"There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres."
AUTHOR: Lord Byron
Information About Old MacDonald
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres."
AUTHOR: Lord Byron
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"The elements of music are in
"The elements of music are in
everything if we listen for them."
COMPOSER
COMPOSER
ANDERSON
OLD MACDONALD
HAD A FARM (1947)
Arnhems Interscholair Orkest
Leroy Anderson Centennial Festival Europe, June 2008
INFORMATION FROM:
The origins of "Old MacDonald" are unknown,
however there are many versions sung through-
out the world with a changing of lyrics but with
the same effect. It was sung in World War I with
a different farmers name and then written
down in a book that dates back to 1917.
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is a nursery rhyme
about a farmer and the events that take place on
his farm that houses a wide variety of animals and
livestock. The song is sung with each verse being
changed usually at random to a different
animal and respective animal noise.
The song has a repetitive feel to it, and the verses
are replaced from time to time with different animals
that the farmer has on the farm. The animal's
sounds are then added into the song.
There have been many versions recorded by
different artists over time, but the oldest
known recording of the song was
in 1925 by the Sam Patterson Trio.
NELLA VECCHIA FATTORIA (1949)
By: Quartetto Cetra
By: Quartetto Cetra
Numerous variants of this
sung dating back as far as the
early 18th century have been
recorded in England, and from
the 19th century in the U.S; one of
which was named "Old Missouri"
dated 1922 and was published
in Vance Randolph's
has a version of this
song on one of his albums
which a lot of people
Frank Sinatra, Vocalist
The origin of the modern form of the
song can be traced back to 1917
where in a book named
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A collection of World War I
Era Songs by F. T. Nettleingham |
there is a song called "Ohio
(Old MacDougal Had a Farm)."
The song has similar lyrics but uses a
different name for the farmer and may
have originated from an American folk song.
Old MacDougal Had a Farm
Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had some dogs in Ohio-i-o.
With a bow-wow here, and a bow-wow there,
Here a bow, there a wow, everywhere a bow-wow.
Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had some hens in Ohio-i-o,
With a cluck cluck here, and a cluck cluck there,
Here a cluck, there a cluck, everywhere a cluck, cluck.
Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had some ducks in Ohio-i-o.
With a quack quack here, and a quack quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack, quack.
Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had some cows in Ohio-i-o.
With a moo moo here, and a moo moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo.
Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had some pigs in Ohio-i-o.
With a grunt grunt here, and a grunt grunt there,
Here a grunt, there a grunt, everywhere a grunt grant.
Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had some cats in Ohio-i-o.
With a meow meow here, and a meow meow there,
Here a meow, there a meow, everywhere a meow meow.
Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had an ass in Ohio-i-o.
With a hee-haw here, and a hee-haw there,
Here a hee, there a haw, everywhere a hee-haw.
Meow-meow, grunt-grunt, moo-moo,
quack-quack, Cluck-cluck, bow-wow.
quack-quack, Cluck-cluck, bow-wow.
Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o.
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OLD MAC DONALD
CLASSICAL STYLE
American Traditional
Arranged by George Mitchell
Metal Version
OLD MACDONALD
JAZZ STYLE
Nat King Cole
Ella Fitzgerald
OLD MACDONALD
DISNEY STYLE
Old MacDonald
Had a Band (1956)
Had a Band (1956)
Old MacDonald
Duck Had a Farm
OLD MACDONALD
IN THE MOVIES
Our Gang (1935)
CLASSICAL MUSIC WAS USED
IN A CARTOON ABOUT
ANIMALS ON THE FARM
Disney's Silly Symphony
Farmyard Symphony
With a Short Introduction
by Walt Disney
by Walt Disney
