Threetowners School music classes

[Meg]

We watched a dvd of the second Mary Poppins last night which made me want to revisit the original tonight. The original has reference to John Peel which made me immediately think of Miss Watters - John Peel was one of her repertoire - but I had to look up the words. Can’t seem to find the version we sung, but it was near enough - what a woman still being thought of 60 years later. I read you die twice, once when you pass away and the second time when your name is spoken for the last time. Fannie - you’re still with us.

Meg

[Penny Tray]

Fanny will never be dead as long as I'm alive. I had forgotten about "John Peel" but now you've got me singing it, with a vision of her thumping the piano, never quite the delicate touch -

"Do ye ken John Peel
with his coat so gay?
do ye ken John Peel
At the break of day?
Do ye ken John Peel
When he's far, far away
With his hounds and his horn
In the morning."

[John Donnelly]

Hi PT,

I wondered where you suddenly came across 'peels' in the words we used.

JD.

[Penny Tray]

Brilliant deduction JD, if only you were right .

I was actually preparing a future item for the 'THIS DAY IN HISTORY TOPIC' and reading a report of a bowls match in Ardrossan in 1898 which said that "peels were called at 12,15, 16 and 18."

[Meg]

Fanny will never be dead as long as I'm alive. I had forgotten about "John Peel" but now you've got me singing it, with a vision of her thumping the piano, never quite the delicate touch -

"Do ye ken John Peel
with his coat so gay?
do ye ken John Peel
At the break of day?
Do ye ken John Peel
When he's far, far away
With his hounds and his horn
In the morning."

“Do you ken John Peel
With his coat so GREY”

was one of the differences PT but from what I remember ....

“Yes, I ken John Peel and Ruby too
Ranter and Ringwood,
Bellman and True”

The song lyrics on line didn’t have the same wording.

Anyway - Fanny, you’re still around

Meg

[John Donnelly]

Brilliant deduction JD, if only you were right .

I was actually preparing a future item for the 'THIS DAY IN HISTORY TOPIC' and reading a report of a bowls match in Ardrossan in 1898 which said that "peels were called at 12,15, 16 and 18."

Funnily enough, 'peels' is a saying I don't remember using or having heard.
Was it perhaps more an Ardrossan thing? Any Stinsonites remember it?

JD.

[morag]

I don't remember using 'peel' We did use 'peeler/s for police and bobbies too, from Robert Peel. Only John Peel I remember was a disc jockey.

[Hughie]

As wee boys we had our own words to John Peel - but only in the playground.

Dae you ken john Peel
Aye, I ken him awful weel,
He used to play with me in Ardrossan fitba field
He scored a goal ...........
And that was a goal for the Rovers.

[Penny Tray]

That wasn't the only other version Hughie !