Английская Википедия:Farmyard Song
Шаблон:Short description The "Farmyard Song" (Шаблон:Roud) is a cumulative song about farm animals, originating in the British Isles and also known in North America.
It is known by various titles, such as:
Summary
In the first verse, the narrator tells of buying or having a cat, horse or other animal, feeding them under a tree, and the call the animal makes. Each subsequent verse introduces a new animal, then repeats the calls of the animals from previous verses.
Versions
There were several versions known in the Thames Valley in the early part of the 20th century.[4] A version collected in Bampton, Oxfordshire around 1916 began as follows:
Musicologists Loraine Wyman and Howard Brockway collected "The Barnyard Song" in Kentucky in 1916.[5]Шаблон:Rp[2] This version began,
Some American variants are not cumulative, but instead group all the animal calls together at the end of the song.[3]
Adaptations and recordings
- Aaron Copland included the song as "I Bought Me a Cat" in his 1950 song cycle, Old American Songs (part I).
- "I Went to Market", The Watersons, Green Fields (1981)
- "My Cock Crew", Con Greaney, Traditional Singer (1991)
- "Fiddle I Dee," Kidsongs' Very Silly Songs (1991)
- "Bought Me a Cat", Barney & Friends, on the episode "Down on Barney's Farm" (1992)[6]
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