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First Published<\/td>1893<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Felix McGlennon<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN23909<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Katie Lawrence<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
unidentified male, Scotland, 1960s-80s<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Down at the Farm-Yard Gate<\/strong>.\r\nCopyright, 1893, by Frank Tousey.\r\nWords and Music- by Felix McGlennon.\r\n\r\nJohnny Green once used to wait for his girl\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate,\r\nWith his whiskers trimmed and a nice little curl,\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate;\r\nHe would sit on the gate and he'd cry \"chuckoo!\r\nAin't you coming our, darling? do, love, do,\r\nFor my toes is cold and my nose is blue,\"\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate.\r\n\r\nOh, that farm-yard gate! <\/em>\nJohnny was there, early and late,\r\nWhistling and singing, \"Are you coming out, Kate?\"\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate.<\/em>\r\n\r\nShe would come out and they both would sing,\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate;\r\nAnd he then would talk like a silly thing,\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate.\r\nThey would sit there for hours and they'd whisper low,\r\nThen her dad would come out and he'd laugh, Ho! Ho!\r\nThen Johnny had to sit on the old man's toe,\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate. \r\n\r\nNow Kate's little brother once took some tar\r\nDown to the farm-yard gate.\r\nAnd he spread it all over the topmost bar,\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate.\r\nNow Johnny but there, and he said, \"My duck,\"\r\nAnd Kate sat there and she said, \"Chuck-chuck;\"\r\nAnd they had to sit there, for they both had stuck,\r\nDown on the farm-yard gate. \r\n\r\nThose lovers ne'er speak now as they pass by,\r\nDown to the farm-yard gate;\r\nIf you go there you'll find out the reason why,\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate.\r\nYou'll see a bustle if you're not blind,\r\nA portion of pants you will also find,\r\nIt's the part that he used to wear behind,\r\nDown at the farm-yard gate.<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Performed in the Halls by Katie Lawrence, a popular hit of 1895 written and composed by Felix McGlennon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Peter Hall collected it from the singing of an unknown Scottish traditional performer in the late 20th century …<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Katie Lawrence (1870-1913) was a popular singer and dancer in the Halls of the 1880s and 90s. Her most famous song was Daisy Bell <\/a><\/em>(better known as Daisy Daisy<\/em> or A bicycle made for two<\/em>). In her early years she was known as Jolly Katie Lawrence, she was one of a number of highly successful artists represented by agent George Ware<\/a>. She was a favourite of the artist Walter Sickert, though only one painting survives. Lawrence was not impressed by his work- when offered a life-sized painting she refused: “What? That thing? Not even to keep the draft from under the scullery door!<\/em>“. Her success was such that she toured America, Australia and America but she died in relative poverty in Birmingham in 1913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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