Songs dealing with walking/hiking.

Relevant Records

• Walk That Line (Silver Sounds 200)

Road songs

Relevant Records

• Bobby McGee (Roofers 113)

Shamu was born this day in 1985 in Orlando, Florida. She was the first killer whale to be born in captivity and survive. Her place of birth was Sea World.

A good day to do fish songs: Three Little Fishes, Fisherman’s Luck, Mack the Knife (sharks, anyone?). I can’t think of any songs about killer whales, or even whales.

Relevant Records

• Three Little Fishies (Chicago Country 55)
• FishermanÕs Luck (Mountain 70)
• Mack the Knife (Royal 210)

Gordon Lightfoot is a folksinger/songwriter. Summertime Dream is the only song I could find that he’s written and I’ve got, although I use it exclusively for patter. I wondered if anyone had done a version of the “Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald,” but a quick search at Supreme showed naught.

Relevant Records

• Summertime Dream (Chaparral 403)

Gershwin composed an amazing number of songs. There are square dance versions on Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) and I Got Rhythm.

Relevant Records

• I Got Rhythm (Chicago Country 16)

Perfect for square dancing; one could do lots of tricky things to see if the dancers are listening to the caller.

Play a tango tonight in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm. There’s always Hernando’s Hideaway. Or play some German songs…how about a German tango?

Interestingly enough both tangos and Kaiser Wilhelm are mentioned in Tori Amos’ songs, and on the same album, even, although not in the same song. But I can’t think of any Tori Amos singing calls.

The tango was banned in Argentina as being politically seditious. It was also condemned by the Pope.

Relevant Records

• Hernando’s Hide-A-Way (Rockin M 303)