Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases a sound file of and lyrics to the 1962 doo wop song "Puddin Tain" by The Alley Kats. A sound file of a cover of this song that was recorded by The Kit Kats is also featured in this post.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, and entertainment purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT "PUDDIN TAIN"
"Puddin Tane" is the title of particular English language children's folk rhymes that are made up of smart alecky rhyming retorts to commonly asked questions. In each version of these rhymes "Puddin Tane" (or a similarly spelled second word) serves as the response which is given by the person who is asked the question "What's your name?". In that sense, "Puddin" is a male or female nickname and "Tane" is given as a last name.
Although it appears that all of the lines of this rhyme are now usually recited by the same person, "Puddin Tane" may have originated as a call & response dialogue rhyme (a rhyme in which each line is alternately spoken by one of two people).
Here's the short version of "Puddin Tane" that I believe is most commonly found at the present time in the United States. The lines that are spoken by the person responding to the questions are given in brackets:
What's your name?
[Puddin Tane
Ask me again
And I'll tell you the same.]
-snip-
Click http://cocojams.com/content/early-examples-childrens-rhyme-puddin-tane for more information about and early examples of the folk rhyme "Puddin Tane"
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FEATURED SOUND FILE - THE ALLEY KATS - "PUDDIN TAIN"
Alley Cats - Puddin' N' Tain - Early Phil Spector Production - Great Doo Wop Rocker
PJDooWop,Uploaded on Sep 24, 2009
Doo wop rocker here. One of the few male groups [Phil] Spector worked with early on.
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FEATURED SOUND FILE - THE KIT KATS - "PUDDIN TAIN"
THE KIT KATS_Puddin'n'Tain
whitedoowopcollector, Uploaded on Feb 9, 2009
http://whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com
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LYRICS- PUDDIN TAIN
(Songwriters: Brice Coefield, Gary Pipkin, Alonzo Willis)
Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same
Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same
Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same
You won't believe this story
While I was walking
One bright and sunny day
I met a little sweet, sweet girl
Who chanced to walk my way
I asked her, her name
Here's what she said to me
Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same
Oh, golly gee
If she would only belong to me
And I would tell the world
The whole wide world
That I'm in love with
Puddin' n' tain
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same
Oh well now she's so pretty
She's so fine
She's so sweet
Just my kind
All because she's pretty
All because she's fine
I want this girl to be mine
Now we're going steady
And I've found out
Her real name is Betty
I'll tell the world
The whole wide world
That I'm in love with
Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same
Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same
[repeat 2 more times]
Reposted from http://www.songlyrics.com/the-alley-cats/puddin-n-tain-lyrics/
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS
My thanks to those who composed and recorded the song "Puddin Tain". Thanks also to the uploaders of these featured sound files, and to the transcriber of this song.
Finally, thank you for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Tell Yo Mama 2 Go Vote 4 Obama (Video & Lyrics)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases the political rap "Tell Yo Mama 2 Vote 4 Obama".
The content of this post is provided for folkloric, historical, and aesthetic reasons.
All coyprights remain with their owners.
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LYRICS: Tell Yo Mama 2 Go Vote 4 Obama
Presidential Election Song 2012
(Minnesota Kids)
[A recorded clip of President Obama’s voice that is found at the beginning of his official campaign ads]* : I’m Barack Obama and I approve of this message, message, message
Chorus [sing 2x]
Yo mama, yo mama **
Tell her to vote for Obama.
You can catch the train
Or you can catch the bus.
It doesn’t even matter
Just get up off your butt.
Yo mama, yo mama
Tell her to vote for Obama.
You can catch the train etc.
Or you can catch the bus.
It doesn’t even matter
Just get up off your butt
Rap #1 [female rapper]
Yo mama Yo mama
Tell her to vote for Obama
The first Black President
Known as the one who caught Osama.
Stand up for women’s rights
Shuttin down all the drama.
Bringin the USA to Hawaii a vacation in Bahamas ***
Callin callin “Big Pen” cause his pen is signin big bills
Up in the nation at the door when it gets real.
He signed a tax relief in twenty ten
Created Obamacare, let’s re-elect him again.
He offers equal opportunity and equal rights.
So go out to vote like it depended on your life.
[Recorded clip of President Obama’s voice at the beginning of campaign ads] I’m Barack Obama and I approve of this message, message, message, message. [played 2x]
Chorus [sing 2x]
Rap 2 [older boy]
Black man in the Whitehouse.
We all black when the lights out.
Don’t vote then don’t complain.
Vote for the one’s that gonna bring change.
Four more years
And it will be okay.
Just please don’t believe what the other guy says, says.
Everybody makes mistakes.
Just gotta learn a lesson.
It’s gonna take some time
To recover from recession.
So spread the word along like germs
Obama deserves a second term.
[A recorded clip of President Obama’s voice that is found at the beginning of his official campaign ads]* : I’m Barack Obama and I approve of this message, message, message, message.
Chorus [sing 2x]
Rap #3 [younger boy]
“Yes we can” said a great wise man
You know little Bdot is a number one fan.
Go vote right now because Mitt is a clown
Obama in the Whitehouse must go down.****
Because there once was a time
When we couldn’t vote.
So sit back, relax and take a couple notes.
Martin had a dream, Obama had a vision.
This shouldn’t be a mystery, so make the right decision.
Chorus [sing 2x]
-snip-
* Despite the recorded voice, this obviously isn't an official campaign video or song from the Campaign to Reelect Barack Obama.
** In this song, "Yo" means "Your". Also, "2" means "to" and "4" means "for".
*** My interpretation of this line is that the rapper is saying that President Obama is improving economic conditions in all states of the USA including far off Hawaii so that people will be able to afford a vacation in the Bahamas.
**** In this line, “must go down” means “must be what happens”.
In contrast, the words “shuttin down” in the chorus means “stopping”.
Transcription & comments by Azizi Powell, October 9, 2012
Additions and corrections to this transcription are very welcome.
Disclaimer: I'm not affilitated in any way with the composers of this song or the producers of this video, or the Obama campaign.
That said, I definitely plan to vote for President Obama in the 2012 Presidential election as I did in the 2008 election.
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FEATURED VIDEO
Tell Yo Mama 2 Go Vote 4 Obama! Presidential Election Song 2012- Minnesota Kids
Published on Sep 24, 2012 by MNYungFactors
This is a New 2012 President Obama Election Campaign song encouraging people to go vote!! Are you voting for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
by:( 1) @LilQueen_Tifah ( 2)@dolladook( 3) @LilBDotMusic
-snip-
This comment was written on this video's viewer comment thread in response to a comment that the words were too repetitive:
"its suppose to be repetitive so people will remember to go vote :)"
-dolladook, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuQJ7oFO4wc
-snip-
WARNING: As is the case with many YouTube viewer comment threads, some comments contain profanity.
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COMMENT AND RELATED LINK
I wonder if the inspiration for this song came from Rev. Al Sharpton's saying "This election in not about Obama. It's about your mama". I've heard Rev. Sharpton say that in political ads encouraging voting that air on MSNBC television where he is the host of a political show. And he also including that saying in comments that he gave in June 2012 in a speech when he was honored at the BET awards. Here's a clip of those comments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k97sIN19LE8
I've not yet been able to find the link to the MSNBC ad.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to Minnesota Kids for composing, producing, and performing this political song. Thanks to Rev. Al Sharpton for his witty coinage of the saying "This election is not about Obama. It's about your mama". And thanks to the uploader of this featured video and the video of Rev. Sharpton's comments during the BET event .
Finally, thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
This post showcases the political rap "Tell Yo Mama 2 Vote 4 Obama".
The content of this post is provided for folkloric, historical, and aesthetic reasons.
All coyprights remain with their owners.
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LYRICS: Tell Yo Mama 2 Go Vote 4 Obama
Presidential Election Song 2012
(Minnesota Kids)
[A recorded clip of President Obama’s voice that is found at the beginning of his official campaign ads]* : I’m Barack Obama and I approve of this message, message, message
Chorus [sing 2x]
Yo mama, yo mama **
Tell her to vote for Obama.
You can catch the train
Or you can catch the bus.
It doesn’t even matter
Just get up off your butt.
Yo mama, yo mama
Tell her to vote for Obama.
You can catch the train etc.
Or you can catch the bus.
It doesn’t even matter
Just get up off your butt
Rap #1 [female rapper]
Yo mama Yo mama
Tell her to vote for Obama
The first Black President
Known as the one who caught Osama.
Stand up for women’s rights
Shuttin down all the drama.
Bringin the USA to Hawaii a vacation in Bahamas ***
Callin callin “Big Pen” cause his pen is signin big bills
Up in the nation at the door when it gets real.
He signed a tax relief in twenty ten
Created Obamacare, let’s re-elect him again.
He offers equal opportunity and equal rights.
So go out to vote like it depended on your life.
[Recorded clip of President Obama’s voice at the beginning of campaign ads] I’m Barack Obama and I approve of this message, message, message, message. [played 2x]
Chorus [sing 2x]
Rap 2 [older boy]
Black man in the Whitehouse.
We all black when the lights out.
Don’t vote then don’t complain.
Vote for the one’s that gonna bring change.
Four more years
And it will be okay.
Just please don’t believe what the other guy says, says.
Everybody makes mistakes.
Just gotta learn a lesson.
It’s gonna take some time
To recover from recession.
So spread the word along like germs
Obama deserves a second term.
[A recorded clip of President Obama’s voice that is found at the beginning of his official campaign ads]* : I’m Barack Obama and I approve of this message, message, message, message.
Chorus [sing 2x]
Rap #3 [younger boy]
“Yes we can” said a great wise man
You know little Bdot is a number one fan.
Go vote right now because Mitt is a clown
Obama in the Whitehouse must go down.****
Because there once was a time
When we couldn’t vote.
So sit back, relax and take a couple notes.
Martin had a dream, Obama had a vision.
This shouldn’t be a mystery, so make the right decision.
Chorus [sing 2x]
-snip-
* Despite the recorded voice, this obviously isn't an official campaign video or song from the Campaign to Reelect Barack Obama.
** In this song, "Yo" means "Your". Also, "2" means "to" and "4" means "for".
*** My interpretation of this line is that the rapper is saying that President Obama is improving economic conditions in all states of the USA including far off Hawaii so that people will be able to afford a vacation in the Bahamas.
**** In this line, “must go down” means “must be what happens”.
In contrast, the words “shuttin down” in the chorus means “stopping”.
Transcription & comments by Azizi Powell, October 9, 2012
Additions and corrections to this transcription are very welcome.
Disclaimer: I'm not affilitated in any way with the composers of this song or the producers of this video, or the Obama campaign.
That said, I definitely plan to vote for President Obama in the 2012 Presidential election as I did in the 2008 election.
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FEATURED VIDEO
Tell Yo Mama 2 Go Vote 4 Obama! Presidential Election Song 2012- Minnesota Kids
Published on Sep 24, 2012 by MNYungFactors
This is a New 2012 President Obama Election Campaign song encouraging people to go vote!! Are you voting for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
by:( 1) @LilQueen_Tifah ( 2)@dolladook( 3) @LilBDotMusic
-snip-
This comment was written on this video's viewer comment thread in response to a comment that the words were too repetitive:
"its suppose to be repetitive so people will remember to go vote :)"
-dolladook, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuQJ7oFO4wc
-snip-
WARNING: As is the case with many YouTube viewer comment threads, some comments contain profanity.
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COMMENT AND RELATED LINK
I wonder if the inspiration for this song came from Rev. Al Sharpton's saying "This election in not about Obama. It's about your mama". I've heard Rev. Sharpton say that in political ads encouraging voting that air on MSNBC television where he is the host of a political show. And he also including that saying in comments that he gave in June 2012 in a speech when he was honored at the BET awards. Here's a clip of those comments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k97sIN19LE8
I've not yet been able to find the link to the MSNBC ad.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to Minnesota Kids for composing, producing, and performing this political song. Thanks to Rev. Al Sharpton for his witty coinage of the saying "This election is not about Obama. It's about your mama". And thanks to the uploader of this featured video and the video of Rev. Sharpton's comments during the BET event .
Finally, thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Sweet Georgia Brown (Videos & Lyrics)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases the song "Sweet Georgia Brown".
The content of this post is provided for entertainment and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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INFORMATION ABOUT "SWEET GEORGIA BROWN"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Georgia_Brown
"Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard and pop tune written in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics)...It is widely known as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team...
Of the many early recordings of the tune, the vocal version by Ethel Waters in the 1920s, and instrumental version by Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt in the 1930s, are particularly notable...
The version used by the Globetrotters is a 1949 instrumental by Brother Bones and His Shadows, featuring whistling and bones by Brother Bones. It was adopted as the Globetrotters theme around 1950, and today is inextricably associated with the team.
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LYRICS: SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
[Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics), 1925]
No gal made has got a shade on sweet georgia brown
Two left feet but oh so neat, has sweet georgia brown
They all sigh and wanna die for sweet georgia brown
Ill tell you why, you know I don't lie... much
Its been said she knocks em dead when she lands in town
Since she came why it's a shame how she coos em down
Fellers she can't get are fellers she aint met
Georgia claimed her, georgia named her
Sweet georgia brown
Lyrics from http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/ella+fitzgerald/sweet+georgia+brown_20045908.html
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FEATURED VIDEOS
Video #1: Ethel Waters - Sweet Georgia Brown - 1925
Uploaded by warholsoup100 on Dec 25, 2011
This Song Reached US Billboard Charts For Ethel At #6 - Sep 1925 (2 weeks).
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 -- September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues.
"Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard and pop tune written in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics).
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Video #2: Django Reinhardt - Sweet Georgia
Brown
Uploaded by TheGruvy2 on Feb 28, 2010
Quintette Du Hot Club De France. Audio recorded 31st January 1938 London. Living Era Recordings 1998 ASV Ltd CD AJA5267. Video clips from ABC ( Australia ) DVD set "Jazz"
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Video #3: Ella Fitzgerald - Sweet Georgia Brown
Uploaded by bessjazz on Jun 15, 2010
http://bjazz.unblog.fr/
Ella at Duke's Place - The Duke Ellington Orchestra with the Jimmy Jones trio - 1966
Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) by Ben Bernie & Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics).
Interpolations of Sweet Georgia Brown :
bridge of Caravan (Tizol, Ellington)
Dig (Miles Davis)
Sweet Clifford (Clifford Brown)
Bright Mississippi (Thelonious Monk)
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Video #4: Count Basie - Sweet Georgia Brown
Uploaded by OscarPetersonFan on Nov 28, 2009
The Count Basie Orchestra: Sonny Cohn, Pete Minger, Darle Carley, Bob Summers (tp), Bill Hughes, Dennis Wilson, Grover Mitchell, Booty Wood (tb), Danny Turner (as), Bobby Plater (as, fl), Kenny Hing (ts), Eric Dixon (ts, fl), John Williams (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Cleveland Eaton II (b), Gregg Field (d).
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Video #5: Harlem Globetrotters Theme song
Uploaded by wolverin95 on Mar 19, 2010
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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Bones for information about Brother Bones who performed this version of "Sweet Georgia Brown". Here's an excerpt from that page:
"Brother Bones (October 4, 1902 – June 14, 1974[1]) was an American whistling and bone playing recording artist from Montgomery, Alabama. Born Freeman Davis, his late 1940s recording of the 1925 standard "Sweet Georgia Brown," became internationally famous after being adopted as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1952. Despite the success of this record, Brother Bones himself remained relatively unknown...
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RELATED LINK
Click http://cocojams.com/content/videos-songs-have-surnames-last-names-titles for additional song examples whose titles include the surname (last name) "Brown" and other surnames that are common in the United States.
That post also includes statistics for the frequency that specific surnames are found in the USA (per a study conducted by the 2000 USA census). For example, a comparison of African American rankings & Overall rankings for the last name "Brown" in the United States indicated that name ranked #5 for African Americans and #4 overall. That number is quite close, but there are significant differences between the African American name ranking and the overall name rankings of some other surnames. Take the name "Johnson". That 2000 study found the following rankings:
Johnson: African American Name Rank - 6 / Overall United States Name Rank - 294.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS
Thanks to the composers, lyricists, and performers of this song. Thanks also to those whose transcriptions and information I quoteed in this post.
Finally, thank you for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
This post showcases the song "Sweet Georgia Brown".
The content of this post is provided for entertainment and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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INFORMATION ABOUT "SWEET GEORGIA BROWN"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Georgia_Brown
"Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard and pop tune written in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics)...It is widely known as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team...
Of the many early recordings of the tune, the vocal version by Ethel Waters in the 1920s, and instrumental version by Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt in the 1930s, are particularly notable...
The version used by the Globetrotters is a 1949 instrumental by Brother Bones and His Shadows, featuring whistling and bones by Brother Bones. It was adopted as the Globetrotters theme around 1950, and today is inextricably associated with the team.
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LYRICS: SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
[Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics), 1925]
No gal made has got a shade on sweet georgia brown
Two left feet but oh so neat, has sweet georgia brown
They all sigh and wanna die for sweet georgia brown
Ill tell you why, you know I don't lie... much
Its been said she knocks em dead when she lands in town
Since she came why it's a shame how she coos em down
Fellers she can't get are fellers she aint met
Georgia claimed her, georgia named her
Sweet georgia brown
Lyrics from http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/ella+fitzgerald/sweet+georgia+brown_20045908.html
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FEATURED VIDEOS
Video #1: Ethel Waters - Sweet Georgia Brown - 1925
Uploaded by warholsoup100 on Dec 25, 2011
This Song Reached US Billboard Charts For Ethel At #6 - Sep 1925 (2 weeks).
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 -- September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues.
"Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard and pop tune written in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics).
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Video #2: Django Reinhardt - Sweet Georgia
Brown
Uploaded by TheGruvy2 on Feb 28, 2010
Quintette Du Hot Club De France. Audio recorded 31st January 1938 London. Living Era Recordings 1998 ASV Ltd CD AJA5267. Video clips from ABC ( Australia ) DVD set "Jazz"
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Video #3: Ella Fitzgerald - Sweet Georgia Brown
Uploaded by bessjazz on Jun 15, 2010
http://bjazz.unblog.fr/
Ella at Duke's Place - The Duke Ellington Orchestra with the Jimmy Jones trio - 1966
Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) by Ben Bernie & Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics).
Interpolations of Sweet Georgia Brown :
bridge of Caravan (Tizol, Ellington)
Dig (Miles Davis)
Sweet Clifford (Clifford Brown)
Bright Mississippi (Thelonious Monk)
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Video #4: Count Basie - Sweet Georgia Brown
Uploaded by OscarPetersonFan on Nov 28, 2009
The Count Basie Orchestra: Sonny Cohn, Pete Minger, Darle Carley, Bob Summers (tp), Bill Hughes, Dennis Wilson, Grover Mitchell, Booty Wood (tb), Danny Turner (as), Bobby Plater (as, fl), Kenny Hing (ts), Eric Dixon (ts, fl), John Williams (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Cleveland Eaton II (b), Gregg Field (d).
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Video #5: Harlem Globetrotters Theme song
Uploaded by wolverin95 on Mar 19, 2010
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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Bones for information about Brother Bones who performed this version of "Sweet Georgia Brown". Here's an excerpt from that page:
"Brother Bones (October 4, 1902 – June 14, 1974[1]) was an American whistling and bone playing recording artist from Montgomery, Alabama. Born Freeman Davis, his late 1940s recording of the 1925 standard "Sweet Georgia Brown," became internationally famous after being adopted as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1952. Despite the success of this record, Brother Bones himself remained relatively unknown...
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RELATED LINK
Click http://cocojams.com/content/videos-songs-have-surnames-last-names-titles for additional song examples whose titles include the surname (last name) "Brown" and other surnames that are common in the United States.
That post also includes statistics for the frequency that specific surnames are found in the USA (per a study conducted by the 2000 USA census). For example, a comparison of African American rankings & Overall rankings for the last name "Brown" in the United States indicated that name ranked #5 for African Americans and #4 overall. That number is quite close, but there are significant differences between the African American name ranking and the overall name rankings of some other surnames. Take the name "Johnson". That 2000 study found the following rankings:
Johnson: African American Name Rank - 6 / Overall United States Name Rank - 294.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS
Thanks to the composers, lyricists, and performers of this song. Thanks also to those whose transcriptions and information I quoteed in this post.
Finally, thank you for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Two Jamaican Mento Songs That Mention John Crow
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a three part series about the Jamaican character/symbol "John Crow". This post provides excerpts of two Jamaican mento songs that mention John Crow.
Part I of this series provides information about the cultural meaning of "John Crow". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/john-crow-part-i-what-john-crow-means.html for that post.
Part III of this series features the Jimmy Cliff song "John Crow".
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/jimmy-cliff-john-crow-lyrics-video.html for that post.
The content of this post is provided for folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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FEATURED EXAMPLES
LONG TIME GAL [excerpt]
(traditional Jamaican song)
Dis long time, gal, me never see yu,
Come mek me hol your han.
Dis long time, gal, me never see yu,
Come mek me hol your han.
Peel head John Crow sid upon tree-top
Pick off de blossom,
Mek me hold your han, gal, mek me hol
your han.
Reposted from http://www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org/themes/journeys/gallery/resource/?id=488&resource_id=488
Also, click http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=2856&c=113 for similar Jamaican words and a standard American English "translation" of those words.
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I believe that "peel head" means "bald headed" (having no hair on your head).
Here's a video of the Jamaican mento song "Long Time Gal":
"Long Time Gal"
uploaded by BajanBloom on Jan 13, 2011
"Miss Lou -- Dr. Louise Bennett Coverley has made a distinguished contribution to the development of Arts and Culture in both in Jamaica and the Caribbean region at large. Through her skillfully penned prose in Jamaican patois, Miss Lou has been able to raise the folk dialect to an art level now accepted and appreciated by all Jamaicans."
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ONE SOLJA MAN
(traditional Jamaican song)
Verse 1
One solja man come fe court me,
Me sey me no ha' nobody,
Him gimme one shillin' an' quatty.
Me tek i' buy silk an' satin.
Verse 2
Me wash i' me starch i' me iron i',
Me pred i' pon pingwing macka,
An one ole un-conscionable John Crow
Come fling i' eena crevice an' corner...
Verse 3
No tear i' Jeremiah, no tear i',
No tear i' Jeremiah, no tear i',
No tear i' Jeremiah, no tera i',
No tear up me silk an' satin.
Verse 4
A weh yuh dah weel an' tun me,
A weh yuh dah weel an' tun me,
Yuh mussa wan' me fe go fall dung,
An' lick me belly pon tambourina.
Solja- Soldier
Ha'- Have
Quatty- Penny halfpenny
Pred- Spread
Pingwing macka- Cactus
John Crow- Jamaican scavenger bird, but here used in a derogatory sense, alluding to 'Jeremiah'.
Eena- In
Weh- Why
Mussa- Must
Fe go fall dung- To fall down
Tambourina- Tambourine
Also sung as 'One Bungo Man', Bungo meaning an African.
*May be sung as: 'Him gimme one cock-y'eye fourbit', 'fourbit' being one shilling and sixpence.
Pp. 58-59, With music for voice and piano.
Tom Murray, Ed. and arr., 1951, Folk Songs of Jamaica, Oxford University Press.
[These lyrics & notes are were posted on http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40845 by Q on October 4, 2011]
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In Jamaican tradition "John Crow" is commonly referred to as a "disgraceful" bird. The adjective "unconscionable" means the same thing as "disgraceful".
In the context of this song, "John Crow" is used as a derogatory referent to a dark skinned Black man. The phrase "An one ole un-conscionable John Crow" doubles down the derogatory meaning of the description (an unconscionable dark skinned Black man"). That meaning is substantiated by the note that the song is also sung as "One Bungo Man", Bungo meaning "an African."
For another Jamaican mento that refers to "bungo", click http://cocojams.com/content/caribbean-folk-songs for the song "Bungo Moolatta".
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the unknown composers of these two songs. Thanks also for those who collected these songs, and those sand them, and those who posted them online.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
This is Part II of a three part series about the Jamaican character/symbol "John Crow". This post provides excerpts of two Jamaican mento songs that mention John Crow.
Part I of this series provides information about the cultural meaning of "John Crow". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/john-crow-part-i-what-john-crow-means.html for that post.
Part III of this series features the Jimmy Cliff song "John Crow".
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/jimmy-cliff-john-crow-lyrics-video.html for that post.
The content of this post is provided for folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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FEATURED EXAMPLES
LONG TIME GAL [excerpt]
(traditional Jamaican song)
Dis long time, gal, me never see yu,
Come mek me hol your han.
Dis long time, gal, me never see yu,
Come mek me hol your han.
Peel head John Crow sid upon tree-top
Pick off de blossom,
Mek me hold your han, gal, mek me hol
your han.
Reposted from http://www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org/themes/journeys/gallery/resource/?id=488&resource_id=488
Also, click http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=2856&c=113 for similar Jamaican words and a standard American English "translation" of those words.
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I believe that "peel head" means "bald headed" (having no hair on your head).
Here's a video of the Jamaican mento song "Long Time Gal":
"Long Time Gal"
uploaded by BajanBloom on Jan 13, 2011
"Miss Lou -- Dr. Louise Bennett Coverley has made a distinguished contribution to the development of Arts and Culture in both in Jamaica and the Caribbean region at large. Through her skillfully penned prose in Jamaican patois, Miss Lou has been able to raise the folk dialect to an art level now accepted and appreciated by all Jamaicans."
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ONE SOLJA MAN
(traditional Jamaican song)
Verse 1
One solja man come fe court me,
Me sey me no ha' nobody,
Him gimme one shillin' an' quatty.
Me tek i' buy silk an' satin.
Verse 2
Me wash i' me starch i' me iron i',
Me pred i' pon pingwing macka,
An one ole un-conscionable John Crow
Come fling i' eena crevice an' corner...
Verse 3
No tear i' Jeremiah, no tear i',
No tear i' Jeremiah, no tear i',
No tear i' Jeremiah, no tera i',
No tear up me silk an' satin.
Verse 4
A weh yuh dah weel an' tun me,
A weh yuh dah weel an' tun me,
Yuh mussa wan' me fe go fall dung,
An' lick me belly pon tambourina.
Solja- Soldier
Ha'- Have
Quatty- Penny halfpenny
Pred- Spread
Pingwing macka- Cactus
John Crow- Jamaican scavenger bird, but here used in a derogatory sense, alluding to 'Jeremiah'.
Eena- In
Weh- Why
Mussa- Must
Fe go fall dung- To fall down
Tambourina- Tambourine
Also sung as 'One Bungo Man', Bungo meaning an African.
*May be sung as: 'Him gimme one cock-y'eye fourbit', 'fourbit' being one shilling and sixpence.
Pp. 58-59, With music for voice and piano.
Tom Murray, Ed. and arr., 1951, Folk Songs of Jamaica, Oxford University Press.
[These lyrics & notes are were posted on http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40845 by Q on October 4, 2011]
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In Jamaican tradition "John Crow" is commonly referred to as a "disgraceful" bird. The adjective "unconscionable" means the same thing as "disgraceful".
In the context of this song, "John Crow" is used as a derogatory referent to a dark skinned Black man. The phrase "An one ole un-conscionable John Crow" doubles down the derogatory meaning of the description (an unconscionable dark skinned Black man"). That meaning is substantiated by the note that the song is also sung as "One Bungo Man", Bungo meaning "an African."
For another Jamaican mento that refers to "bungo", click http://cocojams.com/content/caribbean-folk-songs for the song "Bungo Moolatta".
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the unknown composers of these two songs. Thanks also for those who collected these songs, and those sand them, and those who posted them online.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Jimmy Cliff - "John Crow" (Lyrics, Video, & Comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series on the Jamaican character/symbol "John Crow". This post provides a video & lyrics of Jimmy Cliff's 1990's song "John Crow".
Part I of this series provides information about the cultural meaning of "John Crow". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/john-crow-part-i-what-john-crow-means.html for that post.
Part II provides excerpts from two Jamaican folk songs which refer to John Crow. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/two-jamaican-mento-songs-that-mention.html for that post.
The content of this post is provided for folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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LYRIC: JOHN CROW
(Jimmy Cliff)
The eagle find him place in darkness
Fisherman find him place by the sea
Light up the dark in Kingston town
Mi bredren know you a come home without me
Ev'ry road have a bend, ev'ry wicked have an end
What your hands commit I know your body mus' feel
In this wicked, wicked war your time has come
You don't live right you will have no more fun
Jancro a go nyam your supper soon, boy*
Jancro a go lead the children astray
Jancro a go meet the retribution
Justice has finally find it's way
Screwface, you know that your time has come
You don't do right you gonna dead tonight
So now a go take you down the road to doom
The jancro a go nyam all your supper soon
Jancro a go nyam your supper soon, boy
Jancro a go lead the children astray
Jancro a go meet the retribution
Justice has finally find a way
Are you worried, says the wolf in sheep's clothing
Try to lead the children astray
But don't we know (?) a who fe frighten
take my hands I will show you the way
Jancro......Jancro
Source: http://www.smartlyrics.com/Song602053-Jimmy-Cliff-John-Crow-lyrics.aspx
*Jancro="John Crow"
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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cliff for information about Jimmy Cliff.
Click http://cocojams.com/content/caribbean-folk-songs for two examples of Jamaican folk songs that mention "John Crow" ("Long Time Gal" and "One Solja Man").
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FEATURED VIDEO
Jimmy Cliff & Steven Seagal--John Crow*
Uploaded by jahppel on Oct 11, 2010
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This video provides snippets of scenes from the action movie which featured the song "John Crow", the Marked For Death starring Steven Seagal.
*The title of this video was erroneously given as "John Crown".
Here's a comment from this video's viewer comment thread which corrects that title and also provides information about the character of "John Crow" & the axiom that is repeated in that song:
"The term is "John Crow" not "John Crown." The axiom in the song that goes "John Crow ah guh nyam yuh supper soon boy", simply means that every persons time always comes. BTW translated, the saying is: "John Crow is going to eat your supper soon." A John Crow is the Jamaican jargon for a Vulture."
-smokeyhat, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=_Ksx9ishAOs
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RELATED LINKS
Click http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090517/arts/arts1.html "Extracts from the 'Jamaica Journal' - Plants, Spirits and the meaning of 'John' in Jamaica" by John Rashford for more information about the Caribbean cultural meanings of "John Crow".
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & THANKS
Thanks to Jimmy Cliff for composing and singing this song. Thanks to the uploader of this video.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Bo Diddley - Dearest Darling (Sound File, Lyrics, And Comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post provides a sound file & lyrics of Bo Diddley's 1957 Rock and Roll song "Dearest Darling". This post also includes my comments about that song & Bo Diddley's use of adapted African American religious verses and African American folk verses in many of his songs.
The content of this post is provided for folkloric, and entertainment purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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FEATURED SOUND FILE: Bo Diddley Dearest Darling Checker 78rpm
Uploaded by JOHN KENNEDY on May 3, 2010
Monster blues bop by the mighty Bo. This was the B side to his 1958 release 'Hush Your Mouth' This is my favourite Diddley release and it can still pack the dance floor to this day. RIP Mr Diddley
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LYRICS: DEAREST DARLING
(Bo Diddley)
Chorus:
Dearest darling
[yeah]
Dearest darling
Dearest darling, yeah
Oh-o
Verse 1:
Don't you know the Lord above
Created you
Just for me to love
Picked you out
From all the rest
Because He knew
I loved you best
Chorus
Dearest darling
Dearest darling
Dearest yeah darling
Take my hand
Take my hand
Verse #2:
I once had a heart
So tender and true
But now it's gone
From me to you
Take care of it
Like I have done
For you have two hearts
and I have none
Chorus:
Dearest oh oh oh oh, darling
Dearest darling
Dearest, yeah yeah,
dearest, yeah yeah
Dearest, yeah yeah,
Dearest, yeah yeah
Darling, yeah yeah,
Darling, yeah yeah
Verse #3
If I get to Heaven
Before you do
I'll try to make a hole
And pull you through
Woh, dearest, dearest
Dearest, dearest, aah
If I go to Heaven
And you not there
I'm gonna write your name
On the Heavenly stairs
If you aren't there
By judgement day
Then I'll know baby
You went the other way
Woh, dearest, dearest
Woh, dearest, yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh sweet baby
Oh sweet baby
Yeah yeah yeah.
[This is a basic transcription by Azizi Powell from the sound file of this song. Corrections and additions are welcome.]
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COMMENTS
"Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter (usually as Ellas McDaniel), and rock and roll pioneer"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley.
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Like most of his songs, some verses of Bo Diddley's "Dearest Darling" are witty adaptations of earlier non-religious and/or religious songs from African American traditions. For example, take this verse from Bo Diddley's "Dearest Darling" song:
"If I get to heaven
Before you do
I'll try to make a hole
And pull you through"
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That verse is an adaption of this African American Spiritual/Gospel floating verse:
If you get there
before I do,
Look out for me
I'm coming through.
[from the song "Ain't Gonna Grieve My Lord No More" in Thirty-six South Carolina Spirituals edited by Carl Diton, G. Schirmer, Inc. NY 1928, posted on http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=75082]
Another version of that floating verse, from my memory of various Spirituals, is
"If you get to heaven before I do
Just tell my friends I'm coming too."
-snip-
A secular adaptation of that verse is sometimes used for the song "Oh You Can't Get To Heaven" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Grieve My Lord No More"). Here's an example of that verse:
"If you get to Heaven before I do,
Just drill a hole and pull me through."
-snip-
The concept of "making" (or digging) a hole in heaven and pulling someone through so that she or he can also be in heaven is one that I've read in other earlier African American secular songs. I think that concept is similar to this verse that is found in the song entitled "Plaster" that is included in Thomas W. Talley's now classic 1922 collection entitled Negro Folk Songs: Wise & Otherwise:
"Well:
Mammy an' daddy's dead an' gone.
Did you ever hear deir story?
Dey sticked some plasters on deir heels,
An' drawed 'em up to Glory!"
-snip-
Click http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27195/27195-h/27195-h.htm to find a digitalized version of Talley's book. Additional examples of African American secular songs can also be found on this page of my Cocojams website: http://www.cocojams.com/content/african-american-secular-slave-songs.
To cite two examples of Bo Diddley songs that are based on adapted folk verses, the song "Bo Diddley" is an adaptation of the song "Mockingbird" ("Hush Little Baby Don't You Cry"). And the song "Hey Bo Diddley" is an adaptation of the 19th century African American song "Hambone".
Bo Diddley also used the pattin Juba "Hambone" beat in so many of his songs that that rhythm is often called "the Bo Diddley beat".
Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley fot more information about the Rock and Roll legend Bo Diddley and his songs.
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RELATED LINK
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/aint-gonna-grieve-my-lord-no-more.html
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
My thanks to the Bo Diddley for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the uploader of the sound file that is featured in this post.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post provides a sound file & lyrics of Bo Diddley's 1957 Rock and Roll song "Dearest Darling". This post also includes my comments about that song & Bo Diddley's use of adapted African American religious verses and African American folk verses in many of his songs.
The content of this post is provided for folkloric, and entertainment purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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FEATURED SOUND FILE: Bo Diddley Dearest Darling Checker 78rpm
Uploaded by JOHN KENNEDY on May 3, 2010
Monster blues bop by the mighty Bo. This was the B side to his 1958 release 'Hush Your Mouth' This is my favourite Diddley release and it can still pack the dance floor to this day. RIP Mr Diddley
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LYRICS: DEAREST DARLING
(Bo Diddley)
Chorus:
Dearest darling
[yeah]
Dearest darling
Dearest darling, yeah
Oh-o
Verse 1:
Don't you know the Lord above
Created you
Just for me to love
Picked you out
From all the rest
Because He knew
I loved you best
Chorus
Dearest darling
Dearest darling
Dearest yeah darling
Take my hand
Take my hand
Verse #2:
I once had a heart
So tender and true
But now it's gone
From me to you
Take care of it
Like I have done
For you have two hearts
and I have none
Chorus:
Dearest oh oh oh oh, darling
Dearest darling
Dearest, yeah yeah,
dearest, yeah yeah
Dearest, yeah yeah,
Dearest, yeah yeah
Darling, yeah yeah,
Darling, yeah yeah
Verse #3
If I get to Heaven
Before you do
I'll try to make a hole
And pull you through
Woh, dearest, dearest
Dearest, dearest, aah
If I go to Heaven
And you not there
I'm gonna write your name
On the Heavenly stairs
If you aren't there
By judgement day
Then I'll know baby
You went the other way
Woh, dearest, dearest
Woh, dearest, yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh sweet baby
Oh sweet baby
Yeah yeah yeah.
[This is a basic transcription by Azizi Powell from the sound file of this song. Corrections and additions are welcome.]
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COMMENTS
"Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter (usually as Ellas McDaniel), and rock and roll pioneer"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley.
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Like most of his songs, some verses of Bo Diddley's "Dearest Darling" are witty adaptations of earlier non-religious and/or religious songs from African American traditions. For example, take this verse from Bo Diddley's "Dearest Darling" song:
"If I get to heaven
Before you do
I'll try to make a hole
And pull you through"
-snip-
That verse is an adaption of this African American Spiritual/Gospel floating verse:
If you get there
before I do,
Look out for me
I'm coming through.
[from the song "Ain't Gonna Grieve My Lord No More" in Thirty-six South Carolina Spirituals edited by Carl Diton, G. Schirmer, Inc. NY 1928, posted on http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=75082]
Another version of that floating verse, from my memory of various Spirituals, is
"If you get to heaven before I do
Just tell my friends I'm coming too."
-snip-
A secular adaptation of that verse is sometimes used for the song "Oh You Can't Get To Heaven" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Grieve My Lord No More"). Here's an example of that verse:
"If you get to Heaven before I do,
Just drill a hole and pull me through."
-snip-
The concept of "making" (or digging) a hole in heaven and pulling someone through so that she or he can also be in heaven is one that I've read in other earlier African American secular songs. I think that concept is similar to this verse that is found in the song entitled "Plaster" that is included in Thomas W. Talley's now classic 1922 collection entitled Negro Folk Songs: Wise & Otherwise:
"Well:
Mammy an' daddy's dead an' gone.
Did you ever hear deir story?
Dey sticked some plasters on deir heels,
An' drawed 'em up to Glory!"
-snip-
Click http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27195/27195-h/27195-h.htm to find a digitalized version of Talley's book. Additional examples of African American secular songs can also be found on this page of my Cocojams website: http://www.cocojams.com/content/african-american-secular-slave-songs.
To cite two examples of Bo Diddley songs that are based on adapted folk verses, the song "Bo Diddley" is an adaptation of the song "Mockingbird" ("Hush Little Baby Don't You Cry"). And the song "Hey Bo Diddley" is an adaptation of the 19th century African American song "Hambone".
Bo Diddley also used the pattin Juba "Hambone" beat in so many of his songs that that rhythm is often called "the Bo Diddley beat".
Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley fot more information about the Rock and Roll legend Bo Diddley and his songs.
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RELATED LINK
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/aint-gonna-grieve-my-lord-no-more.html
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
My thanks to the Bo Diddley for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the uploader of the sound file that is featured in this post.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Three Songs About Joe The Grinder
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post provides information "Joe The Grinder" and also showcases three examples of recorded songs about that African American folk character. The songs that are showcased in this post are Slim Harpo's "Jody Man", Johnny Taylor's "Jody Got Your Girl And Gone", and Bobby Newsome's "Jody, Come Back And Get Your Shoes".
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
INFORMATION ABOUT JOE THE GRINDER
From http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/02/who-is-he-and-w.html
"wordorigins.org
The military use of jody was introduced to the U.S. Army by African-American soldiers. Jody is a clipping of the name of Joe the Grinder, a slightly older character in jazz and blues mythology.
Joe the Grinder is the name of mythical ladies man in blues tunes who seduces the wives and sweethearts of prisoners and soldiers. He’s also known as Joe De Grinder and Joe D. Grinder. The term dates to at least 1939. Grinder is from an old slang verb, to grind, meaning to copulate."
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Reading this excerpt reminds me of a slow couple’s dance called "The Grind". That dance was done by African Americans (and probably other people) in Atlantic City, New Jersey and I'm sure elsewhere from at least the 1960s. Couples grinded to slow songs, the male holding the female very close and "dancing" to the beat of the song while basically standing in place. My sisters and I and our girlfriends weren't allowed to "grind" because it was considered "nasty".
FEATURED SONG FILES, VIDEO, AND LYRICS
(These examples are presented in chronological order.)
Example #1: Slim Harpo - Jody Man
Uploaded by sugarmamaaa on Nov 14, 2011
Information about Slim Harpo is provided in the sound file from http://www.bluesharp.ca/legends/sharpo.html
LYRICS: JODY MAN
(Slim Harpo)
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
Jody man.
You betta leave my baby alone.
You gonna find yourself wasted.
Leave my door.
You’s just keep steppin on.*
I can purry like a chicken.
And I can roar like a lion.
But when you mess with my baby
You know you ain’t on my time.
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
You gonna find yourself wasted.
Leave my door.
You’s just keep steppin on.*
[Instrumental]
Well I can purr like a chicken.
And I can roar like a lion.
But when you mess with my baby
You know you ain’t on my time.
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
You gonna find yourself wasted.
Leave my door.
You’s just keep steppin on.*
[Spoken]: Ah let’s play the blues a while
[instrumental]
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Slim Harpo is the stage name for James Moore (1924-1970). "Jody Man" was recorded in the mid 1960s.
This transcription is by Azizi Powell, 8/19/2012.
*I believe that the words "You's just keep" are slurred together, but I'm unsure about that. Corrections to this transcription and the actual date of the recorded are very welcome.
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Example #2: Johnnie Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone (1972)
Uploaded by seezurefall on Oct 22, 2010
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This song was actually recorded in 1971. The video shown above was filmed in 1972 as part of the music documentary "Wattstax".
LYRICS: JODY'S GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE
(Songwriters: James Wilson, Kent Barker, Don Davis)
Every guy I know
Trying to get ahead
Working two jobs
Til you're almost dead
(You tell em)
Work your fingers
Right down to the bone
There's a cat named Jody
Sneaking around in your home
There's a cat named Jody
In every town
Spending lots of cash
And just riding around
Ride on, Jody
Ride on, ride on
With your bad self
Jody
The ashes in your ashtray
Footprints on your carpet
While you work all day
He even got the nerve
To sleep in your bed
Sit down at the table
Eat your bread
When you get home
After working hard all day
Jody's got your girl
And he don't play
I said
Ain't no sense in going home
Jody's got your girl and gone
(It ain't no sense in going home)
(You gotta get home but
You work too hard)
(It ain't no sense in going home)
(You gotta get home but
You work too hard)
Ain't no sense in going home
Jody's got your girl and gone)
I tell you, Jody's got
Your girl and gone
(Ain't no sense in going home)
When you discover
Your gross neglect
It'll be too late to
Give your woman respect
You'll hunt down Jody
Dead or alive
Ten thousand dollar reward
For Jody's hide
Ain't no sense in going home
Jody's got your girl and gone
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/johnnie_taylor/jodys_got_your_girl_and_gone.html
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Example #3: Bobby Newsome "Jody, Come Back And Get Your Shoes" [1972]
Uploaded by sirc73 on Oct 23, 2011
LYRICS*: JODY, COME BACK AND GET YOUR SHOES
(composer/s ??)
Everybody talkin bout Jody
Had himself a real good time.
He stole the wife of my next door neighbor
And the cat done lost his mind.
????
????
He’s gone down there walkin talkin to himself
with a 38 in his hand
Talkin about Jody
Come back and get your shoes, Jody.
You left your shoes under my bed.
I’m talkin bout Jody.
Come back and get your shoes, Jody.
You left your shoes under my bed.
????
????
gone for a month or so
Jody got everything that he wanted.
And he won’t be back no more.
????
????
Only thing less than life
Is my next door neighbor’s wife.
Talkin about Jody.
Come back and get your shoes, Jody.
You left your shoes under my bed.
Jody, Jody, Jody, Jody.
Jody, come back and get your shoes, Jody.
You left your shoes under my bed.
[instrumental]
Sound off
1,2
Sound off
3,4
Sound off
1,2
1,2
1,2,3,4
Well men let this be a lesson
In this world we live
You gotta keep your eye on everyone
‘Cause you never know who Jody is
Now Jody could be the milkman
And he could be the mailman too.
And Jody could even be your very best friend
Just makin a fool of you.
Now I’d ask you to come to see me
When the state ??
walkin around in a padded room
How did that happen [they know]?
Talkin bout Jody
Come back and get your shoes, Jody
Jody Jody Jody Jody
You left your shoes under my bed.
Jody, come back and get your shoes, Jody
You left your shoes under my bed.
Jody!
Keep your eye on your neighbor...
??? [song fades out]
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*This is a partial transcription made from the sound file. The question marks and the words in brackets followed by a question mark signify that I'm unsure about what words are being sung. Corrections and additions are very welcome. Identification of the composer is also very welcome.
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Here's some information about "Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes" and the preceding featured song "Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone" from http://stepfatherofsoul.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html:
"[Johnny] Taylor had the biggest hits of all the "Jody" songs with "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" and "Standing In for Jody." The former song made it all the way to #1 on the R&B charts in 1971, one of several chart toppers Stax Records would have that year (if I recall correctly, Rufus Thomas' "(Do The) Push and Pull" had been #1 the week before). Bobby Newsome's "Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes" was an answer record to the Taylor hit and features a stomping, stripped down funk groove and military-chant background vocals (a nod to "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone"). It's my favorite "Jody" record."
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RELATED LINKS
In the United States, another term for military cadences is "Jodies". Click http://cocojams.com/content/military-cadences-other-cadences to find the Military Cadences page of my Cocojams website for examples that mention "Jody". One example on that page is ‘Till I Get Back Home". An excerpt of that cadence is:
"Ain't no use in going back
Jody's got your Cadillac
Ain't no use in calling home
Jody's got your girl and gone
Ain't no use in feeling blue
Jody's got your sister too."
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Also, Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/03/jodys-got-your-girl-and-gone-why.html for a pancocojams' post about military cadences (also known as "jodies").
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS
My thanks to the composers, singers, and musicians on these featured sound files and this video. Thanks also to the uploaders of these sound files and this video.
Thanks for visiting Pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post provides information "Joe The Grinder" and also showcases three examples of recorded songs about that African American folk character. The songs that are showcased in this post are Slim Harpo's "Jody Man", Johnny Taylor's "Jody Got Your Girl And Gone", and Bobby Newsome's "Jody, Come Back And Get Your Shoes".
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
INFORMATION ABOUT JOE THE GRINDER
From http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/02/who-is-he-and-w.html
"wordorigins.org
The military use of jody was introduced to the U.S. Army by African-American soldiers. Jody is a clipping of the name of Joe the Grinder, a slightly older character in jazz and blues mythology.
Joe the Grinder is the name of mythical ladies man in blues tunes who seduces the wives and sweethearts of prisoners and soldiers. He’s also known as Joe De Grinder and Joe D. Grinder. The term dates to at least 1939. Grinder is from an old slang verb, to grind, meaning to copulate."
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Reading this excerpt reminds me of a slow couple’s dance called "The Grind". That dance was done by African Americans (and probably other people) in Atlantic City, New Jersey and I'm sure elsewhere from at least the 1960s. Couples grinded to slow songs, the male holding the female very close and "dancing" to the beat of the song while basically standing in place. My sisters and I and our girlfriends weren't allowed to "grind" because it was considered "nasty".
FEATURED SONG FILES, VIDEO, AND LYRICS
(These examples are presented in chronological order.)
Example #1: Slim Harpo - Jody Man
Uploaded by sugarmamaaa on Nov 14, 2011
Information about Slim Harpo is provided in the sound file from http://www.bluesharp.ca/legends/sharpo.html
LYRICS: JODY MAN
(Slim Harpo)
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
Jody man.
You betta leave my baby alone.
You gonna find yourself wasted.
Leave my door.
You’s just keep steppin on.*
I can purry like a chicken.
And I can roar like a lion.
But when you mess with my baby
You know you ain’t on my time.
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
You gonna find yourself wasted.
Leave my door.
You’s just keep steppin on.*
[Instrumental]
Well I can purr like a chicken.
And I can roar like a lion.
But when you mess with my baby
You know you ain’t on my time.
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
Jody man,
You betta leave my baby alone.
You gonna find yourself wasted.
Leave my door.
You’s just keep steppin on.*
[Spoken]: Ah let’s play the blues a while
[instrumental]
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Slim Harpo is the stage name for James Moore (1924-1970). "Jody Man" was recorded in the mid 1960s.
This transcription is by Azizi Powell, 8/19/2012.
*I believe that the words "You's just keep" are slurred together, but I'm unsure about that. Corrections to this transcription and the actual date of the recorded are very welcome.
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Example #2: Johnnie Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone (1972)
Uploaded by seezurefall on Oct 22, 2010
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This song was actually recorded in 1971. The video shown above was filmed in 1972 as part of the music documentary "Wattstax".
LYRICS: JODY'S GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE
(Songwriters: James Wilson, Kent Barker, Don Davis)
Every guy I know
Trying to get ahead
Working two jobs
Til you're almost dead
(You tell em)
Work your fingers
Right down to the bone
There's a cat named Jody
Sneaking around in your home
There's a cat named Jody
In every town
Spending lots of cash
And just riding around
Ride on, Jody
Ride on, ride on
With your bad self
Jody
The ashes in your ashtray
Footprints on your carpet
While you work all day
He even got the nerve
To sleep in your bed
Sit down at the table
Eat your bread
When you get home
After working hard all day
Jody's got your girl
And he don't play
I said
Ain't no sense in going home
Jody's got your girl and gone
(It ain't no sense in going home)
(You gotta get home but
You work too hard)
(It ain't no sense in going home)
(You gotta get home but
You work too hard)
Ain't no sense in going home
Jody's got your girl and gone)
I tell you, Jody's got
Your girl and gone
(Ain't no sense in going home)
When you discover
Your gross neglect
It'll be too late to
Give your woman respect
You'll hunt down Jody
Dead or alive
Ten thousand dollar reward
For Jody's hide
Ain't no sense in going home
Jody's got your girl and gone
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/johnnie_taylor/jodys_got_your_girl_and_gone.html
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Example #3: Bobby Newsome "Jody, Come Back And Get Your Shoes" [1972]
Uploaded by sirc73 on Oct 23, 2011
LYRICS*: JODY, COME BACK AND GET YOUR SHOES
(composer/s ??)
Everybody talkin bout Jody
Had himself a real good time.
He stole the wife of my next door neighbor
And the cat done lost his mind.
????
????
He’s gone down there walkin talkin to himself
with a 38 in his hand
Talkin about Jody
Come back and get your shoes, Jody.
You left your shoes under my bed.
I’m talkin bout Jody.
Come back and get your shoes, Jody.
You left your shoes under my bed.
????
????
gone for a month or so
Jody got everything that he wanted.
And he won’t be back no more.
????
????
Only thing less than life
Is my next door neighbor’s wife.
Talkin about Jody.
Come back and get your shoes, Jody.
You left your shoes under my bed.
Jody, Jody, Jody, Jody.
Jody, come back and get your shoes, Jody.
You left your shoes under my bed.
[instrumental]
Sound off
1,2
Sound off
3,4
Sound off
1,2
1,2
1,2,3,4
Well men let this be a lesson
In this world we live
You gotta keep your eye on everyone
‘Cause you never know who Jody is
Now Jody could be the milkman
And he could be the mailman too.
And Jody could even be your very best friend
Just makin a fool of you.
Now I’d ask you to come to see me
When the state ??
walkin around in a padded room
How did that happen [they know]?
Talkin bout Jody
Come back and get your shoes, Jody
Jody Jody Jody Jody
You left your shoes under my bed.
Jody, come back and get your shoes, Jody
You left your shoes under my bed.
Jody!
Keep your eye on your neighbor...
??? [song fades out]
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*This is a partial transcription made from the sound file. The question marks and the words in brackets followed by a question mark signify that I'm unsure about what words are being sung. Corrections and additions are very welcome. Identification of the composer is also very welcome.
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Here's some information about "Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes" and the preceding featured song "Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone" from http://stepfatherofsoul.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html:
"[Johnny] Taylor had the biggest hits of all the "Jody" songs with "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" and "Standing In for Jody." The former song made it all the way to #1 on the R&B charts in 1971, one of several chart toppers Stax Records would have that year (if I recall correctly, Rufus Thomas' "(Do The) Push and Pull" had been #1 the week before). Bobby Newsome's "Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes" was an answer record to the Taylor hit and features a stomping, stripped down funk groove and military-chant background vocals (a nod to "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone"). It's my favorite "Jody" record."
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RELATED LINKS
In the United States, another term for military cadences is "Jodies". Click http://cocojams.com/content/military-cadences-other-cadences to find the Military Cadences page of my Cocojams website for examples that mention "Jody". One example on that page is ‘Till I Get Back Home". An excerpt of that cadence is:
"Ain't no use in going back
Jody's got your Cadillac
Ain't no use in calling home
Jody's got your girl and gone
Ain't no use in feeling blue
Jody's got your sister too."
**
Also, Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/03/jodys-got-your-girl-and-gone-why.html for a pancocojams' post about military cadences (also known as "jodies").
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS
My thanks to the composers, singers, and musicians on these featured sound files and this video. Thanks also to the uploaders of these sound files and this video.
Thanks for visiting Pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
"3 6 9 The Goose Drank Wine" - The Clapping Rhyme (Lyrics, & Video Examples)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases videos and early examples of the English language children's rhyme "3 6 9 The Goose Drank Wine". This children's rhyme is also known as "Once Upon A Time The Goose Drank Wine". Recorded versions of this rhyme are known as "The Clapping Game".
The content of this post is presented for recreational, folkloric, educational, and aesthetic purposes.
All rights to this material remain with their owners.
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RHYME & SONG INFORMATION
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapping_Song:
"The Clapping Song" is an American song, written by Lincoln Chase, originally arranged by Charles Callello and recorded by Shirley Ellis in 1965. The song was released shortly after Ellis had released "The Name Game". The lyrics of "The Clapping Song" were borrowed from the song "Little Rubber Dolly", a 1930s song recorded by the Light Crust Doughboys, and also feature instructions for a clapping game. The song made it to #8 on the charts.
The song returned to the charts in 1982, when the Belle Stars' version charted at number 11 in the U.K. This version did not chart in the U.S."
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"The Clapping Game" lyrics also include a version of the American children's rhyme "Once Upon A Time" (The Goose Drank Wine)". Thhis rhyme is also known as "3 6 9 (The Goose Drank Wine)". Several early versions of that rhyme are given in the Rhyme Example section below.
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EARLY RHYME EXAMPLES
From http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5088 "Lyr Req: Once upon a time, the Goose drank wine..."
Example #1:
Our version is South Carolina was:
Once upon a time, a goose chewed wine
Billy goat a'settin' on the streetcar line
Streetcar broke, the monkey got choked
and they all went to heaven on a nanny goat."
-Guest,WadeHP; Date: 04 Nov 03 - 01:18 PM
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Example #2
My version is a little diffrerent. I grew up in the south in the 1930's and we sang it this way:
"Once upon a time, The goose drank wine,
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line.
The streetcar broke and the monkey choked,
And they all went to heaven on a dead billy goat."
Now, ain't that a hoot???
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Example #3
This is the "goose drank wine" rhyme as I remember it from my childhood in the 1950's. I don't recall any game or activity associated with it; we just recited it.
Once upon a time
the goose drank wine;
the hen pecked corn
off the streetcar line.
The streetcar broke
the monkey got choked
Steamboat! Steamboat!
Holler like a Nanny Goat!
Guest,Terry Mount; Date: 05 Apr 04 - 11:26 AM
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Example #4:
All of the above versions seem to be American.
For a possibly earlier English chant obviously related.(1950s Yorkshire)
Once upon a time when pigs ate/sh^t* lime
And monkeys chewed tobacco,
The little piggy run with his finger up his bum,
To see what was the matter.
I'm sure I've seen other British variants too.
Ah here we are.
Chambers Popular Rhymes of Scotland p57
Lang syne, when geese were swine,
And turkeys chewed tobacco,
And birds biggit their nests in auld men's beards
And mowdies del't potawtoes--
which kicks off a folk tale called The Wife and her Bush of Berries.
I have another half dozen versions from various parts of Britain.
-Steve Gardham; Date: 29 Jul 09 - 07:09 PM
Editor:
*The "s" word is fully spelled out in this post.
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Example #5
My mother-in-law, Marguerite LeMieux Marsh, taught me a version of this rhyme that she learned in Orono, Maine in the 1920s.
"Once upon a time when a goose drank wine,
and a monkey chewed tobacco on a streetcar line.
The streetcar broke. The monkey told a joke.
And they all went to heaven in a little tin boat."
This may have been one of the first rhymes she learned in English, as they spoke French at home, and her knowledge of English was rather scanty when she first went to school.
-Guest,Silvia Wilson; Date: 29 Jul 09 - 11:02 AM
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Example #6
Once upon a time the goose drank wine the monkey played the fiddle on the sweet potato vine..The vine broke the monkey choked they all went to heaven on a billy goat I learned that verse from my Gradmother (Louisiana)
-GUEST,Beckie In louisiana; Date: 14 Jan 10 - 04:51 PM
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Example #7
Same meter, similar verse from Hopalong Peter- might have been a ropeskip verse?
Old mother Hubbard and her dog were Dutch
A bow-legged rooster and he hobbled on a crutch
The hen chewed tobacco and the duck drank wine
The goose played the fiddle on the pumpkin vine
-iancarterb; Date: 15 Jan 10 - 10:35 PM
Click http://www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org/RmOlSngs/RTOS-Hopalong.html for information, lyrics, and a music score of the song "Hopalong Peter". The author of that post writes that "Hopalong Peter isn't very widely collected, and I suspect that means it isn't very old. There seem to have been two recordings on 78s..."
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SONG LYRICS: THE CLAPPING GAME
(Lincoln Chase)
Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine,
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line
The line broke, the monkey got choked,
They all went to heaven in a little row-boat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Slap
Clap-Pat: Clap your hand, pat it on your partner's hand (right hand)
Clap-Pat: Clap your hand, cross it with your left arm, pat your partner's left palm
Clap-Pat: Clap your hand, pat your partner's right palm with your right palm again
Clap-Slap: Clap your hands, slap your thighs, and sing a little song; go:
My mother told me
If I was good-ee
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My aunty told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly
Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine,
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line
The line broke, the monkey got choked,
They all went to heaven in a little row-boat
Clap-clap: Clap you hands and prepare to pat
Pat: Take your right arm pat your partner's right palm with your right palm
Clap: Take your hands back and clap
Pat: Take you right arm cross your right arm with your left arm pat your partner's left palm with your left palm.
Clap: Take your hands back and clap
Pat: Take your right arm cros your left arm and pat your partner's right palm with your right palm.
Clap: Now back, with a clap
Take the flats of your palms and slap your thighs and watch the fun materialize as you sing this little song:
My mother told me
If I was good-ee
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My aunty told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Slap
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Slap
From http://www.lyricsbay.com/the_clapping_song_lyrics-shirley_ellis.html
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The Belle Stars sung the same song lyrics as Shirley Ellis.
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FEATURED VIDEOS
Video #1: Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song
Uploaded on Aug 13, 2009
3 6 9 the goose drank wine ... you know the clap song
-snip-
The Clapping Song" was recorded by Shirley Ellis in 1965, shortly after she hit it big with a similar song, "The Name Game". Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKKHorRUHXM&feature=related for a video of that song.
"The Clapping Song" made it to the top ten on the charts.
This film clip is from the television show "Shivaree".
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Video #2: Belle Stars - The clapping song 1982
Uploaded by fritz5135 on Aug 30, 2010
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Video #3: 2012 Beetle High Five Volkswagen Commercial
Uploaded by openwheel6 on Sep 19, 2011
I did the driving for this commercial. I do not own the rights to this commercial.
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RELATED LINKS
A verse from UB 40's 1983 Reggae song "Red Red Wine" has very similar lyrics to the children's playground rhyme "Once Upon A Time [or "3-6-9"] The Goose Drank Wine":
"Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line"
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From Arbuthnot, Date: 15 Jan 10 - 01:10 AM on Mudcat link given above:
"Rizla is what the English call those cigarette papers - the manufacturers are a company called Riz, La Croix (translates as Rice and Cross), and they shortened the name to Riz La+ on the packets!"
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYQ1lkP1j_g for a video of "Red Red Wine".
Also click http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/babymama/redredwine.htm for the lyrics of that song.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the un-named composers of the children's rhyme "3 6 9 The Goose Drank Wine" ("Once Upon A Time The Goose Drank Wine"). Thanks also to the Lincoln Chase for his composition "The Clapping Song" and Shirley Ellis, and others for their performance of that song. My thanks also to the producers, videographers, video uploaders, and commenters who I have quoted in this post.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post showcases videos and early examples of the English language children's rhyme "3 6 9 The Goose Drank Wine". This children's rhyme is also known as "Once Upon A Time The Goose Drank Wine". Recorded versions of this rhyme are known as "The Clapping Game".
The content of this post is presented for recreational, folkloric, educational, and aesthetic purposes.
All rights to this material remain with their owners.
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RHYME & SONG INFORMATION
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapping_Song:
"The Clapping Song" is an American song, written by Lincoln Chase, originally arranged by Charles Callello and recorded by Shirley Ellis in 1965. The song was released shortly after Ellis had released "The Name Game". The lyrics of "The Clapping Song" were borrowed from the song "Little Rubber Dolly", a 1930s song recorded by the Light Crust Doughboys, and also feature instructions for a clapping game. The song made it to #8 on the charts.
The song returned to the charts in 1982, when the Belle Stars' version charted at number 11 in the U.K. This version did not chart in the U.S."
-snip-
"The Clapping Game" lyrics also include a version of the American children's rhyme "Once Upon A Time" (The Goose Drank Wine)". Thhis rhyme is also known as "3 6 9 (The Goose Drank Wine)". Several early versions of that rhyme are given in the Rhyme Example section below.
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EARLY RHYME EXAMPLES
From http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5088 "Lyr Req: Once upon a time, the Goose drank wine..."
Example #1:
Our version is South Carolina was:
Once upon a time, a goose chewed wine
Billy goat a'settin' on the streetcar line
Streetcar broke, the monkey got choked
and they all went to heaven on a nanny goat."
-Guest,WadeHP; Date: 04 Nov 03 - 01:18 PM
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Example #2
My version is a little diffrerent. I grew up in the south in the 1930's and we sang it this way:
"Once upon a time, The goose drank wine,
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line.
The streetcar broke and the monkey choked,
And they all went to heaven on a dead billy goat."
Now, ain't that a hoot???
****
Example #3
This is the "goose drank wine" rhyme as I remember it from my childhood in the 1950's. I don't recall any game or activity associated with it; we just recited it.
Once upon a time
the goose drank wine;
the hen pecked corn
off the streetcar line.
The streetcar broke
the monkey got choked
Steamboat! Steamboat!
Holler like a Nanny Goat!
Guest,Terry Mount; Date: 05 Apr 04 - 11:26 AM
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Example #4:
All of the above versions seem to be American.
For a possibly earlier English chant obviously related.(1950s Yorkshire)
Once upon a time when pigs ate/sh^t* lime
And monkeys chewed tobacco,
The little piggy run with his finger up his bum,
To see what was the matter.
I'm sure I've seen other British variants too.
Ah here we are.
Chambers Popular Rhymes of Scotland p57
Lang syne, when geese were swine,
And turkeys chewed tobacco,
And birds biggit their nests in auld men's beards
And mowdies del't potawtoes--
which kicks off a folk tale called The Wife and her Bush of Berries.
I have another half dozen versions from various parts of Britain.
-Steve Gardham; Date: 29 Jul 09 - 07:09 PM
Editor:
*The "s" word is fully spelled out in this post.
****
Example #5
My mother-in-law, Marguerite LeMieux Marsh, taught me a version of this rhyme that she learned in Orono, Maine in the 1920s.
"Once upon a time when a goose drank wine,
and a monkey chewed tobacco on a streetcar line.
The streetcar broke. The monkey told a joke.
And they all went to heaven in a little tin boat."
This may have been one of the first rhymes she learned in English, as they spoke French at home, and her knowledge of English was rather scanty when she first went to school.
-Guest,Silvia Wilson; Date: 29 Jul 09 - 11:02 AM
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Example #6
Once upon a time the goose drank wine the monkey played the fiddle on the sweet potato vine..The vine broke the monkey choked they all went to heaven on a billy goat I learned that verse from my Gradmother (Louisiana)
-GUEST,Beckie In louisiana; Date: 14 Jan 10 - 04:51 PM
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Example #7
Same meter, similar verse from Hopalong Peter- might have been a ropeskip verse?
Old mother Hubbard and her dog were Dutch
A bow-legged rooster and he hobbled on a crutch
The hen chewed tobacco and the duck drank wine
The goose played the fiddle on the pumpkin vine
-iancarterb; Date: 15 Jan 10 - 10:35 PM
Click http://www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org/RmOlSngs/RTOS-Hopalong.html for information, lyrics, and a music score of the song "Hopalong Peter". The author of that post writes that "Hopalong Peter isn't very widely collected, and I suspect that means it isn't very old. There seem to have been two recordings on 78s..."
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SONG LYRICS: THE CLAPPING GAME
(Lincoln Chase)
Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine,
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line
The line broke, the monkey got choked,
They all went to heaven in a little row-boat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Slap
Clap-Pat: Clap your hand, pat it on your partner's hand (right hand)
Clap-Pat: Clap your hand, cross it with your left arm, pat your partner's left palm
Clap-Pat: Clap your hand, pat your partner's right palm with your right palm again
Clap-Slap: Clap your hands, slap your thighs, and sing a little song; go:
My mother told me
If I was good-ee
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My aunty told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly
Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine,
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line
The line broke, the monkey got choked,
They all went to heaven in a little row-boat
Clap-clap: Clap you hands and prepare to pat
Pat: Take your right arm pat your partner's right palm with your right palm
Clap: Take your hands back and clap
Pat: Take you right arm cross your right arm with your left arm pat your partner's left palm with your left palm.
Clap: Take your hands back and clap
Pat: Take your right arm cros your left arm and pat your partner's right palm with your right palm.
Clap: Now back, with a clap
Take the flats of your palms and slap your thighs and watch the fun materialize as you sing this little song:
My mother told me
If I was good-ee
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My aunty told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Slap
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Pat
Clap-Slap
From http://www.lyricsbay.com/the_clapping_song_lyrics-shirley_ellis.html
-snip-
The Belle Stars sung the same song lyrics as Shirley Ellis.
***
FEATURED VIDEOS
Video #1: Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song
Uploaded on Aug 13, 2009
3 6 9 the goose drank wine ... you know the clap song
-snip-
The Clapping Song" was recorded by Shirley Ellis in 1965, shortly after she hit it big with a similar song, "The Name Game". Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKKHorRUHXM&feature=related for a video of that song.
"The Clapping Song" made it to the top ten on the charts.
This film clip is from the television show "Shivaree".
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Video #2: Belle Stars - The clapping song 1982
Uploaded by fritz5135 on Aug 30, 2010
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Video #3: 2012 Beetle High Five Volkswagen Commercial
Uploaded by openwheel6 on Sep 19, 2011
I did the driving for this commercial. I do not own the rights to this commercial.
****
RELATED LINKS
A verse from UB 40's 1983 Reggae song "Red Red Wine" has very similar lyrics to the children's playground rhyme "Once Upon A Time [or "3-6-9"] The Goose Drank Wine":
"Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line"
-snip-
From Arbuthnot, Date: 15 Jan 10 - 01:10 AM on Mudcat link given above:
"Rizla is what the English call those cigarette papers - the manufacturers are a company called Riz, La Croix (translates as Rice and Cross), and they shortened the name to Riz La+ on the packets!"
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYQ1lkP1j_g for a video of "Red Red Wine".
Also click http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/babymama/redredwine.htm for the lyrics of that song.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the un-named composers of the children's rhyme "3 6 9 The Goose Drank Wine" ("Once Upon A Time The Goose Drank Wine"). Thanks also to the Lincoln Chase for his composition "The Clapping Song" and Shirley Ellis, and others for their performance of that song. My thanks also to the producers, videographers, video uploaders, and commenters who I have quoted in this post.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
"Kneebone Bend" song (Lyrics & Videos)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post provides lyrics, comments, and two videos of renditions of the African American ring shout song "Kneebone Bend".
My thanks to the unknown composer/s of "Kneebone Bend". My thanks also to the McIntosh County Shouters, other Georgia Sea Island Singers for their important work of preserving this song & ring shout movements. Thanks also to other vocalists/musicians who perform this song, and thanks to the videographers and uploaders of these sound files and videos.
All rights remain with their owners.
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LYRICS: KNEEBONE BEND
[unknown composer/s; African American -Georgia Sea Islands, 19th century or earlier]
From http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/times/pure.cfm Spirituals as “Pure” / Spirituals as Derived from Mixed Sources
“Kneebone” Georgia Sea Island Songs, tr 2, 0:00 - 0:33 [sound file]
"And the next track, “Kneebone,” a trance-inducing ring shout led by Joe Armstrong, is similarly attractive because it is 'the oldest, the most African of the Sea Island songs.' "
Kneebone in the mornin’,
Ah-ah, kneebone,
Bend my kneebone to the ground,
O Lord, kneebone bend.
Kneebone, didn’t I tell you,
Ah, kneebone,
Kneebone, didn’t I tell you,
O Lord, kneebone bend.
Kneebone, didn’t I call you,
Ah-ah kneebone,
Kneebone, didn’t I call you,
O Lord, kneebone bend.
I call you in the mornin’,
Ah, kneebone,
Call you in the evenin’,
O Lord, kneebone bend.
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FEATURED VIDEOS
Video #1: McIntosh County Shouters w Kneebone Bend_NEW.avi
Uploaded by McIntoshCtyShouters on Feb 27, 2010
Venus McKiver displays her vocal talent in this wonderful version of Kneebone Bend while visiting a local school. Teaching school children about the Gullah Geechee is a top priority for this group. It is one way in which they can keep the heritage alive. By visiting schools andand they enjoy visiting schools. The McIntosh County Shouters are recording artists with Smithsonian Folkways Recording Studios.
For more information, go to www.mcintoshcountyshouters.com
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Video #2: Kneebone.wmv
Uploaded by stevesvideo on Feb 6, 2012
"Kneebone", often performed as a shouting spiritual and one of the oldest of the Sea Island songs. Singers would bend their knees to lower themselves toward the ground/earth (characteristically a traditional African gesture and choreography) as the song invokes the bones of the ancestors, calling them morning and evening. Field recorded by Alan Lomax and included in "Georgia Sea Island Songs." Present version adds Akonting music. For more videos go to www.duelingshoes.com
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Here's some information about the akonting musicial instrument from http://www.shlomomusic.com/banjoancestors_akonting.htm
"The Jola akonting (spelled ekonting in Senegal) and its siblings-- the Manjak bunchundo, Balanta kisinta and kusunde, Papel busunde and Bujogo ngopata -- are examples of the gourd-bodied variety of folk/artisan lutes that was once more prevalent in the region of West Africa which used to be referred to as The Rice Coast during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Whereas the perpetuation of the griot lutes has been fostered by their role as exclusive caste instruments, folk lutes have been constantly under the threat of obsolescence and extinction due to the inevitable erosion of their host musical traditions. In some instances, such as the Senegambian bania-- long considered to be a possible banjo ancestor -- they simply went the way of the dinosaurs. Often as not these lutes were superseded by other local instruments; the European guitar, introduced into the various regional vernacular musical cultures in the early 20th century; and, ironically enough, the banjo, which was imported into sub-Sahara Africa, starting in the 1920s, in the form of the 4-string tenor banjo and the 8-string banjo-mandolin, along with yet another American cultural export of African American origin, jazz."
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RELATED LINKS
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPU5517u8c&feature=related for a 57 minute Library of Congress video of the McIntosh County Shouters.
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Click http://www.jambalayah.com/node/1140 for this post on my Jambalayah website: "Videos Of Traditional Musical Instruments A-C". That is the first post of a three part series.
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This post provides lyrics, comments, and two videos of renditions of the African American ring shout song "Kneebone Bend".
My thanks to the unknown composer/s of "Kneebone Bend". My thanks also to the McIntosh County Shouters, other Georgia Sea Island Singers for their important work of preserving this song & ring shout movements. Thanks also to other vocalists/musicians who perform this song, and thanks to the videographers and uploaders of these sound files and videos.
All rights remain with their owners.
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LYRICS: KNEEBONE BEND
[unknown composer/s; African American -Georgia Sea Islands, 19th century or earlier]
From http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/times/pure.cfm Spirituals as “Pure” / Spirituals as Derived from Mixed Sources
“Kneebone” Georgia Sea Island Songs, tr 2, 0:00 - 0:33 [sound file]
"And the next track, “Kneebone,” a trance-inducing ring shout led by Joe Armstrong, is similarly attractive because it is 'the oldest, the most African of the Sea Island songs.' "
Kneebone in the mornin’,
Ah-ah, kneebone,
Bend my kneebone to the ground,
O Lord, kneebone bend.
Kneebone, didn’t I tell you,
Ah, kneebone,
Kneebone, didn’t I tell you,
O Lord, kneebone bend.
Kneebone, didn’t I call you,
Ah-ah kneebone,
Kneebone, didn’t I call you,
O Lord, kneebone bend.
I call you in the mornin’,
Ah, kneebone,
Call you in the evenin’,
O Lord, kneebone bend.
****
FEATURED VIDEOS
Video #1: McIntosh County Shouters w Kneebone Bend_NEW.avi
Uploaded by McIntoshCtyShouters on Feb 27, 2010
Venus McKiver displays her vocal talent in this wonderful version of Kneebone Bend while visiting a local school. Teaching school children about the Gullah Geechee is a top priority for this group. It is one way in which they can keep the heritage alive. By visiting schools andand they enjoy visiting schools. The McIntosh County Shouters are recording artists with Smithsonian Folkways Recording Studios.
For more information, go to www.mcintoshcountyshouters.com
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Video #2: Kneebone.wmv
Uploaded by stevesvideo on Feb 6, 2012
"Kneebone", often performed as a shouting spiritual and one of the oldest of the Sea Island songs. Singers would bend their knees to lower themselves toward the ground/earth (characteristically a traditional African gesture and choreography) as the song invokes the bones of the ancestors, calling them morning and evening. Field recorded by Alan Lomax and included in "Georgia Sea Island Songs." Present version adds Akonting music. For more videos go to www.duelingshoes.com
-snip-
Here's some information about the akonting musicial instrument from http://www.shlomomusic.com/banjoancestors_akonting.htm
"The Jola akonting (spelled ekonting in Senegal) and its siblings-- the Manjak bunchundo, Balanta kisinta and kusunde, Papel busunde and Bujogo ngopata -- are examples of the gourd-bodied variety of folk/artisan lutes that was once more prevalent in the region of West Africa which used to be referred to as The Rice Coast during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Whereas the perpetuation of the griot lutes has been fostered by their role as exclusive caste instruments, folk lutes have been constantly under the threat of obsolescence and extinction due to the inevitable erosion of their host musical traditions. In some instances, such as the Senegambian bania-- long considered to be a possible banjo ancestor -- they simply went the way of the dinosaurs. Often as not these lutes were superseded by other local instruments; the European guitar, introduced into the various regional vernacular musical cultures in the early 20th century; and, ironically enough, the banjo, which was imported into sub-Sahara Africa, starting in the 1920s, in the form of the 4-string tenor banjo and the 8-string banjo-mandolin, along with yet another American cultural export of African American origin, jazz."
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RELATED LINKS
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPU5517u8c&feature=related for a 57 minute Library of Congress video of the McIntosh County Shouters.
**
Click http://www.jambalayah.com/node/1140 for this post on my Jambalayah website: "Videos Of Traditional Musical Instruments A-C". That is the first post of a three part series.
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