HELP! the melody sounds familiar... but i can't put my finger on it

[MontyVeda]

This has been bugging me for a few days... what tune is this strange song sung to?

 

[EltonFrog]

Lily the pink ?

 

[RWright]

Sounds like "Oh my Darling Clementine" to me.

 

[MontyVeda]

[QUOTE 3344503, member: 45"]It's the tune from an old hymn. Which may mean that it originated from a secular tune yonks ago. Can't pinpoint the hymn though.[/QUOTE]
my thoughts exactly... it sounds so obvious but WTF is it???

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Sounds a bit like My Darling Clementine in places.

@RWright's posted the same during my extensive research.

 

[Crackle]

Sounds like "Oh my Darling Clementine" to me.

Me too.

 

[MontyVeda]

Sounds like "Oh my Darling Clementine" to me.

Sounds a bit like My Darling Clementine in places.

@RWright's posted the same during my extensive research.

Me too.

Think that might be the nail on the head

 

[Dayvo]

I hear a touch of

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FvfCCHF7nA
which I've sung on a few occasions at the rugby club in byegone days.

 

[Fnaar]

 

[srw]

I
[QUOTE 3344503, member: 45"]It's the tune from an old hymn. Which may mean that it originated from a secular tune yonks ago. Can't pinpoint the hymn though.[/QUOTE]
I think this is right. It sounds too much like a US revivalist hymn for it too be a coincidence, and the use of Christian material is (tiresomely) common among anti-religionists wanting to make a point. I suspect it's in Moody and Sankey, but I don't have a copy.

The third line is the same as the third line of 'Infant Holy', which is Czech, but it's a simple sequence, so that's probably coincidence.

 

[Globalti]

Clementine. An American folk song.

 

[MontyVeda]

I think this is right. It sounds too much like a US revivalist hymn for it too be a coincidence, and the use of Christian material is (tiresomely) common among anti-religionists wanting to make a point. I suspect it's in Moody and Sankey, but I don't have a copy.

The third line is the same as the third line of 'Infant Holy', which is Czech, but it's a simple sequence, so that's probably coincidence.

yup... I guess the melodies of Oh My Darling and You Are My sunshine were inspired by something... but exactly what has probably been lost in the mists of time. I suspect Song of the Death Machine deliberately skirts around these melodies rather than copies them.... maybe.

 

[rich p]

A touch of Lily the Pink and Clementine and painful on the eardrum.

 

[MontyVeda]

A touch of Lily the Pink and Clementine and painful on the eardrum.

I don't think it was ever intended to be easy listening

 

[RWright]

I ran across this version of Clementine on YouTube. Never heard it quite like this. I have only heard it done by cowboys and cartoon characters.