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



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
Lighter Origins: The Foggy Foggy Dew (bachelor) (53* d) RE: Origins: The Foggy Foggy Dew (bachelor) 28 Sep 24

Randolph's "Ozark Folksongs" has a perfect transitional form, from "bugaboo" to "foggy, foggy dew," collected in Missouri in 1938:

"I wooed her in the summer time
And part of the winter too.
Tumble into bed, pretty maid, I said,
And I'll keep you from the Boogy Boogy Boo."

As I mentioned on another thread, "foggy dew" was defined literally in 1616, without regard to the song (which didn't yet exist), as "rime."

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.