Once upon a time there was a farmer
named MacDonald and apparently he was old. So they called him "Old MacDonald" and somebody
composed an eponymous tune in his honor. A version of the
song is on a disc I keep in my car for my brilliant 6 year old granddaughter,
Izzy, and we listen to it ad nauseam.
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My first Google search told me that, “No one wrote Old MacDonald Had a Farm. It is a
traditional folk song from Ireland that has been edited!”
A second search revealed, “Old MacDonald Had a Farm was composed and edited by Mr. H.F. Walker
and his hit is published in a book that was called Ozark Folksongs in 1980. The
song is primarily a children's song and it is about a farmer who was called
MacDonald.”
I didn’t believe #2 because my daughters and I moo-mooed here and
quack-quacked there long before 1980.
I discovered various other versions which included lyrics like,
· Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho
· Old MacDougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o
· Up I was on father’s farm on a May-day morning
early
I contemplated selling Izzy the story that Old MacDonald was a
visionary who hated farm life and thought cows belonged on a plate next to his fried
potatoes. He believed everyone at some
time or another, would like to go grab a reasonably priced quick meal without having
to change into Sunday overalls. Maybe …
he could even throw in a little toy for the tots…
Izzy’s Bubba has a FLOG
As you all well know
And on that FLOG he writes some stuff
Disam-big-u-ous-ly so
As you all well know
And on that FLOG he writes some stuff
Disam-big-u-ous-ly so
With a Wiki-search here
And a Google-search there
All day long a search
From his perch
Praying to the Internet Church
And a Google-search there
All day long a search
From his perch
Praying to the Internet Church
But Old MacDonald’s mystery
May forever re-main so
May forever re-main so
One of my most favorite Flogs yet. I'd like to hang it in my home-e-o! XoLisa
ReplyDeleteI'll have it needlepointed on a pillow for you for Christmas! :)
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