Lyr Add: Three Jolly Fishermen

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Jolly Fishermen
From: Leadfingers
Date: 01 Jan 08 - 09:16 PM

I learned it as a DEFINATELY non PC song over forty years ago when it was sung as Three Jews from Jerusalem and would NOT have been sung by ten year olds at summer camp !!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Jolly Fishermen
From: Joe_F
Date: 01 Jan 08 - 08:27 PM

A long time ago, I heard this song in Hebrew, something about shlosha dayagim. In place of Amsterdam, it had Arizona, zona being Hebrew for whore.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Jolly Fishermen
From: Susan of DT
Date: 01 Jan 08 - 07:48 PM

Azizi - The whole point of singing the song, when you are ten years old in summer camp, is to sing those AmsterDAM lines.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Jolly Fishermen
From: Azizi
Date: 01 Jan 08 - 07:38 PM

Btw, Gargoyle, since your version of Three Jolly Fishermen contains a Biblical place name, why don't you post it on that Biblical place name thread?

Thanks in advance if you choose to do so.

And Happy New Year!

Azizi

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Three Jolly Fishermen
From: Azizi
Date: 01 Jan 08 - 07:36 PM

Well, I'm glad to know that that the Biblical Place Name Thread inspired this thread.

As to the song Three Jolly Fisherman, the version that I learned along the way {which means I don't remember when I learned it but it probably wasn't when I was a young child} is somewhat different than the version that you posted, Gargoyle. Here's that version:


Three Jolly Fishermen

There were three jolly fishermen, fishermen.
There were three jolly fishermen, fishermen
Fisher, fisher, men, men, men.
Fisher, fisher, men, men, men.
There were three jolly fishermen.

The first one's name was Abraham, Abraham
The first one's name was Abraham, Abraham
Abra, Abra, ham, ham, ham.
Abra, Abra, ham, ham, ham.
The first one's name was Abraham.

The second one's name was I-I-saac, Isaac.
The second one's name was I-I-saac, Isaac.
I-I, I-I- zik, zik, zik,
I-I, I-I- zik, zik, zik,
The second one's name was I-I-saac.

The third one's name was Ja-a-cob, Jacob.
The third one's name was Ja-a-cob, Jacob.
Jay-a, Jay-a; cub, cub, cub.
Jay-a, Jay-a; cub, cub, cub.
The third one's name was Ja-a-cob.

They all went down to Amster-shh! Amerster-shh!
They all went down to Amerster-shh!
Amster, Amster, Shh! Shh! Shh!
Amster, Amster, Shh! Shh! Shh!
They all went down to Amster-shh!

You must not say that naughty word! Naughty word.
You shouldn't say that naughty word! Naughty word.
Naughty naughty, word word word.
Naughty naughty, word word word.
You must not say that naughty word!

I'm gonna say it any how, any how.
I'm gonna say it any how, any how.
Any any how how how.
Any any how how how.
I'm gonna say it any how.

They all went down to AmsterDAM. AmsterDAM.
They all went down to AmersterDAM. AmsterDAM.
Amster, Amster, DAM! DAM! DAM!
Amster, Amster, DAM! DAM! DAM!
They all went down to AmsterDAM!

**

Actually, I don't recall singing the last two verses. However, that's the way it was sung in the summer camp that my children attended in the mid 1990s.

Subject: Lyr Add: Three Jolly Fishermen
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 01 Jan 08 - 06:52 PM

Astounded that this one is not in the DT or a Mudcat Thread.

Azizi's posting regarding Biblical Places prompted the memory.

Three Jolly Fishermen

There were three jolly fishermen,
There were three jolly fishermen,
Fisher, fisher, MEN, MEN, MEN.
Fisher, fisher, MEN, MEN, MEN.
There weere three jolly fishermen.

The first one's name was Abraham,
The first one's name was Abraham,
Abra, Abra; ham ham, ham,
Abra, Abra; ham ham, ham,
The first one's name was Abraham,

The second one's name was I-I-saac,
The second one's name was I-I-saac,
I-I, I-I- zik, zik, zik, etc.

The third one's name was Ja-a-cob,
The third one's name was Ja-a-cob,
Ja-a, Ja-a; cub, cub, cub, etc.

They all went down to Jericho,
They all went down to Jericho,
Jer-i, Jer-i; cho, cho, cho, etc.

They should have gone to Amsterdam,
They should have gone to Amsterdam,
Amster, Amster, Shh! Shh! Shh!,
Amster, Amster, Shh! Shh! Shh!
You shouldn't say that naughty word!

CAN BE SUNG AS A ROUND

Sincerely,
Gargoyle