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    I was going through boxes of old kids books today. My kids had this old book, "A Fox Jumped Up One Winter Night" illustrating the lyrics to this old song and with the music in the back of the book. I started thinking about trying to play it and remembered that there's a Nickel Creek version. I went and looked it up, and thought I'd share.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t3fBEEnQuM

    I'm taking Matt Flinner's Folk and Bluegrass Rhythm class right now, and he was teaching this kind of rhythm playing the other night. It's pretty far over my head (I have pretty good rhythm but not this level of coordination, ha ha), but it sounds super cool.

    Here's the music from the back of the book.

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    I've heard that done with a very Regge beat, even though the instruments were string band ( guitar mandolin banjo fiddle bass), kind of like "star of the county down" you can work your own beat and the melody still fits.
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    My grandson used to love that song when he was little. He has grown up into a giant now.

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    also known as “The Fox”, “The Fox Went Out On A Chase One Night”, etc. this was always a household favorite in my family. just flow with the 2/4 and spirit of the song Sue, you’ll do fine. classic song!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Reinhardt View Post
    also known as “The Fox”, “The Fox Went Out On A Chase One Night”, etc. this was always a household favorite in my family. just flow with the 2/4 and spirit of the song Sue, you’ll do fine. classic song!
    Thanks, Jonathan. I think so, too. I'm not saying I need to try the fancy rhythm right off the bat, just that I like the way it sounds. I'm good with simpler and more straghtforward for now
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    In first grade, somehow, I got the teacher to let me get up and sing this song to the whole class (which consisted of grades 1-3 at the time). I don’t remember how I got myself in that position, but I’ll never forget performing the song lol. I learned it from Burl Ives in my dad’s folk record collection.

    ”The fox went out on a chilly night, he prayed for the moon for to give him light …”.

    BTW I love the decorative page of music from that book, Sue, it’s awesome 😎
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    I always think of a little girl of two or three, now twenty-nine, grinning as she gnawed on drumsticks, saying, "the little one chewed on the bones-o."

    Here's a version with mandolins:

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    That version in the opening post is interesting. I too have known this song since childhood, and coincidentally it's on the set list for a gig in April (leading a campfire sing at a hotel in the mountains nearby - hey, it's fun and it pays a little). I think this is my favorite version of it:

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    Here's the version that I first heard:

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    Nickel Creek put it on their Sugar Hill S/T album and live would medley it with many other things, like Beck, Super Mario Brothers theme, and Dylan.


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