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02 Sep 05 - 05:23 PM (#1555017) Subject: Another sixties hangover... From: GUEST,Simon Furey I have this earworm fragment running round my head. As far as I remember, it was a saucy song normally sung by women, rather along the lines of "an old man came courting me" but was suggestive rather than explicit, and a good giggle. The bit I remember, which is part of the chorus goes "a-ha-ha, that's no way to..a-ha-ha, that can't be." The phraseology sounds American, and I remember it from around 1964, if memory serves. I have the tune in my head to the fragment (hence the earworm) but I can't do the ABC stuff to communicate it. Any clues as to what the song is, anyone? |
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02 Sep 05 - 05:28 PM (#1555019) Subject: RE: Another sixties hangover... From: artbrooks "Maids when You're Young, Never Wed an Old Man. Click here. |
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02 Sep 05 - 06:02 PM (#1555046) Subject: RE: Another sixties hangover... From: Cool Beans No, no no. It's "My Mother Chose My Husband." It's in the Digitrad. MY MOTHER CHOSE MY HUSBAND My mother chose my husband; A lawyer's son was he. When, on my wedding night, He came to bed with me, Ah, ah, ah! That's no way to--- Ah, ah, ah! That can't be! When, on my wedding night, He came to bed with me, He bit me on the shoulder And almost broke my knee. Ah, ah, ah! That's no way to--- Ah, ah, ah! That can't be! He bit me on the shoulder And almost broke my knee. I called my waiting woman: "Come quickly Margery" Ah, ah, ah! That's no way to--- Ah, ah, ah! That can't be! (Continue in the same pattern) "Go tell Mama I'm dying; Bid her come hastily!" Came Mama to my bedside Before I could count three. "Cheer up, my girl. What ails you Will never kill", said she." "If I had died of that child, God knows where you would be!" "So if you die, my daughter, I'll grave you splendidly." "Then carve upon your headstone Where everyone can see --" "The only girl who couldn't Survive that malady." @marriage filename[ MOTHSBND TUNE FILE: MOTHSBND CLICK TO PLAY DS |
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03 Sep 05 - 03:47 AM (#1555275) Subject: RE: Another sixties hangover... From: Little Robyn I remember that one - was it on a Nina and Frederik record? Robyn |
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03 Sep 05 - 04:19 AM (#1555280) Subject: RE: Another sixties hangover... From: Little Robyn Can't find that one but Bonnie Dobson used to sing it. Robyn |
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03 Sep 05 - 11:56 AM (#1555461) Subject: RE: Another sixties hangover... From: GUEST Thank you Cool Beans - that's exactly it. What a knowledgeable lot you people are on Mudcat - you never cease to amaze me. How did we ever survive before? Cheers & thanks again Simon Furey |
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05 Sep 05 - 04:38 PM (#1556859) Subject: RE: Another sixties hangover... From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Originally sung by Andrew Rowan Summers on a Folkways LP -- the source of everyone's version, including Bonnie's. Not sure who did the translation. It is (Breton?) French, and like many ballads from there is sung with doubled lines. My mother chose my husband, a lawyer's son was he, When on the wedding night he came to bed with me, Ah-ah-ah, that's no way to, ah-ah-ah, that can't be. When on the wedding night he came to bed with me, He bit me on the shoulder, and almost broke my knee ... He bit... etc. They had more time in those days, and loved to extend a song. That's a very traditional French singing practice. Some of the French-Canadian and French groups still perform that way, and I think I've even heard La Bottine Souriant double lines like that. Bob |
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04 Apr 16 - 05:11 PM (#3783418) Subject: RE: Another sixties hangover... a-ha-ha, that's no way From: keberoxu This, too, was in my parents' record collection. Poor Andrew Rowan Summers. His performance is humorous in a way he did not intend, because his diction is SO precious and affected. I can't listen to him singing this without snorting. Now, it would be interesting to find the original Breton.... |
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04 Apr 16 - 05:51 PM (#3783426) Subject: RE: Another sixties hangover... a-ha-ha, that's no way From: keberoxu Found it! Merci, Google Books! Katharine Anne Porter, would you believe? LA NUIT DE LA MARIÉE OU MA MÈRE M'A MARIÉE (Gautier Garguille?) Ma mère m'a mariée Au fils d'un avocat La première nuitée Qu'avec moi se coucha ... (CHORUS) Ah! ah! ah! Ça n' va guère -- Ah! ah! ah! Ça n' va pas! La première nuitée Qu'avec moi se coucha, Il me mordit l'épaule Et me cassa le bras. (CHORUS) Il me mordit l'épaule Et me cassa le bras. J'appelai la servante: Jeannette, êtes-vous là? (CHORUS) J'appelai la servante: Jeannette, êtes-vous là? Allez dire à ma mère Que je suis au trépas! (CHORUS) Allez dire à ma mère Que je suis au trépas! Ma bonne mère arrive Bien vite à petits pas. (CHORUS) Ma bonne mère arrive Bien vite à petits pas. Courage! courage! ma fille, Non, vous n'en mourrez pas. (CHORUS) Courage! courage! ma fille, Non, vous n'en mourrez pas, Car si j'en étais morte Vous ne seriez pas là! (CHORUS) Car si j'en étais morte Vous ne seriez pas là! Si vous en mourrez, belle, On vous enterrera. (CHORUS) Si vous en mourrez, belle, On vous enterrera, Et puis sur votre tombe, En écrit l'on mettra: (CHORUS) Et puis sur votre tombe, En écrit l'on mettra: Ci-gît la seule en France Qui soit morte de ça! (CHORUS) |