Comments on: a right old Cockney knees up http://17dots.com/2007/08/03/a-right-old-cockney-knees-up/ notes from the digital underground Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matt Milton http://17dots.com/2007/08/03/a-right-old-cockney-knees-up/comment-page-1/#comment-28688 Matt Milton Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:02:39 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/08/03/a-right-old-cockney-knees-up/#comment-28688 might I make a suggestion for your next emusic splurge? something you might enjoy, if you're not already aware of it. a real curio from the always excellent Folkways records: english pub songs that are somehow slightly fey and almost spooky: http://www.emusic.com/album/Derek-Lamb-She-Was-Poor-but-She-Was-Honest-Nice-Naughty-and-MP3-Download/11036002.html might I make a suggestion for your next emusic splurge? something you might enjoy, if you’re not already aware of it. a real curio from the always excellent Folkways records: english pub songs that are somehow slightly fey and almost spooky:

http://www.emusic.com/album/Derek-Lamb-She-Was-Poor-but-She-Was-Honest-Nice-Naughty-and-MP3-Download/11036002.html

]]> By: Michael http://17dots.com/2007/08/03/a-right-old-cockney-knees-up/comment-page-1/#comment-7561 Michael Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:51:07 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/08/03/a-right-old-cockney-knees-up/#comment-7561 It seems like the closest analogy in the US would be the type of folk songs that Pete Seeger has championed for decades: "If I Had a Hammer," "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore," "Goodnight, Irene," "Oh, Susanna," "I've Been Working on the Railroad," and "This Land Is Your Land." Everybody knows a verse or two of those. It seems like the closest analogy in the US would be the type of folk songs that Pete Seeger has championed for decades: “If I Had a Hammer,” “Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore,” “Goodnight, Irene,” “Oh, Susanna,” “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” and “This Land Is Your Land.” Everybody knows a verse or two of those.

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