Ballad by Simon Oak (Jan. 2023) describing an average Saturday of a traditional singing festival. To the tune of Simon’s Lofty Pheasant. Lyrics No better start of the day, the birds are singing, my alarm is ringing I hurl the damn thing away, and I…
The first of two songs in Dutch by Simon Oak to the old Irish tune of The Little Beggarman, which was made famous in the sixties by Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers. The second one is De Oude Bolleboer. This song was updated with…
A new song by Simon Oak to the melody of Tommy Makem’s Rambles of Spring. It challenges you learn a Dutch word: Fiets = Bicylce (noun) or Cycle (1st person verb), sounds like “feats”. The song is based on the real experience of abandoned Christmas…
Sorry, this is not a spectacular composition, it’s just a funny honky tonk tune, I think, and if it makes one person smile or one child dance it’s been worth the little effort it took me to put it here. I called it “Everybody Happy On…
The joy that I felt after booking a family trip to the historic city of Sevilla, Spain, lead to this tune. Thanks to MuseScore, I can easily write it down and share it with you, without the need for myself to make a perfect rendition. Computer output…
In 2012 when the financial crisis in Greece was fairly new, I wrote this song. The chorus is based on a Dutch saying “when the drink is in the man, the wisdom is in the can” (Als de drank is in de man, is de…