Saw on another discussion “who did he marry, Alice White” but that doesn’t fit as smoothly as Pearl White and since Pearl White was a kind of contemporary of Tom Mix, it made more sense to connect him to Pearl White than the made up person Alice White, neither one of which he really married)." Whoever sings it as “six bits” must have heard it 20 years later when inflation set in. on April 22, 2009, Hersam: Shave And A HaircutĮxample #4: In the very early thirties we used to sing it as: denise on January 30, 2008, Hersam: Shave And A Haircut Perhaps it's because "O'Shea" rhymes with "Okay", but still. But it's curious that that name shows up in a number of these examples. He was Hollywood's first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed." Between 19, Mix appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent movies. "Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix Janu– October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. Here's some information about Tom Mix from Note: Either this Marcia or another contributor named Marcia posted this same version on Augand indicated that it was from "the 50s". Marcia on J"Amidst a tangled web: shave and a haircut, two bits" Hereafter given as Hersam: Shave And A Haircut The numbers that are assigned to these examples in this post differ from any numbers that might have been assigned on their source websites.) These examples are numbered in consecutive order. (Examples from specific websites are posted together in the order that they are found on that website. Two Bits" originated in Sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, as found in articles featured in Part I of this series, the rhythmic pattern for the call and response Afro-Cuban calve rhythm that is known in the United States as "Shave and a hair cut. However, African American and other Black children have chanted "shave and a hair cut" rhymes.
It's likely that all or most of these contributors are White. No racial demographics were given for any of the contributors whose online examples are featured in this post. Posting these examples on this blog that showcases Black music, dance, and other cultural indices is not meant to imply that these examples only came from Black people. Please share an example of this rhyme that you know (with demographics information, especially where and when you remember this rhyme.) Thanks! Special thanks to Dan Hersham "Amidst a tangled web: shave and a haircut, two bits". Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and recreational purposes. Two bits" tune also are included in post. Two bits." This post also provides an explanation of the meaning of "two bits" (or "six bits", another common ending in the United States or "two bobs", a common ending in the United Kingdom.) A few sound files and video examples the "Shave and a hair cut. Part I provides information about the source of the tune which is commonly known in the United States by the words "Shave and a hair cut. Part II provides examples of "clean" children's rhymes that contain the line "shave and a hair cut".
#SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT TWO BITS SERIES#
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the tune that is commonly known in the United States as "Shave and a haircut.
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