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Origins: Mole in the Ground/Tempie/Capie DigiTrad: I WISH I WAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND MY LAST OL' DOLLAR Related threads: (origins) Origin: I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground (58) (origins) Origins: Been In The Pen So Long (10) Lyr/Chords Req: I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground (3) (closed)
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Subject: Origins: Mole in the Ground/Tempie/Capie From: GUEST,peakfreak Date: 12 Aug 14 - 02:43 PM Brilliant tune, mole in the ground. Perhaps it's just because I'm (so pretty) from the UK, or maybe these names have waned in popularity since, but why Tempie/Capie? Are they/were they common names? Jarrell sings Tempie/Tempy and Lunsford sings Capie. Is there a joke I'm not getting here, or were these names really that common back then in the US? I could understand more if the names were used for the sake of a rhyme, but they're just sort of... there, and to someone coming from a completely different neck of the woods (both space and time wise) they seem very odd. Love it though, of course, 'specially as I think of the song as Tempie, not MITG. Any information regarding the origin/meaning of the lyrics in general would be gratefully received. Shout outs to anyone called Tempie/Capie! Be my wife! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Mole in the Ground/Tempie/Capie From: Lighter Date: 12 Aug 14 - 05:02 PM Outside of the song, never heard of 'em. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Mole in the Ground/Tempie/Capie From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 12 Aug 14 - 11:13 PM Some cultures make up personal names more than others, and I guess the author of those lyrics belonged to a culture that made up Tempie and Capie and the "Kimbi" that was in the DT. I've never heard those names before. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Mole in the Ground/Tempie/Capie From: Phil Cooper Date: 12 Aug 14 - 11:21 PM I always thought Capie,or Kimbi, was Kippi on that line. But I would be the first to admit I might have misheard it. Kipie wants a nine dollar shawl/Kippie wants a nine dollar shawl/Nine dollar shaw, I need my Mackinaw/Kippie wants a nine dollar shawl. That's how I heard it on an album called New folks Volume 2 on vanguard featuring Lisa Kindred, who performed that song; Phil Ochs, Eric Andersen, and Bob Jones (now Robert , who has been influential in the Newport Folk Festivals). |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Mole in the Ground/Tempie/Capie From: Lighter Date: 13 Aug 14 - 08:05 AM Never heard of Kipie or Kimbi or Kippie either, though I've heard "Kip" twice as a masculine nickname. Why, I don't know. |
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