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JOHNbradyyorky |
old black joe
May 13 2009, 9:02 AM EDT
iff i remember correctly ;paul;, an old gentleman use to visit the class room,s every so often, he was dressed up has (old black joe) and we use to sing the song along with him, i alway,s looked forward to his visit, i thought he was quite amusing and entertaining, and the ;poetry; on this page is very well done indeed,(take a bow ladies)
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Raybarlow |
1. RE: old black joe
May 13 2009, 3:19 PM EDT
"iff i remember correctly ;paul;, an old gentleman use to visit the class room,s every so often, he was dressed up has (old black joe) and we use to sing the song along with him, i alway,s looked forward to his visit, i thought he was quite amusing and entertaining, and the ;poetry; on this page is very well done indeed,(take a bow ladies)"Hi John, I too remember Old Black Joe coming into the classrooms from time to time,he seemed a nice old gentleman. I can remember him singing his little song and inviting us all to sing along with him. I wonder if he would be allowed to do that now in such a harmless way. Ray 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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stellarobinson |
2. RE: old black joe
May 13 2009, 4:50 PM EDT
I remember him coming to our class and telling us that they would`nt make him `Lord Mayor` cos he was a Catholic.
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margaretannf |
3. RE: old black joe
May 14 2009, 6:27 AM EDT
I remember Old Black Joe very well. I think his name was Alderman Dunbar and he came to St.Mary's as part of the yearly School Inspection. If I remember correctly, we were also tested on our knowledge of the Catechism by some priest or other on the same day so Old Black Joe's singing was was really looked forward to by all the class. We may have even got the afternoon off, if I remember rightly.
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liambarlow |
4. RE: old black joe
Jun 11 2009, 12:17 PM EDT
Hi Everyonewhat a great "thread" - I have thought about this man Joe for many years - in fact I still sing the song to my small granddaughter when I go up to say night night (when she stays my house". Our teacher,Harry Hanson,was very respectful that Joe visited - i remember he was an Alderman. I have no recollection of him being called "Old Black Joe". I always remembered him as "Poor Old Joe". If I have remembered the song it went something like this: "I'm coming ,I'm coming though my voice is growing dim,I hear the gentle voices calling poor old Joe". Such nostalgic and heart warming memories Liam 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
bargeman1945 |
5. RE: old black joe
Jun 15 2009, 3:17 PM EDT
l would agree with you Liam the work "black" from the song was omitted but the song itself was from the mistral time and was called "old Black Joe" the trapp family do sing it on the video but it is a lot slower version alderman dunbar would come with 2 cases one was a small case and he would take out the face masks of the minstrals and would all hope that he would give us a mask to wear those where happy moments at school and his memory has stay with a lot of children long after he has gone from this world
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JOHNbradyyorky |
6. RE: old black joe
Jun 15 2009, 5:57 PM EDT
"l would agree with you Liam the work "black" from the song was omitted but the song itself was from the mistral time and was called "old Black Joe" the trapp family do sing it on the video but it is a lot slower version alderman dunbar would come with 2 cases one was a small case and he would take out the face masks of the minstrals and would all hope that he would give us a mask to wear those where happy moments at school and his memory has stay with a lot of children long after he has gone from this world"hi paul, you have hit the nail on the head pal, i now remember it well, i thought you was supposed to lose your memory as you get older? (you dont do bad mate) 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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liambarlow |
7. RE: old black joe
Jun 18 2009, 2:18 PM EDT
Hi Paulyou know I had completely forgotten about the masks that "Old Joe" used to bring along with him, so thanks for dredging that one out of the memory bank. Liam Do you find this valuable? |
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MariaCulliney |
8. Re poor old Joe
Jun 20 2009, 11:41 AM EDT
"Hi PaulHi Liam and evey one he was known as poor old Joe I remember him comming with the coronation spoons for us all I hope to make the next reunion i was sorry i missed the last one Do you find this valuable? |
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clivepenno |
9. RE: old black joe
Jun 22 2009, 2:01 PM EDT
i thought we all sang poor old joe, to the old fella,i cant remember why he used to come to our school, maybe someone can tell us. hope you are keeping ok paul, regards clive
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bargeman1945 |
10. RE: old black joe
Jun 22 2009, 3:13 PM EDT
hi Clive you are right we did sing the song " poor old Joe" which was taken for the song poor old black ,Joe has far has l can remember he use to come and play has a treat to us kids after he asked us questions on religion the thing l can remember most was the smaller suitcase it was an old brown leather one and it contained 10 masks which was handed out to the ones in favor that day the other case l believe was his music case but cant remeber if it was a banjo or an accordion has l seem to remember to singing to both at some time in the infants class
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