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289:). This version drops several of the repeated lines found in the 1785 version and the transcription uses more archaic spelling and the first lines read "A franklyn's dogge" rather than "The farmer's dog." A version similar to the Ingoldsby one (with some spelling variations) was also noted from 1888.
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In praise of ale: or, Songs, ballads, epigrams, & anecdotes relating to beer, malt, and hops; with some curious particulars concerning ale-wives and brewers, drinking-clubs and customs
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The
Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland: With Tunes, Singing-rhymes, and Methods of Playing According to the Variants Extant and Recorded in Different Parts of the Kingdom
444:", in a vision Homer had about his family being hell-ish and another family, who sang the song, being heavenly. The song is also played during the closing credits of this episode.
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An early transcription of the song (without a title) dates from the 1785 songbook "The
Humming Bird," and reads: This is how most people know the traditional children's song:
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The earliest reference to any form of the song is from the title of a piece of sheet music published in 1780, which attributed the song to
William Swords, an actor at the
188:, it is nearly always sung with the lyrics as stated. The identity of Bingo is formally ambiguous, and it is occasionally suggested that it is the name of the farmer.
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The
Humming Bird: Or, a Compleat Collection of the Most Esteemed Songs. Containing Above Fourteen Hundred of the Most Celebrated English, Scotch, and Irish Songs
340:. All of these versions were associated with children's games, the rules differing by locality. Early versions of "Bingo" were also noted as adult
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and his pet dog Tango. In this version of the song, "farmer" was replaced with "monster" and "Bingo" was replaced with "Tango."
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and folksong about a farmer’s dog. Additional verses are sung by omitting the first letter sung in the previous verse and
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This stanza is placed before or substituted for the stanza starting with "And is this not a sweet little song?"
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of London. Early versions of the song were variously titled "The Farmer's Dog Leapt o'er the
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episode "Bingo Bill", Bill the
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Versions that are variations on the early version of "Bingo" have been recorded in
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Highfill, Philip H., Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, "Swords, William", in
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recorded eight forms in 1894. Highly-differing versions were recorded in
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Variations on the lyrics refer to the dog variously as belonging to a
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Though the first line is ungrammatical in standard
English, using an
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animated video (in the "Furry
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uses the tune for its theme song while using Lazlo's name.
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A similar transcription exists from 1840, as part of
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The contemporary version generally goes as follows:
659:Barham, Richard (1840). "A Lay Of St. Gengulphus".
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216:The farmer's dog leapt over the stile,
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469:There is another dog character named
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406:14 Numbers, Letters, and Animal Songs
360:The farmer loved a pretty young lass,
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258:And is this not a sweet little song?
254:And is this not a sweet little song?
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239:the farmer loved a cup of good ale,
235:The farmer loved a cup of good ale,
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251:He called it rare good stingo
169:There was a farmer had a dog,
164:(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-O
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243:S—T with an I — I with an N,
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171:And Bingo was his name-o.
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790:A brief history of Bingo
699:Marchant, W. T. (1888).
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89:Roud Folk Song Index
61:Bingo Was His Name-O
847:Songs about farmers
763:. 7 December 2010.
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412:In popular culture
302:Alice Bertha Gomme
298:Robert M. Charlton
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420:Camp Lazlo
398:Alan Mills
334:Derbyshire
310:Shropshire
268:J—I—N—G—O;
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314:Liphook
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81:barking
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