Mrs Bond's Larder
Only a small portion of the pond was not frozen, but these ducks didn't mind that at all.
It would have been back in the late 50s (see how old I am) when I had a Travellers LP. One of the songs went something like this.
"Oh, what have you got for dinner, Mrs. Bond?"
"There's beef in the larder, and ducks in the pond;"
"Dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come to be killed,
For you must be stuffed, and my customers filled!"
Of course, there were more verses but you get the idea. Apparently, it is/was a nursery rhyme, but I only heard it as a song from this folk band.
From The Canadian Encyclopedia
"Active from 1953 to the 2000s, folk music group The Travellers were icons of Canada’s folk music revival. The first folk group signed by Columbia Records of Canada, The Travellers were best known for the patriotic enthusiasm of their Canadian lyrics for Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” The group influenced many in the folk music movement of the 1960s and 1970s and helped spread the messages of left-leaning social movements such as the labour rights movement. They made many popular recordings and often appeared on television and in concert, across Canada and internationally."
This is a video (actually a static photo with the soundtrack) of them doing Lonesome Traveller. Believe it or not, I think these are younger band members that what I remember.
© AnvilcloudPhotography
Mrs Bond's Larder
Only a small portion of the pond was not frozen, but these ducks didn't mind that at all.
It would have been back in the late 50s (see how old I am) when I had a Travellers LP. One of the songs went something like this.
"Oh, what have you got for dinner, Mrs. Bond?"
"There's beef in the larder, and ducks in the pond;"
"Dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come to be killed,
For you must be stuffed, and my customers filled!"
Of course, there were more verses but you get the idea. Apparently, it is/was a nursery rhyme, but I only heard it as a song from this folk band.
From The Canadian Encyclopedia
"Active from 1953 to the 2000s, folk music group The Travellers were icons of Canada’s folk music revival. The first folk group signed by Columbia Records of Canada, The Travellers were best known for the patriotic enthusiasm of their Canadian lyrics for Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” The group influenced many in the folk music movement of the 1960s and 1970s and helped spread the messages of left-leaning social movements such as the labour rights movement. They made many popular recordings and often appeared on television and in concert, across Canada and internationally."
This is a video (actually a static photo with the soundtrack) of them doing Lonesome Traveller. Believe it or not, I think these are younger band members that what I remember.
© AnvilcloudPhotography