Birds Upon the Tree, The - Revision history

Andyturner: changed MT records link

2009-03-25T13:45:05Z

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	== Version from [[Charlie Bridger]] ==		== Version from [[Charlie Bridger]] ==
	Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]], recorded by [[Mike Yates]] April 1984.<br/>		Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]], recorded by [[Mike Yates]] April 1984.<br/>
	available on [~~http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/birds.htm~~ The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]		available on [[MTCD333 The Birds Upon the Tree\|The Birds Upon the Tree]] (MTCD333)

	#Oh, I am a happy fellow; my name is Tommy Bell<br/>I don't care for your billiards nor game of bagatelle.<br/>A-rambling in the country; a country life for me,<br/>And listen to the little birds a-singing on the tree.<br/><br/>Chorus:<br/>Oh, the birds upon the trees, oh, the bird upon the tree.<br/>Oh what a pretty sight it is, the little ones to see.<br/>You talk about your music, the sweetest song to me,<br/>Is the warbling of the little birds a-singing on the tree.<br/><br/>		#Oh, I am a happy fellow; my name is Tommy Bell<br/>I don't care for your billiards nor game of bagatelle.<br/>A-rambling in the country; a country life for me,<br/>And listen to the little birds a-singing on the tree.<br/><br/>Chorus:<br/>Oh, the birds upon the trees, oh, the bird upon the tree.<br/>Oh what a pretty sight it is, the little ones to see.<br/>You talk about your music, the sweetest song to me,<br/>Is the warbling of the little birds a-singing on the tree.<br/><br/>

Andyturner at 14:07, 17 March 2009

2009-03-17T14:07:19Z

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	== Version from [[Charlie Bridger]] ==		== Version from [[Charlie Bridger]] ==
	Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]], recorded by [[Mike Yates]] April 1984.<br/>		Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]], recorded by [[Mike Yates]] April 1984.<br/>
	available on [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/birds.htm\|The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]		available on [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/birds.htm The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]

	#Oh, I am a happy fellow; my name is Tommy Bell<br/>I don't care for your billiards nor game of bagatelle.<br/>A-rambling in the country; a country life for me,<br/>And listen to the little birds a-singing on the tree.<br/><br/>Chorus:<br/>Oh, the birds upon the trees, oh, the bird upon the tree.<br/>Oh what a pretty sight it is, the little ones to see.<br/>You talk about your music, the sweetest song to me,<br/>Is the warbling of the little birds a-singing on the tree.<br/><br/>		#Oh, I am a happy fellow; my name is Tommy Bell<br/>I don't care for your billiards nor game of bagatelle.<br/>A-rambling in the country; a country life for me,<br/>And listen to the little birds a-singing on the tree.<br/><br/>Chorus:<br/>Oh, the birds upon the trees, oh, the bird upon the tree.<br/>Oh what a pretty sight it is, the little ones to see.<br/>You talk about your music, the sweetest song to me,<br/>Is the warbling of the little birds a-singing on the tree.<br/><br/>

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	"he was known for singing ''The Birds upon the trees'', that was all.He used to like a sing-song though, you know. Oh no, he was only known in Woodchurch really for his song ''The Birds upon the trees'', that's what they always used to associate him with, for his singing. My old grandfather used to say "Come on Nip"; he used to get his cornet out, my old grandfather; old Nip used to sing, and he used to play. In the pub, this was." <br/>		"he was known for singing ''The Birds upon the trees'', that was all.He used to like a sing-song though, you know. Oh no, he was only known in Woodchurch really for his song ''The Birds upon the trees'', that's what they always used to associate him with, for his singing. My old grandfather used to say "Come on Nip"; he used to get his cornet out, my old grandfather; old Nip used to sing, and he used to play. In the pub, this was." <br/>
	(Charlie Bridger, interviewed by Andy Turner 15/04/1983)		(Charlie Bridger, interviewed by Andy Turner 15/04/1983)

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Andyturner: Info and words from MT site / my personal notes

2007-03-22T13:40:20Z

Info and words from MT site / my personal notes

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'''The Birds Upon the Tree'''

[[Roud 1863]]

Written by the American W. C. Robey and first published in New York in 1882.
[[Percy Grainger]] noted a version of the song in 1905 from the great [[Lincolnshire]] singer [[Joseph Taylor]].
A version called [[The Birds]], from [[Tom Brodie]], of Rockliffe / Wreay, [[Cumberland]] can be heard on [[Pass the Jug Around]] ([[Reynard Records]] RR 002, reissued on [[Veteran Records|Veteran]] VT142CD).

== Version from [[Charlie Bridger]] ==
Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]], recorded by [[Mike Yates]] April 1984. 
available on [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/birds.htm|The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]

#Oh, I am a happy fellow; my name is Tommy Bell I don't care for your billiards nor game of bagatelle. A-rambling in the country; a country life for me, And listen to the little birds a-singing on the tree. Chorus: Oh, the birds upon the trees, oh, the bird upon the tree. Oh what a pretty sight it is, the little ones to see. You talk about your music, the sweetest song to me, Is the warbling of the little birds a-singing on the tree. 
#Oh, I often lose me temper; it puts me in a rage, To see a little dicky bird imprisoned in a cage. So I burst the bars asunder and set the prisoner free, And hear the song of liberty while singing on the tree. 
#Oh, there's little Maud the miller's maid who is to be me bride We often take a ramble through the meadows side by side. And when we settle down in life our cottage it shall be, Where we can hear the little birds a-singing on the tree.

Charlie learned the song from Nip Bailey, who worked as a hop-drier at Kenardington, Kent.

"he was known for singing ''The Birds upon the trees'', that was all.He used to like a sing-song though, you know. Oh no, he was only known in Woodchurch really for his song ''The Birds upon the trees'', that's what they always used to associate him with, for his singing. My old grandfather used to say "Come on Nip"; he used to get his cornet out, my old grandfather; old Nip used to sing, and he used to play. In the pub, this was." 
(Charlie Bridger, interviewed by Andy Turner 15/04/1983)