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15 Oct 06 - 11:42 AM (#1859378) Subject: Lyr Req: 'If All The Grasses Are Yellow'? From: GUEST,oldhippie Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics for a song that starts: If all the grasses are yellow Then what color are the tears That are shed for all the young fellows In the armies along the frontier |
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15 Oct 06 - 12:39 PM (#1859418) Subject: Lyr Add: ANTHEM OF THE RAINBOW (Tollis, Cosbey) From: Richard Bridge Nice to see someone else sing it other than my late wife and hence our daughter and me! Do you know anything about the songwriters? I have the recording by Odetta. Does anyone know of any others? ANTHEM OF THE RAINBOW Forest Tollis and Robert Cosbey Jr If all the grasses are yellow What colour are the tears That are shed for all the young fellows In the armies along the frontiers? Ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh. If all the grasses are purple What colour is the sky Under which young men are marching Though none know the reason why? Once you dressed in the colour of flowers But now you're dressed in black And watch at the window for hours For the men to come marching back. And what if poppies are orange And what if roses are red? What cares a girl for flowers When the one she loves is dead? If all the rivers are golden And silver the colour of rain When will a maid and her soldier Be together again? And what does it matter If October leaves are brown If your love since last September Has been sleeping 'neath the ground? Rpt 1st verse. |
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16 Oct 06 - 02:38 AM (#1860013) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If All The Grasses Are Yellow'? From: Richard Bridge Hello guest, did you pick this up? If so I can let the thread die, fine song though that this is. |
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16 Oct 06 - 07:36 AM (#1860163) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If All The Grasses Are Yellow'? From: GUEST,oldhippie I did, many thanks, let's see if anyone comes up with recordings. I'll search for the Odetta one. |
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16 Oct 06 - 08:48 AM (#1860211) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If All The Grasses Are Yellow'? From: Richard Bridge Where did you get it from if not from there? |
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16 Oct 06 - 09:16 AM (#1860237) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If All The Grasses Are Yellow'? From: Peace It is discussed on www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=91157&messages=1 |
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16 Oct 06 - 11:41 AM (#1860393) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If All The Grasses Are Yellow'? From: Richard Bridge Yes, thank you Peace, I do remember that thread (in which I participated) and it rather led nowhere. I did try to follow up that suggestion as to authorship, and found no better clues. Better luck this time eh? |
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16 Oct 06 - 06:14 PM (#1860768) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If All The Grasses Are Yellow'? From: GUEST,oldhippie I have a recording on a CD, copied from an old reel-to-reel tape, hence no id of artist. Female singer sounds very British, certainly not Odetta's voice. |
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17 Oct 06 - 04:17 AM (#1861074) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If All The Grasses Are Yellow'? From: Richard Bridge I'd like to hear that - please go to other thread for details. |
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20 Oct 06 - 08:44 PM (#1864740) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If all the grasses are yellow' From: Richard Bridge Hello OldHippie please email (or join and PM) me. |
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20 Oct 06 - 09:00 PM (#1864754) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If all the grasses are yellow' From: Richard Bridge Wanker |