raymondcrooke Channel profile

Join: Jan 23, 2007

Name: raymondcrooke

Gender: Male

Hometown: Melbourne

Location: Hong Kong, AU

Videos Watched: 10196

Subscribers: 874

Channel Views: 32944

I am married with two adult sons and two grandsons, one from each son. I have a website about my folk music which you may like to visit. It is a wiki so you are welcome to contribute, add information or your own folk song page or links to your own site, or just use it to find lyrics and chords.For my Featured Video - I will choose a video that has been generally overlooked. When it reaches 400 views I will change it for another one.

Videos (546)

526. Mister Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) - Sampson Chan

Length: 5:6
Rating Average: n/a
View Count: 2
Author: raymondcrooke

Tags: back bringing byrds canny cover dylan folk home hong kong man society song

When I recorded this at a session of the Hong Kong Folk Society at the Canny Man, the sound came out a bit distorted. Fortunately, Sampson had made a sound recording at the same time, which he sent me, and I managed to put it in place of my original soundtrack. This is the first time I have...

525. Hopalong Peter (Traditional American)

Length: 2:1
Rating Average: 5.00 from 4 people
View Count: 50
Author: raymondcrooke

Tags: bluegrass city folk lost mike new old ramblers seeger song time

Hopalong PeterThis is probably not a very old song as there are not many variations to be found. It was recorded on 78s by J. E. Mainer and by Fisher Hendley and the Aristocratic Pigs. The Hendley version was recorded by the New Lost City Ramblers, who included it in their songbook (probably the...

524. I Hate Wogs (Eric Bogle)

Length: 3:27
Rating Average: 5.00 from 2 people
View Count: 48
Author: raymondcrooke

Tags: australia folk humour irony racism satire song swift xenophobia

Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, Eric Bogle, stopped singing this song because there were too many people who didn't see the irony and either attacked it as racist or, worse, supported the protagonist in his racist views. Apparently there was even a member of parliament of Italian descent...

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LOST IN THE WILDERNESS (ORIGINAL).THE BLACK GHOST HAT VERSION

Length: 3:31
Rating Average: 4.98 from 44 people
View Count: 270' favoriteCount='12
Author: coolanddark

Tags: COOLANDDARK DAN FOLK GOTH ROCK SAMPLES SONG

V1)WHERE OH WHERE HAVE YOU GONE.AND WHERE OH WHERE WILL YOU GO.LOL.I SAW YOU WALKING IN THE RAIN.YOUR HEAD BOWED DOWN TO THE WIND,BOWED TO THE WIND.LOST IN THE WILDERNESS ALONE.WHERE WILL YOU GO.V2)TIME KEEPS SLIDING AWAY.YOUR SOULS GETTING YOUNGER EVERYDAY.YOUR FACE IS CRACKIN IN THE...