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29 Jan 04 - 06:36 AM (#1104148) Subject: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: breezy O K guys,brainstorm time. I've got a bunch of songs already but I maybe missing something obvious your brief: Playing to a load of regular punters in a bar/restaurant , with P. A., so whats the sloppiest, corniest ,hackneyed and anticipated song to sin g on Valentine's day that you would pick? Go.and thanks for your contributions. enjoy I-land ,look out for guru. |
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29 Jan 04 - 06:47 AM (#1104150) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Leadfingers Dave Paskett's 'I Could Not Take My Eyes Off Her' for a start John |
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29 Jan 04 - 08:50 AM (#1104230) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Sttaw Legend Angel Eyes |
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29 Jan 04 - 08:58 AM (#1104237) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: GUEST,Sir Roger at Work Having just learned True Love Ways for next Tuesday (Feb 3rd)I'll probably recycle that. BTW whoever said that Buddy Holly songs were simple hadn't tried that one - it has nine different chords in it. R |
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29 Jan 04 - 09:03 AM (#1104245) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Amos Love Like Yours (Will Surely Come My Way) (maybe four chords) Unchained Melody The Water is WIde |
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29 Jan 04 - 09:24 AM (#1104259) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Ethereal Purple Definitely Unchained Melody. Also Stand By Me, The Way You Look Tonight, I Can't Help Falling in Love with You, You Are So Beautiful... can think of countless others :-). |
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29 Jan 04 - 09:29 AM (#1104263) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Dave Hanson Great love song according to John Hartford, ' Shove That Hogs Leg Further In The Bed ' eriv |
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29 Jan 04 - 10:44 AM (#1104321) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: 42 how about first time ever I saw your face? |
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29 Jan 04 - 10:45 AM (#1104325) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: breezy Ta 42 |
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29 Jan 04 - 03:47 PM (#1104555) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Menolly This is sickly sweet but I will be singing it onhte day. Valentine's Day Ssong by Monni Aldous 1/ As I awoke on Valentines morning The February sun was shining above And chalked upon my garden wall There was this message from my love If I fill your arms with flowers If I fill your glass with wine If I fill your soul with sweet love songs Will you be mine, mine, mine? 2/ Then I called out to my dear mother And she rose up from her bed I showed her the message on the garden wall And this is what she read If I fill your arms with flowers If I fill your glass with wine If I fill your soul with sweet love songs Will you be mine, mine, mine? 3/ Tell me what should I do dear mother? Such a sweet love message have I. You should take this piece of chalk And you should write him this reply If you fill my arms with flowers If you fill my glass with wine If you fill my soul with sweet love songs Then I'll be thine, thine, thine. 4/ I always do what my mother tells me So to William's cottage I walked And as he has no garden wall Upon his garden path I chalked If you fill my arms with flowers If you fill my glass with wine If you fill my soul with sweet love songs Then I'll be thine, thine, thine. 5/ When my William came home in the evening After plowing the fields all day He found this message chalked on his garden path And this is what it did say If you fill my arms with flowers If you fill my glass with wine If you fill my soul with sweet love songs Then I'll be thine, thine, thine. 6/ Now you all have heard my story Soon my William and I will be wed But I'll never forget that Valentines Day And what those true love messages said If I fill your arms with flowers If I fill your glass with wine If I fill your soul with sweet love songs Will you be mine, mine, mine? If you fill my arms with flowers If you fill my glass with wine If you fill my soul with sweet love songs Then I'll be thine, thine, thine. If you fill my soul with sweet love songs Then I'll be thine, thine, thine. |
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29 Jan 04 - 03:53 PM (#1104558) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: GUEST,Ed sloppiest, corniest ,hackneyed That would be 'Lady in Red' surely? |
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29 Jan 04 - 03:58 PM (#1104562) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Amergin roll me in the clover the moose song... let's get drunk and screw |
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29 Jan 04 - 05:50 PM (#1104644) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: breezy Well Menolly thats a good un Is there a traddie tune or will I have to make up mine own? pm if you like. Dont suppose you're near st Albans herts u K!!! thanks Amergin, only know 'roll me over', from your list, but I get the drift. Nothing like subtlty, and thats nothing like subtlty. Cheers guest ed, that'll balance with Robin Laing's 'Black Clothes' Keep em coming !!! |
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30 Jan 04 - 03:07 AM (#1104918) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Kaleea "My Funny Valentine" is pretty much a sentimental favorite torch song, considered by many to be corny, & possibly the most anticipated song for the day. For more corn, one might also review the songs of "The Carpenters" and Barry Manilow. (Don't mean to offend Manilow lovers everywhere, but that is a common opinion.) |
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30 Jan 04 - 02:27 PM (#1105334) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Walking Eagle Bill Staines - - Roseville Fair> Jimmy Buffett - - Come Monday> Stan Rodgers - - Forty-five Years. |
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30 Jan 04 - 03:13 PM (#1105370) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Zany Mouse Breezy - the Valentine Day Song by Monni is sung on the "On Request" album by Mal Waite if that is any help. If you can't find it then I'm sure Mick could post the ABC tune for you. I personally think it is one of the more boring songs in the whole world! (Sorry, Monni - I love almost everything else you've written) Rhiannon |
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30 Jan 04 - 04:18 PM (#1105428) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Walking Eagle Oops! Misread the subject. THe songs I suggested are ones I like. |
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30 Jan 04 - 05:22 PM (#1105475) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Menolly Zany Mouse has correctly identified where I got it from, and unfortunately I have not come across anything else Monni has written. Don't know the origins of the tune, but I could always sing it to you over the phone ! :-) |
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30 Jan 04 - 05:30 PM (#1105482) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: dick greenhaus My goodness! of all the songs mentioned, only one predates the 20th century. On a folk site, too. tsk.tsk. |
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30 Jan 04 - 06:40 PM (#1105526) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Zany Mouse Menolly: If you can track down some of Monni's stuff you'll find that she does a lot of extremely funny (but subtle) songs. She goes to Sidmouth every year and inhabits the Theatre Bar. She has a folk club somewhere in Essex but I can't rmember offhand where it is. She has recorded some albums but I'm not sure if they are still commercially available. I'm sure another Catter will come up with something. I know Herga Kitty, for one, knows her. Rhiannon |
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30 Jan 04 - 09:18 PM (#1105590) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Mudlark If you're looking for corn, the 20th c. is the place to find it. On the other hand, a very old, yet contemporary sounding love song: Where does it lead, this strange young love of mine Only heaven and the lilies know Where does it lead, this strange young love of mine I must go down where the lilies grow Play on the lily reeds, lowly low Play to him tell he heeds to my woe.... Where does it lead, this strange young love of mine Anywhere it takes me I will go. And the lily theme reminds me of Lagen Love, another beauty. |
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30 Jan 04 - 09:25 PM (#1105593) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Mrs.Duck For us there is only one song and that is Roseville Fair |
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31 Jan 04 - 10:11 AM (#1105842) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: dick greenhaus There is a lady, sweet and kind..... or Were I laid on Greenland's coast.. or Oh mistress mine... there are, literally, thousands of traditional love songs. NOT corny. |
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31 Jan 04 - 11:54 AM (#1105912) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Matt_R The Amalgamated Eskimo Nell |
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31 Jan 04 - 02:47 PM (#1106035) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Menolly For an old song - what about John Anderson my Jo ? Preferably not the cleaned up Burns verion. |
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01 Feb 04 - 10:33 AM (#1106520) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: GUEST,Mac Steve Goodman did a wonderful song called "Old Fashioned" on his album "Words We Can Dance To" I did it at an open mic the other night. I asked "Trish" if she would be my valentine...she said she would, making it 36 years in a row....just lucky, I guess. Anyway, the crowd seem to like it and I think Trish did too. Mac |
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01 Feb 04 - 12:19 PM (#1106582) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: breezy very lucky |
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01 Feb 04 - 05:22 PM (#1106745) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: GUEST,Johnny in OKC I'll be playing "Body and Soul" by Johnny Green, 1930, considered pretty hot stuff in its day. Love, Johnny |
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01 Feb 04 - 06:08 PM (#1106782) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: open mike long blaCK veil describes a love that is so true--but secret.. and in Lady franklin's lament she is pining for her lost love.. Holly Near and Chris Williamson have Valentine Song on their latest cd oh i guess these are not necessarily corny.. i am gathering material for my radio show which will be on feb 14, so these are among the tunes i am planning to include... others that come to mind are Laurie lewis' "Love Chooses YOu" and Kathy Matea's "Where've you been" , and the ultimate love song is Kate Wolf's Give Yourself to Love... |
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02 Feb 04 - 06:36 AM (#1107117) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: breezy hi open Mike Maybe El Greko's song 'By and By' might interest you. He wrote it for his wife last year for V day. Its very popular in these clandestine parts. It also celebrates their '30 years down the line - so why does it seem an instant?' together. A very touching song without the predictable soppiness. Well worth a listen. j |
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02 Feb 04 - 11:29 AM (#1107342) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: GUEST,GUEST, Mac David Wilcox has written dozens of clever love songs....."Start With The Ending," "Good Together," "Language Of The Heart," "Kindness," etc., etc.,....one starts off..."Do I dare believe and let love lead my life" (interesting thought) You might want to check out his website....great stuff. Mac |
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02 Feb 04 - 09:41 PM (#1107798) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: aibreán I always found "Gently Johnny My Jingalo" (the less wholesome version) a bit cheesy, thanks to too many viewings of The Wicker Man... A. |
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03 Feb 04 - 03:45 AM (#1107946) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: George Papavgeris Thanks for the plug, Breezy. I know you do great justice to "By And By". You can also try "Valentine", track 9 on the "Perfect Moments" album. That's the one that plays on the theme that all usual gifts are transient, so a song is the best way to show the permanence of feelings. No chorus on that one, though... |
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22 Feb 04 - 12:58 PM (#1121127) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: breezy Rose Of Allandale got em going Sarted at 8.30 and finished at 10.00 with agig sorted for Paddy's night thanks all |
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22 Feb 04 - 01:22 PM (#1121144) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Uncle_DaveO It's hard for me to believe that no-one has suggested these: Let me call you sweetheart and I love you truly Dave Oesterreich |
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14 Feb 09 - 07:15 AM (#2566633) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: JamesBerriman This morning puts me in mind of a favourite song, 'Midnight Feast'. "dare I declare this morning love turned evening deep." - Lal Waterson. |
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14 Feb 09 - 07:24 AM (#2566644) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: Beer Sometimes When We Touch......Dan Hill Beer (adrien) |
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14 Feb 09 - 07:43 AM (#2566653) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: john f weldon A Bit Like Love Tight Hat Getting to Know Her |
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14 Feb 09 - 07:45 AM (#2566655) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: john f weldon About the above: The first is the sappiest. The other two may make up for it. |
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14 Feb 09 - 08:16 AM (#2566676) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: oldhippie Plain and Simple Love - Holly Near 45 Years - Stan Rogers The Trumpet Vine - Kate Wolf and that coffee in bed this morning song by Tom Paxton |
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14 Feb 09 - 08:48 AM (#2566686) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: topical tom "Home to Me (is Anywhere You Are) by Tom Paxton. |
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14 Feb 09 - 11:10 AM (#2566761) Subject: RE: love songs 4 Valentine's day From: GUEST,leeneia Braw, braw lads. A song of love and hope. |