Old Time Ensemble (Wed) – Weeks 4 & 5
I almost forgot “The Song of the Doodle”
from the Georgia Yellow Hammers (circa 1928)
The Doodle Bug Song
The Georgia Yellow Hammers
When I was a kid this is what I did
To pass the time away
I’d look all around until I found
A doodle hole, then I’d say
Doodle doodle doodle. Hop, hop, hop
Doodle doodle doodle. Hop, hop, hop
Doodle it’ll jump up and look all around
Then doodle back into the ground
What a pleasure to me it was to see
That doodle coming out
I’d gaze down, as in that ground
It’d twist its head about
I don’t know why to that doodle I’d lie
But this is what I’d say
Your house is on fire and your children are crying
O, doodle, come up this way
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We have a crack researcher in our class who shared this information with me via another internet forum. The class should find this interesting.
Paul
“So, I just happened to be thinking about doodle bugs this morning and I’m pretty sure I got a lot more housework done before the days of Google, but anyway . . .
“I think we talked about pill bugs and train cars in class, but (thanks to Wikipedia) I’m thinking the song might refer to antlions. The lyrics talk about finding a “doodle hole” and the phrase “twist its head” shows up. Antlions are known for their “sand pit traps” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion) which seem like doodle holes to me and they have more of an obvious head than pill bugs.
“Somehow playing with doodle bugs seems like such a wonderful summer kid thing–kind of like I used to spend hours pounding “diamond stones” into powder with friends in my neighborhood.”