On May 11, 10:15 pm, Peter Feldmann <pet...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2008 09:45:23 -0700 (PDT), Lyle Lofgren
>
> <lylelofg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> Hi Lyle,
>
> Nothing is meaningless.
>
> A Knacker is the guy who bumps off the old cow with a rap on the head.
>
> Still done today, but they use a compressed airgun, viz "No Country
> For Old Men", Coen bros.
>
> -Peter
>
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There's a version of the song with a peppier beat (still in 6/8 time)
sung by Pete Seeger. The NLCR singer was his brother Mike.
Furthermore, there was another recording by their three sisters,
Barbara, Penny, & Peggy. The song is sung by a classroom of children
in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds while, unbeknown to them, the crows
are massing for another attack. Maybe the crows didn't like the song.
Bud
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