“Bingo”

Description

"There was a farmer had a dog, And Bingo was his name, sir. B-I-N-G-O (x3), And Bingo was his name, sir." "That farmer's dog sat at our door, Begging for a bone, sir...." "The farmer's dog sat on the back fence...."

Recordings

• Chubby Parker, "Bingo Was His Name" (Conqueror 7892, 1931)
• Pete Seeger, "Bingo Was His Name" (on PeteSeeger11)

References

1. Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 212, "Bingo" (1 text, tune referenced)
2. BrownIII 137, "Bingo" (1 text, which seems to be a device for learning the vowels)
3. Linscott, pp. 168-169, "Bingo" (1 text, 1 tune, with an unusual chorus of "B with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O, B-i-n-g-o, Called his name 'Old Bingo.'")
4. Silber-FSWB, p. 390, "Bingo" (1 text)
5. DT, BINGGO*
6. ADDITIONAL: Walter de la Mare, _Come Hither_, revised edition, 1928; #88, "Bingo" (1 text, similar in form to Linscott's but spelling out various names and ending with Bingo's owner offering a girl a wedding ring: "Bingo," "Stingo," "Ring-o")
7. Roud #589
8. BI, FSWB390D