FOX, The

Created on 19/05/2009
Latest update on 25/02/2013

Artist: Jimmie F. Rodgers
Author: traditional
Year: 1939

From West Virginia. Based on a middle aged English carol (The Fox And The Goose). The British Museum has an original manuscript. Folk & bluegrass standard.

Covers:

1942:

Perry Mason [as Fox Walked Out]

1943:

Cyril Biddick [as Old Daddy Fox on World Library Of Folk And Primitive Music Vol. 1]

1950s:

Burl Ives

1954:

Harry Belafonte

1957:

Milt Okun

1960:

Brothers Four

1960s:

Peter, Paul & Mary

1961:

Bob Grossman

1961:

Pete Seeger

1961:

Jimmie F. Rodgers [as The Fox And The Goose]

1961:

Rosalie Sorrels [to a different tune]

1962:

Odetta

1964:

Blue Sky Boys

1969:

Cyril Tawney [as Old Daddy Fox]

1996:

Estil C. Ball

2000:

Nickel Creek

Also the subject of a children's book, illustrated by Peter Spier: The Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night.

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