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Thread #59549 Message #950046
Posted By: Joe Offer
10-May-03 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Please help 'Hucka Chucka soda cracka'?'
Subject: DTADD Version: Green Green Rocky Road
I found the Henske arrangement - it's on her self-titled album, released on Elektra in 1963 and recently reissued on CD. She calls it "Hooka Tooka," and says it's traditional, arranged by Henske. It has elements of the Chubby checker version I posted above, and elements from the "Green Rocky Road" version in the Digital Tradition (see links above). On the Website of The McGarrigles I found this transcript from The McGarrigle Hour, which is even closer to the Henske version. -Joe Offer
GREEN GREEN ROCKY ROAD P.D. Arrangement: K & A McGarrigle, Garden Court Music ASCAP
When I go to baltimore Got no carpet on my floor Please get up and follow me We'll go down in history
Green green rocky road Promenade in green Tell me who d'you love Tell me who d'you love
See that crow up in the sky He don't sing neither can he fly He can't walk nor can he run He's black paint splattered on the sun
Green green etc...
(Full break (verse and chorus))
Little miss jane runnin' to the ball Don't you stumble don't you fall Don't you scream and don't you shout When I sing come runnin' out
Green green etc...
Hooka tooka soda cracker Does your mama chew tobacco If your mama chew tobacco Hooka tooka soda cracker
Green green etc....
When I go to baltimore Got no carpet on my floor Please get up and follow me 'We'll go down in history
Green green......
I also found this (click), which purports to be the Emmylou Harris arrangement of the song, using only the "D" chord. It's from the McGarrigle Hour recording. Now I'll have to watch the McGarrigles and see who sings what - and what chord(s) they play.