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A Fox Went Out (Traditional)
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Duet for Banjo and Violin, (no vocal)
jazz classical instrumental vocal opera orchestra chamber ballet
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Composer for large-scale performance work, ballet and opera. Have written music for classical theatrical productions of Shakespeare, ("The Tempest," "The Twelft
Loren Lieberman is a native of Denver, Colorado, now living on the West Coast in California, where he is best known for his work as an actor in Classical and Shakespearean Theatre. He has a degree from Sonoma State University in Theatre Arts, and has been an Honor's Music Composition Student at the College of Marin, Santa Rosa Junior College, and at Sonoma State University. He has won an award for composition from the Redwood Empire Music Association. He has recently completed an opera in Russian, based on the novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, "Cancer Ward", (and of the same name), and is currently working on his fourth opera, based on the Classical Tragedy by Sophocles, "Oedipus the King," with a libretto in Ancient Greek. His interest in languages has shaped much of his artistic temperment, and he is self taught in Russian and Sanskrit, and has hopes to begin his next opera, Shakespeare's, "Romeo and Juliet," in Hindi.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Bluegrass
Charts
Peak #72
Peak in subgenre #7
Author
Masaru Yonemitsu (Loren Lieberman)
Rights
2009
Uploaded
October 24, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 1.4 MB • 128 kbps • 1:32
Story behind the song
Traditional folk song written in Bluegrass style for violin and banjo. Written score and extracted parts is, as of this post, still very basic -- no phrasing, fingering or articulations. In terms of listeners online, this remains, I believe, the most popular work I've written.
Lyrics
There are many versions. The following lyrics were taken from Wikipedia, which informs us that there are song versions done by The Smothers Brothers, and Burl Ives....among others. 1. The fox went out for a chase one night prayed to the moon to give him light for he had many a mile to go that night before he reached the town-o town-o town-o he had many a mile to go that night before he reached the town-o. 2. He ran right up to the farmers pen ducks and the geese were kept there in he said a couple of you gonna grease my chin before I leave this town-o town-o town-o a couple of you gonna grease my chin before I leave this town-o. 3. He grabbed the grey goose by the neck slung the little one over his back he didn't mind the quack quack quack and the legs all dangling down-o down-o down-o he didn't mind the quack quack and the legs all dangling down-o. 4. Old Mother Pitter Patter jumped out of bed out of the window she popped out her head yelling John, John the grey goose is gone and the fox is on the town-o town-o town-o John, John the grey goose is gone and the fox is on the town-o. 5. John he ran to the top of the hill blew his horn both loud and shrill the fox said I'd better flee with my kill for he'll soon be on my trail-o trail-o trail-o the fox said I'd better flee with my kill for he'll soon be on my trail-o. 6. He ran right up to his cozy den there were his little ones eight nine ten they said daddy won't you please go back again for it must be a mighty fine town-o town-o town-o daddy wont you please go back again for it must be a mighty fine town-o. 7. The fox and his wife without any strife cut up the goose with a fork and knife they'd never had such a supper in their life and the little ones chewed on the bones-o bones-o bones-o never had such a supper in their life and the little ones chewed on the bones-o.
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