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void
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response 100 of 143:
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Oct 30 06:15 UTC 1997 |
does anyone have the lyrics for "monster's lullabye" and/or "you
bash the balrog?"
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diznave
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response 101 of 143:
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Oct 30 19:50 UTC 1997 |
bruin, there is another version of the Good & Plenty tune called _The Monkey
and the Engineer_. The Grateful Dead used to play it in concert once in a blue
moon (completely different song from the Casey Jones tune I quoted above).
I wish I could remember all the words to _The Monkey and the Engineer_. It
*does* have the same first line as your Good & Plenty tune.
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orinoco
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response 102 of 143:
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Oct 30 22:28 UTC 1997 |
re#98: I seem to recall hearing someone blame it on the Marx brothers.
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kami
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response 103 of 143:
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Oct 31 06:02 UTC 1997 |
Void, I think I *may* have The Monster's Lullaby on "Look What Followed
Me HOme", if I can find it, and I may have "You Bash the Balrog in the
Westerfilk II songbook.
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void
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response 104 of 143:
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Nov 1 06:49 UTC 1997 |
thanks, kami.
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kami
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response 105 of 143:
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Nov 2 05:40 UTC 1997 |
So, come by when you've got a break and we'll look for this stuff.
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void
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response 106 of 143:
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Nov 3 19:11 UTC 1997 |
hmmm...i'll e-mail you. my next break may not be for a while.
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kami
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response 107 of 143:
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Nov 4 07:10 UTC 1997 |
Me either...:(
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lumen
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response 108 of 143:
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Nov 5 02:02 UTC 1997 |
I wonder if I'll be using any of this in my future elementary music classes.
Some of the songs are a bit of the "Dr. Demento" flavor and wouldn't sit well
with a lot of parents (;
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kami
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response 109 of 143:
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Nov 5 02:25 UTC 1997 |
Gee, now I'm trying to recall the *decidedly* ribald (to adults) nonsense song
I heard the other day sung for kids... It's partly a matter of frame of
reference, I guess.
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diznave
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response 110 of 143:
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Nov 5 20:08 UTC 1997 |
Does antone know if Shel Silverstien has written any songs, or has he just
done poems?
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bruin
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response 111 of 143:
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Nov 5 22:53 UTC 1997 |
RE #110 Among Shel Silverstein's best known musical composition are "A Boy
Named Sue" by Johnny Cash and "The Cover Of The 'Rolling Stone'" by Dr. Hook
and the Medicine Show.
BTW, I do remember one of Silverstein's poems dedicated to a children's radio
personality of 50 or so years ago who was famous for a major league blooper
by saying within the range of a live mike "That'll quiet the little bastards."
Shel signed his poem "By Shel Silverstein--One of the 'little bastards.'"
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lumen
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response 112 of 143:
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Nov 6 00:31 UTC 1997 |
Hehehehe.. sometimes the kiddies do get their revenge :>
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orinoco
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response 113 of 143:
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Nov 6 00:32 UTC 1997 |
<grin>
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diznave
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response 114 of 143:
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Nov 6 03:00 UTC 1997 |
Wow! I wasn't aware that Shel wrote that song...I always assumed that Dr.
Hook's band wrote it. You don't remember the radio personality, do you?
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other
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response 115 of 143:
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Nov 6 05:27 UTC 1997 |
Shel Silverstein wrote many tunes for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.
Wasn't he in the band at some point also?
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bruin
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response 116 of 143:
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Nov 6 14:21 UTC 1997 |
RE #114 I believe it was "Uncle Don" who had the children's radio show and
spoke the infamous words "That'll quiet the little bastards" with the mike
still on.
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aandrea
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response 117 of 143:
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Nov 6 16:56 UTC 1997 |
Re #65 <sorry to go back so far, this is the first time I've read this
conference!>:
In the "Cowboy Jones" song, the line referring to the horse
("syncopated gator") should be "syncopated gaiter" - which means a horse
like a pacer or Tennessee Walking Horse with a certain type of movment
(or gait). Of course it works in context, too! :-)
Re: this item in general: I've really enjoyed all these songs, and
copied several for singing to the kids! So far, jep hasn't tried *any*
of them out!
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jep
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response 118 of 143:
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Nov 6 20:39 UTC 1997 |
Geez, this item has only been here for a month. I didn't want to rush
into anything! (But I've enjoyed the songs, too, and I really
appreciate people posting them all.)
#117 is Andrea's first response that mentions me, and it is the first
time she has referred to me as "jep". In fact, she may be the first
person ever who knew me as "John" first, and later called me "jep".
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teflon
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response 119 of 143:
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Nov 8 04:36 UTC 1997 |
When I was a wee bairn, my parents used to sing me a couple of tunes
while we were showering, both to the same tune;
_I wish I were a little bar of soap_
Oh, I wish I were a little bar of soap,
oh, I wish I were a little bar of soap,
I'd go slippy, slappy, slimy,
Over everybodies hiney,
Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap.
And the other one
_I wish I were a little can of root-beer_ (originally just 'beer' but my
parent's took some liberties while singing it to me)
Oh, I wish I were a little can of root-beer.
Oh, I wish I were a little can of root-beer.
I'd go down with a SLURP!
And come up with a BURP!
Oh, I wish I were a little can of root beer.
Another one I loved was set to the tune of some famous bit from a grand
Italian opera:
"Oh, Theadora,
Don't spit on the floora,
Use the custadoora,
wha'da'ya' think its fora!"
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bru
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response 120 of 143:
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Nov 8 11:08 UTC 1997 |
shouldn't that be "cuspidora"?
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orinoco
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response 121 of 143:
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Nov 8 16:47 UTC 1997 |
Yeah, a custadoora would be an implement for spitting pudding into.
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diznave
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response 122 of 143:
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Nov 9 04:57 UTC 1997 |
and a custardora?.....wait, I can probably guess. ;->
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bruin
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response 123 of 143:
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Nov 9 18:21 UTC 1997 |
RE #119 I believe the lyrics you mentioned was a parody of "The Toreador Song"
from the opera "Carmen."
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snowth
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response 124 of 143:
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Nov 10 03:03 UTC 1997 |
re:119 There were more verses then that, dear! We used to sing that song at
camp!
Oh, I wish I was a little slice of orange
Slice of orange
Oh, I wish I was a little slice of orange
Slice of orange
I'd go squirty, squirty, squirty
Over everybodies' shirtey,
Oh I wish I was a little slice of orange.
Oh, I wish I was a little foriegn car
Foriegn car
Oh, I wish I was a lttle foriegn car
Foriegn car
I'd go speedy, speedy, speedy
over everybodies' feety,
Oh I wish I was a little foriegn car.
(And the last verse...)
Oh, I wish I was a little radio,
Radio
Oh, I wish I was a little radio,
Radio
I'd go off with a click...
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