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Date: 7/7/2005 7:07:00 PM
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Author:
sandra
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Subject:echo songs
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Can anyone help me find echo songs or the song I remember as a kid... I remember singing a song when I was younger about a goat. "old hogans goat" "who was feeling fine" "ate a red shirt" off the line!! but can't recall any other verses... My camp kids love echo songs and I need to find more.. thanks for your help..
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Date: 7/11/2005 1:45:00 PM
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Author:
dominique
(vtlafemme@yahoo.dom)
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Subject:old hogans goat.
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Old Hogan's Goat
There was a man. (There was a man.)
Now, please take note. (Now, please take note.)
There was a man (There was a man)
Who had a goat. (Who had a goat.)
He loved that goat. (He loved that goat.)
Indeed he did. (Indeed he did.)
He loved that goat (He loved that goat)
Just like a kid. (Just like a kid.)
One day that goat (One day that goat)
Was feeling fine, (Was feeling fine,)
Ate three red shirts (Ate three red shirts)
Right off the line. (Right off the line.)
His master came (His master came)
And beat his back (And beat his back)
And tied him to (And tied him to)
A railroad track. (A railroad track.)
The whistle blew. (The whistle blew.)
The train grew nigh. (The train grew nigh.)
The poor goat knew (The poor goat knew)
That he must die. (That he must die.)
He gave three shrieks (He gave three shrieks)
Of mortal pain, (Of mortal pain,)
Coughed up the shirts (Coughed up the shirts)
And flagged the train. (And flagged the train.)
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Date: 7/11/2005 1:47:00 PM
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Author:
dominique
(vtlafemme@yahoo.dom)
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Subject:a resource link for scouting songs
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Hi-
This is a great resource for all sorts of scouting songs
http://www.scoutscan.com/songs/a/index.html
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Date: 8/8/2005 11:53:00 AM
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Author:
Mike Barta
(Mike@iacc.com.tw)
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Subject:My billy goat
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As I recall it, but it has been many years....
My billy goat was feeling fine
Ate 3 red shirts right off the line
I took a stick and broke his back
Tied billy goat to the railroad track
The 5:15 was drawing nigh
My billy goat was doomed to die
Let out 3 shrieks of mortal pain
Coughed up those shirts and flagged the train.
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Date: 9/24/2006 7:07:00 PM
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Author:
Jason
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Subject:The song continues...
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I'm not sure about the rest of you, but the song we sang at camp doesn't end when he flags the train.
"He coughed up those shirts / And flagged the train! / But the engineer / was colour blind! / something something something I forget the rest... but it did continue!
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Date: 8/13/2007 7:36:00 PM
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Author:
aaron Weil
(aaronw@hilleljuc.org)
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Subject:There was a man, his name was work, (the goat song)
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Sounds like all of us had fathers who knew this song. As it turns out, my father knows it because his father sang it to him in the 1930's and 40's. I don't remember it all, but it went like this.
There was a man
His name was work
His wife bought him a colored shirt
(Forgot the middle but, it involved the goat getting in trouble and eating his purple shirt off the laundry line) Here is the ending...
Sing Au Revoir but, not goodbye.
That goat was much ... too young to die
He coughed and kicked
with might and mane
coughed up the shirt
and flagged down the train.
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Date: 9/25/2007 7:57:00 PM
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Author:
Vicki Fremont
(pandvf@juno.com)
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Subject:"Old Hogans Goat"
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The way I sang it is the following:
There was a man (there was a man), now please take note (now please take note), there was a man, (there was a man), who had a goat (who had a goat). He loved that goat (echo) indeed he did (echo) He loved that goat (E) just like a kid (e). One day that goat (e) felt frisk and fine (e) ate three red shirts (e) from off the line (e). The man he grabbed (e) him by the back (e) and tied him to (e) the railroad track (e). And as the train (e) pulled into sight (e) that goat grew pale (e) and GREEN with fright (e) he heaved a sigh (e) as if in pain (e) coughed up those shirts (e) and flagged the train (e)!
Hope this helps.
Vicki
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Date: 7/12/2005 4:20:00 AM
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Author:
sandra
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Subject:thank you soooooooooooo much...
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thank you soooooooooooo much
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Date: 8/19/2006 8:12:00 PM
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Author:
Rick
(sparty992000@yahoo.com)
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Subject:Version I remember
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There was a man / By the name of Billy Hogan / He had a goat / And that was all / One day his goat / Wasn't feeling fine / Ate 4 red shirts / right off the line / At first he cursed / and then he swore / Billy Hogan's goat / Could eat no more / he grabbed him by / his wooly wooly back / and tied him to / the railraod track / the whistle blew / and the train grew near / billy hogan's goat / was sure to die / the engineer / got out to see / what this strange sight / on the track could be / and when he saw / it was only a goat / he took out his knife / and cut his throat / when the goat got to heaven / st. peter said / hey you poor goat / where is your head / the goat replied / i cannot tell / because it went / to hell.
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Date: 1/19/2006 9:12:00 AM
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Author:
madamdre
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Subject:one day a goat
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One day a goat, was feeling fine. Ate 3 red shirts, right off the line. Jack took a stick, gave him a wack, and laid him on, the railroad track.
Sing adios, but not goodbye. The goat was down, but not to die. He gave a yell, as though in pain. Coughed up those shirts, and flagged the train.
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Date: 3/10/2006 8:07:00 AM
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Author:
sam
(nancy.lambert@sympatico.ca)
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Subject:goat song
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My father's version was about a goat belonging to a man called "Work". It goes something like this and I would like to know the rest...
There was a man
His name was Work
His wife bought him a coloured shirt
He bought a goat
To please the kids
And what do you think that goat did?
He ate that shirt right off the line
But Mr. Work caught him in time
He vowed he would that shirt get back
So he tied that goat to the railroad track.......
and the song goes on with the goat flagging down the train but I'm not sure of the lyrics.
can anyone help?
Nancy Retallack Lambert
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Date: 8/13/2006 9:55:00 AM
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Author:
Dana
(rowbrien@hotmail.com)
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Subject:Mr Work song
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That was my dad's version as well, or similar. The last line as I recall was something like...'Say au revoir au revoir,but not goodbye, that goat he was, too cute to die. That goat cried out, as if in pain, coughed up that shirt, and flagged the train."
Thanks for the rest of the lyrics..the others I had read didnt seem familiar, but yours were.
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Date: 4/22/2006 6:35:00 PM
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Author:
Concerned Mom
(barondes5@cox.net)
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Subject:Hogans Goat
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My father-in-law used to use the expression "He or(she) has more problems than Hogan's goat". This was 50 years ago. My husband told me that his father used that quotation ever since he was a child (he is now 68). Ilooked this web-site up to see iuf I could find the orgin for "More problems than Hogan's goat". I do remember the sig-a-long.
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Date: 7/16/2006 1:34:00 PM
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Author:
Susannah
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Subject:Echo song--Goat
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I have a fond memory of this song as it was sung by so many of us on the school bus back in the early 1970s. Our version was very different from the ones listed earlier on this site. It went like this...
There was a boy (echo)
By the name of Billy Joe (echo)
He had a goat (echo)
That he called his own (echo)
One day that goat (echo)
Wasn't feeling very fine (echo)
He ate ten shirts (echo)
Right off the line (echo)
Once Billy found out (echo)
What the goat had done (echo)
He said "Old goat" (echo)
"Your time has come" (echo)
So he took that goat (echo)
To the railroad tracks (echo)
And tied him there (echo)
So he couldn't come back (echo)
When the Choo-choo came (echo)
Choo choo choo choo! (echo)
Choo-ooo-choo! (echo)
Choo choo choo choo choo! (echo)
When the goat got to Heaven (echo)
St. Peter said (echo)
"O-Oh Goat" (echo)
"Where is your head?" (echo)
"Well," the goat replied (echo)
"I cannot tell" (echo)
"For all I know..." (echo)
"It went to Hell-o Folks! (We all knew then ending and shouted it together--We all thought it was a clever way to include one of those unspoken nasty words only parents used.)
I'm simply posting this to keep this oral tradition alive. I've never heard anyone outside my family sing it since. I have passed it along to my children.
Susannah
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Date: 7/30/2006 4:37:00 PM
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Author:
ASG
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Subject:Billy Goat echo song
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Date: 7/30/2006 4:48:00 PM
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Author:
ASG
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Subject:The Billy Goat Song
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Well Susannah, that song was sung in my came on Long Island in the 70s. My version is very similar:
There once was a goat (echo) by the name of Billy Goat (echo) This goat one day (echo) was feeing fine (echo) so he ate three shirts (echo) right off the line (echo) When the owner found out (e) what the goat had done(e) he said now goat (e) your time is done (e). So he took him down/to the railroad tracks/and tied him up/so he couldn't come back/Well the train pulled in/and the whistle blew/the poor goat said/my time is through/when the goat got to heaven/St. Peter said/Oh little goat/where is your head/Well said the goat/I cannot tell/for all I know/it went to hell!
Does anyone know the lyrics to another clapping song which goes something like this: "The spades go 2 hearts together, twilight forever, bring back my love to me. What is the me-e-eaing of all the bites on your neck they tell the st-o-o-ry, the story of love, from you, to me. When we get ma-a--rried we'll have some chi-i-ldren, maybe 1 or two-o-o-o or maybe more or maybe more." (this is a variation of one I just found that begins "The spade is 2 hearts in heaven.")
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Date: 8/24/2006 4:06:00 PM
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Author:
The Duke
(captcod42@aol.com)
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Subject:OLD Hogans Goat
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Old Hogan's Goat was feeling fine. He ate a red shirt right off the line. The farmer took a stick and broke his back and tied him toooo the raillllll road track. A speeding train was passing by. Old Hogan's Goat was sure to die. With a shriek and a howl and a cry of pain he coughed up the red shirt and flagggged the train.
August 9, 1905 Isreal Melochovitsky
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Date: 9/19/2006 12:28:00 AM
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Author:
Caperon
(lilacbay@gmail.com)
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Subject:Goat / Railroad song
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I am 50ish, my dad 84 and his dad taught my dad, as a kid, this song;
I never knew the title --- but it is close to this. it is interesting to see how 'modified' this railroad song has become. The interesting fact is that (in olden times, ha!) a train would stop for three red 'flags' meaning trouble...
here is at least 70-73yrs old version (now is 2006); we have sung this for 5 generations now:
There was a man named Adam Lye (unknown how to spell)
hung three red shirts upon a line
He had a goat, a billy goat
tied to the post in his back yard
Now, that goat got loose 'bout half past nine
and ate those shirts right off the line
He took him to the railroad track
and tied him down 'pon his back
The fast express came - 'round the bend
I guess that you - could guess the end
Sing any old thing - but don't say good-bye
for that good ole goat - was to wise to die
He had a scheme - up in his brain
coughed up those shirts - and flagged the train.
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Date: 9/5/2006 9:09:00 AM
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Author:
James
(jhogan@ardmore.net)
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Subject:Im only telling you what my uncle told me
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Does anyone know the title and all the verses to this song?This is one verse, I do know of a few others but would like to get the entire song. " My uncle was shaving-yes he was- the razor slipped- and cut off his nose- the doctor sowed it on he sowed it upside down- every time it rains my uncle nearly drowns -if you don't believe it -don't blame me- I'm only telling you what my uncle told me
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Date: 4/30/2007 5:24:00 PM
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Author:
Elizabeth
(sweetinnocence@tbaytel.net)
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Subject:Im only telling you what my uncle told me
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I'm also looking for anyone who might have this song. I've searched everywhere for it. If someone can help me or at least tell me what the title of it is, it would be greatly appreciated. :)
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Date: 9/19/2006 10:28:00 AM
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Author:
Beverly Sharpe
(madamopal@aol.com)
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Subject:My version of the goat song from camp in early 1960s
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Honest to goodness I was taught this song at camp in the Catskills back in the early 1960's. 1962 I think for sure. Was this a song for a 10 year old back then?
There was a man (there was a man)
Names Nathan Stone (named Nathan Stone)
He had a goat (He had a goat)
That he called his own (that he called his own)
One day this goat (one day this goat)
Got to feeling fine (got to feeling fine)
Ate 6 red shirts (ate 6 red shirts)
Right off the line (right off the line)
When Nathan saw (when Nathan saw)
What the goat had done (what the goat had done)
he said now goat (He said now goat)
Your time has come (your time has come)
so he took him down (so he took him down)
to the railroad tracks (to the railroad tracks)
and tied him there (and tied him there)
so he'd never come back (so he'd never come back)
now the train came along (now the train came along)
and the whistle blew (and the whistle blew)
that poor old goat (that poor old goat)
knew his time was through (knew his time was through)
then the engineer stopped (then the engineer stopped)
got out to see (got out to see)
what this strange site (what this strange site)
on the tracks could be (on the tracks could be)
and when he saw (and when he saw)
it was a goat (it was a goat)
he took out his knife (he took out his knife)
and slit his throat (and slit his throat)
now the poor old goat (now the poor old goat)
was surely dead (was surely dead)
he went to heaven (he went to heaven)
without a head (wihtout a head)
when he got there (when he got there)
St. Peter said (St. Peter said)
My poor old goat (my poor old goat)
where is your head? (where is your head?)
and the goat replied (and the goat replied)
I cannot tell (I cannot tell)
for all I know (for all I know)
It went to da de da de da de da de da de da de upmp!
(It went to da de da de da de da de da de da de upmp!)
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Date: 9/19/2006 1:50:00 PM
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Author:
Donna
(donna.bacon@dcaa.mil)
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Subject:Old Hogans goat
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I remember it from a camp in Medford Lakes, NJ. It went:
Old Hogan's goat - was feeling fine
ate three red shirts - right off the line
Repeat
I ain't gonna feed that goat no more
Chorus
Ain't gonna feed that goat no more
Ain't gonna feed that goat no more
Ain't gonna feed that goat no more
His master Jack - gave him a whack
and tied him to - the railroad track
repeat then Chorus
The whistle blew - the train drew nigh
old Hogan's goat - was doomed to die
Repeat then Chorus
He gave three groans of mortal pain
coughed up those shirts and flagged the train
Repeat and Chorus
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Date: 11/21/2006 11:33:00 PM
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Author:
Kevin
(KevinsAlias@aol.com)
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Subject:Bill Grogans Goat
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I grew up in Western Pennsylvania and as a child in the '60's learned the song from my father who sang it to/with me whenever we traveled. In the version I learned, the goat's owner was a gentleman named Bill Grogan and it went like this (I shall not bother with the repetition, you know it's there).
There was a man,
now please take note,
there was a man
who had a goat.
He loved that goat,
oh, yes he did,
he loved that goat
just like a kid!
One day that goat
while feeling fine
ate three red shirts
from off the line.
When Bill found out
what he had done
He said "Old goat,
your time has come!"
He took a stick,
gave him a whack,
then tied him to
the railroad tracks.
The whistle blew,
The train grew nigh!
Bill Grogan's goat
Was doomed to die!
He gave three groans
of mortal pain,
coughed up the shirts
and flagged the train!
Now, that much I can remember and/or reconstruct from all of your memories. The verses concerning the goat dying anyway and going to meet Saint Peter are vaguely familiar (I think that I, too, took secret pleasure from using the word "hell"), but sometime early on my father must have dropped those verses as inappropriate and allowed them to slip from memory. Probably my mother had a part in that...
We never sang a chorus to the song.
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Date: 12/2/2006 9:21:00 PM
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Author:
Linda
(lh@lindahiller.net)
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Subject:We must have gone to the same camp, same...
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We must have gone to the same camp, same time. My sister also went....knows all he words!
There was also a song about you can't get o heaven by the end of you kite.
Wasit Camp Walkill? or Camp Vanderbilt?
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Date: 5/13/2007 6:22:00 PM
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Author:
Rusty
(elindbjerg@shaw.ca)
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Subject:SONG FROM CHILDHOOD
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I seem to recall this song as being sung by Rolph Harris, (as a part of a round, or a counterpoint to another song) but I can't find it anywhere. It goes like this;
I like to waltz, I have my faults, I have three legs but I;m in good health, Waltzing is neat, when you;ve got three feet, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two three.
Does anyone remember this song? It is such a good tool for teaching 3/4 time.
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Date: 5/16/2007 10:31:00 PM
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Author:
curtis
(tchalla27@hotmail.com)
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Subject:old hogans goat
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I was looking up the missing words from the version i once knew as a child. What i remember was something like:
There was a man, by the name of bill hogan. He had a goat, and that's not all. One day that goat, was feeling fine, he ate a shirt, right off the line. Bill took a stick and beat his back. He tied that goat, to a railroad track.
Then it went on about how the goat threw up that shirt and to flag that train, but it was too late, he tried in vain.
So the goat went to heaven, and the good lord said," old hogan's goat, Where is your head?'
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Date: 5/19/2007 8:29:00 PM
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Author:
maryjane
(chev-seven@hotmail.com)
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Subject:song from childhood
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I think the song you are refering to is "Jake the Peg" by Rolf Harris. It's a very old australian tune. It starts off "i'm Jake the Peg, diddle diddle dum, with me extra leg, diddle diddle dum..." I can recall Rolf Harris performing it dressed in an old trenchcoat with that extra leg and he does do a dance as a part of it. Unfortunately i'm not sure where to get it but i would imagine it would be on cds with classic aussie tunes.
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