A few days ago, Delmer Berg passed away.
He was the last known veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

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Judy Collins: The Blizzard

Gil Scott-Heron: Winter in America

Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman(piano): Snow

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan: Baby It’s Cold Outside

plus : a swing version of The Green Grass Grows All Around by
Jordan that might make you forget some of that snow…..

  We have lost a lot of musicians this year, particularly in the last month or so.
Take time to savor all the beauty they bring.

I still appreciate this song done right. 😀

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Anything in music, for old time’s sake… 🙂

I’ll go with Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby”

Mixing it up a little:
Jean Ritchie: The Cherry Tree Carol

Miles Davis:
Blue Christmas

The Chieftains with Marianne Faithfull:
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In On Christmas Day

Forever Young – Pete Seeger

Follow – Richie Havens

Rain On The Roof – Lovin’ Spoonful

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Liking it, hiking it missing it, living in it, loving in it- whatever comes to mind. I keep waiting, but Graham never does this theme…

Men at Work : Down Under

The Sundowners Bush Band: Bound for Botany Bay

Dylan? No…. (complete lyrics at source)
Paul Kelly: From Little Things Big Things Grow
together with Albert’s Monologue

The Kinks: Victoria 🙂
(Until last year, wrongly thought(why?) it was about the Aussie state Victoria, not the whole Victorian Empire. So it qualifies, sort of)

—-Yes it is, so you’re on your own here….

A wobbly start

Paul Simon: Late in the Evening

More later, maybe 🙂
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