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• Post #4432186

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here is "Carol of the Birds", (El Cant Dels Ocells), a traditional Catalan lullaby carol. It was most famously performed by cellist Pablo Casals at most of his concerts. Here it is sung by Joan Baez, in a recording dedicated to Casals. "When rose the eastern star, the birds came from a-far. In that full night of glory With one melodious voice they sweetly did rejoice, And sang the wondrous story. Sang, praising God on high, enthro...

• Post #4430014

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here's an old folk song, "Leatherwing Bat", sung by Peggy Seeger. "Hi said the morning dove, I’ll tell you how to regain your love, Court her night, court her day, Never give her time to say you nay. ...Hi said the owl, his head so white, Another day and a lonesome night, Thought I heard a pretty girl say, She’d court all night and sleep all day..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5FrGr9DG1c #JukeboxFridayNight #Birds

• Post #4429431

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here is the oldest known song in the English language, "Sumer is Icumin In", (Summer is a-Coming In), preserved in a manuscript from the 13th century. It is sung here by Simon Mayor & Hilary James. "Summer is a-coming in Loud sing cuckoo! Groweth seed and bloweth mead and springeth the wood new, Sing cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo, Well singest thou cuckoo, nor stop thou never now." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQLaLdRIF10 #...

• Post #4429407

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here is the oldest known song in the English language, "#Sumer is Icumin In", (Summer is a-Coming In), preserved in a manuscript from the 13th century. It is sung here by Simon Mayor & Hilary James. "Summer is a-coming in Loud sing cuckoo! Groweth seed and bloweth mead and springeth the wood new, Sing cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo, Well singest thou cuckoo, nor stop thou never now." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQLaLdRIF10...

• Post #4428635

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here is "I'm Like A Bird", written and sung by Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. "You're beautiful, that's for sure, You'll never ever fade, You're lovely, but it's not for sure, That I won't ever change. And though my love is rare, Though my love is true, I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away, I don't know where my soul is, I don't know where my home is, And baby, all I...

• Post #4428080

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here's "Red Winged Blackbird", written and sung by Scottish-Canadian folk musician David Francey. "Thought I heard a red-winged blackbird, Red-winged blackbird down my road. ...Safe as Moses in thе rushes, Builds his home on the rivеr wide, Every time I hear him singing, Makes me feel like Spring inside." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwp7578FaU #JukeboxFridayNight #Birds

• Post #4427871

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, the first song I thought of was "Winter Brown Bird" by Julie Babb. It was a staple of the #RochesterNY Golden Link Folk Singing Group's Songbook in the 1980's, and my dad and I used to sing it. I've spent a couple of hours scouring the internet for a recording and can't find one. But I'll post it here as a suggestion, in case somebody else wants to search for it with better luck. Maybe there simply is no recording,...

• Post #4427252

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here's a romantic Spanish classic, "La Paloma", (The Dove). Written in 1860 by Spanish Basque composer Sebastián Iradier, it has been popular around the world ever since. Here it is sung by the fabulous voice of Mexican chanteuse Eugenia León. "Si a tu ventana llega Una Paloma, Tratala con cariño, Que es mi persona. Cuentale tus amores, Bien de mi vida, Coronala de flores, Que es cosa mia." English: "If a dove come...

• Post #4427229

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here's a romantic Spanish classic, "La Paloma", (The Dove). Written in 1860 by Spanish Basque composer Sebastián Iradier, and has been popular around the world ever since. Here it is sung by the fabulous voice of Mexican chanteuse Eugenia León. "Si a tu ventana llega Una Paloma, Tratala con cariño, Que es mi persona. Cuentale tus amores, Bien de mi vida, Coronala de flores, Que es cosa mia." English: "If a dove com...

• Post #4427187

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here's a romantic Spanish classic, "La Paloma", (The Dove). Written in 1860 by Spanish Basque composer Sebastián Iradier (previously Yradier) around 1860, and has been popular around the world ever since. Here it is sung by the fabulous voice of Mexican chanteuse Eugenia León. "Si a tu ventana llega Una Paloma, Tratala con cariño, Que es mi persona. Cuentale tus amores, Bien de mi vida, Coronala de flores, Que es cosa mia.&qu...

• Post #4426692

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here is a beloved Catholic hymn, "On Eagle's Wings", by Michael Joncas, based on psalm 91. Here it is sung by the Catholic Fellowship of Jakarta, in a virtual choir during the early days of the covid pandemic shutdown. "And he will raise you up on eagle's wings, Bear you on the breath of dawn, Make you to shine like the sun, And hold you in the palm of his hand." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXfu01zfqb0 #JukeboxF...

• Post #4426380

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Birds, here's a very popular old song from the 19th century, "Listen to the Mockingbird", written in 1855 by by Septimus Winner and Richard Milburn, sung by Tom Roush. "Listen to the mockingbird, Listen to the mockingbird, The mockingbird still singing o'er her grave, Listen to the mockingbird, Listen to the mockingbird, Still singing where the weeping willows wave." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5liOUZFVnAg #JukeboxFri...

• Post #4268123

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here is a simple chanting song that has become one of the anthems of resistance in 2026, sung in the icy streets of Minneapolis, and in other cities across the US. "Hold On", by Heidi Wilson, encourages us to hold on to ideals, hold on to each other, hold on with persistence, and have faith that the dawn will come. "Hold on, hold on, My dear ones, Here comes the dawn." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i234CrzNguY #Jukebox...

• Post #4267955

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here is a simple chanting song that has become one of the anthems of resistance in 2026, sung in the icy streets of Minneapolis, and in other cities across the US. "Hold On", by Heidi Wilson, encourages us to hold on to ideals, hold on to each other, hold on with persistence, and have faith that the dawn will come. "Hold on, hold on, My dear ones, Here comes the dawn." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCPzB46cOvc #Jukebox...

• Post #4267600

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here's a song that plays with the wistful old saying that things will change someday 'when my ship comes in'. "When the Ship Comes In", written by Bob Dylan, sung here with a Celtic styling by the Chieftains and the Decemberists. "Oh the time will come up When the winds will stop, And the breeze will cease to be breathin', Like the stillness in the wind Before the hurricane begins, The hour when the ship comes in.....

• Post #4267276

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here's a cheery song from the musical "Annie", sung in hope that the waiting won't be long for better times. "Tomorrow", written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, sung here by Andrea McArdle in the original Broadway production. "When I'm stuck with a day that's gray and lonely, I just stick out my chin and grin and say, The sun'll come out tomorrow, So ya gotta hang on 'til tomorrow, Come wha...

• Post #4266819

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here's a romantic classic, "I Will Wait for You", written by Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy & Norman Gimbel, and sung by Connie Francis. "If it takes forever, I will wait for you, For a thousand summers, I will wait for you, Till you're back beside me, till I'm holding you, Till I hear you sigh here in my arms." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi57d50pCUw #JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting

• Post #4266690

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here is a song demanding to know how much longer people can wait before receiving justice. "When Will We Be Paid?", written by Randall Stewart, sung by the Staple Singers. "When will we be paid for the work we've done? When will we be paid for the work we've done? We have worked this country from shore to shore, Our women cooked all your food and washed all your clothes, We picked all your cotton and laid the railroad ste...

• Post #4266395

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here's a short song that just repeats as the singer waits out the night - "Till the Morning Comes", written and sung by Neil Young. "I'm gonna give you 'til the morning comes, 'Til the morning comes, 'Til the morning comes, I'm only waiting 'til the morning comes..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCqb1iht-j0 #JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting

• Post #4266204

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here's "Waitin' for the Bus", written by Billy F. Gibbons & Dusty Hill, sung by ZZ Top. "Have mercy, been waiting for the bus all day, Have mercy, been waiting for the bus all day, I got my brown paper bag and my take-home pay. Have mercy, old bus be packed up tight, Have mercy, old bus be packed up tight, Well, I'm glad just to get on and home tonight." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX6UgpL9DL8 #JukeboxFr...

• Post #4266138

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here's "Something's Coming" by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein, from the original Broadway cast of the musical "West Side Story"> "Could it be? Yes, it could, Something's comin', something good, If I can wait! Something's comin', I don't know what it is, But it is Gonna be great!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srJQtLHoJq8 #JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting

• Post #4266067

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Waiting, here is a rousing bit of gospel sound from the group Sounds of Blackness. "Hold On, Change is Coming" rallies us to hang in there and not give up while waiting for change. "Hold on, hold on, change is coming, Hold on, don't worry, don't worry 'bout a thang, Hold on, hold on, You can make it, Hold on, hold on, everything will be alright, It's gonna be alright." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0IWZSkhioo #Ju...

• Post #4057580

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Hot or Cold, here is a gruesome old folk ballad, "Young Charlotte", the cautionary tale of a girl who froze to death during a sleigh ride to a New Years ball. "Oh, daughter dear," her mother says, "those blankets round you fold, For it is a dreadful night to ride and you'll catch your death of cold". "Oh nay, oh nay," young Charlotte said, and she laughed like a gypsy queen, "To ride with blankets muffled...

• Post #4057382

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Hot or Cold, here is a gruesome old folk ballad, "Young Charlotte", the cautionary tale of a girl who froze to death during a sleigh ride to a New Years ball. "He took her hand into his own, twas cold as any stone, He tore the veil from off her face and the cold stars on her shone, And quick into the lighted hall her lifeless form he bore, Fair Charlotte was a frozen corpse and a word she ne'er spoke more." https://youtube.com/wa...

• Post #4056653

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Hot or Cold, here is Ray Charles singing "In the Heat of the Night", written by Quincy Jones and Alan & Marilyn Bergman. "In the heat of the night, Seems like a cold sweat Creeping cross my brow, yeah, In the heat of the night, I'm feeling motherless somehow." https://youtube.com/watch?v=QRJ-7vcsa2U #JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold

• Post #4056153

  For this week's jukebox music theme, hot or cold, here is the classic "Here Comes the Sun", written by George Harrison, and sung by the Beatles. "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter, Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here, Here comes the sun Here comes the sun..." https://youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc #JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold

• Post #4055568

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Hot and Cold, here is the original Broadway cast singing "Ain't it Awful, the Heat" by Kurt Weill from the musical "Street Scene". "Ain't it awful, the heat, ain't it awful, Don't know what I'm gonnna do... ...What a heat, oh! Damn mosquito, Don't know what I'm gonna do." https://youtube.com/watch?v=GBh2fu23Ouc #JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold

• Post #3879344

  For this week's jukebox music theme of Markets and Fairs, here's a song about the darker side of market trading, "Black Market", sung by Marlene Dietrich. "Black market! Sneak around the corner. Black market! Peek around the corner. Come, I'll show you things you cannot get elsewhere, Come, make with the offers and you'll get your share... ... I'm selling out, take all I've got! Ambitions, convictions, The works. Why not? Enjoy these goods, For, boy, thes...

• Post #3879306

  For this week's jukebox music theme, Markets and Fairs, here's "Kingston Market", written by Irving Burgie (Lord Burgess), sung by Harry Belafonte: "Come we go down, come we go down, Come we go down to Kingston Market, Come we go down, come we go down, Down to Kingston Market." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGBXvI_65nc #JukeboxFridayNight #MarketsAndFairs

• Post #3878770

  For this week's jukebox theme of Markets and Fairs, here's a traditional Jamaican mento, "Linstead Market". Sung by Louise Bennett, known professionally as Miss Lou. The singer laments her failure to sell her ackee fruit, on a disappointing Saturday night at the market. "Carry mi ackee, go to Linstead Market, Not a quattie worth sell, Carry me ackee, go to Linstead Market, Not a quattie worth sell. Lawd what a night, not a bite, What a Saturday night. Lawd what a night,...