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Thread #37562   Message #524011
Posted By: Mark Cohen
08-Aug-01 - 09:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: go get an axe, there's a fly on baby's...
Subject: Go get an axe...anybody know it?
When I saw the thread title, "A baby fell out of the window", I thought it might be about this song. It wasn't. I looked to see if it was in the DT. It wasn't. Anybody recognize this? It's the way I learned it in Philadelphia in the early 60s, and I'm sure there are other less garbled/processed versions around. I remember that my sister and I used to laugh ourselves into virtual paralysis every time we sang, "Go get an axe, there's a fly on baby's mustache"...

I fell from a window
A second-story window
And caught my eyelash on a sill, a sill
Go get an axe, there's a fly on baby's mustache
A boy's best friend is his mother
(I'm a moron, you're another)
Presents make the heart grow fonder
Peroxide makes the hair grow blonder
Christmas comes but once a season
My father shot a horse
Bang! Bang! Neeeeiiiiighhhhhh!

I could probably come up with a MIDI of the tune, but I doubt it would be worth it....

Aloha,
Mark