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23 Jan 02 - 09:26 AM (#633748) Subject: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: WyoWoman A friend and I are going to record a CD of lullabyes over the next few months and I wanted to get some suggestions from you all for songs that we wouldn't have to pay royalties on. I don't know that we're actually going to try to sell the CD, but if we should, I don't want us to get sued. I'm hugely excited about this project. Our voices harmonize really well together. So, as you're thinking of suggestions, keep in mind songs that have lovely harmonies for two women. The irony is that the project is likely to be interrupted because her husband is doing the recording and they're expecting their first baby. Talk about firsthand experience. I've been trying to remember some of the songs I sang for my kids -- mostly they were just sad folk songs -- "Babe,I'm Gonna Leave You," "All My Trials" and such. Not that all lullabyes have to be about lambies and pink bows, but I'd like to have some options that won't make us both go diving for the anti-depressants, too. Thenkyew, ww |
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23 Jan 02 - 09:36 AM (#633756) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: MMario If you want - you can use my "Uncle's Lament" - tho' I suppose you'd want to change it to "Auntie's Lament" I can send you a tape - words are in the DT or the MudCat Songbook.
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23 Jan 02 - 09:57 AM (#633777) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: catspaw49 "Hobo's Lullabye" was a favorite of mine and it worked well with my boys and others as did a sorta' lullabye that I like a lot, "For Baby, For Bobbie"......There are a couple of others that I can't think of at the moment too. Old age is settling in at an alarming rate......... Spaw |
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23 Jan 02 - 10:16 AM (#633791) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Allan C. I have always liked "All Through the Night". "Scarlet Ribbons" is a favorite also but I am unsure as to the authorship. |
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23 Jan 02 - 10:35 AM (#633802) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Stewie WW, there was a previous, less specifice, thread on this - to which you contributed. --Stewie. |
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23 Jan 02 - 10:53 AM (#633808) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: katlaughing Hobo's Lullaby, as Spaw noted, only I change the words from hobo to baby; Hush, Hush, Time to be sleeping; don't know if there's a copyright on Prairie Lullaby, but it was always the fav around our house; also the Irish Lullaby. Sounds great and I wanna copy!*bg* kat |
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23 Jan 02 - 11:19 AM (#633815) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Mary in Kentucky I want a copy too! Here are some lullabies I like:
All Through the Night The Riddle Song is perfect for two voices. |
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23 Jan 02 - 11:53 AM (#633827) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: SharonA Mockingbird ("...Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won't sing, Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring...") I think that "For Baby (For Bobbie)" is a copyrighted song. |
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23 Jan 02 - 11:53 AM (#633828) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: GUEST,mgarvey@pacifier.com cape breton lullaby is very pretty. mg |
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23 Jan 02 - 12:18 PM (#633848) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Louie Roy Chocolate Ice cream Cone,This song I sang to all of my five children and even today they still request it but I find it's geting harder and harder to get a 55 year old son on my lap.This song was done by Rose Maddix in 1946 and I don't know if she wrote it or not,but a couple of years ago at an outdoor Jamboree in Myrtle Creek Oregon The Oregon Old Time Fiddlers were on the stage ahead of Rose Maddix who was the headliner of this event I sang this song and after the concert was over she came and told me she really appreciated paying her this tribute and she hadn't thought of that song for years.This was her last concert she died a few weeks after that Louie Roy |
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23 Jan 02 - 01:17 PM (#633880) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Willa Sweet and Low, Gartan mother's Lullaby,The Sun and the Moon,Hush Little Baby, Fairy Boy, Coulter's Candy, Dance to Thy Daddy |
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24 Jan 02 - 12:07 AM (#634314) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Charcloth As a grandfather of (almost) 7 grandchildren here are some I often do for my clan All though the night Pretty little horses Castle of dromore (not a lullaby per se but) "Wild mountain thyme" Down in the valley |
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24 Jan 02 - 04:44 AM (#634426) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: GUEST,Stavanger Bill For two female voices my suggestions would be: 1. Coorie Doon - as done by the Corries 2. Lord Gregory - as done by The Corrie Folk Trio & Paddie Bell. Good luck with the search and project. Cheers, Bill. |
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24 Jan 02 - 08:07 AM (#634492) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: WyoWoman Thanks all, these are great suggestions. I can't believe I had forgotten Prairire Lullabye! and Scarlett Ribbons. I don't know if I've heard Hobo's Lullabye, Catspaw. Is that one that's on the Trio CDs? I'd love to hear Chocolate Ice Cream Song, Louie. Know of any recordings? (And Stewie, yes, I knew that other thread was there, but it wasn't as specific and was getting pretty long, so rather than refresh it, I thought I'd troll for some more suggestions.) I'll print this out before it gets too long and see which of these I can find. ww
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24 Jan 02 - 09:15 AM (#634543) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Barbara Shaw Ones I used to sing to my babies: Today (While the Blossoms Still Cling . . .) The Garden Song (Inch by Inch, Row by Row) I Gave My Love a Cherry
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24 Jan 02 - 03:07 PM (#634824) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Louie Roy Another good song for a duet is Are You Mine Louie Roy |
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24 Jan 02 - 03:16 PM (#634831) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Willa WyoWoman, i have, or can get the lyrics to any on my list that you like. |
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24 Jan 02 - 05:22 PM (#634892) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Stewart ROUND-UP LULLABY — (a.k.a., Cowboy's Lullaby, Desert Silver Blue) S. in Seattle |
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24 Jan 02 - 07:05 PM (#634971) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: GUEST,Dave Williams Mary mentioned Suo Gan a Welsh lullaby and a beautiful one. You can hear it as a midi (with all the limitations of that format) here: http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/welsh/suogan2.mid It also appears on Charlotte Church's first CD (at too fast a tempo for my taste) and is sung at the beginning of the movie "Empire of the Sun". If you're interested (it's in the public domain) e-mail me at: daw640@pobox.com and I'll e-mail you English lyrics and a phonetic version of the Welsh lyrics. Dave Williams |
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24 Jan 02 - 08:43 PM (#635041) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Matthew B. Hey, I know I'm different, but I used to rock my babies to sleep with a softly lilting rendition of Spanish Ladies |
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24 Jan 02 - 10:19 PM (#635077) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: SINSULL "Sleep Kentucky Babe"...pretty harmonies. Politically incorrect phrases can be adjusted. |
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24 Jan 02 - 10:30 PM (#635081) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Charcloth Chocholate ice cream cone was a big hit years ago by yodeler Kenny Roberts I believe he is still alive & performing. My mother used to sing it to us but I would think it a bit fast for a lullaby |
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24 Jan 02 - 10:35 PM (#635084) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Mudlark Wynken, Blynken and Nod is an alltime fav, as is John O' Dreams, Skye Boat Song, Pretty Little Horses. Who's Gonna shoe Your Pretty Little Foot, Shady Grove, Ash Grove (not really a lullabye per se but lulling!). Surely copyrighted, but a lovely lullabye is Close Your Eyes (James Taylor). |
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24 Jan 02 - 10:44 PM (#635092) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: WyoWoman Well, Matthew B., some of the songs I used to sing mine involved a lot of murder ballads and tons of unrequited love, so they weren't exactly apropros either. "East Virginia" and "Black is the Color" and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" wouldn't pass the Lullabye Approval Board, but my kids seemed soothed by them. This is so great. Once again, I'm blown away by what a generous lot the Mudcat community is. (Stewart, is that a yodel in the middle of the Roundup Lullabye?) ww |
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25 Jan 02 - 01:33 AM (#635146) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Lyrical Lady Lullay My Liking... is a beautiful song that our choir sang at Christmas ... LL |
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25 Jan 02 - 08:46 PM (#635720) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Susanne (skw) 'Coorie Doon' is lovely but probably copyrighted (written by the late Matt McGinn). How about 'Bonnie at Morn', recorded by Jean Redpath for 'Lowlands' (1980), 'Hushaba Ma Bairnie', recorded by Cilla Fisher for 'Songs of the Fishing' (1983) or 'Weary Life' (you have to scroll down to it), recorded by Hamish Imlach for 'Live in Hamburg' (1986). |
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25 Jan 02 - 08:54 PM (#635723) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Susanne (skw) Another attempt: Bonnie at Morn Hushaba Ma Bairnie Weary Life (you still need to scroll down, though ...) |
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25 Jan 02 - 09:18 PM (#635737) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: GutBucketeer Morningtown Ride and Lavender Blue were two of my kids favorites. JAB |
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25 Jan 02 - 09:54 PM (#635756) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Mary in Kentucky Susanne, is there any place I can hear those songs? I would probably like to buy the CD's, but I'd like to hear them first. The words to "Hushaba My Bairnie" remind me a little of "Can Ye Sew Cusions?" (Daddy on the salt sea, etc.) |
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26 Jan 02 - 11:53 AM (#636060) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Willa Mary in Ky: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/scottish-folk-music/001227.HTM has the words and music for Bonnie at Morn |
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26 Jan 02 - 01:05 PM (#636108) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Mary in Kentucky Thanks Willa. That looks like a great site. But I clicked on about 10 songs in the Scottish, Irish, Christmas, Cowboy (each) and I could only get to 2 Scottish songs, all the Irish songs, no Christmas songs, one cowboy song. It says that the site uses too much bandwidth...I wonder if it rotates which ones are availabe. I really like hearing the tunes that go with a song's words, so this one is bookmarked for sure. |
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26 Jan 02 - 03:31 PM (#636206) Subject: Lyr Add: OH GO TO SLEEP, MY BABY From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) OH GO TO SLEEP, MY BABY Oh go to sheep, de night's done come, Oh go to sleep my baby, You'se in my arms, you need not fear, Oh go to sleep my baby. Oh sweet baby, oh sweet baby, Oh go to sleep my baby. The birds is restin' in the trees, Oh go to sleep my baby, Dere hain't no workin' by de bees, Oh go to sleep my baby. Oh sweet baby, oh sweet baby, Oh go to sleep my baby. Thomas W. Talley, Negro Folk Rhymes, 1991, rev. ed., Univ. Tennessee. #390, p. 220, with music. @lullaby @Negro |
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26 Jan 02 - 04:03 PM (#636223) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Willa Mary in Kentucky. You might have better luck with this Helen Rushmer website.There is an mp3 of Bonnie at Morn on Celtic Voyage.http://www.swallowmusic.co.uk/index.html |
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26 Jan 02 - 04:25 PM (#636239) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Mary in Kentucky Those are beautiful, another site to bookmark. (I could hear Bonnie at Morn at the other site, just not many others.) I found that the first time it played there were too many stops for buffering, but then I could play it the second time without any stops. |
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26 Jan 02 - 05:27 PM (#636261) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Susanne (skw) Mary, sorry but I've no idea where to find 'Hushaba' and 'Weary Life' on the Net, and as I have them on LP / tape there is no way yet I can put them on my computer. How soon and how urgently would you want them? |
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26 Jan 02 - 05:47 PM (#636272) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Mary in Kentucky Susanne, don't worry, I was just curious. I collect lullabies, and especially like the Scottish ones, so I'll be on the lookout for those CD's. Thanks again. |
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27 Jan 02 - 02:37 PM (#636705) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: GUEST,Coll in VA swing low, sweet chariott (slowly) baby's boat i see the moon ..to add to ones otherwise seen above. :) |
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27 Jan 02 - 04:32 PM (#636757) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: GUEST,paskunia@optonline.net I have two for you: My father used to sing us to sleep with Tennyson's "Sweet and Low." The second, Kipling's "Seal Lullaby," I remember from high-school chorus. Here is the website for those and a few others: http://www.babysstory.com/StoryPages/PoetryMain.htm The music for the Kipling piece can be had at the following website: http://emeraldharp.com/music10.htm
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28 Jan 02 - 03:19 PM (#637277) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: pattyClink Did somebody mention "Connemara Cradle Song" already? And the thing they used in O Brother "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby"? |
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04 Feb 02 - 08:04 PM (#642528) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: MMario another response |
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04 Feb 02 - 08:11 PM (#642536) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Mary in Kentucky Ya beat me to it again Mmario (and you're making the threads load slowly!). |
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04 Feb 02 - 08:53 PM (#642562) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Nancy King My own personal favorite lullabyes -- and it's been quite some time since I had occasion to use 'em -- were "Kumbaya" and "Buckeye Jim." The latter is in the DT (with slightly different words), but my dinosaur computer system won't support audio, so I can't tell if the tune given is the beautiful one I know, which would be great for harmony. The DT gives no source for the song, and I certainly have no idea where it came from -- might very well be public domain. Your CD project sounds terrific. Be sure to let us know when it's available! Cheers, Nancy |
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04 Feb 02 - 11:25 PM (#642671) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: Bert Hey Wyomeluv, you're welcome to use Bathing Angel if you like. Let me know if you like it and I'll get the tune to you somehow. Bert. |
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05 Feb 02 - 10:30 AM (#642971) Subject: Lyr Add: LULLABY FOR A BREASTFED BABY From: Uncle_DaveO This is my own, from 27 years ago, one of the three most successful songs I ever wrote--not commercially, but in achieving the effect I wanted. The tune is (though I say so, that shouldn't) a haunting one. If you like the words, contact me and I'll send you a tape. Or sing it to you on Paltalk. Or both. Of course, substitute "girl" for "boy" as may be indicated. LULLABY FOR A BREASTFED BABY" Go to sleep, my little boy When your time has come, my boy When nursin' time has come, my boy Dave Oesterreich |
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05 Feb 02 - 03:21 PM (#643259) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: GUEST,Wyo at Work Bert -- Of course I'd LOVE to hear the tune to that. It's lovely. Coll in Va -- I didn't know "I See the Moon" had a tune to it. I'll see if I can find it. I'll listen to some of these songs this evening after I'm through here at work. I need to listen on my computer here at work because mine at home is so slow it drives me crazy. (I think it's the pipe, not the 'puter.) Thanks for sharing this information with me. And absolutely, I'll let you know when it's done. I hadn't actually planned to have enough copies made to sell, but maybe I can get a price break on a few dozen. We shall see ... ww
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05 Feb 02 - 03:40 PM (#643283) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABYES TO RECORD From: DMcG I used to sing 'Dream Angus' (in the DT) as a lullaby to my little uns'. The youngest is now fifteen and she had a real nostalgia attack when I sang it recently! |
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27 Jan 08 - 05:53 AM (#2245990) Subject: RE: Help: LULLABIES TO RECORD From: GUEST,Okie Red Trying desperately to find information regarding a song by the name of Chocolate Ice Cream Cone. My grandfather taught it to my father when he was a wee lad and my father taught it to me when I was knee-high to a grasshopper. However, none of us know who wrote or performed it. I promised both of my partners in confusion that I would investigate further. Also, there is another song called Emmaline. I'm not sure about the spelling but it should be close. We aren't sure who wrote that little gem either. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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27 Jan 08 - 07:10 PM (#2246572) Subject: Lyr Add: CHOC'LATE ICE CREAM CONE From: Melissa You might have some luck getting Emmaline if you open a new thread.. CHOC'LATE ICE CREAM CONE Recorded by Kenny Roberts Writer: Famous Lashua My mama said if I'd be good She'd send me to the store She said she'd bake some Gingerbread If I would sweep the floor She said if I would make the bed And watch the telephone That she would send me out to get A Choc'late Ice Cream Cone And so I did the things she said And then she made some Gingerbread Then I went out, just me alone And got my Choc'late Ice Cream Cone. While coming back I stubbed my toe Upon a big old stone Now need I tell you that I dropped My Choc'late Ice Cream Cone A little puppy came along And he took a great big lick And so I hit that mean old dog With just a little stick Then he bit me where I sit down And he chased me all over town So now I'm lost, I can't find my home And all because of that Choc'late Ice Cream Cone. TAG: And all because of that Choc'late, Choc'late, Choc'late Ice Cream Cone. |
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04 Feb 08 - 04:17 AM (#2252979) Subject: Lyr Add: EMALINE''S GOAT / BILL GROGAN'S GOAT From: GUEST,Okie Red Thanks Mellisa! Still trying to find the author of the song Emaline. Ever heard of it? The lyrics are as follows: There was a boy named Emaline. Hung three red shirts out on the line. He had a goat in his backyard. Tied to a post and pulling hard.
Well the goat got loose from Emaline.
So he took him down to the railroad tracks.
Sing some sad songs but not goodbye. |
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04 Feb 08 - 11:16 AM (#2253189) Subject: A song about dogs running in the night. From: GUEST,Gale Davies I cant come up with any of the lyrics. It used to play on the radio about twenty five years ago. I cant find any body that ever heard of it. |
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04 Feb 08 - 02:02 PM (#2253323) Subject: RE: Help: Lullabies to Record From: Mrs Scarecrow I have written a song called Lullaby which is on the CD Scarecrow, It's based onthe notion of being able to choose your dreams. I had to sing harmony with myself on the Cd as if definately suits 2 women's voices. I would be more than honoured if someone else wanted to record it as long as I was credited. I'm not very computer literate but think I could attachit to an email if you want to PM me with your email address Ann Reader |
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04 Feb 08 - 02:03 PM (#2253324) Subject: RE: Help: Lullabies to Record From: GUEST,Volgadon I checked our book of Hebrew lullabies and the lyrics for Laila, laila, are by Nathan Alterman, the music by Mordechai Ze'ira. |
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04 Feb 08 - 02:04 PM (#2253327) Subject: RE: Help: Lullabies to Record From: GUEST,Volgadon WHOOPS wrong thread. |