://davetaylor1.bandcamp.com/track/when-grandpa-played-the-banjo |
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19 Dec 22 - 06:52 AM (#4159698) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE BALLAD OF THE CARPENTER by Ewan MacColl Jesus was a working man, a hero as you shall hear Born in the slums of Bethlehem at the turning of the year, Yes, the turning of the year. Many recordings of” Ballad Of The Carpenter “ on YouTube https://www.google.com/search?q=THE+BALLAD+OF+THE+CARPENTER+youtube&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB775GB775&oq=THE+BALLAD+OF+THE+CARPENTER++ Information about the song from Rise Up Singing https://www.riseupandsing.org/songs/ballad-carpenter |
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21 Dec 22 - 04:25 AM (#4159837) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes A CHRISTMAS CAROL byTom Lehrer A Christmas Carol -Tom Lehrer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw |
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21 Dec 22 - 12:17 PM (#4159864) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes CHRISTMAS, MY ARSE by Ricky Tomlinson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSDn6o2RN4A |
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21 Dec 22 - 05:53 PM (#4159882) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE CHRISTMAS GOOSE The Christmas Goose, recording by Will Noble and information from The Yorkshire Garland http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=40 The Christmas Goose · Kate Rusby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGJI2ftqi88 |
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22 Dec 22 - 01:56 PM (#4159937) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Many and various recordings of “The 12 Days of Christmas” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=12+Days+of+Christmas THE EIGHT DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Destiny's Child https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKdndMXIVXw
TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS
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22 Dec 22 - 02:14 PM (#4159939) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp BBC Sounds In Tune 22 days left to listen; Folk duo Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones perform their new single - traditional Yorkshire Christmas song EARLY PEARLY - in the studio. Tracklist; (1 John Foster; While shepherds watched their flocks by night) 10 Trad. The Grey Goose and Gander 14 Trad. Early Pearly 17 Trad. The Christmas Goose Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones sing Early Pearly on Folk Radio https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/12/bryony-griffith-alice-jones-early-pearly/ Margaret Gardham sings “ Early Pearly “ on The Yorkshire Garland https://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/song.cfm?songID=126 Link to THE CHRISTMAS GOOSE posted above BBC Radio 3 Sounds, In Tune https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001fx2g |
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23 Dec 22 - 12:08 PM (#4160017) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes SUDDENLY IT’S CHRISTMAS - Loudon Wainwright III https://youtu.be/ew6rVcL3Up8 |
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23 Dec 22 - 04:09 PM (#4160045) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes RUN, RUN RUDOLPH - Chuck Berry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqVtqbzTdVs Run Run Rudolph - Foo Fighters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nun2eNYeaQ |
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24 Dec 22 - 05:02 AM (#4160088) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes SANTA CLAUS by Bo Diddley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD2baClJefg |
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24 Dec 22 - 09:05 AM (#4160105) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE SEASON’S UPON US Dropkick Murphys - "The Season's Upon Us" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk |
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24 Dec 22 - 12:57 PM (#4160137) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,henryp RIVER by Joni Mitchell River It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer, And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river, I could skate away on |
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24 Dec 22 - 07:42 PM (#4160177) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes CHRISTMAS MORNING
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24 Dec 22 - 09:59 PM (#4160187) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GUEST,Kristoffer Ross Depending upon which version one sings, THE OLD SUNDAY DINNER describes the eponymous meal as "the peace and goodwill in the month of December" The Old Sunday Dinner I included an unaccompanied version of it in a yuletide show last year. Charlie McGonigle (James Eoghain), singing " The Old Sunday Dinner" on ITMA plus information https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/sound/old_sunday_dinner_charlie_mcgonigle_james_eoghain MUDCAT Origins: Ye Old Sunday Dinner /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=144188 Other recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Old+Sunday+Dinner |
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26 Dec 22 - 05:19 AM (#4160281) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE CHRISTMAS HARE by The Druids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmd0fQyQEY Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham sing Roger Watson's song The Christmas Hare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yweR7_z3Rdw MUDCAT Lyr ADD: The Christmas Hare (Roger Watson) /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=63106&messages=9#reply |
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27 Dec 22 - 09:08 AM (#4160388) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes WREN DAY SONGS 26 December Saint Stephen's Day from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen%27s_Day ”Saint Stephen, God's Knight (I shall you tell this ylke night)” from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/MSSSGK.html Saint Stephen and Herod [Child 22] from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/C022.html
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27 Dec 22 - 09:33 AM (#4160392) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE WIFE OF USHER’S WELL Mainly Norfolk: The Wife of Usher's Well https://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/thewifeofusherswell.html It was very close to Christmas time; The nights was long and cold. And the very next morning at the break of day Them babes come a-running home. The Wife of Usher's Well (Child 79) - Hedy West https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fmn8dCpLrug |
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28 Dec 22 - 04:57 AM (#4160470) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE FAIRY ON THECHRISTMAS TREE The Fairy On The Christmas Tree -Gracie Fields https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAzEr5mmu4 |
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28 Dec 22 - 12:59 PM (#4160514) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE REDNECK REINDEER Joe Diffie - Leroy The Redneck Reindeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIdnYAkqSes |
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28 Dec 22 - 01:04 PM (#4160516) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE COWBOY CAROL Many Recordings of “ The Cowboy Carol” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Cowboy+Carol |
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30 Dec 22 - 03:19 AM (#4160673) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes 31 December 1942 The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement between warships of the German Navy and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE BARENTS SEA Battle of the Barents Sea From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea 23rd Flotilla from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Hopk112.html THE 23RD FLOTILLA sung on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9IAJhLjH4 Russian Convoy Escort's Song from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Tawn068.html THE KOLA RUN from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/PsSea152.html The Battle of Barents Sea oral documentary from World War II Chronicles https://soundcloud.com/wwiichronicles?platform=hootsuite |
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30 Dec 22 - 09:36 AM (#4160696) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THREE WISE WOMEN by Stanley Accrington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awSwhPIPy2E Jolly Jock sings "3 wise women" by Stanley Accrington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Rh-2JFplc WISE WOMEN by Marco Frankland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSFk9kFDLsk THE THREE WISE WOMEN by by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPauis-Dk8 THREE WISE WOMEN by Lucinda Lucas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtaBnQEyVm4 THREE WISE WOMEN nbsp; by Kate ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXgZyTP_s-0 |
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31 Dec 22 - 11:45 AM (#4160839) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE LOSS OF THE SAILOR’S HOME 31 December, 1890 The Sailor's Home was wrecked near St Pierre & Miquelon carrying coal from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Fortune, Newfoundland. Loss of the Sailor's Home from The Ballad Index https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Pea960.html |
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01 Jan 23 - 12:16 PM (#4160936) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes SANTA NEVER BRINGS ME A BANJO Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo · Kate Rusby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coDfMgwu3HI |
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02 Jan 23 - 06:47 AM (#4161008) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY Many Recordings of “ The Little Drummer Boy” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Little+Drummer+Boy |
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03 Jan 23 - 04:31 PM (#4161186) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes 6 December Saint Nicholas Day, also called the Feast of Saint Nicholas, is observed on 5 December or on 6 December in Western Christian countries, and on 19 December in Eastern Christian countries using the old church Calendar. PERSONENT HODIE Saint Nicholas Day from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Day Personent hodie from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personent_hodie Personent hodie from Classic fm https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/occasions/christmas/first-santa-song/ Intonent hodie voces ecclesiae- Anonymous 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJSUDI0f880 |
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05 Jan 23 - 07:23 AM (#4161377) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes MISS FOGARTY’SCHRISTMAS CAKE - The Irish Rovers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8SfdNBUWVk |
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05 Jan 23 - 05:33 PM (#4161424) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes 8 December 1914. BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS Battle of the Falkland islands from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Tawn059.html Information and some lyrics from "Grey Funnel Lines: Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970" By Cyril Tawney (scroll down a little) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r01ACwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102&lpg=PT102&dq=%22One+day+at+Port+Stanley+The+lookout+man+did+see+Some+s |
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06 Jan 23 - 07:02 PM (#4161542) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes KWANZAA SONGS 26 December to 1 January Kwanzaa , an annual celebration of African-American culture Kwanzaa from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa A Kwanzaa Song - Lovely Hoffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg2T3zRfIRc Happy Kwanzaa Song - Fanoko Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPR7jsc6JRw It's Kwanzaa Time - Steve Cobb, Chavunduka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxp6WIYSRDI O Kwanzaa - Karen Dubiner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2dE5ECe2_E |
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08 Jan 23 - 08:00 PM (#4161785) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: Felipa LAST HANGING IN WEST VIRGINIA 16 December 1897 a real event commemorated in a song by T. Hall, recorded by Flatt and Scruggs. The December date is mentioned at the end of the song. I posted the lyrics and links to youtube today in a long Mudcat discussion thread Songs about capital punishment The Last Public Hanging in West Virginia - Flatt & Scruggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjDC4EvVdg |
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27 Jan 23 - 06:05 AM (#4163668) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes SONGS SUNG BY WILL FYFFE 14 December 1947. Death of Will Fyffe, Scottish music hall and performing artist. Will Fyffe from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Fyffe Will Fyffe - 16 recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m096Io6nzF98D06F4tRW3sRsC54iVSDZA 1. I Belong to Glasgow2.I'm the Landlord of the Inn at Aberfoyle3.Ye Can Come and See the Baby 4.The Engineer 5.A'm Fear'd for Mrs. McKie 6.The Spirit of a Man from Aberdeen 7.The Waddin' o' Mary Maclean 8.The Train That's Taking You Home 9.I'm 94 Today 10.He's Been on the Bottle Since a Baby 11.The Railway Guard 12.Uncle Mac 13.The Skipper of the Mercantile Marine 14. Corporall McDougal 15.It Isn't the Hen 16.Sailing up the Clyde MUDCAT Lyr Add: Music-hall songs sung by Will Fyffe /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=140776&messages=22#top |
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02 Feb 23 - 05:59 PM (#4164245) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes OH, CALIFORNIA It could be the Christmas season Why I want to get away And just lately for no reason I've been thinking of LA Oh, California - a balladeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3z4zXC9jQM |
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15 Feb 23 - 05:55 AM (#4165223) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes THANK GOD IT’S CHRISTMAS Thank God It's Christmas - Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5mtUff6ik |
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16 Feb 23 - 08:35 AM (#4165302) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes A VINT-I- CINC DE DESEMBRE aka FUM FUM FUM Fum, fum, fum from Mama Lisa’s World https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=622&c=45 “Fum,Fum,Fum"from Wikipedia https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fum,_Fum,_Fum Fum,Fum,Fum - Musica Nostra Canta Nadal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2opnMO4BzRk Many other recordings of “ Fum, Fum, Fum on YouTube https:https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=FUM+FUM+FUM+
Thanks to Monique for this suggestion and for the following addition Verse on the Wiki page not on MLW and with no translation:
Qui dirà més gran mentida?
Who will tell the biggest lie? |
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23 Feb 23 - 07:00 AM (#4165937) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes YOUNG FREEDA BOLT December 14, 1929 Freeda Bolt, from Floyd County, Virginia was murdered. Various recordings of ” Young Freda Bolt “ on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Young+Freda+Bolt++song Freeda Bolt from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeda_Bolt “ Young Freda Bolt“: Lyrics from Bluegrass Lyrics.com https://www.bluegrasslyrics.com/song/young-freda-bolt/ The Story of Freeda Bolt - Floyd County Ramblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gXwk5zGtRY |
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06 Mar 23 - 07:04 AM (#4167012) Subject: RE: Any December Songs? From: GeoffLawes STAGGER LEE Christmas night 1895 In St. Louis, Missouri, Lee Shelton, nicknamed Stag Lee or Stack Lee, shot and killed his acquaintance William "Billy" Lyons in a bar room dispute about a hat. A Christmas Killing: Stagger Lee By Paul Slade http://www.planetslade.com/stagger-lee1.html Stagger Lee from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee Various recordings of ” Stagger Lee” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Stagger+Lee |