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David Hancock. " Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream " (also known as " The Strangest Dream ") is a song written by American folk singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy in 1950. Due to McCurdy's connection with fellow musicians, it was common in repertoires within the folk music community. The song had its first album release when Pete Seeger recorded ...
Old Folks at Home. " Old Folks at Home " (also known as "Swanee River") is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. Since 1935, it has been the official state song of Florida, although in 2008 the original lyrics were revised. [ 1] It is Roud Folk Song Index no. 13880.
The Beatles UK singles chronology. " Let It Be " (1970) " Yesterday " (1976) " Back in the U.S.S.R. " (1976) " Yesterday " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965, except in the United States, where it was issued as a ...
Hatikvah (Hebrew: הַתִּקְוָה, romanized: hattiqvā, ; lit. ' The Hope ') is the national anthem of the State of Israel.Part of 19th-century Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel in order to reclaim it as a free and sovereign nation-state.
Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Pop! Goes the Weasel " ( Roud 5249) is a traditional English and American song, a country dance, nursery rhyme, and singing game that emerged in the mid-19th century. [1] [2] [3] It is commonly used in jack-in-the-box toys and for ice cream trucks.
The refrain "Weile Weile Waile" ( / ˈwiːljæ ˈwiːljæ ˈwɔːl.jæ /) is a version of the Middle English expression of grief "wellaway!" ( Old English wā lā wā, "woe, la!, woe). [ 5][ 6][ 7] The name "Saile" comes from the Irish word "salach" meaning dirty. It's an alternate name for the river Poddle which runs from the Dublin hills to ...
Jim Croce singles chronology. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". (1973) " I Got a Name ". (1973) "Time in a Bottle". (1973) " I Got a Name " is a 1973 single recorded by Jim Croce with lyrics by Norman Gimbel and music by Charles Fox. It was the first single from his album of the same title and also Croce's first posthumous single, released the day after ...
See media help. " Nearer, My God, to Thee " is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, which retells the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11–12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and ...