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| a very old children's song (I think) | 9/5/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: My grandmother taught my mother, who taught me a song named "Johnny Forbeck" at least that's the way ...
A: Take a look on http://www.themoonlitroad.com/archives/sausageghost/sausageghost_cbg001.html and ...
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| songs from early 70's | 8/24/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: Who sang the song from the early 70's with the lyrics I'm a crazy lady and I love you?
A: I don't know this song, but I'm sure of one thing - I'm afraid it isn't folk music. There are a few ...
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| Folk Song of the 60s | 8/22/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: I am trying to find a song from the 60's which contained the words,"mayor of the parking lot". Any ...
A: This is out of my range of expertise - Scottish traditional songs don't have mayors or parking lots ...
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| Airy Irish cover of "What a Wonderful World" | 8/2/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: A couple years back, I heard a cover of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" by a woman with ...
A: I'm not sure if it classifies as folk either ... actually it doesn't, it's Jazz / Blues ... but my ...
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| scotish folk | 7/26/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: i seen a band called "the fife" about 10 years ago at a festival in Rosyth , Fife . i bought a tape ...
A: This sounds like me on several occasions. You see a great band, you get the tape, it gets lost, ...
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| Real song of parody | 7/25/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I just came across a very rude Eskimo-Nell-like parody on Youtube of some obviously famous North ...
A: Rudeness doesn't bother me, there's an abundance of that in the tradition, but these lyrics are a ...
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| Mystery Female Folk Artist....??? | 7/16/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: This is going to be completely and utterly vague and for this I do sincerely apologize. I've been ...
A: This is indeed too vague - and I don't know what you mean by the 'typical depressing folk artist': ...
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| folk music copyright | 7/14/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: respected sir, I AM A LAW STUDENT , I WANT TO KNOW THAT WHETHER FOLK MUSICS CAN BE COPYRIGHTED AND ...
A: I would refer you to web page http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/folkmusic.html where you will find a ...
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| Pops Hoe-down | 7/8/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I'm not sure what category this belongs in so I thought I'd start here. I've been trying to find out ...
A: I'm not sure of all the titles by any means, but I got the following from one listen-through :- (1) ...
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| "Foggy Dew" clawhammer | 7/5/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I play clawhammer banjo and cannot seem to find the chord progression and/or tab to the traditional ...
A: A competent musician should be able to sit down with a recording of a "Foggy Dew" performance and ...
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| Bum Song Lyrics | 6/30/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: When I was little, my grandfather (a train engineer) used to sing a song he called the Bum Song. The ...
A: Sorry for the delay, I've been off on a trip. Your song is covered in some detail, with several ...
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| folk song title | 6/10/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I'm not sure if it was a folk song but my grandma would sing us a song about a little boy and his ...
A: That is very little to go on, and I have not heard such a song. I tried googling your quote plus ...
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| Folk Music | 5/28/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I have used this site once before and I fell in love with the promptness and accuracy of the answers ...
A: You don't mention a tune. Is this to the tune of "Teddy-bear's Picnic"? That is the obvious ...
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| folk song title | 5/13/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: Hope you can help, I heard a song a couple of years ago on a folk music show, do you know its ...
A: I'm afraid I haven't heard this song, and it doesn't seem to be out there on the Internet either - ...
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| Leonard Cohen/ Folk | 5/13/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: Having a hard time finding a Cohen expert....do u know one or mabey u know this question....Cohen ...
A: As you probably suspect from my range of expertise overview, I'm afraid I can't help you here. Your ...
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| New Zealand Folk Song | 5/4/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I am putting together a little slideshow of the snapshots of an elderly lady acquaintance's trip to ...
A: From what little I know of "Cuckaberra" I'd say it was no more a folk song than is, say, "Tie Me ...
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| Looking for an album | 4/19/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I am looking for an album like i received for a Christmas present 1964. It was a collection of Folk ...
A: If you are looking for that one specific album, you will have quite a hard job. It sounds like a ...
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| Irish song | 4/18/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: 60 years ago my mom use to sing a song to me about a drunken Irishman who owed a lot of money and ...
A: I have not heard this song myself, but I do recall hearing the late Ewan MacColl, as an introduction ...
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| song | 3/29/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: do you know anything about a song called (wind in the willows) by an irish group called SPUD
A: Simply put, no - sorry. I had heard neither of the track nor the group. A little research via ...
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| 60s / 70s humorous folk | 3/24/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I'm trying to track down two vaguely folky songs I remember from the early 70s. One (probably ...
A: These do both sound rather Roger Woddis/Richard Stilgoe to me. Probably they each came from some ...
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| Mystery song | 3/14/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: A somewhat ditzy friend of mine made me a mix without bothering to include artists and song titles. ...
A: Now, forgive me if I'm on the wrong track, but would that not be the song 'Home Sweet Home'? it has ...
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| what is this song | 3/10/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: in first, excuse me for my mistakes ! (I'm french). Here is my question : on LOST tv series, I Heard ...
A: There is no way that this is a traditional folk song from any english-speaking culture. Just because ...
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| irish song from WWI | 2/23/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: I heard an Irish folk song several years ago at Christmas time. It was about the WWI truce at ...
A: I'm not sure if I can help with this ... but here goes! I only know 3 songs that relate directly ...
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| Sea Shanties | 1/29/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: Where can I find some chords for the Shanty "Rolling Home"?
A: Try doing a Google search on :- "Rolling Home" shanty chords You may find something, though it ...
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| Need Artist | 1/25/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: I am looking for the male and female artist duo who sang a song that was possibly called "Bread and ...
A: The song is called "Wind in the Willows", and the duo you seek are Candice Night and Ritchie ...
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| fiddlin dan | 1/18/2008 | Mike Turner |
Q: hy, my pa use to play a tune when i was litle. twas bout a bear and i ol boy named fiddlin dan. i ...
A: When I did a Google search on "fiddlin dan" bear, it came up with a single match :- Inventory of ...
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| fiddlin dan | 1/18/2008 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: hy, my pa use to play a tune when i was litle. twas bout a bear and i ol boy named fiddlin dan. i ...
A: I'm sorry, but I can't help you with this. The lyrics certainly don't sound like they've come over ...
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| folky chistmas song | 12/25/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: I am trying to find either the artist or a title of folk sounding Christmas song. It starts--Hi Mom ...
A: There is no evidence on Google of these lyrics, and I've not heard them before either. With more ...
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| folk group | 12/15/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: Trying to find out about a group of 4 men who sang folk songs in the 70's one of them was called ...
A: The group was called the Spinners. I imagine they sang more than one song about weaving, but they ...
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| folk music name of a song | 11/12/2007 | Kaye McAlpine |
Q: I am interested in a song form the mid 1960's; it is an instrumental song; I believe the name of it ...
A: This is not good news I'm afraid. This didn't ring any bells for me. However, I did have a rummage ...
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| what is the name and lyrics | 10/10/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: Not sure if these few words I remember from a song from grade school would be considered "folk" It ...
A: It's spelt Tingalayo. Go to http://www.nancymusic.com/Tingalayoplay.htm and you will find the ...
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| song lyric | 10/2/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: I am currently writing an essay and am using song lyrics from a song done in the 60's. I can hear ...
A: Whatever made you choose the folk music category for this question? There is absolutely no hint of ...
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| Hurdy Gurdy Man | 9/13/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: I've written a parody of this song and want to find out who owns the publishing rights. Do you know ...
A: If you mean the song "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan, then that would be copyright to Donovan. However ...
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| name of a group and album | 9/12/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: Am trying to find and purchase an album from the 1960's of a women's group. Some of the songs are ...
A: I'm afraid that this album is not a folk work, and the grouping of these tracks doesn't ring any ...
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| folk 70's lyrics | 9/10/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: I only have a few words but I am sure it was big song, my mother ( whi has long since passed) used ...
A: From the nature of the lyrics, I would say this is not likely to be a folk song. I found just one ...
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| lyrics to folk song | 9/3/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: Mr. Turner, I am trying to find the lyrics to a folk/lullaby song that my father would sing to me ...
A: Sorry to say, this is not a folk song. I'm pretty sure it is an example of Music Hall - the ...
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| Name of folk song | 8/26/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: Back in the sixties we used to visit the local folk club where they sang a song with the line "they ...
A: The song is "The Nightingale", and it's extremely well known. Here's one set of lyrics, though I've ...
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| Dugout in Matruh | 8/19/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: Is the WW2 soldiers song 'Dugout in Matruh,' or any of its clones, sung in British folk clubs? The ...
A: You seem to have a lot of research there - good to see these things happening. I'm sorry to say I ...
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| christie hennesay | 8/17/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: does anyone know the guitar chords to christie hennesay remember me (and i will be with you)
A: I can't help you with this. If you go to http://whoozz.com/Music/info.aspx?bundle_id=46920 you will ...
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| 70s folk/country song | 8/17/2007 | Mike Turner |
Q: i heard a song in late 70s was either an irsh band or American it goes like this MY OLD MAN WAS A ...
A: If you felt it necessary to say that it is not "Son of a Preacher Man" then you probably have the ...
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