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12 Dec 08 - 10:35 AM (#2513526) Subject: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,guest tfox I found this forum while searching for the lyrics of "The pigeons in the market square" - which we used to sing in Hull (England) during the 1940s - could anyone quote or direct me to the lyrics please? The lines I remember are: "The pigeons in the market square/strut about the pavement there/Their feathers silver blue and green/ would make a garment for the [a?] queen"... Many thanks in advance TFox |
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04 Feb 09 - 02:30 AM (#2556772) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,ciencias y artes patagonia I too have just found this page in the same away. I used to live in Newcastle upon Tyne and I am often reminded of the same lyrics when seeing pigeons but cannot remember where I learned them or where they are from and would be interested to know. As I remember it "strut" comes in the next line to the ones you give. This may help you remember more. This is all that I remember. "The pigeons in the market square/walk upon the pavement there/Their feathers silver blue and green/ would make a garment for a queen/ They strut about and nod their heads....." Best wishes from Ciencias y Artes Patagonia |
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04 Feb 09 - 07:02 PM (#2557429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,Pearl "The pigeons in the market square Walk upon the pavement there. Their feathers silver blue and green Would make a garment for a queen. They strut about and nod their heads And boldly walk on garden beds. They are as tame as tame can be. They're not at all afraid of me! And when I walk from school each day, I always go the longest way Because I like to see them there...." That's all I can remember!! |
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21 Oct 09 - 10:23 AM (#2749454) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,J. Symonette I remember singing this song as a little boy in Primary School. I cannot remember any additional words, other than the ones you have already. I have been trying to find my music teacher who taught it to me. I don't know if she's still alive. Does anyone know the composer of this piece? |
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10 Jun 10 - 02:55 AM (#2924395) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST The lyrics were in the Troubadour song books we used in Dundee in the 1950 s. I think the pigeons were in the same book as The Sweet nightingale. |
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27 Feb 12 - 07:27 AM (#3313961) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,Barney An old man from South Down sang me that song recently. He's promised to write it down for me. |
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27 Feb 12 - 10:31 AM (#3314045) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for resurrecting this nice children's song. Perhaps it ended like this: And when I walk from school each day, I always go the longest way Because I like to see them there...." THE PIGEONS IN THE MARKET SQUARE. It seems like a logical way to end the song. |
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30 Mar 12 - 10:56 AM (#3331135) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST I just happened to be sitting at my desk and thought about this song again. I played the melody and some of the harmony at the piano today. I would love to teach the complete song to my students in Florida. I learned this song as a Primary School student in the Bahamas. Does anyone know where I can find the score? I need to know how this song ends! Please help! |
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27 Jun 12 - 04:59 PM (#3368825) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,Richard The lyrics are exactly as Pearl has written, with the correct ending by Leeneia. I sang this as a young boy in an Eistedfod in East London, South Africa. I don't know how these forums work but would be very happy to play the song to anyone who wants to know exactly how it goes. I do not however have the sheet music. |
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28 Jun 12 - 02:15 PM (#3369162) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,leeneia To Guest from March 12th: why wait for the old music? Make up a new tune and bring this song back to life. |
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31 Aug 13 - 01:34 PM (#3554787) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST Hi there When I was a child back in the 70s, my music teacher pushed me into competition singing this song. I won the first place trophy with this damned song. I believe there is a cassette tape of me singing it at my mothers... Hmmm Anyhow, yes the lyrics as stated in this thread are complete. So funny to stumble across this forum... |
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25 Mar 15 - 12:40 AM (#3696597) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,Pat I sang this song in the sixties in Fulham. I loved it, but I always thought the words were 'make a carpet for a queen ' not a garment! |
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07 Dec 16 - 05:51 PM (#3825125) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST I remember having this sung to me and can sing it still but I heard it as the feathers silver, blue and green would make a pageant for a queen. the lo- o- ongest way in the last verse is stretched out musically to suggest a- child going the longest way and taking their time over pigeon admiring. |
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04 Jan 17 - 06:18 PM (#3830488) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,Woodcock Primary - Bamamas I remember singing this song in a competition during the 1970's. Ms. Wallace was the music teacher. |
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22 Nov 19 - 06:40 AM (#4020772) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,Susan Bromley I love this song. We used to sing it regularly at junior school in Derby in the 1950's. Wonderful memories. Happy days. Days when the world was simpler and we were more innocent. |
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03 Dec 20 - 04:54 PM (#4081817) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,Guest - Barbara I used to sing this song at primary school in Hamilton, New Zealand, in the mid-1960s. The lyrics quoted above are almost as I remember them: The pigeons in the market square/Walk upon the pavement there/Their feathers silver blue and green/Would make a garment for a queen/They strut about and nod their heads/And calmly walk on garden beds/They're as tame as tame can be/They're not at all afraid of me/And when I go to school each day/I always go the lo-o-ongest way/Because they like to see me there/The pigeons in the market square. It's memorable to me because the teacher had a bee in her bonnet about the pronunciation of 'pigeon'. Of course everyone says pidgin (or pidgn with a New Zealand accent) but she insisted that it was 'pidge-on'. So we had to sing 'The pidge-ons in the market square', which sounded so stilted and odd that I have never forgotten the song. |
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04 Dec 20 - 06:27 AM (#4081875) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: saulgoldie Please forgive me. I can not resist adding this. It's in Digitrad. POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK (Tom Lehrer) Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here. Life is skittles and life is beer. I think the loveliest time of the year Is the spring. I do, don't you? 'Course you do. But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me, And makes every Sunday a treat for me: All the world seems in tune on a spring afternoon, When we're poisoning pigeons in the park. Every Sunday you'll see my sweetheart and me, As we poison the pigeons in the park...(and so on) |
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03 Aug 21 - 04:23 PM (#4115294) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,Anne Welding Sang this in primary school in the 1950s, Lower Darwen, Lancashire |
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03 Aug 21 - 05:52 PM (#4115305) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST,# Loosely connected to the song, perhaps. https://www.avintagesplendor.com/krakow-the-pigeons-of-market-square/ |
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14 May 23 - 11:38 AM (#4172208) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The pigeons in the market square' From: GUEST It end with because they like to see me there the pigeons in the marker square |