#folksong — Public Fediverse posts
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"Gotta Travel On" is an American #folksong. The earliest known version was printed in #CarlSandburg's #TheAmericanSongbag in 1927 under the title "Yonder Comes the High Sheriff" and several variations were recorded in the 1920s, but the best known version is credited to #PaulClayton, #TheWeavers, Larry Ehrlich, and Dave Lazer and was first recorded by #PeteSeeger in 1958. A 1958 recording by #BillyGrammer backed by the #AnitaKerr Singers reached #4 on the #USPopChart.
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One of my favorite renditions of Mississippi John Hurt by Josiah Wolf:
https://josiahwolf.bandcamp.com/track/let-the-mermaids-flirt-with-me
#music #folksong #mississippijohnhurt #ambient #kalimba #folkmusic
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Joelle Hannert's 'Butcher Boy':
https://allinthemerrymonthofmay.bandcamp.com/track/butchers-boy
'Merry Old Soul' w/ anti-fascist-zine:
https://premohannert.bandcamp.com/album/merry-old-soul#folkmusic #music #homerecording #taperecording #banjo #folksong
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The late Joe Aitken sings Adam McNaughtan’s “Yellow on the Broom” at Cromar Folk Club
3/3
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When the yellow’s on the broom, when the yellow’s on the broom,
Oh, I’ll tak’ ye on the road again when the yellow’s on the broom…—Adam McNaughtan, “Yellow on the Broom”
The song was inspired by Betsy Whyte’s 1979 autobiography THE YELLOW ON THE BROOM: The Early Days of a Traveller Woman
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Byron’s poem ☝️ borrows from the Scottish song “The Jolly Beggar” – often attributed to King James V (who reputedly liked to disguise himself as “the Gudeman of Ballangeich” to enjoy amorous adventures)
From Cromek’s SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS (1810):
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#Scottish #literature #Byron #LordByron #song #folksong #16thcentury #earlymodern
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Byron’s poem ☝️ borrows from the Scottish song “The Jolly Beggar” – often attributed to King James V (who reputedly liked to disguise himself as “the Gudeman of Ballangeich” to enjoy amorous adventures)
From Cromek’s SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS (1810):
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#Scottish #literature #Byron #LordByron #song #folksong #16thcentury #earlymodern
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Byron’s poem ☝️ borrows from the Scottish song “The Jolly Beggar” – often attributed to King James V (who reputedly liked to disguise himself as “the Gudeman of Ballangeich” to enjoy amorous adventures)
From Cromek’s SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS (1810):
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#Scottish #literature #Byron #LordByron #song #folksong #16thcentury #earlymodern
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Byron’s poem ☝️ borrows from the Scottish song “The Jolly Beggar” – often attributed to King James V (who reputedly liked to disguise himself as “the Gudeman of Ballangeich” to enjoy amorous adventures)
From Cromek’s SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS (1810):
2/4
#Scottish #literature #Byron #LordByron #song #folksong #16thcentury #earlymodern
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Byron’s poem ☝️ borrows from the Scottish song “The Jolly Beggar” – often attributed to King James V (who reputedly liked to disguise himself as “the Gudeman of Ballangeich” to enjoy amorous adventures)
From Cromek’s SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS (1810):
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#Scottish #literature #Byron #LordByron #song #folksong #16thcentury #earlymodern
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5/10
In “Highland Songs of the ’45”, the National Trust for Scotland shares original audio recordings of Gaelic songs collected by archivist John Lorne Campbell from Cannahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i3knfjXaYI
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #Culloden #Jacobites #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #song #folksong
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“As a patterned textile, [tartan] features straight lines, right angles, bright colours, and no ambiguity; as a symbol, its lines become fuzzy, its angles circular, its colours muddied, and its meaning polysemic.”
—Ellen R. Beard, “When Tartan Was Not Fake: The Disclothing Act in Gaelic Song”
4/4
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2022/06/when-tartan-was-not-fake-the-disclothing-act-in-gaelic-song/
#Scottish #literature #culture #history #tartan #TartanDay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #song #folksong
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"The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song adapted from an old #English #folkSong in 1956 by #JerryLivingston and #PaulFrancisWebster. Various recording artists have had chart hits with "The Twelfth of Never", including #JohnnyMathis, #CliffRichard, #DonnyOsmond and #SlimWhitman.
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“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)
22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭
🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)
#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals
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“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)
22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭
🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)
#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals
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“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)
22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭
🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)
#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals
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“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)
22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭
🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)
#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals
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“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)
22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭
🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)
#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals
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Periodic reminder for #FolksongFriday that Pete Coe’s “Sound of Hohner” is absolutely brilliant.
#Melodeon #Diato #DiatonicAccordion #Accordion #ButtonAccordion #Folk #FolkSong #FolkMusic #Music
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"Wooden Heart" is a pop song recorded by #ElvisPresley. The composition is based on a German #folkSong "#MussIDenn" (lit. Must I then) and it was featured in the 1960 Elvis Presley film #GIBlues. The song was a #hitSingle for Presley in the #UKSinglesChart, reaching No. 1 for six weeks in March and April 1961.
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"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 folk-pop singers, including #theKingstonTrio, #WeFive, #TheChadMitchellTrio, #GordonLightfoot, and #PeterPaulAndMary. It became a major international hit for #RobertaFlack in 1972.
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We’ll All Stick Together and Win. #protestsong #folksong #newfolk #antifa #democracy #resist #resistance https://youtu.be/2PPnLGv_QBE
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Robert Burns’s “Ae Fond Kiss” – a lament for partings, & lost loves – is his most recorded song. Here’s a beautiful version performed by Robyn Stapleton, from her album Songs of Robert Burns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax021N4iaFU
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #BurnsNight #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury #music #song #folksong #lovesong
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Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, and then forever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee…—Robert Burns
published in SELECTED POEMS & SONGS (OUP, 2013)https://global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324
#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #BurnsNight #poetry #romanticism #18thcentury #song #folksong #lovesong
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"Tom Dooley" (#Roud 4192) is a traditional North Carolina #folkSong based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in #WilkesCountyNorthCarolina by #TomDula (whose name in the local dialect was pronounced "Dooley"). One of the more famous #murderBallads, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by #TheKingstonTrio reached No. 1 on the #Billboard #Hot100 singles chart, was in the top 10 on the Billboard R&B chart, and appeared in the #Cashbox Country Music Top 20.
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Objectively the best Christmas carol, so I have to share it as I do every year. The great JK’s “Chariots”
#JohnKirkpatrick #Accordion #AccordionMusic #FolkSong #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad
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Objectively the best Christmas carol, so I have to share it as I do every year. The great JK’s “Chariots”
#JohnKirkpatrick #Accordion #AccordionMusic #FolkSong #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad
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Objectively the best Christmas carol, so I have to share it as I do every year. The great JK’s “Chariots”
#JohnKirkpatrick #Accordion #AccordionMusic #FolkSong #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad
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Objectively the best Christmas carol, so I have to share it as I do every year. The great JK’s “Chariots”
#JohnKirkpatrick #Accordion #AccordionMusic #FolkSong #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad
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Objectively the best Christmas carol, so I have to share it as I do every year. The great JK’s “Chariots”
#JohnKirkpatrick #Accordion #AccordionMusic #FolkSong #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad
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"Gotta Travel On" is an American #folksong. The earliest known version was printed in #CarlSandburg's #TheAmericanSongbag in 1927 under the title "Yonder Comes the High Sheriff" and several variations were recorded in the 1920s, but the best known version is credited to #PaulClayton, #TheWeavers, Larry Ehrlich, and Dave Lazer and was first recorded by #PeteSeeger in 1958. A 1958 recording by #BillyGrammer backed by the #AnitaKerr Singers reached #4 on the #USPopChart.
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The broken remains of James Macpherson’s fiddle are held in the Clan Macpherson Museum, Newtonmore. They also have the original Banff town clock, reputedly set forward by 45 minutes to ensure that Macpherson was executed before an expected reprieve could arrive.
7/7
https://www.clanmacphersonmuseum.org.uk
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #earlymodern #Romani #poem #poetry #song #folksong #fiddle
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Jamie Macpherson’s Fiddle: Decolonisation, and Representing Gypsy/Traveller Communities in the Clan Macpherson Museum
—Rhona Ramsay & Jim MacPherson, NORTHERN SCOTLAND 15/2, 2024 – available free from Edinburgh University Press on Open Access
6/7
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/nor.2024.0317
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #earlymodern #Romani #poem #poetry #song #folksong #fiddle #decolonial
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Another version of “Macpherson’s Rant”, performed by The Corries for BBC Scotland
5/7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_euUOCcLuw&list=RDb_euUOCcLuw&start_radio=1
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #earlymodern #Romani #poem #poetry #song #folksong #fiddle
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The Scots Language Centre website has a version of the traditional lyrics – along with an audio recording of “MacPherson's Rant” performed by Ewan McVicar, vocal & guitar, with Colin Campbell on the fiddle.
4/7
https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/449/type/referance
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #earlymodern #Romani #poem #poetry #song #folksong #fiddle
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Mac/McPherson’s Rant/Lament/Farewell etc. persisted as a folk song in various forms. Robert Burns produced a version “written for this work” for the SCOTS MUSICAL MUSEUM vol.2 (1788). It diverges from the traditional lyrics but keeps the same tune.
3/7
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87796835
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #earlymodern #Romani #poem #poetry #song #folksong #fiddle #RobertBurns
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“Forasmeikle as you James Macpherson, pannal, are found guilty by ane verdict of ane assyse, to be knoun, holden, and repute to be Egiptian and a wagabond…”
The 1609 “Act against the Egyptians” made it lawful to execute people for being, or even just suspected of being, ethnically Romani
2/7
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #earlymodern #Romani #poem #poetry #song #folksong #racism
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Outlaw, fiddler, & folk hero James Macpherson (c.1675–1700) was hanged #OTD, 16 November, for being Romani. Prior to his execution Macpherson composed his famous “Rant”. Macpherson sang this lament on the gallows & smashed his fiddle before meeting his fate
1/7
#Scottish #literature #history #18thcentury #earlymodern #Romani #poem #poetry #song #folksong
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"Wooden Heart" is a pop song recorded by #ElvisPresley. The composition is based on a German #folkSong "#MussIDenn" (lit. Must I then) and it was featured in the 1960 Elvis Presley film #GIBlues. The song was a #hitSingle for Presley in the #UKSinglesChart, reaching No. 1 for six weeks in March and April 1961.
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"Gotta Travel On" is an American #folksong. The earliest known version was printed in #CarlSandburg's #TheAmericanSongbag in 1927 under the title "Yonder Comes the High Sheriff" and several variations were recorded in the 1920s, but the best known version is credited to #PaulClayton, #TheWeavers, Larry Ehrlich, and Dave Lazer and was first recorded by #PeteSeeger in 1958. A 1958 recording by #BillyGrammer backed by the #AnitaKerr Singers reached #4 on the #USPopChart.
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"Wreck-less (folk)" added today to the pre-release tracks on Mirlo for my upcoming folk album, HOW TO RISE AND KEEP RISING
#folksong #PreviewRelease
https://mirlo.space/stan-stewart-muz4now/release/how-to-rise-and-keep-rising?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40muz4now%40mastodon.world -
Smithsonian: The Only Recording of Woody Guthrie Singing the Protest Song ‘Deportee’ Has Been Released for the First Time
The singer-songwriter recorded the audio on a reel-to-reel tape machine in his apartment in the 1950s. Now, the previously unheard song has been restored using A.I. audio technology
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-only-recording-of-woody-guthrie-singing-the-protest-song-deportee-has-been-released-for-the-first-time-180987084/
#smithsonian #music #WoodyGuthrie #Guthrie #protest #Deportee #recording #folk #FolkMusic #folksong #AI #artificialintelligence #restoration -
"Promised Land" is a song lyric written by #ChuckBerry to the melody of "#WabashCannonball", an American #folkSong. The song was first recorded in this version by Berry in 1964 for his album #StLouisToLiverpool. Released in December 1964, it was Berry's fourth single issued following his prison term for a #MannAct conviction. The record peaked at number 41 in the #Billboard charts on January 16, 1965.
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"La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz, also known as "La Bomba". The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "#The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. "#LaBamba" has been #covered by numerous other artists.
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Why weep ye by the tide, ladie?
Why weep ye by the tide?
I’ll wed ye to my youngest son,
And ye sall be his bride…“The first stanza of this ballad is ancient. The others were written for Mr Campbell’s ALBYN’S ANTHOLOGY”
“Jock of Hazeldean” (Child 293), by Sir Walter Scott – sung by Jean Redpath
10/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbzUR8MFWTk
#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #Romanticism #19thcentury #ballads #folksong #music
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#shortsbreak #shorts #music #US #USA #country #folk #folksong #ICE #trump #fascism #fcknazis #politics #JesseWelles
"...if you lack control and authority come with me and hunt down minorities, join ICE..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGHf7OvglM&ab_channel=JesseWelles
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"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a #folkSong written by American singer-songwriter #PeteSeeger in 1955. Inspired lyrically by the traditional #Cossack folk song "Koloda-Duda", Seeger borrowed an Irish melody for the music, and published the first three verses in #SingOut magazine. Additional verses were added in May 1960 by #JoeHickerson, who turned it into a circular song. Its rhetorical "where?" and meditation on death place the song in the #ubiSunt tradition.
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Listen to Ossian’s version of Robert Burns’ “Corn Rigs”, from their 1981 album SEAL SONG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6f21Bdsbg&list=PLF04F88F9D6E44609
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
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It was upon a Lammas night,
When corn rigs are bonie,
Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,
I held awa to Annie…—Robert Burns, “Corn Rigs”
pages from Robert Burns: Selected Poems & Songs (OUP, 2013)Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage
