Origin: Strawberry Fair (Anthony Newley)

Subject: RE: Strawberry Fair (Newley or not)
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 12 Jan 04 - 07:01 AM

Won't be round tommorrer, the donkeys pissed on the strawberrys

Subject: RE: Strawberry Fair (Newley or not)
From: Mudlark
Date: 11 Jan 04 - 09:47 PM

Actually, when I searched under "Strawberry Fair" I got "The Drummer and the Cookie"....In the thread link one verse only was mentioned of the version of St. Fair that I've sung for years...

As I was going to Strawberry Fair
Singing, singing buttercups and daisies
Met a lady making her way
Fol de deeee
Her eyes were blue and gold was her hair
As she went on the S. F.
Reevo reevo fol de diddle di do
Reevo reevo fol de diddle deee

Said she, "Kind sir, my roses are red"
Singing, singing...
"Cherry red," the pretty maid said
Fol de deee
My cherries are fair and plenty to spare
As I go down to S. F.
Reevo reevo...

Says I, "Your roses will soon fade away"
Singing, singing
"Scare have cherries longer to stay!"
Fol de dee
"So farethewell, I'll none of your wares
And I'll not go to S. F."
Reevo, reevo etc.

Ancient liner notes on a Cynthia Gooding LP (where I learned the song) claimed the roses and cherries allusion were sexual.

Subject: RE: Strawberry Fair (Newley or not)
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Jan 04 - 05:44 PM

That's what comes of my assuming it was NOT already here!

Subject: RE: Strawberry Fair (Newley or not)
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 11 Jan 04 - 04:11 PM

The answer is to type strawberry fair into the onsite search engine, oddly enough; but Willa has done that for you now.

Subject: RE: Strawberry Fair (Newley or not)
From: Willa
Date: 11 Jan 04 - 03:12 PM

Try this link,Richard
thread.cfm?threadid=37992#532347

Subject: Strawberry Fair (Newley or not)
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Jan 04 - 01:27 PM

WildRover, who hasn't got a link to this thread yet, asked me to put up the following for the learned consideration of the MudCat.

"Subject: Strawberry Fair
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> Hi Richard,
> You probably remember this dreadful Anthony Newley hit. Someone on a music anoraks list I belong to has asked if there is a real folk song (trad or pseudo-trad) on which Newley's hit was based. Any ideas, or, can we sling this at Mudcat?"

Well, there's the question.

What's the answer?
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