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#folksong — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson – Leaving St Kilda

    At last we turn away, and see them
    leading us: bow-riding dolphins,
    our grey familiars,
    and thirty gannets in a line
    drawing straight from Boreray:
    a gannet guard
    for this far passage,
    for the leaving of St Kilda.

    A collaboration between folk musician Alasdair Roberts & poet Robin Robertson, from their album Hirta Songs.

    youtube.com/watch?v=h2RUTp8vlkU

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #folksong #folkmusic #StKilda #islands

  2. Out of the Shadows

    On BBC Sounds: singer & storyteller Karine Polwart tells the story of how a crater on Mercury came to be named after the 18th-century Scottish poet & songwriter Carolina Oliphant

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    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qdgg

    #Scottish #literature #song #folksong #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #astronomy #romanticism #Mercury

  3. O rowan tree, o rowan tree,
    Thou’lt aye be dear tae me,
    Entwin’d thou art wi mony ties
    O hame and infancy…

    Hear Hannah Rarity & Innes White sing Carolina Oliphant’s “The Rowan Tree”

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    youtube.com/watch?v=KMrldnhS_MY

    #Scottish #literature #song #folksong #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage

  4. The Laird o’ Cockpen, he’s proud an’ he’s great,
    His mind is ta’en up wi’ the things o’ the State…

    Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766–1845) was born #OTD, 16 Aug. Oliphant wrote over 100 popular songs to traditional Scottish tunes. Although she shunned publicity & never acknowledged her authorship, along with Robert Burns she is one of the most significant figures in Scottish folksong

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    #Scottish #literature #song #folksong #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage

  5. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various singers and became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972, winning #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-eO3jTVU

  6. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various singers and became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972, winning #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-eO3jTVU

  7. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various singers and became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972, winning #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-eO3jTVU

  8. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various singers and became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972, winning #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-eO3jTVU

  9. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 #folkSong written by British political singer-songwriter #EwanMacColl for #PeggySeeger, who later became his third wife. At that time, MacColl was still married to his second wife, Jean Newlove. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various singers and became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972, winning #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-eO3jTVU

  10. 🎶 thekidshouldseethis.com/post/h

    Playing Liza and Henry in #song, folk singer #Odetta and singer, actor, and activist #HarryBelafonte sing the circular children’s song A Hole in the Bucket. This December #1959 performance was a part of Tonight With #Belafonte, a nationally televised special described on IMDB as “a musical trip through Black America.”

    #video #music #songs #folksong #restinpower #1950s #1960s #television