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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: IanC Date: 07 Jul 00 - 08:29 AM Sorry Mike. Must have missed it in all those words up there!!!
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Mike Regenstreif Date: 07 Jul 00 - 08:21 AM Ian, Just one thing. I did specifically mention "St. James Infirmary." Mike Regenstreif |
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Subject: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Some answers From: IanC Date: 07 Jul 00 - 05:42 AM Well done folks. Time for a summary. By the way, I'm not really willing to die for these answers. They're just "the truth as I know it". Let me know if I'm desperately wrong (but please give me some information as to why). Here we go 1. You got it pretty much right. The original Blankenship broadside had a price of 5 cents. A photograph of it is published in Johnson's book. What's quite nice is that it has folds on it exactly the same as you'd make if you had folded it up and put it in your pocket for a couple of days. By the way it's very scannable and I've got a copy. Anyone want it? 2. Again, pretty sharp. "Canny" in Scotland is an abbreviation of "Uncanny" whereas in Northumberland, "Uncanny" is the opposite of "Canny". It might be unwise to call the inhabitants of Northumberland "Geordies" though. That's reserved for people who live on Tyneside. Why is "Bonny at Morn" down as "Scots" in DT? 3. "The Unfortunate Rake" gets it. The version I like best – nobody mentioned it – is St James Infirmary. 4. Again, great. Carols are originally dances with singing. The biggest body of carols which don't belong to Christmas you completely missed, though. Many of them – The Holly and The Ivy, Down in Yon Forest … - are originally Easter carols. 5. Trick question, but you got it. Mouth music is found ALL OVER Northern Europe (as well as in other parts of the world). Origins are probably prehistoric, but there is evidence that it is used more in poorer communities where (often expensive) instruments can't be afforded. In England, it is widespread – occasionally accompanying instruments – and called "Lilting". By the way I know of no evidence that there ever was any ban on instruments anywhere in Britain or Ireland. This seems to be a myth that has been seriously promulgated on Mudcat through a number of threads. Tell me if I'm wrong (but give me some evidence too). 6. Think you got most of this in the end. I've got a nice recording of Woody and Leadbelly singing "House of the Rising Sun". The last 2 verses of "This Land" are not usually published in US national or school songbooks. They go:
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple Gives a much better impression of the power of Woody's songs when you hear these as well. 7. I did say different TYPES of harmonica! In the European tradition anyway, for melodic use, harmonicas have different columns for the "blow" and "suck" reeds. Blues harps use the same column. I don't know how it will come out, but I'll try a diagram. Blues Harp Folk Harmonica DF --D--F CE C--E-- The reason for the wider spacing is that it's easier to do tunes on the "folk" version. It's easier to do chords on the blues harp. Sorry for suggesting that blues isn't folk, by the way. 8. "Botany Bay" it was. Rolf Harris as a young Australian folk singer used to sing a version close to the original before he became rich & famous.The original version was written as "A Burlesque" but does have two verses in common with a transportation broadside published in 1820. I didn't have any idea what a "rum cull" was, so I was interested to learn it. Rolf Harris sang "numbskulls", I believe. 9. Mark Twain did work on Mississipi river boats, but as you said he was long dead… 10. Got it in one (eventually). North Country Maid. You need to slow the tune down and subtly change the rhythm but all the notes are still there. Older versions are often called something like "Home Boys Home" and refer to "North Americkay". There are also a number of different trees involved Oak & Ash (always), Ivy, willow … there's some discussion of this in a recent thread. Thanks. I've really enjoyed reading your contributions.
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: TheOldMole Date: 07 Jul 00 - 01:49 AM and then, of course, there's ...if you get an outfit, you can be a cowboy too |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: katlaughing Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:29 PM Geoff Kauffman, from the Mystic Seaport, has a nice version of "Home Dearie, Home" on his first cassette, "Fair Stood the Wind." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Jeri Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:16 PM The song I was thinking of was David's Lamentation, as sung by the Waterson's and written by William Billings. Of course, Billings wouldn't have pinched the tune. Helen, congratulations and thank you! The tune for the Waterson's version of the tune is just about exactly the same as Goddesses. I think the A and B parts (one time through each) are used for the verses, and the C part is the chorus. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Helen Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:34 PM Oops! Why should I sit on my hands like a useless maiden and wait for some knight (or lady) in shining armour to arrive with the answer to #10. why don't I look it up myself. Although I can only hear a vague similarity to the Goddesses tune. The link to America is that some versions say North Amerikay rather than North Country. Helen http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/~gillard/watersons/earlyn.html 8. The North Country Maid This familiar song can be found in a black letter copy also in the Roxburgh Collection. There, it's titled: The Northern Lasse's Lamentation: or the Unhappy Maid's Misfortune, and it's prefaced by a few melancholy lines: Since she did from her friends depart, No earthly thing can cheer her heart, But still she doth her case lament Being always fill'd with discontent, Resolving to do nought but mourn Till to the North she doth return. J. Collingwood Bruce and John Stokoe printed a set of the song in their Northumbrian Minstrelsey of 1882 noting how: Sir Walter Scott, in his novel Rob Roy, makes the narrator of the tale (Francis Osbaldiston) in recounting recollections of his childhood, tells how his Northumbrian nurse (old Mabel) amused him by singing the ditties of her native countie, and specially names O! the oak and the Ash and the bonny Ivy Tree as a Northumbrian ballad.' The stately tune started life as a dance tune, found in many places and under many titles but especially in Sir James Hawkin's Transcripts of music for the virginals, and the Dancing master, of 1650, under the title Goddesses. The refrain in all its home-sick nostalgia may be encountered, oddly enough, in the robust and unbuttoned sailor's song, Home, Dearie Home, or Rosemary Lane. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Helen Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:15 PM So, who has the answer to #10 - I want to know that one. Everyone else beat me to the limited no. of answers I knew, so I'll just have to keep reading to find out the others. Helen |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Jeri Date: 06 Jul 00 - 07:32 PM Thanks for driving me nutser than I already was.
#10 - If you change the tempo, |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jul 00 - 06:34 PM Peej-- THANKS!!!! ~S~
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: p.j. Date: 06 Jul 00 - 06:13 PM "Uhh-haw-haw-haw-haw...." If only I could get the knack of Muddy's exquisitely pained expression...I tend to look more like a lizard being squeezed out of a tube of toothpaste...Yet another reason why white chicks shouldn't try to sing the blues... Peej |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Peter T. Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:39 PM You haven't really lived until you have had a lesson in mouth music from p.j. I speak as a witness. I was reminded of Muddy Water's immortal extended vocalizations on "I Got My Mojo Working"...... yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Bagpuss Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:15 PM another out of season carol is The Angel Gabriel - should be sung 9 months before christmas. Bagpuss |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: p.j. Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:01 PM Ah, dear 'Spaw, if only you knew about his Tiddle-a-dum-dee, you wouldn't have to ask... PJ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Liz the Squeak Date: 06 Jul 00 - 03:56 PM We three Kings is Epiphany, after Christmas (about 2 years after if you want to be pedantic) not Advent, which is the (logically) 9 months expecting him to arrive..... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jul 00 - 03:28 PM Geeziz Pam............. Smart-ass retorts elude me. Very well done indeed. I feel as though I've gone back to college, although that was rarely as interesting. It does however beg the question, what the hell are you doing with Dave??? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Mike Regenstreif Date: 06 Jul 00 - 03:17 PM 1) The broadside of "John Henry" was published by Blankenship with estimated dates ranging from 1900-1920. I'm not sure what it cost new, but it's currently valued at $300.00. 3) Songs related to "Streets of Laredo" include "The Unfortunate Rake," (from which "Laredo," these and others are descended) "St. James Infirmary," "St. James Hospital," "Whore's Lament." 6) Arlo Guthrie. Arlo's father used the melody of "Redwing" for "Union Maid" and was a friend and collaborator of Lead Belly's. 7) I respectfully reject the question. Blues is a form of folk music. 9) I believe that Samuel (Mark Twain) Clements was long-dead by the time that Robert Schmertz wrote "Monangahela Sal." Mike Regenstreif |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: katlaughing Date: 06 Jul 00 - 03:16 PM LMAO, ask Spaw, indeed! Good one, WS! P.J.! I hope you get your computer sorted out soon and come into HearMe to give us some more instruction and examples! (We'll even welcome your bodhran, too!**BG** )That is absolutely fascinating...thanks! kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Whistle Stop Date: 06 Jul 00 - 03:06 PM I'd venture that the difference between folk harmonica and blues harp is not in the instrument (everybody uses Hohner Marine Bands), but in the way you play it. If you're a folk musician, you play "straight" harp -- the tonic is played by blowing out. If you play blues, you play "cross" harp -- the tonic is played by sucking in. If you're playing folk in the key of C (major), you play a C harp; if you're playing blues in the key of C, you play a G harp. If you don't know the difference between blowing and sucking, ask Spaw. |
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Subject: Mouth Music From: p.j. Date: 06 Jul 00 - 02:36 PM Would you mind a little essay on mouth music? It's a real passion of mine. A good friend did her doctoral dissertation on the subject, and another teaches it at The Gaelic College on Skye. I've been collecting and singing as much of it as I can in the last year, and have a great affection for many of it's styles. There are actually many types of mouth music around the world, but since the question was specifically about Northern European mouth music, there are several styles even there. Their origins are as varied as their uses... Puirt-a-beul (literally "tunes from the mouth") is one of the oldest Scottish forms, containing Gaelic verses interspersed with vocables (non-lexical syllables which are sometimes based on or related to Gaelic words). Some were connected to incantation, some to work songs, some for dance. Working songs are another type of mouth music, each of which evolved relative to the kind of work being done. Chanties, milking songs, weaving songs and songs used while waulking wool each have their own traditional rules and formulas. Mouth music for dance predates the Scottish ban on instruments, it had been used for centuries by folks who could not afford an instrument, or when musicians got tired, or when emigration made it impossible to carry along instruments. When instruments were banned or burned, though, mouth music played a critical role in history, by making it possible to keep traditional tunes alive. Mouth music for dancers uses a very different set of vocables than you find in work songs. The rhythm of work songs is generally a little slower, usually includes verses as well as vocables, and there is often a call-and-response element. These factors make it easier to pace your breathing, and are less taxing on the singer. When you sing for dancers the vocables in the tunes substitute for the fiddle or pipes, so every note has to be sung clearly and up to speed, including the ornaments typical to that instrument. It's a lot like singing a tounge-twister as fast as you can! Also, since an unbroken rhythm is critical for the dance, lots of attention has to be paid to where you can grab a breath so that you never miss a beat. There are sometimes Gaelic verses in a dance tune, and when there are you'll find some lovely internal rhymes and alliteration that complement the rhythm. The meaning of the words is less important than the rhythm, but some of the songs are cleverly written to tell a story as well. Most mouth music dance tunes, however, are all vocable-- especially in the Irish tradition. Diddling, lilting, cantering and jigging are Irish terms for this style of mouth music, or it's sometimes called nudling in the Cape Breton style. Then there's the type of mouth music called canntaireachd. "Cantering" is singing for a dancer, using vocables to represent an instrument (usually fiddle-style). But "canntaireachd" is a much more codified set of vocables, used by pipers to teach tunes to each other. Rather than stressing the rhythm of the tune as you would for dancers, in canntaireachd a piper can sing or even write down each vocable that represents both the note and the technique used to play that note on the pipes. The vocable is constructed of the first sound, which can be a "releasing consonant" (e.g. "H" in HUN) or a "releasing vowel" (e.g. "E" in EYE) followed by a vowel that represents it's place on the scale (e.g. "U" in HUN) and an "arresting consonant" (e.g. "N" in HUN) or if it's an open vocable, an "arresting vowel" (e.g. "E" in DIE). If a piper read HUN as the vocable, or heard someone sing HUN in canntaireachd, they would know exactly how that note was to be sounded on the pipe, and in what key. There are thousands of combinations of canntaireachd vocables, so it's like a little language of it's own! All this is probably more than you're interested in hearing, but I find the tradition and singing of mouth music in all it's forms absolutely fascinating. I've been lucky to have some wonderful teachers to learn from and practice with, I'm especially grateful to Kim Hughes, Deborah White and Christine Primrose for their guidance and advice. Thanks for indulging my little ramble here. If anyone's interested in more information, I can recommend some socko-boffo books and CDs...
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: IanC Date: 06 Jul 00 - 12:28 PM re: Mark Twain. True, I'd forgot momentarily though and was referring to the fact that Shakespeare wrote a song called "Full Fathom Five" (set to music by Pete Seeger) wherease Mark Twain is only 2 fathoms (difference is 18 feet).
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: GUEST Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:40 AM Twain did not believe Shakespeare wrote all the plays, he wrote a paper called "is Shakespeare Dead" Patrish |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Rick Fielding Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:38 AM GREAT QUIZ IAN!!!! I've been busy this week getting ready for the Mariposa Festival. (gotta get those strings changed!) That's ok, though 'cause I tended to hog some of the other quizzes. I'll just jump in on the last one though. Sam Clemens was absolutely convinced that the actor/mgr/grain merchant, Shakespeare did NOT write the plays attributed to him. Rather than write about the factual inconsistancies as others of his time did (the Baconians) he took the psychological approach, and opined that "common sense" would indicate that another/others wrote the plays. Had he lived today and seen the evidence collected by the supporters of the Earl of Oxford (deVere) I think his opinion would still be the same. He didn't "name" the author....just said it wasn't the Shakespeare who left neither a book, a poem,(other than his awful epitaph) or one shred of literary evidence in his will. The fact that the tourist-hungry burghers of Stratford re-carved the bag of grain on the lap of the Shakespeare statue into a "writing pillow", made Twain chuckle a bit. By the way Clemens' Martin guitar was played heavily all the way up to the 12th fret, indicating he was probably a decent picker. Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: IanC Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:35 AM Good start Patrish. What was the Shakespeare connection then? Tempestuous rather than tenuous link! Ian |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:24 AM Sam Clemens was the real name of Mark Twain - hot or cold? Patrish |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: IanC Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:18 AM Catspaw49 Sure. Will come back with a few answers tomorrow.
Cheers! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: IanC Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:09 AM Pretty good so far! Keep it up. Surprised nobody's had a go at Sam Clemens. Did you know he also has Shakespearean connections!
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:07 AM Ian my friend.......As Peter noted when mentioning Rick, we have played these things a lot and they're a ton of fun, but when you come to it late and read the posts as I did, you get really confused as to what has/is being answered and what's left and all that stuff. Could you come back and update us from time to time (often preferably) on where things stand regarding the questions answered/unanswered? I keep going back and forth and getting lost, but you know the quiz and what you're looking for. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: jeffp Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:34 AM The Bard of Armagh (Irish) is to the same tune as Streets of Laredo. jeffp |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:26 AM Re: Harmonicas - do some allow you to bend the notes to give the sound a bluesy moan? Patrish |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:21 AM The word "carol" comes from the Greek choraulien which means dancing (choros) and playing the flute (aulien). In other words, the carol was a dance to flute accompaniment. In ancient times, this kind of dancing was extremely popular with the Greeks and Romans.
In the Middle Ages in England and France, carols were dances accompanied by singing. In the French Midi, for example, the "carol" was a kind of round dance. In time, the word "carol" changed its meaning, referring only to certain kinds of songs. The Anglo-Saxon tradition favoured gathering together small choirs on the village green to sing carols and Christmas songs for the pleasure of passers-by. A number of currently very popular American Christmas carols come directly from France and England.
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Giac Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:13 AM Possible Leadbelly connection:
Woody and Leadbelly are both mentioned in
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Giac Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:09 AM This Land is Your Land -
On the other side it didn't say nothin' |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Peter T. Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:08 AM Where is Rick "Never Met An Obscure Folk Tidbit I Didn't Like" Fielding? yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:59 AM Rum cull is someone who is a generous fool, the words are from the song "Botany Bay" Patrish |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Morticia Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:57 AM Errrrr, can I phone a friend? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:50 AM Q1 The Blankenship broadside was owned by Mrs. C. L. Lynn of Rome, Georgia. She sent it to Guy B. Johnson, author of John Henry: Tracking Down a Negro Legend11 when he was advertising for information about John Henry. 4 7/8 x 8 1/2", it contains 12 verses and is signed in type, "W. T. Blankenship." No date is shown, and it has been dated 1900 to c. 1920s , and while this remains a possibility, the broadside is (perhaps!) the earliest printed version of John Henry and would be a highspot in any collection. ($300) Patrish |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Giac Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:46 AM I'd guess Arlo's connections are through Woody.
Redwing - tune to Union Maid
Seem to recall there's a reference in one of Woody's
And I'd venture that the Leadbelly link also is Woody. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Snuffy Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:40 AM Correction LAREDST will only get you 7 versions, LAREDS* will get you 25 Wassail! V |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: sledge Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:33 AM BRAIN HURT. The tune used by streets of laredo was used prviously in a Napoleonic eara song called I believe " The rout has just come for the blues" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Snuffy Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:31 AM #3 Loads of versions of "The Unfortunate Rake" "The Young Sailor/Man/Girl Cut down in his/her Prime" etc (enter LAREDST in the Digitrad Lyric Search for about 20 versions) #4 The tune for Good King Wenceslas" is "Tempus Adest Floridum" (Now is the season of flowers), and my hymn book has a Flower Carol to be sung in Spring. And aren't ones like "We Three Kings" and "O come, O come, Emanuel" really supposed to be for Advent (i.e. pre-Christmas, following the star)? #10 Didn't know there were words to "Goddesses" - great tune. Where can I find words? Wassail! V |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: katlaughing Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:31 AM Forgot to say, over here, descendending from Scots/Irish/English "canny" always has meant "wise/all knowing" or "onto" something. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: katlaughing Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:16 AM No. 6 is that upstart kid, Arlo, ain't it? Sheesh, ya don't want essays to go with these, do ya? Or, are these YOUR essay questions for an exam and you're trying to get us to do your homework?**BG** It WILL be fun to read some answers... katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:15 AM Bonny at morn comes from Northumberland where canny means nice.In scotland it means careful leaning towards mean or frugal.
The only song I can think of at the momemt like streets of laredo is the road and the miles to dundee, both wistful songs perhaps transplanted and made indigenous by emmigrants.
Mouth music from scotland where the "wee free" church banned instruments and they used the mouth music to accompany there singing in church
Dont know who didn'want a pijkle, but I think strings are involved guitar 12 strings and string
Harmonicas, folk usually just two key and blues chromatic I think Patrish |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Homeless Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:13 AM Jingle Bells is the modern carol - it was originally for Thanksgiving. Arlo Guthrie doesn't want a pickle. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Homeless Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:12 AM I know #4 - I was just telling Bill and Allen about it when they were here. I also know who doesn't want a pickle, but don't know the connections. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: IanC Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:10 AM I thought it'd be interesting to see how the answers developed, so please post any bits of answers you have. Might help somebody else.
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Mbo Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:10 AM This is pure insanity! Too much like my college homework! --Mbo
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Bagpuss Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:05 AM Looks like Im top of the class, if nobody else is playing!!!!! Bagpuss |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: GUEST,andy mööer Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:04 AM I think you're being a bit hard on us. But for #3 I know a Christy Moore song that has the same tune as 'streets of Laredo',cant think of it's name though Can I pass on that answer??,please?. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Bagpuss Date: 06 Jul 00 - 08:55 AM Just checked, Bonny at Morn is Geordie, cos canny means careful in scots, but means (amongst other things) well, or ok in geordie. Bagpuss |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: Bagpuss Date: 06 Jul 00 - 08:47 AM I come bottom the the class!! But I do know that mouth music is from Scotland - where it was used when fiddles were banned by the English. Oh and I know that the word canny is used differently in newcastle to scotland - but I dont know if that is the case in that song. Bagpuss |
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Subject: Mudcat Quiz - Folk Olympics From: IanC Date: 06 Jul 00 - 08:41 AM Having just read the "mudcat race" thread, I thought I'd set up an easy quiz just to keep you going for 10 minutes or so (like doing the crossword on a train). For anyone who has a little time to spare, here it is (all 10 answers within 10 minutes gets the gold. Mudcat Quiz #1 1. Who published the only known broadside version of "John Henry", what did it cost and where can it be found. As a bonus, estimate its date giving reasons. 2. Where does the lullaby "Bonny at Morn" originate from (careful, it's wrong it DT) and how does the use of the word "canny" show it isn't Scottish? 3. Find 3 different songs closely related to "The Streets of Laredo". Give your opinion on the origin of this group of songs. 4. What is the original meaning of the word carol? Which (more than one) of the modern carols sung at Christmas don't rightly belong to this season? What season(s) do they belong to? 5. Where is "mouth music" to be found in Northern Europe? How and why did it develop? 6. Who doesn't want a pickle (he'd rather ride on his motorsickle) and what's his connection with Redwing, Leadbelly and the back of a notice board. 7. Historically, different types of harmonica were used for blues and folk music. Explain the difference. Give your opinion of why this was so. 8. What song, written by Stephens and Yardley and published in "The Sidney Golden Songster" in 1893 includes the words "Farewell to my rum culls". What are rum culls? 9. Did Sam Clemens, famous trade unionist, write Monongaheela Sal? Explain. 10. What song is set to the early English dance tune "Goddesses" published by Playford in the 2nd edition of his "The English Dancing Master" in 1653? Discuss variations of this song which mention the United States of America.
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