Lyr Req: Folk song

Subject: Folk song
From: Apiatrix
Date: 11 Feb 01 - 08:11 PM

Does anyone now the title of and lyrics to the folk song Gail Davies mentions in "Grandma's Song"?

The song says "that old fox, well he's a-runnin' like he never has done before", and the refrain is something like "come a loo, come a loo, come a-high-low, comin' down the merry stream"; "come a ram-tam-tam and a dippy-dippy dow".

I know the words to "Grandma's Song", but I'd like more information on the folk song referenced.

Thanks for any help anybody can give.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 11 Feb 01 - 08:48 PM

Do you have the recording by Dave Para and Kathy Barton? MAN!! can that lady clawhammer..

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 11 Feb 01 - 09:18 PM

Thanks, Kendall!

That's "The Reindeer Song," sung with "Grandma's Song" by Cathy Barton and Dave Para on our For All the Good People - Folk-Legacy CD-121. Look for it at FOLK-LEGACY Their version was collected in the Ozarks.

Sandy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Folk song
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 11 Feb 01 - 09:24 PM

See also  The Reindeer Song

Malcolm