Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Paul from Hull Date: 12 Sep 06 - 03:38 PM Yep...I was thinking that the line was from 'Bonny Gateshead Lass', I reckon... |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Old Guy Date: 12 Sep 06 - 05:20 PM He blew his mind out in a car He didn't notice that the lights had changed. When he told a joke you would chortle for days. All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum If I were a wealthy man. Ive got fire water right on my breath And the doctor warned me I might catch a death. Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime. But the education of no man or boy is complete Until he has witnessed this shocking spectacle. |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: The Sandman Date: 12 Sep 06 - 05:43 PM 1.black as a bootprint in a shining hallway. 2.Ill purchase a cow that will never run dry. 3. she stood there shivering and shaking, half frozen to death with the cold. |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Snuffy Date: 12 Sep 06 - 05:47 PM 3. The Devonshire Farmer's Daughter or many other Highwayman Outwitted songs |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: The Sandman Date: 12 Sep 06 - 05:57 PM well done snuffy, the other two are irish. |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: chazkratz Date: 12 Sep 06 - 06:16 PM The first one is the song that made me a Beatles fan: "A Day in the Life"; the second, "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof, I think. Charles |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: chazkratz Date: 12 Sep 06 - 06:24 PM My list from last night, half correctly identified, half not, as identified by asterisks before the number: 1. I saw your other man today, wearin' my brand new shoes. (correctly identified by bfdk as Commander Cody's "Down to Seeds and Stems" *2. She told me not to play around but I done let that deal go down. (I can't believe no one got this one") *3. I know for certain that you have a right to be free. 4. Yer tellin me that I'm not moral enough to go out and shoot women and children... (correctly identified by Little Robyn: Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant") 5. I ain't no fool, I'm goin' to school... (another bfdk ID: "Draft Dodger's Rag," Phil Ochs) 6. These love affairs is hard to bear... (still another bfdk identification although we differed in details "Leavin' Home" as recorded by The New Lost City Ramblers) *7. Now the big three have departed but not so the cult they started... 8. Little children wept and cried as the waves swept o'er the side. (correctly identified by Captain Birdseye as "The Titanic") *9. Ain't i always nice to your kid sister? *10. This wimmen's liberation is a-goin' to yer head. Charles |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Geordie-Peorgie Date: 12 Sep 06 - 06:37 PM Geordie's Answers! 1. The Blaydon Races by Geordie Ridley 2. We Stayed Awake by Huw Williams 3. Jimmy Newman by Tom Paxton 4. It's Alright Ma - Bobby the Zim (Canny answer and spot on PDQ) 5. Cushie Butterfield - Trad (Tyneside) try these a. There's nothin' so lonesome, morbid or drear (Oz) b. But there's one thing which makes Spring complete for me, And makes every Sunday a treat for me (US) c. Their drifting tunes seemed to fill the air (US) d. Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet through his brain (US) e. The caste in her eye makes her look shy and I wish we never had parted (UK) Good Luck |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: bfdk Date: 12 Sep 06 - 06:47 PM Geordie's: a. There's nothin' so lonesome, morbid or drear (Oz) A Pub With No Beer by (Dropkick Murphys) c. Their drifting tunes seemed to fill the air (US) The Roseville Fair (Bill Staines) d. Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet through his brain (US) Darcy Farrow (John Denver) |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: bfdk Date: 12 Sep 06 - 06:53 PM Captain Birdseye's: 2. I'll purchase a cow that will never run dry Limerick Rake (Trad.) |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Leadfingers Date: 12 Sep 06 - 06:56 PM Geordie - a is Pub With No Beer b is Poisoning pigeons in the Park c is Roseville fair d is Darcey farrow e has me beat !! |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Snuffy Date: 12 Sep 06 - 07:15 PM e Sally Gee |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Leadfingers Date: 12 Sep 06 - 07:16 PM OK - Try these !! LF 1 When the call comes again , they will not answer - (AUS) LF2 Young people reaching for power and gold have no respect for anything old - USA) LF3 She was shining out like a light in the night - (UK) LF4 A rumble of rock and the walls close round - (UK) LF4 It's hard to explain why I'm leaving once again - (USA) LF5 For me to have you now would be the sweetest thing -(UK) LF6 Then never despise the soldier lad thouh his staion be but low - (UK) LF7 Words like when you're older must appease him - (USA) LF8 There's someone in a pretty dress , she's all grown up like you - (USA) LF9 Rock-a-bye baby the dark and the light - (UK) LF10 If when the moon's a toothy smile you meet a whirling wind - (UK) |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: bfdk Date: 12 Sep 06 - 07:35 PM Terry's: LF 1 When the call comes again, they will not answer - (AUS) All The Fine Young Men (Eric Bogle & John Munro) LF4 A rumble of rock and the walls close round - (UK) Springhill Mine Disaster (Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl) |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Cool Beans Date: 12 Sep 06 - 07:35 PM LF5 For me to have you now would be the sweetest thing -(UK) Catch the Wind (Donovan) LF7 Words like when you're older must appease him - (USA) The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell) |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Snuffy Date: 12 Sep 06 - 07:36 PM LF5 Catch the Wind (Donovan) |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: pdq Date: 12 Sep 06 - 08:15 PM *3. I know for certain that you have a right to be free. ...from a variant of Cocaine/Coacine Blues/ Take A Whiff On Me...? |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: chazkratz Date: 12 Sep 06 - 08:25 PM I don't think so, PDQ. Think country. Think stunning woman with gray hair, primarily known for her backup singing. Charles |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: pdq Date: 12 Sep 06 - 08:40 PM ...I have two still un-answered: 3' "And why should I Call your name When you're to blame For making me Blue" hint 1: is more R'n'R than folk hint 2: by only 'ethnic' singer named in this quiz 6' "Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills, One man gathers what another man spills." hint 1: likely known mostly by their faithful fans hint 2: group played 3500+ live concerts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...some new ones: 7' "Knowin' that you lied Straight-faced while I cried" 8' "It's what you look like and not what you are" 9' "These are just some sorry kids ... they ain't the ones" 10' "You would stand to gain and I to lose" 11' "She's a gal with a portable past" 12' "I think we'd be better off ta just run her off this place" |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: frogprince Date: 12 Sep 06 - 09:12 PM John Denver didn't write Darcy Farrow; Steve Gillette wrote it after his sister Darcy was kicked in the head (not fatally) by a horse. |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: bobad Date: 12 Sep 06 - 09:13 PM "A handful of gimme and a mouthful of much obliged." |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: GUEST,oldhippie Date: 12 Sep 06 - 10:28 PM LF8 - Come Away Melinda ? |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Ron Davies Date: 13 Sep 06 - 12:22 AM "Why should I call your name when you're..."--Wasted Days and Wasted Nights--Freddy Fender. And earlier--can't remember whose-- "Ain't I always nice to your kid sister?"--Put Another Log on the Fire--Tompall Glaser, I believe. |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Ron Davies Date: 13 Sep 06 - 12:25 AM pdq --7-- "Reason to Believe"? |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Old Guy Date: 13 Sep 06 - 12:26 AM Chazkratz got Fiddler on the roof and A day in the Life. That's T and it rhymes with P and it stands for Pool. Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line. She tore it up and threw it in my face just for a laugh. I got a brand new house on the roadside, Made out of rattlesnake hide. All the way home I held a grudge. (or held her fudge) A cat's meow and a cow's moo, I can recite 'em all, |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: oggie Date: 13 Sep 06 - 12:31 AM LF 2 - Si Kahn 'All used up' All the best Oggie |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Ron Davies Date: 13 Sep 06 - 01:12 AM That's T and it rhymes---Trouble--Music Man Can't no high-toned---16 Tons Brand new house--Who Do You Love? (I think) All the way home---No Particular Place to Go |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Little Robyn Date: 13 Sep 06 - 01:57 AM 2,4 and 5 were easy. For the others, they're both by Peter Cape: 1.My love's hair was golden, like snowgrass in summer. 3.But I'll sing out as I go by your window, just to show you you're the one Robyn |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: chazkratz Date: 13 Sep 06 - 03:03 AM Here are the ones from my last night's list which no one identified: 2. She told me not to play around but I done let that deal go down. (I can't believe no one got this one: Hank Williams, "Move It on Over.") 3. I know for certain that you have a right to be free. ("I'm Too Far Gone," the version I heard was by Emmylou Harris--but it was probably a cover.) 7. Now the big three have departed but not so the cult they started... ("Oh,Doctor Freud"--I don't know the writer or who might have recorded it) 9. Ain't i always nice to your kid sister? (Tompall Glaser, "Put Another Log on the Fire") 10. This wimmen's liberation is a-goin' to yer head. (Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman and his Texas Jew-Boys,) "Put Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns into Bed") And here are a few more 1. Nobody could ignore that little girl next door, she sure looked sweet in her first evening gown. 2. When you were a boy did the Cheyenne and Sioux refuse to play nicely with you? 3. Got a lot of ice and snow here half as cold as all the people I've found. 4. Your woman says "Hey, Pedro, you're actin' crazy like a clown." 5. I was tokin' on a number, listenin' to the radio. 6. The evil gin does would be hard to assess. 7. We're playin' cards, writin' home, and havin' lots of fun... 8. Aunt Natasha drives the tractor, Grandma runs the cream extractor. Charles |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: The Sandman Date: 13 Sep 06 - 03:11 AM my number one was Donal og. someoneback there had, dont let the deal go down. 1. A BILLYGOAT PISSING IN AN OLD TIN CAN |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: bfdk Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:22 AM Frogprince, I don't know who wrote Darcy Farrow, but John Denver's credited with it here and here. Hint for my as yet unsolved riddles: 3 of those songs were actually penned by Catters!! Best wishes, Bente |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Leadfingers Date: 13 Sep 06 - 05:06 AM Oggie - Si Kahn is a cracking writer , but All Used Up was written by Utah Phillips !! |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Leadfingers Date: 13 Sep 06 - 05:49 AM Chazratz - Your latest - number 1 is Tom Lehrer -My Home Town , and number 6 is Flanders and Swann -Have Some Madeira M'Dear And despite what any web site says , Steve Gillette DID write Darcy Farrow - He and Cindy are doing a UK tour at the moment ! Old Guy - All the way home I held a grudge - Chuck Berry - No particular place to go |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Cool Beans Date: 13 Sep 06 - 08:48 AM 8. Aunt Natasha drives the tractor, Grandma runs the cream extractor. Wow! Is that obscure. I can't spell it, but it's from the Russian song "Hey, Jonkoya" And I'm still waiting for an answer to my earlier post: "You are living in the free world. In the free world you must stay." |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Cool Beans Date: 13 Sep 06 - 08:54 AM She tore it up and threw it in my face just for a laugh. Up on Cripple Creek (The Band) |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Snuffy Date: 13 Sep 06 - 09:37 AM 5. I was tokin' on a number, listenin' to the radio. is it My Guru Says No? |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: chazkratz Date: 13 Sep 06 - 09:58 AM Sorry, Snuffy. Think longhaired country, flat tire. Cool Beans--Right: Jankoya, but it's Yiddish, and not that obscure: English words by Pete Seeger, recorded by Limeliters--although I don't think they used that verse. I learned it first from their recording, then found Pete's version in Sing Out. And Leadfingers, right on both counts. Song also recorded by Limeliters. Charles |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: oggie Date: 13 Sep 06 - 10:00 AM Yup - My brain's getting addled with all these lyrics! Utah Phillips it was. Oggie |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Flash Company Date: 13 Sep 06 - 10:02 AM Thought of this while I was getting breakfast ready this morning, Haven't heard the song in donkeys years:- 'Come away, Boys, and fly with me' FC |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Midchuck Date: 13 Sep 06 - 10:36 AM Chazkratz got Fiddler on the roof and A day in the Life. That's T and it rhymes with P and it stands for Pool. "Trouble" from "The Music Man" by Meredith Wilson I got a brand new house on the roadside, Made out of rattlesnake hide. "Who Do You Love" - Bo Diddley, but I heard it from Tom Rush. A cat's meow and a cow's moo, I can recite 'em all, Dylan, but I can't remember the title |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: pdq Date: 13 Sep 06 - 11:11 AM 2. When you were a boy did the Cheyenne and Sioux refuse to play nicely with you? "Gunslinger" Limelighters 4. Your woman says "Hey, Pedro, you're actin' crazy like a clown." "Panama Red" Peter Rowan/NRPS |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Leadfingers Date: 13 Sep 06 - 12:06 PM My LF3 is Contemporary - One of the better writers from the North East My LF4b (Ooops) is one of the Longets still going American writers My LF6 is a Traditional Chorus song MyLF9 is a Serious Protest from a now dead writer of Hymns and comedy songs , as well as some serious comments ! My LF10 is from the first album of a group that have just got together AGAIN Now I must find a few more ! this is FUN !! |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: chazkratz Date: 13 Sep 06 - 02:39 PM pdq got two from my last night's list, "Panama Red" and "Gunslinger" (I had forgotten that Gottlieb and company had recorded "Gunslinger"--I heard it first on an album of satirical songs about psychology called "Songs of Couch and Consultation." Other songs on the LP included "Stay as Sick as You Are" and "I Can't Get Adjusted to the You Who Got Adjusted to Me." Charles |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Little Robyn Date: 13 Sep 06 - 03:29 PM 1. A BILLYGOAT PISSING IN AN OLD TIN CAN I thought of Ryebuck Shearer but that's A voice like a billygoat shitting in a can. Must be a different one??? Robyn |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: frogprince Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:10 PM 7. We're playin' cards, writin' home, and havin' lots of fun. Good Christian Soldier, by Bobby Bare and Billy Joe Shaver (I thought it was by Saint Kris, until I looked it up on the big black CD to get the proper title.) |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Big Al Whittle Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:32 PM 1) did you ever see Dallas..... 2)Met her in old Mexico, she was laughing, sad and young 3)....left her mama crying with her head in her hands such a sad case, so broken hearted 4) M is for the 5) we were outlaws but free men.... |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: oggie Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:36 PM 3 - Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Day Light - Emmylou Harris I believe, earlyish possibly recorded on Luxury Liner, 5 - Waiting for Bonaparte - Men they couln't Hang? All the best Oggie |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: oggie Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:44 PM Correction on the above- 5 is an Irish Rebel song - Galtee Mountain Boy Oggie |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: chazkratz Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:46 PM Frogprince--right you are. And Kristofferson recorded it, as did Joah Baez. Charles Oh, and the correct spelling of the title of the song (and the actual railroad depot) mentioned above: Zhankoye ("Aunt Natasha drives the tractor...") |
Subject: RE: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: melodeonboy Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:51 PM Here are the answers to my questions from a couple of days ago: 1. Somebody spread the rumour that you had lost your life etc. (My Wife Thinks You're Dead - Junior Brown) 2. Her eyes are like the setting sun, her teeth as white as pearl (Spotted Dick) 3. Water drinkers are dulll arses (I know it as Union Song; or maybe, as BB said, it's called "Come Me Lads") 4. I'll crow like a cock and carol like a lark (Jon Ball) 5. ....to buy a hunk of bacon and a lump of mouldy cheese (Hoppin' Down in Kent) Well done, Rumncoke and BB, who got questions 3, 4 and 5 between them. Nobody got the first two. |
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