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Penguin: The Red Herring DigiTrad: HERRING'S HEAD THE HARRIN'S HEID [Herring's Head] Related threads: Lyr ADD: The Herring Song (82) Sardine Songs, Herring Hymns (40) Lyr Req: Harrin's Heed (6) Tune Req: Herring song (2) (closed) Eliza C Herring Song chorus (2) Lyr Add: The Herring's Head (from Chris Foster) (7) In Mudcat MIDIs: The Red Herring (from The Penguin Book Of English Folk Songs)
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Subject: RE: Penguin: The Red Herring From: Joe Offer Date: 21 Jan 05 - 03:25 AM Here is the entry from the Traditional Ballad Index: Red Herring, TheDESCRIPTION: Song describes the uses made of various parts of the herring, e.g., "Herring's eyes, puddings and pies/Herring's head, loaves of bread."AUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1903 ("Cape Cod Dialect") KEYWORDS: fishing ritual cumulative nonballad humorous animal FOUND IN: Britain(England(North,South)) REFERENCES (4 citations): Vaughan Williams/Lloyd, pp. 86-87, "The Red Herring" (1 text, 1 tune) Kennedy 296, "The Herring Song" (1 text, 1 tune) MacSeegTrav 118, "The Jolly Herring" (1 text, 1 tune) Botkin-NEFolklr, pp. 578-579, "The Herring Song" (1 text) Roud #128 CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. "The Sow Took the Measles" cf. "The Mallard" cf. "Alouette" cf. "The Farmer and the Crow" cf. "The Derby Ram" (theme) ALTERNATE TITLES: The Herring's Head The Herring's Heid The Jovial Herring The Jolly Red Herring Notes: This is essentially the same song as the American "Sow Took the Measles" [and Roud lumps them - RBW]; "The Farmer and the Crow" (also American, but also found in Sweden) marries this song to "The Carrion Crow." -PJS Kennedy declares his "Herring Song" and "The Red Herring" to be the same. I'm not sure I agree; while the theme is the same, the lyrics and stanza form are different. But he's seen more versions than I have; I tentatively follow his lead. - RBW File: VWL086 Go to the Ballad Search form The Ballad Index Copyright 2004 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. |
Subject: Penguin: The Red Herring ^^ From: Alan of Australia Date: 01 Jul 00 - 11:04 PM G'day, From the Penguin Book Of English Folk Songs, Ed Pellow's rendition of the tune of The Red Herring can be found here.
THE RED HERRING
What have I done with my old herring's head?
2nd Voice: Why didn't you tell me so?
What have I made with my old herring's eyes?
What have I made of my old herring's ribs?
What have I made of my old herring's guts?
What have I made of my old herring's navel?
'What have I made of my old herring's tail?
Sung by Mr Trump, North Petherton, Somerset (C.3.S. 1906)
Previous song: Ratcliffe Highway.
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