M and T Concertina Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Hello! Hope you're having a wonderful day! We have performed an old American folksong on our concertinas, and decided to share it here for your interest. 😁 Hope you enjoy! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conband Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Fantastic. Well done. Now looking forward for more! Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunks Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Bravo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Anderson Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Interestingly, the chorus that you're singing is totally different than the version I learned as a child in the US. Yet your audience appears to know and expect your version. I wonder if this is an Australian variant on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Owen Anderson said: Interestingly, the chorus that you're singing is totally different than the version I learned as a child in the US. Yet your audience appears to know and expect your version. I wonder if this is an Australian variant on it? It's the same version I remember being taught in northwest England in the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 8 hours ago, Owen Anderson said: Interestingly, the chorus that you're singing is totally different than the version I learned as a child in the US. Yet your audience appears to know and expect your version. I wonder if this is an Australian variant on it? 5 hours ago, alex_holden said: It's the same version I remember being taught in northwest England in the 1980s. Everywhere but in America, I guess. I never heard the chorus before, either (and I grew up on the song). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunks Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) It's nearly the same as the refrain for "The Old Chilsom Trail", as I recollect any way... Edited August 8, 2022 by wunks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Fitton Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Isn't the folk process interesting! I grew up in Manchester, England, in the 70s and 80s, and this is pretty much word-for-word and note-for-note the version I know. Also a fair few more ribald adaptions, but this version sounds "canonical" to my ears (not that that really means much in this context.) Anyway, nicely done and thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 3 hours ago, James Fitton said: Isn't the folk process interesting! I grew up in Manchester, England, in the 70s and 80s, and this is pretty much word-for-word and note-for-note the version I know. Also a fair few more ribald adaptions, but this version sounds "canonical" to my ears (not that that really means much in this context.) Anyway, nicely done and thanks for posting! This is essentially the version I learned from my parents in the 1960s in the New York City area (but without the sound effects). In our version, it was “silk pajamas” in the 5th verse and the 6th and 7th verses are unfamiliar to me. https://youtu.be/fPxpF5MWu-A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 I was just watching Pee Wee's Big Adventure on tv (there's nothing on). Pee Wee uses the American version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Anderson Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 I've heard a lot of variations on the verses. The version I learned as a kid always ended with "We will kill the old red rooster when she comes!", which gets omitted from children's TV renditions. Across all the versions I've heard in the US, all repeat the verse in the refrain, rather than the aye-aye-yippee-aye-yay refrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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