Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
GUEST,Another Guest Origin: Hill and Gully Rider-is there such a song? (61* d) RE: Hill and Gully Riders - is there such a song? 06 Oct 06

I sang this as a child in Jamaica in the 1940s well before Harry Belafonte recorded it; it was at least as old as our grandparents. It's a digging song -- the gang leader calls out the first line -- everyone raises his pick-axe to "Hill an' gully rida" and then brings it down with a thud to "Hill an' gully". It could have been adapted from a sea-shanty.

Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.
   * Click on the linked number with * to view the thread split into pages (click "d" for chronologically descending).

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.