The fallen became symbolized by a fictitious worker Janek Wiśniewski, commemorated in a song by Mieczysław Cholewa, Pieśń o Janku z Gdyni.

A satirical song published in The Times newspaper of 1789 referring to the rumoured clandestine marriage between Prince Regent and Mrs. Fitzherbert also reflects this symbolic usage of the broomstick imagery: “ Their way to consummation was by hopping o ’ er a broom, sir ”, and there are plentiful other examples of ‘ broomstick ’ being using in other contemporary contexts but all with a similar implication of dubiousness or fakery.

* The symbol of Hornsby Girls High School, Australia, is the " Torch of Knowledge " and words of the school song include " Minerva by our southern seas her sacred groves replanted, with whispering gums to woo the breeze that flows o ' er lands enchanted ; with ageless hills she rimmed her bower, her sunlit shrine of learning, and here we keep through shine and shower the Torch of Knowledge burning ..." ( NOTE on Australianisms: gums here means " gum trees " ( eucalyptus ), not a part of the mouth ).

Caetano Veloso also makes reference to Narcissus in the song " Sampa ", in the verse: É que Narciso acha feio o que não é espelho ( It's just that Narcissus finds ugly what isn't his mirrorimage ).

It was re-released in 1999, with a bonus track, Crow's cover of the Guns N ' Roses song " Sweet Child o ' Mine ," which was included on the soundtrack of the film Big Daddy.

The popular Welsh folk song Yma o Hyd, recorded by Dafydd Iwan in 1981, recalls Macsen Wledig and celebrates the continued survival of the Welsh people since his days.

Necessary to support his impoverished family, this work was monotonous but taught him persistence, endurance, and a natural empathy with all who labour, as expressed by lines he used to hum from the egalitarian Rabbie Burns song: " When man to man, the world o ' er / Shall brothers be for a ' that ".

It derives from ( Classical Greek ), contracted from trag ( o )- aoidiā = " goat song ", which comes from tragos

Hymen was celebrated in the ancient marriage song of unknown origin ( called a Hymenaios ) Hymen o Hymenae, Hymen delivered by G. Valerius Catullus.

Musician B. o. B sampled " Love Is Strange " for his song " My Sweet Baby ", from his mixtape B. o. B vs. Bobby Ray ( 2009 ).

The will o ' the wisp also appears in the song " skylark " sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Maxine Sullivan and others

When Kyu Sakamoto took part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first time with the song " Ue o Muite Arukō " ( aka " Sukiyaki ") in 1961, Hideo Murata also made his debut with the song " Ōsho " at the same show.

The folk song " The Dowie Dens o Yarrow " ( English: " the dismal, narrow wooded valleys of Yarrow ") refers to an ambush and murder that takes place in the locality.

* Jock o ' the Side, song

Famous match races include the 1851 match at York between the Epsom Derby winners The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur ; the 1878 four mile long race in Louisville between the Eastern U. S. colt Ten Broeck and California filly Mollie McCarty that inspired the song Molly and Tenbrooks, the Canadian contest between Man o ' War and Sir Barton in 1920, won by Man O ' War ; Seabiscuit's victory over War Admiral in the 1938 Pimlico Special ; the 1955 race between Nashua and Swaps, the 1966 Pace of the Century between standardbred champs Bret Hanover and Cardigan Bay, and 1975's tragedy-marred contest between colt Foolish Pleasure and filly Ruffian at Belmont Park.

* " Crazy Horses " ( song ), a 1972 song by The Osmonds, covered by a. o.

But still, punctually at ten o ' clock, came Lale Andersen singing their special song, with the same unvarying, heart-rending sweetness that we knew so well from the desert.

Rap group El Sindicato and rock band Fiel a la Vega collaborated in creating the politically-conscious song, " O Luchamos o Nos Entregamos " ( Either We Fight or We Give In ).

Examples are Ivy Queen & Don Omar song title " Robarte Un Beso ", the Group 3D Ritmo De Vida song title " Que Siga La Rumba " and the Group Mas Salsa Que Tu song title " Ten Cuida ' o ".

In 1903, Albert " Sonny " Cunha composed My Waikiki Mermaid, arguably the first popular hapa haole song ( The earliest known hapa haole song, " Eating of the Poi ", was published in Ka Buke o na Leo Mele Hawaii ... o na Home Hawaii in Honolulu in 1888 Kanahele, George S., Hawaiian Music and Musicians pp 71 – 72 ).

The invasion was stopped decisively at the Battle of Flodden Field during which the King, many of his nobles, and a large number of ordinary troops were killed, commemorated by the song Flowers of the Forest.

* The title of a song from Water Forest an album by Rurutia.

In the 1986 movie The Mission the guilty conscience and penance of the slave trader Mendoza is made more poignant by the haunting oboe music of Ennio Morricone (" On Earth as it is in Heaven ") The song Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest is based on a traditional Baegu lullaby from the Solomon Islands called " Rorogwela " in which a young orphan is comforted as an act of conscience by his older brother.

The dead are remembered by the song ( and pipe tune ) " The Flowers of the Forest ";

* Pilot – When the new format debuts, the first song Johnny played was Ted Nugent's " Queen of the Forest ", which was replaced by generic rock music.

Tom Paxton mentions The Loved One, along with Jessica Mitford's book The American Way of Death, as one of the inspirations for his satirical song " Forest Lawn ".

Loughton boasts a few rock and pop music connections ; Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits was a lecturer at Loughton College ( now Epping Forest College ), and the Genesis song " The Battle of Epping Forest " is based on an actual event when rival East End gangs fought a turf war in the forest.

The Cowardly Lion is also the only character in the movie who has two solo song numbers -" If I Only Had the Nerve ," performed after his initial meeting with Dorothy, The Scarecrow, and The Tin Man in the forest, and " If I Were King of the Forest ," performed while he and the others are awaiting their audience with the Wizard.

* " A Forest ", a 1980 song by the Cure

* " Forest ", a song by System of a Down on their second album Toxicity

The song refers to the traditional Scottish song " Flowers of the Forest " being played over the grave of a World War I soldier.

*" The Battle of Epping Forest " ( 1973 ), a song by Genesis, that mentions a hood: " Liquid Len by name, of wine, women and Wandsworth fame "

* " Stranger ", a song by Black Lips from We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow

Soon after they met in February 1864, Crosby wrote the words and William B. Bradbury composed the music for a popular patriotic Civil War song " There is a Sound Among the Forest Trees ".

The cello rock band Rasputina makes mention of Space Ghost in their song ' the Olde Headboard ', which was the single off their 1998 sophomore album How We Quit the Forest.

* Dutch death metal band The Monolith Deathcult's song Master of the Bryansk Forest from their 2008 album Trivmvirate.

The song, written in Scots, is also known as The Floo ' ers o ' the Forest ( are a ' wede away ) and describes the grief of women and children at the loss of their young men.

The song is quoted at the beginning and end of the historical novel The Flowers of the Forest by Elizabeth Byrd, which culminates in the Battle of Flodden.

Scots / Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle refers to " Flowers of the Forest " in his song " No Man's Land ", in which he muses over the grave of a World War I soldier, and wonders whether " Flowers of the Forest " was played at the soldier's burial.

Both low and high extremes can be heard in the song Chuncho ( The Forest Creatures ) ( 1953 ).

In March 1998, Glee was released internationally albeit some changes: " Ceci n ' est pas une chanson " became an instrumental simply called " Une chanson "; the French song, " Forest ", was reworked with several English verses.

The Newham Generals ( D Double E & Footsie ) are also from Forest Gate, and the video for their song ' Frontline ' was filmed at Forest Gate railway station.