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18 Dec 09 - 04:19 AM (#2791006) Subject: Barrel Songs From: Jack Blandiver Mention of The Unthanks Tar Barrel in Dale makes me ask myself - how many other barrel songs are there? Off the top of my weary head I can think of... 1) Bring Us a Barrel 2) Roll Out the Barrel 3) Barrel of Nails (Ivor Cutler) 4) - er - 5) That's it. Any more??? |
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18 Dec 09 - 04:48 AM (#2791017) Subject: RE: Barrel Songs From: Joe Offer Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money.... (Side By Side, by Harry Woods) Another good one was recorded by Pete Seeger: Barrel of Money Blues (Empty Pocket Blues) -Joe- |
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18 Dec 09 - 05:43 AM (#2791050) Subject: RE: Barrel Songs From: steve in ottawa Does The Sick Note count? |
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18 Dec 09 - 05:45 AM (#2791051) Subject: RE: Barrel Songs From: steve in ottawa I see that one's offically called: WHY PADDY'S NOT AT WORK TODAY (Excuse Note) |
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18 Dec 09 - 06:38 AM (#2791075) Subject: RE: Barrel Songs From: breezy 'Barley Mow' Barrel, the arf barrel, gallon the arf gallon, quart pot pint pot arf a pint nippikin etc the etc Good luck to the Barley Mow happy Christmas snow in The South east of England and Terry has left the building |
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18 Dec 09 - 06:52 AM (#2791083) Subject: RE: Barrel Songs From: Susan of DT 72 hits on barrel in the DT |
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18 Dec 09 - 07:26 AM (#2791094) Subject: RE: Barrel Songs From: Dave Sutherland Much of the action in the song "Campbell The Rover (Drover)" concerns a barrel. |
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18 Dec 09 - 10:02 AM (#2791187) Subject: RE: Barrel Songs From: MGM·Lion In several Child ballad analogues cited in the notes [to e.g. 'Young Waters'#94], a malefactor is agonisingly executed by being dragged along or rolled downhill in a barrel pierced by spikes or nails. The following stanza #8 actually occurs in #194, 'The Laird of Wariston', version B: Word has gane to her father, the grit Dunipace, And an angry man was he; Cries, Gar mak a barrel of pikes, And row her down some lea! Not sure if this can be cited a a song - Bronson gives no tune for it. But presumably all the Child ballads will have been sung at some time, even if no tune attributed to some of them has survived? |
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19 Dec 09 - 06:18 AM (#2791871) Subject: RE: Barrel Songs From: Jack Blandiver Thanks all; I am truly heartened by the response. Mustn't forget songs about Coopers either. Digitrad comes up with The Wee Cooper of Fife (Child #277) and The Cooper of Dundee - both charming wee songs. And I wonder could the kilderkin Phil Tanner sings of in his Gower Wassail be some sort a barrel too? You know, I think it just might... |