The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #5238   Message #29927
Posted By: Philip Hudson
02-Jun-98 - 10:25 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Poor Babes in the Woods
Subject: RE: poor babes in the woods
Howdy, Bob Bolton and others

Yes, the tune to Babes in the Woods that I know is definitely maudlin. It is 3/4. I used to be something of a musician but, alas, time and tide. But I still can write a tune that I know on a staff. The problem is, how does one send a tune over the internet? I'd be glad to send it to you by snail mail but, of course, I can't send a lot of snail mail because of the cost. I would like to find a lot of the songs my grandmothers sang. Do you know "Put my Little Shoes Away", "My Mother was a Lady". "Going back to Texas", "Little Green Valley", "Do Roses Bloom in Heaven", "Streets of Laredo", 'Red River Valley", "Joe the Wrangler", "We Traced her Footprints in the Snow"? There are a bunch of them. Some of them are from old English tunes and some of the words remain the same. Some are more recent. My e-mail is Hudsonpw@aol.com and as per the "Howdy", I am a Texan. - Philip Hudson