| Author | Topic: Add: Father Grumble | |
| dmcg | Posted - 30 Apr 03 - 01:40 pm | |
Father Grumble There was an old woman, there was an old man, Who never could agree; He said he could do more work in a day Than she could do in three. Now said the old woman unto the old man, "If this you will allow, Why, you shall stay at home today An' I'll go follow the plow. "But you must milk the teeny cow For fear she will go dry, An' you must feed the little pigs That lay within the sty. "An' you must watch the speckled hen For fear she'll go astray, An' you must wind the bobbin of yarn That I spun yesterday." The old woman she picked up the shares To go an' follow the plow; The old man he picked up the pail To milk the teeny cow. Tenny she winked an' Teeny she blinked An' Teeny curled up her nose, An' give the old man such a kick in the face That the blood streamed down to his toes. "Whoa, Teeny, haw, Teeny, My good little cow, stand still, An' if ever I try to milk you again It'll be against my will." He went to feed the little pigs That lay within the sty; The old sow run up against his legs An' knocked him ten foot high. He went ot watch the speckled hen For fear she'd go astray, An' forgot to wind the bobbin of yarn That his wife spun yesterday. He swore by the sun, he swore by the stars, An' the green leaves on the tree, That his wife could do more work in a day Than he could do in three! Source: Notes: Randoph wrote:
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| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 06 May 03 - 06:17 pm | |
Roud 281 Laws Q1 Reported quite widely in tradition in Britain and Ireland; but chiefly in the USA and Canada. Found in Scotland as John Grumlie, and as The Wife of Auchtermuchty, which first appears in the Bannatyne MS (1568) as The Wyf of Auchtirmuchty. This is sometimes attributed to Sir John Moffat. Bruce Olson quotes the text, as published by Allan Ramsay in The Evergreen, 1723, at Father Grumble's Ancestors Also quoted is Ballad of A Tyrannical Husband, from a MS of the time of Henry VII, Chetham Library, Manchester. At The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection: Father Grumble: Mrs. Olive Coberley, Weaubleau, Missouri, 1958. Father Grumble: Mrs. Norma Kisner, Springdale, Arkansas, 1960. Old Daddy Grumbling: Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas, 1969. At Voices from the Dust Bowl: Father Rumble: Bill Jackson, Arvin, 1941. Broadside editions at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads: The churlish farmer The churlish husband turn'd nurse John Grumlie The woman to the plow and the man to the hen-roost, or, A fine way to cure a cot-quean Although these all tell essentially the same story, they are not all related to versions found in tradition. Edited By Malcolm Douglas - 06/05/2003 19:49:11 | ||
| Abby Sale | Posted - 07 May 03 - 03:44 pm | |
And also as "Equinoxial and Phoebe" in the Richie family. A favorite of Jean's (_Saturday Night and Sunday, Too_). It became the great favorite of my wife's from about two days after we married in 1966. I can't think why, though. | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 10 May 03 - 12:49 am | |
At the Wolf Folklore Collection: OLD MAN WHO LIVED IN THE WOODS (FATHER GRUMBLE) (Sung by: Mrs. Alfred Overholzer; Recorded in Lewisburg, TN) | ||