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08 Jan 07 - 09:16 PM (#1930929) Subject: Origins: Old Enoch he came home... From: GUEST,Captain Colin ...he came with a rat-tat-tat.. My mother used to sing a silly nonsense song with this beginning but I've never heard it anywhere else. She in turn learned it from my grandad. Did he make it he make it up to amuse the kids or does anyone else know it? It sounds like an old Music Hall song to me. |
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09 Jan 07 - 07:30 AM (#1931242) Subject: RE: Origins: Old Enoch he came home... From: Paul Burke Is that related to the one of which the only line I can remember is "his old peg-leg went rat-tat-tat upon the kitchen door (floor?)? |
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09 Jan 07 - 11:16 AM (#1931448) Subject: RE: Origins: Old Enoch he came home... From: GUEST,Captain Colin No, nothing about peg legs in my song Paul- mine turned into a story of what might these days be called a domestic disturbance- but thanks for replying! |
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09 Jan 07 - 11:55 AM (#1931489) Subject: RE: Origins: Old Enoch he came home... From: Paul Burke The one I was thinking of was Peg Leg Sam, and there have been threads about that. But this thread should sort you out: Enoch knocked me over. |
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09 Jan 07 - 12:25 PM (#1931504) Subject: RE: Origins: Old Enoch he came home... From: GUEST Thanks again... but no, that's not the one that I heard at my mother's knee (or some other low joint). |
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10 Jan 07 - 02:09 PM (#1932544) Subject: RE: Origins: Old Enoch he came home... From: GUEST,Captain Colin No other clues anybody?? |
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10 Jan 07 - 02:53 PM (#1932583) Subject: RE: Origins: Old Enoch he came home... From: Goose Gander From the Roud Index, maybe this helps? 'OLD ENOCH' Thompson, Pioneer Songster (1958) pp.189-191 Previous Source: Stevens-Douglass MS (New York, USA; 1841 – 1856) First Line: "Old Enoch was aged he wished to be still . . . ." Roud #2581 This is the only reference. |
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10 Jan 07 - 07:57 PM (#1932775) Subject: RE: Origins: Old Enoch he came home... From: GUEST,Captain Colin. Thanks Michael.. but not the one. Looks like I'm at a dead end with this one! |