And on his farm, he had a laptop
Upon reflection, it's actually kind of funny that Evan doesn't know any of his animal sounds yet, given his current preoccupation with Old McDonald. It's a popular duet in our house these days -- Julia sings the verses and Evan chimes in with a cheerful "E-I-E-I" (he rarely adds the O, so Julia does it for him). The game never fails to distract and entertain him. Yesterday, when he he saw an episode of Sesame Street with Old McDonald on it, he even ran gleefully over to the TV screaming "E-I-E-I!"
This is one of those cute kid things that a more diligent mother would probably get on tape. At least I've bothered to blog it for posterity, I suppose. But the real reason I'm writing about it is that I'm in search of information. I've Googled every search request I can think of in an effort to figure out the origin of the lyrics to this song, but I've had no luck. I'm wildly curious where the heck E-I-E-I-O came from. Can anyone enlighten me?
posted by Rebecca @ 3:21 PM
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You are an evil, evil woman, and if I lose my job because I just spent a freakin' hour I definitely cannot spare searching for this information, then YOU can explain that to my husband. (And no, I still don't know. Plenty about nursery rhyme origin, but Old MacDonald evidently isn't considered a nursery rhyme; it's more of a . . . folk song?)
OK, I'm a nerd. I cannot guarantee that this is accurate as it is a best guess, but the first prime minister of Canada, who was a somewhat contentious individual, was John MacDonald, and he was originally a farmer. So perhaps it was a political dig at him? The late 1800's was a time that polictical folk songs were rather popular.... But again, don't quote me on this one.
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