2006 Update: The work song of a dwarf and lunch whistle to the giant.
Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Heigh-Ho
HEIGH-HO, int. This word is supposed to denote a certain degree of languor, mingled with regret. It is frequently seen in literature but never heard in life. By some it is supposed to stand for a yawn, by some, for a sigh. The poets use it variously, Joaquin Miller as a war-whoop, Adair Welcker with good effect as the love-plaint of the night-blooming tomcat.
2006 Update: The work song of a dwarf and lunch whistle to the giant.
August 15, 2006 Update: Heigh-Ho and Happy Independence Day to all billion desis. It just occured to me that the chances of Blogger staying up while the subcontinent celebrates are about nil so this may be farewell until tomorrow.
2006 Update: The work song of a dwarf and lunch whistle to the giant.
and a bottle of rum!
ReplyDelete“Heigh ho! sing, heigh ho! unto the green holly:
ReplyDeleteMost friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.”
nobody else but Mr.Shakespeare wrote that!
Doug, you're definition fits heigh-ho perfectly. I won't even try anything new.
ReplyDeleteHeigh HO! Git yo hands of ma man! S**et! Das jus plain wrong! Fo reals!
ReplyDeleteHeigh-Ho The Blogpshere-O
ReplyDeletethe Belle hosts The Brawl
Sar must have coffee and rid herself of this 3rd person referencing affliction.
Heigh-Ho: tall hooker? [variation, Heigh-dee-ho!(Mr. Hanky); Heigh-diddly-ho (Ned Flanders)]
ReplyDeleteyes. apparently it *is* going to be one of those days. will coffee help? only time will tell...
Heigh-Ho...isn't that the new urban greeting from young men to their girlfriends?
ReplyDeleteheigh-hoing off to work I go (sadly...there aren't any diamonds...sigh there is the dwarf Twitty though)
Nice one Puppytoes...tall hooker...inspired if I do say so.
ReplyDeleteHeigh-ho, heigh-ho it's home from work we go (not soon enough, I might add).
Joel, you are inspired by Puppytoes?
ReplyDeleteThat´s a new one :)
Heigh-ho:The "Tofu" word. Derives meaning (flavor) and intent from the attitude and tone surrounding its expression.
ReplyDeleteHeigh-ho Minka...pretty early in the morning for such sarcasm, I must say!! :-) Although it's all true...not ashamed to say.
ReplyDeleteJoel, It is 1 in the afternoon here in Iceland. I have always been ahead of time;)
ReplyDeleteHeigh-Ho!
Puppytoes, I always blame the need for coffee. Now, can you imagine the power we'd harness over a shared cup of coffee? Cheers!
ReplyDeleteMinka...unfair advantage?
ReplyDeleteHeigh ho! You know the rest.
ReplyDeleteJoel. life is not fair, why would Sun be? but at least you can always feel younger. :)
ReplyDelete*from the 6 six hours' advantage area*
this is highly disrespectful. you shouldn't address a hooker with, "hey, ho!"
ReplyDeleteand, no connection to the above observation but ... today we enter our 60th year of Independence ...
dzsieex: dizzy from being internet-savvy ... eeks!
heigh-ho: hooker with a hookah?
ReplyDeleteand on a totally unrelated note, Happy Independence Day, Karma!
maykss: i may kiss joel for the nice compliment!
Minka, that is a ways off from but soft, what light through yonder window breaks.
ReplyDeleteIndie, just how I make little'uns out of big'uns.
Hermana, I should have seen that one coming but I didn't.
Sar, Bob Dole likes your style.
Haha, Puppybrose. I don't mind days like this and who better to quote than Flanders and Mr. Hanky.
Jenna, Twitty, Dingy, Surly, Lecherous, Cantankerous, clumsy and Old? Remember your rouge.
Night shift, Joel?
Minka, I was taken entirely by surprise as well.
Joel, the hour notwithstanding, did you think you were at St. Jude's?
Minka, du bist sehr Deutsch für eine Eisländerin.
Sar, that sounds like the devil's own bathroom line.
Brian, you're off your normal rhyme scheme a little but that's funny.
Joel, unfair? War is hell, son. Hell.
G, it has a familiar ring, I'll admit.
Clever, Ariel, old gal.
Happy 60th Birthday to Midnight's Children and a glorious day to you, Ms. Karma.
Careful, Puppybrose. You remember what happened the last time you did that, don't you?
Ha, ha, ha, haaaa! Loved the last comment to Snuppy though I may SO be missing what it means but I have my own guess and it surely is entertaining me! Ha, ha, ha, haaa!
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say? Bohemians are easygoing like that!
Funkified!
tmxasb~ Tom exacerbates me!
Well, off I go and all that!
HEIGH HO, interj. Mispronunciation of I OWE, which is why those dwarves (c'mon, you've all read Tolkien) really went to work. And you thought that they didn't have credit cards in the days of the Brothers Grimm. Silly you.
ReplyDelete:P
And sorry, but I can't help wondering what would happen if all the good citizens of the Indian subcontinent were to cease and desis?
ReplyDelete:)
O'C: methinks your definition has a familiar "ring" to it!
ReplyDelete"Frito rolled his eyes heavenward. It was going to be a long epic." ~Bored of the Rings
It feels good to be back in the Kingdom of Blog where little men sing "Heigh Ho" and Puppybrose makes Jamie Dawn laugh aloud with her "tall hooker" definition. LOVED it!!
ReplyDeleteI hope your travels have been enjoyable, Doug. Did you see any heigh hos? Me either.
I have missed much, but my time was not spent in idleness. It was spent indulging in the sin of gluttony at every possible chance I could find. There was much traveling and frivolity. I will have a new post on Wed.
Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho
It's off to lurk I go.
From blog to blog
I plan to jog
Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho!!
And the JD Dwarf always leaves a comment!!
Happy Day to you!
O Ceallaigh, you're in a punny mood today. I have a high tolerance for Amoebic Dissentery.
ReplyDeletePuppybrose, is Bored of The Rings your invention? Peter Jackson got pretty close at the end of Reutrn of The King.
JD!!!!!!!!!! Glad to see you back and well-fed.
Heigh Ho: humm
ReplyDeleteThe beginning of the song the dwarfs used to sing when going off to work in the Disney film "Snow Whtie and the Seven Dwarfs".
Did she end up in a motel?
ReplyDeleteThe elongated hooker seems to have been done. So to speak. Dictionary cites heigh ho as an interjection used to express boredom, sadness or weariness. Wonder in which language. Not be confused with the call to the hunt, tally ho. xoxo
ReplyDeletePersonally I prefer
ReplyDeleteHey Nonny Nonny,
either in it's "All's Well That Ends Well" form or from the Violent Femmes.
hey nonny nonny oh hey nonny nonny
High-ho's, King Dong's, Twinkie's! Human treats.
ReplyDeleteThe High brow spelling of the commonly heard shout on Hollywood Boulevard
ReplyDeleteHey, HO!
What could I say that hasn't already been said? Can't think of a thing.
ReplyDeleteEncouragement or exultation might help me think though.
All hail TLP**bows deeply**
ReplyDeleteHey, don't you all know not to say something until TLP has?! Please give it a try TLP, please do.
Okay, TLP, the path is clear. Well, it's just that Doug wasn't here and I thought, well perhaps she can't wait for his encouragment nor should she have to, not to mention that 4:00 lull that takes over my brain...
Hidey hose is what I do when my company comes over and I have left my nylons on the floor...
ReplyDeletereally, TLP, these guys cannot behave! please forgive them, they don't know what they are doing! plesase speak the words of wisdom!
ReplyDeleteBrian, I still need coffee.
ReplyDeleteCooper was that "Snow Whitie?"
G, all 8 rooms.
Mireille, my little semi-Beagle hears Tally-Ho every morning around 2:30 lately.
Logo, Shakespeare and The Violent Femmes are tough to choose among.
True, Icy, unless one drops.
VI, that didn't add much, but it's a tough word I'll grant.
Heigh Ho, the TLP-oh! (that help?)
Thanks for covering for me, G.
Hahaha, Terry. Thanks for finding something new.
Ariel, she'd only be casting pearls before swine.
ReplyDeleteScandal!
ReplyDeleteGo Lucy. Go Lucy. Go Lucy ♥ xoxo
ReplyDeleteOh Mary, Cindy...
ReplyDeleteListen, isn't that Diane?
Hey Mary, Cindy...
It is Diane.
Where are you, where are you?
Over here.
Where...?
Over here, in the magic kingdom.
Come on, come on in.
Yeah, let's go to the magic kingdom.
Right through here.
Heigh ho, heigh ho
To have some fun we go
We'll keep on singing all day long
Heigh ho, heigh ho
Heigh ho, heigh ho, heigh ho
For if you're feeling low
You positively can't go wrong
With a heigh, heigh ho
We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in our mine the whole day through
To dig dig dig dig dig dig dig is what we like to do
And while we dig we always sing
And when we dig there ain't a better thing
Than a tune, than a tune, you can whistle or can croon
So we dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in our mine the whole day through
To dig dig dig dig dig dig dig until it's time to quit
And then we warble down the scale
As we go marching down the trail
Right along, right along
To the rhythm of this song
Here we are!
Wow, here we are in the magic kingdom
Heigh ho, heigh ho
To make your troubles go
Just keep on singing
All day long, heigh ho
Heigh ho, heigh ho, heigh ho
For if you're feeling low
You positively can't go wrong
With a heigh ho, heigh ho
Heigh ho, heigh ho
To make your troubles go
Just keep on singing
All day long, heigh ho
Heigh ho, heigh ho, heigh ho
To keep from feeling low
You positively can't go wrong
With a heigh ho, heigh ho
Heigh ho, heigh ho
To make your troubles go
Just keep on singing
All day long, heigh ho
Heigh ho, heigh ho, heigh ho
To keep from feeling low
You positively can't go wrong
With a heigh ho, heigh ho
The Supremes version... btw... :)
ReplyDeleteI thought that was what Ed McMahon used to say when Johnny Carson got off a good joke.
ReplyDeleteOr it could be "hey ho" which is something you might scream at a prostitu...Nevermind, I won't go there.
okay, i didn't want to do this, but since we're sharing...
ReplyDeleteA Frog He Would A-wooing Go
A frog he would a-wooing go,
Heigh ho! says Rowley,
A frog he would a-wooing go,
Whether his mother would let him or no.
With a Rowley,
powley, gammon, and spinach,
Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.
So off he set with his opera hat,
Heigh ho! says Rowley,
So off he set with his opera hat,
And on the road he met with a rat,
With a Rowley,
powley, gammon, and spinach,
Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.
*heigh ho ho ho -- 8 more verses of powley gamon and spinach blah blah blahs ***
So there was the end of one, two, three,
Heigh ho! says Rowley.
The rat,
the mouse, and the little froggy.
With a Rowley,
powley, gammon, and spinach,
Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.
~ Sixteenth Scottish Poetry... apparently the American version of this poem was recorded in a song by Elvis and, believe it or not, Bob Dylan
Heigh Ho...Heigh Ho, it's off to bed i go!
After all that music and singing the dwarves got jealous. One threatened to change sides and help the bad mother-in-law...so just to keep them happy....
ReplyDelete"We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in our mine the whole day through
To dig dig dig dig dig dig dig is what we really like to do
It ain't no trick to get rich quick
If you dig dig dig with a shovel or a pick
In a mine! In a mine! In a mine! In a mine!
Where a million diamonds shine!"
Now wasn't that fun...on Wednesday morning? Somebody has to attend to this blog...
G, guilty.
ReplyDeleteVery encouraging, Mireille. Didn't seem to work but thanks.
Actonbell, my record isn't that good is it?
a4g, that's the kind of long-term thinking hollywood is famous for.
Big fun, Shayna. Thanks!
Poobah, if you'd gone there you would have been twelfth or so.
Interesting, Puppybrose. A precursor to Froggy went a-courtin'?
Thanks, Minka. The blog was in good hands while I slept.