Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: Mike Miller
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 08:09 AM

OK, I'm back. the evening was a success. The oldtimers knew more folksong trivia than the newtimers but, what else is new.
The Chad Mitchell Trio morphed into Denver, Boise and Johnson (The Denver being John)
I love that Watzing Matilda one. (Andy sang, Andy sat)
It reminds one of the tenth reindeer, Olive. (Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names)

                Mike

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 08:23 AM

"Fiddlers Green was written by John Conolly ".. of Hull, on the east coast of England. Not irish fishermen in particular, just fishermen.

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: Rasener
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 08:43 AM

Not Hull Manitas, it was Grimsby.

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 08:50 AM

Q)Who talked to the trees and who was born under a wandering star.
A)Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin (Paint your wagon)

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 08:51 AM

Sorry, but the point was to explain the questions about Irish fishermen. Google and Wikipedia don't seem to show much about the origins of this sailors heaven but do show how popular the song has become and how often it's assumed to be an Irish song (because of Conolly being an Irish name?).

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 09:07 AM

a) Name five albums by xxxxx (you can get the answers from a listing on Amazon.com)

b) Name five songs by (Sydney Carter, Cyril Tawney etc)

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: Rasener
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 09:22 AM

The other assumption Manitas is that Fiddlers Green is Trad LOL
Howveer you are correct, it would sometimes seem that the song is owned by the Irish :-)

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: Kevin Sheils
Date: 02 Oct 07 - 07:06 AM

Howveer you are correct, it would sometimes seem that the song is owned by the Irish :-)

Like The Shoals Of Herring sometimes mondegreened as the Shores of Erin

Subject: RE: Folklore: I need Folk Trivia questions ASAP
From: PMB
Date: 02 Oct 07 - 07:54 AM

Who was Andy Studd?
What is the appropriate first aid treatment for a diamond in the eye?
How does The Butterfly finish?
Don't you love, or haven't you ever loved, little brown jug?
Wha gaed wantonly?
How much do earrings cost at Tiffany's?