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22 Feb 05 - 02:25 PM (#1417713) Subject: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia I'm looking for a pretty tune that my husband's grandfather (born about 1895) used to play on his harmonica. He called it "Hi lee Hi lo" (Of course, they are many possible variations on the spelling of that. For example, it could have been "hi li hi low") It is definitely not the 1950's song "Hi lili hi lo." If anybody knows this old song and could post a MIDI or ABC, I would appreciate it. |
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22 Feb 05 - 02:53 PM (#1417754) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Q (Frank Staplin) There is a polka but I doubt that it is the one. |
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22 Feb 05 - 03:16 PM (#1417774) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Q (Frank Staplin) There is an old German song which has picked up several lyrics, known variously as Holla Hi, Holla Ho (Horch, was kommt von draussen rein, holla hi holla ho?, Wird wohl mein Feinsliebchen sein? Holla hi, aho!). Hear a birthday song sung to the same tune: www.deingedicht.de/Geburtstag/Lieder/(gl012)Horch%20was%20kommt%20von.htm Horch Music in "Chansons de Notre Chalet," p. 55 (A scouting song book). |
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22 Feb 05 - 03:22 PM (#1417777) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Q (Frank Staplin) Horch was kommt |
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22 Feb 05 - 09:20 PM (#1418162) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Das ist schoen, aber es ist nicht das Lied des Grossvaters. (That's not it, but thanks for making the suggestion.) |
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22 Feb 05 - 10:15 PM (#1418196) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Q (Frank Staplin) If at first- Try this harmonica tune at American Memory, Aaron Morgan, "Hi Lee, Hi Lo." California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties. Seemingly this one also is German in origin; a waltz. |
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23 Feb 05 - 06:53 PM (#1419005) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Hollowfox I'm at work right now, so I can't check, but I seem to remember Kenny Hall (a mandolin player from northern California) singing a song that had that phrase in the chorus. Did your grandfather-in-law have any lyrics, or did he only do it as an instrumental? I *think* (no promises now) that it went: Hi lee hi low, watch the little doagies all day Hi lee hi low, watch the little fellers at play. |
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23 Feb 05 - 10:32 PM (#1419189) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Julia Could it be Ho ri Ho ro" "Ho ri Ho ro, my bonny wee girl Ho ri Ho ro my fair one Will you come away my love To be my own my rare one?" recorded by the Corries Julia |
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24 Feb 05 - 01:02 PM (#1419785) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for the suggestion, but it's not any of those. (I listened to Aaron Morgan playing, and I've heard the Scottish one before.) Grandpa never sang the song, just played it on the harmonica. I doubt if doagies came into it; I believe it was a waltz. |
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25 Feb 05 - 10:49 AM (#1420681) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Joe_F FWIW, there's a Hebrew song with the line "Hu la, hi lo", which means "He is hers, she is his". I don't remember any more of it. --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: The Pacific was named by people who were used to the North Atlantic. :|| |
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25 Feb 05 - 12:13 PM (#1420792) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,guest I usedto have a 78 record Hi Lee Hi Lo my ma she told me so I Think the artist was Texas Jim Robertson circa 1930-1940 it was a comedy type song . Hope this helps ,Ian |
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25 Feb 05 - 02:59 PM (#1420943) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Uncle_DaveO Does the tune at least begin like the German drinking song, In Muenchen Steht ein Hofbrauhaus? I remember a Hi lee, hi lo song that started out that way, out of the dim, dead past beyond rememb'ring. The "hi lee" occupies the notes of "In Muen-", and "hi lo" is to the notes of "-chen Steht". That's as much as I can dredge out of memory. Dave Oesterreich |
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26 Feb 05 - 11:43 AM (#1421514) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia I searched for "In Muenchen steht ein Hofbrauhaus", Dave, but nobody had a MIDI or mp3 to listen to. That could be it. I should have mentioned that I can't remember how the song went, I just remember that it was very pretty. A drinking song, slowed down, could qualify. |
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26 Feb 05 - 02:56 PM (#1421664) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Q (Frank Staplin) ?? "Hejo, spann den Wagen an." Midi at Midi Very little to go on. |
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26 Apr 05 - 12:11 PM (#1471307) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,pov4jatt@aol.com There is an old german/austrian folksong called "Ein Heller und a Batzen" which goes : "Ein heller und ein batzen..die waren beide mein, ja mein..der heller ward zu wasser, der batzen ward zu wein, ja wein..der heller ward zu wasser, der batzen ward zu wein...hi lee hi ho..hi ho! Hi hee hi ho..hi ho! HI-LEE HI-HEE-HI HO!" Maybe this is it. My grandfather also played in on harmonica [he was born 1890] Try downloaded it. There's a site called 20000 Deutsche Lieder |
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26 Apr 05 - 01:57 PM (#1471426) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Q (Frank Staplin) "Ein Heller und ein Batzen" with midi: Ein Heller This excellent source of folk songs is often cited here at Mudcat. The main home page: ingeb.org Also at Robokopp, with midi- Another great and often cited website: Ein Heller Home page and index: Robokopp |
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26 Apr 05 - 05:59 PM (#1471733) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for trying, but neither one was it. The tune for "Hejo, spann den Wagen an" is a familiar one. I've sung it as: Rose, rose, rose, rose Hey Ho Nobody Home and (almost) as Row, row row row row your boat to Jesus' side. The drinking song is a jolly tune. Funny the way I can tell it's a drinking song without being able to say why. |
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12 Sep 12 - 04:14 AM (#3403223) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST My grandmother sang it to me as a lullaby. I remember it so clearly, yet cannot recall the words precicely. Any help would be appreiated. |
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12 Sep 12 - 10:40 PM (#3403663) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia YouTube has a number of videos which called Hi Lee Hi Low. One of them may be what others of us are looking for. There's one video which may be the song I'm looking for. It's the only one that's pretty, and a boy of 4 is playing it. I wish it were complete. |
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12 Sep 12 - 10:59 PM (#3403671) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Bedad, I think I've found it! It's on a concertina site: http://www.yagelski.com/sbox/music/hileehilowaltz.gif |
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27 Jan 13 - 01:55 PM (#3472111) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST I found something just the other day by entering the words: German Waltz Hi Lee Hi Lo - George T Watson The site shows an old 78 rpm record playing, and there is yodeling. Hope this is what you're looking for. I searched for it for months. Enjoy! |
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27 Jan 13 - 07:58 PM (#3472242) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Thank you, Guest, that's it! And it has the added charm of yodeling. |
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12 Feb 13 - 12:31 AM (#3478497) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Tony John Schmid has the song for sale on iTunes. I got if for my dad's birthday yestersay. It's called Hi Lee, Hi Lo |
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12 Feb 13 - 12:33 AM (#3478498) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Tony I am looking for the German and English lyrics, If anyone has a link to those...... |
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12 Feb 13 - 07:31 AM (#3478592) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Tony There's a recording from cylinder that you can download from here: Watson - Hi Le Hi Lo (Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project). I don't think I could do the German transcription, but you (or someone on site) may be able to. (It's hissy but you can clean it up quickly with Audacity). Mick |
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12 Feb 13 - 11:46 AM (#3478674) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Guten Tag, Tony. I found this here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Im_Wald_und_auf_der_Heide Im Wald und auf der Heide ist ein deutsches Volkslied, dessen Worte von Wilhelm Bornemann aus dem Jahre 1816 stammen. Die Melodie wird F. L. Gehricke zugeschrieben, der diese 1827 unter Verwendung einer älteren volkstümlichen Weise komponiert haben soll. The true name of the song means "In the Forest and on the Heath." The words originate with Wilhelm Bornemann, 1816. The melody is ascribed to F. L. Gehricke, who is said to have modified an old folk melody in 1827. There's a lot in the lyrics I don't understand, but it seems to be a jocular song about a hunter. 1. Im Wald und auf der Heide da such ich meine Freude, ich bin ein Jägersmann, ich bin ein Jägersmann! Die Forsten treu zu pflegen das Wildbret zu erlegen, mein Lust hab ich daran, mein Lust hab ich daran. Halli, hallo, halli, hallo mein Lust hab ich daran. 2. Trag ich in meiner Tasche ein Trünklein in der Flasche, zwei Bissen liebes Brot, zwei Bissen liebes Brot, brennt lustig meine Pfeife, wenn ich den Wald durchschreife da hat es keine Not, da hat es keine Not. Halli, hallo, halli, hallo, mein Lust hab ich daran. 3. Im Walde hingestrecket, den Tisch mit Moos mir decket, die freundliche Natur, die freundliche Natur, den treuen Hund zur Seite ich mir das Mahl bereite, auf Gottes freier Flur, auf Gottes freier Flur. Halli, hallo, halli, hallo, mein Lust hab ich daran. 4. Das Huhn im schnellen Fluge, die Schnepf´ im Zickzackzuge treff ich mit Sicherheit, treff ich mit Sicherheit, die Sauen, Reh' und Hirsche erleg ich auf der Pirsche, der Fuchs lässt mir sein Kleid, der Fuchs lässt mir sein Kleid. Halli, hallo, halli, hallo, mein Lust hab ich daran. 5. Und streich ich durch die Wälder, und zieh ich durch die Felder einsam den ganzen Tag, einsam den ganzen Tag; doch schwinden mir die Stunden gleich flüchtigen Sekunden, tracht ich dem Wilde nach, tracht ich dem Wilde nach. Halli, hallo, halli, hallo, mein Lust hab ich daran. 6. Wenn sich die Sonne neiget, der feuchte Nebel steiget, mein Tagwerk ist getan, mein Tagwerk ist getan. Dann zieh ich von der Heide zur häuslich stillen Freude, ein froher Jägersmann, ein froher Jägermann! Halli, hallo, halli, hallo, mein Lust hab ich daran. I started looking for this song because when my husband's grandfather played it, it was pretty and lilting. We don't have to play it crudely, the way it sounds on the wax recording. |
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12 Feb 13 - 04:15 PM (#3478784) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Tony Baumgartner Thanks, leenia, The lyrics I am looking for are to the song Hi Lee, Hi Lo. My father used to sing it to us as kids. I found and bought the song in iTunes, but am looking for the lyrics. The song goes: Hi Lee, Hi Lo Hi Yodel aley o, Viyounce git simmer so so (that is poor German spelling, by the way, only phonetic on my part) |
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12 Feb 13 - 06:19 PM (#3478813) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Oh. Sorry, I can't help you with that one. |
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14 Feb 13 - 05:55 AM (#3479452) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Grishka Tony, the lyrics you mention are clearly to be heard in George T Watson's version of "Im Wald und auf der Heide" (see Mick's link above) - a nice sample of international folk comedy. The third line might be "Bei uns geht's immer noch so" - "Where we live, it still goes like that." |
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14 Feb 13 - 09:38 AM (#3479537) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Mick Pearce (MCP) I started a transcription of the English section and discovered that a virtually identical version had already been transcribed by Jim Dixon from another cylinder at the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization project: George P Watson - Sauerkraut is bully. Jim's version is here: Sauerkraut; the cylinder starts with Sauerkraut, then as Jim says in that post: "[Here the recording seems to segue into a different song, although the web site doesn't say anything about it:]. The different song is the same as the English part of Hi Le Hi Lo that I linked above. (Interestingly, Jim's link to the cylinder leads to a page that says it isn't digitized, so I don't know if that's changed since Jim looked at it!). There's also a version in another thread, in a collected version from GEST: Lyr Req: Rock All Our Babies to Sleep (J Rodgers). My transcription of the English from the cylinder is below. The German starts off with almost identically to the same (half) verse as leeneia's above: Im Wald und auf der Heide da such ich meine Freude, (pronounced Freide) ich bin ein Jägersmann, Ja, ich bin ein Jägersmann! The chorus I found in this book The Brownies and Prince Florimel, by Palmer Cox at Project Gutenberg as: Halli, hallo, halli, hallo; Bei uns geht's immer, Je langer je schlimmer; Halli, hallo, halli, hallo, Bei uns geht's immer noch so! (The cylinder has it as Hi-le-hi-lo) There is one more verse (at about 1min in) but I'll leave that to someone with good German to transcribe! Mick HI LE HI LO English section Now show me that girl what never will have a dear little baby boy. A very good child what never will cry und make a man blessed und glad. Some people seek pleasures away from their homes While I by the fire do keep Och, the fire burns bright, I could sit here all night While rocking those babies to sleep. Chorus (yodeled): Oh-ee-oh lay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-dee dee Oh-ee-oh lay-ee-dee dee Oh-ee-oh lay-ee-dee dee Lay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-dee dee Mama will come home in the sweet by and by. Now I'm just thirty-five und my dear little wife Is just ten years younger than me. She's full of enjoyment and plenty of fun, And ofttimes goes out for a spree She leaves me behind those babes to mind, The house in good order to keep. By the way she does roam far away from her home While I rock those babies to sleep. Chorus (yodeled): Oh-ee-oh lay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-dee dee Oh-ee-oh lay-ee-dee dee Oh-ee-oh lay-ee-dee dee Lay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-dee dee Mama will come home in the sweet by and by. One night when I got those babies to sleep I took a short walk down the street. Und there to my surprise I saw 'fore my eyes My wife with a policeman, ?six feet? At first I got wild, I fooled? her and smiled Then I've been taking a peek, They've been huggling und kissling all in their while While I rocked those babies to sleep Chorus (yodeled): Oh-ee-oh lay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-dee dee Oh-ee-oh lay-ee-dee dee Oh-ee-oh lay-ee-dee dee Lay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-dee dee Mama will come home whenever she pleases. Source:George P. Watson, Hi-le-hi-lo, cylinder at Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project |
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14 Feb 13 - 12:55 PM (#3479623) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST Awesome, you guys are fantastic. My father will be delighted!! Thank you!! |
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16 Feb 13 - 11:25 AM (#3480378) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Reluctant to leave this unfinished and with noone coming forward to do the second verse, I decided to pursue it myself! With some messing about with the sound, I was eventually able to make out the last line of the second German verse, enough to let me so a search for the rest of it, and I found this version of Im Wald und auf der Heide which has the cylinder second verse as the second part of the first verse there (if you see what I mean!). The complete German section is given below. Mick HI-LE-HI-LO German section Im Wald und auf der Heide da such ich meine Freude, (pronounced Freide) ich bin ein Jägersmann, Ja, ich bin ein Jägersmann! Hi-le-hi-lo, hi-le-hi-lo, Bei uns geht's immer, Je langer je schlimmer; Hi-le-hi-lo, hi-le-hi-lo, Bei uns geht's immer noch so! (yodel:)Hi-yo-lo-lay-ee-dee Yo-oh-lay-ee-dee Hi-yo-lo-lay-ee-dee Yo-oh-lay-ee-dee Hi-yo-lo-lay-ee-dee Yo-oh-lay-ee-dee Hi-yo-lo-lay-ee-dee Oh-yo-lay-ee-dee Den Wald und Fost zu hegen, das Wildpret u erlegen, das ist's was mir gefällt, das ist's was mir gefällt. Hi-le-hi-lo, hi-le-hi-lo, Bei uns geht's immer, Je langer je schlimmer; Hi-le-hi-lo, hi-le-hi-lo, Bei uns geht's immer noch so! (yodel)Hi-yo-lo-lay-ee-dee Yo-oh-lay-ee-dee Hi-yo-lo-lay-ee-dee Yo-oh-lay-ee-dee Hi-yo-lo-lay-ee-dee Yo-oh-lay-ee-dee Hi-yo-lo-lay-ee-dee Oh-yo-lay-ee-dee Source: George P. Watson, Source:George P. Watson, Hi-le-hi-lo, cylinder at Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project |
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05 May 13 - 11:58 AM (#3511831) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Gary Linden I have from my great-grandparents a 78rpm record of "Hi Le Hi Lo" that sounds identical to the song from the Cylinder Preservation ... Project. Thank you, Mick Pearce, for the second verse. I can now make it out better. What I came up with is: Den Wald und Forst zu hegen Das Wildbret zu erlegen, Das ist was mir gefällt. Ja, das ist was mir gefällt. (Enjoying/caring for the woods and forest, shooting the wild game, that's what appeals to me.) This song appears to be a somewhat comic variation of the (probably) older song "Im Wald und auf der Heide" by Bornemann, also mentioned on this thread. (Actually a poem in latin that he translated into german, VERY well done, and likely much older than 1816.) That song is very nice and has several good renditions on YouTube. The Watson version seems to have been very popular during the Depression, probably because of the line "Bei uns geht's immer je länger, je schlimmer." (With us, the longer it goes the worse it gets.) I hope this is useful. |
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06 May 13 - 08:58 AM (#3512082) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks, Gary. It's amazing that you have a record that came from your great-grandparents. |
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12 May 13 - 05:21 PM (#3514324) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Gary Linden It is, as the Cylinder Preservation Project called it, an "indestructible record". Scuffable, but not breakable. |
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12 May 13 - 06:56 PM (#3514349) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,leeneia Wow! A material like that could have applications such as in locomotives, in airplanes and on artificial satellites. You could get rich! |
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15 Feb 16 - 02:09 AM (#3772816) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,guest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqJccjomf5Y |
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01 Feb 17 - 01:58 PM (#3836127) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST MY GREATGrandmother, who was German sang a song similar to this ,she was born in 1885..She said it was about a girl on her way to a dance to meet her love and lost her stocking .Was looking for the whole song |
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09 May 19 - 08:01 PM (#3991589) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: GUEST,Wilhelm Mein Oma used to sing "hi li hi lo, to me when I was a small child, staying overnight at LI. NY, NY. I was really to young to have this memory, but...,there it is!! I've never been able to find the lyrics. theseagers@earthlink.net |
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09 May 19 - 08:36 PM (#3991594) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: oldhippie the beginning of "Left Right Out of Your Heart" - Patti Page Hi-lee Hi-lo Hi-lup up - up Hi-lee Hi-lo Hi-left! Hi-lee Hi-lo Hi-lup up - up Hi-lee Hi-lo Hi-left! [Chorus] Oh, I was left (left), right (right) Out of your arms Oh, I was left (left), right (right) Out of your charms My heart said I's right (right) Right from the start Now I am left, right (right, left) Out of your heart Oh, you were such a cute Marine I really was impressed You said of all the girls you knew That you liked me the best I gave you all my kisses Surrendered all my charms But time revealed, you played the field And I was, left.... |
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11 May 19 - 12:17 PM (#3991825) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Hi lee hi lo From: leeneia I remember hearing that Patti Page song on the radio as a kid. Thanks. Do you suppose Marines used "hi lee hi lo" in their chants? |