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In The Annexe

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In The Annexe
Running time 1:22
Appears on Geogaddi


Samples/Lyrics

In this Twoism thread[1] the sample source of the singing children was discovered. The singing is a slight variation of the Jenny Jones poem. The actual song they sampled is A40 "I've Come To See Your Janie Jonies" on this 1983's Children's Singing Games compilation.[2] You can hear it at 1:59 in this Spotify player.

Jenny Jones (poem)

Please, we've come to see Jenny Jones, Jenny Jones, Jenny Jones;

Please, we've come to see Jenny Jones,

And how is she today?


Jenny, she is dead, dead, dead;

You cannot see her today.


What color is she going to be buried in?


Red.


Red is for danger, danger, danger;

Red is for danger, so that won't do.


White.


White is for angels, angels, angels;

White is for angels, so that will do.


Ding, dong,

The castle bells,

Ringing for me;

I'll be buried in the old churchyard

Beneath the great yew tree.

Comments

  • [Plaster] tells me that the original title of the diary of Anne Frank was "The Annexe", named after the house in which she lived, "The Secret Annexe"[3]. He also mentions that The Annex is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada.[4]
  • In Carnival Slang, An Annex refers to "The area of a sideshow joint where the blowoff is located."[5]

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References

  1. https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15016
  2. https://www.discogs.com/release/3530119-Unknown-Artist-Childrens-Singing-Games
  3. http://www.annefrank.nl/eng/afh/AFH.phpl
  4. http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/The_Annex_Toronto.phpl
  5. http://goodmagic.com/carny/car_a-c.htm