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My old man [2] said "Foller [3] the van, And don't dilly dally [4] on the way". Off went the van wiv me 'ome packed in it, I walked behind wiv me old cock linnet. [5] But I dillied and dallied, dallied and I dillied Lost me way and don't know where to roam. Well you can't trust a special like the old time coppers. [6] When you can't find your ...
"Old Man" is a song written and performed by Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Neil Young from his 1972 album Harvest. "Old Man" was released as a single on Reprise Records in the spring of 1972, reaching number 4 in Canada, [ 3 ] and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the week ending June 3.
[1] [2] [3] John McDermott is best known for his rendering of the songs "Danny Boy" and "Loch Lomond". Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McDermott moved with his family to Willowdale, Toronto, Canada in 1965. Growing up in a musical family, his only formal musical training was at St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto, Ontario in 1971 and 1972
Just Plain Folk: John McDermott and Michael Smith (2005) Michael Peter Smith: Anthology One (2005) Love Letter On a Fish—Michael Smith Live at Tales From the Tavern Too (2008) The Selfish Giant (2008, 2015) Old Man Dancing (2012) Songs of a Catholic Childhood (2012) Songwriting (2018) Fifteen Songs From Moby Dick (2019)
The song has been covered by Steve Goodman, Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem, Brendan Grace [1] [2] [3] Bernard Wrigley, John Gorka, Suzy Bogguss, Norm Hacking, Anne Hills, John McDermott (No. 18 Canada), [4] The New Kingston Trio, The Shaw Brothers, Gamble Rogers, Tom Russell, Jerry Jeff Walker, Robert James Waller, Cashman & West, Josh White Jr., [5] Woods Tea Company, Keith Harkin, Celtic Thunder ...
My Old Man, a 1979 American television film based on a story by Ernest Hemingway (see below) My Old Man (2004 film), a Canadian short shown at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival; My Old Man, a 1970s British sitcom starring Clive Dunn "My Old Man", the pilot episode of My Old Man, part of the Seven of One anthology series
[6] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe rated the song "A", praising the lyrics and Brown's vocal performance, adding, "I appreciate Brown’s ability to capture deep and difficult feelings without descending into maudlin sentimentality. I think he gets at an essential truth about losing a parent.
The public domain melody of the song was borrowed for "I Love You", a song used as the theme for the children's television program Barney and Friends.New lyrics were written for the melody in 1982 by Indiana homemaker Lee Bernstein for a children's book titled "Piggyback Songs" (1983), and these lyrics were adapted by the television series in the early 1990s, without knowing they had been ...