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Thread #4816   Message #167447
Posted By: Marymac90
24-Jan-00 - 01:39 AM
Thread Name: Folk songs appropriate for medical students
Subject: RE: Folk songs appropriate for medical students
Cocaine's for horses, not for men
Doctor said it'd kill me but he didn't say when
Cocaine, messin' around my brain [Cocaine Blues]

I was looking to see if I had a recording by some male member of People's Music Network of an extremely funny song describing a proctoscopic examination, but I don't think I do. Perhaps it wasn't so much the lyrics as the ASL interpretation, but it had us all ROTFL.

Another song performed at People's Music Network that same year was one by Ruth Pelham about breast cancer, something about your body being fine and lovable with 2 breasts, 1 breast, or no breasts.

What I did find when I was looking for the above were a couple of tapes I have by Mark Levy, featuring songs like "Every Sperm does not Deserve a Name" "Babies are Replaceable" and "Waldeheimer's Disease".

Another group I know from People's Music Network is The Disabled in Action Singers. Their tape features "National Healthcare Blues", "Housecalls", and other related songs.

Ray Korona recorded a song called "Send me an Ambulance". He's also with People's Music Network, which, BTW, is meeting this coming weekend in Queens, NYC. Anyone who wants info about the PMN concert Friday, or workshops Sat and Sun, or these songs, please message me.

Peter Alsop wrote a kids' song called "My Body's Nobody's Body but Mine", and Marcie Boyd added more adult lyrics to the chorus.

Hope this is helpful.

Mary McCaffrey