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29 Sep 04 - 07:18 PM (#1284429) Subject: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: GUEST,tracy f. harris I'm a student enrolled in Tony Barrand's class at BU. I'm looking for the lyrics to "Gentle Fair Lady," as performed by Edna Ritchie on "Edna Ritchie of Viper, Kentucky." I need the lyrics for a paper due for Barrand tomorrow, so if someone can help me out, that'd be great. But, ah, try not to tell the prof I put off his assignment. Thanks! -tracy f. harris (a kentucky girl herself) |
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29 Sep 04 - 07:35 PM (#1284448) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Jenny - need soon! From: GUEST,tracy f. harris Whoops, typed the name of the song in wrong. Sorry! For some reason, lady seems to fit. |
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29 Sep 04 - 07:55 PM (#1284460) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: Sorcha Could this possibly be the one? |
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29 Sep 04 - 07:57 PM (#1284463) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: GUEST,tracy f. harris No, I saw that one ... The one I'm looking for is more of a teasing game, between a husband and wife, where he asks for dinner and she kicks him out. but thanks! |
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29 Sep 04 - 07:59 PM (#1284468) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: Sorcha Sorry, that is all I found, even with search engines. Seems Jean Ritchie did Gentle with that title. |
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29 Sep 04 - 08:02 PM (#1284472) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: GUEST,tracy f. harris Yeah, I think they both did, so lyrics for either would be fine. I haven't been able to find them anywhere, either. Thanks for the help though. |
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29 Sep 04 - 08:23 PM (#1284490) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: Q (Frank Staplin) Gentle fair Jennie was sung by Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, and others. Can't put my hands on it at the moment. Sorry. |
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29 Sep 04 - 08:32 PM (#1284501) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: Q (Frank Staplin) Found it in Lomax. Will post in 10 minutes. Doorbell rang |
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29 Sep 04 - 08:46 PM (#1284507) Subject: Lyr Add: GENTLE FAIR JENNY (from Alan Lomax) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr. Add: GENTLE FAIR JENNY Sweet William married him a wife, Gentle fair Jenny, come rosemary, To be the comfort of his life, The dew flies over the green valley. He married his wife and took her home, But I think he married a little too soon. His wife would neither card nor spin, For fear of spoiling her delicate skin. His wife would neither bake nor brew For fear of spoiling her high-heeled shoe. Sweet William come in from a-jogging the plow, It's 'O my sweet wife, is the food ready now? 'There's cheee and johnny-cake on the shelf, If you want any more you can get it yourself.' Swet William has gone out to his barn, And there he's taken his sheepskin down. He laid the sheepskin over her back, And with two little willows went whackety-whack. 'I'll tell my family and all my kin, How you this quarrel did begin.' 'Go tell your family and all your kin, That I was tanning my old sheepskin.' Now he comes in from a-jogging the plow, It's 'Sit you down, sir, the meal's ready now,' Now they live free from care and strife, And she makes William a very good wife. In Belden, Child, Ritchie, Brown, Creighton, Sharp, etc., etc., originally British, but widespread in USA and Canada. Lomax, Alan, Folk Songs of North America, 1960, p. 167. |
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29 Sep 04 - 08:50 PM (#1284512) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: GUEST THANK YOU! It's much appreciated. Makes the paper writing a lot easier. Many, many thanks to everybody who chipped in. |
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29 Sep 04 - 08:56 PM (#1284515) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Lady - need soon! From: Q (Frank Staplin) Acording to The Traditional Ballad Index, first in print in 1803. "The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin," Child 277. The version collected by Sharp and published in "Eighty English Folk Songs" is in the DT. See thread 11787, Risselty-Rosselty: Risselty |
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05 Jul 07 - 05:26 PM (#2095050) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WEE COOPER O' FIFE From: akenaton Known in Scotland as "The wee coupar o' Fife. Traditional Scottish Songs - THE WEE COOPER O' FIFE Beating your wife so that she does the housework may not be politically correct these days - but it was accepted when this song was written long ago! The tune is lively and usually sung at a high rate of knots! THE WEE COOPER O' FIFE There was a wee cooper lived in Fife Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo And he has tae'n a gentle wife Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. She wouldna card and she wouldna spin Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo For shamin' o'her gentle kin Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. She wouldna bake and she wouldna brew Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo For spoilin' of her gentle hue Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. She called him a dirty Hieland whelp Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo If you want yer dinner go get it yourself Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. The cooper's awa tae his wool-pack Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo And lain a sheepskin across her back Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. I'll no thrash you, for your gentle kin Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo But I will thrash my ain sheep-skin Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. He's laid the sheepskin across her back Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo And with a good stick he went whickety-whack Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. Oh I will card and I will spin Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo And think nae mair of my gentle kin! Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. She drew the table and spread the board Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo And "My dear husband" was every word Risselty-rosselty, hey, pomposity Nickety nackety noo, noo, noo. All you who have gotten a gentle wife Nickety nackety noo, noo. noo Just send ye for the cooper of Fife! Risselty-rosselty, |
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05 Jul 07 - 05:37 PM (#2095058) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Fair Jenny - need soon! From: Q (Frank Staplin) Wee Cooper is in the DT and there are threads- but good to have it here for comparison with Jenny. |
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05 Jul 07 - 05:38 PM (#2095060) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WEE COOPER O' FIFE From: akenaton Sorry this is the version i was thinking of...Ake There was a wee Cooper wha leeved in Fife Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, And he had gotten a gentle wife, Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. She wadna bake, nor she wadna brew, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, For the spoiling o' her comely hue, Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. She wadna card, nor she wadna spin, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, For the shamin' o' her gentle kin, Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. She wadna wash, nor she wadna wring, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, For the spoiling o' her gowden ring, Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. The Cooper has gane to his woo' pack, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, And he's laid a sheep's skin on his wife's back, Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. "It's I'll no thrash ye for your gentle kin", Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, "But I will skelp my ain sheep's skin", Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. "Oh I will bake and I will brew", Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, "And nae mair think o' my comely hue", Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. "Oh I will card, and I will spin", Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, "And nae mair think o' my gentle kin", Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. "Oh I will wash, and I will wring", Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, "And nae mair think o' my gowden ring", Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. A' ye wha ha'e gotten a gentle wife, Nickety, Nackety, noo, noo, noo, Just main' ye the wee Cooper o' Fife, Hey Willy Wallacky, hoo John Dougal, Alane, quo' Rushity, roue, roue, roue. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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05 Jul 07 - 07:19 PM (#2095130) Subject: ADD: Gentle Fair Jenny (Edna Ritchie Version) From: Joe Offer Gentle Fair Jenny (Edna Ritchie Version) I married me a wife and took her home, Gentle fair Jennie, fair Rosie Marie. I ofttimes wisht I had let her alone, As the dew flies over the green vallee. All in the kitchen she would not use... For fear of spoiling her new cloth shoes,... First day at noon I came in from the plow, "My dearest wife is my dinner ready now?" "There's a little piece of cornbread layin' on the shelf, If you want any more you can cook it yourself." Second day at noon I came in from the plow, "My dearest wife is my dinner ready now?" "Get out of here you dirty thef, It you want any dinner go cook it yourself." I took my knife and went out to the barn-, I cut me a hickory as long as my arm. I took my limb and I went back All around her back I made it crack, 'I'll tell my father and all my kin That you whipped me with a hickory limb" "You can tell your father and all your kin I whupped you once and I'll whup you again" from the CD booklet for Edna Ritchie of Viper, Kentucky, Folk-Legacy CD-3. Recorded by Sandy Paton at Viper, Kentucky Notes by D.K. Wilgus (and they're really good!) LP issued in 1962 Since this is CD-3, it's one of Sandy Paton's first field recordings for his Folk-Legacy label. The sound quality is terrific. -Joe- |