''Songs for Ageing Children'' (sub-titled ''Let the Feeling Talk to You'') is an album by
American
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folk and blues performer
Dave Van Ronk
David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nicknamed the "Mayor of Mac ...
, released in 1973.
Dave Van Ronk discography.
/ref> The album has not been released on CD, but a needle drop of the album has appeared on digital download platforms such as YouTube and iTunes.
Reception
Allmusic
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stated in their review "This is a varied set, as if Van Ronk were trying to cover a lot of bases against the chance that he might not get another opportunity to record again soon."
Track listing
Side one
#"Duncan & Brady" (Traditional; arranged by Dave Van Ronk) – 3:48
#"Green Rocky Road" (Len Chandler
Len Hunt Chandler, Jr. (born May 27, 1935), better known as Len Chandler, is a folk musician from Akron, Ohio.
Biography
He showed an early interest in music and began playing piano at age 8. Studying classical music in his early teens, he lear ...
) – 4:08
#"As You Make Your Bed" (Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
, Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...
) – 4:21
#"Teddy Bears' Picnic
"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a song consisting of a melody by American composer John Walter Bratton, written in 1907, and lyrics added by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy in 1932. It remains popular as a children's song, having been recorded by num ...
" ( John Walter Bratton
John Walter Bratton (January 21, 1867 – February 7, 1947) was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and theatrical producer who became popular during the era known as the Gay Nineties.
Early life
Raised by his grandmother, Mary Bratton, in New Ca ...
, Jimmy Kennedy
James Kennedy (20 July 1902 – 6 April 1984) was a Northern Irish songwriter. He was predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer" or co-writing with composers like Michael Carr, Wi ...
) – 2:22
#"Song for Joni" (Dave Van Ronk) – 2:02
Side two
#"Work with Me Annie" (Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard (born John Henry Kendricks; November 18, 1927 – March 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of The Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. He played an inte ...
) – 2:30
#"River
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" (Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...
) – 2:45
#"My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
"My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii", written by Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, and Johnny Noble in Hawaii in 1933, is a Hawaiian song in the Hawaiian musical style known as '' hapa haole''. One of the earliest recordings by Ted Fio Rito ...
" (Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, Johnny Noble) – 3:35
#" Sail Away" (Randy Newman
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern American English, Southern-accented singing style, early Americana (music), Americana-influenced songs (often ...
) – 2:54
#"Candy Man" (Rev. Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis (born Gary D. Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina and blind since infancy, ...
) – 2:43
#"Last Call" (Van Ronk) – 3:07
Personnel
Produced by Michael Brovsky for GRT Corporation. A Free Flow Production in association with Dave Van Ronk
*Arrangements – Dave Van Ronk & Barry Kornfeld
*Engineer – Martin Nyles Lennard
*Recorded & Remixed at Advantage Studios, New York
*Album Graphics & Design – Jon Shaheen-Yellow Studio
*Woodcut – Luke Faust
References
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1973 albums
Dave Van Ronk albums
Cadet Records albums