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Subject: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: Brenda Date: 10 May 99 - 04:12 PM I am looking for the lyrics to a Song entitled I bought me a cat. It is included in the Aaron Copland work Old American Songs. If anyone knows the words if you could please post them I would be very greatful. The song begins: I bought me a cat My cat pleased me I fed my cat under yonder tree And The cat said Fiddle I Dee I then continues to other verses involving different animals and after each verse you repeat back all the animals and what they said (In the manner of old McDonald had a farm. The last verse is I bouhgt me a wife. |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: skw@worldmusic.de Date: 10 May 99 - 04:37 PM The Watersons sing a song called 'I Went To Market'. I don't know if it includes a cat but the verses all start I went to market to buy a [hen, pig etc.] And the [hen, pig etc.] did very well please me Every time I fed my [...] I fed him all under a tree ... The list that follows at this point grows longer with every verse - like Old McDonald. I'm not sure I have the words but if it's any help I'll try and take them down and send them. - Susanne |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: Jon W. Date: 10 May 99 - 04:54 PM Click here to see a couple of versions that are in the DT database. I may be able to get words to one or two more versions including Aaron Copeland's' from my wife who is not above singing this song once in a while. But really you've got about all you need - just substitute an animal name for "Cat" and the appropriate sound for "fiddle I dee" and you've got the song. For example "duck" and "wack, wack"; "horse" and "Neigh, neigh" etc. The last verse is indeed "wife" and the sound is "Honey, Honey" in the Copland version. |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: bigJ Date: 10 May 99 - 07:23 PM One of the best versions of the the song that I ever heard was by Sam Hinton who called it 'The Barnyard Song' and recorded it on the Vanguard label on an LP called 'Newport Folk Festival' 1963. It might be available on CD now. |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: okscout Date: 12 May 99 - 11:19 PM Had me a cat, the cat please me. Fed my cat under yonder tree. Cat went fiddle-i-fee, fiddle-i-fee. Had me a hen, the hen pleased me. Fed my hen under yonder tree. Hen went chipsey, chopsy, cat went fiddle-i-fee, fiddle-i-fee. Had me a sheep (baa-baa), duck, horse, cow, baby (wah-ah, wah-ah), wife (honey, honey) and the cat went fiddle-i-fee. Heard it on PBS 20 years ago and have enjoyed singing it every since.
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Subject: ADD: I Bought Me A Cat^^ From: Sorcha Date: 13 Feb 00 - 01:37 PM The words I have are: I had a cat and the cat pleased me, I fed my cat under yonder tree Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. I had a hen and the hen pleased me, I fed my hen under yonder tree Hen goes chimmy-chuck,chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Duck goes quack quack,Goose goes hissy,hissy,Sheep goes baa-baa,etc. Each time go through all the animals and sounds. Here is the basic "abc"format, and dulcimer frets: Meter:2/4,(default)Note Length:1/16 Key:C (for dulcimer it doesn't really matter) c8c4c4/G8G4G4/c8c8/G10G4/A8G4G4/E8D8/C8z8/C8C8/E4E4D8/C16/z16// Dulcimer frets are: 11,11,11,7,7,7,11,11,7,7,11,7,8,7,7,5,4,3,//3,3,5,5,4,3. That is confusing 'cause there is no time! About "abc": I thought this was hard too, but it is not! Do you read standard notation? "C" is middle C,and "c" is an octave above that.So,"G,"is the G just below middle C. From there up the notes are: A, B, C D E F G A B c d e f g a b c' d' etc. The commas and apostrophes are PART of the note. M: is meter (time sig) and L: is the default note length. In "Cat", this is a 1/16th note. Length of the note just uses a multiplier behind it, so c8=the note c one octave above middle C and it is a 1/16th note multiplied 8 times which makes it a quarter note. There are standard default note lengths for every meter and more symbols for accidentals, etc. Usually z means a rest. Great "abc" Tutorial at:Chris Walsh's site^^ |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: GUEST,actor04@sunrise-sunset.com Date: 08 Sep 02 - 10:42 PM I have heard this song sung as a contest piece, however, I distinctly remember the goose saying "Quaw, quaw" and the duck saying "Quaa, Quaa." I just thought I'd add in my two cents. |
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Subject: Add: BOUGHT ME A CAT (from Mike & Peggy Seeger) From: Desert Dancer Date: 09 Sep 02 - 01:25 AM From Ruth Crawford Seeger, American Folk Songs for Children (Doubleday & Co., 1948), as sung by Emma Dusenbury, Arkansas, collected by Sidney Robertson for the Library of Congress. Recorded by Mike and Peggy Seeger on American Folk Songs for Children, Rounder CD 11543, 1987. BOUGHT ME A CAT
1. Bought me a cat, the cat pleased me Cumulatively, add:
2. hen, chipsy chopsy ~ Becky in Tucson |
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Subject: Lyr Add: I BOUGHT ME A CAT (Copland version) From: masato sakurai Date: 09 Sep 02 - 03:11 AM The Copland version is HERE:
I BOUGHT ME A CAT
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: GUEST,Zoe Date: 14 Dec 04 - 04:43 AM I used to have this song on an old nursery rhyme tape, loved it actually! just happened to be thinking about it and had a look on the net and i found this page, would just like to confirm that the hen definatly say "chimmy chuck -chimmy chuck"! |
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Subject: Lyr Add: BOUGHT ME A WIFE (from Thomas W. Talley) From: Azizi Date: 14 Dec 04 - 12:05 PM Here's a version of that song from Thomas W. Talley's 1922 book Negro Folk Rhymes: BOUGHT ME A WIFE Bought me a wife an' de wife please me, I feeds my wife un'er yon'er tree. My wife go, "Row-row!" My guinea go: "Potrack! Potrack!" My chicken go: "Gymsack! Gysack!" My duck go:"Quack-quack! "Quack-quack!" My dig go: "Bow-wow"! My hoss go: "Whee-whee"! Whee=whee!" My cat go: "Fiddle-toe!" "Fiddle-toe!" -- Does any one have any information on the origin of this song? Are there any published versions earlier than this one? |
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Subject: Lyr Add: MY HOUSEHOLD (from Vance Randolph) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 Dec 04 - 01:40 PM Azizi, the song goes back a long ways, known in many European countries, according to Randolph in Ozark Folk Songs. You are interested in children's singing games, so here is a children's version from Georgia, Newell (1883, 1903), Dover reprint. Lyr. Add: MY HOUSEHOLD I had a little rooster, and my rooster pleased me, I fed my rooster beneath that tree; My rooster went- Cookery-cooery! Other folks feed their rooster, I feed my rooster too. I had a little lamb, and my lamb pleased me, I fed my lamb beneath that tree; My lamb went - Ma-a-a! Other folks feed their lamb, I feed my lamb too. and so on with other beasts. "The names of animals being distributed among children, one, in the center of the ring, sings the words; at the proper point the child who represents the animal must imitate its cry; and as at each verse the animals who have already figured join in, the game becomes rather noisy." Newell cites a German version, "When I was a poor woman, I went over the Rhine: my goose was called 'Wag-tail', my maid said 'So he said', my pig 'Lard-pot', my flea 'Hop-i'straw'," etc. From W. W. Newell, "Games and Songs of American Children," no. 48. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: FIDDLE-I-FEE (from Lomax) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 Dec 04 - 02:31 PM Lomax, Folk Songs of North America, no. 230, has a version of "Fiddle-I-Fee" based on singing of Sam Hinton. Lyr. Add: FIDDLE-I-FEE "O I had a bird and the bird pleased me, And I fed my bird under yonder tree, And the bird went- (whistle) or Fiddle-i-fee.* *Have heard this with whistle, whistle, in line three and then a line repeat with Fiddle-i-fee. O I had a cat--- and the cat went 'me-ow' Dog--- bow-bow Duck--- quack, quack Goose--- honk, honk Cow--- moo, moo Ford--- get you there, get you there Woman--- honey, honey Baby--- mammy, mammy Alan Lomax, "Folk Songs of North America, no. 230, pp. 440-441, with music. |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: masato sakurai Date: 14 Dec 04 - 05:56 PM See also: I bought me a cat I HAD A WEE COCK (in the DT). From folktrax: COCKS AND HENS - "I had a little cock and he pleased me" Ch: "Here's luck to all my" - Cumulative Children's Song - ROUD#544 - R CHAMBERS PROS 1841 new ed p31-2 - HALLIWELL 1849 p263 "My Cock, Lily-Cock"- GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #149 "I haed a hennie" (Renfrewsh) - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1666 p199-200 (2var/m) "I bocht a hennie" - SHARP School 6 p14 coll Hammond arr RVW - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #336 nn, Witney, Oxfordsh 1912 (similar to Frank Roses's version) "I had a little cock" - NOVELLO School Ser 6 1912 Hammond adapted for school & arr RVW - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp284-5 #202 Mrs Martin, Bampton, Oxfordsh "Here's luck to all my C&H" 8v (w/o) - REEVES EC 1960 #42 p111 Hammond: S Gregory, Beaminster, Dorset 1906 (w/o) - HAMER 1967 p66 Nick Broad, Cornwall "I had a little cock" - HAMER GG 1967 pp66-7 Nick Broad, Cornwall "I had a little C" - TOCHER 14 1974 p210 "I had a wee hen" from Betsy Whyte - KENNEDY 1975 #297 p652 George Blackman 1954 "I bought myself a cock" - PALMER BHE 1979 #115 p191 "I went to market" from Derek & Dorothy Elliott who got it from John & Hazel Browell of Bradford Yorks - RICHARDS-STUBBS 1979 p147 from Walter Pardon "Cock-a-doodle-doo" (Cf Bermondsey Bill's version) --- RICHARDSON AMS 1927 p77 Appalachians "Bought a cow" -- see also FARMYARD SONG -- Wm J HAY rec by James M.Carpener John Knox House, Edinburgh 1928-9 #19 "I feed my cock under yon hill" - Frank ROSE rec by PK, Swinbrooke, Burford, Oxon 16/10/52 RPL 18687 "Here's luck to all my cocks and hens" - George BLACKMAN rec by Bob Copper Sussex 20/10/54: RPL 22735/ CAEDMON TC-1225/ TOPIC 12-T-198/ 027 "I bought myself a cock" - Bill BURNHAM (voc) & Bill FRENCH (voc/ piano) rec by PK, "Cock and Monkey" Bermondsey, London 3/2/54: RPL 21158 "Cock-a-doodle doo" - Frank PURSLOW rec by PK, Bampton, Oxfordshire 26/11/61 - Cyril TAWNEY: ARGO ZFB-4 1969 "I had a little cock" Cornwall - WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-TS-415 1981 Bradford -USA - Almeda RIDDLE rec Alan Lomax 1959: ATLANTIC SD-1350 1960- "The Pioneer Strain" broadcast introduced by Alan LOMAX, 1960 rec off air by PK: 902 "My Little Rooster" - "American Folksongs for Children" Mike & Peggy SEEGER (ROUNDER C-8001 2 parts) 1987 CASS-1225 "Bought me a cat" |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: masato sakurai Date: 14 Dec 04 - 06:07 PM The Watersons: I Went to Market |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: Azizi Date: 14 Dec 04 - 08:46 PM Thanks Q & Masato. Somewhat off topic: If been wondering: Is the custom of singing cumulative songs like "Bought me a cat", "There's a hole in the bucket, and "There's a hole in the bottom of the sea" part of other folk tradition besides the English & other European nations? I take it all three of those songs I listed are of European origin, right? There are some African folktales that have a cumulative element... For instance, there's a Caldecott Award winning children's book by Verna Aardema there's a retelling of the Africn folktale "Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears"Dail Books For Young Readers, 1979?}. Here's one excerpt from that story: "King Lion called th python, who came slitjering, wasawusu, wasawusu, past the other animals. "But King", he cried, "It was iguana's fault ! He wouldn't speak to me. And I thought he was plotting some mischief against me. When I crawled into the rabbit's hole, I was only tring to hide.". The king said to the council: "So it was iguana who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit,'who startled the crow, who alarmed the monkey, who killed the owlet- and now Mother Owl won't wake the sun so that the day can come." end of quote --- It turns out that the mosquito had told the iguana a big lie and so the iguana put sticks in his ears and frightened the python who scared the rabbit who startled the crow etc. The animals declared that the mosquito needed to be punished, but the mosquito hid because she had a guilty conscience. And to this day she buzzes in people;s ears, whining "Is everyone still angry with me?" Does anyone know if there are any African folk songs that are cumulative? |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to I Bought Me A Cat From: Snuffy Date: 15 Dec 04 - 08:58 AM Azizi, cumulative songs seem to be spread over all civilisations. See this post about a story/song found in North & South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. I'm sure it's not the only one. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Bought Me a Cat From: GUEST,Matthew Maynard in NC Date: 05 May 07 - 09:36 AM You people have nothing better to discuss thatn a stupid old song ? GET A LIFE!!!!!!! PS - How did the cat please the man? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Bought Me a Cat From: Nigel Parsons Date: 06 May 07 - 07:48 AM Worth adding the introduction to "The Barnyard Song" as written in "The American Song Book" (Contents listed yesterday in School Songbook Perma-Thread) In 1620 the mayflower brought the first hundred British settlers to New England, and during the next twenty years shipload after shipload of courageous folk crossed the Atlantic in search of freedom and fortune in the New World. By 1640 there were probably around 65,000 of these emigrants in New England or on the islands around the Atlantic coast of North America. These early settlers could take few of their possessions with them in the tiny ships that carried them to their new home, but among their memories of the old country would be many of the lovely folk-songs that were in those days being sung everywhere in England. We do not hear these old songs in our country now, except when they are sung by people who have learnt them from books. But a few years ago it was discovered that some old-fashioned people living in the Appalachian mountains on the Eastern side of the United States still knew by heart the old folk-songs that had been brought from England by their ancestors over two hundred years ago. Tis amusing Barnyard Song is a folk-song from Kentucky. It will remind you of the English Farmyard Song, which you may have had fun singing with realistic animal noises. Other verses may be improvised. The tune of the Barnyard Song is pentatonic, that is to say, it is built out of a scale of five sounds only, thus:- d r m s l CHEERS Nigel |
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Subject: Lyr Add: The Barnyard Song From: Artful Codger Date: 10 Jul 10 - 10:24 PM Here is the version from Lonesome Tunes: Folk Songs from the Kentucky Mountains (1916), collected by Loraine Wyman. THE BARNYARD SONG 1. I had a cat and the cat pleased me, I fed my cat under yonder tree. Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. 2. I had a hen and the hen pleased me, I fed my hen under yonder tree. Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. [Similarly until...] 9. I had a dog and the dog pleased me, I fed my dog under yonder tree. Dog goes bow-wow, Horse goes neigh-neigh, Cow goes moo-moo, Hog goes griffy-gruffy, Sheep goes ba-ba, Goose goes swishy-swashy, Duck goes quack-quack, Hen goes chimmy-chuck chimmy-chuck Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Source: Lonesome Tunes, pp. 6-13. Words collected by Lorraine Wyman, melody collected by Howard Brockway. New York: The H.W. Gray Company, 1916. From Knott County, Kentucky. ABC transcription:
The version that Sorcha posted in this message has a similar tune. I've corrected her ABC transcription below; the melodic part for all the other animals can be inferred from the Wyman/Brockway version. Click to playTo play or display ABC tunes, try concertina.net Sorcha's version:
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Bought Me a Cat From: Artful Codger Date: 11 Jul 10 - 12:41 AM For many years, the only version I knew of was sung by Brownan McGee back in the 70s. However, when I dug it out today, I found that I "remember" an entirely different start to the song—no idea where I picked it up:
Brownan McGee's version was mostly like Sorcha's tune but with my rhythm and "fiddle-i-fee" jog, and all the sounds were amusingly "naturalistic". His animals were (in final order) turkey, goose, duck, dog, cat and bird; the bird sound he whistled (an octave higher than I've written). I thought he sang more verses, since in my mind's ear I hear the wife's plaintive "Honey, honey," but it's not on my recording. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Bought Me a Cat From: GUEST Date: 23 Jul 10 - 01:57 AM does anyone know the name of the cassette tape that had I brought me a cat, over in the meadow, all the pretty little horses, and a lot of other songs on it? It was like four tapes and I can not remember the name of them. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: I Bought Me a Cat / Fiddle-i-Fee From: Joe Offer Date: 23 Aug 22 - 02:12 AM Here's a delightful performance of the Copland setting by Susan E. Dillard: And get a load of this performance by the King's singers: Here are the lyrics we have in the Digital Tradition. The source is not identified. BOUGHT ME A CAT (DT Lyrics) Bought me a cat and the cat pleased me, I fed my cat under yonder tree. Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Bought me a hen and the hen pleased me, I fed my hen under yonder tree. Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Bought me a duck and the duck pleased me, I fed my duck under yonder tree. Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Bought me a goose and the goose pleased me I fed my goose under yonder tree. Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Bought me a sheep and the sheep pleased me, I fed my sheep under yonder tree. Sheep goes baa, baa, Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Bought me a pig and the pig pleased me, I fed my pig under yonder tree. Pig goes oink, oink, Sheep goes baa, baa, Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Bought me a cow and the cow pleased me, I fed my cow under yonder tree. Cow goes moo, moo, Pig goes oink, oink, Sheep goes baa, baa, Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Bought me a horse and the horse pleased me, I fed my horse under yonder tree. Horse goes neigh, neigh, Cow goes moo, moo, Pig goes oink, oink, Sheep goes baa, baa, Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. Bought me a dog and the dog pleased me, I fed my dog under yonder tree. Dog goes bow-wow, bow-wow, Horse goes neigh, neigh, Cow goes moo, moo, Pig goes oink, oink, Sheep goes baa, baa, Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. @kids @cumulative @animal filename[ ROOSTR3 JP And here's the Traditional Ballad Index entry: I Had a Little Rooster (Farmyard Song)DESCRIPTION: The singer enjoys the company of various animals, e.g. "I had a little rooster by the barnyard gate, And that little rooster was my playmate, And that little rooster went Cock-a-doodle-doo...." And so forth, cumulatively, for various animalsAUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1849 (Halliwell) KEYWORDS: animal cumulative nonballad farming humorous chickens sheep horse dog FOUND IN: Britain(England(All),Scotland(Aber)) Ireland US(Ap,SE,So) Canada(Newf) REFERENCES (35 citations): Randolph 352, "I Bought Me a Rooster" (4 texts, 2 tunes) Randolph/Cohen-OzarkFolksongs-Abridged, pp. 290-291, "I Bought Me a Rooster" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 352A) McNeil-SouthernMountainFolksong, pp. 126-129, "I Bought Me a Cat" (1 text, 1 tune) Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, p. 126, "Greenwood Trees" (1 fragment, 1 tune); p. 140, "Had a Little Rooster" (1 text, 1 tune) Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 124, "Barnyard Song" (1 text plus3 excerpts and mention of 2 more) Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 124, "Barnyard Song" (3 tunes plus text excerpts) Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #219, "The Farmyard" (1 text) Moore/Moore-BalladsAndFolkSongsOfTheSouthwest 192, "The Farmyard" (1 text, 1 tune) Wyman/Brockway-LonesomeSongs-KentuckyMountains-Vol1, p. 6, "The Barnyard Song" (1 text, 1 tune) Williams-FolkSongsOfTheUpperThames, pp. 284-285, "Here's Luck to All My Cocks and Hens" (1 text) (also Williams-Wiltshire-WSRO Ox 202) Reeves-TheEverlastingCircle 42, "Farmyard Song" (1 text) Kennedy-FolksongsOfBritainAndIreland 297, "I Bought Myself a Cock" (1 text, 1 tune) Hamer-GarnersGay, pp. 66-67, "I Had a Little Cock" (1 text, 1 tune) Palmer-EnglishCountrySongbook, #115, "I Went to Market" (1 text, 1 tune) Gainer-FolkSongsFromTheWestVirginiaHills, pp. 164-165, "The Barnyard Song" (1 text, 1 tune) Roberts-SangBranchSettlers, #100, "The Cat Played Fiddie on My Fee" (1 text, 1 tune) Thomas-DevilsDitties, pp. 156-157, "The Barnyard" (1 text, 1 tune) Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 218, "The Farmyard" (1 text, 1 tune) Sharp/Karpeles-EightyEnglishFolkSongs 78, "The Farmyard" (1 text, 1 tune -- a composite version) Karpeles-TheCrystalSpring 117, "I Had a Little Cock" (1 text, 1 tune) Richardson/Spaeth-AmericanMountainSongs, p. 77, "Bought a Cow" (1 text, 1 tune) Greig/Duncan8 1666, "I Bocht a Hennie" (2 texts, 1 tune) Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #159, p. 2, "I Haed a Hennie" (1 text) Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 230, "Fiddle-I-Fee" (1 text, 1 tune) Chase-AmericanFolkTalesAndSongs, pp. 171-174, "Fiddle-i-Fee" (1 text, 1 tune) Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren, #48, "My Household" (1 short text) Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 387, "I Had a Rooster" (1 text) Messerli-ListenToTheMockingbird, pp. 21-24, "Bought Me a Cat" (1 text) Montgomerie/Montgomerie-ScottishNurseryRhymes 13, "(I had a wee cock and I loved it well)" (1 text) NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Dan Patterson, "A Sheaf of North Carolina Folksongs," Vol. IV, No. 1 (Jul 1956), pp. 28, "I Had a Little Rooster" (1 text, 1 tune) Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 392, "I had a rooster (cat) and my rooster pleased me" (notes only -- although they include some quite unusual variants) SongsOfAllTime, p. 73, "Barnyard Song" (1 text, 1 tune) DT, ROOSTR2 (I HAD A WEE COCK), ROOSTR3 (BOUGHT ME A CAT), ROOSTR4 (I HAD A ROOSTER), ROOSTR5 (LITTLE ROOSTER) ADDITIONAL: Robert Chambers, The Popular Rhymes of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1870 ("Digitized by Google")), pp. 31-32, "My Cock, Lily-Cock" ("I had a wee cock, and I loved it well, I fed my cock on yonder hill") Robert Chambers (Edited by Norah and William Montgomerie), Traditional Scottish Nursery Rhymes (1990 selected from Popular Rhymes) #15, pp. 18-19, ("I had a henny") Roud #544 RECORDINGS: George Blackman, "I Bought Myself a Cock" (on FSB10) John Curtis, "Farmyard" (on NFMLeach) Maud Long, "Fiddle-I-Fee" (AFS; on LC14) Jamesie McCarthy, "Kerry Cock" (on IRClare01) Marieo Perkins, "I Love My Rooster" (on JThomas01) Pete Seeger, "Bought Me a Cat" (on PeteSeeger03, PeteSeegerCD03); "I Had a Rooster" (on PeteSeeger08, PeteSeegerCD02) Asher Sizemore & Little Jimmie, "My Little Rooster" (Bluebird B-5495, 1934) CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. "Le Marche des Animaux (The Animal Market)" (theme and structure) File: R352 Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Instructions The Ballad Index Copyright 2022 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. |
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Subject: ADD Version: The Farmyard / I Bought Me a Cat From: Joe Offer Date: 23 Aug 22 - 03:45 AM Source: Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 218, "The Farmyard" (1 text, 1 tune) THE FARMYARD Had me a cat and the cat pleased me, Fed my cat in yonders tree; The cat went fiddle-i dee. Had me a dog and the dog pleased me, Fed my dog in yonders tree; The dog went boo, boo, boo, And the cat went fiddle-i dee 3 The hen went ka, ka, ka. 4 The hog went kru-si, kru-si, kru-si. 5 The sheep went baa, baa, baa. 6 The cow went moo, moo, moo. 7 The calf went ma, ma, ma. This song can be extended at will by adding the names and characteristic cries of other animals. Sung by Mrs. Jane Gentry at Hot Springs NC, Sept 12, 1916 |
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Subject: RE: Origins: I Bought Me a Cat / Fiddle-i-Fee From: leeneia Date: 23 Aug 22 - 02:28 PM It doesn't seem possible that anything more could be said about this simple song, but I'm going to add that I learned this song in school, and we sang: I had a rooster and the rooster pleased me. I cherished my rooster 'neath the green bay tree. My little rooster sang cock-a-doo-doo etc The animals' cries built up, as usual, but the final line was a cock-a-doodle-doo that went up high and came down low to end each verse with a flourish. I never cared for the song, but it has stuck in my brain for 55 years. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: I Bought Me a Cat / Fiddle-i-Fee From: Joe Offer Date: 23 Aug 22 - 04:19 PM Hi, Leeneia - although your song is very similar, your song has a different melody and is usually considered to be a different song. In the Digital Tradition, it's I Had a Rooster. |
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