The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #80010   Message #1894783
Posted By: eddie1
28-Nov-06 - 01:23 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Buttercup Joe - how old is this song?
Subject: RE: Origins: Buttercup Joe - how old is this song?
I remember Cyril Twney singing "Buttercup Joe" in the back seat of my car while en route to a gig somewhere in darkest Scotland. He also did an "Old Sow" song with all kinds of strange noises.
Cyril's devotion to the tradition was confirmed when he rounded off a gig - the last of a scottish tour, at a rather twee traditional club in Glasgow - by singing "She wears red feathers and a hula-hula skirt"!
God bless you Cyril.

Eddie