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“Scarlet Begonias”, “Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross”, and “My Sweet Gypsy Rose”: The Grateful Dead, a nursery rhyme, and Tony Orlando & Dawn. #111Words #TheGratefulDead #ScarletBegonias #RideACockHorseToBanburyCross #MySweetGypsyRose #TonyOrlandoAndDawn #Music #Lyrics #Allusions https://111-words.ghost.io/scarlet-begonias-ride-a-cock-horse-to-banbury-cross-and-my-sweet-gypsy-rose-the-grateful-dead-a-nursery-rhyme-and-tony-orlando-dawn/

“Scarlet Begonias”, “Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross”, and “My Sweet Gypsy Rose”: The Grateful Dead, a nursery rhyme, and Tony Orlando & Dawn

The second stanza of the Grateful Dead song "Scarlet Begonias" ("From the Mars Hotel", 1974, lyrics by Robert Hunter, music by Jerry Garcia) describes a woman with "rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes." This echoes the nursery rhyme "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", whose "fine

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50+ Music Mar 6

He Don't Love You 🤗
#TonyOrlandoAndDawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9Ogt0AExM

He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)

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50+ Music Feb 8

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is a song recorded by #TonyOrlandoAndDawn. It was written by #IrwinLevine and #LRussellBrown and produced by #HankMedress and #DaveAppell, with #Motown/#Stax backing vocalist #TelmaHopkins, #JoyceVincentWilson and her sister Pamela Vincent on backing vocals. It was a worldwide hit for the group in 1973. The single reached the top 10 in ten countries, in eight of which it topped the charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8fhciUojQ0

Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon ( TOTP ) 1973

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50+ Music Feb 6

"He Will Break Your Heart", is a song originally performed and co-written by #JerryButler. It was a top-ten hit in 1960. In 1975, #TonyOrlandoAndDawn released the song under the title "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)". Their version topped the #BillboardHot100 chart on May 3, 1975, and the US #adultContemporaryChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xF1FOztyVs