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Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses
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Subject: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: Stringsinger Date: 22 Feb 08 - 06:30 PM Hi, I am looking for songs that have easy singable choruses that audiences can pick up without difficulty. Could you please suggest some? Songs like Sloop John B., This Land is Your Land, It Takes a Worried Man, Erie Canal etc. If people can pick up the choruses, they might be motivated to learn the whole song with the verses. It seems better to me that folks can pick up the choruses without burying their noses in songbooks. Frank Hamilton |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: Jim Dixon Date: 24 Feb 08 - 11:04 PM Sea chanteys all work well for this purpose. I happen to like GENERAL TAYLOR. Someday I'd like to try out a work song with some people who are actually doing work. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: Bert Date: 24 Feb 08 - 11:57 PM Tom Pearce. A-Roving. The Night Visiting Song. Jim, I once saw Pete Seeger on TV make an utter fool of himself trying to swing a hammer and sing at the same time. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: Willa Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:17 AM Reconciliation, John Ball, Constant Lovers, Galway Shawl. Rose of Allandale |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle Date: 25 Feb 08 - 08:38 AM Bonny Woods of Ivy (ok, I know that it's actually in effect Old McDonald Had A Farm - but a change is as good as a rest!) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Feb 08 - 09:17 AM Actually, I think the tune for General Tayor is a bit tricky. Reuben James - jingoistic Americana, but a good tune and easy chorus words. 3 Score and 10. Fathom the Bowl. Boatie, boatie s(p)it in the cut. Maui. Or are you actually after Americana specifically? If so: Will the Circle be unbroken? Love has no pride. The Mighty Quinn. Grandfather's clock. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: Stu Date: 25 Feb 08 - 09:18 AM Dido Bendigo Fathom The Bowl The Fields of Athenry The Black Velvet Band Cold Blow the Rainy Night The Rocky Roads To Dublin Fiddler's Green Farewell Nova Scotia Hal-An-Tow Bonny Ship The Diamond |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: GUEST,Volgadon Date: 25 Feb 08 - 09:21 AM Drunken Sailor, Blood Red Roses, Haul on the Bowline, or any other chantey. The Midnight Special. We Shall Overcome. Which Side Are You on, Boys. Keep Your Eye on the Prize. Follow the Drinking Gourd. Down in the Valley to Pray. Tom Dooley. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: GUEST,arran Date: 25 Feb 08 - 01:08 PM there's a song by Billy Connolly called the donkey and all you do is la la the tune. tom |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: Grab Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:19 PM Rocky road to Dublin, easy?! Dude, you must be *way* too good a singer! ;-) OK, the chorus bit is fairly easy, but even there you have to be prepared for when it happens - a 9/8 slipjig with occasional drops into 6/8 ain't easy to follow. Sixteen tons Clementine Molly Malone Ready for the storm - Dougie Maclean American Pie - Don Maclean Vincent - Don Maclean Graham. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: GUEST,lefthanded guitar Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:44 PM How about Happy Landings to You Amelia Earhart |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: PoppaGator Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:56 PM "Reuben James" uses the same tune as "Wildwood Flower" ~ if you want to avoid the American WWII patriotic fervor, go for teh Carter Family version. Also, speaking of Carter Family versions, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" is sung to the same tune as the older spiritual "Glory Glory Halleluiah (Since I Laid My Burden Down)." In both cases (and others I'm sure), judge your audience as to which chorus lyric they're more likely to enjoy singing. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 25 Feb 08 - 07:25 PM Little Boy Billee - just repeat each line! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: SINSULL Date: 25 Feb 08 - 07:28 PM Roll the Old Chariot (Nelson's Blood) plus you can pull in audience members to contribute to the verses. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs with easy singable choruses From: freightdawg Date: 25 Feb 08 - 08:30 PM Ahem, Anything by John Denver, the epitome of good song writing and singability. sheesh, if it had been a snake it would have bit ya. Freightdawg |
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