{"id":19887,"date":"2023-04-27T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T07:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=19887"},"modified":"2023-04-27T08:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T08:21:56","slug":"i-wouldnt-leave-my-little-wooden-hut-for-you","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/i-wouldnt-leave-my-little-wooden-hut-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I wouldn’t leave my little wooden hut for you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>I wouldn’t leave my little wooden hut<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1904<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Tom Mellor and Charles Collins<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN2542<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Daisy Dormer<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Marsden, Stanley; England: Yorkshire; 1971
Baron, Jim; England: Yorkshire; 1972<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This song uses discriminatory language and draws on stereotypes in a way that was commonplace at the time but no longer acceptable today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once on a cannibal isle there dwelt a dark-eyed maid\nLived all alone in her little log hut in the palm tree's shade\nAnd on the Island she reigned as queen\nOne day a stranger appeared on the scene\nSaid he, 'Don't waste your time\nOut in this awful clime\nBut come with me, my pretty southern maid\nTo my home across the sea'\nBut he went very red, when she turned up her nose and said,\n\nI wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you\nI've got one lover, and I don't want two\nWhat might happen there is no knowing\nIf he comes round, so you'd better be going\n'Cos I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you.<\/em>\n\nJust then some cannibals came in sight with swords and spears\nLonging for something for supper that night making ugly leers\nThat queen said, 'You'd better go\nThat chief in war-paint, you see, is my beau'\n'Oh, is that true?' he said\nAs towards the stream he fled\nAnd jumped into a boat that was floating there\nHe was soon clean out of sight\nHe won't return again, just to hear that girl explain.<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song originally performed by Daisy Dormer in 1905 (her brief biography appears below). It was Dormer’s first big hit though she had already been performing professionally for 10 years. She and others sang it in the pantomimes of the 05\/06 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The song has been collected twice from traditional singers in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daisy Dormer <\/strong>(1883-1947) started her performing career in the mid-1890s and continued to appear until the 1930s. In her early years her stage persona projected a childlike innocence and she performed under the name Dainty Daisy Dimple, changing her name to Daisy Dormer in 1901. Described as a clever comedian and talented dancer<\/em>, her biggest hits included Dancing beneath the Irish moon<\/em> and I wouldn’t leave my wooden hut for you<\/em>. In the latter part of her career she sang many American numbers including Ragtime Cowboy Joe<\/em> and Down Home in Tennessee<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A contemporary recording by Walter Miller:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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