Nickel Creek. Nickel Creek - Home Page. Nickel Creek "The Fox" The Fox (folk song) The Fox is a traditional folk song.
It is also the subject of at least two picture books, The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night: an old song, illustrated by Peter Spier and Fox Went out on a Chilly Night, by Wendy Watson. According to "Bluegrass Picker's Tune Book" by Richard Matteson, the earliest version of this song appears to have been a Middle English poem, dating from the fifteenth century found in the British Museum.[1][2] Typical lyrics are as follows: The fox went out on a chilly night, he prayed to the Moon to give him light, for he'd many a mile to go that night before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o, he had many a mile to go that night before he reached the town-o.He ran till he came to a great big pen where the ducks and the geese were put therein.
"A couple of you will grease my chin before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o, a couple of you will grease my chin before I leave this town-o. " Jake Gyllenhaal singing The Fox. Burl Ives. Burl Ives- THE FOX (Went Out) Burl Ives 'Big Rock Candy Mountain' Silver and Gold. O Brother were art thou " candy mountains"