On May 6, 10:29 am, "****chg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
> Knick Knack Partyhttp://www.jstor.org/pss/3087880
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> On May 4, 8:18=EF=BF=BDpm, Brad Sondahl <bradgarb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > In one of those droll songs the NLCR recorded, one of them says, after
a=
> > line like, "Our cow didn't give milk, so we had to sell him," anyway
he
> > says, "I thought this was a knick knack party."
> > So I wondered about the origins of knick Knack, particularly related
to
> > the kids song, This old Man, which I thought I'd do for the
preschoolers=
> > at the library where I've just secured a longtime gig called
children's
> > librarian at.
> > So is knick knack another term for "play party"
> > There is also of course the term used as fancy item, or bric-a-brac, I
> > think... =EF=BF=BDLeads one to sing, knick knack, bric-a-brac, ...
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> > To respond directly, don't forget to take out the "garbage"
Shoot! It says I'm not authorized to read the article. Won't somebody
please tell me what "Nick Nack Party" really means? Was it a
forerunner of a Tupperware party?
The NLCR learned "Nick Nack Song" from the Ridgel's Fountain Citians's
recording of the same name (Vo 5455, recorded 4/1930), and it's very
similar to the song Chubby Parker sang ("Nickety Nackety Now Now
Now") for Gennett on 2/26/1927. The title obviously comes from the
refrain line, "nickety nackety now now now," which I assume is
meaningless, in the tradition of such refrains. The Fountain Citians
commentary is mostly extraneous to the meaning of the song about an
eccentric spouse (although the Ramblers added the line about having to
sell the cow). What I wonder about is the reason for the reference to
"The Fatal Wedding," other than free-association during the song.
Whatever a Nick Nack Party is, it's better than a Fatal Wedding (to
find out about that song, see
http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/ballads/R766=
..html).
Since that song was already popular (recorded by Dalhart, after all),
maybe the Ridgels were planning on recording it, too, and were
plugging a record that was never made? That's conjecture, of course,
unless somebody has more accurate information, in which case it's
either a highly perceptive observation or else a stupid guess.
I think I'll go churn some butter in an old boot. See ya later.
Lyle
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