let 'er go, let 'er go, god bless 'er!
by Hortensia 11 Replies latest jw friends
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rip van winkle
I was just waiting for a taxi and caught a cab instead!
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Hortensia
Which is believed to have come from this old British ballad. This isn't a good version, but you can hear the words clearly
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Hortensia
And of course -- a familiar American western version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4JiXtZ16KQ
The melody is like the British traditional song. Cab Calloway's St. James Infirmary has similar words, but the poor "rake" in his version is a woman. I think I like Cab Calloway's best, although I grew up singing Streets of Laredo along with lots of other western songs.
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GrreatTeacher
I once had to substitute teach a 5th grade music class and we sang The Streets of
Laredo. They really liked it, mostly because it was about dying which was cool to them and they did a grreat job of singing with vigor.
I really had to explain what "lay the sod o'er me" meant. They had no idea.
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Berengaria
Ohhhh one of my favorites!!! Cab is the bestest..... noooo maybe Louis
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Berengaria
And then there's this
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Hortensia
Great teacher - good story!
Minnie the Moocher -- always liked that one too
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cofty
Thanks for this.
Love Van-the-man Morrison, I saw him in concert in Edinburgh about 1980.