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16 Dec 04 - 06:15 PM (#1359143) Subject: 'Old Farmer Bunn', a Yorkshire tune? From: GUEST,Puffenkinty Years ago a friend of my family sang a song he called "Old Farmer Bunn". He sang it in a heavy accent, Yorkshire I think. He could only remember one and one-half verses which went as follows: "Old Farmer Bunn, he got 'im a gun And 'ee looked down the barrel For to see how t'were done, On the very first try, 'ee got it in the eye, And he never 'ad time fer to say, 'Bye-bye." (Chorus) Why do 'ee go fer to ack thicky way? Becuzz 'ee were a vool (fool) And a gurt (great) big vool, Becuzz 'ee were a vool As us ah (all) do say. Old Farmer Bunn 'ee got him a dook (duck) And 'ee cut off 'er feet Cuz 'er stook (stuck) in the mook(muck).... " That's all I ever heard. Does anybody know anything about this song? Is it from Yorkshire? Does anybody know any further adventures of the farmer? Thanks |
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17 Dec 04 - 01:49 AM (#1359393) Subject: RE: 'Old Farmer Bunn', a Yorkshire tune? From: Malcolm Douglas For a set, with tune, from the Community Song Book (Curwen, c. 1930s) see folkinfo.org: Old Farmer Buck |
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17 Dec 04 - 06:17 AM (#1359524) Subject: RE: 'Old Farmer Bunn', a Yorkshire tune? From: cetmst Recorded on Folkways 10 inch LP by Wallace House, English Folk Songs FFP283, early 1950's |
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17 Dec 04 - 01:22 PM (#1359850) Subject: RE: 'Old Farmer Bunn', a Yorkshire tune? From: TheBigPinkLad The dialect words 'thicky' (the th is pronounced as in 'this' not as in 'thin') and 'vool' would suggest West Country origins. |
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21 Dec 04 - 08:58 AM (#1362400) Subject: Lyr Add: OLD FARMER BUCK From: Jim Dixon Lyrics and notes copied from folkinfo.org OLD FARMER BUCK Old Farmer Buck he bought him a duck, And he cut off her feet 'cause her walked in the muck. And when her wouldn't go for to root like a crow, He cut off her head for to make her do so? (Slower:) Why did he go and act thicky way? (A tempo:) 'Cause he were a fool, and a gurt big fool, 'Cause he were a fool, us all do say. Old Farmer Bourn he bought him a horn, For to rouse himself up in the chill of the morn. He always do know when its time for to blow 'Cause he wakes up as soon as the rooster do crow. (Slower:) Why did he go and act thicky way? (A tempo:) 'Cause he were a fool, and a gurt big fool, 'Cause he were a fool, us all do say. Old Farmer Bunn he bought him a gun, And he looked down the barrel to see how 'twere done The very first try he got it in the eye And he didn't have time to say "Goodbye!" (Slower:) Why did he go and act thicky way? (A tempo:) 'Cause he were a fool, and a gurt big fool, 'Cause he were a fool, us all do say. [Source: Singing Together, Spring 1967, BBC Publications Taken from Community Song Book, (CURWEN)] |
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21 Dec 04 - 12:41 PM (#1362544) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Old Farmer Bunn', a Yorkshire tune? From: red max "cause her walked in the muck" would also make it a West Country candidate. No one would say "her walked" in Yorkshire |
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01 Feb 06 - 10:04 AM (#1659049) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Old Farmer Bunn', a Yorkshire tune? From: GUEST,wrinklyoldthing Just seen this thread. I'm a Cornish 'lad' through and through and we sang this song at our junior school back in the 50s. The lyrics sound definitely Cornish to me; in fact, very much East Cornish. My antecedants would certainly have said "Er walked in the muck". My late old aunt Maude from Polperro would say "Er did this and er did that" |