Songs About Lawnmowers???? HELP!!

Subject: RE: Songs About Lawnmovers???? HELP!!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 10 May 04 - 12:49 PM

What about "one man went to mow"? not specifically lawnmowers - but no reason why it CAN'T be...

Subject: RE: Songs About Lawnmovers???? HELP!!
From: GUEST, Mike Wilkinson
Date: 10 May 04 - 12:38 PM

Then there's that old Blondie song: "I love the sound of raking grass"...

Subject: RE: Songs About Lawnmovers???? HELP!!
From: GUEST, Mike Wilkinson
Date: 10 May 04 - 12:37 PM

There is a heavy metal band called Lawnmower Death ("Deth"?) whose lead singer is called Freddie Flymo. I don't know if that helps! ;0)

As I mowed out one morning in May?

There was Flymo, Bendigo, Gentry he was there-o

Strimmer is a-coming in and winter's gone away-o

As we go rollering home?

I can think of several with "rake" in, if that helps...

Subject: RE: Songs About Lawnmovers???? HELP!!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 10 May 04 - 12:20 PM

Wouldn't be hard to adapt Woody Guthrie's Riding in my Car to meet the situation:

Brrm, brm brm...(mower noises to tune)

Take me riding on the mower(2x)
Take you riding on the mower
I'll take you riding on my mower

Climb climb, rattle on the big seat
Spree I spraddle on the big seat
Turn my key, step on the starter/ TAKE....

And so forth.

Subject: RE: Songs About Lawnmovers???? HELP!!
From: Oaklet
Date: 10 May 04 - 12:12 PM

How about "Ride on"?

Subject: RE: Songs About Lawnmovers???? HELP!!
From: LindsayInWales
Date: 10 May 04 - 12:07 PM

the only song I can think of is a 70s one (Genesis?) and a line which says:

"Me? I'm just a lawnmower, you can tell me by the way I walk"

but I don't suppose this is very helpful !

Subject: Songs About Lawnmowers???? HELP!!
From: JenEllen
Date: 10 May 04 - 11:57 AM

I am in a bit of a fix.

A toddler who is very near and dear to my heart has had a love of lawnmowers since he could walk. Riding lawnmowers are the best thing this Earth has to offer. (He even swiped a lawnmower catalog from the Home Depot and that is his bedtime reading material---no good night moon, it's good night lawnmower)

This weekend we had a birthday party for a friend, and the little guy was 'helping' me put candles on the cake. I asked him if he was going to help sing Happy Birthday, and he said yes. I asked him to sing it for me, and he starts: "Singa songa lawnmower...."

I got to thinking on the subject, and for the life of me can't think of a SINGLE lawnmower song. I'm sure the lawnmowers would appreciate it, after all that they do for us, but I can't find a single one.

If there aren't any out there, can we wrangle a song challenge? I'd love to be able to have some lawnmower songs for singing around the campfire this summer. I've already taken liberties with the Buffalo Song (there were two lawn-mowers, etc...) and that seems to work okay.

Thanks all,
~JE