“My Favorite Things” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. In the original Broadway production, this song was introduced by Mary MartinContinue readingMy Favorite Things
Climb Ev’ry Mountain
When Maria returns to the Abbey, confused by her feelings for Captain von Trapp, the Mother Abbess assures her that loving another person can be part of what God wantsContinue readingClimb Ev’ry Mountain
Do-Re-Mi
“Do-Re-Mi ” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Within the story, it is used by Maria to teach the solfège ofContinue readingDo-Re-Mi
Hills are Alive with The Sound of Music
Guess what this week is about. The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay andContinue readingHills are Alive with The Sound of Music
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” was written by Robert Robinson murning to the young Robert Robinson, the bleary-eyed gipsy fortune-teller pointed a quivering finger and said, And you, youngContinue readingCome Thou Fount of Every Blessing
There But for Fortune
“There but for Fortune” is a song by American folk musician Phil Ochs. Ochs wrote the song in 1963 and recorded it twice, for New Folks Volume 2 (Vanguard, 1964)Continue readingThere But for Fortune
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is a 1976 hit song written, composed and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS EdmundContinue readingThe Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Tom Dooley
The Legend of Tom Dooley is a 1959 American Western film directed by Ted Post and starring Michael Landon, Jo Morrow, Jack Hogan, Richard Rust, Dee Pollock and Ken Lynch.Continue readingTom Dooley
The Circle Game
In this poetic song “the Circle Game”, Joni Mitchell tells the story of a child’s journey to adulthood. She uses a carousel as a metaphor for the years that goContinue readingThe Circle Game
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
“Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” is a modern folk-style song. Inspired lyrically by the traditional Cossack folk song “Koloda-Duda”, Pete Seeger borrowed an Irish melody[ and the first threeContinue readingWhere Have All the Flowers Gone?