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24 Feb 00 - 08:46 PM (#184360) Subject: Angeline the baker & whiskey before brea From: GUEST,G_Smolt ohhh puhleeeezeplease help, I have been playing these dam' songs for years and still don't know the lyrics so if anyone out there can help me get in touch with the words I would be most grateful thanks in advance G_Smolt Messages from multiple threads combined. |
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24 Feb 00 - 08:51 PM (#184363) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: wysiwyg Angeline the Baker is oin the DigiTrad database as ANGELINA BAKER. (See the pretty blue box.) It's one of those make-a-verse things so you can add whatever words you like. WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST is also immortalized in the DT. In the DT, the chorus goes, Lord protect us, Saints preserve us We been drinkin' whiskey 'fore breakfast At our house, we know it as: Lord have mercy, bless and protect us, We're having whiskey before breakfast. Enjoy! |
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24 Feb 00 - 08:54 PM (#184364) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Joe Offer Well, we have the one song listed as ANGELINA BAKER, and as Angelina Baker (click) in the Forum. WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST (click) is in the database. Sometimes, it takes a while to get the hang of our search engines, but they ain't too hard. Hope that helps. -Joe Offer- |
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24 Feb 00 - 08:56 PM (#184366) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Joe Offer Durn. She beat me. The record is two minutes, with a response that includes a clickable link. Think she'll be able to beat that??? I think it was Jeri who made it in two minutes. My best is three minutes. -Joe, miffed- |
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24 Feb 00 - 09:16 PM (#184373) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: wysiwyg Joe!! I was thrilled to have someone ask for two songs we love so much, and busy writing to you and not blue-clickying! You still the man, man! A Delta Blues beat and guitar... [Beebo dee! dah! doo, doddy doo... dee doodie doo dah doo...]
OUR BLUE-CLICKIE MAN Lemme tell ya 'bout Offer, (dup dee duh) Joe de Offer Man (dee doodie doo dah doo).
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25 Feb 00 - 10:35 AM (#184649) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Uncle_DaveO Absolutely great! Praise for Praise! |
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25 Feb 00 - 10:59 AM (#184668) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: wysiwyg doesterr, Yours is coming |
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28 Aug 00 - 11:42 PM (#286983) Subject: Angeline the Baker From: GUEST,David Thompson, Portland, OR Looking for the lyrics to this song. Found the Stephen Foster words, nothing like what I heard (but forgot) last summer in N. Carolina, sung by a truck driver from Texas. It's a great tune so if you can help me out... |
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28 Aug 00 - 11:55 PM (#286991) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the Baker From: GUEST,Barry Finn Way back there was a thread on this I think it had the words. Barry |
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28 Aug 00 - 11:58 PM (#286994) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the Baker From: Jacob B Here is a link to the words in the DigiTrad. |
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29 Aug 00 - 12:02 AM (#286996) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the Baker From: Joe Offer Well, the Stephen Foster lyrics are in this thread (click). You'll find totally different lyrics in our database here (click). -Joe Offer- |
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29 Aug 00 - 12:24 AM (#287001) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the Baker From: Margo I play a version of Angelina the Baker that is from my clawhammer banjo method book by Ken Perlman. The melody as it is in my book fits with the Stephen Foster lyrics. Interesting! Margo in Vancouver Washington |
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09 Aug 01 - 08:32 PM (#524782) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Charley Noble Never heard the above words used for this tune. Out in Michigan we used to use verses like this: Whiskey killed me poor old dad, Whiskey for me daddy-o, Whiskey drove me mother mad, Whiskey for me daddy-o! We'd borrow verses from cowboy songs like "Rye Whiskey" and sea shanties like "Whiskey-O". Are you sure the words in the DT scan with the tune? |
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10 Aug 01 - 11:48 AM (#525094) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Margo John, thanks for the recording references! Charley, the lyrics you have above sound like "Whiskey Johnny", a sea shantey. I've heard it Whiskey for my Johnny O. Might be a differen tune.... I don't know. Margo |
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10 Aug 01 - 03:34 PM (#525252) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Charley Noble Margo, you're probably right. Although, I'm not sure if I started singing those verses to the contradance tune or if it were someone else: Whiskey went and tore me clothes, Whisky for me Johnny-o, Whiskey gave me this broken nose, Whiskey for me Johnny-o! |
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11 Aug 01 - 01:26 AM (#525519) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: RWilhelm While we are on the subject, can someone tell me which is more correct, "Angeline the Baker" or "Angelina Baker"? I once referred to the song as "Angeline the Baker" and was sharply corrected, but that's the way I learned it. |
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11 Aug 01 - 01:28 AM (#525520) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Margo I'd still like to know what being "Cotton Eyed" is... |
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11 Aug 01 - 05:43 PM (#525838) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Charley Noble I wonder if "cotton eyed" refers to squinting, after a hot day of working in the cotton field. Just speculating. I've only worked in hay fields. Good question. |
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11 Aug 01 - 07:55 PM (#525924) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Cotton-eyed Joe; an unanswerable question? I checked my books on American slang and came up dry. On google, I found that a library director, Univ. Texas asked this question on a chat line of Rice Univ. (dillo@listserv.rice.edu) and received no reply. I found a version where cotton-eyed Joe is a horse. Cotton-eyed Joe you mean outlaw/ Worst durn hoss I ever saw/ Hold my fiddle and hold my bow/ I'm gonna dance that Cotton-eyed Joe. The piece is a traditional fiddle tune and has as many versions as there are performers. Another interesting word is the verb cotton- I don't cotton to her, etc. Perhaps from a Welsh word meaning like or care for. |
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11 Aug 01 - 08:00 PM (#525929) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker & whiskey before From: Charley Noble Good digging, Dicho. Maybe it will provoke someone else to get to work. |
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18 Jul 04 - 05:57 PM (#1228441) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker From: GUEST,catlinhill@lycos.com |
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18 Jul 04 - 05:59 PM (#1228444) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angeline the baker From: wysiwyg Angelina Baker cooks with Chocolade, But the way her cookies taste, it's a little odd. ~S~ |