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Origins: Skinnamarink (Feist & Piantidosi, 1910)
DigiTrad:
SKINNAMARINK
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Subject: LYR ADD: SKINNAMARINK From: Peter T. Date: 04 Sep 97 - 05:22 PM As requested:
SKINNAMARINK
Chords (slash each line): G Gdim/G Gdim/ G Gdim D7/
copyright 1985 by Grand Trunk Music: Sharon Hampson, Lois Lillienstein, and Bram Morrison.
The tune is a bit like a sliding vaudeville version of "Tea For Two", lots of rocking back and forth, canes out for the "I (beat, beat) Love (beat, beat) You". It is somewhat infectious (sort of like Barney vs. the Elephant (there is an Elephant on S, L, and Bram)). There are hand movements I have never learned, and I have never even seen the programme! I learned it at a campsing. I just know that when it is played, graduates of S,L, and B. light up and go to work. Vaudeville is not dead, it lives in the children's hour. |
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Subject: RE: LYR ADD: SKINNAMARINK From: Sheye Date: 04 Sep 97 - 06:01 PM There is a french version of this as well. Any parents know the words? Don't forget the spider; he is WAY cool, sez the 4-year-old. Come clean Peter, we know you're a Elephant fan -- I'm sure I've seen your profile on the Frosted Flakes commercial. |
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Subject: RE: LYR ADD: SKINNAMARINK From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Sep 97 - 09:32 PM Thanks, Peter. sound lie it's more suited for the Barney set, rather than for my sophisticated and urbane Cub Scouts :) - but it's an interesting little ditty nonetheless. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: LYR ADD: SKINNAMARINK From: Earl Date: 05 Sep 97 - 10:48 AM Here's a cheer we did in Boy Scouts decades ago:
Troup 500, here we are, mahee maho mahi Said as fast as possible, of course |
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Subject: RE: LYR ADD: SKINNAMARINK From: RS Date: 05 Sep 97 - 07:22 PM To Peter T: How did you make the line returns start a new line each time, without double spacing? |
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Subject: RE: LYR ADD: SKINNAMARINK From: RS Date: 05 Sep 97 - 07:26 PM Oops, my apologies, just found the answer to this question on the "Au Claire de la Lune - Lyr Add" thread. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: "SKIDDY-MER-RINK-A-DOO" MEANS "I LOVE YOU From: Jim Dixon Date: 23 Nov 04 - 02:05 AM From the sheet music at The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music: "SKIDDY-MER-RINK-A-DOO" MEANS "I LOVE YOU."* "SKID-DY-MER-RINK-ADINK-ABOOMP" (Means I Love You)** Words, Felix F. Feist. Music, Al Piantadosi. 1910 "Introduced in Chas. Dillingham's production of the American musical comedy 'The Echo' " 1. Down on a Boola Boola Isle, Where the mermaids chant, Reigns big chief Crocodile Beneath an oyster plant. He loved a sea-nymph selfishly, Queen of the Gay White Wave. Each night in his shell he'd go to sea And in tuneful scales he'd rave: CHORUS: Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, Means I love you. Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, Means I'll be true Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, All the time he {sang/sings} this rhyme Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, Means I love you. 2. But when the midnight moon was pale, King Fish Kokomo Came floating over with his tale To say he loved her so; But she was true to Crocodile, Said "Koko-Nut, go 'way; I know, in a very little while You will hear my lover say:" CHORUS *Title as given on cover of sheet music, and as indexed by the Levy Collection. **Title as given at the top of page 1 of the sheet music. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: masato sakurai Date: 23 Nov 04 - 04:54 AM Lyrics & midi of "SKIDDY-MER-RINK-A-DOO" is at Public Domain Music: Early 20th Century American Music (1900-1924) (under 1910). |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 23 Nov 04 - 09:55 AM I had never heard this song until my granddaughter sang it at a nursing home last Valentine's Day. (She was 3 at the time.) She absolutely loves this song - maybe Joe was right - it appeals to the preschool, Barney crowd! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: GUEST,Mary in NC Date: 10 Feb 07 - 06:32 PM I've heard and sung this song all my life. The chorus is the same as you show here, but the lyrics are a little different. The version I know is as follows: Skinnamarinky-dinky-dink! Skinnamarinky-doo! I LOVE YOU! Skinnamarinky-dinky-dink! Skinnamarinky-doo! I LOVE YOU! I love you in the morning And I love you late at night. I love you in the evening When the moon is shining bright. Ooooh! Skinnamarinky-dinky-dink! Skinnamarinky-doo! I LOVE YOU! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: Joe_F Date: 10 Feb 07 - 08:48 PM The way my mother sang it was: Skinnamarinkydinkydink, Skinnamarinkydo. I love you. Skinnamarinkydinkydink, Skinnamarinkydo. I love you. I love you in the morning And I love you in the night. I love you when I'm with you And I love you out of sight. Etc. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: Mr Happy Date: 11 Feb 07 - 06:31 PM Tiddley winky winky winky Tiddley winky woo I love you Tiddley winky winky winky Tiddley winky woo D'ye love me too? I love you in the morning And I love you in the night I love you in the evening When the stars are shining bright Tiddley winky winky winky Tiddley winky woo I love you |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: Scrump Date: 12 Feb 07 - 07:23 AM Is this owt to do with Skinny Malinky Long Legs? It seems too similar not to be! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: Alba Date: 12 Feb 07 - 07:49 AM Scrump, you mean the man with the big banana feet that went to the pictures and couldn't get a seat? I thought that was what the thread was going to be about because the title sounded so similiar 8>) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: Scrump Date: 12 Feb 07 - 08:54 AM Aye, Alba - that's him :D |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: Cool Beans Date: 12 Feb 07 - 04:36 PM It shows up in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Big Daddy's grandchildren sing it to him. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: GUEST Date: 03 Jun 07 - 02:04 AM What children's TV show had this on it? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink From: Peace Date: 03 Jun 07 - 02:07 AM Sharon, Lois and Bram. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Hampson, Lois, & Bram) From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Jun 07 - 01:11 AM I've always bypassed this thread because I thought it was about a song we had already throroughly discussed, The Rich Man and the Poor Man (which, I guess, actually has the word "skinnamalink.") -Joe-
-Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST Date: 08 Jul 07 - 08:43 PM does anyone have french lyrics to "one elephant" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,me Date: 08 Jul 07 - 11:18 PM [(actions after the words)] skinamarinky dinky dink [(left arm holding right elbow - floppy hand)] skinamarinky do [(right arm holding left elbow - floppy hand)] I love you skinamarinky dinky dink [(left arm holding right elbow - floppy hand)] skinamarinky do [(right arm holding left elbow - floppy hand)] I love you I love you in the morning [(arms out in a circle)] and in the afternoon [(arms out above head in a circle)] I love you in the evening underneath the moon [(arms out in a circle off to the side)] skinamarinky dinky dink [(left arm holding right elbow - floppy hand)] skinamarinky do [(right arm holding left elbow - floppy hand)] I love you I LOVE YOU (big finale) I LOOOVE YOU TOO BOO-BOO-BEE-DOO-WAH |
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Subject: Skinamarink From: GUEST,Jim Date: 09 Jul 07 - 02:32 PM This song is one I'm almost sure that I can recall from my childhood in the fifties, (although not as a children's song) yet any Google or Digitrad searches list Sharon, Lois and Bram as the authors. Does anyone know the history of this song? |
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Subject: RE: Skinamarink From: Mrrzy Date: 09 Jul 07 - 02:34 PM Argh - it was in some awful kids' video my children used to like that would make me barf from supersweetness - otherwise, never heard of it. |
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Subject: RE: Skinamarink From: gnu Date: 09 Jul 07 - 02:38 PM Skinamarink kidinky dooo........ by "The Nose"? Jimmy Durante? |
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Subject: RE: Skinamarink From: GUEST,Jim Date: 09 Jul 07 - 03:04 PM Sorry, I notice that there's another thread on this topic. Maybe this one's redundant. I think Jimmy Durante's was Ink-A-Dinka-A-Dink-A-Dink-A-Dink-A-Dink-A-Doo... |
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Subject: RE: Skinamarink From: Little Robyn Date: 09 Jul 07 - 03:39 PM Yes it was the closing theme for The Elephant Show but I remember it from the 50s too. Mrrzy. compared with most kids programmes of the time, it was brilliant - full of folky type songs and kiddy jokes and often educational as well as entertaining. And no violence! Robyn |
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Subject: RE: Skinamarink From: black walnut Date: 09 Jul 07 - 07:59 PM Is this the authorship? "Digital Tradition Mirror Skinnamarink Skinnamarink (Sharon Hampson, Lois Lillienstein, and Bram Morrison.) Skinnamarinkydinkydink Skinnamarinkydoo I - Love - You!! Skinnamarinkydinkydink Skinnamarinkydoo I - Love - You!! I love you in the morning and in the afternoon I love you in the evening, underneath the moon Skinnamarinkydinkydink Skinnamarinkydoo I - Love - You!!" |
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Subject: RE: Skinamarink From: Joe_F Date: 09 Jul 07 - 09:53 PM My mother made it Skinamarinkydinkydink skinamarinkydoo, I love you. Skinamarinkydinkydink skinamarinkydoo, I love you. I love you in the morning and I love you in the night, I love you when I'm with you and I love you out of sight. Skinamarinkydinkydink skinamarinkydoo, I love you. |
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Subject: RE: Skinamarink From: emjay Date: 09 Jul 07 - 11:47 PM I always thought it was from the song The Beggarman as sung by Tommy Makem. The fourth verse in part: Over the road with my pack on my back, Over the fields with my great heavy sack, With holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through, Singing, "Skinny-ma-rink-a doodle-o and old Johnny Dhu." The note with the song to Tommy Makem's mother Sarah Makem, the book The Irish Songbook is copyright 1969. I have frequently heard the phrase quoted with this specific song cited as the source. MJ |
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Subject: RE: Skinamarink From: emjay Date: 09 Jul 07 - 11:49 PM That last line was supposed to say "The note with the song credits it to Tommy Makem's mother Sarah Makem." I thought I had proof read the thing before I submitted it. sorry. MJ |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,Richysgirl89 Date: 27 Jul 07 - 12:36 AM My mom always sang this song to me when i was little it will always remind me of her. with love Brittany |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,Tom Hamlyn Date: 02 Aug 07 - 06:39 PM Hi I attached to this site by asking for Lyrics to 'Tiddly Winky Woo.' This is what I have so far, and would be pleased if anyone can give me a fuller version. Tiddly Winky Tiddly Winky Tiddly Winky Woo I love you Tiddly Winky Tiddly Winky Tiddly Winky Woo Love me do I love you in the morning And I love you in the night I love you in the evening when the stars are nice and bright (missing bit) And now I've told you how I love you In my own peculiar way I want to nestle close beside you And I want to hear you say... (The song now repeats from the beginning)Tiddly Winky Tiddly Winky Tiddly Winky Woo I love you (etc.) Ti |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,Jon Lovins Date: 30 Aug 07 - 12:25 AM My 2 year old son came home from daycare and sang this: I love you in the morning and in the afternoon Please come down and spend the afternoon A-skiddle-adinky-dinky-dink A-skiddle-adinky-doo I love you! He sings it over and over again and it is so cute. I think he may have made up the second line though. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: black walnut Date: 31 Aug 07 - 10:18 AM Bram tells me that Skinnamarink is in the public domain - but that version is registered. I assume that means SOCAN (Canadian) whereby you can register arrangements of songs, not only authorship. ~b.w. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: black walnut Date: 31 Aug 07 - 10:35 AM Sorry - my post above should have read: ..."but that THEIR version is registered"... ~b.w. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,LIZ Date: 05 Jan 08 - 05:32 PM WASNT THIS ON A DISNEY MOVIE..IF SO WHAT WAS IT???? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,margaret Date: 25 Mar 08 - 12:43 AM i have been trying to figure out where i learned this song from, i remeber it from my childhood but nobody else in my family knows it, my husband thought i was making it up and now i know i'm not |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: Little Robyn Date: 25 Mar 08 - 03:06 AM My 2year old grandaughter now sings it to me. Lovely! Robyn |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,annoyed Date: 26 Jul 08 - 05:09 AM what tv show was this song from? i know i watched this as a kid and i know it had an elephant in it but i can for the life of me find the tv show that this is from. someone please help me. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: Little Robyn Date: 26 Jul 08 - 06:00 AM The show was called 'The Elephant Show'. Robyn |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: Little Robyn Date: 26 Jul 08 - 06:05 AM Find it here on wikipedia or just google the elephant show and you'll find many links. Robyn |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: Alice Date: 26 Jul 08 - 10:04 AM Skinny Malink or Skinny Marink - from Scottish dialect, very thin person or animal. I was so thin, my mom called me a skinny marink my whole childhood. I thought it was a word her family made up. Quotes from the OED and other sources: Quote: <1892 "Twa SKINAMALINKS o' the genus horse."—'Brechin Advertiser' (Scotland), 6 September <1904 "Wee SKINA~MALINK craturs dottin' up the passages in U.F. kirks carryin' the books."—'Erchie, My Droll Friend' by H. Foulis (pseudonym for Scottish author Neil Munro), iii. page 15> <1916 "SKINNY~MALINK, a very thin person. 'O, she's a regular SKINNY~MALINK.' Usage jocular."—'Dialect Notes IV' [[American Dialect Society]], page 289> |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: Alice Date: 26 Jul 08 - 10:19 AM btw I always think of Jimmy Durante when I hear this. He sang both Skinny Marink and Inka Dinka Doo. Skinny Marink was sung in vaudeville. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,annoyed Date: 26 Jul 08 - 11:58 PM thanks |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,Lynne Date: 29 May 10 - 08:58 PM My husband remembers his grandmother singing this song to him around 1936 when he was 4 years old. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,Guest Date: 08 Aug 10 - 08:57 AM French Elephant Song Lyrics here ---> http://www.casablancakids.com/abcs/pdfs/GREAT%20BIG%20HITS.pdf |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: open mike Date: 08 Aug 10 - 01:49 PM i remember seeing Jimmy Durante on t.v. and my mom saying that I should pay attention and remember the man because he had been an important entertainer (I presume she meant he probably would not be around much longer as he was quite old at the time.) It might have been on Ed Sullivan show. here is a clip of Mrs. Miller singing Inky dinky Doo with him (she says he can call her Elva) i could not find a clip of him doing skin-a-ma-rink or skid-a-ma-rink |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: Bettynh Date: 09 Aug 10 - 01:06 PM On YouTube: Sharon Lois and Bram Inka Dinka Doo by Jimmy Durante |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: GUEST,Pam Date: 10 Apr 11 - 02:58 PM Hi, Just wondering if anyone has the lyrics to the song, "The Very Best Band" that is sung by Sharon, Lois, and Bram. I'm hoping to use the song to teach my students about different instruments. Thanks! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Skinnamarink (Sharon, Lois, & Bram) From: PHJim Date: 10 Apr 11 - 11:33 PM Wkipedia's Skidamarink |
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