General Chat

Just looked at some newspaper additions today on FMP and found this in the Middlesex Independent 25 November 1891,

At the Acton liberal club:

"Then came Mr Fishlock, junr. with " Over the burning plains," rendered with good effect"

Now is this the Jnr Fishlock or the jnr jnr ? :-)

I know that "Old Fishlock" my gt gt grandfather was recorded singing folk songs in 1908 ( how lucky am I to be able to hear that!)

For those who might be interested I believe the song "Over the burning plains" is likely to refer to the chorus of "The Lad in the Scotch Brigade (The Banks of the Clyde)

THE SCOTCH BRIGADE.
Copyright, 1887, by F. Harding.

"On the banks of the Clyde stood a lad and his lassie,
The lad's name was Geordie, the lassie's was Jean;
She threw her arms 'round him and cried, "Do not leave me!"
For Geordie was going to fight for his Queen.
She gave him a lock of her bright auburn tresses,
She kiss'd him and press'd him once more to her heart;
Till his eyes spoke the love which his lips could not utter,
But the last word is spoken, they kiss and they part.

Chorus.
Over the burning plains of Egypt,
Under a scorching sun,
He thought of the stories he'd have to tell
His love when the fight was won.
He treasured with care that dear lock of hair,
For his own darling Jeannie he prayed;
But his prayer was in vain, for she'll ne'er see again,
Her lad in the Scotch Brigade.

Tho' an ocean divided the lad from his lassie,
Tho' Geordie was forced far away o'er the foam;
His roof was the sky. and his bed was the desert,
But his heart with his Jeannie was always at home.
The morning that dawned on the famed day of battle,
Found Geordie enacting a true hero's part;
Till an enemy's bullet brought with it its billet,
And buried that dear lock of hair in his heart.-Chorus.

On the banks of the Clyde dwells a heart-broken mother,
They told her of how the great victory was won;
But the glory of England, to her brought no comfort,
For glory, to her, meant the loss of her son.
But Jeannie is with her to comfort and shield her.
Together they weep and together they pray;
And Jeannie her daughter will be while she live,
For the sake of that laddie who died far away. Chorus."

You'd think it would be Scots brigade, scotch sounds so wrong :-)

On there back of that do you remember the songs your grandparents sang? or the recordings they may have had on 78 rpm records that you heard when you were a child?

I still have some 78s in the cupboard, back from my grandparents time, "The Minstrel Boy", "Hearts of Oak" and irish traditional songs. Really must get a record player!

It does Madge :-) Apparently "The Banks of the Clyde is set in the Sudan, where British soldiers found themselves fighting between 1882 and 1898."

My gt grandfather's brother in law who was in the Seaforth Highlanders fought in the Sudan so I am thinking maybe the Fishlock jnr mentioned was my gt grandfather, though it could have been his father or even his son.

My Nana did not listen to music to my knowledge, but she did used to sing Wanting you, I know it was used in singing in Rain but unsure if it was recorded previous to that. It was recorded in the 60's or 70's by April Stevens and a great Northern Soul dance track.

We did have 78's I can not remember them being played. :-D

I don't know about my grandparents, but my mother used to sing about "A lonely little petunia in an onion patch" which amused me.

I had three 78's of Uncle Mac's Nursery Rhymes, and drove my mother mad asking her to play them non-stop!! They only lasted 3 minutes each side so she never really had time to do anything else. Eventually they wore out! She told me later that she had never been more relieved about anything than the day I told her they were too scratchy to listen to :-) :-)

My son bought a record player several years ago
Rose because he was collecting so much old records.
He prefers listening to them on the player.

He bought my OH and myself the first record my OH bought
me when I was 16, lovely to hear and so much happy memories.
He also got the words written out and framed for us :-)