Talk:The Rattlin' Bog

Justifying this article
or maybe not. I was having a wander and came across your comment on Vejvančický's talk page. The song has been covered by quite a few bands, though I doubt if that alone makes it particularly notable. Have you considered looking for songs of similar structure ("circular") and creating a compilation article? Such an article might already exist, of course, but I thought that in the meantime, this post from 2001 on mudcat.org might be of interest (the relevant replies come in towards the end). Regards. Haploidavey (talk) 16:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

You might consider the song "There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea" to be similar enough in nature to start the aforementioned merge. 68.33.184.177 (talk) 01:16, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Irish...?
Are we 100% sure it's Irish? The word "rare" is very much Scots, and while there's nothing wrong with calling that "Irish", it would be worth being as specific as we can be. Prof Wrong (talk) 13:08, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Isn't it the Rathlin bog? And starting "Oro, the Rathlin bog"? Rathlin Island is off the coast of Northern Ireland. 31.217.241.213 (talk) 21:43, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

- You're right, partially. It is a Scottish song, or English, or Welsh, who knows, but not exclusively Irish. I'll make a note to look up the references. Ecadre (talk) 13:19, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Other words
We sing, Now on that egg there was a bird Now on that bird there was a feather Now on that feather there was a crest Now on that crest there was a wave Now on that wave there was a ship Now on that ship there was a deck Now on that deck there was a cabin Now on that cabin there was a table Now on that table there was a Map Now on that map there was a bog.. and it goes back around. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.159.96.254 (talk) 16:20, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Common lists of "items"
Would it be possible to add the most common variations of the list of items? As far as I know it usually goes bog, hole, tree, trunk, limb, branch, leaf, nest, egg/bird, and from there on there seem to be different variations. I'm unaware if there is a more or less "official" base version, or which are the most common versions, but it might be interesting to add such a list, maybe with clarifications on which popular interpretations go one way or another. —Cousteau (talk) 18:41, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

First historical record of song
When did this song first appear in writing? 2600:8801:FB05:E300:CC2A:5943:263B:D8B4 (talk) 07:34, 16 August 2022 (UTC)