26 Jun 02 - 04:57 PM (#737670) Subject: Old John Pigger From: GUEST,Sarah Cooley When I was young my father used to sing me a song called (I believe) "Old John Pigger". It was ostensibly a nonsense rhyme but I cannot now remember the all words or the tune. Is any one else familiar with it as I'd love to be able to sing it to my daughter? Thanks Sarah |
26 Jun 02 - 06:37 PM (#737763) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old John Pigger From: greg stephens Is this the same as "Old Johnny Booker was a gay old bugger and a gay old bugger was he"?. Must be in the digitrad thingy. |
26 Jun 02 - 09:32 PM (#737854) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old John Pigger From: MMario Old Johnny bucca
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27 Jun 02 - 04:29 PM (#738444) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old John Pigger From: GUEST,Sarah Cooley Thanks for the lyric suggestions I've had a look but they don't ring any bells. If it is of use, I think one of the verses went sonmething like...
Stuck three feet right in the clay Old John Pigger did holler and shout As he ran for a shovel to dig himself out! Cheers Sarah :-) |
07 Apr 16 - 11:58 AM (#3784022) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old John Pigger From: GUEST THANK YOU! Me and my family have been looking for this for years. We thought it was our family that wrote them - clearly wrong! What we have is something like this: Old johhn digger went out one day got his feet stuck in some clay He ran for a shovel to dig himself out But when he got back there was nobody about Old johnny digger went to bed one night Blew himself out instead of the light When he woke up he was found Asleep upstairs with his house burnt down |
07 Apr 16 - 02:56 PM (#3784048) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old John Pigger From: Steve Gardham Can I just suggest that when requesting info on a fairly obscure song, that you indicate where and when the song was heard and post as much as can be remembered? That at least gives the researchers a fighting chance. |
07 Apr 16 - 10:10 PM (#3784131) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old John Pigger From: GUEST,leeneia Hi, Sarah. I have two suggestions: 1. follow links for Johnny Booker (top of this thread) 2. at the top right of this page is a box labelled 'Lyrics and Knowledge Search.' Search for Old Dan Tucker. There seem to be a number of songs of this type. The man's name changes, but he always has a two-syllable last name such as Tucker, Booker, Bucca or Pigger. Many of the funny verses are shared. If you remember the tune, you could string together the verses you enjoy for your daughter. It's an old minstrel song. |
11 Jun 21 - 11:19 AM (#4109694) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old John Pigger From: GUEST The version I am familiar with is Old Johnny Digger |
11 Jun 21 - 01:37 PM (#4109711) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old John Pigger From: Steve Gardham Digger/Pigger/Bucca/Booker/Bugger, they are all essentially the same song. Follow any of the links above and you'll see lots of interrelated versions. However, there is a chanty/minstrel song with the same name that is not closely related. |