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06 Jun 04 - 07:31 PM (#1201545) Subject: Help: Song about killing 'Death' anyone? From: GUEST,Jude Hello - I'm in the UK, if that matters. I heard a song at a folk club once - solo singer - played concertina (I think) - but it was a long time ago. He sang a song about a man who wrestled with 'death' and won - but it turned out bad, because then he couldn't find anything to eat and there were no seasons and he had to put it right again. It really made me think. Trouble is - I can't remember who he was or what the song was - let alone find the words Can anyone help? I will check back for reply - thank you in advance Jude |
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06 Jun 04 - 07:44 PM (#1201553) Subject: RE: Help: Song about killing 'Death' anyone? From: s&r We were once asked to perform a programme at the local Hospice, but not to have any songs about dying or death. Ninety percent of a folkie's repertoire gone... Stu |
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06 Jun 04 - 09:37 PM (#1201616) Subject: RE: Help: Song about killing 'Death' anyone? From: Jon Bartlett ... sounds like the story the Pardoner tells in Canterbury Tales... |
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07 Jun 04 - 09:53 AM (#1201948) Subject: RE: Help: Song about killing 'Death' anyone? From: McGrath of Harlow That'd be Death in a Nut, a song version by concertina player Tim Laycock, of a story told by the Scottish storyteller Duncan Williamson, and passed on through Taffy Thomas. Taffy has got the story on one of his tapes; and Tim Laycock has the song on one of his. This post by Jim Dixon has links to both those records. |
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07 Jun 04 - 04:35 PM (#1202236) Subject: RE: Help: Song about killing 'Death' anyone? From: Dave Sutherland Yes certainly Tim Laycock. However if you ever see Roy Harris in a storytelling session his "Jack And The Sack" tells a similar tale. |
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07 Jun 04 - 10:03 PM (#1202402) Subject: RE: Help: Song about killing 'Death' anyone? From: Cuilionn Anither grait sang on this topic is Hamish Henderson's "The Flyting o Life & Daith." Alison McMorland gies a fine rendition on the tribute album, "A' the Bairns o Adam", (GreenTrax CDTRAX244). It's alsae on ane o Alison's albums in the "Tradition Bearer" series, but Ah cannae reca whilk ane-- either "Ballad Tree" or "Cloudberry Day". --Cuilionn |
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07 Jun 04 - 10:23 PM (#1202408) Subject: RE: Help: Song about killing 'Death' anyone? From: GUEST,Pete Peterson I know I'm on the wrong track. . . sounds like a great song! when I saw the thread title I immeidately thought of the last verse to Northfield: "His own soft hands shall wipe the tear From every weeping eye And pain and woe and grief and fear And death itself shall die" (which we sing as the last verse to My Name is Written There) and HAVE sung at nursing homes |