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Lyr Req: Early in the Morning (various songs)

22 Aug 02 - 05:44 PM (#769829)
Subject: Title-Early in the Morning
From: GUEST,Singout

What is the name of the song that has the line "Early in the morning, early in the morning, early in the morning, before the break of day.

I'm trying to find the lyrics and chords, but must not be looking up the right title.

Thanks, Mudcatters! Penny

22 Aug 02 - 06:11 PM (#769841)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Susanne (skw)

Try this and this. If this isn't what you're looking for I could always post Watt Nicoll's parody (or what I understand of it).

22 Aug 02 - 08:09 PM (#769882)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: GUEST

Oops! That must be it. Here I thought it was a regular song. Thanks Susanne.

22 Aug 02 - 09:44 PM (#769910)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: The Pooka

The Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem sang it as a "regular song", or fragment of one anyway, at the beginning and end of their Carrick-on- Suir"Children's Medley", which included, among other entries, their version of "The Wren Song."

23 Aug 02 - 10:08 AM (#770152)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: curmudgeon

The song is also on the Tradition LP, "So Early In the Morning," Irish children;s song collected by Diane Hamilton. Since many of the children on the record were Clancys, this is probably the source -- Tom

24 Aug 02 - 08:32 AM (#770728)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Nigel Parsons

Not my memories of these words, and the second 'Blicky'above links in to an apparent parody.

South Carolina's a sultry clime
Where we used to ..... in the Summertime
Master 'neath the shade would lay
While we poor niggers worked (slaved?) all day

Cho.
So early (pronounced 'Ur Lie')in the morning
So early in the morning
So early in the morning
Before the break of day.

When I was young I used to wait
On massa's table, lay the plate.
Pass the bottle when him dry
Swat away the blue tail(ed) fly.

I can't remember more at present, but may be able to find it somewhere.

Nigel

24 Aug 02 - 08:49 AM (#770735)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Nigel Parsons

Having done a quick Gooogle search, I realise this is more commonly done with the chorus "Jimmy crack corn", But I remember it from childhood with the other chorus!

Nigel

26 Aug 02 - 07:13 AM (#771652)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Nigel Parsons

Refresh: while I do some re-typing

26 Aug 02 - 07:17 AM (#771655)
Subject: Lyr Add: SO EARLY IN THE MORNING
From: Nigel Parsons

Finally found it:

SO EARLY IN THE MORNING
(Trad. )

South Carolina's a sultry clime,
Where we used to work in the summer time,
Massa 'neath de shade would lay,
While we poor niggers toil'd all day.
So early in the morning,
So early in the morning,
So early in the morning,
Before de break of day.

Chorus:
So early in the morning,
So early in the morning,
So early in the morning,
Before de break of day.

When I was young I used to wait,
On massa's table lay de plate,
Pass de bottle when him dry,
Brush away de blue-tail'd fly.
So early in the morning,
So early in the morning,
So early in the morning,
Before de break of day.

Now massa's dead and gone to rest,
Of all de massas he war best;
I nebber see de like since I was born,
Miss him now he's dead and gone.
So early in the morning,
So early in the morning,
So early in the morning,
Before de break of day.


Notes: copied from The Scottish Students Song Book (6th edition 1897).
Arrangement by J Kenyon Lees, one of the editors of the songbook.
The repetition of the second half of the verse as a 'Chorus' is literal. I.e. the words are sung as the end of each verse by the soloist, or by a group singing the melody, and repeated by a Chorus in harmony.
NP

27 Aug 02 - 06:09 PM (#772507)
Subject: Lyr Add: EARLY IN THE MORNING (from Watt Nicoll)
From: Susanne (skw)

Watt Nicoll's version, attributed to 'Trad' and sung to the same tune as 'William Brown':
EARLY IN THE MORNING
(Trad)

Chorus:
Early in the morning, early in the morning
Early in the morning afore the break of day

Well, a-hi diddle diddle and the cat did a piddle
In the middle of the kitchen floor
And a wee dog laughed to see such fun
So the cat did a little bittle more

Now the little birds are flying high
They're dropping rough eggs from the sky
The angry farmer wipes his eye
Thanks a lot that cows don't fly

Old Georgie Porgy, puddin' and pie
Kissed all girls and he made them cry
When the boys came out to play
He kissed them too 'cause he's funny that way

A little Miss Moffett sits on a toffet
And her knickers all tattered and torn
It isn't a spider there beside her
But Little Boy Blue with a horn

I'm not quite sure about the terms in bold, so if you can explain or correct them - please!

30 Aug 02 - 01:39 PM (#774345)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Nigel Parsons

"Little birdie flying high
Drops his message from the sky
Farmer sighs, and wipes his eye,
And says "Thank God that cows can't fly!""

Nigel

31 Aug 02 - 05:24 PM (#774943)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Susanne (skw)

Thanks, Nigel, but your verse doesn't seem to come from Watt's version. I'll listen again but the only term hard to understand was the one indicated above, and it didn't sound like 'message'.

01 Sep 02 - 03:46 PM (#775302)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Gareth

" Early in the morning, as the sun was dawning,
see the little engines all in a row,
See the little driver pull the little leaver
Chuff, Chuff, Chuff, and away we go !
Down by the sea, Down by the Sea,
Where the Watermelons grow,
Back to my home, Back to my home,
I dare not Go, I dare not Go
For if I did, For if I did,
"Have you ever seen a cow with a green eye brow?",
Down by the sea, Down by the Sea,

Source - Nursery ryhm sung to me in the early 50's in a Mining comunity.

Gareth

23 Sep 02 - 06:27 AM (#789454)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Nigel Parsons

Susanne: 'Rough eggs' could be 'roughage'i.e. the food which encourages intestinal movement. This will keep the meaning similar to the version I quoted.
The 'Little Miss Moffett' is, similarly, a bawdy version of a nursery rhyme, if you correct the spelling to 'Muffett' & 'Tuffet' you will find a quick search for 'tuffet' gives you lots of hits for padded footstools.

Nigel

23 Sep 02 - 05:40 PM (#789845)
Subject: RE: Title-Early in the Morning
From: Susanne (skw)

Thanks, Nigel! This makes sense.

25 Sep 02 - 08:19 AM (#790903)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Early in the Morning
From: GUEST,The Fantum

Susanne

I always had the word as tuffet and according to Chambers dictionary Tuffet is a turf,tussock or mound. So little Miss Moffet sat on the grass

Loses something though.

Fantum

25 Sep 02 - 05:57 PM (#791292)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Early in the Morning
From: Susanne (skw)

It's all in the mind, Fantum ...