ZOOM seasons 1-3 (1972-1974) casts: The Cat Came Back and various folk songs

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See also on Songbook:

• ZOOM page and post index and gallery
• Always Friends + ZOOM original 1972 theme song, including lyrics

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(above) cast members, counter-clockwise from bottom left: Kenny Pires, Joe Shrand, Tracy Tannebring, Nancy Tates, Jon Reuning, Nina Lillie, Tommy White, of season 1 (1972) of the educational TV show ZOOM, produced by WGBH-TV in Boston and aired on PBS

season 1 numbers

• The Cat Came Back – 2 versions
• Rise and Shine (Give God Your Glory)
• Eddystone Light
• Down By the Riverside

The Cat Came Back (Harry S. Miller) — published in 1893

links:

• Wikipedia
• FolkSongIndex.com
• lyrics: Google search
• Songbook feature page: The Cat Came Back

ZOOM season 1 (1972) cast — two versions of “The Cat Came Back”

appearing in this order: Jon, Joe, Nancy, Kenny, Tracy, Tommy, Nina; possibly from the 9 January 1972 series premiere

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(below) alternate version, evidently from a later season 1 (1972) episode, featuring “other ways of getting rid of the invincible cat” that had been sent in by Zoom viewers who had seen the above version — cast members appear in this order: Jon, Joe, Tommy, Kenny, Nina, Nancy, Tracy

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Rise and Shine (Give God Your Glory) — aka “Arky, Arky,” “Noah’s Arky, Arky,” “The Arky, Arky Song,” “Noah (Rise and Shine),” “Children of the Lord,” etc.

links:

• The Mudcat Café
• lyrics:The Mudcat Café, KIDiddles, Songs for Teaching

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Eddystone Light — aka “The Keeper of the Eddystone Light”; inspired by the Eddystone Lighthouse

links:

• The Mudcat Café
• Terry’s Songs
• November 27, 1703: What Do We Do with a Drunken Sailor? (link fixed, 1/28/2022)
• SecondHandSongs
• lyrics: The Mudcat Café, The Traditional Music Library, Genius.com (Brothers Four version), Terry’s Songs, Roary Skaista,

performed by Joe (lead), with Tommy, Kenny, and Jon

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Down By the Riverside

links:

• Wikipedia
• SecondHandSongs
• origins
  • The Mudcat Café
  • Bluegrass Messengers: Brown Collection of NC Folklore, William Stickles, 1948, Texas Prison Song, 1966
• Joop’s Musical Flowers, 26 March 2014 post
• lyrics: The Mudcat Café, Wikipedia, The Traditional Music Library, ScoutSongs.com

performed by the full cast, appearing in the following order: Kenny Pires, Jon Reuning, Tracy Tannebring, Nancy Tates, Joe Shrand, Nina Lillie, Tommy White

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season 2 numbers

• I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
• Froggie Went a-Courtin’

I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

links:

• Wikipedia
• The Mudcat Café
  • Origins: I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
  • Origins: Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah
• “Dinah, Put Down Your Horn: Blackface Minstrel Songs Don’t Belong in Music Class” – by Dr. Katya Ermolaeva @GEN (gen.medium.com), October 30, 2019
• “Dinah, Keep Blowing Your Horn” – by Joe Bebco @The Syncopated Times, July 7, 2020
• lyrics: Wikipedia, The Mudcat Café, RagPiano.com (by Bill Edwards), Ballad of America

ZOOM season 2 (1972-1973), cast 1 of 3: (in order of appearance) Kenny Pires, David Alberico, Jay Schertzer, Tracy Tannebring, Ann Messer, Nancy Tates, Maura Mullaney 

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Froggie Went a-Courtin’

links:

• Earthlink.net/~highying (David Highland)
• Armadillos Voladores
• Wikipedia
• The Mudcat Café

ZOOM season 2 (1972-1973), cast 2 of 3: Jay Schertzer, Ann Messer, Luiz Gonzales, Leon Mobley, Maura Mullaney, David Alberico,  Bernadette Yao

featuring:
David Alberico — Mr. Froggie
Bernadette Yao —  Missy Mouse
Leon Mobley — Uncle Rat

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season 3 numbers

• Buffalo Gals
• John Henry

Buffalo Gals

links:

• Wikipedia
• The Mudcat Café
• Ballad of America
• lyrics: Google search, The Mudcat Café, pioneergirl.com, International Lyrics Playground, Ballad of America

ZOOM season 3 (1973-1974), cast 1 of 2: Timmy Pruce, Danny McGrath, Edith Mooers, Lori Boskin, Neal Johnson, Donna Moore, Mike Dean

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John Henry

• Wikipedia (folklore)
• The Mudcat Café
• Songfacts
• lyrics: Songs for Teaching, The Mudcat Café

ZOOM season 3 (1973-1974), cast 1 of 2: same cast as “Buffalo Gals” number above

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(below) better video quality, but incomplete

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ZOOM links: Wikipedia, Zoom Wiki, Zoomers Wiki

series music department:

• Newton Wayland – musical director and composer
  • Wikipedia
  • obituary
    • Legacy.com / Santa Barbara News-Press
    • Noozhawk.com (Santa Barbara)
    • McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary
• Billy Wilson – musical staging
  • Billy Wilson tribute article by The AIDS Memorial (@Facebook), published August 14, 2018
  • Obituary by Jennifer Dunning, published in the New York Times, August 16, 1994

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