POSSIBLE THREAD FOR SOTU 459 - Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

[wee_ginga_yin]

The Great Silkie of the Sule Skerry if you want a treat listen to the spine tingling version by The Corries
They also give some background information on the mythical Silkie

[pabrizzer]

another paoriginoodle i've called the goblin grunge - the grunge is courtesy of garageband

[Joko]

This song is so old that the lyrics are part of folk legend... so I thought it fit the bill.

[RAB11]

I love a good Disney song but don't usually go in for the big princess ballad though. This one is different though.

[kolibri]

An Estonian song about animals having a feast - "Mutionu pidu" (Uncle Mole's Party, 1926 / 1931) by Alide Dahlberg and August Kiiss. The original, mostly forgotten lyrics had 18 verses, which described how the animals drank too much beer, had a fight and "the Magpie lost his tail and the Moose is still limping..." But luckily, here is a well-known version with only 6 verses.

[Ms Bean]

Today we had new stories and songs to explore, brought to us by Lynda, Jim, Rob, Brian, Joko, Ryan and Ylle. Thank you guys! The playlist should be up to date.
It's time for bed now. I'll see you all tomorrow!

[Barbablanca]

My second submission this week is another Irish Legend. This time involving the adult Finn McCool. It purportedly explains the existence of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland... in legendary terms.

On the Scottish end of the projected causeway, there is a similar series of basalt blocks. Ancient Irish and Scots peoples decided it must one day have been a causeway built by giants.

Note: the name of the baby in the story is Irish for "Invincible".

Hope you enjoy:

[Jim Yates]

G-G-G-Goblin by Fred Penner

Pa's Goblin Grunge brought this to my mind.

[uke4ia]

The story of Tam Lin is known to have been around in the mid-1500s. I know it from the Fairport Convention version, back when Sandy Denny was the singer and Richard Thompson was the lead guitarist.

[jagcorps]

Hey gang. Long time, no see.

I am heavily and liberally applying the Thorton Rule this week, as I just wanted to get something down, it has been so long.

I picked Agnus Dei and, I have been reliably informed that God is a sky wizard....and so any religious songs count as fairy tales to at least some people, my personal opinion aside.

Anyway, here is a song.