TO MARKET, TO MARKET

 


To market, to market to buy a fat pig.

Home again, home again, Jiggety-Jig.

To market, to market to buy a fat hog.

Home again, home again, Jiggety-Jog.



Farmer’s markets in Tuolumne County usually offer more than just fresh produce, jellies, jams & honey, etc.  They also include home-crafted items and, more often than not, musical entertainment.





Honey & Run







 Lucky CuZns Brass Band

My brother & his open-air market in 1951.  A few years later and he might have had some pretty righteous musical entertainment for his market there in our backyard from over the back fence thanks to the fellows below rehearsing in their garage!

I know I’ve bragged about this before, but what the heck!  It’s fun knowing where they started and how far they went.  Tom and John (Fogarty) had three other brothers – Jim (the oldest brother), and Dan and Bob (the youngest brothers).  Not much is known about them.  I just remember the five of them, when they were young, climbing all over the roof of their house.

:->
La Nightingail


Performing "Down on the Corner" on the Ed Sullivan Show


Performance of "Proud Mary" at Royal Albert Hall in London.

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