In the post on our Folksong choices for some reason I've not mentioned the one song I have wanted to include every time. The reason {I think} I haven't yet included the song is because I couldn't find it.
Technology. Oh, technology. I found it.
But I also found another song that I really like, because the lyrics remind me of that other song. I'm not suggesting either of these are folksongs, but I'd wager the first one is or could be considered as such.
Since I know you are wanting me to get on with it and tell you the songs, here they are:
One Tin Soldier
{you can see it here also, by The Original Caste, which I believe is who originally sang the song. I like the one I embedded because it is slower, which is how I have always sung it to my own kids}
Hero
{the original is really nice as well; see that here. I embedded the electronica version by Pegboard Nerds because that is the first I heard this song. My husband includes electronica in a lot of the aerobatic videos that he creates.}
The first song, One Tin Soldier, will forever remind me of my Aunt Beth. She has a beautiful singing voice. She taught this to me {and I'm sure her own kids; I probably just eavesdropped} when I was young. I've never forgotten it. At one point I could not remember the lyrics and I asked her to write them out for me. That was many years ago {well, it wasn't that many!}.
What do you think of these?
Technology. Oh, technology. I found it.
But I also found another song that I really like, because the lyrics remind me of that other song. I'm not suggesting either of these are folksongs, but I'd wager the first one is or could be considered as such.
Since I know you are wanting me to get on with it and tell you the songs, here they are:
One Tin Soldier
{you can see it here also, by The Original Caste, which I believe is who originally sang the song. I like the one I embedded because it is slower, which is how I have always sung it to my own kids}
Hero
{the original is really nice as well; see that here. I embedded the electronica version by Pegboard Nerds because that is the first I heard this song. My husband includes electronica in a lot of the aerobatic videos that he creates.}
The first song, One Tin Soldier, will forever remind me of my Aunt Beth. She has a beautiful singing voice. She taught this to me {and I'm sure her own kids; I probably just eavesdropped} when I was young. I've never forgotten it. At one point I could not remember the lyrics and I asked her to write them out for me. That was many years ago {well, it wasn't that many!}.
What do you think of these?
Two thumbs up! I like the original "One Tin Soldier... but I agree, it is sung a bit too fast.
ReplyDeleteYou remember that song, don't you? I used to sing it to the kids but Jeff has no memory of the song at all. A little sad...but I'm consoled with the fact that he remembers me singing "You Are My Sunshine" :)
DeleteOh yes, I remember that song! I used to sing the sunshine song to the kids at bedtime too.
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