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16 Jun 10 - 08:48 AM (#2928997) Subject: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: GUEST,Two of a Hind Does anybody know where I can get the words to this one, as recorded by Crucible |
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16 Jun 10 - 09:40 AM (#2929040) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: GUEST,badgerbiker Hi Terry - if you had been at the Gower festival last weekend you would have heard a pretty good visiting duo singing this very song at the big sing. See what you missed! |
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16 Jun 10 - 09:42 AM (#2929043) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: GUEST,leeneia Here's a possible beginning: Hark, hark the dogs do bark. The beggars are coming to town. Some in rags and some in tags and some in velvet gowns. Could be a reference to General Motors and AIG. The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh what? |
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16 Jun 10 - 11:26 AM (#2929126) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: GUEST,Two of a Hind Leeneia. That's the begger now where's the rest of it. Badger? obviously you know me but I don't know you by that name, Gower, I understand they don't do singarounds or folk cluby type things, don't need us to organise anything so we have no reason to be there. |
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16 Jun 10 - 12:32 PM (#2929169) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: Artful Codger Or maybe this version: Hark! hark! the dogs do bark! There's somebody down in the hall. He trips on a chair—- Gosh! hear him swear! As a couple of vases fall. Bang! smash! another crash! Now he is singing "Dear Heart." Oh, then, it is clear, That father, dear, Has slipped off the water cart |
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16 Jun 10 - 12:48 PM (#2929184) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: Artful Codger From Westminster Drollery 1672 (Part II), "Dialogue between a Man (in garrison) and his Wife (with her company) Storming Without": Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, My wife is coming in, With Rogues and Jades And Roaring Blades They make a devilish din. |
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16 Jun 10 - 01:16 PM (#2929198) Subject: ADD: Thieves' Song (recorded by Crucible) From: Bounty Hound Hows This: THE THIEVES' SONG (Gavin Davenport) Em D Em D Some they say the travelling man, he is the city's blight Em D C D Em D Em That he will rob the city man in some blind lane by night Em D Em D But I tell you that the chap in rags or lord in golden chains Em D C Em D Em It matters not how much they have, they'll rob you just the same Chorus Em D Em D Em D Em Hark Hark the dogs do bark and all the rogues have come to town Em D C D Em D Em Some in jags, some in rags and some in velvet gowns Em D Em D So put no faith in rich men, though gold they have in store Em D C Em D Em For now they have the taste of it, they want it ten times more And yet you scorn the beggar man that calls out for each crust And on the pin striped wolfs head you invest your faith and trust And put the biggest rogues of all, your parliament within So don't despise the poor man though his clothes be awful thin So don't see the beggar as a thief, but see him as a man Likewise the lords but look beneath and trust just where you can For you meet with thieves and you eat with thieves and you deal with thieves each day And you dote on thieves and you vote for thieves and still their games do play Enjoy John http://www.wildgoose.co.uk/displayAlbum.asp?PRODUCT_ID=102 |
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16 Jun 10 - 01:20 PM (#2929200) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: Darowyn From James Thurber's "The Thirteen Clocks":- " A third of the dogs in the town began to bark. The minstrel sang, 'Hark Hark the dogs do bark, But only one in three. They bark at those in velvet gowns. They never bark at me'" And later:- "Hark Hark the dogs do bark The Duke in fond of kittens He likes to take their insides out And use their fur for mittens" The minstrel is then arrested for mentioning mittens- a capital offence in the vicinity of Coffin Castle. It's a wonderful book! Cheers Dave |
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16 Jun 10 - 01:24 PM (#2929203) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: Artful Codger As a final digression, there is a long poem by Thomas Hood, "Dog-grel Verses, by a Poor Blind" which lists a series of "dogs" he has had the misfortune to own or be led around by. It is introduced by "Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, / The beggars are coming..."--(Old Ballad). As you can see (below), it is set to the same meter. Oh what shall I do for a dog ? Of sight I have not got a particle, Globe, Standard, or Sun, Times, Chronicle—-none Can give me a good leading article. A Mastiff once led me about, But people appear'd so to fear him—- I might have got pence Without his defence, But Charity would not come near him. ... My next was a Westminster Dog, From Aistrop the regular cadger ; But, sightless, I saw He never would draw A blind man so well as a badger. ... |
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17 Jun 10 - 05:14 AM (#2929660) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: GUEST,Two of a Hind Dear Bounty Hound, thats the one, thank you very much and thanks to the rest of you for your contributions. Terry |
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17 Jun 10 - 05:17 AM (#2929661) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: GUEST,Two of a hind I forgot to ask, who wrote it, anybody. |
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17 Jun 10 - 06:20 AM (#2929703) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: Bounty Hound Ah, can't lay my hands on the 'Crucible' CD the song comes from, must have lent it to someone, now all I have to do is remember who! From memory I think it was written by one of the two lads in Crucible, although I am open to correction on this. And with my anorak on, just in case anyone is wondering, 'jags' in the chorus has nothing to do with John Prescott, but refers to a style of clothing with splits in it to show the colour of the undergarment. John |
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17 Jun 10 - 06:46 AM (#2929720) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: GUEST,Scabby Douglas Link to "Crux" CD details with playable Thieves' Song Hope this helps... |
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17 Jun 10 - 08:00 AM (#2929762) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do bark From: GUEST,leeneia "obviously you know me but I don't know you by that name" I'm sorry, Two of a Hind, but that's incorrect. I haven't met you. "Hark, hark the dogs do bark..." is merely a Mother Goose rhyme that I have heard all my life. I assumed someone had used it as the basis for a longer, modern song. It appears I was right. Bounty Hound, thanks for the info about jags. That's interesting. |
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17 Jun 10 - 12:51 PM (#2929917) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves song, Hark hark the dogs do b From: Paul Davenport Who wrote it? I'm pleased to tell you that the chorus is as traditional as people have intimated. The verses, however, were written by Gavin Davenport. Although the 'jags' in the chorus related to the stylish ragged sleeves of the gentry in the Middle Ages, Gav likes to think that it actually means the classic car. We had a guy in Sheffield around the time this song was taking shape, who was arrested for begging on the street. The police accosted him just as he was getting into his Jaguar to drive back to his home town. According to Gavin it can also apply to John Prescott MP who, in times of hardship for the common man, took delivery of his second parliamentary Jaguar. Hope this is of some help. |
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14 Nov 15 - 12:37 PM (#3750879) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves' Song /Hark Hark the Dogs Do Bark From: GUEST |
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14 Nov 15 - 01:19 PM (#3750890) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves' Song /Hark Hark the Dogs Do Bark From: Mrrzy Dave, I was totally going to post about the Duke being fond of kittens. I leave at once for other lands, for I have mentioned mittens. In his souo, the tosspot said. Like crackers. |
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03 Mar 16 - 05:31 AM (#3776429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves' Song /Hark Hark the Dogs Do Bark From: Thompson I've just seen Hark, hark, the dogs do bark… one in a velvet gown attributed to the coming of King William and his Dutch associates to London - and another attribution basing it in the 13th century, which would have made Old Bill a very old Bill indeed. Is there any reliable attribution tracking the rhyme back to its genuine origins with good references? |
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03 Mar 16 - 09:47 AM (#3776474) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thieves' Song /Hark Hark the Dogs Do Bark From: Nigel Parsons Also, (more contemporary) there's a short quote in Zander Nyrond's Dog Wizard Nigel (keeping it Filk) |