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orinoco
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response 75 of 143:
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Oct 22 22:40 UTC 1997 |
"Bushel and a Peck" is from _Guys and Dolls_ I think.
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kami
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response 76 of 143:
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Oct 23 01:27 UTC 1997 |
I grew up singing musicals along with the records, or just at bedtime;
Hello Dolly, Music Man, Man of Lamancha, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, etc.
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lumen
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response 77 of 143:
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Oct 23 05:04 UTC 1997 |
re #73: I could see about taping the song for you if you like, aruba. it
is really cool. My father doesn't have much musical ability other than his
singing and guitar playing, and I think that was his only composition, so I
was impressed when I learned he came up with it.
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aruba
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response 78 of 143:
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Oct 23 20:40 UTC 1997 |
That would be neat. I don't have kids, so I don't need it urgently, but I
would enjoy hearing it.
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lumen
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response 79 of 143:
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Oct 23 23:09 UTC 1997 |
Ok-- anytime you would like it. I don't have ready access to decent recording
equipment..
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valerie
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response 80 of 143:
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Oct 24 13:56 UTC 1997 |
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diznave
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response 81 of 143:
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Oct 24 16:16 UTC 1997 |
Yep, my grandmother alternated between versions she would sing to me,
depending on her mood.
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aruba
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response 82 of 143:
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Oct 24 21:12 UTC 1997 |
Katie told me that the tune that goes with "Do Your Ears Hang Low" is called
"Turkey and the Straw".
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orinoco
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response 83 of 143:
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Oct 25 20:48 UTC 1997 |
Re#80: Could be, but the "Tie 'em in a knot" bit would be _painful_ ;)
And I'd heard the final line of that Casey Jones chorus as "And he took a
farewell trip to the promised land"
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valerie
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response 84 of 143:
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Oct 25 21:33 UTC 1997 |
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valerie
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response 85 of 143:
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Oct 25 21:37 UTC 1997 |
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tpryan
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response 86 of 143:
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Oct 26 14:04 UTC 1997 |
Casey Jones was written soon after the event. However, Mr. Jones
was not amused by the often little used/heard last verse:
Casey said just before he died
"There're two more road I would like to ride"
The fireman said "Whic once can they be?"
"O the Northern Pacific & the Santa Fe"
Mrs. Jones sat a her bed a-sighing
Just to hear the news that her Casey was dying
"Hush up children, and quit your cryin'
For you've got another ppoppa on the Salt Lake Line"
(with proper insertion into the chorus)
...got another poppa/...on the Salt Lake Line
...got another poppa/ For you've got ... Line
(page 230 of my Rise Up Singing,
hey I paid my $15, and I don't do that much performing from it).
Like I said before, 1,200 songs, words chords & sources
Herb David sould have this Sing Out Publication.
<now I'm gonna have to get out my Tech Graffiti tape and listen to
all those Michigan Tech filks>.
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snowth
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response 87 of 143:
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Oct 26 16:17 UTC 1997 |
Re:85 Yeah. I know that one. There's also another version. It's the same style
and tune, just different lyrics:
The littlest worm
I ever saw
Was stuck inside
My soda straw
He said to me
Don't take a sip
For if you do
I'll surely slip
I took a sip
And he went down
Right through my pipes
He must have drowned
I coughed him up
And he was dead
I buried him
In my mother's bed
The moral of
This little tale
If you meet a worm
Then don't inhale
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orinoco
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response 88 of 143:
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Oct 26 16:21 UTC 1997 |
Whoa. Never heard that one before...
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janc
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response 89 of 143:
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Oct 26 17:12 UTC 1997 |
I'm kind of puzzled by the Casey Jones songs. John Luther Jones was an
engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad. His train was in a head-on crash
with another. Instead of leaping from the locomotive, he stayed at the brake,
presumably trying to slow the train as much as possible, and save the lives
of as many of his passengers as possible. He died in the wreck (on April 30,
1900). Since he was dead, Tim is probably right that he wasn't amused by the
song. But as a tribute to a fairly heroic fellow, the song seems rather
strange.
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tpryan
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response 90 of 143:
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Oct 27 02:57 UTC 1997 |
Oops, make that Mrs. Jones. Swear I saw that s on my screen.
Also check out "Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts" from August House,
put out in 1995. subtitle is "the subversive folkore of childhood"
so any of those words should help you find it. It gives many
lyrics to childhood songs, with many variants.
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bru
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response 91 of 143:
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Oct 27 15:20 UTC 1997 |
well, maybe we need a Casey Jones item...
"Casey said just before he died,
There's two more roads that I'd like to ride.
The fireman said, "What could they be?"
The Southern Pacific adn the Santa Fe.
Mrs. Jones sat on her bed and sigh.
Just recieved the message, that Casey had died.
"Go to bed children and stop your cryin',
Cause your daddy's now ridin' on the Heavenly line."
Casey jones,
Mounted to the Cabin.
Casey Jones,
With his orders in his hand.
Casey Jones,
Mounted to the cabin
and he took his travel trip to the promised land.
(I hate when they change words to make them politically expedient.)
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jep
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response 92 of 143:
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Oct 27 16:36 UTC 1997 |
The song "Do your ears hang low?" has many forms. Katie Geddes told me
once she heard it as "Do your boobs hang low?" I've never heard the
original lyrics, "Turkey in the straw".
I know lyrics to the song posted in #85 and #87, which came to me from the
Army, where it is used as a marching song:
The prettiest girl, I ever saw
Was sipping bourbon, through a straw
<repeat>
I walked right up, and said hello,
her big blue eyes, were all aglow
I placed my hand, upon her knee
She said "Young man, you're teasing me"
I placed my hand, upon her thigh,
she said "Young man, you're much too high"
Her daddy had, a white shotgun
<I've forgotten the 2nd half of this lyric>
And now I've got, a mother in law
and 14 kids, who call me 'Pa'
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valerie
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response 93 of 143:
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Oct 28 20:36 UTC 1997 |
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orinoco
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response 94 of 143:
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Oct 28 23:59 UTC 1997 |
I don't know, the tune I've always known as "Turkey in the Straw" is different
from "Casey Jones", but there's so much variation that I guess that's not much
of an indication.
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bru
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response 95 of 143:
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Oct 29 14:28 UTC 1997 |
Turkey in the straw is not the tune to Casey Jones, never heard of turkey in
th pan...
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diznave
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response 96 of 143:
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Oct 29 16:47 UTC 1997 |
"...drivin' that train, high on cocaine, Casey Jones you better watch your
speed..."
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orinoco
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response 97 of 143:
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Oct 29 18:53 UTC 1997 |
Someow I don't think that's quite the same :)
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bru
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response 98 of 143:
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Oct 30 00:36 UTC 1997 |
While looking thru the knot-hole in granpa's wooden leg,
Why do they build the beach so near the shore?
Fetch me the axe there's a tick on jinny's ear,
A boy's best freind is his mother!
I dare anyone to tell me where that song is from.
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bruin
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response 99 of 143:
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Oct 30 01:06 UTC 1997 |
Do you remember this variation of the "Casey Jones" song?
Once upon a time there was an engineer.
Choo-Choo Charley was his name, we hear.
He had a locomotive and he sure had fun.
He used Good & Plenty Candy to make his train run.
"Charley says," "Love my Good & Plenty!"
"Charley says," "Really rings the bell!" (ding)
"Charley says," "Love my Good & Plenty!
Don't know any kind of candy that I love so well!"
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