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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: StephEv on Wednesday 20 August 08 21:06 BST (UK)
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Hi All, Thought that this might be a little bit of fun in trying to compose a top twenty of songs related to Ancestry, 1 All those years ago, George Harrison 2 Going back to my roots, Sister Sledge as a start. Any help out there ? who nows maybe an Ancestry compilation could be produced to while away those hours of difficulty withones family history. Cheers, Stephen Evans :) :) :) ;D ??? ???
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Son of My Father - Chicory Tip
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd ;D ;D ;D
Regards,
Mo
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We are Family - Sister Sledge!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2L4iPvdIk
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Bernard Cribbins - Hole In The Ground (well, its the only way I'm ever gonna find anything about some of 'em!)
Glen
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David Bowie - Look Back In Anger
Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
The Kinks - Dead End Street
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Annie I'm Not Your Daddy
Clive Dunn - Grandad
St Winifred's School Choir - There's No-one Quite Like Grandma
Johnny Matthis - When A Child Is Born
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Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's a Dustman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7GeZ3YmONw
;D ;D
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Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Mo
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The Long And Winding Road – The Beatles
Son of My Father – Chicory Tip
Mother Of Mine – Neil Reid
Who Are You – The Who
And anything by MFSB [Mother, Father, Sister, Brother]
Oh and of course The Searchers
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Hunting High and Low - A-Ha
I Was Born Under a Wandering Star - Lee Marvin
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
and for the emigrants...
Sailing - Rod Stewart
Rambler
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Hazard.....Richard Marx ;D ;D
And another Bonjovi one...Ill sleep when Im dead.... :o
Jane
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Hi All, This is fun here's one, Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Sprinfield. Given the postings it could be a 4CD set, Stephen Evans :) ;D :D
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Great topic
How about..
Father and Son - Cat Stevens
or dare I suggest
Alice (who the f**k is Alice) Smokie and Roy Chubby Brown ;D ;D
Lucyxx
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Hi All, This is fun here's one, Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Sprinfield. Given the postings it could be a 4CD set, Stephen Evans :) ;D :D
Or.....Now thats what I call Ancestry.....
Jane
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Shame and Scandal in the Family - Madness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlqbt1PQ1ek
;D
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And how can we forget the Jethro Tull song...
Living in the Past...
Must stop this now..Ive got to go shopping..!!!!!!
Jane
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Oh lord help me!!!!!!!
Dem bones..Dem bones dem dry bones!!!!!! ??? ???
Thats it..
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Well if anyone elses tree is anything like mine how about...
Complicated - Avril Levigne
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Oy, wot abaht us classicals !!!!
for emigrants and immigrants
Symphony No. 9, Dvořák (New World Symphony)
Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (Land of Hope and Glory)
and for the Ag.labs
Symphony No. 6 Beethoven (Pastoral)
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Just reminded me Bob..one for the miners.....Working in the coalmine..going down down down.....
??? ???
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and what about the Welsh then:
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau - Land of My Fathers ................................
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Sly and the Family Stone - It's A Family Affair
Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
Level 42 - Running In The Family
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Hi, A couple more, Green, Green Grass of Home, Tom. A Song for our Ancestors, Steve Miller Band, Duncan and Mother and Child Reunion, Paul Simon, Old Man, Neil Young and how about Never Ending Story, Limahl. :) ;) :D ;D
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My Generation - The Rolling Stones
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Sorry Lucy, My Generation was actually a Who song. Never mind here's two, the Carnival is Over, and I'll never find another You, by none other than the Seekers. :D ;D
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Great thread, Stephen!
How about
"You don't know my name" by Alicia Keys
"I still haven't found what I'm looking for" U2
"If you're not the one" Daniel Bedingfield, when you're confronted with so many 'possibles'
"Show & tell" Horace Andy (for the reggae fans out there!)
"When I'm dead & gone" McGuinness Flint
"Who knows where the time goes" Kate Rusby, for the number of times my children have been fed late.... ::)
Gaie xxx
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Ok, not my cup of tea, but for a good title:
"Family Tree" by Megadeth
G xxx
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As my lot were all ag/labs, they might have liked this,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=we55QQcsvY4
Pete :) :)
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For those whose forefathers had more than one family:
"Papa was a rolling stone" - Temptations
G xxx
Give thanks for You Tube, Pete :) :) :)
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This is for me !!
In me Liverpool home !! ;D ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgPeZu_Ivho&feature=related
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Hi Annie, I'm back ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D!!!
"Hymn from the grave/tomb" - Chopin, for Bob and the Classicals.
Look, I'm supposed to be cleaning the house.......
Gaie xxx
Added: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sowInMFbnoQ for the You Tube lovers
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Lovely to see you Gaie .... kids must be back at school !! ;D
My Sister - Reba McIntire
Welcome Home - Brian Littrell
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
America - Neil Diamond
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For those who search the shipping lists:
"A ship to Old England came" - trad. Martin Carthy
For the Aussies amongst us:
"My heart's in New South Wales" - trad. Dave Swarbrick
"Jim Jones in Botany Bay" - trad. Martin Carthy
And for our hungry rural ancestors:
"The Sheepstealer"
"The Poacher"
"The Begging Song" - all trad. Dave Swarbrick
G xxx
Annie
No, not back at school yet, but they all did very well in their exams, the eldest is going off to university, and they're all OUT!!! ;D ;D
I'll be looking at other boards later.......
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Uh oh ! Now things are going to get expensive Gaie !! ... University !!!!!!!!! ::) ::) ::)
How about "School's Out" by Alice Cooper
OK I'll get back on topic ::) ::) :D ........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YhTKiFEMAg
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With a little help from my friends - The Beatles
Dedicated to all Rootschatters who help show us they way to go when we are stuck.
Jean
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Hi All, Hands up all those going through their music collections. ;)
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Caught bang to rights, guv!!!! I'll come quietly....
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I suppose if we go back far enough in time then I would say the immigrant song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApxnAr6pRt0
Pete :) :)
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Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland (no one famous in my tree)
It Ain't Necessarily So - George & Ira Gershwin (don't believe everything grannie tells you...)
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 (lazy enumerator)
Rambler
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Here's a couple of real oldies, Bing Crosby-As time goes by, Vic Damone- On a street where you live and Doris Day-Sentimental Journey :)
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Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
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How about - ''I'm Alive'' - The Hollies !!
Crystal
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Here's another, So Far Away- Carol King. 8)
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My Old Man - Ian Drury ;)
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Anyone done this one yet?
Help - The Beatles
or for the very difficult cases:
Imagine - John Lennon
:)
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Imagine - John Lennon
No-one does that here, surely? ;)
meles
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Imagine - John Lennon
No-one does that here, surely? ;)
meles
Meles
I've seen a lot of it ::) ::) ::)
Not necessarily on this site but GR is rife with it ;D ;D ;D
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All Things Must Pass- George Harrison. ;)
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The Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Grandma's Hands - Bill Withers
BTW, earlier "Working in a coalmine" was by Lee Dorsey who had some great tunes.
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And how about the cost of all this genealogy stuff...
Money Money Money...by Abba.. :o
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Three Sons; Truckie's Wife; Big Brother, Little Brother.....all from John Williamson
And for those with brickwalls in Ireland....Did Your Mother Come from Ireland? ::) ;D
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;D I posted on the other board but I'll post the same here too. Having many Irish convicts in my tree I've always liked The Black Velvet Band by The Irish Rovers.
Anne In OZ
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Hi Here's Two, R Dean Taylor-There' a Ghost in my House nd how about Shame and Scandal inthe Family-The Stylistics ;D
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And surely this must be up there in the top twenty
Love Child by Diana Ross
Jane
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"Bastard" by MotlelyCrue
we have all found plenty ;D
Jenn
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How about this
Nobody knows the trouble I,ve seen.. Louis Armstrong.
Mary
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'Family Man' - Fleetwood Mac
Selina
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When will I see you Again-Three Degrees. :D
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'Boys and Girls' Cher
Sel.
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Address unknown, The Ink Spots, and I Don,t Stand a Ghost Of A Chance, Frank Sinatra.
Mary
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Born to be wild, Stoppenwolf
Pete :) :)
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And here,s a couple more... One of us must know , Bob Dylan, and We can work it out , The Beatles
Mary
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=neqT_qbQycE
Pete :)
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And we're always waiting for certificates !! :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_29Fshs8gOI&feature=related
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It's a Mystery by Toyah
Betty
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Can't remember if somebody said this already .... ::)
The Family Bible - Willie Nelson
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Pehaps it's time for a Summary of Songs allready posted ;D ;D ;D
how about
"Where are you know" James Blunt
Jenn
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Lets remember some people not fortunite to post threads like this,
My all time top twenty
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4NtSqZcT_4
I am supposed to be a hairy arsed plumber, nothing can get to me,
I still cry at this, am I a wimp?
Pete
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No Pete very hard not to shed a tear or forty. my youngest daughter plays trumpet and in primary school had to learn The Last Post now that was hard but she mastered in brilliantly. She played it at my dad's funeral oh now that was a tremendous effort on her part....and we all bawled our bloody heads off. :'( :'( :'(
But on a brigther note
what about
Gene Gene Genie I am not sure exactly what it is called though
also the rather sad song
I'm the End of the Family Line
Jenn
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Here are two great Reggae numbers, Take me home Country Roads and Careless Ethiopians, by Toots and the Maytals. ;) 8)
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For those stuck on their Ancestry, Goin' out of my Head- Luther Vandross :)
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Sailor (stop your roaming), Petula Clark. ( For those at sea in many respects including their search)
King of the Road, Roger Miller. (For those who had itinerant relatives)
Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton. (For anyone thinking about relies long gone)
Nobody's Child, Karen Young. ( For those who feel abandoned, like adopted, fostered people)
A Boy from Nowhere, Tom Jones. (For those who have no roots what so ever)
My Grandfather's Clock, originally recorded by The Radio Revellers. (For those who have fond memories).
My Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion. (For those who have lost someone close)
Summer Rain, Belinda Carlisle. ( For those who lost someone in a war)
Oh My Pap-pa, Eddie fisher ( Well, dad is dad isn't he if you can remember him)
Come up and see me Make Me Smile, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (For all those who find untruths on their tree).
Most of these can be found on You Tube if people don't know them.
But I am sorry I don't know how to post them.
Pennine
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Hi, I noticed someone put up Luther Vandross, has anyone suggested Dance With My Father also by Luther Vandross? Brings a tear to my eye everytime :'(
Anne In OZ
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Good one there Annie in Australia, a great song. Stephen Evans :)
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Can we add hymns ??
"O God, our help in ages past ..." (for when we can't find them on the censuses)
"Help us to help each other Lord ... " (for RootsChatters who are ALWAYS helpful)
"And did those feet in ancient times ...
Walk upon Englands mountains green ... "
and ... "We plough the fields and scatter, the good seed on the land ..." (for our ag. lab's)
"O happy day ... " (when the certificate drops through the letter box)
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A very, very obscure one, but my all-time favourite song
I Have Always Been Here Before - Roky Erickson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hns-UAPGdI
Glen
Erm, just remembered another by the same singer. Very apt title
If You Have Ghosts - Roky Erickson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skDkW3Xwxdg
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Here is the definitive shared #1 spot for RootsChatters IMO:
Searchin' (1957) The Coasters &
Searchin' (1965) Del Shannon
Both together at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQfxiLyhNVk&feature=related
Nick
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anything by the Mamas and the Papas
anything by the Searchers
anything by the Seekers
"Mammy" by Al Jolson
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Oy, wot abaht us classicals !!!!
A Shropshire Lad
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Before 1837? - Where or When by Rogers & Hart
or ..... if you've tried looking for Ernest Onley,
The Planets by Holst ;D
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Good one Genie !
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Shame and Scandal in the Family by Lance Percival
Betty
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Keep Away from my Doorstep,- The Ink Spots. ??? :o
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"I've got you under my skin" Frank Sinatra
Geoff
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Take this in whatever fashion you choose:
"Mama's got a squeezebox" - Who?
;D
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Chicory Tip: Son of my father
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KV1N5qpVdaI
another bl**dy transcription error:-
Johnny Cash: A boy named Sue
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M89c3hWx3RQ
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I think this must be my family !! ::)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PSUHxFjcQlQ&feature=related
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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How about picture book by the Kinks
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UjDu3E5zDks
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Hands up if you don't have one in your tree :P
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hU4BR7aP_Y8
I see no hands ;D
Paul.
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If we got into film titles ...
'The good, the bad and the ugly' ...
'The Searchers' ...
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Mama Mia! ;D
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For the Armed Forces Board
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs
Paul
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Pink Floyd ... "Another Brick in the Wall"
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I don't know who sang this, it's a real oldie
" I talk to the trees"
(but they don't listen to me)
Jackie
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I don't know who sang this, it's a real oldie
" I talk to the trees"
(but they don't listen to me)
Jackie
Wasn't it Clint Eastwood in Paint Your Wagon?
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cMfrLFirGWc :)
Paul.
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Glen gave me the idea !! ;D
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2dEKDCwf9XU
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Glen gave me the idea !! ;D
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2dEKDCwf9XU
Well, thanks a lot, Annie! I get the blame for everything! ;D
(that reminds me. I really must get cracking on with your picture!)
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After blasting off an email to Ancestry about their ridiculous mis-transcriptions and other errors:
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" Rolling Stones.
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a message from our ancestors:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsBDcIYes
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a message from our ancestors:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsBDcIYes
I don't often look at the YouTube links - life is too short - but I am so glad I did this time. That was beautiful, thanks.
Jen
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For those who claim to have finally 'completed' their tree and got back to Adam & Eve :P
He's got the whole world in his hands - by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
NOW THAT dates me ;D
Jean
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Well done Jean you must be one of the first to go back so far. ;D ;D ;D Stephen Evans.
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I meant the song not the tree. :D
I'm still stuck at the turn of the 19C :( but I do remember when the song came out.
Jean
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Papa was a Rolling Stone,- The Temptations ;D
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I've got you under my skin - Frank Sinartra
Biology - Girls aloud
I aint no, I've got life - Nina simone
That was your mother - Paul Simon
He aint heavy, he's my brother - The Hollies
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As my lot were all ag/labs, they might have liked this,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=we55QQcsvY4
Pete :) :)
Another one for our hard-working ancesters who struggled all their lives to make ends meet! Originally sung by Lesley Sarony, but this is a cover by Roy Leslie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYlA4q1IcB0
Bill
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Yet another, Forgive and Forget,- Blondie :)
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Hi All, With the sad passing today of Pink Floyd's Rick Wright how could one forget, 'The Great Gig in the Sky' and Dark Side of the Moon's, 'Us and Them' Stephen Evans :(
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Another Brick in the Wall................knocked down.
Jenn
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There's the obvious:
"Who Do You Think You Are" (various artistes)
the poignant:
"The Living Years" (Mike and the Mechanics)
Sherwood
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Who Are You? - The Who (CSI theme tune)
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For those of us with somewhat complicated family trees, how about "I'm My Own Grandpa"?
;D ;D ;D
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"If I Only Had a Picture of You" Joe Brown
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Wow Stephen, I come back after almost a month and this topic is still going ;D
Have you compiled the top 20 yet? How about In My Life by The Beatles or The Orange & The Green by The Irish Rovers. In fact when my husband and I where married in 1985, we had to go to the Uniting Church because of the orange and the green "problem" ;) 23 years on we still laugh about that one :D
Cheers
Anne In OZ
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Hi Ann in Oz, Glad you are enjoying this bit of fun as much as I have. Some interesting ones have come to light. Hope to keep it going for a while longer, then who knows maybe some sort of compilation to while away those difficulties or success stories. Cheers, Stephen :) ;)
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some more Irish ones
"Oft in the Stilly Night" Thomas Moore .. (as you lie awake thinking about your current brickwall!)
"Johnny, I hardly knew you"
"leave us a lock of your hair" .. don't know this one really
"the Legacy" Thomas Moore
"She is Far from the Land" Thomas Moore
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Ain't It Grand To be Blooming Well Dead Leslie Seroni
I'm My Own Grandpa - So old I can't remember who sang it
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If I had a Talking Picture of You....Bing Crosby
Cuthie
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Here's one of course,- We'll meet Again,-Vera Lynn. How could one forget that! :'(
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Wherever I lay my Hat..........................Marvin Gaye
Build me up Buttercup...........................Foundations
Dig Boy Dig............................................Freddie Hart ???
Don't stop me now.................. .............Queen
Stay with me.......................... ...............Lorraine Ellison
Ain't got no I got life.............. ...............Nina Simone
The living years..................... ................Mike and the Mechanics
Since you been gone............ .................Rainbow
Don't you forget about me... .................Simple minds
Missing you.............................................John Waite
I found someone....................................Cher
I remember you......................................Frank Ifield
and the last one which I'm sure we have all experienced:-
Dead end street.....................................The Kinks
Skippy
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Dedicated to all our ancestors - The new rendition Working Five To Nine of Dolly Parton's Working Nine to Five lyrics to incorporate a corus of 7 Days A Week a wee break for those of our poor working folk as today we work to the tune of Eight Days A Week by the Beetles.
One would wonder how the song In the Ghetto. was ever sung by Elvis let alone anyone else. No time - Burton Cummings / Guess who ;)
Linda
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Hi All, Running in the family, Level 42 ;D
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Hi All, Any chance of any Ancestry companies out there making some kind of a compilation album of these entries, I'm sure it would be a great seller. Thanks to All who contributed to this posting. With Christmas around the corner, wish you all what you wish yourselves during these troubled times. Cheers 8) ;D ;D ;D
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Merry Christmas to All, hoping that some of the tunes included in these postings will bring Ancestral cheer and Good Will. Cheers Stephen Evans :) :D :D :D :D
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I didn't re-read the thread but wondered if "LOLA" by the Kinks got a mention
boys will be girls and girls will be boys
a line from lola that could apply to some Census translations
merry christmas Jenn
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The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down,-The Band ;D
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heirloon.a LP by the liverpool scene
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Where's ya mama gone !
mac and katie kissoon
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I cannot see:
Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
It's Alright Ma - Bob Dylan
Little Sister - Ry Cooder
Crazy Mama - JJ Cale
Oh, Sister - Bob Dylan
Sisters of Mercy - Leonard Cohen
Who Knows where the Time Goes? - Fairport Convention
Family Man - Fleetwood Mac
Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
AND
Forever Young - The Sainted Bob D again
What fun!
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lets jump the broomstick. brenda lee and another LP;- census taker. - the residents
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Try These, Motherless Children and Tell the Truth:- Eric Clapton :)
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"Is you is or is you aint my baby" :P
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lost john. lonnie donegan
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"Who is Sylvia, what is she" ..... Will Shakespear ;D
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Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair - Hank Snow. :D
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One way or another - Blondie ::)
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kissin cousins.....elvis presley
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Lost in *France* (or where ever the relatives came from) Bonnie Tyler
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god only knows beach boys
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Thanks for the Memory - Bob Hope
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Shotgun Wedding,- Roy C ;D ;D ;D :) :)
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Bound for South Australia - The Pogues
Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
Daughters Of The Northern Coast - Australian Crawl
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Where have all the Flowers Gone,- Chris De Burgh :)
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Wow, there are some great songs on here. ;D
How about adding these to our CD box set.
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
In a Big Country - Big Country
All the Lonely People - The Beatles
Loose Yourself - Eminem
Justified & Ancient - KLF
One Step Beyond - Madness
End of the Line - Travelling Wilburys
Sending out an SOS - The Police
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Synard
This Reminds Me of You- Nickelback
Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
The Time Warp- Rocky Horror Show
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Hope you like them. :)
Ritchie
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For anyone unfortunate enough to find entries in Anc***ry's OneWorldTree
Bucks Fizz - Land of Make Believe
Glen
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We all have one of these somewhere along the line:
"The Bastard"
by Mötley Crüe, from the album Shout at the Devil 1983
(will I get told off by the MoDs :-\)
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Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Runrig - Ravenscraig
And that classic one called Granddad by an artist I have forgotten???
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Reaybo M, It was Clive Dunn from Dad's Army ;D
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All Over The world......................The pet Shop Boys
Looking For Lynda......................Hue & Cry
On the street Where You Live....Nat King Cole
Children of The Revolution.........T. Rex.....my fave.. ;D ;D ;D
Gipsies, Tramps & Thieves.........Cher
And for all those brick walls......Sledgehammer...Peter Gabriel
Well done guys...keep it going 8)
Carol
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I was listening to some old Rod Stewart songs and thought he could bring out an Ancestors CD himself. See what you think.
"In a Broken Dream"
"What am I Gonna do"
"Some Guys Have All the Luck"
"Reason to Believe"
"Oh! No Not my Baby"
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
"Every Picture Tells a Story"
"It's All Over Now"
"Gasoline Alley"
"Hard Road"
"Man of Constant Sorrow"
"Leave Virginia Alone"
"Lady Luck"
"I Don't Wanna Talk About It"
"Tonights the Night"
"You're in My Heart, You're in My Sole"
"First Cut is the Deepest"
17 songs, not bad. I wonder if there are any other artists or bands that could come up with an Ancestors CD. I'm sure there would be plenty.
Ritchie
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Only Time...Enya
I also remember a song from years ago called I'm My Own Grandpa but I can't recall the artist :)
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Only Time...Enya
I also remember a song from years ago called I'm My Own Grandpa but I can't recall the artist :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7x1ETPkZsk
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Yes that's the one ;D Hysterically funny and very complicated, just like family history really ;D
Enjoyed that, thank you for posting it :)
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Hello Pop Pickers as Alan Feeman used to Say,
How about these,
Land of Confusion,
Many too Many,
Mama,&
Follow me Follow You,
Genesis. :) ;) ;D :D
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My Nan had a wind up Gramophone ;D & one song we always laughed at was
Aint it grand to be blooming well dead ;D
Just found lyrics on google
Omega
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Those were the Days,= Mary Hopkins ;)
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Have just purchased Meet on the Ledge an Island Records Folk-Rock Anthology. A few good ones relating to the topic of Ancestry.
Living in the past, Jethro Tull,
On the Road to Find Out, Cat Stevens
The Sun Never Shines on the Poor, Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance.
A great collection on the 3CD set anyway!! :)
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Oh My Papa - Eddie Fisher
Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis Presley
Follow That Dream - Elvis Presley
Am I That Easy To Forget - Jim Reeves
Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda - Alan Sherman
She's Gone - Ventures
Help! - Beatles
Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield
Broken Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan
I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March
Just Can't Help Believin' - Elvis Presley
Forget Him - Bobby Rydell
Stop In The Name Of Love - Supremes (that's what the wife says after too long online)
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Hi Pop Pickers,
How about this Its a Mystery, Toyah Wlcox
and thanks to those who have posted, With a Little help from my friends, The Beatles
:) ;) ;D Stephen Evans 8)
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Too Much Too Young, The Specials :)
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When I'm dead and gone.--McGuiness Flint
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From Katherine Jenkins -
"Bring Me To Life"
"Who Wants To Live Forever"
"Don't Stand At My Grave And Weep"
"Somewhere"............
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Apologies to the RootsChat Forum, but I have forgotten this, The Beatles, We can work it Out.
;D
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Sisters by Irving Berlin
Henry the Eighth by Hermans Hermits (for all those with many weddings and who can't distinguish between them!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5dK9FNPgA4&feature=fvw
two little boys by Rolf Harris
ammonite
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The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanix. The first line being with "Every Generation blames the one before". I relate that song to my ancestor George Coombs as he died when his son was very young and I always blame that first line of the song because I have had trouble tracing George Coombs the bleeder. So I am a generation who blames the one before, for not being able to find him.
Going Back To My Roots - brilliant song. Sister Sledge.
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I have Sister Sledge I think on the first page.
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Here's a good stocking filler, The new album from an all time favourite , George Benson and his, Songs and Stories album. Particular mention goes to track 2- Family Reunion.
:) ;)
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A lot of good music so far,
Too Young To Be Married The Hollies
Holding Back The Years Simply Red
How Can I Be Sure Young Rascals
I Am Australian Seekers
Little Old Lady From Pasadena Jan & Dean
She's Not There Troggs
Show Me The Way Peter Frampton
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:( :-\ :'(Happy 2010 All, Do you know where you are going too? :)
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Was that Peter Sarsted,?
or are we of to San Jose?
Elsa-Mary
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Do you know where you are going to? Diana Ross 1975?
Peter Sarstedt - Where do you go to my lovely? 1969
Browsing the web (as you do) I've just discovered that Peter Sarstedt is a younger brother of Richard Sarstedt AKA Eden Kane - I used to like him! :)
Linda
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I Know Where I'm Going .... and I know who's going with me >:( ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWHxreWIBZ8
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Motherless Child.....Eric Clapton
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Have you seen her, The Chi-Lits
:)
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The long and winding road :D
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Lumberjack Song Monty Python
Shame and Scandal
Some Days Are Diamonds John Denver
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Mother and child reunion:Paul Simon.
Living in the past:Jetho Tull,I think this one sums us all up.
Diarmuid.
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High Hopes by Pink Floyd
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I've just spent a great time browsing this thread and would like to thank all contributors, and the originator. Such nostalgia of things long forgotten :-* :-*
But I'm very surprised that that there was no mention of that unique group
The Temperance Seven
Not Winchester Cathedral..... but.... "you - you're driving me crazy..."
Colin
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If You Were the Only Girl in the world and I were the only Boy... Doris Day but I think Barbra Streisand did similar with If You were the Only Boy in the World
At least twould be easy to do those two tree charts :D
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Hello all,how about,The weavers answer,Family.
Reagrds Diarmuid
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Here's a cracking one for those who emigrated from the Caribbean,
London is the Place for Me, by Lord Kitchener.
8)
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Here's a good one from the excellent new Sade album. Babyfather.
:) :)
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Dead End Street,- The Kinks. :)
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I remember you......................................Frank Ifield
hehe..thats my great uncle!! lol
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the biggest dissapointment - slim dusty...
first lines of it are...they had my future wrapt up in a parcel, but no-one even thought of asking me, the day i turned 15 i caught the mail train, to see what else might be in life for me...
so i guess this is a song for all the people trying to find ancestors from their ancestors original country?? lol...but um yeah frank ifield is my great uncle on my mums side...dont really know much about that side of the family really!!
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Goin Back- Dusty Springfield.
:)
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Let them In. Wings.
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I have just found a brilliant Dire Straits number which seems so apt for our wee hobby.
"On Every Street"
It was almost written for us...;)
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Those were the days my friend, We thought they would never end.
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Here are a few more,
Having my picture taken Boomtown Rats
Thick as a brick Jethro Tull
Hard days night Beatles
Up the Junction Squeeze
Villains The Saw Doctors
DNA The Saw Doctors
Road to nowhere Talking Heads
Part of the process Morcheeba
Don't believe what you read Boomtown Rats
Sweet little mystery John Martyn
Looking at these it make it look like I'm having a bad day, but I'm not.... honest!!
Copperbeech5
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I still haven't found what I'm looking for ! U2
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Ah this thread has made me laugh!
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep by Middle of the Road (for the lyrics "Where's your mama gone?"...
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Charlesworth, I think we all need a laugh, hoping somehow to get a compilation CD going by one of the Ancestry companies. Who knows could be a seller.
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;D And why now, StephEv! Definitely need something to lighten things at time! I can't believe that I used to have a life before I started my family trees...!
How about The Ting Tings "That's not my name"...
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Born Free ! Matt Munroe ;D
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How about these -
I Don't Live Today, by Jimi Hendrix - the ancestors' anthem.
What A Botheration, by Lee Perry - when we can't find that elusive ancestor.
(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone, by the Monkees - to those who pinch our research.
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I love this thread. It got me thinking. How about:-
The only living boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel
Don't give up - Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush
Down Under - Talking Heads (?)
I'm a little dinosaur - Jonathan Richman
A Thousand Trees - Stereophonics
Rishile
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Its been a great response so far Richile, both by postings and viewers.
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I've just found a belter! The words could easily be the anthem of the ancestors.
Dire Straits - On Every Street.
They don't write them like that anymore!
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:) I'm Nobody's Child - Hank Williams plus a whole host of cover versions
Jeanne
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No strictly a song title but theme for TV Show "Tombstone Territory"
then
Song to the Orphans - Springsteen
Got no more to say- going back to my roots - dunno who sung it though
I Lost my Mummy - Good old Rolf Harris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoUHjLlK8EI
Jeanne
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Hi All, Having been away from Ancestry/Genealogy for almost a year, its a case of Welcome Back,- John Sebastian.
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Hi All, Having been away from Ancestry/Genealogy for almost a year, its a case of Welcome Back,- John Sebastian.
A year away from family history, StephEv? Good gawd - what have you been doing? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
(Welcome back :))