Monday 12 December 2016

Old MacDonald Had a Farm


Old MacDonald Had a Farm


"The Ohio Farmer" header may seem an odd picture to use at the top of a post about "Old MacDonald" - until you learn how this now famous nursery rhyme developed.

Arguably the earliest published version of this song was in "Tommy's Tunes" in 1917 - a book of songs by F. T. Nettleingham - with the following lyrics:

Old McDougal had a farm
In Ohio - i - o 
And on that farm he had some dogs
In Ohio - i - o

There are other similar songs (e.g. Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho") that probably merged to become the standard song we know today.

Our version of "Old MacDonald" 


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