{"id":2545,"date":"2014-07-16T07:06:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T11:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=2545"},"modified":"2018-02-26T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:26:20","slug":"leather-wing-bat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=2545","title":{"rendered":"Leather Wing Bat"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first awareness of this song was from Tommy Makem’s 1970 LP “Bard of Armagh” and on it arranged and adapted by Alan Lomax and John A Lomax.\u00a0 It was one of those songs heard in one’s childhood that haunts one’s memory in the oddest of times and was bound to be added to our repertoire.<\/p>\n

Rick has shown me a very interesting page on Contemplator.com<\/a> regarding the origins of this song, variations dating back to the late 17th century, although what we sing is closer to Appalachian origins.<\/p>\n

Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n

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Am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G<\/strong>
\n“I” said the little leatherwing bat<\/p>\n

Am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C<\/strong>
\n“I’ll tell you the reason that \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Am<\/strong>
\nThe reason that I fly the night<\/p>\n

Em\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Am<\/strong>
\nBecause I lost my heart’s delight”<\/p>\n

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Chorus:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G<\/strong>
\nHowdy-dowdy, diddle-um-day<\/em><\/p>\n

Am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C<\/strong>
\nHowdy-dowdy, diddle-um-day<\/em><\/p>\n

C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Am<\/strong>
\nHowdy-dowdy, diddle-um-day<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Am<\/strong>
\nHi lee-lee, little-eye little-o<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

“I” said the red-bird sitting on a fence
\n“Once I loved a handsome wench
\nShe got saucy and from me fled
\nEver since, my head’s been red”<\/p>\n

“I” said the robin as he flew
\n“When I was a young man, I chose two
\nIf one wouldn’t love me, the other one would
\nDon’t you think my notion’s good?”<\/p>\n

“Well, hoot” said the owl with a head so white
\n“A lonesome day and a lonesome night
\nThought I heard some pretty girl say
\nShe’d court all night and sleep all day”<\/p>\n

“No” said the turtle dove
\n“For that’s no way for to gain his love
\nIf you want to gain your heart’s delight
\nYou keep \u2018im awake both day and night”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My first awareness of this song was from Tommy Makem’s 1970 LP “Bard of Armagh” and on it arranged and adapted by Alan Lomax and John A Lomax.\u00a0 It was one of those songs heard in one’s childhood that haunts one’s memory in the oddest of times and was bound to be added to our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2545","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4874,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2545\/revisions\/4874"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}