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The Saint Patrick's Regional Secondary Men's Chamber Choir did a cover of the song during a cultural exchange event in 2006 in Vancouver, BC. [10] The American quintet Bounding Main released a cover of the song on their 2006 album Lost at Sea. [11] UK's sea shanty band Kimber's Men released a cover of the song on their 2010 album. [12]
"Black Gold" is a 1993 single performed by Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. The song was written by Soul Asylum's lead singer Dave Pirner. It was the second single from their album Grave Dancers Union. The music video for the song was directed by American filmmaker Zack Snyder, who also directed the "Somebody to Shove" videoclip.
The Songlines is a 1987 book written by British novelist and travel writer Bruce Chatwin about the songs of Aboriginal Australians and their connections to nomadic travel. A roman à clef that combines novel, travelogue, and memoir, Chatwin blends elements of fiction and non-fiction to describe a trip to Australia's Northern Territory in search of a better understanding of Aboriginal culture ...
"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Roud 8460) is a traditional English song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. Two versions were published in the fifth volume of Thomas D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy; a version that is similar to the second Wit and Mirth one appears in George Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer.
Smoky Dawson was born as Herbert Henry Brown on 19 March 1913 in Collingwood, Victoria. [2] [3] His father, Parker Frederick Peter Brown (21 November 1884 – 1957), was a labourer of Irish descent; [4] [5] [6] his mother, Olive "Amy" Muir (ca. 1880 – June 1919), was of Scottish descent.
In contrast to Parry's assured 1916 setting of William Blake's poem "And did those feet in ancient time", "Jerusalem", Songs of Farewell is seen as representing a decline in national confidence. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During the war, Parry lost many of his students, George Butterworth was killed, Arthur Bliss wounded and Ivor Gurney was gassed.
Old Enoch he lived to be three-hundred and sixty-five When the Lord came and took him back to heaven alive. Chorus: I saw, I saw the light from heaven Shining all around. I saw the light come shining. I saw the light come down. Paul bound in prison, them prison walls fell down [Difference 1] The prison keeper shouted, “Redeeming Love I’ve ...
"Dixie" is structured into five two-measure groups of alternating verses and refrains, following an AABC pattern. [3]As originally performed, a soloist or small group stepped forward and sang the verses, and the whole company answered at different times; the repeated line "look away" was probably one part sung in unison like this.