Mummers song - Button-Accordion Tunes 2 Play 4 Fun

THE MUMMERS SONG

Time signature: 3/4
Tempo: ~ bpm.

Bud Davidge

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Notation & youTube keys need to be checked and tempo info added.

Accordion Notation

Beats per bar = 3
Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent

Outside row (low) = Buttons 3 - 5 plus accidental o1
Inside row (low) = Buttons 3 - 5 plus accidental o6
Inside row (high) = Buttons 6 - 8 plus accidental o9

Voice: Don't seem like Christmas if the Mummers are not here,
Granny would say as she'd knit in her chair;
Things have gone modern and I s'pose that's the cause,
Christmas is not like it was.

Knock, Knock, Knock (on door)
Altered voice: Any mummers 'lowed in?

Verse 1 (of 6)

.6 .7 .7* | .6 .r .7 | ;6 "6 .7 | :8 .r |
.3 .4 .3* | .3 .r .4 | ;3 "3 .4 | :5 .r |
Hark, what's the noise out by the porch door? /

"8* ;8 .8* | "7 ;8* .7 | .7* .7 .7* | .5 .r
"4* ;5 .4* | "4 ;4* .4 | .3* .4 .3* | .2 .r
Gran -ny, 'tis Mummers, there's twen-ty or more. /

.6 | .6 "7 ;7* | .6 .7 .7* | .6 .6 .7 | .8 .r
.3 | .3 "4 ;3* | .3 .4 .3* | .3 .3 .4 | .5 .r
Her old weathered face brightens up with a grin, /

"7 "7 | "8* ;8 .8* | "7 ;8* .7* | :6 .r |
"4 "4 | "4* ;5 .4* | "4 ;4* .3* | :3 .r |
An - y Mummers, nice Mummers 'lowed in?  /

Chorus 1 (of 3 different choruses) - Choruses 1, 2 and 3 after verses 2, 4 and 6, respectively.

:r .7* | .7* .7* .7* | .7* .7 .7* | .6 .6 .7* | :7 .r |
:r .3* | .3* . 3* .3* | .3* .4 .3* | .3 .3 .3* | :4 .r |
There's big ones and small ones and tall ones and thin,  /

.7* .7* .7* | "7* ;7 .(o9*/o1) | .8 .8* .7 | :7* .r |
.3* .3* .3* | "3* ;4 .o6* | .5 .4* .4 | :3* .r |
Boys dressed as wom - en and girls dressed as men; /

.6 .7 .7* | :6 .6 | .6 .6 .7 | .8 .r
.3 .4 .3* | :3 .3 | .3 .3 .4 | .5 .r
Humps on their backs an' mitts on their feet, /

.7 | .8* .8 .8* | .7 .8* .7* | .:6 |
.4 | .4* .5 .4* | .4 .4* .3* | .:3 |
My bles-sed, we'll die with the heat. /

Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Twelve videos in keys of: C=1 D=2 F=1 F#=1 G=7

Key: G

Tempo: ~ bpm

Singer: Bud Davidge

Posted by: Jase Fagan

A CBC "Land & Sea" Production, 1986

Key: G

Tempo: ~ bpm

Performers: Jerry Lush
& Gary Gale

Posted by: Jerry Lush

Key: C

Tempo: ~ bpm

Group: The Once

Accordionist: Bob Hallett

Posted by: BetweenTheRock

Key: G

Tempo: ~ bpm

Lead Singer: Alan Doyle

Group: Great Big Sea

Posted by: Sean McCann

Key: G

Tempo: ~ bpm

Group: Mainland Kitchen Band

Posted by: Mainland Kitchen
Band

Key: G

Tempo: ~ bpm.

Singer: ?

Posted by: bigrob1728's
channel

Key: G

Tempo: ~ bpm

Singer: Bud Davidge

Posted by: glenkendell

Gord O'Brien Benefit Concert - Nov 2, 2014 Delta Hotel

Key: D

Tempo: ~ bpm.

Singer: Perry Cullihall

Posted by: perry cullihall

Key: G

Tempo: ~ bpm

Performers: Christina & Robert

Posted by: Tina & Bob Play
the Tunes

Key: F# ( Gb )

Tempo: ~ bpm

Singer: David Jensen

Posted by: djensen18

Key: D

Tempo: ~ bpm

On Fiddle: Victoria Smith and
Luke Welsh

On Accordion: Randy Smith

Posted by: Margaret Ayad

Key: F

Tempo: ~ bpm

Group: Students of Riverside
Elementary

Posted by: Krista Eddy

Is this Clarenville's Rivereside Elementary School?

Background Materials, Information & Links

Lyrics:

Voiced: Don't seem like Christmas if the Mummers are not here,
Granny would say as she'd knit in her chair;
Things have gone modern and I s'pose that's the cause,
Christmas is not like it was.

Knock, Knock, Knock (on door)
Altered voice: Any mummers 'lowed in?

Hark, what's the noise out by the porch door?
Granny, 'tis Mummers, there's twenty or more.
Her old weathered face brightens up with a grin,
Any Mummers, nice Mummers 'lowed in?

Come in, lovely Mummers, don't bother the snow,
We can wipe up the water sure after you go;
Sit if you can or on some Mummer's knee,
Let's see if we know who ya be.

Chorus 1 There's big ones 'n' small ones 'n' tall ones 'n' thin,
Boys dressed as women and girls dressed as men;
Humps on their backs an' mitts on their feet,
My blessed, we'll die with the heat.

There's only one there that I think that I know,
That tall feller standing o'er long side the stove;
He's shakin' his fist for to make me not tell,
Must be Willy from out on the hill.

Now that one's a stranger if there ever was one,
With his underwear stuffed and his trap door undone;
Is he wearin' his mother's big forty-two bra?
I knows but I'm not gonna say.

Chorus 2 Don't s'pose you fine Mummers would turn down a drop,
No home brew or alchy, whatever you got;
Not the one with his rubber boots on the wrong feet,
He's enough for to do him a week.

S'pose you can dance? Yes, they all nod their heads,
They've been tappin' their feet ever since they came in;
Now that the drinks have been all passed around,
The Mummers are plankin' her down.

Be careful the lamp and hold onto the stove,
Don't swing Granny hard 'cause you know that she's old;
No need for to care how you buckles the floor,
'Cause Mummers have danced here before.

Chorus 3 My God, how hot is it, we better go,
I 'low we'll all get the devil's own cold;
Good night and good Christmas, Mummers, me dears,
Please God, we will see you next year.

Good night and good Christmas, Mummers, me dears,
Please God, we will see you next year.
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Background Links:

Click HERE for wiki biographical info on Simani

Click HERE for the Memorial University oration honouring Bud Davidge
on being awarded an honourary doctorate by Memorial
University in the spring of 2012.

Click HERE for wiki information about mummering in NL