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"Man of Constant Sorrow" (also known as "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow") is a traditional American folk song first published by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky. It was titled "Farewell Song" in a songbook by Burnett dated to around 1913. A version recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928 gave the song its current titles.
Burnett has been described as "one of the great natural songsters, a man who collected, codified, and transmitted some of our best traditional songs. Dick was also a skilful composer and folk poet of considerable skill; his "Man of Constant Sorrow" remains one of the most evocative country songs." [1]
Ahe Lau Makani, translated as The Soft Gentle Breeze [5] or There is a Zephyr, [2] is a famous waltz composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani around 1868. Probably written at Hamohamo, the Waikīkī home of the Queen, this song appeared in "He Buke Mele O Hawaii" under the title He ʻAla Nei E Māpu Mai Nei.
He is enchanted by her, especially when she accepts his request for a song, "Glück, das mir verblieb". The words tell of the joy of love, but there is a sadness in it also because its theme is the transitoriness of life. Their voices combine in the verse which extols the power of love to remain constant in a fleeting world. [1]
The title song is a variant of "Man of Constant Sorrow". The selections range from the Scottish anthem "Wild Mountain Thyme" to the Irish standards " Bold Fenian Men " and " The Prickilie Bush ". The album also includes more obscure numbers, such as "Tim Evans", "Wars of Germany" and "John Riley".
Books don't indicate that he recorded a different song, but that it's the old folk song - e.g. in this early stages of his career, Jennings did such folk chestnuts as "The House of the Rising Sun" and "I'm A Man of Constant Sorrow" Different people just do different things with some of these old songs. Hzh 22:34, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
The song may have been recorded by Bowie in the summer 1973 sessions for Pin Ups [8] or in late 1971 [9] for the album Ziggy Stardust. Never selected as an album track, it was used as the single B-side as it fitted with "Sorrow". In France, it was billed as the A-side of the single. "Sorrow" was featured in the 2008 John Cusack film War, Inc.
“Mirie it is while sumer ilast” (“Merry it is while summer ylast”) is a Middle English song from the first half of the 13th century. It is about the longing for summer in the face of the approaching cold weather. It is one of the oldest songs in the English language, and one of the few examples of non-liturgical music from medieval ...