GC4F02R This Ain't Old MacDonald's (Traditional Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by WeBeRVing

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WeBeRVing: Ever since the original location for this cache was removed this spot has lost it's usefulness as a cache site... Letting it go.

GC4F02R ▼

A cache by WeBeRVing Message this owner

Hidden : 6/25/2013

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

We were in the area and decided to place a cache. This is not quite a park-n-grab, but there is lots of nearby parking and if your lucky it could be a quick grab. Bring your own pen...

Some History:

"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is a children's song and nursery rhyme about a farmer named MacDonald (or McDonald, Macdonald) and the various animals he keeps on his farm. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise. In many versions, the song is cumulative, with the noises from all the earlier verses added to each subsequent verse.

In the version commonly sung today, the lyrics allow for a substitutable animal and its respective sound.

Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O,
And on that farm he had a [animal name], EE-I-EE-I-O,
With a [animal noise twice] here and a [animal noise twice] there
Here a [animal noise], there a [animal noise], everywhere a [animal noise twice]
Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O.

In the 1917 book Tommy's Tunes, a collection of World War I era songs by F. T. Nettleingham, the song "Ohio (Old Macdougal Had a Farm)" has quite similar lyrics - though with a slightly different farmer's name and refrain:

Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,
And on that farm he had some dogs in Ohio-i-o,
With a bow-wow here, and a bow-wow there,
Here a bow, there a wow, everywhere a bow-wow.

The Traditional Ballad Index consider the "Tommy's Tunes" version to be the earliest known version of "Old Macdonald Had a Farm", though it cites numerous variants, some of them much older.

(source: wikipedia)

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