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Thread #120093   Message #2611437
Posted By: GUEST,Gerry
15-Apr-09 - 12:18 AM
Thread Name: Singers mentioning themselves in a song
Subject: RE: Singers mentioning themselves in a song
Kristina Olsen does a song, Love, Kristina.

In Gotta Serve Somebody, Dylan writes, "You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy." Then again, he also wrote, "My name, it means nothing."

Frank MacNamara, aka Frank the Poet, wrote a poem, For The Company Under Ground, where every stanza ends, "MacNamara shall work that day/For the company under ground." I've heard it recited, don't know whether anyone's ever put a tune to it.

I don't suppose you'd count the Peter, Paul and Mary recording of A-soalin', with the line, "One for Peter/Two for Paul."