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Thread #13924   Message #117096
Posted By: Jon Freeman
23-Sep-99 - 08:52 PM
Thread Name: Help: Upbeat, cheery family folksong
Subject: RE: Help: Upbeat, cheery family folksong
Joe, not too sure... My version of Rattlin bog (if I'm thinking of the same song as you) Has the verse:

And on this maid there lay a man (rare man and a rattlin man)...

But I think that that sort of song is fun. The one I learned in school that in many ways is similar to Rare bog and a Rattlin bog (tune different) starts:

Now in this wood there was a tree
The finest tree you ever did see
And the green grass grew all around around around
And the green grass grew around.

I am not sure about dates but I would guess that "The Fox (walked out on a wintera night)" could be a good one that fits the criteria.

Jon