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from: creasey@worldnet.att.net (Mary Creasey)
date: 1997-02-22 00:00:00
subject: Re: Primary Sources: A -- B

Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 20:04:06 -0800



Michael McAfee wrote:
> 
> Here is a list of original sources of filk songs.  These
>         are songs I've heard or seen parodied at filksings, on
>         the net, and elsewhere.  I apologize if my attributions
>         aren't complete, but not all information is easily found.

Granted--but most of these SHOULD be listed as "done by". That said...
a few extra references...and I KNOW there will be other folks' added.

> The Addams Family                       the Addams FamilyLyrics and music by
Vic Mizzy (according to _The TV Theme Sing-Along
Song Book_, from which I get most of such data)

> Adeste Fideles                          F. Oakeley and J. ReadingOld
traditional Latin RC church Christmas hymn.

> All Through the Night                   traditional Welsh trad.: "Ar Hyd Y
Nos" (according to the listing for _Dream Of
Light Horses_)

> An Asteroid Named Rest Stop             Julia EcklarWritten by her and Leslie
Fish.

> The Ballad of John and Yoko             the BeatlesWritten by John Lennon.

> Band on the Run                         WingsWritten (AFAIK) by Paul
McCartney.

> The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song      the Beverly HillbilliesWritten by
Paul Henning (op. cit.).

> Birds of Prey                           Leslie FishActually "The 'Birds Of
Prey' March", lyrics by Rudyard Kipling, tune
by Fish.

> Blue Flame                              Valerie Houdson"Housden", I think.

> Blue Jay Way                            the BeatlesWritten by George
Harrison.

> The Brady Bunch Theme Song              the Brady BunchWritten by Sherwood
Schwartz & Frank DeVol.

Bring Me A Star                       Cynthia McQuillan
McQuillin--two i's, no a.

> Burden of the Crown                     Derek FosterKnown in the SCA as
Baldwin Of Erebor.

Mary

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