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11 Aug 02 - 08:41 PM (#763581) Subject: Songs about fire... need help From: Branwen23 Hi, all. I'm working on a compilation cd of songs about fire for a special project. I need about ten more songs to complete my list. Here are the songs I have already: We didn't start the fire Disco Inferno (burn baby burn) Fire down Below Heaven's on fire The fireman Fire and Rain Smoke on the water Hotter than hell Blaze of Glory Beds are burning Light my fire Fire on the mountain Fire on the bayou Burnin' down the house Great balls of fire Hunka Hunka Burnin Love Touch me, turn me on & Burn me Down Smoke gets in your Eyes Standing outside the fire Burning for you Smoke from a distant fire I'm looking for songs that most people would recognize, such as classic rock, popular country, etc. Anything that could refer to fire, a house burning, smoke, etc. You suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Branwen |
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11 Aug 02 - 08:45 PM (#763586) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Ebbie I think it was Mark Graham who wrote a hilarious song called 'It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It'. I'll see if I can find it. |
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11 Aug 02 - 08:48 PM (#763587) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Branwen23 I'm really looking for stuff that's pretty mainstream; I'll need to download the files for the cd from a program like Morpheus or Kazaa. Branwen |
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11 Aug 02 - 08:54 PM (#763591) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: JennieG How about Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash had a hit with that song millions of years ago I believe? Cheers JennieG |
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11 Aug 02 - 08:57 PM (#763593) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Nigel Parsons "This Wheel's on fire" (Julie Driscoll) London's Burning Firestarter (Prodigy) Fire (Crazy world of Arthur Brown) Fire (Pointer Sisters or Springstein) Reg: The lonely glowworm (Les Barker) Nigel |
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11 Aug 02 - 09:45 PM (#763612) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Bee-dubya-ell Fire - Jimi Hendrix House Burning Down - Jimi Hendrix Fire - Bruce Springsteen I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen |
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11 Aug 02 - 09:53 PM (#763616) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Stewie 'Fire' - Dave Mallett 'Cold Missouri Waters' - James Keelaghan 'The Hubbardville Store' - Jim Ringer --Stewie. |
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11 Aug 02 - 09:59 PM (#763621) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Peg Into the Fire by Sarah McLachlan (one of her early hits and a very good one) Water, Fire and Smoke by Betsy Rose (gorgeous lyrics with a pagan bent)
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11 Aug 02 - 10:27 PM (#763631) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: masato sakurai Keep the Home Fires Burning; sheet music is HERE at the Levy Collection.
When the World's On Fire (RealPlayer file from the Honkingduck site) by The Carter Family; the tune of "This Land Is Your Land" is based on this. ~Masato |
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11 Aug 02 - 10:28 PM (#763634) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Genie Baltimore Fire Fire On The Mountain Fire (the one sung by The Pointer Sisters) Face The Fire (Dan Fogelberg) Kiss Of Fire Dancing In the Dark (Bruce Springsteen) -- "Can't start a fire ...without a spark..." |
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11 Aug 02 - 11:06 PM (#763642) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: masato sakurai Smokey the Bear |
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11 Aug 02 - 11:15 PM (#763648) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Genie Put Another Log On The Fire Set The Woods On Fire - Hank Williams The Fireship I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire The Ballad Of The Triangle Fire Smoke On The Water |
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11 Aug 02 - 11:16 PM (#763650) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Genie Sorry, Branwen, I meant that last one to be "Smoke On The Mountain." |
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12 Aug 02 - 12:04 AM (#763653) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Nancy King Dolly Parton's "Old Flames" is a favorite of mine. Cheers, Nancy |
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12 Aug 02 - 12:31 AM (#763663) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Stilly River Sage Amazing--how many of these songs I recognize. I would never have made the connection that there are so many references or images of fire in popular song. Great question. SRS |
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12 Aug 02 - 12:54 AM (#763668) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Branwen23 great suggestions, guys... keep 'em coming. branwen |
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12 Aug 02 - 01:19 AM (#763671) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,Gene They're Burnin' Down The House I Wuz Brung Up In-Elton Britt
She Burnt The Little Roadside Tavern Down-Jimmy Dean
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12 Aug 02 - 01:23 AM (#763673) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,Calico Well, if we're including THAT kind of fire, there's always "My Old Flame." If you want to include "smoke," there's the classic "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette." |
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12 Aug 02 - 01:29 AM (#763675) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Callie "We Started a Fire" - Paul Kelly "Captain Swing" ("all over Dorset the flames are leaping high ...") - Graham Moore (??) |
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12 Aug 02 - 01:37 AM (#763678) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,Gene And this one should qualify... O'LEARY's COW Recorded by: Johnny Horton Written by: Dave Stone, Ray Winkler & Leroy Morris CHORUS October eighteen seventy-one That's when this great big fire begun The windy city was a ball of flame And O'Leary's cow was the one to blame. The firemen fought for days on end They could fight the fire but they couldn't fight the wind The wind fanned the flames and it started again And nobody knew if it ever would end. She kicked up her heels without a hint Kicked the lantern over and away she went The world couldn't help but be amazed How one little cow started such a blaze. The rich and the poor were both alike Fightin' and prayin' for their life Then at last the Lord looked down And He sent a little rain to the windy town. The aftermath was a sight to see The loss of life and property The people said it was a shame But O'Lear'y's cow still caught the blame. CHORUS
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12 Aug 02 - 01:47 AM (#763680) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Yorkshire Tony The Old Dun Cow Please don't burn our s***house down (Rugby songs) My brother Bill (Corries) |
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12 Aug 02 - 01:49 AM (#763681) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,.gargoyle Summer is the season of children and campfires - here are few.
Old Mother Leary
Sincerely, |
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12 Aug 02 - 01:57 AM (#763684) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Genie The "Old Mother Leary" reference reminded me of one I heard when I was but a teenager:
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12 Aug 02 - 04:33 AM (#763712) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: masato sakurai THE SCHOOL HOUSE FIRE (written by Dorsey Dixon, John Duffy, Pete Roberts) performed by the Country Gentelmen. |
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12 Aug 02 - 04:46 AM (#763715) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Mr Happy 'young tim McGuire, loved to play with fire..' i heard someone years ago do a parody of 'Tim McGuire'- it went, 'oh, johnny dirt, loved to wear a skirt' anyone got the rest of the words please? |
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12 Aug 02 - 05:06 AM (#763723) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Banjer The Night They Burned Old Dixie Down |
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12 Aug 02 - 06:28 AM (#763736) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Mary in Kentucky Pass It On. It only takes a spark to get a fire going... |
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12 Aug 02 - 07:58 AM (#763758) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Mr Happy 'scarlet town is burning down, goodbye, goodbye' |
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12 Aug 02 - 10:31 AM (#763813) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST Wasn't that The Night They DROVE Old Dixie Down??? |
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12 Aug 02 - 10:50 AM (#763827) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Sorcha I found "Tim McGuire" (re--Mr. Happy's post above)looking for his parody. No clue as to tune. Tim McGuire Celtic lyrics site is down, link is to Google cache. |
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12 Aug 02 - 11:22 AM (#763844) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Bee-dubya-ell Play with Fire - Rolling Stones After the Fire is Gone - Willie Nelson & Tracey Nelson |
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12 Aug 02 - 11:24 AM (#763846) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Rich_and_Dee The Proclaimers have a song called "I'm Gonna Burn Your Playhouse Down". I think it might be a cover, though?
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12 Aug 02 - 11:45 AM (#763854) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: allanwill Fire in the Engine Room - Richard Thompson. Go to a site like Tab Robot and type "fire" in the search box - you'll get heaps. Allan |
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12 Aug 02 - 02:12 PM (#763948) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Bert Is your Father in Molly Malone? Molly cried "He's out" Is your Mother in Molly Malone? Molly cried "She's out" Then I'll come in by the fire and sit there alone with you. Cried sweet Moll with a smile hold your wish for a while for the fire's out too! |
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12 Aug 02 - 03:22 PM (#763991) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,Arjay I just remembered a song that Teresa Brewer recorded back in the early 1950s called "The Moon Is On Fire." It's a kind of latin beat and I still think it's a pretty good song, as pop songs of that genre go. This may not help you in your quest if you're not familiar with the song, but I just thought I'd throw it onto the wood pile, as it were. RJ |
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13 Aug 02 - 02:55 AM (#764227) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: open mike There's an old campsong we used to sing-- it goes: Rise up old flame, by thy light glowing, show to us beauty, vision and joy. I think it may be a round... perhaps only recognizeable by girl scouts, though. |
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13 Aug 02 - 10:03 AM (#764373) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST Ho-Hum!
Throw another log on the fire |
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13 Aug 02 - 10:50 AM (#764397) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,cherylee Burn Down the Mission (Elton John) What's the traditional song..."Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home...your house is on fire and your children will burn." Always scared the heck outta me when I was a kid. Lots o' good suggestions above; gotta add how much I love "Settin' the Woods on Fire" by Hank Williams. Mary Kay Place did a great version of it on her album as the country singer character on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." What was her name? Loretta? |
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13 Aug 02 - 11:29 AM (#764440) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Hecate Didn't Status Quo have something called 'Burning Bridges"? Light my fire - the doors. You will burn (Now there's a grim little song.)
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13 Aug 02 - 06:22 PM (#764710) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Genie Loretta Haggers |
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13 Aug 02 - 06:33 PM (#764723) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Banjer I guess it was DROVE and not burnt...(Ref the post somewhere back up there. I stand corrected. I guess I was thinking of the burning of Atlanta and it got turned around into a wrong song title.... |
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13 Nov 03 - 09:16 PM (#1053463) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,wmharloe@aol.com I'm looking to fine a song and singer that was in the late 1960's thAT S started like Fire, fire, i bring you fire. Can anyone help? |
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13 Nov 03 - 09:48 PM (#1053486) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: The Fooles Troupe Spike Jones's version of My Old Flame - slightly different... :-) |
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14 Nov 03 - 02:59 PM (#1053652) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: nancyjo All from the group ALABAMA - Old Flame See the Embers, Feel the Flame Burn, Georgia, Burn (There's a) Fire in the Night Dixie Fire |
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14 Nov 03 - 03:26 PM (#1053673) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,ClaireBear Could it be "Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown? ("I am the god of hell fire -- and I bring you . . .") |
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14 Nov 03 - 03:57 PM (#1053700) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Nigel Parsons "Campfire's Burning" |
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14 Nov 03 - 04:07 PM (#1053704) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Mr Red The Day the Pub Burnt Down. And the Old Dun Cow see Old Dung Cow The first one is an NZ story (in the DT) - don't believe the stories of it being Aussie - they don't have Moreporks in West Island. There was a thread about it maybe 3 or 4 years back. |
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14 Nov 03 - 04:07 PM (#1053705) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Cluin Iam Tamblyn's Campfire Light" Tamarack's (James Gordon's) The Huntsville Fire |
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14 Nov 03 - 04:10 PM (#1053708) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Mr Red there is a Campfire Songs thread - dare I mention log in? |
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14 Nov 03 - 04:15 PM (#1053713) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Cluin You mean "Put Another Log in the Fire"? |
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14 Nov 03 - 04:20 PM (#1053720) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Uncle_DaveO Would Smoke Gets In Your Eyes qualify? Dave Oesterreich |
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14 Nov 03 - 04:25 PM (#1053725) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,Big Jim from Jackson The group Schooner Fare sings a song about a boat filled with circus animals and people that catches fire. I think it's called "The Jolly Tar". Great song! |
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14 Nov 03 - 07:09 PM (#1053836) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Joe_F If you don't mind a serious one about a real fire, "Cold Missouri Waters" by James Keelaghan. |
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14 Nov 03 - 08:10 PM (#1053889) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: mg can't remember if these have been suggested: Fires of Calais by James Kellaghan also. Hearth and Fire, Gordon Bok Fire Marengo?? Burning Ring of Fire Round the campfires embers burning bright. a song about a miner who became a logger and saved his fellow loggers Sandybob of Mudcat has written a great one about a grass fire |
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14 Nov 03 - 11:04 PM (#1053957) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: mg did anyone say London's burning? g |
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15 Nov 03 - 06:44 AM (#1054040) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: cetmst Eric Bogle's Bushfire |
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15 Nov 03 - 08:12 AM (#1054068) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Gareth Then there is this verse from Tom Lehrer's My Home Town "I remember Sam, he was the village idiot, And though it seems a pity, itWas so. He loved to burn down houses just to watch the glow, And nothing could be done, Because he was the mayor's son. " Gareth |
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15 Nov 03 - 08:28 AM (#1054077) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Nigel Parsons On the subject of Tom Lehrer: Oh, we will all burn together when we burn. There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn. When it's time for the fallout And Saint Peter calls us all out, We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn. |
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15 Nov 03 - 12:08 PM (#1054170) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: open mike Michelle Schocked has one about the Volunteer Fire Dept. VFD--and some kids who were playing with matches.. it is was re-released in september http://www.michelleshocked.com/shortsharp.htm http://www.pastemusic.com/michelleshocked http://entertainment.msn.com/artist/?artist=107734 |
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15 Nov 03 - 01:53 PM (#1054217) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: SINSULL Darlin Corey "He's gonna burn your still house down" |
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15 Nov 03 - 05:37 PM (#1054327) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Bill D are we all aware that many are answering the original question from 1½ years ago? That's ok, I guess, but someone refreshed this to ask a different question which is getting mostly ignored.... |
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16 Nov 03 - 02:03 PM (#1054795) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,fred songs of fire ; the old dung cow or mcintyre a group of firemen from dublin called mcintyre sometimes sing it |
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16 Nov 03 - 02:19 PM (#1054805) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Forsh Teanage Cremation!! :{D> |
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16 Nov 03 - 05:48 PM (#1054963) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Cluin BillD, ClaireBear above already answered that question, I lay odds... to wit this song. |
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21 Nov 03 - 06:46 PM (#1058816) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,BelaHedgehog "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel. |
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22 Nov 03 - 04:33 AM (#1058994) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,Tunesmith "Tim McQuire" by Leon Rosselson( which has been mentioned previously) is a very well crafted - and very funny -song. If you are a songwriter, and want to hear a master at work, you must hear Leon - he'll inspire you. |
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20 May 04 - 12:09 AM (#1189231) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,sumguy Light my fire, by the doors |
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20 May 04 - 04:29 PM (#1190037) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST |
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21 May 04 - 09:01 AM (#1190686) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,aussie_scotty Cheap trick - The flame Bloodhound gang - The roof is on fire Prodigy - Firestarter Cold Chisel - Flame trees |
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21 May 04 - 04:55 PM (#1191038) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Charley Noble "The group Schooner Fare sings a song about a boat filled with circus animals and people that catches fire. I think it's called "The Jolly Tar". Great song!" This song is correctly titled "The Royal Tar," a circus steamer which caught fire and sank in Penobscot Bay in the mid 19th century. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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22 May 04 - 10:46 AM (#1191475) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Joe_F Guest Fred: That's "The Old *Dun* Cow" (refers to its color, not its usefulness a source of fertilizer), by Harry Wincoutt 1893. "London Mourning in Ashes", a 17th-century broadside ballad describing the Great Fire of 1666, is on Ewan MacColl's record FW 3043. |
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24 May 04 - 02:32 AM (#1192428) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: rich-joy Does anyone have the lyrics to Betsy Rose's "Water, Smoke and Fire" as mentioned earlier in this thread??? Thanks. Cheers! R-J re fire songs ": what about Paul Kelly's theme to the current ABC-TV (Oz) drama series "FireFlies" ... |
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24 May 04 - 05:52 AM (#1192534) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: erinmaidin Leonard Cohen's "Joan of Arc" |
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24 May 04 - 11:40 AM (#1192793) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,GUEST, Bob Lilley Just over a week ago, the Cross Keys pub in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, was half destoyed by fire, fortunately with no casualties unless you count the Grade 1 listed building itself. But the singers' session that met there is now looking for a new home. Perhaps I should learn all these songs... |
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24 May 04 - 04:03 PM (#1193046) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: Charley Noble My favorite arson blues was composed for my working draft of the Housing and Neighborhood Organizing Songbook after I remarked that there was lots of arson in evidence but no songs: Original Words & Music by Paul Emery © 1982 Adapted by Charlie Ipcar - 1993 Arson?s Just Business Baby, you won?t believe it, How someone could come around; Take our house, Just burn it down; Old landlord?s standing by the fire trucks, Over there with the police, Over here the kids are standing in a puddle, Hell, it?s nighttime in the streets. They all say they?re sorry, But there?s nothing they can do; Happens all the time, LA, Chicago, New York, it?s nothing new; They all got insurance And that?s the lucky thing; Ain?t no way to catch them bastards, Come and done this thing. Chorus: They?ll burn down the whole damn city, Get paid their share; What the hell?s the difference, ain?t no reason For us to be staying here; Ain?t no jobs left, Just booze, junkies and welfare; Arson?s just business, Business, it don?t care. You know, this building, Wasn?t worth much anyway; You remember how the wind blew, Baby, How the curtains you put up would sway? Got so cold, sometimes, We?d all sleep together in one bed; Burnt up everything we had, Thank God, no one?s dead. When you come home, Baby, We can drive on down the street; Of course, by then all the ashes Will be covered up with weeds; The thing is, it really scares me, All the hope and love that burnt up there; Thirty years of our life, We tried to raise a family there... The songwriter, Paul Emery of Michigan whose house did catch fire and whose vintage Gibson guitar recovered from extensive third degree burns, had this to say about his song: Losing your place is bad when it?s an accident but it?s especially hard to deal with if you know some fucker?s got paid to do it and that he?s just some minor pawn in the economic arrangement that?s responsible for you standing in the street. Warm regards, Landlady's Daughter |
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04 Jun 04 - 04:22 PM (#1200533) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,b does anyone know that reggae song that goes fire fire we dun need no water? wat is it called |
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26 May 05 - 01:17 PM (#1493715) Subject: RE: Help: Songs about fire... need help From: GUEST,A Van Halen ultra-fan The best of the bunch would be: Van Halen - On Fire Van Halen - Fire In The Hole David Lee Roth - Baby's on Fire Rye Coalition - One Daughter Hotter Than One Thousand Suns Jimi Hendrix - Fire |