Comments on: Oats and Beans and Barley http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/  Jon Boden Mon, 20 May 2013 02:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Diana http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-19393 Diana Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:19:11 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-19393 Just as good the second time around. Also loved the bonus track - another jolly shanty and very nicely sung and played. Just as good the second time around. Also loved the bonus track – another jolly shanty and very nicely sung and played.

]]> By: Diana http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-19392 Diana Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:13:14 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-19392 Well this certainly came as a surprise. I really enjoyed the two-parter. Very jolly and gleeful. I don't know what I was expecting from the title but if wasn't this. Wonderful! Must hear it again. Well this certainly came as a surprise. I really enjoyed the two-parter. Very jolly and gleeful. I don’t know what I was expecting from the title but if wasn’t this. Wonderful! Must hear it again.

]]> By: viv http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-11746 viv Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:37:15 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-11746 Oats and Beans and Barley Grow is a favourite amongst children in Nursery and Infant School. I've always combined it with, 'I'm a dingle dangle scarecrow with a flippy floppy hat.' Love this version though. Oats and Beans and Barley Grow is a favourite amongst children in Nursery and Infant School. I’ve always combined it with, ‘I’m a dingle dangle scarecrow with a flippy floppy hat.’ Love this version though.

]]> By: muzza(s.e.England) http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-11693 muzza(s.e.England) Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:19:42 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-11693 Because of Jon's comment (18 above this one)..I have ,aprehensively, ventured into the world of RSS feeds. I now await the outcome of ticking the "Subscibe" box, with bated breath! Ps: I still live in S.E.England.....where do all you commenters live? Because of Jon’s comment (18 above this one)..I have ,aprehensively, ventured into the world of RSS feeds. I now await the outcome of ticking the “Subscibe” box, with bated breath!
Ps: I still live in S.E.England…..where do all you commenters live?

]]> By: Janet Russell http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 Janet Russell Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:19:27 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-4024 Because of my work with JigJaw - singing for dancing - my mind goes immediately to how a song could be used to danced to, and this version of Oats and Beans and Barley Grow just really has that feel to it, that if actions were done to it for children, then dance moves could be done to it for adults, and it's another one of those songs that people maybe don't quite remember the purpose of because it was sung for dancing, which we still don't do much of..... Because of my work with JigJaw – singing for dancing – my mind goes immediately to how a song could be used to danced to, and this version of Oats and Beans and Barley Grow just really has that feel to it, that if actions were done to it for children, then dance moves could be done to it for adults, and it’s another one of those songs that people maybe don’t quite remember the purpose of because it was sung for dancing, which we still don’t do much of…..

]]> By: Muzza http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-3984 Muzza Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:39:54 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-3984 Bloomin' 'eck.............you tune in for a couple of minutes to listen to a childrens' play song ........and then you start to read the comments......and then you go to the links.....and before you know it............ you are up to your knees in folklore and your brain is bursting! Bloomin’ ‘eck………….you tune in for a couple of minutes to listen to a childrens’ play song ……..and then you start to read the comments……and then you go to the links…..and before you know it………… you are up to your knees in folklore and your brain is bursting!

]]> By: John Bryson http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-3945 John Bryson Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:46:59 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-3945 Just back from a pleasant 3 nights in Bruges with Wife Jane and 84 years young Mother and catching up on the material since Thursday - Mother does have a large garage in Leicestershire so if spoken to nicely you can get your recording equipment in! Seriously (which is difficult for a 55 year old like me) coming on here and listening to Jon's splendid work, and reading all the material is educating me on the folk scene. I do amateur musical theatre but my singing teacher loves some of the folk material I bring to her. In closing I am spreading the word of Jon's folk sight to local clubs here in the Sawbridgeworth area - do keep up the great work Jon Just back from a pleasant 3 nights in Bruges with Wife Jane and 84 years young Mother and catching up on the material since Thursday – Mother does have a large garage in Leicestershire so if spoken to nicely you can get your recording equipment in!
Seriously (which is difficult for a 55 year old like me) coming on here and listening to Jon’s splendid work, and reading all the material is educating me on the folk scene. I do amateur musical theatre but my singing teacher loves some of the folk material I bring to her.
In closing I am spreading the word of Jon’s folk sight to local clubs here in the Sawbridgeworth area – do keep up the great work Jon

]]> By: Jane Ramsden http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-3943 Jane Ramsden Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:17:47 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-3943 I have just read the article on Alice Gomme, Irene. I had never heard of her before, but am most impressed. If she hadn't recorded such a wealth of information, surely it would mostly be lost in today's world? I didn't realise she was such pivotal figure in English folklore. Thnx. I have just read the article on Alice Gomme, Irene. I had never heard of her before, but am most impressed. If she hadn’t recorded such a wealth of information, surely it would mostly be lost in today’s world? I didn’t realise she was such pivotal figure in English folklore. Thnx.

]]> By: Jane Ramsden http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-3941 Jane Ramsden Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:46:10 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-3941 Irene, that is fantastic, thanks! Much easier to read than the link I found, especially in the early hours of the morning! And it has the music as well! I've added it to my Favourites. How do you know and retain so much? I am amazed by how much people know on here. Well, Phil will appreciate your links too. I am sure that must cover what he might find in Notes and Queries Vol 1 - not online! I did note in Vol 2 there was a bit about another choosing game, Sally Water, above the note about Oats & Beans, again covered in Alice Gomme's book. I have no recollection of Oats & Beans & Barley from my school days in Bradford, but a slightly younger friend of mine from the Lancs coast does. He thinks it featured on the children's programme Rainbow, which might account for why so many people remember it from childhood, but he says he learnt it at school as well. I am now used to not knowing most of the songs Jon sings, whereas most co-listeners seem to know nearly all of them, in one version or another! Thanks again. Irene, that is fantastic, thanks! Much easier to read than the link I found, especially in the early hours of the morning! And it has the music as well! I’ve added it to my Favourites. How do you know and retain so much? I am amazed by how much people know on here. Well, Phil will appreciate your links too. I am sure that must cover what he might find in Notes and Queries Vol 1 – not online! I did note in Vol 2 there was a bit about another choosing game, Sally Water, above the note about Oats & Beans, again covered in Alice Gomme’s book.
I have no recollection of Oats & Beans & Barley from my school days in Bradford, but a slightly younger friend of mine from the Lancs coast does. He thinks it featured on the children’s programme Rainbow, which might account for why so many people remember it from childhood, but he says he learnt it at school as well. I am now used to not knowing most of the songs Jon sings, whereas most co-listeners seem to know nearly all of them, in one version or another! Thanks again.

]]> By: Irene Shettle http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/09/16/oats-and-beans-and-barley/comment-page-1/#comment-3938 Irene Shettle Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:35:29 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=799#comment-3938 Alice Gomme's book is probably better read online than from that particular page Jane :-) If you drill back to the original page, you can access the actual book, which was printed in 1893. http://www.archive.org/stream/traditionalgames02gommuoft#page/n1/mode/2up Three different tunes are given for the song, the second of which is the Lincolnshire one. Interestingly, I note that Lucy Broadwood and Mrs Pocklington Colman are given as "authorities" in the frontispiece of the book - although neither of them are associated there with Oats and Beans. Lucy certainly had an interest in children's game songs, and street cries. Just out of interest, herewith an article on Alice Bertha Gomme by Georgina Boyes ... http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/gomme.htm Alice Gomme’s book is probably better read online than from that particular page Jane :-)
If you drill back to the original page, you can access the actual book, which was printed in 1893.
http://www.archive.org/stream/traditionalgames02gommuoft#page/n1/mode/2up

Three different tunes are given for the song, the second of which is the Lincolnshire one. Interestingly, I note that Lucy Broadwood and Mrs Pocklington Colman are given as “authorities” in the frontispiece of the book – although neither of them are associated there with Oats and Beans. Lucy certainly had an interest in children’s game songs, and street cries.

Just out of interest, herewith an article on Alice Bertha Gomme by Georgina Boyes …
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/gomme.htm

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