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The "Smurf song" section is written out as the Smurfs being portrayed as a group of bank robbers from Catford who have escaped from HM Prison Dartmoor, and ends with the members singing "la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-laa" in the tune of the flute solo from the original song. [3] The "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" section tells a ...
Sheet music for the song "Oregon, My Oregon" Sheet music can be used as a record of, a guide to, or a means to perform, a song or piece of music. Sheet music enables instrumental performers who are able to read music notation (a pianist, orchestral instrument players, a jazz band, etc.) or singers to perform a song or piece. Music students use ...
A minstrel show song set in the style of a spiritual, the song is apparently a parody of the spiritual "Golden Slippers", popularized after the American Civil War by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. [2] Today "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" is often referred to simply as "Golden Slippers", further obscuring the original spiritual.
A poor hardworking shoemaker had so little leather that he could only make a single pair of shoes. One evening, leaving the pair with the work unfinished, he went to bed and commended himself to God. After waking up the following day and saying his prayers, he found the shoes finished and perfectly well-made on his workbench.
"De Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" (nowadays popularly known as "Camptown Races") is a folk song by American Romantic composer Stephen Foster. It was published in February 1850 by F. D. Benteen and was introduced to the American mainstream by Christy's Minstrels , eventually becoming one of the most popular folk/ Americana tunes of ...
The first song to became "popular" through a national advertising campaign was "My Grandfather's Clock" in 1876. [3] Mass production of piano in the late-19th century helped boost sheet music sales. [3] Toward the end of the century, during the Tin Pan Alley era, sheet music was sold by dozens and even hundreds of publishing companies.
"National Anthem of the Ancient Britons", also known as "Woad" or "The Woad Ode", is a humorous song, set to the tune of "Men of Harlech". It first became popular in the 1920s as a song in the British Boy Scouts [ 1 ] and appeared in The Hackney Scout Song Book (Stacy & Son Ltd, 1921).
Imperialism and Music. Manchester University Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-7190-6143-1. Mike Lindup (1990). Features the third verse of the above hymn in the song "Changes" from the album of the same name (Polydor – 843 514-2) Libera (choir): 2003 – When a Knight Won His Spurs (Temple Church, London; soloist: Ben Crawley). Youtube, 2006.