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Lyr Req: The party at Newport DigiTrad: DRUNK LAST NIGHT Related threads: (origins) good old Dutch & goddam Dutch/Drunk Last Night (64) The Scotch and the Irish (36) |
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Subject: The party at Newport From: GUEST,jgidding@mv.mv.com Date: 30 Mar 02 - 04:19 PM I wonder if anyone else remembers an old song about three drunk ladies having a party at Newport and having to carry Carrie (possibly because she was fat, pregnant, or drunk) around the place. My mom used to sing it and I found myself singing it today. I always assumed it referred to Newport, RI, but it might have been from Newport, Wales. A cursory search of the Internet discovered a couple of drinking/football songs (parodies) with male protagonists in Newport Beach, CA. I assume this is a music-hall song or from an early twentieth century musical comedy. My Mom's version had three women, but maybe the male (or mixed-company) version is older.
We had a little party down at Newport
Any history or additional lyrics of the all-girl version would be greatly appreciated! |
Subject: Lyr Add: CALIFORNIA DRINKING SONG From: Jim Dixon Date: 01 Apr 02 - 08:56 AM This is the most authoritative-looking version I could find. I suspect the other versions I found on the Internet were derived from this one: Copied from http://www.calband.berkeley.edu/calband/multimedia/calsongs/drinkingsong.html CALIFORNIA DRINKING SONG
Compilation of various songs (California, Oh Didn't He Ramble, Rambled Into) circa 1939, arranged by Larry Austin. Sound Clip: MP3 (1277 KB)
(speaking start) (singing start)
Oh, they had a little party down in Newport;
Oh, they had to carry Harry to the ferry,
For California, for California,
And when the game is over, we will buy a keg of booze,
So drink, tra la la,
Now the Souse family is the best family
Sing glorious, victorious, The "California Drinking Song" is one of the most popular Cal songs among students and alumni - everyone knows the words to this song! One of Cal's most unusual songs, over the years, no less than five different songs have been melded together to form today's current rendition. The core element of "California Drinking Song" is "Rambled," otherwise known as "California." The tune is based on the song "Oh, Didn't He Ramble," by Cole and Johnson (copyright 1906). The words were changed to what we know as "For California, for California, The hills send back the cry, We're out to do or die...," and first appeared in printed form in 1906. The author of the text is unknown. For a long time, the Band often played "Rambled" at football games, playing the chorus twice. When the "Drinking Song" element that follows was also played, it was known as "Rambled Into." In Rochelle Paul's master thesis, "Song Traditions of the University of California at Berkeley," she mentions that "in 1939, the University Band and the Glee Club went down to Los Angeles for the UCLA vs. California football game. When they returned, both groups had joined additional verses of a whole new song to the old 'California' song. [Since then] even more verses have accumulated." The verses Paul refers to follow the "Rambled" part of "California Drinking Song." Titled "One More Drink for the Four of Us," this part of "California Drinking Song" is a traditional song of conviviality, sung throughout the United States (for example, Ohio State University has its own version of this song). The origins of other elements of "California Drinking Song" are more difficult to pinpoint. It is believed that the "Speaking Start" (The steward went below...,) is from a traditional Navy drinking song; the origins of the "Singing Start" (Oh, they had a little party down in Newport...,) are unclear. "California Drinking Song" ends on a dominant seventh chord, which leaves a sense of unresolution. Consequently, the song beckons for additional lyrics which band members and students have been more than willing to supply. Many different versions currently circulate through campus. This song is often sung (with accompaniment) by the Band. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Steward Went Below From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Date: 14 Jul 08 - 09:11 PM In the recently published Fantagraphics volume: Bill Blackbeard, ed., Krazy & Ignatz: A Ragout of Raspberries, 1941-1942, appears a different version of the "speaking start" quoted above, which must once have been a separate song or recitation. George Herriman, creator of Krazy Kat, used a cleaned-up bit of it in a strip. Here's the original quoted by Jeet Heer in the Introduction (he gives no source): The steward went below, whoo-oo-oo, To light the cabin lamp, whoo-oo-oo, The lamp it would not burn, whoo-oo-oo, Because the wick was damp, whoo-oo-oo. whoo-oo-oo... The captain went below, To kick the steward's ass, Fire up, you son-of-a-bitch, The Golden Gate is past. Though the other version was made part of the "California Drinking Song" c. 1939, clearly both go back further, and there's at least a chance that once upon a time the original "Steward Went Below" had more verses, and its own tune. Does anyone know any more about this song, further verses, history before 1939, etc.? Bob |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The party at Newport From: and e Date: 16 Jun 20 - 12:38 PM They had to carry Carrie to the ferry; From pg 70 of White Mortar Board 1929 |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The party at Newport From: and e Date: 16 Jun 20 - 01:06 PM Song #60 (pgs 307-309), An Annotated Field Collection of Songs from the American College Student Oral Tradition HAD A LITTLE PARTY DOWN IN FREEPORT Here is an MP3 of the Clay McMullen, Ray Brandell, and Forest Redding on December 6, 1963 recording |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The party at Newport From: and e Date: 16 Jun 20 - 01:17 PM DRUNK LAST NIGHT From pg 25 of the first edition of the IOCA Song Fest. This is not dated [ca 1938]. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The party at Newport From: and e Date: 16 Jun 20 - 01:41 PM ...Carry when they had to carry Carry to the ferry and the ferry carried Carry to the Shore because Carry couldn't carry any more (which sort A long run-on introductory paragraph introducing the pilot Anita King in Photoplay Magazine. Vol. X, No. 3, August, 1916, pg 143. |
Subject: Lyr Req: CARRIE (Carrie Couldn't Carry Any More) From: and e Date: 16 Jun 20 - 02:58 PM CARRIE (Carrie Couldn't Carry Any More.) Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1901). Carrie (Carrie couldn't carry any more) Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8da39ecb-f027-380c-e040-e00a180654ab |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The party at Newport From: and e Date: 16 Jun 20 - 03:24 PM Carrie was a pretty girl From The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 3, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 6, 1934, newspaper, October 6, 1934; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97481/m1/2/: accessed June 16, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library. |
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