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05 May 04 - 05:28 PM (#1178837) Subject: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST,Sieffe This was a song my father was able to sing and it has whistles, farts,snorts interposed between the repeated words at the end of each line. I was hoping to get all the words and recreate it for him in his old age (not so subtle revenge, huh? hahahaha!) Seriously, if anyone out there knows the origin etc. . thank you in advance Cheers, Sieffe |
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05 May 04 - 05:55 PM (#1178851) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: s&r Suzanne is a funniful man? |
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05 May 04 - 05:57 PM (#1178853) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST,Lindswidder There's an old thread about this song somewhere.... |
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05 May 04 - 05:58 PM (#1178854) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: s&r this one? |
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06 May 04 - 03:09 PM (#1179586) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an From: Billy Weeks I don't think the dirtyold man is related to the Old Sow (if you see what i mean). A kid's rhyme in the 1930s went: Dan, Dan, dirty old man Washed his face in a frying pan; Combed his hair with the leg of a chair... and I've forgotten the rest. |
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06 May 04 - 04:19 PM (#1179665) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: Nigel Parsons Billy Weeks: Sounds like a variation on Old Dan Tucker Nigel |
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06 May 04 - 06:51 PM (#1179798) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: Joe_F Is there perhaps some relation to Dan, Dan, the lavatory man? |
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06 May 04 - 07:36 PM (#1179838) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: LindsayInWales oh! I hope so...I thought I was perhaps the only person to remember him....! |
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07 May 04 - 05:42 AM (#1180117) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an From: Billy Weeks Nigel: I'd not thought of that,but I think you could be right. Most urban kids in the 30s would have seen minstrel troupes (largely amateur by then) and Dan Tucker probably showed up from time to time and got transformed. Joe F: I'd forgotten him, too. Clearly related, in a non-hygienic sort of way. |
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07 May 04 - 06:26 AM (#1180142) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an From: Ella who is Sooze ooooooooo I've just been given and OLD book of bawdy songs... I'll have a look in it over the weekend for you... Ella can't think why I was given a book of bawdy songs! ;-) |
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11 Mar 07 - 07:39 AM (#1993311) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST gawd my dad used to sing this to us too...I thought he had made it up! |
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11 Mar 07 - 08:29 AM (#1993334) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: The Fooles Troupe I have heard this one from the 1950s in Aust too. It has whistles, farts, snorts interposed between the repeated words at the end of each line. The 'performance trick' of this piece that all the sounds were made by mouth - and you really had to focus to keep it right - usually done fairly fast too. I remember doing it as a kid, but have forgotten it. |
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30 Jul 08 - 01:40 AM (#2400987) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST,Harry Dan, Dan, was a dirty old man Washed his face in a frying Pan, Combed his hair with a Donkey's tail And scratched his belly with his big toe nail. Iremenmber this very well from the 1930's< |
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13 Aug 08 - 06:01 PM (#2412937) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST "Speaking of pigs, does anyone else remember 'Suzanne is a Funniful Man,' a song sung with an array of amusing pig-noises as part of the lyrics? I cannot do it, to my grief. There was a fine farmer who had a fat sow (snort)-ow, (squeak)-ow (pbbbbtttt)-diddly-ow Suzanne is a funniful man! O Rings of the Rosealeee! Suzanne is funniful man! etc, the sow has a certain number of pigs (snort-igs, squeal-igs, raspberry-diddly-igs) and the first is made into sausages (snort-ausages, squeal-ausages, raspberry-diddly-ausages) and so on through an array of pork products. |
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13 Aug 08 - 06:08 PM (#2412943) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: olddude I resemble those remarks Dan |
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14 Aug 08 - 09:33 AM (#2413460) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: Mr Happy http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XlfNsb6gc |
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14 Aug 08 - 03:32 PM (#2413918) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: Steve Gardham At least a dozen previous threads. try 'The Old Sow' It started life in the early 19thc supper rooms as 'Little Pigs' and got a big boost in the 1920s when recorded on 78 by Albert Richardson. It is this recorded version that everybody's dad remembers! |
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16 Oct 08 - 04:52 AM (#2467024) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST,Sieffe http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XlfNsb6gc thank you everyone! This link is the one! . . .have a good (snort)ood (whistle) ood day! |
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28 Jul 09 - 02:05 PM (#2688920) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST Dan Dan The Dirty Old Man Washed his face in a frying pan Combed his hair with a donkey's tail And scratched his belly with his big toe nail. |
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06 Oct 09 - 11:10 AM (#2739604) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST I always thought this was a sea chanty from Nantucket where my grandfather came from. He use to sing/say it to us. The last line is: and died with a tooth pick in his ear. |
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18 Oct 09 - 05:30 PM (#2747485) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST,katie We always said: Dan, Dan, the dirty man Washed his face in a frying pan Combed his hair with the leg of a chair Died with a toothpick in his ear. This was a rhyme my mother said to us if we didn't wash in the morning before we went to school. |
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23 Oct 09 - 04:12 AM (#2750855) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST,Sue Waller This rhyme was said in the 1950's too in Wales. Dan, Dan the dirty old man Washed his face in a frying pan Combed his hair with the leg of a chair Dan, Dan the dirty old man. I never heard another verse. Goodness knows where it came from originally. I don't remember any noises going with it though. |
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09 Nov 09 - 01:15 AM (#2762554) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST Dan, Dan, the dirty man Washed his face in a frying pan Combed his hair with the leg of a chair and told his mother he didn't care |
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01 Feb 10 - 07:29 PM (#2827686) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an From: GUEST I read it as a children's book in primary school. My teacher had a big version of it and we had the little ones to follow in. All I remember is: Dan, Dan, the dirty man Washed his face in a frying pan Combed his hair with the leg of a chair... ...and it keeps on getting worse and worse. There are more lines, but I can't remember it. |
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22 Feb 10 - 05:15 PM (#2847046) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: GUEST,Valerie Growing up as a child in Ireland, there was an old man called Dan at the end of the road... We would run past and whisper sniggering... Dan, Dan Dirty old Man, Washed his hair in a frying pan, combed his hair with the lef of a chir, Dan Dan dirty old man... I dont recall any other verses. Old man Tucker sung by Bruce has very similar words, and I wonder if the old song crossed the atlantic and like so many other songs....got transformed over the years in the US.... |
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22 Feb 10 - 05:21 PM (#2847051) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Idley(?) Dan was a dirty old man * an # From: Amergin When I saw the title I thought this was going to be about olddude.... |