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Thank you for making my Grandad happy! Related threads: Lyr Req: Sam got a job on the railroad (34) Lyr Req: More Work for the Undertaker (F W Leigh) (53) |
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Subject: Lyr Add: MORE WORK FOR THE UNDERTAKER From: GUEST,Tracey (TAnnison) Date: 14 Jun 00 - 06:15 AM Thank you to all the Mudcatters that helped me collect all the old lyrics to make a songbook for my Granddad - I really appreciate you help! Grandad used to sing to all of us when we were children, and I owe almost every song I know (not that I can sing!) to him. These were a strange mix of traditional and folk songs, music-hall songs, popular tunes and soldier's songs, many of which we shouldn't have been singing at such a tender age! I fogot much of the words over time, and sadly so did Grandad, and one day I had the idea of researching them for him. With your help, the DT, and s few other sites, I managed to dig up the words to all the songs below, making a book of almost 200 pages. I live in London (UK), over 100 miles from my family in Norfolk, and was working in Sweden on Grandad's birthday, but I sent it to him in the post. Apparently he was quite overcome, and rather amazed at the amount of words we never knew (I certainly was) and he's been singing to all and sundry ever since! Just in case anyone's interested, I was able to find all these songs that he taught to us : AIN'T IT GREAT TO BE CRAZY? 1 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH) 2 ALOUETTE 3 AMAZING GRACE 4 ANNE BOLEYN 5 ANY OLD IRON 6 THE BALLAD OF JED CLAMPETT 7 BANKS O' LOCH LOMOND 8 BARBARA ALLEN (1) 9 BARBARA ALLEN (2) 11 BARBARA ELLEN (3) 13 BARBARA ALLEN (4) 15 BARBARA ALLEN (5) 17 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC 18 THE BATTLE OF JERICHO 19 THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS 20 THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN (1) 22 THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN (2) 24 THE BLAYDON RACES 25 BLESS 'EM ALL 27 BOILED BEEF AND CARROTS 28 BOMBED LAST NIGHT 29 BOTANY BAY 30 A BOY NAMED SUE 31 BRING BACK MY JOHNNY TO ME 33 BRITISH GRENADIERS 34 BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON 35 CAMP GRANADA 36 CAMPTOWN RACES 37 CLEMENTINE (1) 38 CLEMENTINE (2) 39 COMING 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (1) 40 COMING 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (2) 40 COMIN THRO' THE RYE 41 COUNTRY ROADS 42 DADDY WOULDN'T BUY ME A BOW-WOW 43 DAHN THE PLUG'OLE 44 DAISY, DAISY (DAISY BELL, OR A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO) 45 DANCE TO YOUR DADDY (1) 46 DANCE TO YOUR DADDY (2) 47 O DANNY BOY 48 DIXIE LAND 49 DON'T DILLY DALLY (MY OLD MAN) 50 DON'T GO DOWN IN THE MINE, DAD 52 DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES 53 THE DRUNKEN SAILOR 54 EARLY ONE MORNING (1) 55 EARLY ONE MORNING (2) 56 ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDENS 57 ERNIE 58 THE FOX 60 FROGGY WENT A-COURTIN' 62 THE GAS-MAN COMETH 64 GOOD-BYE-EE 65 GREEN GROW THE RUSHES-O 66 LADY GREENSLEEVES (1) 67 LADY GREENSLEEVES (2) 69 HALLELUJAH! I'M A BUM 70 HANGING ON THE OLD BARBED WIRE 71 HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN 72 HERE WE GO 'ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH 73 HOLE IN THE GROUND 74 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS SONG 75 HITLER HAS ONLY GOT ONE BALL 76 I DON'T WANT TO JOIN THE ARMY (1) 77 I DON'T WANT TO JOIN THE ARMY (2) 77 IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD 78 I'M HENERY THE EIGHTH I AM 79 I'M LEANING ON A LAMPPOST 80 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE 81 IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN 83 IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY 85 I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD 86 I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS 87 I WENT TO THE PICTURES TOMORROW 87 JERUSALEM 88 JOHN PEEL 89 JIM CRACK CORN (1) 90 JIMMY CRACK CORN (BLUE-TAIL FLY) 91 JOHN BROWN'S BODY 92 JUMP DOWN, TURN AROUND, PICK A BALE OF COTTON 93 K-K-K-KATY 94 KISS ME GOOD-NIGHT, SERGEANT-MAJOR 95 KNEES UP MOTHER BROWN 96 THE LAMBTON WORM 97 LAVENDER'S BLUE 99 LAZYBONES 101 LILLI MARLENE 102 LILY THE PINK (1) 103 LILY THE PINK (2) 104 LONDONDERRY AIR 105 MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIERES 106 THE MERMAID (1) 108 THE MERMAID (2) 109 THE MERMAID (3) 110 THE MERMAID (4) 111 THE MERMAID (5) 112 THE MERMAID (6) 113 MICHAEL FINNEGAN 114 MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT 114 MOLLY MALONE (COCKLES AND MUSSELS) 115 MONDAY'S CHILD IS FAIR OF FACE 116 MORNING HAS BROKEN 117 MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN 118 MY BOOMERANG WON'T COME BACK 119 MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN 121 NELLIE DEAN 123 NELLIE THE ELEPHANT 124 NEVER MIND 125 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE 126 NUTS IN MAY 128 OH I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE 129 OH IT'S A LOVELY WAR! 130 OH SUSANNA 131 ON ILKLA MOOR BAHT HAT 132 ONE FINE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 133 ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO 134 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY 135 PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES 136 PADDY MCGINTY'S GOAT 137 THE PARACHUTIST SONG 140 PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON 141 PUTTING ON THE STYLE 142 PUT YOUR SHOES ON LUCY 143 THE QUARTERMASTER'S STORES 144 RIGHT SAID FRED 145 ROLL OUT THE BARREL (BEER BARREL POLKA, OR ROSAMUNDE) 147 THE RUNAWAY TRAIN 148 RUN RABBIT 150 SCARBOROUGH FAIR (1) 151 SCARBOROUGH FAIR (2) 152 SHE SAT ON A HILLSIDE 153 SHE WAS POOR BUT SHE WAS HONEST 154 SHORT'NIN' BREAD 155 SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME (1) 156 SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME (2) 156 SIDE BY SIDE 157 THE SIEGFRIED LINE 158 SKIP TO MY LOU 159 THE SKYE BOAT SONG 160 SPANISH LADIES (FAREWELL AND ADIEU) 161 THE SUN HAS GOT HIS HAT ON 162 SWEET VIOLETS (1) 163 SWEET VIOLETS (2) 164 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT 165 THERE'S A HOLE IN MY BUCKET 166 THERE IS A TAVERN IN THE TOWN 167 THREE OLD LADIES 168 TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN 169 TOM PIERCE (WIDDICOMBE FAIR) 170 THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE 171 TWO LITTLE BOYS 172 TWO LOVELY BLACK EYES 173 UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES 173 WABASH CANNONBALL 174 WALTZING MATILDA 175 WHITER THAN THE WHITEWASH 176 WHEN FATHER PAPERED THE PARLOUR 176 WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME AGAIN 178 WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN 179 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN 180 WHEN THIS BLOODY WAR IS OVER (2) 181 WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT 182 WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE 182 WHISKEY IN THE JAR 183 WILD COLONIAL BOY 184 THE WILD ROVER 185 WILL YOU STOP YOUR TICKLING JOCK 186 A WINDMILL IN OLD AMSTERDAM 187 THE WRAGGLE-TAGGLE GYPSIES 188 YANKEE DOODLE 190 YES! WE HAVE NO BANANAS 192 YOU'LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN 193 UNKNOWN FRAGMENTS 196 There were RC's, C of E's My Mother Said More Work For The Undertaker I'd be more than happy to post anything from this lot that anyone wants! The last 3 titles aren't complete, but here's what I was able to find : There were RC's There were RC's, C of E's The medics and the Infantry The Sargeant, the Brigadier And Mademoiselle from Armentiers Inky, pinky, parlez-vous There were Burmese, Singhalese Chinese and Japanese, Norfolk's and the Grenadiers And the Lancashire Fusiliers Inky, pinky, parlez-vous My Mother Said My mother said, I never should play with the gypsies in the wood; If I did, she would say, 'Naughty girl to run away.' My mother said, I never should Play with the gypsies in the wood. And if I did, she would say: "Naughty little girl to disobey." More Work For The Undertaker Sambo had an auntie, an auntie very rich, One day she said to Sambo, "I'l give you two-and-six." Sambo feeling thirsty, went inside a shop; Six Lemonades, Two Ginger Beers and Sambo went off, Pop! Cho: More work for the undertaker, Another little job for the tombstone maker, There in the local cemet'ry, On a tombstone you will see; "Sambo, V.C." (or "Sambo, the brave and free") Sambo had an auntie, an auntie very poor, One day she said to Sambo, "Go and clean the floor." Sambo feeling tired, tried to go to bed, Tried to climb the bannister and fell down on his head! (Crash! Bang!) Maybe part of – Now listen to the tale I'm going to tell you. You'll laugh until you feel you want some breath, For people often think it very funny When you tell them of a vi-hi-o-lent death! More work for the Undertaker, Another little job for the Tombstone Maker, At the local cem-e-tary they've Been very, very busy on a brand new grave: He won't be cold this winter! History : Music Hall song sung by the late T.E. Dunville, circa 1890. Thank you all so much for your help, in enabling me to give Grandad a Happy Birthday! |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,Tracey Date: 14 Jun 00 - 06:26 AM Sorry for the duplication - my browser evidently went mad there for a minute. This later one is the "real" one! Also sorry for the lack of formatting - it looked OK, with CR's & tabs, but that was before I sent it... |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: JedMarum Date: 14 Jun 00 - 08:10 AM Tracey - what a thoughtful and loving gift! |
Subject: Lyr Add: MY MOTHER SAID From: sophocleese Date: 14 Jun 00 - 08:32 AM Tracey, I learned My Mother Said years ago, I can't remember who wrote it but the words were...
My mother said, I never should
My mother said I never should Actually now that I try and remember it again there is a line missing in the middle of the second verse about a white horse, but I can't get it. I'll keep thinking about it and it may appear in my brain eventually. Sorry for missing this request earlier. |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: sophocleese Date: 14 Jun 00 - 08:39 AM Got it! ...Sally with a tambourine, I went to sea, no ship to get across, I paid ten shillings for a blind white horse, I jumped on his back and was off in a flash... |
Subject: Lyr Add: MY MOTHER SAID From: Jon Freeman Date: 14 Jun 00 - 09:10 AM Sophclese, according to The Faber Book of Nursery Verse, you are still a few words missing. So here is theirversion of the rhyme. BTW according to this book, it is anon.
My mother said, I never should
The wood was dark, the grass was green Jon
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Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 14 Jun 00 - 09:44 AM I missed that one first time round, too; here is what Iona and Peter Opie have to say about it in The Oxford Book Of Nursery Rhymes (1951): This rhyme, to which there are numerous appendages, is well known in the present day, often accompanying a hand warming exercise in the manner of "Pease Porridge Hot". Its literary history, however, is strangely short. It is first found in Come Hither (Walter de la Mare, 1922). Subsequently it was discussed in Notes & Queries (1931-4) and the absence of 19th century recordings was remarked upon, though it had been known by correspondents sixty and seventy years previously. One writer declared that his grandfather, born in 1818, had learnt to play it on the violin, when a boy. "It was then, and is still, a favourite at village weddings or merry-makings whenever a lively jig of the polka type is needed." The tune is identical with the first part of The King Pippen Polka (c. 1870), and has also been recognised in a gypsy dance in Smetana's The Bartered Bride. Versions of the rhyme repeat fragments of singing games, and it is possible that it was once part of some dramatic "joie de vivre." Apparantly there was an advertising slogan of 1946 based on the song: My mother said that I never should Miss my Guiness -as if I would! Malcolm |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,Tracey Date: 14 Jun 00 - 12:37 PM Wow - You know still more things! I admit to not asking about "My Mother said" - I ran out of time to get it printed and bound up as a book. I'll have to make an addenda page! Thanks again, and thanks to whoever reformatted it all, too.
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Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,Liz the Squeak Date: 14 Jun 00 - 04:23 PM So when are you going to publish it? Just add Yellow Submarine and On top of old Smokey, and you have the perfect camp fire collection!! LTS |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,Tracey Date: 20 Jun 00 - 05:09 AM Well, I didn't quite publish it, but I did get an extra 4 copies made for other members of the family - close! It's somewhat of a tradition to do such things in my family - a few years back we collected all the family-written poems and had them printed, too! |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,late 'n short Date: 23 Jun 00 - 10:57 PM Hey Tracey, What a great list! I've got a specific memeory for at least half the songs on your list. If it weren't for the fact that the only grandfather I knew spent his whole life over "here" I'd be wonderin' if we were somehow connected. "Show me the way to go home" #'s 155 & 156 on your list ( I didn't know there was more than one) is one of the first songs my father taught me. I know the words but I need the chords. Can you help? Thanks for helping me recall some great times and greater people. Dan
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Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,Rob Groves (Guest) Date: 08 Jul 02 - 08:23 AM Tracey, There are quite a few of the songs on your list that I should like the lyrics for, I live in Essex. Can we get in touch? e-mail me: robert@groves.tc Thanks! |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: C-flat Date: 08 Jul 02 - 09:00 AM I sing a lot of those songs mentioned to my young daughter, especially the nonsense/funny ones. My partner can't believe I know so many silly songs but, like you Tracy, they're passed down from my Grandparents. I'd like to think that when my little girl has a family of her own she'll sing them to her little ones and ,like you, have some fond memories.(even though she does think I'm a bit nutty) |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: CapriUni Date: 08 Jul 02 - 10:12 AM Found this thread refreshed after over two years (I love Mudcat for that!)... I just gravitate to anything about happiness, and found "My Mother Said"... As it turns out, this is one of my favorite Mother Goose Rhymes (I learnt it from Raymond Briggs' 1966 edition of "The Mother Goose Treasury", now sadly out of print). But I never knew it was a song. Is there a midi or sound file floating around somewhere? |
Subject: RE: Thank you for making my Grandad happy! From: GUEST,timbo46 Date: 13 Mar 10 - 06:49 AM I found myself humming "Sambo had an uncle" etc. this morning and couldn't think of more than a few fragments. We sang this version at Cubs in North London around 1963 and of course it was was slightly different to all the versions I have found posted on the web. Maybe it came from a scouts songbook of the time? I seem to remember thinking it was a bit old-fashioned even then at the age of 8.. Here's what I remember: Sambo had an uncle An uncle very rich One day he said to Sambo I'll give you 2 and 6 Sambo was delighted He went off to the shop (...somehow acquires and eats too many sweets...) and Sambo went off pop More work for the undertaker 'nother little job for the tombstone maker In the local cemetery On his tombstone you will see "Sambo paid out" (best as I can remember it) Sambo had an auntie An auntie very poor One day she said to Sambo I'll make you scrub the floor etc. Sambo on the railway.... (... scrubs the line with a bar of Sunlight Soap...) etc. Can anyone fill in the blanks? |
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