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HAGGALEE THE MAGGALEE = AGALINA HAGALINA (see on A page)

HAPPY PLOWMAN -

HERRING'S HEAD

HOUND DOG SONG (not Elvis'!)

(A) HORSE NAMED BILL(aka Crazy Dixie)

 

         Q from Ellen H. I remember a song sung to us that went something
like this:

 

    Haggalee the Maggalee the Hootnot Whatnot Hoga Loga Boga was her name,

          she had two teeth in her mouth, one pointed north the other
pointed south. . . . . .

    The song went on to describe the girl. Can you help me get the whole
song? That would be awesome if you were able

    to get this to me. Thanks for any and all efforts to get me this song.

      

    A from Maria H.

    I know the words to the requested song entitled "Haggalee the Maggalee".
I remember the title being "Agalina Hagalina" with the same next phrase that
Ellen Holladay goes on to say, so it has to be the same song. I found your
web site when I was looking for Eddie K. Brown, which I learned around 30
years ago and have taught my girls those songs which they thoroughly enjoy.

 

    Agalina Hagalina Oka Poka Woka Doka Okka Dokka Wokka was her name

 

    She had seven hairs on the top of her head

    Three were alive and four were dead

 

    Agalina Hagalina Oka Poka Woka Doka Okka Dokka Wokka was her name

 

    She had two eyes in the middle of her head

    One was green and the other was red

 

    Agalina Hagalina Oka Poka Woka Doka Okka Dokka Wokka was her name

 

    She had two teeth in the middle of her mouth

    One pointed north and the other pointed south

 

    Agalina Hagalina Oka Poka Woka Doka Okka Dokka Wokka was her name

 

    She had two feet like a bathroom mat

    Nobody knew how they got like that

 

    Agalina Hagalina Oka Poka Woka Doka Okka Dokka Wokka was her name

 

    And then a truck hit Agalina

    And the driver had to buy a new machine!

 

    Agalina Hagalina Oka Poka Woka Doka Okka Dokka Wokka was her name

 

_HAPPY PLOWMAN_ - from Steve W.

 

Do you know the Happy Plowman? Not exactly a silly song for kids, but one
I'm quite fond of.

Here are the words. Someday, but not now, I'll be able to sing the melody
right into my computer and attach it to an e-mail.

 

The Happy Ploughman

 

 In a field near a wood

With a horse very good,

A poor young farmer

Smiled as he stood

Looking down at his plough,

In his heart was a glow,

And he sang as he ploughed the row.

 

 CHORUS 1: "Hey-ho my little buttercup
We'll dance until the sun comes up."
Thus he sang as he ploughed,
And he smiled as he sang
While the woods and welkin rang.

 

 In a home near the wood
Where the poor farmer stood
There dwelled his helpmate

Lovely and good.

As she cooked and she stirred
She was glad that she heard
And she echoed every word.

 

 CHORUS 2: "Hey-ho my little buttercup
We'll dance until the sun comes up."
Thus she sang as she stirred,
And she smiled as she sang
While the woods and welkin rang.

 

_Our thanks to you, Steve W_

 

HERRING'S HEAD Q. from John W.

Hi there,

Do you have the music for the Herring's Head song? Simple guitar chords will
do. I first found the song on a Singing Kettle tape that we bought when our
children were small (Singing Kettle are a children's entertainment group
from Scotland) but have never been able to find any music for it?

 

Regards

John W.

Ans.: the Herring’s Head song is one of 62 songs (with chords and simple
accompaniment) in our SILLY! Songbook. For ordering information,
.

 

 HOUND DOG SONG (not Elvis'!)

 

    Q. From JS: Happened across your website. Am searching for the lyrics to
a song my husband heard when he was in the service and also once on a
children's program (he thinks). All he can remember is "Everytime I go to
town, someone kicks my dog around. Makes no difference if he's a hound, they
gotta stop kicking my dog around". Any help would be appreciated. thanks

 

    A Here are the lyrics, and a bit of background from Alan Lomax' s Folk
Songs of North America, 1960:

    ["Some say The Hound Dog song originated before the (US) civil war. .
.(some) say it's a recently composed piece. . .The tune is the old fiddlers'
favourite, Sandy Land or Sally Anne."]

Ev'ry time I come to town
The boys keep kickin' my dawg aroun'
Makes no difference if he is a houn'
They gotta quit kickin' my dawg aroun'

Me an' Lem Briggs an' old Bill Brown
Took a load of corn to town
My old Jim dawg, ornery old cuss
He just naturally follored us.

As we drive past Johnson's store
A passel of yaps come out the door
Jim he scooted behind a box
With all them fellers a-throwin' rocks

They tied a can to old Jim's tail
An' run him past the county jail
That just naturally made us sore
Lem, he cussed, and Bill, he swore.

Me an' Lem Briggs an' old Bill Brown
Lost no time in a-gitten down
We wiped them fellers on the ground
For kickin' my old dawg, Jim, around.

Jim seen his duty there an' then
He lit into them gentlemen
He shore mussed up the courthouse square
With rags an' meat an' hide an' hair.

 

Repeat verse 1

[NB Years ago, our 3 children used to take great delight in roaring this son
out as we drove along on many a camping trip. It's still worth a chuckle whe
the Robbins family gets together!]

 

And From Raven F. HOUND DOG SONG : http://www.grandfolkies.com

Hi, I am trying to find a online recording of the song "Every time I go to
town, someone kicks my dog around" that’s on your website. I need to be able
to download it. We are having a memorial for a friend who died and that was
her most favorite song. Would you happen to know where I can find a recordin
of this song? Would you happen to know if it's located anywhere on the web,
where I can download it? Thank you! Raven

thanks!! raven

 

[Ed reply: I've searched extensively and the only one recording reference I'
come up with is a Bob Dylan one: Bob Dylan and The Band on "The Basement
Tapes", 1967. I can?t find any online recordings. However, try this address
http://www.lomaxarchive.com/index.html You will have to register (no cost)to
gain access, but there's a good chance that you'll find the song here. I kno
that it is in print in Lomax' book "Folksongs of North America." Sorry that
can't be of more help. Phyl R.]

 

Hi....thank you for this info!! Raven <;]

 

A HORSE NAMED BILL _(see also <_http://grandfolkies.com/ssmp.htm> [2]

From:   Steve W Dear Phyllis & Walter – We used to sing the song you call "A
Horse Named Bill," only we called it "Crazy Dixie." I tried to find the word
by Googling "Crazy Dixie," but I came up with all sorts of junk. Then I trie
Googling "a great sharpshootress," and wham, I found your lovely website. Wh
I wanted to tell you is that I know another verse to "A Horse . .

." that would probably come after your verse three. It goes: 

At shooting birds I am a brute
There is no bird I cannot shoot
In the eyes, in the ears,
In the teeth, in the finners. 

I also recall hearing that the words were composed by the famous American po
Carl Sandberg.

 

_Our reply: Thanks for your verse to "A Horse Named Bill." BTW, the Lomax ve
says_

_"fingers" instead of "finners." _

 

The "bible" of American folkmusic, "Folksongs of North America",by Alan Loma
(1969) credits Carl Sandburg's "American Songbag", p.140 (another wonderful
source of N.Amer. folk material). He (C.S.)includes, if you don't already kn
it:

 

I had a gal and her name was Daisy,
And when she sang the cat went crazy
With deliriums - St. Vituses -
And all kinds of cataleptics.

 Terrible(!)punning, eh [>:)?  

From:   Steve WDear Phyllis & Walter – Thanx for your reply and the Daisy ve
Now that you put it in front of me, I remember that one too.

 

 

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