Songs for Ageing Children
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Songs for Ageing Children (sub-titled Let The Feeling Talk To You) is an album by American
folk and blues performer Dave Van Ronk
, released in 1973.
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folk and blues performer Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk was an American folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York, and was eventually nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" ....
, released in 1973.
Side one
- "Duncan & Brady" (Traditional) – 3:48
- "Green Rocky Road" (Len ChandlerLen ChandlerLen Hunt Chandler, Jr. , better known as Len Chandler, is a folk musician from Akron, Ohio.-Biography:He showed an early interest in music and began playing piano at age 8. Studying classical music in his early teens, he learned to play the oboe so he could join the high school band, and during...
) – 4:08 - "As You Make Your Bed" (Bertolt BrechtBertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
, Kurt WeillKurt WeillKurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
) – 4:21 - "Teddy Bears' PicnicTeddy bears' picnic"Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a song consisting of a melody by American composer John Walter Bratton, written in 1907, and lyrics added by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy in 1932. It remains popular as a children's song, having been recorded by numerous artists over the decades. Kennedy lived at...
" (Bratton & Kennedy) – 2:22 - "Song for Joni" (Dave Van Ronk) – 2:02
Side two
- "Work with Me Annie" (Hank BallardHank BallardHank Ballard , born John Henry Kendricks, was a rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters and one of the first proto-rock 'n' roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s...
) – 2:30 - "River" (Joni MitchellJoni MitchellJoni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
) – 2:45 - "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, HawaiiMy Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, HawaiiMy Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii was a popular song written for the July 4th canoe races in Kona in 1933. Tommy Harrison gave the song to Johnny Noble to publish, who revised the music to give it a new melody without changing Bill Cogswell's words. Once published, the song became a major...
" – 3:35 - "Sail AwaySail Away (Randy Newman song)"Sail Away" is a song by Randy Newman, the title track of his 1972 album.-Lyrics and interpretation:"Sail Away" is representative of Newman's trademark unconventional and clever approach to songwriting: it takes the form of a "come on" or a "pitch" from an American slave trader to potential slaves...
(Randy NewmanRandy NewmanRandall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
) – 2:54 - "Candy Man" (Rev. Gary DavisReverend Gary DavisReverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis, was an American blues and gospel singer and guitarist, who was also proficient on the banjo and harmonica...
) – 2:43 - "Last Call" (Van Ronk) – 3:07
Personnel
Produced by Michael Brovsky for GRT Corporation. A Free Flow Production in association with Dave Van Ronk- Arrangements – Dave Van Ronk & Barry Kornfeld
- Engineer – Martin Nyles Lennard
- Recorded & Remixed at Advantage Studios, New York
- Album Graphics & Design – Jon Shaheen-Yellow Studio
- Woodcut – Luke Faust