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Lyr Req: Happy Wanderer

11 Sep 99 - 05:58 AM (#113363)
Subject: As I go a wandering
From: harryhayfield@yahoo.com

As I go a wandering, Along the mountain track

Any ideas what comes next?

Harry Hayfield


11 Sep 99 - 06:05 AM (#113364)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: As I go a wandering
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca

Harry, you're talking about the

HAPPY WANDERER
A parody of it


15 Sep 99 - 06:31 PM (#114528)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: As I go a wandering
From: Thnaks

Any hope of asking about "Turkey In the Straw"?


15 Sep 99 - 10:16 PM (#114568)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: As I go a wandering
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca

What do need to know about that? Is there a song for it? Sure. There are several.

NX: Talks about an Ojibway song to the tune
As I was a-goin' on down the road / Zip Coon / Turkey in the Straw
As I was a-goin' on down the road / Zip Coon / Turkey in the Straw
Lyrics & Music Turkey in the STraw
Turkey in the Straw
Turkey in the Straw - ASCII Tab
KIDiddles: Song Lyrics: Turkey in the Straw
Girl Scout's Turkey In the Straw
Turkey in the Straw (lyrics & midi)
Thanksgiving Songs: Grandpa Tucker's Little Turkey in the Straw
Girl Scout's Turkey In the Straw


15 Sep 99 - 10:23 PM (#114571)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: As I go a wandering
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca

OOps! One isn't working. Try the one for Grandpa using Grandpa's version of Turkey in the Straw

This is the one I like the best.


29 Sep 99 - 10:06 PM (#119156)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: As I go a wandering
From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca

Back to the Happy Wanderer, in the other thread, vern@verbalproductions.ab.ca, asked about copyright and author information. Well, that caught my curiosity. Apparently, it was a German song, written by Friedrich Möeller, as Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann.
From another site, Camp-fire Sing-Along ,it shows a bit of copyright informaion. Camp-fire Sing-Along version of Happy Wanderer.
At Brave Combo's Site, it lists as Credits "Ridge-Moeller", so it might be a fellow named Ridge did the translation.
One other site said it was popular in 1954, which was the year of my birth! Coincidence? I don't think so.