Lyr Add: The Rabbit Trapper's Song

Subject: Lyr Add: THE RABBIT TRAPPER'S SONG
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 27 Nov 98 - 01:51 AM

Same story - I'll provide the tune after the weekend. Regards, John.

THE RABBIT TRAPPERS SONG

1. Oh, my traps are all a-jangle,
At an easy swinging tangle,
I'm setting in a circle
Keeping round a fringe of trees;
Although I'm mud and gory spattered,
And my clobber's torn and tattered
I'm as carefree as the bunnies
Till they fall for one of these.

2. Oh, I'm under no man's orders
And I recognise no borders,
There's a welcome everywhere for me
And my old dungarees;
I'm a _____ rabbit trapper,
And a canny bunny snapper,
And I whistle through the bushland,
Though I'm wet up to the knees.

3. While you guys are courting tabbies,
I'm out among the rabbies,
I can hear them bucking, squealing,
Oh, a dozen traps ahead,
And again while you are flirting
At the last trap I am certain
To be bagging up my bunnies,
Keeping tally as I tread.

So Ginger make the railway early,
There's a shy and dinkum girlie
Let's me juggle with the cream cans
As she write cheques out for me.

Subject: RE: LYR&MUS ADD: The Rabbit Trapper's Song
From: Helen
Date: 27 Nov 98 - 10:46 PM

Hi John

Great song, snappy tune, too.

The line you arn't sure of in verse 2: I have heard it sung as: "Oh, I am a rabbit trapper" which scans with the tune.

Helen

Subject: RE: LYR&MUS ADD: The Rabbit Trapper's Song
From: GUEST,Marcus Campus Bellorum
Date: 07 Nov 00 - 11:15 PM

Hi all,

There is another thread regarding rabbit and rabbit songs linked with Stan Wakefield's rabbiter songs.

It contained notes about the South Sydney Football team in Oz, and about the origin of the term Rabbitohs etc.

I cannot find it in the database (perhaps because the info is under a header which does not contain Wakefield or Rabbits in it.

Anyway does anyone have any clues.

Subject: RE: LYR&MUS ADD: The Rabbit Trapper's Song
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 06:12 AM

G'day Mark,

If I have the Clicky Thing working, it's here: Rabbity Clickie

Regards,

Bob Bolton

Subject: RE: LYR&MUS ADD: The Rabbit Trapper's Song
From: aussiebloke
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 11:01 AM

Snappy tune indeed...

Subject: RE: LYR&MUS ADD: The Rabbit Trapper's Song
From: GUEST,Marcus Campus Bellorum
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 09:25 PM

New job new computer non-member again.

Thanks Bob for the clicky.

And on a totally different tangent. . . Tursacan has finally got Willy Reilly and Frank Gardiner seamlessly sewn together and in addition we have: Taladh Chriosta and the Wee One completed for our live repertoire and also Bachgen Bach O Dincar, Lachlan Tigers and Knickerbocker Line together in one piece/tune/set.

There has been a lot of work involved in this and. . . thanks to all Mudcatters who supplied the info for the links between the above Irish/Welsh/Scottish/English tunes and their Australian offspring.

Subject: RE: LYR&MUS ADD: The Rabbit Trapper's Song
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 08 Nov 00 - 09:37 PM

G'day Mark,

You can pick up your link and rebake your cookie: just go to membership, reset cookie and quote your password and you will have a new cookie. You can have a cookie on every machine (not as much fun as a girl in every port ... but nearly).

Regards,

Bob Bolton