This is the mystery waltz I mentioned last post. I made my own half-practiced recording from the folio (Piano without a Master, 1851), then thought to (duh) look up the title. Buy a Broom is an a.k.a. for Did You Ever See a Lassie. We used the melody for a song in Boot Camp, but luckily I don't remember the lyrics.
Yes, when all else fails, look things up. Tonight's lesson from... cyberspace (echo: space... space....)
Lee
AKA "The More We Get Together"
ReplyDeleteWe used to sing this one as "Ach du lieber, Augustin".
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ReplyDeleteJust listened to that on YouTube. Must be a recent use of the melody.
Buster,
That's very possibly how I heard the melody--I took two years (or was it four) of German in high school. And my German-speaking skills, at this point, are limited to "Wie gehts."
Yes, that was probably my intro to the melody. The "Lassie" title barely registers in my memory banks.
I can't recall ever hearing the Lassie version.
ReplyDeleteI took Latin, Russian and French in school and was progressively worse as I proceeded. I used to get French music magazines and would give myself a headache trying to read them.
I guess it depends on what recent means. I heard it as a child and I'm 60.
ReplyDeleteBad guess on my part! Anyway, Wikipedia to the rescue:
ReplyDelete""The More We Get Together" is a traditional British folk song and popular children's song. Like "Did You Ever See a Lassie?", its tune was taken from a 1679 Viennese tune by Marx Augustin, "Oh du lieber Augustin".
I've heard the More We Get Together version, but not Lassie or the broom. Or Lassie with a broom.
ReplyDeleteThat Lassie is one smart dog!
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