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10 Jul 03 - 05:42 PM (#980850) Subject: Lyr Req: baby bye here's a fly From: open mike i have a friend who is looking for a song--a lullabye. Baby bye here's a fly, Let us watch him, you and I, there he goes, on her nose, (?) tickling baby's toes let me know if you know the rest.. |
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10 Jul 03 - 07:46 PM (#980919) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: baby bye here's a fly From: GUEST,.gargoyle Something like?:
See that little fly?
Sincerely, |
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10 Jul 03 - 07:53 PM (#980923) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FLY (Theodore Tilton) From: Sorcha THE FLY Baby Bye, Here's a fly: Let us watch him, you and I. How he crawls Up the walls-- Yet he never falls! I believe, with those six legs, You and I could walk on eggs! There he goes, On his toes, Tickling Baby's nose! Spots of red Dot his head: Rainbows on his wings are spread! That small speck Is his neck; See him nod and beck! I can show you, if you choose, Where to look to find his shoes: Three small pairs Made of hairs-- These he always wears. Black and brown Is his gown; He can wear it upside down! It is laced Round his waist; I admire his taste. Pretty as his clothes are made, He will spoil them, I'm afraid, If to-night He gets sight Of the candle-light! In the sun Webs are spun: What if he gets into one! When it rains He complains On the window-panes. Tongues to talk have you and I: God has given the little Fly No such things; So he sings With his buzzing wings. He can eat Bread and meat; See his mouth between his feet! On his back Hangs a sack, Like a peddler's pack. Does the Baby understand? Then the Fly shall kiss her hand! Put a crumb On her thumb: Maybe he will come! Round and round, On the ground, On the ceiling he is found. Catch him? No: Let him go: Never hurt him so! Now you see his wings of silk Drabbled in the Baby's milk! Fie, oh, fie! Foolish Fly! How will he get dry? All wet flies Twist their thighs, So they wipe their heads and eyes. Cats, you know, Wash just so: Then their whiskers grow. Flies have hair too short to comb! Flies go barehead out from home! But the Gnat Wears a hat: Do you laugh at that? Flies can see More than we-- So how bright their eyes must be! Little Fly, Mind your eye-- Spiders are near by! Now a secret let me tell: Spiders will not treat you well! So I say Heed your way! Little Fly, good day! Theodore Tilton (1835- ) http://www.microweb.com/nature/insect3.html |
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11 Jul 03 - 01:52 AM (#981059) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: baby bye here's a fly From: open mike yes sorcha i am quite sure taht is the one...thanks!! |
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03 Nov 09 - 08:49 PM (#2759072) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Baby Bye Here's a Fly (Tilton, Loomis) From: Jim Dixon You can see musical notation for 4 voices for this song in Franklin Square Song Collection by John Piersol McCaskey (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881), page 79. BABY BYE, HERE'S A FLY Theodore Tilton & G. B. Loomis. |
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19 Feb 10 - 08:15 PM (#2844649) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Baby Bye Here's a Fly (Tilton, Loomis) From: GUEST M Scott Here's how I learned it from my mother as she had learned it from hers: Baby bye, here's a fly, We will watch it, you and I. There he goes, on his toes, Tickling baby's nose. I believe on six such legs You and T could walk on eggs. There he goes, on his toes, Tickling baby's nose. |
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12 Apr 10 - 06:03 PM (#2885070) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Baby Bye Here's a Fly (Tilton, Loomis) From: GUEST,Marilyn . . . and here's my childhood version! (circa 1950's) Baby bye, here's a fly We will watch it, you and I. With those little wings of silk Dabbling in the baby's milk. Me oh my foolish fly How will you get dry. We believe with those six legs You and I could walk on eggs. There he goes on his toes Tickling baby's nose. Any more please! |
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16 Jul 10 - 03:42 PM (#2946355) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Baby Bye Here's a Fly (Tilton, Loomis) From: GUEST,fanns Baby Bye. 1. Baby Bye, Here's a fly; We will watch him,you and I. How he crawls Up the walls, Yet he never falls! I believe with six such legs You and I could walk on eggs. There he goes On his toes, Tickling Baby's nose. That is verse one of three verses found in McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader Revised Edition by John Wiley and Sons |
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14 Jan 19 - 05:20 PM (#3971484) Subject: The Fly, from poems of Theodore Tilton From: keberoxu THE FLY. A Rhyme for Children. Theodore Tilton I. Baby bye, Here's a Fly: Let us watch him, you and I. How he crawls Up the walls -- Yet he never falls! I believe, with those six legs, You and I could walk on eggs! There he goes, On his toes, Tickling Baby's nose! II. Spots of red Dot his head: Rainbows on his wings are spread! That small speck Is his neck; See him nod and beck! I can show you, if you choose, Where to look to find his shoes: Three small pairs Made of hairs -- These he always wears, III. Black and brown Is his gown; He can wear it upside down! It is laced Round his waist; I admire his taste. Pretty as his clothes are made, He will spoil them, I'm afraid, If to-night He gets sight Of the candle-light! IV. In the sun Webs are spun; What if he gets into one! When it rains He complains On the window panes. Tongues to talk have you and I: God has given the little Fly No such things; So he sings With his buzzing wings. V. He can eat Bread and meat; See his mouth between his feet! On his back Hangs a sack, Like a peddler's pack. Does the Baby understand? Then the Fly shall kiss her hand! Put a crumb On her thumb: Maybe he will come! VI. Round and round On the ground, On the ceiling he is found. Catch him? No: Let him go: Never hurt him so! Now you see his wings of silk Drabbled in the Baby's milk! Fie, o fie, Foolish Fly! How will he get dry? VII. All wet flies Twist their thighs: So they wipe their heads and eyes. Cats, you know, Wash just so: Then their whiskers grow. Flies have hair too short to comb! Flies go bare-head out from home! But the Gnat Wears a hat: Do you laugh at that? VIII. Flies can see More than we -- So how bright their eyes must be! Little Fly, Mind your eye -- Spiders are near by! Now a secret let me tell: Spiders will not treat you well! So I say Heed your way! Little Fly, good day! from The Sexton's Tale and other Poems by Theodore Tilton, New York: Sheldon & Co., 1897, pages 163 - 169. |
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14 Jan 19 - 05:27 PM (#3971485) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Baby bye, here's a fly (Theodore Tilton) From: keberoxu The preceding was notoriously popular when first published. The date is 1867, not 1897 -- my mistake entirely. A note in the poet's book of poems states that a tune by Lowell Mason has had the poem fitted to it, but Tilton does not say which tune. The poem turned up, with or without musical settings, in numerous publications after that. And the first place it came to my attention was when Stanza I, and only the first stanza, was set to music by Louis Hardin, Jr., better known as Moondog. The long-playing album "Tell It Again," issued around 1957 on Angel Records, had all its song music composed by Moondog. The initial stanza of "The Fly" was turned into a two-part canon in major, for two voices. Martyn Green started the canon, and a few measures later, Julie Andrews followed. The canon has accompaniment scored for solo flute and Moondog's battery of percussion instruments. The little song is part of a longer suite of nursery songs titled Animal Tales, of which suites there are at least four, grouping several dozen nursery rhymes altogether. Moondog's music, with everything else in his estate, is administered by Managarm Musik-Verlag from Germany. |
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14 Jan 19 - 11:25 PM (#3971525) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Baby bye, here's a fly (Theodore Tilton) From: Joe Offer Here's the "Tell It Again" album, by Julie Andrews and Martyn Green, with music by Moondog:I wasn't able to determine which track has "Baby bye." -Joe- |
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15 Jan 19 - 10:46 AM (#3971559) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Baby bye, here's a fly (Theodore Tilton) From: GUEST,keberoxu The answer to Joe Offer's question, is that the "Baby bye" song -- going by the YouTube video summary -- is on Side Two, Track 5, "Animal World." Within "Animal World," which is a sort of suite, there are seven parts, each with a different nursery song. Here is the "Animal World" order. SIDE TWO BAND II THE ANIMAL WORLD The Owl "Of all the gay birds..." Bird of Paradise "The little bird of paradise..." The Fishes "The Herring loves the merry Moonlight..." The Fly "Baby bye, here's a fly..." The Squirrel "Whisky frisky / Hippety hop..." The Donkey "If I had a donkey..." The Cuckoo "Cuckoo! Cuckoo!" The album in its entirety is about thirty minutes long, so these little suites are over quickly. |