FReeper Canteen ~ Tell Us Your Favorite "British" Songs ~ 26 February 2021

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend

[Songcraft]

"I'm A Man" - Spencer Davis Group

[Fiji Hill]

Don't Treat Me Like a Child--Helen Shapiro (1961)

[TrumpisRight]

Benny Hill!!

[Fiji Hill]

Find Another Fool--Glenda Collins (1961)

[Fiji Hill]

Good evening, Kathy!

[Beowulf9]

September in the rain
Leslie Hutchinson (Hutch)
1930s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmZV9ATi_60&ab_channel=Hutch-Topic

[jy8z]

Ferry Across The Mersey

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

The Watersons — “When First I Came to Caledonia”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk4rVZ2_cbo

[Fiji Hill]

The Shepherd's Crook, a strathspey (slow Scottish country dance) performed to the tune "The Duke of Gordon's Birthday."--Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Edinburgh [Scotland] Branch (2003)

[Beowulf9]

I nearly posted that one. So beautiful.

[Fiji Hill]

The Bluebell Polka--Jimmy Shand & His Orchestra (1942)

[lizma2]

Queen was the best ever.

Favorite... Can’t stop me now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM

Came out my first year of grad school and I was determine to do well. My fight song.

I do though remember where I was the first time I heard Bohemian Rhapsody. Also remember where I was the first time I heard Rush. (I miss him soooo much.)

On a lighter note....Coronavirus Rhapsody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eo9M4-BrJA

[Fiji Hill]

Now, we take you to Oklahoma by way of England.

Oakie Boogie--Ted Heath & His Orchestra, vocal by Lita Roza (1953)

Here's the original version--not from England.

Oakie Boogie--Jack Guthrie & His Oklahomans (1947)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Is this it?

The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - The Parting Glass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkb94eXqcrM

[Captain Compassion]

Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd

[Songcraft]

"The Last Time" - The Rolling Stones

"It's All Over Now" - The Rolling Stones

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Mayor!!

[Fiji Hill]

This song about the coronation of the current queen of England was a big hit over there.

In a Golden Coach--Billy Cotton & His Orchestra (1953)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Fiji!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Citizen Soldier!!