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Elizabeth Cronin (1879–1956). Folklorist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax recorded Elizabeth Cronin singing Siúil a Rúin ("Shule Agra", literally "Walk, O Love") in the early 1950s, and both the lyrics and the tune of her version are seemingly the foundation of most subsequent recordings, including those of Clannad and Celtic Woman.
Fly in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo. There's a little red wagon, paint it blue. I lost my partner, what'll I do? I'll get another, as pretty as you; Can't get a red bird, jay bird'll do. Cat's in the cream jar, ooh, ooh, ooh. Off to Texas, two by two.
In 1976, Richard Manuel and Van Morrison sang the song, as "Tura Lura Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby)", during The Band's farewell concert The Last Waltz."Come On, Eileen", a #1 U.K. chart single from the English band Dexys Midnight Runners, includes a chorus with the lines "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra Too-Ra-Loo-Rye, Ay / And you'll hum this tune forever."
La Roux (/ l ɑː ˈ r uː / lah-ROO) are an English synth-pop act formed in 2008 by singer Elly Jackson and record producer Ben Langmaid. The act's debut album La Roux (2009) was a critical and commercial success, winning a Grammy Award and producing hit singles such as " In for the Kill " and " Bulletproof ".
Xiu Xiu (/ ˈ ʃ uː ʃ uː / SHOO-shoo) [1] is an American experimental rock band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. [2] [3] Currently, the line-up consists of multi-instrumentalists Stewart (the only constant member since formation), Angela Seo, and percussionist David Kendrick.
Similarly Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" employs "la, la la la la la" for much of the chorus. Other notable songs to include non-lexical vocables include The Police's song "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da", The Delfonics song "La-La (Means I Love You)", and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's song "Zabadak!". Van Morrison employed scat in his ...
Lyrics by Year Notes A "Abide with Me" William Henry Monk: Henry Francis Lyte: 1953 [1] with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [2] "Act of Contrition" Joseph J. Leahy Traditional 1953 [1] with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [3] "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" Harold Arlen: Johnny Mercer: 1958
Zeman's original Czech lyrics framed the polka as a love song, whereas Brown and Timm's English version framed it as a song celebrating the repeal of Prohibition in the United States. At first the English version of the song was relatively unknown and unpopular, but it gained a great deal of popularity after The Andrews Sisters recorded it in 1939.