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Thread #67207   Message #1123455
Posted By: Janie
25-Feb-04 - 10:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Can you identify this tune?
Subject: RE: BS: Can you identify this tune?
This version is very common in the coal fields of West Virginia, although one usually only hears it at high school pep rallies. It clearly has changed in modern times, since it is usually accompanied by brass instruments instead of the traditional lap dulcimer.

Da naw naw naw
Da naw naw
Da naw naw naw naw naw da naw.

In fact, I did not even know of its traditional roots until I heard it here in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The Piedmont All-Stars were playing at Dani's restaurant one night and prevailed upon her to join them with her kazoo. I think it went smething like this:

Dada dee dee diddly dee
Diddly do do dee dee da
Dum diddle dee
Dum diddle dee
Dum dee dee dada diddle dee.

(kazoo break)

Dum dum dum dee dee
dum dum diddle dee dee da naw

Needless to say---they brought down the house!

Janie