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12 May 01 - 07:14 AM (#460935) Subject: Songs about moving From: mcpiper Hi, a friend of mine is moving away, only an hour and a bit drive, but going none the less. He has been part of a small group I play music with, low key stuff, but good for the soul. He is leaving the place of his birth, in fact the family farm where he has lived for the past fifty or so years, for all the right reasons, but it is a real heart break for him. Anyone know any good songs we could sing for him to help him on his way. Thanks. |
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12 May 01 - 07:18 AM (#460936) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: DonMeixner "Moving Day" I think a Charlie Poole song. "Moving On " By Ewan Macoll "Times Are Getting Hard" I think by Lee Hayes, on a Fennig's All Stars recording. "Bye Bye Black Bird" Pretty much an endless supply. Don |
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12 May 01 - 07:28 AM (#460937) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: bill\sables There is always the old "Cockney" music hall song; My Old Man, aka Don't Dily Dally Bill |
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12 May 01 - 07:49 AM (#460941) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: catspaw49 How about "I Dropped a Load on the Road When I Stepped On a Toad?" Works on a lot of levels.............Guy walking from one place to another (adventure) and steps on a toad, killing it (death/drama) and this scares him to the point of a bowel movement (humor/tragedy) and he luckily encounters a woman interested in scatology (love interest). Very touching number......"2" I believe. Trad of course.............. Spaw |
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12 May 01 - 08:52 AM (#460956) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: Mary in Kentucky Here are a bunch of songs in this thread. |
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12 May 01 - 09:51 AM (#460978) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: Charley Noble Then there's LA Freeway, I've Been Doing Some Hard Traveling, Going Down That Road Feeling Bad, but Moving Day is the true classic! |
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13 May 01 - 03:21 AM (#461287) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: wysiwyg Waiddaminnit-- is he already a Mudcatter? If not, perhaps he can stay in touch with you here and make new friends here too. ~S~ |
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13 May 01 - 07:42 AM (#461331) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: GUEST,Midchuck upstairs The best serious song is "This Old House" (Not the old one that goes "This old house done seen my children, this old house done seen my wife...," etc.; this is a considerably newer and sadder one that the Rice Brothers recorded.) The best funny one is "Right, Said Fred." IMO Peter. |
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13 May 01 - 10:49 AM (#461380) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: Charley Noble Midchuck, is "Right, Said Fred" the British Music Hall ditty about the moving crew? I can't seem to find the words in the DT. Do you have them? I believe Davy Jones sings this, among others. It has the recurring line, "And so we had a cup of tea..." |
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13 May 01 - 11:13 PM (#461713) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: Bill D here is one already discussed...perfect song! |
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14 May 01 - 04:10 PM (#462206) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: pattyClink Can't find it in the Digitrad, but Tommy Makem sings one, maybe he wrote it: Farewell, my friends, I'm leaving soon, I'm gone away for a while, but I'll be back to see you all, should it be ten thousand miles, my friends, should it be ten thousand miles. |
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14 May 01 - 05:53 PM (#462305) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: Charley Noble "Who will Watch the Home Place" certainly does the job well. If I ever get back to the family farm, maybe I'll play it backwards. Oh, there's also the Hazel Dickens/Alice Garard song, "You Gave Me a Song" which has some of the same sentiment. |
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14 May 01 - 06:17 PM (#462333) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: BRG How about "The Outside Track" the Henry Lawson poem - performed by Garnet Rogers on his album of the same name. Bruce |
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14 May 01 - 06:23 PM (#462337) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: GUEST Midchuck, is "Right, Said Fred" the British Music Hall ditty about the moving crew? Yes. I can't seem to find the words in the DT. Do you have them? I have them in print around here someplace. I don't think I have them on disc. I believe Davy Jones sings this, among others. I got it from Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen's singing. Peter. |
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14 May 01 - 07:51 PM (#462409) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: IvanB "I Knew this Place" by Dave Mallett. Especially poignant since he's leaving a place known intimately to him. |
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14 May 01 - 09:16 PM (#462455) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: poor lonesome boy Woody Guthrie's Oregon Trail |
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14 May 01 - 10:42 PM (#462487) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: CarolC The lyrics for "Right, Said Fred" are in this thread... |
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14 May 01 - 11:05 PM (#462500) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: catspaw49 Probably a lot more dramatic then your friend's case, but certainly traumatic, this Si Kahn song is one of my favorites. It tells a too accurate story of the exodus from the southern mountains to the jobs in the cities. BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN REFUGEE........Scroll down to the song. Spaw |
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15 May 01 - 04:19 AM (#462579) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: GUEST,yum yum I remember a good old County Down song called 'The Moving of the Furniture' or sometimes known as 'Carney's Flitting'. It was collected by Sam Henry but I an not sure if it was ever published. Maybe John Moulden can assist here, I'm sure he must know of it. Very funny indeed. |
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15 May 01 - 09:04 AM (#462677) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: Charley Noble Thanks for the words to "Right, Said Fred," a truly moving song! I also have the David Jones cassette but was too lazy to transcribe it myself. |
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15 May 01 - 09:15 AM (#462683) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: kendall How about Four Strong Winds? I wouldn't be able to sing it without choking, but, maybe you can. |
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16 May 01 - 07:28 PM (#464246) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about moving From: Susanne (skw) Granny Fraser's Flittin'? |
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27 Sep 15 - 05:17 PM (#3740175) Subject: Lyr Add: BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN REFUGEE (Si Kahn) From: Jim Dixon BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN REFUGEE As recorded by Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers on "Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions" (2013) I'm workin' in a factory, thinkin' how it feels To be bringin' home good money like my daddy never seen, But a feelin' follows after me like a hound dog at my heels 'Cause I know that I'll never see my mountain home again. Oh, they say that you can't go home again, Never sit and talk among your childhood friends, Never live among your neighbors and your kin. No, you'll never see your mountain home again. Down by the railway station in the early afternoon You can see them carryin' bundles that are all done up in twine. They hear the whistle from the south; they're sayin' their goodbyes, And they say they'll be back but they're leavin' for all time. For they know that they can't go home again, Never sit and talk among their childhood friends, Never live among their neighbors and their kin. No, they'll never see their mountain homes again. In Cincinnati, Baltimore, Chicago and Detroit, You can find us by the thousands with our husbands and our wives. If you wonder what we're doin' here so far from our mountain homes, We're Blue Ridge Mountain refugees fighting for our lives. And we know we can't go home again, Never sit and talk among our childhood friends, Never live among our neighbors and our kin. No, we'll never see our mountain homes again. |
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27 Sep 15 - 06:36 PM (#3740186) Subject: RE: Songs about moving From: GUEST, DTM "A Place In The Sun" - Stevie Wonder (One my favourites) |
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27 Sep 15 - 06:39 PM (#3740187) Subject: RE: Songs about moving From: Joe_F Moving On |
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27 Sep 15 - 07:03 PM (#3740189) Subject: RE: Songs about moving From: GUEST,HiLo "We 'are gonna move my Father Said, We,re gonna move my father said , Bury the hatchet one more time And leave it Lyin in the land. Let the old barns fall to ground, Let the fence rot where it stands. Good song about leaving small farms in the fifties . |
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27 Sep 15 - 07:07 PM (#3740190) Subject: RE: Songs about moving From: Larry The Radio Guy It depends on the reason for moving. Here's one of the most poignant songs I ever heard.....about moving as a result of a separation. DAVID ACKLES Waiting For The Moving Van Lyrics Standing on the front porch of the old frame house in town In another day or two, It all starts coming down I wonder what theyll do about the oak tree with the swing I never built the tree house, but I had plans For so many things I am trying not to think of while I can Waiting for the moving van to come The front door has that rusty hinge I never did repair You used to hear it late at night and meet me on the stair Well, I work the daylight now, Im always home by six Now theres lots of time, and nothing left to fix Except the things I am trying not to think of while I can Waiting for the moving van to come Its almost summer here Your favorite time of year Hey, didnt we love to hear the children play We had some happy times Ten years is so much time Youd think we both could find a way No, I wont get maudlin; Its just being here alone It too some getting used to, but I like it on my own I just wish theyd get here soon -- I have so much work to do Plans to make, and a whole new life to think about; But you I am trying not to think of while I can Waiting for the moving van to come. |
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28 Sep 15 - 09:14 AM (#3740283) Subject: RE: Songs about moving From: GUEST,henryp I can't go back to the homestead, the shack no longer stands They said I was un-needed, had no claim to the land They said, "Come on, get moving, it's the only thing for you" But how can you keep moving unless you migrate too? How can you keep on moving unless you migrate too? They tell ya to keep on moving but migrate, you must not do The only reason for moving and the reason why I roam To move to a new location and find myself a home Agnes 'Sis' Cunningham |
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04 Jan 21 - 09:01 PM (#4086532) Subject: RE: Songs about moving From: GUEST,joan Yes, Tommy did write that one, and many other gems! |