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20 Jul 98 - 11:38 AM (#32992) Subject: Lyr Add: FATHER, DEAR FATHER From: mafreeh@cedarcrest.edu Hi, I'm hoping someone out there can help me fill in some lyrics of a song we call Father, dear Father. The words I have come from an Uncle who learned it at College MANY years ago (Penn State Ag School) Herewith what I have: FATHER, DEAR FATHER 'Twas Saturday night in an old mining town Jake's bar room was merry and gay While far from the laughter, a mother did wait For Pop to come home with his pay What's keeping dear Father? Why doesn't he come? The daughter exclaimed through her tears. Her Mother replied, "I'm sadly afraid You're Pa has stopped in for some beer." CHORUS: Oh, the doors swing in and the doors swing out And some pass in and others pass out You Father, I fear has his nose in a beer Behind those swinging doors, Behind those swinging doors. "Oh, I shall go fetch him." the daughter declared. "He shan't bring disgrace to our name." And straightway she ran to the corner saloon To save her poor Father from shame. "O Father, dear Father, come home with me now The clock in the steeple strikes two. Oh, won't you come home, Pa, the rent must be paid. Don't spend all your money on brew." Oh, the door swing in and the doors swing out And some pass in and others pass out Through the smoke and the haze There stood Pa in a daze Behind those swinging doors Behind those swinging doors Each Saturday night at the corner saloon The miners come in with their gold And Father blows in all his wages for sin And Nellie goes home in the cold *missing *missing *missing *missing Oh, the doors swing in and the doors swing out And some pass in and others pass out. The story is told of the fool and his gold Behind those swinging doors Behind those swinging doors. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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20 Jul 98 - 11:49 AM (#32995) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: Richard Wright I think you will find it in Rise Up Singing. I have all the words and versions here and will send them later. Just running out the door now. It was popular in the 1860s I know, as parodies were written at that time here in B.C. Try RUP and I'll check later. Richard |
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20 Jul 98 - 12:02 PM (#32997) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: Bruce O. Imitation of Henry Clay Work's "Come Home, Father!" of the 1860's. |
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20 Jul 98 - 12:43 PM (#33001) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: mafreeh@cedarcrest.edu Hi, Thanks for the leads but I've already tried RUS. It IS very related to Come Home Father (which is also in DigiTrad) but it's not the same. I've been trying to find the lyrics to this version for a long time and am hoping someone "out there" has sung this tongue in cheek version. If you know of any singers who hung around Penn State in the early fifties??? Maybe??? Thanks again Mary Beth |
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05 Aug 98 - 11:43 PM (#34204) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: Art Thieme ^^ Father, oh, dear father I hope that you won't care, I want to wed my lover, My lover, John Adair! Daughter, oh, dear daughter, You're gonna have to find another, You cannot marry John Adair 'cause he is your half brother! Father, oh, dear father... ...frown I want... ...my lover Jimmy Brown.
(same as verse 2)
THE GAL GOES TO HER MOTHER
Mother, oh, dear mother,
Daughter, oh, dear daughter, Got this from the singing of Jimmy Driftwood--many years ago! Art Thieme |
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29 Sep 08 - 02:20 AM (#2452566) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: GUEST,~m you had:: Each Saturday night at the corner saloon The miners come in with their gold And Father blows in all his wages for sin And Nellie goes home in the cold *missing *missing *missing *missing my mother sang the remaining lines as: dear mother she wailed, my mission i failed, my father will never mend his ways, the mother exclaimed, we'll suffer the shame, its always the woman who pays. ohhhhh ohhh the doors swing in and the doors pass out. etc |
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29 Sep 08 - 03:38 AM (#2452585) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: Phil Edwards Did your mother's version have the 'clock in the steeple' lines? I ask because that bit looks more like a blow-in than an imitation - would there even be a steeple in a 'small mining town'? |
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29 Sep 08 - 07:14 AM (#2452666) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: Big Al Whittle Steve parkes (mudcatter) does or at any rate did a victorian parlour ballad version of this one father Dear father come home to us now the clock in the kitchen strikes ten |
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29 Sep 08 - 08:23 AM (#2452715) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: kendall ..Father dear Father come home with me now The clock in the steeple strikes three The house is so lonely the hours are long For poor weeping Mother and me Yes, we are alone, poor Benny is dead And gone with the angels of light And these are the very last words that he said, "I want to kiss Papa goodnight"... Emotional rape. |
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29 Sep 08 - 08:59 AM (#2452757) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: GUEST,Working Radish I've done "Come home, father" a few times. I sing it pretty straight, but it always raises a laugh - perhaps it's just too manipulative to take seriously. |
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29 Sep 08 - 10:59 AM (#2452854) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: GUEST,Longlankin There is also a parody of "Father Dear Father . . " called "The Death of the Donkey" in which the house is gradually cleared out by the bailiffs and the donkey gets more and more sick. It ends:
The clock in the hal it strickes three, The house it is ransacked and left empty quite There's no-one but donkey and me. The cat's on the roof tiles, the donkey is dead, His soul it has taken its flight, But all is not lost, the horse doctor says, He'll be turned into sausage tonight. |
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01 Oct 08 - 04:58 PM (#2455134) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: GUEST,pchadek Here's music and lyrics to a song from the 1930's: http://mainemusicbox.library.umaine.edu/musicbox/pages/full_record.asp?id=VP_017398 |
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12 Oct 08 - 10:19 PM (#2464059) Subject: RE: Father, dear Father From: Jim Dixon The sheet music for COME HOME, FATHER by Henry Clay Work, 1864, can be viewed at The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music. The lyrics have been posted in another thread. |