Join: Jan 23, 2007
Name: raymondcrooke
Gender: Male
Hometown: Melbourne
Location: Melbourne, AU
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Books: Alice in Wonderland, Finnegans Wake, Midnight's Children, The Enchanted Wood, The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Movies: Hitchcock, Bunuel, Kurosawa, Marx Brothers, Monty Python
Music: Folk, Classical
Hobbies: Music, Literature, Education
I am married with two adult sons and two grandsons, one from each son. I have a website about my folk music which you may like to visit. It is a wiki so you are welcome to contribute, add information or your own folk song page or links to your own site, or just use it to find lyrics and chords. For my Featured Video, I normally choose a video that has not had many views. When it reaches 500 views I change it for another one.1390. Inappropriate Nursery Rhymes - Old Mother Hippity Hop and Other Living Creatures (Original)
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I thought eight of these was more than enough but now here's another one. I was right! Yet another addition to my series of Inappropriate Nursery Rhymes that are not suitable for children - or perhaps anybody else. You can hear a playlist of my original songs (in alphabetical order) here:...
1389. Weela Weela Wallia (Traditional Irish)
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This song, also known as "The Woman in the Wood" and "Old Mother Lee" is found throughout the English-speaking world in various forms. It probably originated as a version of "The Cruel Mother" (Child 20) adapted as a children's skipping rhyme. It was popularised as an Irish song by groups such as...
1388. In Memorium - Rita Hagan's Lawn (Original) - with Lew Dite - Repost
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Tags: folk song aquaforte ferryland hospitality home newfoundland grass lewdite repost
I am very sorry to hear that Rita Hagan passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. She was one of the most wonderful people my wife and I have ever met. When my wife and I arrived at Hagan's Hospitality Home in Aquaforte, Newfoundland, to attend the Shamrock Folk Festival in Ferryland, we saw a small...
1387. Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation (Tom Paxton cover)
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American folk singer, Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937), has been writing, performing and recording music for fifty years. In 2009 he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His songs have been widely covered and include such classics as "The Last Thing on My Mind", "Bottle of...
1386. Dowie Dens o' Yarrow (Child 214) - (Traditional Scottish)
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There are many variations on this Scottish border ballad, also known as "The Braes of Yarrow." Child collected eighteen versions. The song is about an unequal conflict between a group of men and one man, who succeeds in overcoming most of his opponents but is finally defeated, usually by the last...
1385. The Ballad of Nakhoda Manis (Original)
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Not sure about other parts of the world, but today is Mother's Day in Australia, so I thought it would be appropriate to put up this song about the importance of love between a mother and child. I first heard the legend of Nakhoda Manis when I lived in Brunei, where it is that country's...
1384. Popular Jewish Folk Songs - Nadezhda Russian Choir
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Here is a set of popular Jewish folk songs, as performed by the Nadezhda Russian Choir at the 2012 Flavours Festival at Grattan Gardens in Prahran. Four of the songs are "Shalom", "Chiribim Chiribom", "Bei Mir Bist Du Sheyn" and "Hava Nagilah". If anyone can help identify the other songs...
1383. The Lifeboat Mona (by Peggy Seeger)
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The lifeboat Mona, based at Broughty Ferry in Scotland, was built in 1935, and, in her time, saved 118 lives. On 8 December, 1959, she capsized during a rescue attempt, with the loss of her entire crew of eight men. The Broughty Ferry Lifeboat was called to assist the North Carr Lightship, which...
1382. Clancy Lowered the Boom (Hy Heath and Johnny Lange)
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Another one of those Irish songs that are not really Irish. It was written by Heath and Lange in 1947, and it was made famous by Dennis Day on the popular radio show, "The Jack Benny Program". It tells the story of a stereotypical American Irishman, who is always ready for a fight. It was also...
1381. Canine Stew (Original) - Poets' Breakfast at the National Folk Festival
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This is the second of two songs I performed as poems at the Poet's Breakfast at the 2012 National Folk Festival in Canberra. While we were in China, we heard the news that two men had been jailed for cooking and eating dogs. We found this a bit strange, as we often saw people eating dog meat in...
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