lyrics/song id needed: "Today while the blossoms"
Muusk
Does anyone know where this song came from? I learned it as
a child but no one I know recognizes it. A friend said that it
sounds like Ian & Sylvia but I'm not sure. If it has more lyrics,
I'd love to have them.
The part I know:
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows will all pass away
Ere I forget all the joys that are mine today.
Oh, I'll be a rambler and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I'll eat at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Thanks!
Barry Taylor
On 30 Nov 1997 06:55:57 GMT, mu...@aol.com (Muusk) wrote:
>Does anyone know where this song came from? I learned it as
>a child but no one I know recognizes it. A friend said that it
>sounds like Ian & Sylvia but I'm not sure. If it has more lyrics,
>I'd love to have them.
That tune is titled "Today". It was the love theme from the movie
'Advance to the Rear' starring Glenn Ford, I believe. Written and
performed by the New Christy Minstrels, about whom there has been
discussion recently right here in this forum. Look for their
re-release on CD. You can bet this song is on it!
The verse you're missing is...
I can't be contented with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh, and I'll cry and I'll sing...
And there is a slight correction to one of the other verses...
>I'll eat at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
I'll *feast* at your table
>Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Who *cares* what the morrow will bring
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Barry Taylor, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
bta...@islandnet.com
http://www.islandnet.com/~btaylor/homepage.htm
John Lupton
In article <34811314.341578@news>, bta...@islandnet.com (Barry Taylor) wrote:
>On 30 Nov 1997 06:55:57 GMT, mu...@aol.com (Muusk) wrote:
>
>>Does anyone know where this song came from? I learned it as
>>a child but no one I know recognizes it. A friend said that it
>>sounds like Ian & Sylvia but I'm not sure. If it has more lyrics,
>>I'd love to have them.
>
>That tune is titled "Today". It was the love theme from the movie
>'Advance to the Rear' starring Glenn Ford, I believe. Written and
>performed by the New Christy Minstrels, about whom there has been
>discussion recently right here in this forum. Look for their
>re-release on CD. You can bet this song is on it!
More specifically, I think the writer of the song was Randy Sparks, of the New
Christy Minstrels.
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Jim Clark
Hey,
I also asked about this song awhile back, and nobody helped me. I'm
pleased to be able to tell you the name of the song is "Today," and it
was a hit for The New Christy Minstrels.
Best,
Jim Clark
Muusk wrote:
> Does anyone know where this song came from? I learned it as
> a child but no one I know recognizes it. A friend said that it
> sounds like Ian & Sylvia but I'm not sure. If it has more lyrics,
> I'd love to have them.
>
> The part I know:
>
> Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
> I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
> A million tomorrows will all pass away
> Ere I forget all the joys that are mine today.
>
> Oh, I'll be a rambler and I'll be a rover
> You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
> I'll eat at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
> Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
>
> Thanks!
Danny R. Bell
Muusk wrote:
> Does anyone know where this song came from? I learned it as
> a child but no one I know recognizes it. A friend said that it
> sounds like Ian & Sylvia but I'm not sure. If it has more lyrics,
> I'd love to have them.
>
> The part I know:
>
> Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
> I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
> A million tomorrows will all pass away
> Ere I forget all the joys that are mine today.
>
> Oh, I'll be a rambler and I'll be a rover
> You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
> I'll eat at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
> Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
>
> Thanks!
> Thanks!
It was first heard in a movie called "Advance to the Rear". It stared
Glenn Ford and
Barbara Eden. Mid 60's. A Civil War comedy along the lines of F-Troop.
John Davison
did a version about 20 years ago. May have been done by Lennon Pipers?
Dan
Peter Fischman
Muusk wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where this song came from? I learned it as
> a child but no one I know recognizes it. A friend said that it
> sounds like Ian & Sylvia but I'm not sure. If it has more lyrics,
> I'd love to have them.
>
> The part I know:
>
> Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
> I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
> A million tomorrows will all pass away
> Ere I forget all the joys that are mine today.
>
> Oh, I'll be a rambler and I'll be a rover
> You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
> I'll eat at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
> Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
>
> Thanks!
As I remember it, your first paragraph is the chorus, and the second
verse may go like this:
I can't be contented with yesterday's glories
I can't live on promises, winter to spring
For today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing.
I hear the Kingston Trio doing it in my head, but who knows?
--
Peter Fischman please remove NOSPAM before replying
Yet Another Steve
> Muusk wrote:
> > Does anyone know where this song came from?
It's from THE FANTASTIKS, isn't it? It's just called "Today."
Steve
--
"Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody in the future is
longing to go back to". - Ashleigh Brilliant
Michael Carter
The song, titled "Today", was written in the mid 60's, for a Glenn Ford
movie. The movie title escapes me, but the setting was civil war, and it
was a comedy with incidental music, rather than a musical. "Today" is no
more a "folk" song than "little Drummer Boy" or "Two Brothers", but that's
only if you insist on unknown or antique origins. Personally, I like
Woody's definition: "Folk songs are songs folks sing." By that definition,
"Today" fits into a folksinger's songbag just fine.
Heck, I'v heard a lot of "trad" singers break into "Long Black Veil" or
"Willie McBride" without a blush...and neither song has seen its 50th
birthday.
Michael Carter
Rick
On 4 Dec 1997 00:11:33 GMT, "Michael Carter"
<cart...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
The movie was "Advance to the Rear." The entire soundtrack was written
by Randy Sparks and performed by the New Christy Minstrels. The
soundtrack album is available on CD and has some great music on it,
including the beautiful song, Today.
Peace!
Rick in CT
Oo---::: O--^--:: Oo--::
There is not present or future - only the past,
happening over and over again - now.
Karen Rodgers
>The song, titled "Today", was written in the mid 60's, for a Glenn Ford
>movie. The movie title escapes me, but the setting was civil war, and it
>was a comedy with incidental music, rather than a musical. "Today" is no
>more a "folk" song than "little Drummer Boy" or "Two Brothers", but that's
>only if you insist on unknown or antique origins. Personally, I like
>Woody's definition: "Folk songs are songs folks sing." By that definition,
>"Today" fits into a folksinger's songbag just fine.
>
>Heck, I'v heard a lot of "trad" singers break into "Long Black Veil" or
>"Willie McBride" without a blush...and neither song has seen its 50th
>birthday.
As a matter of fact, "No Man's Land" (aka "Willie McBride", aka "Green
Fields Of France"), written in 1972, celebrated its 25th birthday this
year. :-)
Karen R.
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Doug Roberts
This song by Randy Sparks appeared on John Denver's "An Evening with John
Denver" live album.
Patrick Cheatham
Peter Fischman wrote:
>
> Muusk wrote:
> >
It was written by Randy Sparks for the extremely forgetable movie -
Advance to Rear - starring Glenn Ford. It was performed by the New
Christy Minstrels, who I think may have appeared in the movie - but
since the movie was so forgettable, I'm not real sure.
Patrick
Clare Ferguson
This was one of my favourite songs growing up but I knew it by Catherine
McKinnon. Interesting to read where it first came from.
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Clare
DEfromGA
> the song is "Today," and it
>was a hit for The New Christy Minstrels.
Jim,
I also have a lovely version by Andy Williams. Sorry, I didn't see your post
or I would have replied. It is a beautiful song.
Donna