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28 May 09 - 02:02 AM (#2642465) Subject: ADD: Upon The Alpine Pasture From: GUEST,Alicia Does anyone know anything about this song? I learned it when I was a Girl Scout in the 1950s to early 60s. I couldn't find any reference to it on the Internet. I finally made my own midi file of the melody. Part of my memory says the chorus might be, "Hi da lena" rather than "Hi da le dum". UPON THE ALPINE PASTURE (Hi Diddle Dum Dum) Upon the alpine pasture Stands a nice brown Hi diddle dum dum On the alpine pasture Stands a nice brown cow. Chorus: Hi da le dum, hi da le dum Hi da le dum, bim bam bo! Hi da le dum, hi da le dum Hi da, bim bam bo! Maid she would not milk her, Cause she was so Hi diddle dum dum Maid she would not milk her Cause she was so tired. (Chorus) Mother, I'd go dancing, But I have no Hi diddle dum dum Mother, I'd go dancing, But I have no shoes. (Chorus) Wear your father's slippers, Dance the whole night Hi diddle dum dum Wear your father's slippers, Dance the whole night long. (Chorus) Father will not lend them, Says I am a Hi diddle dum dum Father will not lend them, Says I am a cow. (Chorus) Click to play |
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28 May 09 - 11:32 PM (#2643334) Subject: RE: Origins: Upon The Alpine Pasture From: Joe Offer Hmmm. Searching, the closed I get is "Auf der Alm da gibt'd koa Sünd." Tune here (click). There's also an Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss, that includes a part called Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture). I'm thinking it's a translation of a German-language song. I didn't find any reference in our index of Cooperative Recreation Service songbooks, scout songboooks, or school songbooks. Alicia, if you'd like, e-mail the MIDI to me so I can post it. That may help somebody identify it. -Joe Offer- joe@mudcat.org |
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29 May 09 - 01:34 AM (#2643363) Subject: RE: Origins: Upon The Alpine Pasture From: Joe Offer I googled "I am a cow" (in German), and this (click) is the best I could find. Wolfgang! Suzanne! Can you help? -Joe- MUH! |
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29 May 09 - 04:19 AM (#2643422) Subject: RE: Origins: Upon The Alpine Pasture From: GUEST,.gargoyle This is not it but...What fun scavenger hunts...peaceful, remarkable cows.
Alpine meadows are also French.
Le Ranz des Vacheshttp://fr.scoutwiki.org
The cowherds of the Alps
Come all of you,
An extensive collection: |
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29 May 09 - 04:25 AM (#2643427) Subject: RE: Origins: Upon The Alpine Pasture From: GUEST,.gargoyle Lots of folk-loric history wrapped up in "Le Ranz des Vaches." Its tune (of which there are a dozen) is said to make grown bankers cry and risks soldiers to home-sickness.
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29 May 09 - 07:51 AM (#2643521) Subject: RE: Origins: Upon The Alpine Pasture From: GUEST e-mail your midi to Joe - it would be nice to hear it while reading the words. |
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08 Jun 09 - 11:12 PM (#2651911) Subject: RE: Origins: Upon The Alpine Pasture From: GUEST,Alicia Sorry for the delay, I got involved in another project. I found some recordings for "Le Ranz des Vaches", but none sounds even remotely like this song, which is light and lilting. The melody for "Auf der Alm da gibt'd koa Sünd" is also nothing like it. Of course, I do realize that songs evolve with lives of their own. So I sent my midi to Joe tonight. It repeats the melody so you can sing all the verses along with it--for my nieces and nephews. Maybe some former Girl Scout from the east coast will recognize it. Alicia |
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09 Jun 09 - 12:05 AM (#2651941) Subject: RE: Origins: Upon The Alpine Pasture From: Joe Offer Here's the MIDI from Alicia: Click to playThanks, Alicia. -Joe- |