Does anyone know the origin of the song "Barges"? It has been sung by Girl Scouts for generations, and printed in various Girl Scout songbooks back into the 1930s, always attributed to "Traditional". Recently, a Girl Scout friend said she sang it with Girl Guides 30-40 years ago in England. Can anyone give it a more complete history? Thanks.
Theresa Danks
"Life is a symphony; play your part." -- Steve Schuch
Does anyone know the origin of the song "Barges"? It has been sung by Girl Scouts for generations, and printed in various Girl Scout songbooks back into the 1930s, always attributed to "Traditional". Recently, a Girl Scout friend said she sang it with Girl Guides 30-40 years ago in England. Can anyone give it a more complete history? Thanks.I'm rather disappointed to see that this song wasn't necessarily written here in Louisville KY!! The ill child dying in a hospital is the same in all the stories but the location seems to be different. I always believed that the barges were the ones on
Theresa Danks
"Life is a symphony; play your part." -- Steve Schuch
Sang it in scouts in Wyoming in the 80s with much love.
We were told it was written by an old lady and after she died, the music was found on her piano the next day.
On Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 10:37:52 PM UTC-8, kassko...@gmail.com wrote:Washington if this was true). There are some Portland hospitals near the Columbia river, there are probably some in Vancouver as well (and other smaller cities and towns in both states). It is certainly true that barges travel the Columbia River and do
Sang it in scouts in Wyoming in the 80s with much love.
We were told it was written by an old lady and after she died, the music was found on her piano the next day.I was told by my elementary school music teacher that the song (or at least the lyrics) was written by a little girl who died of cancer. The little girl was said to love watching the barges on the Columbia River (so she would have lived in Oregon or
Does anyone know the origin of the song "Barges"? It has been sung by Girl Scouts for generations, and printed in various Girl Scout songbooks back into the 1930s, always attributed to "Traditional". Recently, a Girl Scout friend said she sang it with Girl Guides 30-40 years ago in England. Can anyone give it a more complete history? Thanks.
Theresa Danks
"Life is a symphony; play your part." -- Steve Schuch
Does anyone know the origin of the song "Barges"? It has been sung by Girl Scouts for generations, and printed in various Girl Scout songbooks back into the 1930s, always attributed to "Traditional". Recently, a Girl Scout friend said she sang it with Girl Guides 30-40 years ago in England. Can anyone give it a more complete history? Thanks.
Theresa Danks
"Life is a symphony; play your part." -- Steve Schuch
On Wednesday, October 21, 1998 at 2:00:00???AM UTC-5, ThDanks wrote:
Does anyone know the origin of the song "Barges"? It has been sung by Girl >> Scouts for generations, and printed in various Girl Scout songbooks back into
the 1930s, always attributed to "Traditional". Recently, a Girl Scout friend >> said she sang it with Girl Guides 30-40 years ago in England. Can anyone give
it a more complete history? Thanks.
Theresa Danks
"Life is a symphony; play your part." -- Steve Schuch
In 1966, as a Brownie Girl Scout, I was told it was written by a Girl
Scout who was terminally ill. She had a bedroom which overlooked a
river used by barges.
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