The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #5073   Message #28678
Posted By: Bill D
19-May-98 - 09:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Angus MacFergus MacTavish Dundee
Subject: Angus MacDermott MacTavish Dundee
Our folk club got an email from someone....I reprpduce it here....any one have any ideas?

Hello, > I played a song the other day that I remember from a kids >television show back in the fifties. The problem is, I can't find the >words to the song. I tried a few other places but turned nothing up. I >figured that one of you people might know about it. Here's what I know >( or think I know.): > The song was featured several times on The Captain kangaroo Show in >the 1950s. It was about a squirrel named, I think, Angus MacDermott >MacTavish Dundee, who was so smart that he continually eluded the >hunters who were trying to make pot pie out of him. It was sung by >someone who had a pretty decent voice (sort of Burl Ives-like). It may >or may not have featured a banjo. It does sound real nice on the banjo >and if anybody can remember the song or can direct me to a site where I >might get some more information, I'd be most grateful. > Thanks.