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I'm Walkin' On the Levee/Go Round and Round the Villiage/We've Got A Pig in the Parlor/Bear went Over The Mountain, The/Go In And Out The Window/Pig in the Parlor/Cave Love Has Gained the Day/ We're Marching Round the Levee/ We'll All Go Down To Rowsers/We Won’t Go Home Till Morning/ Molly Brooks
Traditional Old-Time Song and Breakdown
ARTIST: from the Florida Folk Singing Game; Collected by Louise Clarkk-Prynelle pub. in 1911.
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes.
DATE: Melody circa 1762;
lyrics "Bear Went" circa 1939 (Linscott);
Earliest Date for US version of Go in and Out the Window: 1911; certainly dates back to 1800s. English versions published 1898.
Pig in the Parlor- Collected by Ames 1887
RECORDING INFO Bear Went Over The Mountain:
A Bear Went Over the Mountain
Sm- For He's a Jolly Good Fellow; We Won't Go Home Till/Until Morning
Lorenz, Ellen J.(ed.) / Men's Get-Together Songs, Lorenz, Fol (1938), p122/#216
Glazer, Tom / Treasury of Songs for Children, Songs Music, Fol (1964/1981), p 30
Glazer, Tom. Let's Sing Fingerplays, CMS Records CMS 688, LP (1977), trk# A.03
Glazer, Tom. Glazer, Tom / Eye Winker, Tom Tinker, Chin Chopper. Fifty Musical Fin..., Doubleday/Zephyr Books, Bk (1973), p12
Hubbard, Frank Allen. Linscott, Eloise Hubbard (ed.) / Folk Songs of Old New England, Dover, Bk (1993/1939), p164 [1920-30s]
RECORDING INFO Go in And Out The Window:
Go In and Out the Window [Me II-A10]
Rt-Breaking Sticks ; Cave Love Has Gained the Day
At- Go Round and Round the Valley
Ford, Ira W. / Traditional Music in America, Folklore Associates, Bk (1965/1940), p260b
Newell, William Wells / Games and Songs of American Children, Dover, sof (1963/1909), p128/# 63 (Go Round and Round the Valley)
Newell, William Wells / Games and Songs of American Children, Dover, sof (1963/1909), p229/#163 (Walking on the Levy)
Glazer, Tom / Treasury of Songs for Children, Songs Music, Fol (1964/1981), p 98
Bernie and Red. Oh What a Beauty, Crawley --, LP (198?), trk# A.01f
Cantrell, Mrs. Wesley. Solomon, Jack & Olivia (eds.) / Sweet Bunch of Daisies, Colonial Press, Bk (1991), p140 [1939] (Marching Around the Levee)
Chase, Richard. Chase, Richard (ed.) / American Folk Tales and Songs, Dover, sof (1971/1956), p191 [1930-40's] (We're Marching 'Round/Around the Levee/Level)
Glazer, Tom. Let's Sing Fingerplays, CMS Records CMS 688, LP (1977), trk# B.06
Glazer, Tom. Glazer, Tom / Eye Winker, Tom Tinker, Chin Chopper. Fifty Musical Fin..., Doubleday/Zephyr Books, Bk (1973), p26
Gunning, Sarah Ogan. Land of Yahoe, Rounder 8041, CD (1996), trk# 3b
Hartley, Savannah. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume III, Humorous & Play-Party ..., Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p338/#538D [1941/10/23]
Hubbard, Frank Allen; Family (Children). Linscott, Eloise Hubbard (ed.) / Folk Songs of Old New England, Dover, Bk (1993/1939), p 9 [1920-30s]
Millsaps, Ramona. Skip to My Lou, Pine Breeze 004, LP (1977), trk# A.06 [1975]
Parker, Maggie Hammons. Hammons Family. A Study of a West Virginia Family's Traditions, Library of Congress AFS L65-L66, LP (1973), trk# 19 [1970/09/20] (We're Marching 'R
Short, Lillian. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume III, Humorous & Play-Party ..., Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p337/#538C [1941/09/11] (Round and Round the Lev
Unidentified Children. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume III, Humorous & Play-Party ..., Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p337/#538B [1921/12/20] (Round and Round
Wilbur, Marie. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume III, Humorous & Play-Party ..., Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p336/#538A [1921/12/20] (Round and Round the Lev
Wills, Jim and May. Rosenbaum, Art (ed.) / Folk Visions & Voices. Traditional Music & So...., Univ. of Georgia, Bk (1983), p 52 [1982/03/24] (We're Marching 'Round/Around t
Go In and Out the Window (tune) - Traditional/Chapman, Owen "Snake"
Chapman, Owen "Snake". Up in Chapman's Hollow, Rounder 0378, CD (1996), trk# 10
RECORDING INFO We're Marching Round The Levee:
Cantrell, Mrs. Wesley. Solomon, Jack & Olivia (eds.) / Sweet Bunch of Daisies, Colonial Press, Bk (1991), p140 [1939] (Marching Around the Levee)
Chase, Richard. Chase, Richard (ed.) / American Folk Tales and Songs, Dover, sof (1971/1956), p191 [1930-40's] (We're Marching 'Round/Around the Levee/Level)
RECORDING INFO Pig in the Parlor: And that Was Irish Too (Chubby Checker 1931)That Was Irish Too [Me II-A12]
Rt - Pig in the Parlor
At - And That Was Irish Too
Surber, Elsie. Morris, Alton C. / Folksongs of Florida, Univ. Florida, Bk (1950), p445/#239 [1934-39]
RECORDING INFO We'll All Go Down To Rowsers
We'll All Go Down to Rowsers
Rm - We Won't Go Home Till/Until Morning
Ford, Ira W. / Traditional Music in America, Folklore Associates, Bk (1965/1940), p247
Hammontree, Doney. Ozark Folksongs, Rounder 1108, CD (2001), trk# 16 [1941/12/12]
Harlan, E. R.. Pound, Louise (ed.) / American Ballads and Songs, Scribner, Sof (1972/1922), p237/#119 [1914]
Lane, Rose Wilder. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume III, Humorous & Play-Party ..., Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p319/#528B [1930/05/16]
Payne, Frank. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume III, Humorous & Play-Party ..., Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p319/#528D [1933/05/01]
Sharp, Clyde. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume III, Humorous & Play-Party ..., Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p318/#528A [1928/08/14]
Smithers, Rena. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume III, Humorous & Play-Party ..., Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p319/#528C [1934/04/17]
Breaking Sticks
Rt - Go In and Out the Window
Davenport, Bob. Postcards Home, Topic 12TS 318, LP (1977), trk# A.02e
WE WON'T GO HOME TILL MORNING. AKA and see "Malbrook," "Marlbrouk," "Marlbrough," "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." English, French, Irish; Air, Country and Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time) and Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Bacon, Raven, Sharp): ABA'B'A' (Karpeles): AA'BB (Merryweather). The tune probably originated in 18th century France. Kidson (1915) reports it was a favorite with the unfortunate Queen Marie Antoinette, who learned it from a peasent woman brought in to nurse her child. It was the vehicle for a morris dance (in two parts, linked with a phrase from "The Cuckoo's Nest") collected from the village of Bidford, Warwickshire, in England's Cotswolds. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pgs. 67 & 73. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 2. Merryweather (Merryweather’s Tunes for the English Bagpipes), 1989; pg. 48. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 27. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 3.
FLOATING LYRICS: "Cindy" "Jinny Go Round and Around," "Liza Jane,"
CLOSELY RELATED TO: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," "Marlbourouck"
OTHER NAMES: "We'll Dance a Jig for the Irish," “Bear went Over The Mountain," "Go In And Out The Window," "We're Marching 'Round the Levee," "Pig in the Parlor," "We Won't Go Home till Morning!" "Go Round and Round the Valley," "Cave Love Has Gained the Day" "Breaking Sticks" "We'll All Go Down To Rowsers"
MOLLY BROOKS. AKA and see "Marlbrouk," "Malbrou(c)k," "We Won't Go Home Until Morning." Old‑Time, Play‑party and Dance Tune. In Virginia it is sung as a play‑party tune beginning:
Moll Brooks, come out of the water,
Moll Brooks, come out of the water
Moll Brooks, come out of the water
Until you learn to swim.
MALBROU(C)K. AKA ‑ "Malbrook." AKA and see "Marlbrough," "Marlbrouk," "Molly Brooks," "We Won't Go Home Until Morning." French (originally), English; Jig. C Major. Standard. AABA. This is the tune for the well-known songs "We Won't Go Home Till Morning" or "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." The title honors John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, a famous military figure and intriguer during the reigns of three monarchs; James II, Willaim III and Queen Anne. It was first printed by Valleyre between 1762 and 1778, according to Fuld (1966), in a collection of French street songs, Chansons, Vaudevilles et Ariettes Choisis par Duchemin where it appears as "La Mort de M. de Marlb'roug." It was a favorite of Marie Antoinette, according to Kidson (1915) who learned it about 1781 from a peasant woman called in to nurse her first child; by 1783 it had become fashionable and a number of printings of "Marlbourouck," "Malbrouk," "Adir de Marlbourouck" and other variants occurred. Fuld also notes the melody "Calino Casturame," which appears in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, is quite similar. Several writers have speculated on earlier origins for the tune. A famous legend has it that it was learned during the crusades in Jerusalem and was brought back to France by a soldier; Fuld traces this unsubstantiated story to Chateaubriand. Other speculations posit an 18th century hunting song, an ancient Arabic or Spanish song, and an old song called the "Duke de Guise." The melody appears in a few music manuscript copybooks in America during the War of Independence (and post-) era, as for example in those of Captain George Bush (see below), John Hoff (a Pennsylvania flute manuscript, 1797-1799), John Curtiss (a Connecticut commonplace book c. 1800), and Henry Livingston, Jr., to name a few. Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery’s invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Montreal from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley, and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a poet and musician, and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly’s dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York. Source for notated version: the music manuscript of Captain George Bush (1753?-1797), a fiddler and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution [Keller]. Howe (Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon), 1843; pg. 30. Keller (Fiddle Tunes from the American Revolution), 1992; pg. 22.
SOURCES: Kuntz; Brown; Mudcat; Randolph;Linscott, pp. 164-165, "A Bear Went Over the Mountain" (1 text, 1 tune); Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 43, "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" (1 text, tune referenced)
NOTES: This melody has been very popular as the melody of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" etc. which was originally associated with the French "Malbrouk" song, the words of which appear in a collection of street songs, Chansons, Vaudevilles et Ariettes Choisis par Duchemin, published by Valleyre, on p. 10 under the title La Mort de M. de Marlb'roug; BN. The collection is not dated but is believed to be between 1762 and 1778. The song is also said to have been referred to in a play by Charles Simon Favart, Les Rêveries Renouvellées des Grecs performed and printed in 1779 in Paris, p. 26; however, there is an error in the citation, and the reference cannot be confirmed in the copy at BN.
"Commencing early in 1783, there was a rash of printing of the Malbrouk melody under that title or the title Marlbourouck, or other variation, apparently brought about when a nurse sang it to one of Marie Antoinette's infants as a lullaby about 1781. Mercure de France lists at least 10 printings by different publishers in 1783-1784, not all with words, the earliest of which in May 31, 1783, p. 240, is entitled Air de Marlbourouck, with nine variations for piano, published by Levasseur, Paris; no copy has been located. Other French editions were printed without name of publisher, and there were many early foreign printings. Various contemporary French and other editions are at BN, COP, BM and JF."--(James J. Fuld, The Book of World-Famous Music, 4th ed., Dover, 1995, p. 231)
Two old time country recording with the melody appeared: "And that Was Irish Too" (Chubby Checker 1931) AKA "Pig in the Parlor" and Kelly Harrell carzy titled "Cave Love has Gained the Day." It was supposed to be: "Cause (Ca'se) Love has Gained the Day. Harrell's song is a version of Go in and Out the Window.
Here's an article about Harrell's Version from The Celestial Monochord; Journal of the Institute for Astrophysics and the Hillbilly Blues June 2005:
[Many massive volumes could be written about the musician-recordist relationship, but my favorite stories about these worlds colliding in the 1920's are about the engineers misunderstanding the song titles.
In the 1920's, record companies took a keen interest in southern "folk" musicians — by that, I mean generally amateur musicians who couldn't read music and who learned mostly traditional songs from family members or neighbors. These musicians were typically poor, rural people.
Now, the guys who showed up to record them came from a very different set of worlds — urban, middle- or upper-class, well-educated, and often with rather high-brow musical tastes. Legend has it that they were sometimes appalled at the music they were recording, and mystified that these records often sold extremely well.
At a February 1929 recording session for Victor records, Kelly Harrell sang a song entitled 'Cuz Love Has Gained the Day, but his pronunciation sounds more like 'Caze Love Has Gained the Day.
The engineers recording him that day apparently misunderstood and rather underestimated Harrell, possibly reflecting their attitude toward this Virginia textile factory worker. Their paper work (as well as the label of the record that was actually released to the public) identifies the song as "Cave Love Has Gained the Day." Despite what Harrell actually sang, here are the lyrics that the Victor representatives thought they heard:
Go find your lover like I did
Go find your lover like I did
Go find your lover like I did
Cave love has gained the day
I'd give ten cents to kiss her
I'd give ten cents to kiss her
I'd give ten cents to kiss her
Cave love has gained the day] End of Article
Various sets of lyrics appeared to the other variants with this form and melody:
We Have a Pig in the Parlor
We have a pig in the parlor,
We have a pig in the parlor,
We have a pig in the parlor,
And he is Irish, too.
And he is Irish, too.
And he is Irish, too.
We're Marching Round the Levee
We're marching around the levee,
We're marching around the levee,
We're marching around the levee,
For the right shall gain today.
Go in and Out the Window
Go in and out the window
Go in and out the window
Go in and out the window
Since you have gained the day.
The Bear Went Over The Mountain
1. The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
To see what he could see.
To fit the exact "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" you'll need to repeat some line. The above songs could be and sometimes are sung that way.
To see what he could see
To see what he could see
The bear went over the mountain
To see what he could see.
This song melody and form have come a long way since the French "Marlbourouck" in 1762 spawning not only "A Bear Went Over the Mountain," and "Pig in the Parlor" but "Cave Love Has Gained the Day." Fact is truly stranger than fiction.
"We're Marching Down to Rauser's/Rowser's" also uses the "Pig in the Parlor" lyrics. GO IN AND OUT THE WINDOW. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. From the playing of the late Owen “Snake” Chapman.
GO IN AND OUT THE WINDOW- KANSAS HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Kansas Play-Party Songs; by Myra E. Hull; November, 1938 (Vol. 7, No. 4),
An immediate forerunner of the play-party game is "Go In and Out the Window," with its intricately weaving circle dance and its choosing of partners. The tune is the old favorite, "We're Marching Round the Levee," or "Walking on the Levy." Jean O. Heck gives the refrain as sung by Cincinnati school children, "For I'm engaged today! "17
The following is the traditional Kansas version:
1. Go in and out the window,
Go in and out the window,
Go in and out the window,
For we have gained the day.
2. Go forth and choose your lover, (etc.)
For we have gained the day.
3. I kneel because I love you, (etc.)
For we have gained the day.
4. I measure my love to show you, (etc.)
For we have gained the day.
76 In and Out the Window- Brown Collection
An old favorite for play-parties. For English texts see Lady Donnue's Traditional Songs 11 p. 122-43 and for its vogue in America tlu' McLendon finding list, S1""LQ A-iii 207; and add Virginia (FSV22S) and thc Ozarks (01*\S iii 313-14, 336-8). It is also known as "Marching: round the Levee' (for earlier "Marching: round the Valley'). It appears but once in our collection. Mrs. Steely found it in the Mhenezer community in Wake county.
"Marching round the Love-Ring.' Reported by Dr. Rrown as "played by grown girls and boys in Buncombe, Madison, and Haywood counties."
1. Go in and out the window,
Go in and out the window,
Go in and out the window,
Since you have gained the day.
Chorus: We're marching round the love-ring,
We're marching round the love-ring,
We're marching round the love-ring,
Since we have gained the day.
2. Step forth and face your lover,
Step forth and face your lover.
Step forth and face your lover,
Since you have gained the day.
3. I'll measure my love to show you,
I'll measure my love to show you,
I'll measure my love to show you,
Since you have gained the day.
4. I'll kneel because I love you,
I'll kneel because I love you,
I'll kneel because I love you.
Since you have gained the day.
5. One kiss before I leave you.
One kiss before I leave vou.
One kiss before I leave you,
Since you have gained the day.
Innocently or not, boys and girls acted out the courtship ritual of "We're Marching around the Levee":
We're marching around the levee,
We're marching around the levee,
We're marching around the levee,
For the right shall gain today.
Go in and out the window, Etc.
Go forth and choose your lover, Etc.
I measure my love to show you, Etc.
I kneel because I love you, Etc.
Goodbye, I hate to leave you, Etc.
Go in and out the Windows.
Go in and out the Windows 47 The play-party in Indiana; a collection of folk-songs and games, with descriptive introduction and correlating notes (1916)
1. : We're marching round the levy, : 3 times
For we have gained the day.
2. :Go in and out the window, : 3 times
For we have gained the day.
3. :Go forth and choose your lover, : 3 times
For we have gained the day.
The ballad of this name, printed in "Heart Songs," p. 66, is dissimilar to the
words and music given above.
4. :I kneel because I love you, : 3 times
For we have gained the day.
5. :I measure my love to show you, : 3 times
For we have gained the day.
6. :One kiss before I leave you, : 3 times
For we have gained the day.
b. 1. All join hands and circle left. One player leaves the ring and winds in and out under the clasped hands of the players. He aims to make a complete circuit by going under every arch of clasped hands (i. e. in and out every window) during the singing
of 2. At the same time those in the ring are circling left. At 3, they stand still while the one who has gone under the arches chooses a partner and stands facing her. At 4, he kneels before her. At 5, while still kneeling, he measures with his arms or his fingers the extent of his love. At 6, he kisses his chosen partner and takes the place at her left in the ring. The person whose place he has taken is the next to "go in and out the windows." The game may be repeated indefinitely.
c. This game is very widely known among the children, and is also a popular play-party game.
d. Variants are found in a number of books and magazine articles. Jour. Am. Folk-lore, vol. XXIV, pp. 306-7.
Jour. Am. Folk-lore for 1914, p. 250, The Game "Go in-dang-out de Window" was played by negroes many years ago. Mari Ruef Hofer. Children's Singing Games, p. 16.
Notes and Queries. XXVII, pp. 252-5. John Hornby. The Joyous Book of Singing Games, p. 39. Jour. Am. Folk-lore, vol. XXVI, p. 138.
20 The last three stanzas are often sung' by the boy alone. In that case the last
line of each stanza is "For I have gained the day."
Walking On the Levee NOTES: Walking Round the Levee is an Florida Folk Singing Game published in Negro Singing Games- 1911; Collected by Louise Clarkk-Prynelle. There are instructions on the dance-game included and it can be viewed on-line:
http://www.archive.org/stream/negrofolksinging00port#page/n35/mode/1up
The song is a version of Go in and Out the Window:
1. : We're marching round the levy, : 3 times
For we have gained the day.
Walking On the Levee
Florida Folk Singing Game published in Negro Singing Games- 1911
I'm walkin' on the levee,
I'm walkin' on the levee,
I'm walkin' on the levee,
For you have gained the day.
Run in and out the windows, (3X)
For you have gained the day.
Stand up and face your lover, (3x)
For you have gained the day.
I measure my love to show you,
For you have gained the day.
My heart and hand I'll give you,
For you have gained the day.
I kneel becasue I love you,
For you have gained the day.
It breaks my heart to leave you,
For you have gained the day.
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