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| Finding an obscure folk song |
| Author: | Andrew Denny |
| Date: | Saturday, 27th Apr 2002 01:09 |
| Views: | 7,125 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | Language, Education, Arts and Events | | URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b17354 |
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Nearly 30 years ago, as a student, I was in a quiet old country pub and I heard an old man sing, unaccompanied, a song that stuck in my mind. I only heard it once, but a part of it is firmly embedded in my memory. So, how do I go about tracking down obscure folk songs?
I've found a couple of threads here in the Bar that refer to song lyric sites, but all of these seem to refer to popular songs, not obscure folk songs. I tried Google with snatches of the words I can remember, but no luck (perhaps because I'm not sure of the title).
For those who can't resist doing my work for me instead of telling me of available web resources, here's some of what I remember. The old man said he had learned it as a child, which must have been in the early part of the 20th century, I guess. It's a catalogue song, like Ten Green Bottles, Old King Cole, Twelve Days of Xmas, etc. The old man sang about a part of the body, and with each verse pointing to a lower and lower part of the body, slapping or tapping that part as he sings it on the list.
"With my cap on one side, what have I here? (pointing to nose)
This be my nosewiper I do declare."
Nosewiper, eye.... [forgotten the name of this],
Nicky-nacky-noo
That's what they taught I when I was at school".
Each verse starts at a lower and lower part of the body (much guffawing in the pub when the old man reached his "peashooter"), with the final chorus starting with slapping his feet, and tapping everything else off a list full of Unwin-esquely named body parts.
If someone finds it on Google in 30 seconds, I'll be amazed!
Thanks,
Andrew Denny
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Andrew Denny |
27/04/02 01:09 |
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27/04/02 16:33 |
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