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11 May 02 - 03:19 PM (#709006) Subject: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: GUEST,betty Does anyone have the lyrics to The Garden Song? (aka Inch by Inch) Thanks, betty |
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11 May 02 - 03:22 PM (#709009) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: Sorcha Posted by Musicman, here. |
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11 May 02 - 03:24 PM (#709011) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: GUEST,Sonja I can't believe this isn't in the DT, but I just tried a DT search for "Garden" and didn't find it. Betty, try typing "inch by inch" or "garden song" into the filter box, and set the time frame for 3 years. I'll bet it's in a thread somewhere. It is in Rise Up Singing, and, if all else fails, I can post the lyrics later today, but I'm sure someone will beat me to it. Sonja |
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11 May 02 - 03:25 PM (#709013) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: Malcolm Douglas Oh, it's in the DT alright. What you need to do is type garden song into the "Digitrad and Forum Search" box on the main Forum page; it is your friend if you will allow it to be. This will find you a number of past discussions touching on the song, at least one of which will contain lyrics. It will also find you the entry in the Digital Tradition database, which includes a midi of the tune: |
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11 May 02 - 03:26 PM (#709015) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: GUEST,Sonja Betty, I did find it in the DT, by going to the letter "G" and clicking on it, to find it alphabetically. here (click)
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11 May 02 - 03:34 PM (#709022) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) A thread on this: Inch Follow Malcolm's instructions and do not capitalize, although this is the natural tendency with titles. |
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11 May 02 - 04:08 PM (#709047) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: GUEST,Betty Thanks all. My searching skills just need a little work ;>) |
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11 May 02 - 04:19 PM (#709058) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: Genie Malcolm and Dicho, I found the song in the "DigiTrad Lyrics Search" using the single word "garden"(both with and without initial capital). You'd think that you could find a song in the DT by typing in a single key word from the title, wouldn't you? Why do you chide folks for using a capital letter when looking for a word in the title of a song? If that is the way the DT/Forum Search operates, it's not intuitively obvious that it should be so or why. Genie |
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11 May 02 - 05:00 PM (#709073) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Genie, "Ours not to reason why." ... "My heart gets weary and sick of tryin'"..... Intuition ain't enough, you gotta get your mojo workin'. Looking for Old Man River- Put Old Man River, old man river, ole man river, in the Forum and no luck. Put in man river and thar she blows, as "Ol' Man River" (Man River doesn't work). Put in "Ol' Man River," and no result but ol' man river does. Put Old Man River (or old man river) in the DT, and lots with old man show up, but no old man river. Nothing could be more obvious, Genie- he! he! he! |
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11 May 02 - 05:56 PM (#709100) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: Charley Noble With thanks to Eric Kilborn: Slug by slug, weed by weed, This "Garden's" got me really peeved...;~) |
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12 May 02 - 01:06 AM (#709325) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: Genie Dicho, To quote Harry Belafonte in "Man Piaba," that's "clear as mud but it cover[s] the ground!" LOL! Charley, Rise Up Singing has that line as "...my garden's really got me teed." That parody must be somewhere in the DT or forum. (I'm too tired to look for it right now.) Genie |
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12 May 02 - 10:11 AM (#709443) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) From: Charley Noble Genie-you're certainly correct. The DT has some form of the parody in it somewhere but I'm more confident that the version in Rise Up Singing is how Eric wrote his parody. |
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16 Apr 06 - 03:57 AM (#1719433) Subject: The Anti-Garden Song (Inch by Inch) From: Genie I found The Anti-Garden Song in this thread also: The Anti-Garden Song |
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16 Apr 06 - 10:17 AM (#1719442) Subject: RE: Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) (answered From: open mike written by david mallett |
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16 Apr 06 - 10:55 AM (#1719463) Subject: RE: Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) (answered) From: The Fooles Troupe If David Mallet wrote this song, when did he do so? Also did he do the tune, or is the idea I have floating in my mind that it is supposed to be 'traditional' mistaken? That idea would have come to me from seeing the tune attributed thus in a tune book, I think... |
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16 Apr 06 - 06:02 PM (#1719693) Subject: RE: Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) (answered) From: GUEST,EBarnacle It first appeared in the early 1970's. I heard him perform it at Folk Songs in February, a concert at the student run radio station in Orono, Maine. I am not sure when he copywrit it. |
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16 Apr 06 - 06:09 PM (#1719697) Subject: RE: Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) (answered) From: GUEST,wordy It's Dave's alright! He's a master of his craft. |
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16 Apr 06 - 08:31 PM (#1719784) Subject: RE: Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) (answered) From: The Fooles Troupe Thanks Well, I certainly heard it first about that time. It's not unknown for unscrupulous publishers to claim things are 'trad' so they claim they don't need to pay any rights - I have several tune books published in Ireland like that. |
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17 Apr 06 - 06:40 AM (#1720060) Subject: RE: Req: The Garden Song, (Inch by Inch) (answered) From: kendall I first met Dave when we did Folksongs in February back in 1977. Who else was there? Joe Hickerson Debbie McClatchy Sparky Rucker The Patons |
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15 Oct 06 - 06:35 PM (#1859716) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Garden Song (David Mallett) 'Inch by inch From: GUEST,oldhippie There's also this parody..... Another Garden Song music: David Mallet words: Tom Seiling as recorded by Nancy Tucker Chorus: Inch by inch, row by row, bugs and weeds are all I grow Just dropped a big rock on my toe, I think I broke a bone Inch by inch, row by row, one more weed by back will go Can't wait until it starts to snow and hides this battle zone Blistered hands, dripping sweat, bugs and weeds ain't licked me yet Rototiller left me in debt, no money left for seeds Sunburned shoulders sting with pain Weeks without a drop of rain A horsefly's driving me insane, and woodchucks ate my beans Repeat chorus Dirt and pebbles fill my shoes, ivy rash on my wazoo I got the self-sufficient blues, my luck had better turn Pigweed, ragweed, dandelion All these crops I grow just fine My garden is a holy shrine to the God of cabbageworms Repeat chorus |