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09 Sep 98 - 12:45 PM (#37599) Subject: Bring on the goddam cat From: Paul Since I got such a good response from the last one I posted, here's another goofy song that my wife sings: Oh the liquor was spilled on the bar room floorDoes anyone know anything about this? More lyrics, recordings, writer, anything? Her grandfather used to sing it to her. |
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09 Sep 98 - 12:48 PM (#37600) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Paul PS: How do you get line-breaks in your messages? Hitting return or tab won't do it for me. |
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09 Sep 98 - 01:52 PM (#37613) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Jon W. Paul, you have to put in < BR > (without the spaces) after each line where you want a line break. Search the forum for threads on HTML for more hints.
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09 Sep 98 - 01:55 PM (#37614) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Bill in Alabama Paul-- I believe that this is traditionally a college drinking song; at least that's what it was back in the 'fifties when I was sitting around the fraternity drinking and singing it. This genre reaches back to the late nineteenth century in America, probably earlier elsewhere, and I doubt that you would find much information on origin. Good luck in your quest. |
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09 Sep 98 - 02:19 PM (#37616) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Joe Offer Great song, Paul. Wish I knew the tune. Maybe we can get you trained to post tunes. I fixed your lyrics by indenting with <blockquote> at the beginning and </blockquote> at the end, and <br> at the end of each line. It's easier to post lyrics if you type them in a word processor, and then paste in the HTML tags while you're working on it there. You can even make it easier by using your word processor to find-and-replace. Then copy the whole shebang and paste it into the Mudcat "reply to thread" box here. -Joe Offer- |
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09 Sep 98 - 02:30 PM (#37617) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Barbara That's a version of the Intoxicated Rat, as sung by Doc Watson. And, it is in DT. I wonder if the tune is similar as well. I know the tune to the one in DT, I could post that. Blessings, Barbara |
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09 Sep 98 - 02:44 PM (#37620) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: BSeed The tune for the intoxicated rat is "The Girl I Left Behind Me." --seed |
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09 Sep 98 - 03:14 PM (#37624) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: BBJ The tune I've heard is very similar to "Real Old Mountain Dew" isn't it Paul? |
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09 Sep 98 - 03:28 PM (#37625) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Joe Offer Say, Seed, which of the many "Girl I Left Behind" tunes is the right one for "Intoxicated Rat"? Of the many tunes I checked, this one is the one I'm familiar with - but the lyrics I heard were different, and now I can't remember what they were - "Sailor's Hornpipe," maybe? Anyhow, which tune is the right one? -Joe Offer- |
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09 Sep 98 - 03:54 PM (#37627) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Jon W. The Girl I left Behind Me, AKA Brighton Camp, and the tune the Clancy Bros. use for The Real Old Mountain Dew are quite similar. But the one (MTDEW2) referenced above is way different, isn't it? The song scans to both tunes (that must mean they have the same meter). |
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09 Sep 98 - 05:08 PM (#37648) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Pete M Talking of "The girl I left behing me", and on the subject of cats, another little ditty to this tune which used to be a favourite is: Oh the black cat tiddled in the white cat's eye, The white cat said "Cor blimey", The black cat said "I'm sorry my friend, But you shouldn't have stood behind me." Pete M (line breaks <br> added) |
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09 Sep 98 - 08:36 PM (#37681) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: BSeed Joe, It's the one that goes daddle dah dah dah dah dah dah dah, daddle dah dah daddle daddle dah dah. --seed |
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09 Sep 98 - 10:10 PM (#37697) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Gene The Intoxicated Rat - is in the DATABASE... INTOXICATED RAT * CLICK HERE * |
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09 Sep 98 - 10:22 PM (#37699) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Barry Finn Joe the tune you have is the same one I know as "The Girl I Left Behind Me", quite different than the tune/words to "Sailor's Hornpipe". Barry |
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10 Sep 98 - 12:57 AM (#37725) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: kevin ryan have also seen the poem used in a guiness ad; in- stead of the mouse lapping up liquor from the floor, her blissed out on guiness stout |
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10 Sep 98 - 03:46 AM (#37742) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: BSeed Joe: Or maybe it's daddle dah dah dah dah daddle daddle dah, daddle dah dah daddle daddle da-ah dah. --seed |
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10 Sep 98 - 03:55 AM (#37745) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Joe Offer Darn it Seed, you got it all wrong! those are the lyrics to "Telstar" and "Pipeline," as recorded by the Ventures. Check it out. No doubt they're in the database..... -Joe Offer- |
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10 Sep 98 - 01:04 PM (#37785) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Paul Eureka! It's almost exactly the tune of "Real Old Mountain Dew" (although I thought it was called "Rare Old Mountain Dew"). Jen will be very pleased when I pick up my mandolin and spew out these new "Intoxicated Rat" lyrics. Oh! And thanks for the technical support, eh! (We'll see if it works). |
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10 Sep 98 - 01:15 PM (#37786) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Barbara Paul, you wouldn't by any chance be a Canadian, eh? |
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10 Sep 98 - 01:24 PM (#37788) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Jon W. Joe & Seed, I always thought that was the guitar part to Wipeout--Oh wait, that's da daddle daddle da da da, da daddle daddle da da da... |
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10 Sep 98 - 08:11 PM (#37818) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: BSeed And then there's "Red Haired Boy": Daddle dah dah daddle daddle daddle daddle dah, Daddle dah dah daddle daddle daddle daddle dah; Daddle dah dah daddle daddle daddle daddle dah, Daddle dah dah daddle daddle daddle daddle dah. --seed |
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11 Sep 98 - 01:29 AM (#37860) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: BSeed I thought I had posted this six hours ago: The above is the a part only. Joe, you can post the b part. --seed |
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11 Sep 98 - 12:31 PM (#37868) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: mafreeh We use words almost exactly like Paul's wife to the tune the girl i left behind me But we finish with: The cat crst in 'bout quarter passed two And gobbled up the little grey mouse And the moral of this story is Never take a drink on the house.
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14 Sep 98 - 07:29 PM (#38126) Subject: RE: Bring on the goddam cat From: Barbara On the Vanguard recording simply called Doc Watson, it says about this song (The Intoxicated Rat): "Doc heard the Dixon Brothers' recording of this song (Bluebird BB 6327) when he was in his early teens and learned it at that time. Dorsey Dixon made up the song to the tune of Wade Mainer's version of "Three Nights Drunk" (an American derivation of Child Ballad number 274, 'Our Goodman). the Dixons simply sing the song to the accompaniment of straight Spanish and Hawaiian steel guitars; the monologe and sound effects are 'Watsonisms." |