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" Das Todaustreiben" ("Driving out Death") or "Das Winteraustreiben" ("Driving out Winter") is an old German song associated with the folk custom of Todaustragen , which celebrated the death of winter and the rebirth of spring. In the 16th century a version of the song was rewritten as a Protestant attack on the Pope.
Julianne Regan and Tim Bricheno of All About Eve, Winter 2023 (2023) [5] Being a well-documented song publicised by English Folk Dance and Song Society, [6] and Mainly Norfolk, [7] the song was recorded by Jon Boden and Oli Steadman for inclusion in their respective lists of daily folk songs "A Folk Song A Day" [8] and "365 Days Of Folk". [9]
The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the Child Ballads), but others have high ones. Some of the songs were also included in the collection Jacobite Reliques by Scottish poet and novelist ...
If you were around for music in the 2000s, this song led you from spring into summer. The birds have returned, kids are out playing Double Dutch on the concrete, and Rae's telling the girls it's ...
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons is a cantata for women's voices with orchestra or piano by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams written in 1949. [1] Based on English folk songs, some of which he had collected himself in the early 20th century, the work was commissioned by the Women's Institute for a Singing Festival held at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 June 1950.
These songs can be classified into several categories: songs of winter celebrations and rituals, i.e. Advent, Christmas and the New Year; songs of Shrovetide and Lent, songs of spring and summer, i.e. Easter swinging songs, and Easter songs called lalavimai; songs for the feasts of St. George, St. John, St. Peter and Pentecost.
The history of the text is rather complicated. Versions were taken down at different times in Ireland by collectors like George Petrie and P. W. Joyce.The song has also been collected in Scotland and even in England; the singer Frank Purslow collected a version (The Winter's Gone and Past) in Dorset. [2]
"Early, Early in the Spring" (Roud 152, Laws M1) is a British folk song that has been collected from traditional singers in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the United States. It tells the story of a sailor gone to sea whose beloved promises to wait for him.