August: When I See The Blood
You TubeVideo, and another YouTube Video
September: Glorious Church
October: Just Over In The Gloryland
November: Count Your Blessings
Video
February: I'll Fly Away
Lyrics
March: I'd Rather Be An Old-Time Christian
Lyrics
February: I'll Fly Away
Lyrics
March: I'd Rather Be An Old-Time Christian
Lyrics
Video - Sung by Kingsmen Quartet
Albert E. Brumley Bio page and more info here (this article mentions Mr.Bartlett. His bio is here).
Albert E. Brumley song list and sheet music.
I also thought the kids would enjoy some folk songs this year so here's what we did for that:
(I cut and paste the info from a word file I made using resources from Ambleside Online:)
Nov: Simple Gifts (info) * * "Simple Gifts" is a Shaker song written and composed in 1848 by Elder Joseph Brackett. It has endured many inaccurate descriptions. Though often classified as an anonymous Shaker hymn or as a work song, it is better classified as a dance song.[1]
Dec: Now is the Hour * (In Maori The Māori (Māori pronunciation: [ˈmaːɔɾi], English: /ˈmaʊəri/)[6] are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. The Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages at some time before 1300 CE. and English) "Now Is the Hour" is a popular song, though often described as a traditional Māori song. It first became known in 1913 when it was published by W.H.Paling and Co as a piano-variations piece in Australia, called Swiss Cradle Song and credited to an Australian, Clement Scott.
Feb: Log Driver's Waltz * * "The Log Driver's Waltz" is a Canadian folk song, written by Wade Hemsworth. The song celebrates the profession of logdriving, a practice in the lumber industry which involved transporting felled timber by having workers walk or run on the logs as they floated down rivers. This occupation required a great deal of strength and physical agility, and Hemsworth was struck by how much the sight of log drivers at work resembled dancing.
Mar: A Man's A Man for A'That (info) * ("Should'a been Scotland's national anthem...") ** "Is There for Honest Poverty", commonly known as "A Man's a Man for A' That", is a 1795[1] Scots song by Robert Burns, famous for its expression of egalitarian ideas of society, which may be seen as expressing the ideas of liberalism that arose in the 18th century, and anticipating those of socialism which arose in the 19th century.
Apr: Click Go the Shears * "Click Go the Shears" is a traditional Australian folk song. The song details a day's work for a sheepshearer in the days before machine shears. The enduring popularity of this song reflects the traditional role that the wool industry has played in Australian life. The song describes the various roles in the shearingshed, including the "ringer", the "boss of the board", the "colonial experience man" and the "tar boy".
Albert E. Brumley Bio page and more info here (this article mentions Mr.Bartlett. His bio is here).
Albert E. Brumley song list and sheet music.
I also thought the kids would enjoy some folk songs this year so here's what we did for that:
(I cut and paste the info from a word file I made using resources from Ambleside Online:)
Aug: Aiken Drum (info) * (Scottish
version: * with lyrics and the Aiken Drum folk tale) "Aiken
Drum" is a popular Scottish folk song and nurseryrhyme, which probably has its origins in a Jacobite song about the Battle of Sheriffmuir (1715).
Sep: The Ash Grove (info) * * * image of ash trees The Ash Grove (Welsh: Llwyn Onn) is a traditional Welsh folk song whose melody has been set to numerous sets of lyrics. The most
well-known was written, in English, by John Oxenford in the 19th century.
The first published version of the tune
was in 1802 in "The Bardic Museum". The book was written by EdwardJones, a harpist. About 4 years later a version with words appeared, under
the name "Llwyn Onn". It tells of a sailor's love for "Gwen of
Llwyn". At the end of the song, Gwen unfortunately passes away, and in one
version of the piece, the writer talks about him mourning and that she is lying
" 'neath the shades of the lonely ash grove". The tune might be much
older, as a similar tune appears in "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay
(1728), in the song "Cease Your Funning". In 1922, however Kidson
claimed that John Gay's tune derives from the morris dance tune
"Constant Billy", which is first known in Playford's "Dancing
Master".
Oct: The Lion Sleeps Tonight * * "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also
known as "Wimoweh" and
originally as "Mbube",
is a song recorded by SolomonLinda and the Evening Birds[1] for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. It was covered internationally by many 1950s pop and
folk revival artists, including TheWeavers, JimmyDorsey, Yma Sumac, MiriamMakeba, and TheKingston Trio. In 1961, it became a number one hit in the U.S. as
adapted by the doo-wop group The Tokens. It went on to earn at least 15 million US dollars in
royalties from covers and film licensing. Then, in the mid-nineties, it became
a pop "supernova" (in the words of South African writer Rian Malan)
when WarnerBros.promoted its AceVentura films and licensed to Walt Disney for use in the film The LionKing, its spin-off TV series and live musical, prompting a lawsuit on behalf of the impoverished
descendants of Solomon Linda. "Mbube" (Zulu: lion) was written in the 1920s by Solomon Linda, a South African singer of Zulu origin, who worked for the Gallo Record Company as a cleaner and record packer, and who performed with a
choir, The Evening Birds,
Videos: Kingston
Trio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBkW3Qbq2Dw&feature=related
Solomon Linda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrQT4WkbNE
Nov: Simple Gifts (info) * * "Simple Gifts" is a Shaker song written and composed in 1848 by Elder Joseph Brackett. It has endured many inaccurate descriptions. Though often classified as an anonymous Shaker hymn or as a work song, it is better classified as a dance song.[1]
Dec: Now is the Hour * (In Maori The Māori (Māori pronunciation: [ˈmaːɔɾi], English: /ˈmaʊəri/)[6] are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. The Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages at some time before 1300 CE. and English) "Now Is the Hour" is a popular song, though often described as a traditional Māori song. It first became known in 1913 when it was published by W.H.Paling and Co as a piano-variations piece in Australia, called Swiss Cradle Song and credited to an Australian, Clement Scott.
Jan: Carrickfergus * ("the
water is wide...") ** This song was first known as The Sick Young Lover.
The song as it evolved may be a combination of two songs, one English and one
Irish. Abroadsheet containing both English and phoenetic Irish verses was printed by Haly in
Cork circa 1830.*
Feb: Log Driver's Waltz * * "The Log Driver's Waltz" is a Canadian folk song, written by Wade Hemsworth. The song celebrates the profession of logdriving, a practice in the lumber industry which involved transporting felled timber by having workers walk or run on the logs as they floated down rivers. This occupation required a great deal of strength and physical agility, and Hemsworth was struck by how much the sight of log drivers at work resembled dancing.
Mar: A Man's A Man for A'That (info) * ("Should'a been Scotland's national anthem...") ** "Is There for Honest Poverty", commonly known as "A Man's a Man for A' That", is a 1795[1] Scots song by Robert Burns, famous for its expression of egalitarian ideas of society, which may be seen as expressing the ideas of liberalism that arose in the 18th century, and anticipating those of socialism which arose in the 19th century.
Apr: Click Go the Shears * "Click Go the Shears" is a traditional Australian folk song. The song details a day's work for a sheepshearer in the days before machine shears. The enduring popularity of this song reflects the traditional role that the wool industry has played in Australian life. The song describes the various roles in the shearingshed, including the "ringer", the "boss of the board", the "colonial experience man" and the "tar boy".
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