Mr. Tambourine Man

Mr. Tambourine Man, by the Byrds, written by Bob Dylan.

Per Wikipedia: Mr. Tambourine Man is the debut album by the American folk rock band The Byrds and was released in June 1965 on Columbia Records (see 1965 in music).^[1] The album, along with the singleof the same name, established the band as an internationally successful rock act and was also influential in originating the musical style known as folk rock.^[2] The term "folk rock" was, in fact, first coined by the U.S. music press to describe the band's sound in mid-1965, at around the same time that the "Mr. Tambourine Man" single reached the top of the Billboard chart.^[3] The single and album also represented the first effective American challenge to the dominance of The Beatles and the British Invasion during the mid-1960s.^[4]

You Tube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqAvgN6Tyw



Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

The House of the Rising Sun

Per Wikipedia:  "The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. The most successful commercial version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, Finland and Canada. 

Watch this on You Tube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdPQp6Jcdk

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

It Must Have Been Love

Now why this song, who knows????  Anyhow, Gary just started singing it tonight. No worries everyone, Gary and I are fine!!

It Must Have Been Love by Roxette:   1987 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4


Lay a whisper on my pillow,
leave the winter on the ground. 
I wake up lonely, there's air of silence 
in the bedroom and all around. 

Touch me now, I close my eyes and dream away. 

It must have been love but it's over now. 
It must have been good but I lost it somehow. 
It must have been love but it's over now. 
From the moment we touched 'til the time had run out. 

Make-believing we're together, 
that I'm sheltered by your heart. 
But in and outside I've turned to water 
like a teardrop in your palm. 
And it's a hard winter's day, I dream away. 

It must have been love but it's over now,
it was all that I wanted, now I'm living without.
It must have been love but it's over now,
it's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows
it's where the wind blows

It must have been love but it's over now, 
it was all that I wanted, now I'm living without. 
It must have been love but it's over now, 
it's where the water flows...

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

He is on a roll, two days in a row! Today Gary's song is, "Where Have all the Flowers Gone" by the Kingston Trio, written by Pete Seeger.

Here is the You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qt57c7rnHM&feature=fvst

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

 Where have all the husbands gone, long time passing?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

 Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

 Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

 Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

If I Had A Hammer

After a 7 month hiatus, Gary is back to his "song of the day!" He picked a good one for the return, a song written by Pete Seeger and sung by Peter, Paul and Mary, If I Had a Hammer. On August 28th, 1963 they sang this song for the Civil Rights March in Washington, DC. This was the day of the famous speech of Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream."

Watch this historic video on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBUPr8oDRL8">


If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

If I had a bell
I'd ring it in the morning
I'd ring it in the evening
All over this land
I'd ring out danger
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

If I had a song
I'd sing it in the morning
I'd sing it in the evening
All over this land
I'd sing out danger
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

Well I've got a hammer
And I've got a bell
And I've got a song to sing
All over this land
It's the hammer of justice
It's the bell of freedom
It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land