Saturday 20 April 2013

It just popped into my head ...

... in the middle of the night.

Fah lah the dow a diddy
Bow wow wow.

The verse, the verse - how did it go?

There was a one-eyed miller and he had a one-eyed wife?

No, no, that's not right.

Fah lah the dow a diddy 
Bow wow wow.

Where's  my Community Song Book?

No, I can't find it.

Look it up on Google.

No, I can't find it.

It stayed in my head the next day and has just surfaced again now. Ahhgh!

Perhaps it was 'loved a one-eyed cook'.

Type it in Google.

Ah ha! Found it.

The Drummer and the Cook

Oh, there was a little drummer and he loved a one-eyed cook
He loved her oh, he loved her though she had a cock-eyed look
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow
And this couple went a courtin’ for to walk along the shore
Said the drummer to the cookie “You’re the girl that I adore “
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow
Said the drummer to the cookie “Will you name the wedding day? “
Said the cookie “We’ll be married in the merry month of May “
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow
Said the drummer to the cookie “Will you buy the wedding ring? “
Said the cookie “Now you’re talkin’ that would be the very thing “
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow
When they went to church to say I will the drummer got a shock
For her one eye killed the parson and the other stopped the clock
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow.


My mind can rest now!

Thank you for all your kind comments yesterday.
xx

8 comments:

  1. Never heard of that song before.

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  2. Oh my you do make me giggle! Now I am in the middle of a coughing fit and trying to explain why I am in such a state!

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  3. We used to sing that one in Primary School - along with "Oh soldier, soldier, won't you marry me?" and "As I was going to Strawberry Fair" [which also had a daft chorus] x

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    1. A-ha. Now was it in the Children's Oxford School Song Book?
      xx

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  4. Thanks for the quick response - see you on the 5th!

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  5. I've never heard this song before. I've learn lots of new songs since Eleanor started singing lessons though as she learns lots of folk songs, of which I don't know many.

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  6. I have never ever heard this song before!

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  7. Google is great isn't it! AMazing what you can find out!

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