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Subject: Tune Add: CHICKENS IN THE GARDEN From: John in Brisbane Date: 10 Oct 99 - 11:11 PM Another one.
MIDI file: chickens.mid Timebase: 96 Text: CHICKENS IN THE GARDEN This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
I can't get this tune to work right for me, so I'm going to pass it by. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: Chickens in the Garden From: Kim C Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:01 PM Does anyone have any information about the origins/date of this neat little song the Watersons recorded? I checked the DT and Google and can't find anything. |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: IanC Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:05 PM There's various info on the forum, but here's someting useful from this site. From A. L. Lloyd's notes: Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson heard a man named Joe Udal sing this at a shepherd's meet in the Lake District in 1974, and took a fancy to it. As well they might.
Cheers! |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Kim C Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:07 PM That's in the liner notes of the album... but I have a feeling the song predates 1974, although I could be wrong... |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: IanC Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:09 PM Course it does, Kim. They got it from the singing of Joe Udall. You could try looking him up, now, on the net!
Cheers! |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Kim C Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:18 PM (sheepishly) yes, I guess I could do that! ;-) why didn't I think of that before!! dang, my brain is full... |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Wolfgang Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:23 PM Treat My Daughter Kindly (The Little Farm)DESCRIPTION: The singer meets and falls in love with a girl. Her father asks him to "Treat my daughter kindly, never do her harm. When I die I'll leave you my little house and farm." The two are happily married and live a contented life AUTHOR: James Bland EARLIEST DATE: 1878 (sheet music for "The Farmer's Daughter, or The Little Chickens in the Garden" published) KEYWORDS: courting marriage father FOUND IN: US(MA,MW,NE,SE,So) Britain(England) Ireland REFERENCES (7 citations): Gardner/Chickering-BalladsAndSongsOfSouthernMichigan 119, "I Once Did Know a Farmer" (1 text plus an excerpt) Randolph 668, "The Little Chickens in the Garden" (1 text plus a fragment, 1 tune) Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore2 175, "The Farmer's Daughter" (1 text) Warner-TraditionalAmericanFolkSongsFromAnneAndFrankWarnerColl 77, "Treat My Daughter Kindly (or, The Little Farm)" (1 text) Bronner/Eskin-FolksongAlivePart2 47, "I Once Did Know a Farmer" (1 text, 1 tune) McBride-FlowerOfDunaffHillAndMoreTradSongsInnishowen 68, "Treat My Daughter Kindly" (1 text, 1 tune) Williams-Wiltshire-WSRO Wt 337, "All the Little Chickens in the Garden" (1 text) ST R668 (Partial) Roud #2552 RECORDINGS: Riley Puckett, "Farmer's Daughter" (Columbia 15686-D, 1931; rec. 1928) Arthur Smith Trio, "The Farmer's Daughter" (Bluebird B-7893, 1938) BROADSIDES: NLScotland, L.C.Fol.70(62a), "The Chickens in the Garden," Poet's Box (Dundee), c. 1890 File: R668 Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Instructions The Ballad Index Copyright 2021 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle.
Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Marymac90 Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:41 PM I don't know about the above, (though I do love the Watersons), but I do know a really nifty little 3-part rythmic (sp?) spoken word piece to teach to a group, and it mentions the same topic! Divide the group into 3 parts, and teach each group one part. Group 1:
The chickens (pause)
Group 2: Even the rabbits inhibit their habits when (mini-pause)
Group 3: Squaaaaaaassssshh! (pause) When each group completes their part, they start it over again. All three groups recite their parts SIMULTANEOUSLY!!! After they have gotten them down pat, they can walk around, and mill amongst the people with other parts. They then recite their parts TO people with another part, who are saying THEIR own part to back to them at the same time! If it's being done in the proper spirit, sooner or later everyone will dissolve into gales of laughter!!! Marymac |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Kim C Date: 29 Aug 01 - 01:48 PM Thanks Wolfgang! where's the Traditional Ballad index? (I couldn't find anything on Joe Udall.) |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 29 Aug 01 - 02:03 PM The Traditional Ballad Index |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Mrrzy Date: 29 Aug 01 - 02:37 PM I have this by the Wolfe Tones, very different verses (same idea, though), and the chorus goes Treat me daughter kindly, and shield her from all harm, which I like a lot. If anybody is interested in alternative versions but not added info, I'll post those lyrics too. |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Mrrzy Date: 29 Aug 01 - 02:38 PM Oops, I meant "and SHADE her from all harm" -- Had to sing it again to get it right! |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Kim C Date: 29 Aug 01 - 02:38 PM Thanks Malcolm. I have bookmarked it. :-) |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: GUEST,lingolucky Date: 29 Aug 01 - 03:57 PM The late John A. Lomax jr. recorded this song on Folkways(FG3501 A) in 1956. It was one of the favorite songs , handed down in the Lomax family, he said. I've misplaced the printed copy. |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Lynn W Date: 29 Aug 01 - 07:39 PM There is sheet music for this song (pre 1885) on the Library of Congress site click here It is said to be written by James Bland- "Greatest success of the season"! |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Guy Wolff Date: 29 Aug 01 - 08:03 PM I love this soung! I think it could make a great text for a kids book. Country Life first though.. All the best Guy<><><><><><><><><><><><>< |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: toadfrog Date: 29 Aug 01 - 11:04 PM There is a folkways album of Dillard Chandler, with liner notes by John Cohen, giving the history of the song; unfortunately, I pitched my copy (so it's not Fokways Record FA2309, which I still have). If I recall correctly, it pretty much jibes with what Lynn W. says, i.e., fairly old but not traditional. However, her clickie seems not to work. |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: toadfrog Date: 29 Aug 01 - 11:11 PM The song is at The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music Title: THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER, composed by James A. Bland, 1883. |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Kim C Date: 30 Aug 01 - 10:08 AM Hmm. That's very interesting. So where does the Traditional Ballad Index get 1897? |
Subject: RE: Help: Chickens in the Garden From: Wolfgang Date: 30 Aug 01 - 10:39 AM The Traditional ballad index in that entry is to read 'not later than'. Wolfgang |
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