But I've never seen a Shoofly RAOK-WINNERS PICKED

[tacatcon]

thanks for all the replies-well jeez I hope my 3 year old isn't singing about pot! that would not be so good! ;)

Keep em coming. The more I read, the more I'm interested in knowing!!

[tacatcon]

Hey if I offended anyone else with my post # 5, I certainly did not mean to. I may have been too harsh in my wording

I simply meant, like I said in my OP, i don't have a lot of time, so I really wanted someone to do the legwork of some fact finding for me. I know the basic information that's on the web-I need the hidden treasure!
So if you were personally offended by my post, I do apologize, never my intent. I just tend to be a sarcastic person, not everyone gets me. That's cool, that's cool.

Now come on and help me!!! lol Please! I'm really not kidding you when I say we have to listen to this song over and over again and my daughter sings it all the time and now my SO and I are singing it repeatedly too! It's gotten cultish!
One more day to do your homework!

[angiesnabox]

My last resort was to ask my grandmother. Her eyes got big as, she said sister you are kidding me right. She calls everyone sister. She says no way in Gods world would she have allowed us to sing that song if this was true and in her opinion she would have at least heard of the rumor in her 85 years. Sorry best I could do.

Only other thing I can add you already know the song is a folk song defined:
Main Entry: folk song
Function: noun
Date: 1847
: a traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody

I surely hope it isan't true there will be alot of upset parents. keep in mind rumors come and go. Depend on the reliability of the rumor and if your gut is in doubt then have a family discussion and stop the song.
Best of luck,
Angie

[tacatcon]

Thanks Angie! Your grandmother sounds so cute-can I adopt her?

I really don't think it has "evil" meanings-I just really want to know what it's supposed to be about. especially the fact that the soldiers used to sing it, you know they weren't singing "i feel like a morningstar" So I'm curious when that came around.

Maybe it's morningstar farms-veggie sausages or burgers?? lol-I'm singing about being hungry for veggie burgers!!!!!

[Ticone4]

I found this this morning. It doesn't really give great detail but maybe a little more insight into what those words could mean?? Still not sure when it got added as one thing I read did mention that when the soldiers sang it, it was just the first verse.


It's traditionally thought that these kid songs and such like "Shoo fly don't bother me" were always just songs that kids sang, but in truth, they used to be the traditional songs of the Ozarks and Appalachia. The second verse of "Shoo fly" is "I feel, oh I feel - I feel like your morning star." I thought that it was such a sad song, as silly as it was -- here was someone singing "Shoo, get away from me – I already have someone." But then the person responds: "But I feel like your morning star..." Unrequited love.

[scissorbill]

"The song remained popular over the decades, and was commonly sung by soldiers during the the Spanish-American War of 1898, when flies and the yellow fever mosquito were a serious enemy. In the soldier’s version, after singing the famous Shoo fly, don’t bother me three times, the soldier would then sing For I belong to company."
From Wikipedia.

I think the morning star part had something to do with soldiers getting up early :shrug7:

Oh well, I won a swagbuck for it!

[tacatcon]

oooh i like that

Originally Posted by Ticone4 I found this this morning. It doesn't really give great detail but maybe a little more insight into what those words could mean?? Still not sure when it got added as one thing I read did mention that when the soldiers sang it, it was just the first verse. It's traditionally thought that these kid songs and such like "Shoo fly don't bother me" were always just songs that kids sang, but in truth, they used to be the traditional songs of the Ozarks and Appalachia. The second verse of "Shoo fly" is "I feel, oh I feel - I feel like your morning star." I thought that it was such a sad song, as silly as it was -- here was someone singing "Shoo, get away from me – I already have someone." But then the person responds: "But I feel like your morning star..." Unrequited love.

[tacatcon]

Originally Posted by scissorbill "The song remained popular over the decades, and was commonly sung by soldiers during the the Spanish-American War of 1898, when flies and the yellow fever mosquito were a serious enemy. In the soldier’s version, after singing the famous Shoo fly, don’t bother me three times, the soldier would then sing For I belong to company." From Wikipedia. I think the morning star part had something to do with soldiers getting up early :shrug7: Oh well, I won a swagbuck for it!

How did you win a swagbuck for it?? Inquiring minds wanna know. :)

Thank you for the info!

[Ticone4]

Originally Posted by tacatcon oooh i like that

I thought it was sweet. It was refreshing to read that after either not finding any significant info or just limited info about how the soldiers just sang it as a marching type song. Made it a bit more endearing to think of little ones singing it when you thought about it like that.

[tacatcon]

ok i picked shannon and angie to win!!! I liked their answers the best even though I'm still not sure I got the TRUE STORY -lol

But please send me your addies and I'll get you out a nice FAT potluck in the morning. And please if you have info on the meaning of this song-i'd love to hear it!