Tune Add(& Origins): Bacon and Greens

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: BACON AND GREENS (Sam Cowell)
From: MMario
Date: 04 Nov 99 - 10:07 PM

another one found in Levy sheet music collection

BACON AND GREENS, A GASTRONOMIC DITTY
(Sam Cowell, 1861)

I have lived long enough to be rarely mistaken,
And had my full share of life's changeable scenes,
But my woes have been solaced by good greens and bacon,
And my joys have been doubled by bacon and greens.
What a thrill of remembrance e'en now they awaken,
Of childhood's gay morning and youth's merry scenes,
When one day we had greens and a plateful of bacon,
And the next we had bacon and a plateful of greens.

Ah! well I remember when sad and forsaken,
Heart-wrung by the scorn of a Miss in her teens,
How I fled from her sight to my loved greens and bacon,
And forgot my despair over bacon and greens.
When the banks refused specie and credit was shaken,
I shared in the wreck and was ruined in means.
My friends all declared I had not saved my bacon,
But I lived, for I still had my bacon and greens.

If some fairy a grant of three wishes could make one
So worthless as I and so laden with sins,
I'd wish all the greens in the world, then the bacon,
And then wish for a little more bacon and greens.
Oh! there is a charm in this dish, rightly taken,
That from custards and jellies an epicure weans.
Stick your fork in the fat, wrap your greens 'round the bacon,
And you'll vow there's no dish like good bacon and greens.

MIDI file: bacon_~1.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: Bacon and Greens
Text: By Sam Cowell
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
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This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Bacon and Greens
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
G3GG2EG|c2Ged2cB|dc2AG2EF|G2GGAGE2|D2BBBG2EG|
c2Ged2cB|dc2AAG2A|GGC2FE2E|-E/2D/2C7|-C2GGGG2DD|
G2G3/2F/2E2E3/2F/2|AG3GG/2G/2G2D|DG2G3/2F/2E2F|
-F/2A/2G2GGGG2E|Gc2Ged2c|BdcA3/2A/2G2A|GGCFF3/2F/2E2E|
-E/2D/2C4G2G|-GEGc2Ged|-dcBdc2AG|-GEFG2GGA|
GE2D2BBBG|-GEGc2Ged|-dcBdc2AA|G2AGGC2F|E2E3/2D/2C4|
-C5GGGG|-GDDG2G3/2F/2E|-EE3/2F/2AG3GG/2G/2|
G2DDG2G3/2F/2|E2F3/2A/2G2GGG|G2EGc2Ge|d2cBdcA3/2A/2|
G2AGGCFF3/2F/2|E2E3/2D/2C4|GGG2EGc2|Ged2cBdc|
-cAG2EFG2|GGAGE2D2|BBBG2EGc2|Ged2cBdc|-cAAG2AGG|
C2FE2E3/2D/2C|-C8|G|GGG2DDG2|G3/2F/2E2E3/2F/2AG|
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MMario

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Jerry
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 10:53 AM

MMario,

I've been looking for this tune for a while now, so I'm excited to find it here. However, I don't have either MIDI or ABC software, so I don't know if I can do anything with your helpful posting. What do you suggest I do to be able to get the melody? Can I obtain the sheet music at a particular site?

Any assistance you can render would be very much appreciated.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: MMario
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 11:55 AM

*GROVEL*

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: MMario
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 11:59 AM

*GROVEL* sorry, I forget to bookmark the URL:

However, it you use the link above, you can convert the text to a midi file. Using either the Digital Tradition Player (downloadable) or Noteworthy Composer (downloadable) or half a dozen other downloadable programs you can convert to sheet music and print.

or you can try a seach, on Levy Sheet Music Site, which is where I THINK I found it.

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Jerry
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 12:01 PM

Hmmm, I don't think I know THAT language. Is it like HTML?

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: MMario
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 01:12 PM

????

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Jerry
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 01:18 PM

MMario,

Beg pardon, that was me being dumb. I didn't notice that you had two submissions. I read only the one that said "*GROVEL*" and took it as a humorous comeback on your part, so I attempted to respond in kind. Then I found your second response, with the Levy site mentioned. I am a bit confused still, tho. Is *GROVEL* the name of a site, or did you mean I should grovel to get the answer to my question? Sheesh, this is not easy, is it?

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: MMario
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 01:27 PM

No problem, I was confused.....(which is why two posts in the first place) The "grovel" was due to my not remembering where I found the sheet music, (and because I am a ren-faire actor, so groveling is second nature to me).

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Jerry
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 01:32 PM

Then well met, sir. And thank you. I just got back from the Levy site, and Bacon and Greens was there. It doesn't appear that it's what I'm looking for, though. I'm after a traditional Irish fiddle tune known as Bacon and Greens, or St. Patrick's Day.

Any ideas on where I can go searching for that melody? I've looked in O'Neils and a couple of other tunes books with no luck.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: MMario
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 01:47 PM

This it? Try here:

http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tune?F=GIF&X=12&U=http://hem.passagen.se/hnorbeck/abc/hnset0.abc&N=hnset0.gif

click

MMario

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Anglofile
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 01:58 PM

Wow! Looks like it! Thanks a lot.

Which part of that URL gets me to the starting point for searching for other tunes? I'm looking for a few more. Also, have you ever heard of or come across a book called "William Litten's Fiddle Tunes" edited by Gale Huntington? I've had no luck in the local college libraries. It was published in the 70's.

I've just signed up as a Mudcat member, so that explains the name change. I play Anglo concertina and I have taken a file to it on occasion.

Many thanks again.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From:
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 02:07 PM

What do you need from 'William Litten's Fiddle Tunes', (1977)? I have it.

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: MMario
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 02:10 PM

I found the tune using this tune-finder:

URL:http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html

or:

click here to find tunes

good luck!

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Anglofile
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 03:08 PM

To Ye Who Has Litten's book,

Thanks! I'm looking for 1.Nancy Dawson, 2. Chevy Chase, 3. Drops of Brandy, and anything else. Is there any way you could send me the index of tunes? Or give me the name of the publisher so I can try to get the book through interlibrary loan?

Much obliged,

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: MMario
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 03:41 PM

http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/FindTune?P=nancy+dawson&find=find

http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/FindTune?P=chevy&find=find

http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/FindTune?P=brandy&find=find

search time: 45 seconds total for all three tunes

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Bruce O.
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 03:47 PM

Nancy Dawson (originally, Piss upon the Grass) and several Chevy Chases are on my website, www.erols.com/olsonw. Look in Broadside ballad tunes and ABC files S1, S2, and T1.

I don't think I've done Drops of Brandy as a ABC. Look in Country Dances 2 file for sources.

In order to save Mudcat's space I' not put the following in HTML, so copy the file and put carriage returns after each colon (:)

William Litten's Fiddle Tunes, 1977, referenced by page numbers.
Gale Huntington, in his notes at the end cites, other copies of most tunes. Notes in brackets here are mine]

St. Catherines Lane at Five; WLFT 9:
Ruffian's Rant, The WLFT 9:
Royal Hunt, The; WLFT 9:
Royal Review; WLFT 10:
Over Young to Marry; WLFT 10:
Navy Dance; WLFT 10:
Miss Manns Reel; WLFT 10:
Mrs. Murrays Reel; WLFT 11:
Miss Flora McDonalds Reel; WLFT 11:
James Bailey in Bombay; WLFT 11:
Highland Man, The [kissed his mother. Earlier, c 1760, called Jackie Stuart's (New) Reel]; WLFT 11:
Garisson Frolick; WLFT 12:
Miss Carberys Reel; WLFT 12:
Miss Blairs Reel; WLFT 12:
Miss Campbells Reel; WLFT 13:
Duke of Gordons Reel; WLFT 13:
Downeys Lock [Not 'Una's Lock,' SMM #447, but prob. connected to song 'Downey's Key to Una's Lock']; WLFT 13:
Miss Baird of New Bythe Straspey; WLFT 14:
Divel among the Taylors; WLFT 14:
Mgo and Daga; WLFT 14:
Light Horse Reel; WLFT 14:
Lord Summers Reel; WLFT 15:
Ny[m]ph, The; WLFT 15:
Lady Garners Troop [Mrs. Garden of Troup's Strathspey]; WLFT 15:
Lady Hardwicks Reel; WLFT 16:
Lord McDonalds Reel [two settings]; WLFT 16:
Lady Campbells Delight [Miss Louisa Campbell's Delight, now called Lucy Campbell]; WLFT 17:
Lady Bruces Reel; WLFT 17:
White Cochead, The; WLFT 17:
La Viritty; WLFT 18:
Bottom of the Punch Bowl, The; WLFT 18:
Litten Hornpipe; WLFT 18:
Hornpipe; WLFT 18:
Del Caros Fancy [Madam Del Caro was a dancer]; WLFT 19:
Laurel and Lindsay; WLFT 19:
Collage Hornpipe, The; WLFT 19:
Caledonian Laddie, The; WLFT 20:
Boney Lads [Because I was a bonny Lad]; WLFT 20:
Wild Irish Man [or, Norah Kishta. Irish]; WLFT 21:
Little Fannys Love [from a stage play]; WLFT 21:
Banks of Gray [Gary], The; WLFT 21:
Lady Ramsey [Lady Mary Ramsay, by Nath. Gow]; WLFT 22:
Welcome here again [SAPT1]; WLFT 22:
Patricks Hill; WLFT 22:
Buff and Blue, The; WLFT 23:
Speed the Plow; WLFT 23:
Ashleys [Astley's] Ride; WLFT 23:
Kiss my Lady; WLFT 24:
Scotts Reel; WLFT 24:
Sir David Hunter Blair['s Reel. Campbell's 16th book notes it is by D. H. B.]; WLFT 24:
All Well; WLFT 25:
Prince William of Auguster; WLFT 25:
Hun Hayden; WLFT 25:
Warrens Victory; WLFT 25:
Cumberland [Cumbernauld] House; WLFT 26:
Village Maid, The; WLFT 26:
Sir Roger DeCoverly's Reel; WLFT 27:
I am a brisk and sprightly lad; WLFT 27:
Yankee Doodle; WLFT 27:
Miners of Wicklow, The; WLFT 29:
Ship New Rigged; WLFT 29:
Boring the Leather; WLFT; 29:
Scullion Peasant, The; WLFT 29:
Off she goes; WLFT 30:
Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself; WLFT 30:
Lord Cornwallis Jigg; WLFT 30:
Curly Locks, The; WLFT 30:
Primrose Gaol; WLFT 31:
Lummdon; WLFT 31:
Fox Hunters Jigg; WLFT 31:
Kissing and Drinking; WLFT 31:
Kissing and Flirting; WLFT 32:
Kiss in the Furz; WLFT 32:
Jigg Poltague [Irish]; WLFT 32:
Hey my Nancy; WLFT 32:
Kiss my Wife and Welcome; WLFT 33:
Hear Gunner Watts; WLFT; 33:
Cotilion; WLFT 33:
Hanover Waltz; WLFT 33:
Brounswick Waltze, The; WLFT 34:
German Waltz; WLFT 34:
Courtneys Rando [Mr. Courtney played bagpipe in Wm. Reeve's 'grand pantomime ballet' Oscar and Malvina, 1791]; WLFT 34:
Prince of Wales Minuet; WLFT 34:
Gooses Minuet, The; WLFT 35:
William Litten Country Dance; WLFT 35:
Alemande; WLFT 35:
Marscillois March; WLFT 37:
Maidens March; WLT 37: WLFT 37:
Lord Cornwallis March; WLFT 37:
The Dorchester march; WLFT 38:
Bonapartes March; WLFT 38:
When in War on the Ocean; WLFT 39:
Since then I'm doomed; WLFT 39:
Farewll to Limerick or The Croppy's Retreat; WLFT 40:
Phil Ormand; WLFT 40:
Untitled 1; WLFT 41:
Untitled 2; WLFT 41:
Mairy La More; WLFT 41:
The Galley Slave WLFT 41:
The Lass of Patty's Mill; WLFT 42:
The Thorn; WLFT 42:
Within a Mile of Edinbrow Town; WLFT 42:
The Woodford Ship; WLFT 43:
Listen to the Voice of Love; WLFT 43:
Woodlands; WLFT 43:
The Blue Bells of Challon; WLFT 44:
The Wounded Huzar; WLFT 44:
From Night Till Morn; WLFT 44:
The Yellow Hair Ladie; WLFT 45:
Life like a sea in constant motion; WLFT 45:
My love shes but a lassie yet [Burns' song]; WLFT 45:
The Ploughboy; WLFT 46:
Fa La La; WLFT 46:

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 26-Jun-02.

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Bruce O.
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 04:42 PM

I've put "Drops of Brandy" in a new thread.

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Anglofile
Date: 08 Nov 99 - 02:38 PM

To Bruce and MMario:

One hundred thousand thanks for this terrific information! I found the tunes I was looking for and have them safe in hand.

I would like to get ahold of Litten's book to check out some of the tunes you list, Bruce. Where might I start looking? Is it out of print?

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Bruce O.
Date: 08 Nov 99 - 02:41 PM

Use a search engine to look for 'House of Musical Traditions' or 'HMT' in Tacoma Park, MD. If it's avaiable, Philippe Varlet there would certainly know if they have it, or if it's available at all.

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: Joybell
Date: 30 Dec 03 - 07:51 PM

For the record Bacon and Greens has a publishing date of 1861. Published in New York. ref. Lester Levy Collection.
Cowell toured America at this time and was in New York in 1861. ref. The Cowell's in America by Emilie Cowell. (Wife of Sam.) Edited by Willson Disher. Joy

Subject: RE: Tune Add: Bacon & Greens
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 30 Dec 03 - 10:16 PM

Note: the link to the text2midi web page mentioned above is not currently working.

Robin

Subject: Lyr Add: BACON AND GREENS (1839)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 29 Dec 21 - 05:06 PM

This seems to be a precursor to Sam Cowell’s BACON AND GREENS. It was printed as a poem in a newspaper.

Please note that this version consists of 6 verses of 4 lines each, plus a postscript of one more verse, unlike the sheet music, which is arranged as 3 verses of 8 lines each, and omits the postscript. Also, there is a one-line refrain. Other than that, differences are minor, but I have boldfaced them.

From The Southern Argus, Columbus, Miss., Vol 5 No 43, July 9, 1839, which you can see at the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” archive:

From the Southron.

BACON AND GREENS.

BY GREEN PEASE BACON, ESQ. G. B.

I have lived long enough to be rarely mistaken,
  And borne my full share of life’s changeable scenes,
But my woes have been solaced by good greens and bacon,
  And my joys have been doubled by bacon and greens.
    Fol de ri do—bacon and greens.

What a thrill of remembrance e’en now they awaken,
  Of childhood’s gay morning and youth’s merry scenes,
When one day we had greens and a plate full of bacon,
  And the next we had bacon and a plate full of greens.

Ah! well I remember when, sad and forsaken,
  Heart-wrung by the scorn of a Miss in her teens,
How I rushed from her sight to my loved greens and bacon,
  And forgot my despair over bacon and greens.

When the banks refused specie, and credit was shaken,
  I shared in the wreck and was ruined in means;
My friends all declared I had not ‘saved my bacon,’
  But they lied—for I still had my bacon and greens.

Oh! there is a charm in this dish, rightly taken,
  That from custards and jellies an epicure weans—
Stick your fork in the fat, wrap your greens round the bacon,
  And you’ll vow there is nothing like bacon and greens.

If some fairy a grant of three wishes would make one
  So worthless as I, and so laden with sins,
I’d wish all the greens in the world, then the bacon,
  And then wish for a little more bacon and greens.
    Fol de ri do—bacon and greens.

POSTSCRIPT.

I return to confess that for once I’m mistaken,
  As much as I’ve known of this world and its scenes;
There’s one thing that’s equal to both greens and bacon,
  And that is a dish of good—bacon and greens.
    Fol de ri do—bacon and greens.

Greensboro’, Green County.

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The lyrics also appear in Memorial Record of Alabama, Vol 2, (Madison, Wis.: Brant & Fuller, 1893), page 173, in Chapter 10 “Alabama Journalism” by W. W. Screws, where it says:

‘Bakus W. Huntington wrote “Bacon and Greens," which was published in the Southron and subsequently went the rounds of the newspaper press. It is worthy of a place here.’

Then follows the text.

Some other publications confirm this attribution—sort of.

An article titled ‘Joseph G. Baldwin and the “Flush Times” ’ by George Frederick Mellen, in The Sewanee Review, Vol 9 No 2 (New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., April, 1901), mention, on page 177:

‘Judge Bacchus W. Huntington, the scholarly New Englander, the proficient and successful lawyer, the bright wit and author of a poem, “Bacon and Greens,”….’

The Smiling Phoenix: Southern Humor from 1865 to 1914, by Wade H. Hall (University of Florida Press, 1965), page 345, says:

A favorite Southern dish is the subject of William R. Smith's "Bacon and Greens,” published in Reminiscences of a Long Life under the pseudonym Bakus W. Huntington.

Early Alabama Publications: A Study in Literary Interests by Rhoda Coleman Ellison (University of Alabama Press, 1947), page 112:

‘ “Bacon and Greens,” by “Green Pease Bacon, Esq.” (Bakus W. Huntington, a Tuscaloosa lawyer), who gives his address as “Greensboro, Green County,” is a rollicking tribute to the traditional Alabama dish of turnip greens or collards …’