tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652194656444251598.post6221348369222143400..comments2020-08-24T07:05:49.879-06:00Comments on Seven Years to Make a Piper: Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16295550092014723271noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652194656444251598.post-11932664112924562842017-08-17T16:11:16.047-06:002017-08-17T16:11:16.047-06:00We sang it in a round in third grade, too! It'...We sang it in a round in third grade, too! It's amazing how many tunes I remember, just because they rhymed and we're set to a tune. Excellent teaching tools, poetry and music.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295550092014723271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652194656444251598.post-58117262295834312982017-08-17T14:49:45.925-06:002017-08-17T14:49:45.925-06:00Maybe it's obvious, but this song is a round. ...Maybe it's obvious, but this song is a round. That's how we sang it in my parochial school in 1967. (i.e. Voice 1 sings "High in the steeple hangs the bell" alone, then continues to the second line "Old Father Simon rings it well," but as Voice 1 begins that second line, Voice 2 sings the first line at the same time ("High in the steeple hangs the bell.) Because this is the first reference I've ever seen online for this song, I think that someone in the Catholic church was probably given the task of writing little songs to be sung in the Catholic schools, and in this case, probably borrowing (as you say) the tune from Cullen Bay. A catchy tune, especially sung in round!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197689699606323496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652194656444251598.post-74463919518649908032017-08-17T14:34:36.632-06:002017-08-17T14:34:36.632-06:00Thanks for the second verse, and I'm glad some...Thanks for the second verse, and I'm glad somebody else remembers it besides me.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295550092014723271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652194656444251598.post-65462912625006964412017-08-17T09:36:39.180-06:002017-08-17T09:36:39.180-06:00Second verse:
Old Father Simon's gray and wor...Second verse:<br /><br />Old Father Simon's gray and worn<br />Old Father Simon's gown is torn<br />Ding dong ding if he vanished away<br />Ding dong ding we would romp all the day<br />Clang overhead calls to bed Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197689699606323496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652194656444251598.post-48063905492865772382011-10-17T18:11:21.227-06:002011-10-17T18:11:21.227-06:00I looked all afternoon for that very same song, ex...I looked all afternoon for that very same song, except that I alreay knew it from fifth grade in the sixties. I sang it to my kids and grandkids and want to put it on a cd to sell at a craft fair, except I can't find any info about copyrights or public domain. Love that song and love that someone else remembers it!!Mary Francesnoreply@blogger.com