Genny Haley?
Stephen Suffet
Anyone know whatever became of L.A.-based singer/songwriter Genny
(Genevieve) Haley, author of the once classic "Rolling Hills of New
Joisey"? The chorus, to be sung in your finest NEW-ick accent, goes:
Oh, when I die, bury me low,
So I can hear the petroleum flow,
The sweetest sound I ever did know,
In the rolling hills of New Joisey.
The last address I had for Genny was in Culver City, and that was
a long, long time ago.
Regards,
Steve
Jeri Corlew
>Greetings:
>
> Anyone know whatever became of L.A.-based singer/songwriter Genny
>(Genevieve) Haley, author of the once classic "Rolling Hills of New
>Joisey"? The chorus, to be sung in your finest NEW-ick accent, goes:
>
> Oh, when I die, bury me low,
> So I can hear the petroleum flow,
> The sweetest sound I ever did know,
> In the rolling hills of New Joisey.
>
I have the authors of that song as "Matt McGinn, Roberts & Barrand" on John
Roberts & Tony Barrand's tape "Live at Holstein's"
And on this tape it goes "Da rollin' *mills* of New Joisey."
Jeri the Pedant
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Stephen Suffet
>
> On 13 Dec 1998 03:50:25 GMT, Stephen Suffet <Suf...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> >Greetings:
> >
> > Anyone know whatever became of L.A.-based singer/songwriter Genny
> >(Genevieve) Haley, author of the once classic "Rolling Hills of New
> >Joisey"? The chorus, to be sung in your finest NEW-ick accent, goes:
> >
> > Oh, when I die, bury me low,
> > So I can hear the petroleum flow,
> > The sweetest sound I ever did know,
> > In the rolling hills of New Joisey.
> >
> I have the authors of that song as "Matt McGinn, Roberts & Barrand"
> on John Roberts & Tony Barrand's tape "Live at Holstein's"
>
> And on this tape it goes "Da rollin' *mills* of New Joisey."
>
> Jeri the Pedant
Greetings:
I stand corrected. Genny was the first one I heard that song
from, maybe several years before I heard Roberts and Barrand do it, so
I always (and obviously wrongly assumed) they got the song from her,
not vice versa. And you are right that it's "mills" and not "hills."
That having been said, I'd still like to know whatever became of
Genny Haley. Any ideas?
Regards again,
Steve
Cleoma
She wrote I Am An Old Cow Puncher (which I think was recorded by Roberts &
Barrand), the Cowpuncher's Waltz (recorded by Ray Bierl), and has had other
songs recorded by Laurie Lewis, and by Kate Brislin & Katy Moffat on their duet
album. Genny can be reached at:
PO Box 4390
Auburn CA 95604
As far as I know, she's not online. I just spoke with her a couple of days ago
(we used to be in a band called Any Old Time together).
Suzy THompson
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Abby Sale
wrote:
>>
>I have the authors of that song as "Matt McGinn, Roberts & Barrand" on John
>Roberts & Tony Barrand's tape "Live at Holstein's"
>
>And on this tape it goes "Da rollin' *mills* of New Joisey."
>
Speaking of McGinn, anyone know his dates of birth & death? The man was
a genius, a great entertainer a great humanist & satirist (maybe those
last two are the same thing). Little recognized out side Scotland, I
think. I was stunned the few times I caught him live.
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I am Abby Sale - abby...@orlinter.com (That's in Orlando)
Gerry Myerson
ANTI-SPA...@orlinter.com (Abby Sale) wrote:
-> On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 13:25:01 GMT, jer...@delanet.com (Jeri Corlew)
-> wrote:
->
-> >>
-> >I have the authors of that song as "Matt McGinn, Roberts & Barrand" on John
-> >Roberts & Tony Barrand's tape "Live at Holstein's"
-> >
-> >And on this tape it goes "Da rollin' *mills* of New Joisey."
McGinn wrote Rolling Hills of the Border. Roberts & Barrand wrote the
parody, Rolling Mills of New Jersey.
Gerry Myerson (ge...@mpce.mq.edu.au)
Stephen Suffet
>
> [Matt]
> McGinn wrote Rolling Hills of the Border. [John] Roberts & [Tony]
> Barrand wrote the parody, Rolling Mills of New Jersey.
>
Greetings:
Learn something new everyday!
Just to set the record straight: Genny Haley wrote "I Am an Old
Cow Puncher," recorded by Roberts & Barrand. I had either first heard
the two songs at the same time or in close proximity, and I got the
credits confused. Sorry for the boo-boo.
Anyway, thanks to "Cleoma" I now possess the information I had
sought.
And Matt McGinn, for what it's worth, wrote one of my all-time
favorite parodies, "Christine." Set to the tune of "Mrs. McGrath," it
tells the adventures and misadventures of Christine Keeler. If you
don't recognize the name, just imagine adding a foreign espionage
agent and some British accents to the Bill & Monica saga, and you'll
begin to understand. :-)
Regards,
Steve
Nigel & Nancy Sellars
>
> >>
> >I have the authors of that song as "Matt McGinn, Roberts & Barrand" on John
> >Roberts & Tony Barrand's tape "Live at Holstein's"
> >
> >
> a genius, a great entertainer a great humanist & satirist (maybe those
> last two are the same thing). Little recognized out side Scotland, I
> think. I was stunned the few times I caught him live.
>
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---
> I am Abby Sale - abby...@orlinter.com (That's in Orlando)
Abby, I recall Matt McGinn died in either 1981 or 1982. I used to have
the copy of Melody Maker which had Colin Irwin's obituary for Matt. I
believe that he apparently suffered either a stroke or heart attack and
fell across an electric heater, which finally killed him -- a terrible
way to die. I seem to remember it was about the same time Nic Jones
suffered his horrible car accident.
Nigel Sellars
Michael O'Leary
could send to me? I have the Roberts and Barrand LP that "The Ballad of the
Cowpuncher" appears on (and on which they mention "The Cowpuncher's Waltz"),
and I have always wondered what "The Cowpuncher's Waltz" was like.
Mike O'Leary
mol...@primus.com
KC King
of the Border" was one of the few (if not only) "straight" songs that Matt
McGinn wrote. What a temptation for the likes of John and Tony with their
"Joisey" parody.
May both songs live long and prosper!
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