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30 Sep 12 - 08:18 PM (#3412336) Subject: Folklore: The Auctioneer's Chant From: Henry Krinkle Do you think it was developed to sell slaves ,crops and animals? I'd like to learn it and get good at it. (:-( o)= |
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30 Sep 12 - 08:47 PM (#3412346) Subject: RE: Folklore: The Auctioneer's Chant From: Bobert Go to an auctioneers school... Ain't all that tough... I mean, even I can do it... Might of fact, I have one coming up October 14th... BTW, Amos does a great auctioneers song... He's got it down... B~ |
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01 Oct 12 - 04:12 AM (#3412432) Subject: RE: Folklore: The Auctioneer's Chant From: Henry Krinkle I want to learn it without going to school. I hate school. (:-( ))= |
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01 Oct 12 - 06:03 AM (#3412457) Subject: RE: Folklore: The Auctioneer's Chant From: Owen Woodson Auctioneer's chants are highly unlikely to have originated at slave auctions, since they are known to exist in Britain. The radio ballad, Singing The Fishing, makes superb use of one during the storm sequence. |
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01 Oct 12 - 07:02 AM (#3412470) Subject: RE: Folklore: The Auctioneer's Chant From: Henry Krinkle Slave auctions were big business where I was born. The term Being Sold Down The River was coined there. There's a trivia question for you. What city? (:-( O)= |