The word is cognate with Middle Dutch "Rocke", Old High German "Rocco" Spanish "rueca ", Old Norse " rokkr" and a plethora of equivalent words in other European languages, meaning ‘distaff’ - from Proto-Germanic "rukka" and Proto-Indo -European "rug" to spin.
It is called a rock because the weight, or whorl, was frequently a shaped and pierced rock." "Regarding the title, a rock is a distaff, a device that holds the flax strick or the fiber for spinning. "The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket" / "Sweeping the Cobwebs Out of the Sky" Prlwytzkofskiĭuplication ~ Yes ‘c’ you should be kicking yourself for this one. Gee fdd | edB A2 G | GBA B2 A | BGG G2 :| GBA ABd | edB A2 G | GBA B2 A | BGG G2 :| GBA ABd | edB A2 G | GBA B2 A | BGG GED | Sweeping cobwebs was sung by Seámus Ennis, Liam Og recorded it on his ‘Fine art of piping’ Sullivan’s march is a version of the same tune (or vice versa). # Posted on April 24th 2012 by Mix O’Lydian … but I don’t think any of them are similar to your tune. The tune that you have posted sounds like "O’Sullivan’s March" - or at least it does, to my ear …Ĭertainly, there is a tune called "Old Woman Tossed Up in A Blanket" which occurs in lots of Cotswold Morris traditions: Rescued duplication ~ "The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket" - one way with itĬeol - you’ve got me totally puzzled here! # Posted on April 24th 2012 by ceolachan # Like other such travelling melodies, it has also picked up various lyrics too, but, again, I’ll leave that for someone else… There are also many varied melodies by this title used for Morris dancing, where the many different takes on it vary melody wise, parts and repeats… It’s another of those catchy ditties that went round the globe, played in all kinds of places, and I have versions from some of those places, and, silly me, I also know it as "O’Sullivan’s March", duh! Why? Well, there are a LOT of versions of this by title and melody, similar and very different. However, it’s one of those cans of worms I love to drop and watch them all squirm away. I was reminded of this one, and during initial searches didn’t seem to find it here - I was wrong - thanks to the help and greater consciousness of Mix, the Prof & Doc Dow. Playing through and with someone’s recent submitted compositions, "Jakob’s Frolics", a first submission by sineadhayes. ~ one I’d curiously submitted in a semi-conscious state, the following edited to protect the foolish and semi-conscious 😏.
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