"Barnacle Bill the Sailor" (Roud 4704) is an American drinking song adapted from "Bollocky Bill the Sailor", a traditional folk song originally titled "Abraham Brown".[1]. Says this very nice young lady,
Guess who is knocking on the door?
Said Ballochy Bill the sailor. The lyrics name several famous people, between friends and relatives of McCartney who, without a justified reason, knock on the door or ring the bell of his house.
(1931) „Who´s that knocking at my door?“ „Who´s that knocking at my door?“ „Who´s that knocking at my door?“ Cried the fair your maiden. Said the fair young maiden. "Strangle the bastard and throw him away,"
Lie, I'm the brave young lad Out of the wild I run I'm the forsaken child, Swept underneath your hood.
"To hell with your side, I can't fuck that,"
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Said Ballochy Bill the sailor. She's performed on the CMAs and on Oprah. [6] Among them is an undated transcript of Abraham Brown The Sailor, noted as being to the tune of My Heart and Lute.
Said Ballochy Bill the sailor; This version is credited to Anonymous and appears in Immortalia (1927). Ah! "And I've got a pin that will just fit in,"
Says Abraham Brown the Sailor Walter Newton Henry Harding (1883-1973) collected over 15,000 ballads from mostly 19th-century, with many 18th-century items. Who is that knocking at my door? When shall I have your pin again? "Never no more you dirty whore,"
[4] In the first Fleischer Popeye cartoon, Popeye the Sailor (1933), "Barnacle Bill" was used as the recurring theme for the Bluto character. Each verse opens with inquiries by the maiden and continues with Bill's response. Can you be married in one country but not another? Their frontman (Chris Cornell) started out as their drummer, so Soundgarden takes a linear approach when it comes to songwriting. Said Ballochy Bill the sailor. Dirty") also recorded the song. The first printed version of the song is in the public domain book Immortalia (1927).
I … "Never no more you dirty whore," Although versions differ in their content "Barnacle Bill" is structured as an exchange between Bill and a "fair young maiden." Said Ballochy Bill the sailor. Said Ballochy Bill the sailor. "Whenever shall I see you?"
This version was also recorded on May 21, 1930 by Bix Beiderbecke and Hoagy Carmichael with Carson Robison on vocals and released as a Victor 78, V-38139-A and 25371. "You may lie between my thighs,"
The tune has inspired a Fleischer Studios Betty Boop cartoon and two films, as well as the name of a rock on Mars.
GRRRR I am writing curriculum for the Ministry of Education of Ontario in conjonction with the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Ontario Canada. If I cannot, my lead writer will have to write out a copy of this folksong on her music program. The most famous song to prominently feature a French horn is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys. Thank you and I await your response. Who is it, &c. The earliest known recording is an expurgated adaptation by Carson Robison and Frank Luther in 1928. Who’s that knocking at the door? Says this very nice young lady, Oh! Beiderbecke cut loose on the tune with what is believed to be one of his finest cornet solos. "Open the door and let me in,"
Said the fair young maiden. Says this very nice young lady,
Reply.
In 1996 it was released on CD on the album "Bix Beiderbecke 1927–1930".
Pappy knowing at the door? [3] According to Philip R. Evans, Bix Beiderbecke's biographer, in the second chorus of this recording, violinist Joe Venuti can be heard singing "Barnacle Bill the Shit-head," either to express his attitude toward the record producer, or typical of his wacky sense of humor. For other uses, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Immortalia: An Anthology of American Ballads, Sailors' Songs, Cowboy Songs, College Songs, Parodies, Limericks, and other humorous verses and doggerel", Frank Luther - Barnacle Bill, The Sailor—No. "But what about the law, sir," Whose that knocking at my door, have I heard that knock before.
It's I myself and nobody else, Who’s that tapping at my window, who’s calling me to go. Said Ballochy Bill the sailor. Said the fair young maiden.
Guess who is knocking on the door?
"Then shove the inquest up your cunt," Says Abraham Brown &c. This article is about the folk song.
[5] It is published as lyrics only with no indication of key or meter. A later Fleischer Popeye cartoon, Beware of Barnacle Bill (1935), is a mock operetta based around a toned-down version of the song. You may sleep on my soft puncushion, Says Abraham Brown &c.(again)
Only if you're part of a gay couple. "Fuck your maw, and bugger your paw,"
Said the fair young maiden. "And what about my paw and maw?"
Said the fair young maiden. Said Ballochy Bill the sailor. Says Abraham Brown the Sailor
Lori's songs have been recorded by Faith Hill and Sara Evans.
The chorus has its origins in Arkells' early 2017 tour with Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls.
[7] It is presented below as originally typeset. Later versions feature the eponymous "Barnacle Bill", a fictional character loosely based on a 19th-century San Francisco sailor and Gold Rush miner named William Bernard. A look at the good (Diana Ross, Eminem), the bad (Madonna, Bob Dylan) and the peculiar (David Bowie, Michael Jackson) film debuts of superstar singers.
Required fields are marked *. "Whenever shall I see you?" Later versions feature the eponymous "Barnacle Bill", a fictional character loosely based on a 19th-century San Francisco sailor and Gold Rush miner named William Bernard.
"Kick the bleeders out on their ass," "Who is knocking at my door," Beth Thompson. "Margaritaville" is a state of mind, but it's most associated with Key West, Florida, where Jimmy Buffett moved when he was 24.
The initial inspiration for the song was born from the Women's Marches that sprang up around the world in the wake of Donald Trump's inauguration as US president. Says a very nice young lady. Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five (then known as The Elks Rendezvous Band) recorded a clean version in 1938.
Esten Spurrier, a friend of Beiderbecke, is quoted by Evans as saying that Beiderbecke told him he could not believe the record would be pressed and had felt that it had been done just for laughs. Said the fair young maiden. "Open the door and let me in," The first printed version of the song is in the public domain book Immortalia (1927). Who’s that tapping at the window?
"But what if there's an inquest?"
Guess who is knocking on the door? John Valby (also known as "Dr.
Says this very nice young lady, Said Ballochy Bill the sailor. I'll be d—d if I do, I shall want it
open the door and let him in, "What've you got between your thighs?"
It's in your — up to the rim, "Knocking at the Door" has subsequently become a pump-up jam for athletes and a sports anthem played in stadiums and arenas across the world.
"We know from experience it's hard to know what songs will resonate with people," Kerman said. Now I hear a knocking at my door It’s evil standing outside, there’s no place to run and hide It plucks my soul and presses me to the floor. She also has five kids. :0, Your email address will not be published. One of the first famous singers to come out as a lesbian, Janis wrote a song about it. If I cannot, my lead writer will have to write out a copy of this folksong on her music program.
Thanks for sharing your rhyme/song Holly!!
"But what if we have a baby?" In The Band song "The Weight," Nazareth ("Went down to Nazareth") refers to a town in Pennsylvania where the Martin Guitar company was located. There are several versions of the bawdy song in the Gordon "Inferno" Collection at the Library of Congress folklife archive. Is it evil trying to get into my room.