Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: The Hut That's Upside Down (Aussie)
From:
Bob Bolton
Date: 06 Jul 03 - 03:22 AM
G'day again snuffy (G'day Charlie, too),
Since I have posted the two "Hat ..." versions of this song, I might as well include one that I've always thought was a further parody/reuse of the same song chassis: The Hut That's Upside Down. This has another tune/variant, in 6/8 and has strayed off to become a song about the cosy conditions among the shearers on a big sheep station (probably 'Big' Burrawang, judging by the reference to the "tramway" running around the 'board' - picking up the fleeces from >100 shearing pens). This was collected by John Meredith, in 1954.
The Hut That's Upside Down
Source: Mary & Joe Byrnes, Concord, Sydney (late of Orange, NSW)
My name is Bobby Ambelet, to Glasgow I belong,
I've just stepped in among you all to sing to you this song;
I've trav'led around the count-er-ee, to places of renown,
But now I'm anchored hard and fast to the hut that's upside down.
Chorus:
The cook, he danced the Highland Fling, the laddie plays the lute,
The little boy from Burroway, he plays upon the flute,
Scotty, he sings "The Mulberry Tree" and "All Dull Care is Flown",
We're as happy as larks, out in the park, in the hut that's upside down.
The shearing, it has now begun, the machines are doing well,
The little shears, they go "click - click", and the wool rolls off pell-mell.
The tramway runs around the board, the boys are flying round,
And the cook is lashing the brownie out, in the hut that's upside down.
At night we pass the hours away at euchre, nap and bluff,
Some will rhyme to kill the time, while others blow their stuff,
There was prime roast beef for dinner and the duff was served around ...
We're getting as fat as poisoned pups in the hut that's upside down.
Well, now my boys, I must away, I hope no one will frown,
But give three cheers for Willy the cook, in the hut that's upside down.
MIDI file: hut-t-ud.mid
Timebase: 240
TimeSig: 6/8 36 8
Tempo: 180 (333333 microsec/crotchet)
Start
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End
This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here
ABC format:
X:1
T:
M:6/8
Q:1/4=180
K:C
A6|c2cA2C|F2FF2A|c2AG2F|D5A|^A2AG2C|E2Gc2c|
d2cc2F|A5A|c2cA2C|F2FF2A|c2AG2F|D5A|^A2AG2C|
E2Gc2c/2c/2|d2c^A2E|F37/8||
Regards (and hoping I'm not repeating a post of 5 years ago!),
Bob Bolton
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