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Thread #118069 Message #2551760
Posted By: Bryn Pugh
29-Jan-09 - 05:13 AM
Thread Name: Origins: point of nonsensical refrain folk music
Subject: RE: Origins: point of nonsensical refrain folk music
The reference to 'Frog and Mouse' above reminded me of the version
(Frog he would a-wooing ride) learned, I am sure, in 'Singing Together' when Adam was in Babygros :-)
The Frog he would a wooing ride, Whipsey diddle dee dandy dee (bis) The Frog he would a wooing ride With sword and buckler by his side With a harum scarum diddlum darum Whipsey diddle dee dandy dee.
Nonsense in other Celtic languages, too - the Welsh song "Migildi Magildi, Now, now, now" ?
Old Jack Braddlum ? 'Hey ! What country folks we be'.
Fal dee roo dee lam tam Too lee riddle dee Trillam tam tillam tah-nee Praising loud the evergreen, The tree whose name is the Holly.
I can't see what the point is in any of these, only (as someone observed earlier) that they are fun to sing.