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Subject: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 07:55 AM First, I need to give a hat tip to this thread Knock! Knock! (who's there?) which I also agree should be above the line. ** Which songs can you think of that include the word "knock" or "knocking" in their title or lyrics? I'll start the ball knocking? in my next post to this thread. Thanks, in advance, for your participation in this thread. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:06 AM SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN AT YOUR DOOR Somebody's knocking at your door, Somebody's knocking at your door, Oh-oh sinner, why don't you answer? Somebody's knocking at your door. http://lyrics.astraweb.com/display/816/hymns..unknown..somebodys_knocking_at_your_door.html Here's a slow version and a then a fast version of this song: Janes Cleveland-"Somebody's Knocking At Your Door" ** Gospelchor MBG Dierdorf auf dem Weihnachtskonzert 2004 ** For what it's worth, the "fast" version of this song sounds like the one I'm used to singing. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Steve Howlett Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:06 AM Idlers and Scivers (sic) by Keith Marsden has the chorus But we're knocking at the door, knocking at the door, And a penny in the poor man's hat will no longer do. They'd better open wide and let us come inside For the knocking's nearly over, then the door's coming through! When we used to sing it we knew the song as "Knocking", and that's how we indexed it. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:08 AM Stop That Knocking on My Door Who's That Knocking at My Window Knock and the Door Shall Be Opened Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Dylan) I Hear You Knockin' But You Can't Come In |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Georgiansilver Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:10 AM Knock, Knock Who's there. Poverty Poverty Knocks Someones Knocking at the Door Knock Knock Knocking on Heavens Door |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Steve Howlett Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:11 AM "Who's that knocking at my door? Daft Jennifer Eccles and she lives next door! Curses, curses, she wants play at nurses And I want to play at war!" |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:22 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe990JYsbNo Paul McCartney-"Let 'Em In" LET 'EM IN (Paul McCartney) Someones knockin at the door Somebodys ringin the bell Someones knockin at the door Somebodys ringin the bell Do me a favor, Open the door and let em in Sister suzie, brother john, Martin luther, phil and don, Brother michael, auntie gin, Open the door and let em in. Someones knockin at the door Somebodys ringin the bell Someones knockin at the door Somebodys ringin the bell Do me a favor, Open the door and let em in. ** There is also a reggae version of this song by Shinehead which gives the names of reggae greats who have passed on. Unfortunately, I can't find the lyrics or a video of this song online. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:33 AM Here's an example of a children's cheerleader cheer that includes the word "knock": I'm a Cougar from Cougar town and only a Cougar can knock me down If you don't like my apples, don't shake my tree 'cause I'm a Cougar Don't mess with me! Submitted by: Baby boy; http://cheerleading.about.com/od/cheerschantsyells/a/cheers12.htm |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Mr Happy Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:44 AM Poverty Knock? |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Mr Happy Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:45 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blw5_H9aw-U |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Georgiansilver Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:46 AM I hear you Knocking, but you can't come in!!! |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 08:48 AM Here's a link to Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (ORIGINAL) The lyrics are given on the video screen. For those who can't get YouTube, here are the lyrics to that song: KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR (Bob Dylan) Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore. It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Mama, put my guns in the ground I can't shoot them anymore. That long black cloud is comin' down I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/knockin-heavens-door ** "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In 2004, representatives of the music industry and the press voted it #190 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockin'_on_Heaven's_Door |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 09:02 AM I HEAR YOU KNOCKING BUT YOU CAN'T COME IN (Smiley Lewis) You went away and left long time ago Now your knocking on my door I hear you knocking But you can't come in I hear you knocking Go back where you been I begged you not to go but you said goodbye Now your telling me all your lies I hear you knocking But you can't come in I hear you knocking Go back where you been You better get back to your used to be 'Cause your kind of love ain't good for me I hear you knocking But you can't come in I hear you knocking Go back where you been I told you way back in '52 That I would never go with you I hear you knocking But you can't come in I hear you knocking Go back where you been http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/moonlightmile/ihearyouknocking.htm ** "...In November 1970 [Dave Edmunds from Wales] records his debut solo single called "I Hear You Knocking" that debuts in the US on 26 December and peaks at #4 on the pop chart and goes all the way to #1 in the UK. The record would eventually sell over 3 million copies worldwide. The song was written by blues singer "Smiley Lewis" who took it to #2 on the US R&B chart in 1955. It was also a #2 pop hit also in 1955 for "Gale Storm". "Fats Domino" covered the song again in 1961 but it only made it to #67 on the US pop chart for him."... http://www.epinions.com/content_4038172804 ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDhhWvKNY2k&feature=PlayList&p=A616D3B065123D1D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2 Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking (1955) -sound only ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqIQE4du6co Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Mr Happy Date: 27 Sep 09 - 09:11 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Jvsbcxunc |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 09:16 AM Mr. Happy, you should warn people that they are going to see & hear Tony Orlando and Dawn singing. [Just kidding] :o) Thanks to all who have posted on this thread so far. Keep 'em coming! |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 09:42 AM I'm feeling guilty for my rip on Tony Orlando & Dawn. I sincerely apologize to them and to their fans. And in penance, I'm going off the subject and post this link to a video of their song which is part of American folk culture: Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 10:01 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92NpzXXpQtg&feature=related Eddie Floyd-Knock On Wood |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Acorn4 Date: 27 Sep 09 - 10:28 AM Russ Abbott in his role as Julio Doubleglazias:- "I don't care what the critics say, I've been handling knockers for years" |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: oldhippie Date: 27 Sep 09 - 10:59 AM "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door" (and knock and ring and tap until you do). |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 01:17 PM Here's another children's cheer that includes a form of the word "knock": Introduce yourself to shy introduce yourself I try my name (say your name) yeah I cheer for (say who you cheer for) my sign is (say your sign)and when I'm up I'm hot stuff And when I'm down don't mess around and when I'm me don't scream or shout or you'll get knocked out! -De'ajaih; (African American girl; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 5/16/2006); cocojams.com -snip- My comments about this cheer: This cheer has a "group/consecutive soloist" pattern. I've named children's cheerleader cheers that have this pattern "foot stomping cheers". Foot stomping cheers start with the group voice (depending on the cheer, this means either the entire group, or the group minus the soloist). The lines thereafter alternate between the soloist and the rest of the group. The brief cheer could end with the soloist saying a line, or with the soloist & the group saying the same line. Sometimes the cheer ends with the group saying the last line without the soloist. But the signature of "foot stomping cheers" is the cheer starting again from the beginning with the next soloist (the former soloist rejoins the group). This pattern of consecutive soloists continues until everyone in the group has had one turn during being a soloist for that cheer. In the Pittsburgh area, footstomping cheers are usually done by two to five or so girls standing in a horizontal line. I've seen these cheers performed since the mid 1980s in that area by African American girls (usually 6-12 years old). The 1970s (African American school girls, Washington D.C.) is the earliest documentation I've found of this performance style which emphasizes the creation of bass sounding foot stomps that alternate with (individual) handclaps. Sometimes the foot stomps alternate with body pats (pattin' juba). "stompstompclap stompstomp clap" is usually the pattern for the syncopated beat that the girls make while chanting these cheers. This beat continues throughout the entire cheer. If one girl gets off-beat or messes up the words to the chant, the entire chant is "messed up" and the cheer has to start from the beginning. Usually, if a girl doesn't think she knows how to do the beat, or doesn't know the words to that particular cheer, she'll step aside until she learns it rather than risk the ire of the other girls for messing up that (usually informal) cheer performance. For some foot stomping cheerrs, each new soloist says the same lines (except when they give their name and/or nickname or when they insert their favorite color, or their astrological [sun] sign or something else about themselves. For other footstomping cheers, the soloists are supposed to chant a lines/verses (from a repertoire of lines that fit the cheer)that hadn't already been chanted. In the example given above everyone in the group except the first soloist says "Introduce yourself". The soloist then says "to[o] shy". The group then repeats its command "introduce yourself". The soloist then says "I ['ll] try". She then says "my name [is ___]" The rest of the group says "Yeah". In memorized order, the soloist then gives additional identifying information about herself. Each time the soloist's information is followed by some brief statement by the rest of the group. For instance, if the soloist says "My sign is Pisces, the group says "Yeah". But if the soloist says "when I'm up I'm hot stuff", the rest of the group says "hot stuff". And when the soloist says "And when I'm down don't mess around", the rest of the group says "don't mess around". That particular cheer usually ends with the line "don't make me scream or you will be knocked out". Some of these cheers fade away very quickly. But other cheers-like "Introduce Yourself"-have been remarkably consistent in words & performance style for decades, particularly in numerous African American communities. For more information on foot stomping cheers, visit this page of my website: http://www.cocojams.com/street_cheers_example%200104.htm Azizi Powell |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Little Robyn Date: 27 Sep 09 - 02:39 PM Sidney Carter's Standing in the rain. Standing in the rain, Knocking on the window. Knocking on the window On a Christmas Day. There he is again, Knocking on the window. Knocking on the window In the same old way Robyn |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 02:46 PM Hernando's Hideaway (Adler-Ross) I know a dark secluded place A place where no one knows your face A glass of wine a fast embrace It's called...Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ All you see are silhouettes And all you hear are castanets And no one cares how late it gets Not at Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ At the Golden Fingerbowl or any place you go You can meet your Uncle Max and everyone you know But if you go to the spot that I am thinking of You will be free...to gaze at me And talk of love Just knock three times and whisper low That you and I were sent by Joe Then strike a match and you will know That you're in Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ ooohh yeah! move over here a little closer... mmmmm.... HEY! Oh just knock three times and whisper low That you and I were sent by Joe Then strike a match and you will know That you're in Hernando's Hideaway. -snip- *[Italics added by me to highlight that verse] "[Hernando's Hideaway] was used on the soundtrack to the film Snatch...It was also No1 in the UK on the 11th of November 1955 (for 2 weeks).} Lyrics and comments about this song from http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070122033228AAAotVI ** Here's a link to a video of this song by the Johnston Brothers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYeCFkyJR5c |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: VirginiaTam Date: 27 Sep 09 - 02:59 PM While we are at it - how about a mention of the old wive's tale of why we knock on wood? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocking_on_wood |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Betsy Date: 27 Sep 09 - 03:16 PM Christy Moore sang a great song about the airport at Knock in Eire - does this qualify ? |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Georgiansilver Date: 27 Sep 09 - 03:55 PM Knock three times, On the Window in the hallway, Twice on the pipe if the answer is no!!! |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: GUEST,mg Date: 27 Sep 09 - 04:01 PM http://www.irishpage.com/songs/knock.htm Hymn to Our Lady of Knock in Ireland. mg |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Bernard Date: 27 Sep 09 - 04:02 PM You know last night, you know the night before Three little tom cats came knocking at my door One played a fiddle, another had a drum The third had a pancake stuck to his bum. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 04:31 PM Hello, Betsy. Thanks for sharing that example. Yes, any song or rhyme that anyone posts to what I call a "category thread"* counts. People can have different approaches to these kinds of threads. For instance, there's probably lots of examples of songs in the Digital Tradition (DT), since its such a great resource for songs. But I prefer to add examples "off the top of my head" and then look for more information and possibly videos after thinking of an example. And I prefer to add the words to songs or rhymes and other people may prefer to list as many examples as they can think of, or post information about specific songs, as I believe mg did about the song you shared. All of this to say that Mudcat members and guests can approach this thread any way they want. They can even go off-topic a bit (like I did earlier in this thread), though hopefully the off-topic posting would not derail the presentation or discussion of the main theme of the thread. :o) These threads are just for fun, but (and) they can also be interesting learning experiences. So "write on!" (to paraphrase a 1960s American saying). *These types of threads may be called something else, or they may have no name at all. Don't mind my giving them a name. I just like to name things. ** mg, thanks for finding that web page. Here's your hyperlink: http://www.irishpage.com/songs/knock.htm |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: the fence Date: 27 Sep 09 - 05:26 PM the knocker upper man |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Jack Campin Date: 27 Sep 09 - 05:31 PM Knocked 'Em In The Old Kent Road (which perhaps ought to start a separate thread about how many squares of the Monopoly board you can associate a song with). |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: VirginiaTam Date: 27 Sep 09 - 05:37 PM I am going to hate myself in the morning for this. It's a Hard Knock Life - Little Orphan Annie |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Splott Man Date: 27 Sep 09 - 05:44 PM I think Stev Howlett is thinking of Valerie Wilkins by the group Roaring Jelly. Jennifer Eccles was by The Hollies (I think). |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 06:18 PM This post is definitely off-topic. But I was wondering whether I was correct in saying that "right on" was from the 1960s. It turns out that I was right about the decade when that was a popular saying. See this excerpt from Re: Right On! Posted by ESC on March 15, 2004 In Reply to: Right On! posted by Robert on March 15, 2004 : A common phrase uttered in the "Love in" era of the '60s was "Right On" - indicating the speaker was emphatically correct. Though no longer in common useage, I was wondering about the source... 'Right on!' was derived from 'right on T' and popularized by the Black Panthers in the 1960s and 1970s." ON TIME/ON T - "At the appropriate natural, psychological moment, regardless of 'clock' time. Probably from the Traditional Black Church expression associated with the story of Job. 'He (God) may not come when you want Him, but He's right on time.'" From "Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner" by Geneva Smitherman (Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, N.Y., 1994). ".Right on.which is first recorded in 1925." From "20th Century Words: The Story of New Words in English Over the Last 100 Years" by John Ayto (Oxford University Press, New York, 1999)" -snip- For what it's worth, I've never heard or seen in print "On T", but I have definitely heard [and used] the saying "He (or "God") may not come when you want Him, but He's right on time." That saying is so well known among African Americans that it's sometimes given in a call & response manner-meaning one person may say "He may not come when you want Him". And someone else completes the saying "But He's always right on time".* I had no idea that the phrase "right on" came from that saying. But even if it's not true, it sounds good. *My interpretation of "He may not come when you want Him, but He's right on time" is is that God knows what is best for us. Although His plans may not fit our time frames (since we want things to happen sooner rather than later), when they happen and even if they don't happen at all, is all part of a master plan. So, on the one hand, we have to wait & trust that God has our best interests at heart, and on the other hand "God helps those who help themselves", so we shouldn't just knock on wood and hope things will turn out for the best without doing what we need to do to the best of our abilities. I added that "knock on wood" phrase to bring the subject back to the theme of this thread. :o) |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 06:20 PM Here's that link with the information I quoted about "right on": http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/29/messages/540.html |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Joe_F Date: 27 Sep 09 - 06:22 PM The Chandler's Wife (when I heard sound of a * * *, right above my head). Chevaliers de la Table Ronde (Toc, toc, toc, on frappe a la porte -- je crois bien que c'est son mari). |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 06:37 PM VirginiaTam, I had the nerve to take a group of adopted children (mine and others) to see Little Orphan Annie. What was I thinking? My sons and the other two children who were adopted were between 4 and 6 years old. And they seemed to enjoy the experience. But my daughter who was 10 years old was the one who hipped me to the fact that that play and the "It's A Hard Knock Life" song in particular might be difficult for adopted children. I confess I hadn't thought about their adopted status at all when I planned that outing. Duh! ** Here are the words to that song: IT'S A HARD-KNOCK LIFE [ORPHANS] It's the hard-knock life for us! It's the hard-knock life for us! [ANNIE] 'Steada treated, [ORPHANS] We get tricked! [ANNIE] 'Steada kisses, [ORPHANS] We get kicked! [ALL] It's the hard-knock life! Got no folks to speak of, so, It's the hard-knock row we how! [ANNIE] Cotton blankets, [ORPHANS] 'Steada of wool! [ANNIE] Empty Bellies [ORPHANS] 'Steada of full! [ALL] It's the hard-knock life! [ANNIE] Don't if feel like the wind is always howl'n? [KATE AND TESSIE] Don't it seem like there's never any light! [DUFFY AND JULY] Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in? [MOLLY AND PEPPER] It's easier than puttin' up a fight. [ANNIE] No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy! No one cares if you grow...of if you shrink! No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy! [ALL] From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink! Ohhhh!!!!!!! Empty belly life! Rotten smelly life! Full of sorrow life! No tomorrow life! [MOLLY] Santa Claus we never see [ANNIE] Santa Claus, what's that? Who's he? [ALL] No one cares for you a smidge When you're in an orphanage! [MOLLY] (Making a whistling sound and imitating Miss. Hannigan) You'll stay up till this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler Building. [ORPHANS] Yank the whiskers from her chin Jab her with a safety Pin Make her drink a mickey finn I love you, Miss Hannigan [MOLLY] (whistle) Get to work! (whistle) Strip them beds! (whistle) I said get to work! [ALL] It's the hard-knock life for us It's the hard-knock life for us No one cares for you a smidge When your in an orphanage It's the hard-knock life It's the hard-knock life It's the hard-knock life! http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/annie/itsthehard-knocklife.htm ** Here's a link to a YouTube video of that song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR80EEsWauU ** BTW, hip-hop artist Jay-Z had a 1998 hit album & song called "Hard Knock Life" which includes a clip of this song from "Annie". My sons certainly played that song, and it didn't seem to bother them. But still... |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 06:54 PM Here's the song that Joe_F referred to in his 27 Sep 09 - 06:22 PM post (I think): "This example of "The Chandler's Wife" is performed by The Sassy Lassies (Liza Kay). Please refer to Cantaria's Copyright information This can be sung as "I" or "a man" depending whether you prefer first or third person voice. Liza performs it in the third person. The last verse is always in 3rd person. Some common alternatives to the words Liza sings are noted in brackets. The KNOCKS could be claps, snaps, drum beats, etc. -- any sound that implies "censored". A man (I) walked into the chandler's shop some candles for to buy, He (I) looked around the chandler's shop but no one did he (I) spy. So he turned upon his heels and to the door he sped [alt 3rd line: I was disappointed and some angry words I said, ] When he (I) heard the sound of a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK up above my head. When he (I) heard the sound of a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK up above my head. Well this young man was a bold young man so up the stairs he sped, [alt 1st line: I was slick and I was quick, and up the stairs I sped, ] And very surprised was he (I) to find the chandler's wife in bed; And with her was a fine young man of most incredible size, And they were having a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK right before his (my) eyes. And they were having a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK right before his (my) eyes. When the fun was over and done and the lady raised her head, She was quite surprised to find him (me) standing by the bed "If you would keep my secret sir, if you would be so kind, You may drop in for a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK whenever you feel inclined." "You may drop in for a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK whenever you feel inclined." So, many a day and many a night when the chandler wasn't home, Down to the chandler shop, for candles he (I) would roam. But nary a one she gave to him (me), but gave to him (me) instead, Just a little bit more of the KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK to light his (my) way to bed. Just a little bit more of the KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK to light his (my) way to bed. So, all you married men take heed, whenever you go to town, If you must leave your woman alone, be sure to tie her down. Or, if you would be kind to her, just lay her right down on the floor, And give her so much of that KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK she doesn't want any more. And give her so much of that KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK she doesn't want any more." https://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/lyrics/chandlerswife.html -snip- A note on that page indicate that there's another version of this song in the Digital Tradition. I tried but couldn't access it. Maybe the search feature still isn't working properly. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 06:58 PM the fence, I had to use google to find out what "the knocker upper man" means, and found this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1qm6hSHFs Joe Stead (1981 Version) - The Knocker Upper Man |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 27 Sep 09 - 07:13 PM The singer in that "Knocker Upper" song prefaced his performance of that song by saying that the title of that song seems to make Americans smile or laugh. He continued his remarks saying that he didn't know why that was and didn't care to know. Well, I thought that was rather incurious of that singer, so I left this comment on that YouTube video page: "I'm an American and I confess that the title of that song made me smile. It's partly because of the child like alliteration or whatever you all that ending. But "knocker upper" also has a bit of naughtiness about it ("knocking somebody up" means to get them pregnant.)" And now you know :o) -snip- I meant the fact that both of the two words ended in "er". ** Joe, it occurs to me that that singer has the same first name as you do. Was that you? If so, good job (good job even if that singer isn't you). But I want to be clear that I meant no harm by my comments. I thought that the singer might want to take a lighter approach to his prefacing remarks. I don't think Americans are laughing at English customs. [Speaking for all Americans, which certainly can get me in trouble] We just think those words are kinda funny and also just a little bit "naughty". Which calls to mind another current Mudcat thread: 'naughty'; 'bawdy' - what else? [Other English language words that mean "naughty"/"bawdy"] |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: RobbieWilson Date: 27 Sep 09 - 07:47 PM Cosher Died, twas something shocking and they laid him in his coffin then they heard a knock knock knocking cosher Bailey, always joking |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Snuffy Date: 28 Sep 09 - 08:53 AM Who's that knocking at my door? Who's that knocking at my door? Who's that knocking at my door? Said the fair young maiden It's only me from over the sea Said Barnacle Bill the sailor It's only me from over the sea Said Barnacle Bill the sailor etc., etc.. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: RobbieWilson Date: 28 Sep 09 - 09:26 AM Knock me down with a feather, clever Trevor Wise men wonder whether clever Trevor's clever Neither have they got nor neither have they not got the right to make a clot Out of Trevor Ian dury and the blockheads |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Azizi Date: 28 Sep 09 - 11:10 AM "Knockin da Boots" is the title of a 2007 R&B song by H-Town. Here's a link to that song's lyrics: http://www.dapslyrics.com/h-town/knockin-da-boots-lyrics/ And here's a link to a YouTube video of that song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBnEaQd4ZY ** What does "knockin da boots" mean? Well, let's just say that the phrase "knockin da boots" carries on a lusty Blues tradition of creating euphemisms for certain meaningful actions. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Will Fly Date: 28 Sep 09 - 11:41 AM I'm not sure if someone has already mentioned this, but another meaning of to "knock" in the UK is to go to the pawnbrokers. There was an Irish pun on this when people over there used the phrase "I'm going to knock" - it wasn't the place... |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Dave the Gnome Date: 28 Sep 09 - 11:57 AM Out of interest, Mike Canavan, formaly of this Parish (Manchester) wrote 'Knocker Upper Man' as well as many other classics of Lancashire times gone by. One of my favourite of his was about the public swimming baths "Ee, the load of mucky kids that used to come each day down to t'corporation baths that were in Harperhey In my mind I see 'em now, clear as yesterday Kids all shapes and sizes, always dirty" Can't remember any songs or chants with knocking in but I'll ask Mrs G later. I fondly remember though that, now the nights are closing in, we are coming into 'knock a door run' season. Glad we never got caught:-) DeG |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 28 Sep 09 - 01:52 PM Here is one to knock your socks off Az and rattle your week....(I know lets call a boycott of Sherman, Clay pianos right girl?)
Dat Nigger Knocker (A Phenomenal Hit - The Latest Coon Song)
1. Dere's a coon around dis town, known as Nigger Knocker Brown
2. In a chop house Brown once heard As a waiter I'se a bird,
3. It was in de month of June, We was on our honey moon,
4. Had a dream de other night, Coon an' me mised in a fight;
CHORUS:
4th Verse CHORUS
Manuscript then rolls into a jig-like dance tune.
Sincerely,
I need to review the quick easy ABC notation - it is a catchy little tune - however, maybe midi would be better. I'll jump right on it. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: MGM·Lion Date: 28 Sep 09 - 02:12 PM A note on 'Wot-cher, or Knocked 'Em In The Old Kent Road' - cited by Jack Campin above with a ref to the London version of the Monopoly Board. Music-hall song made famous by Albert Chevalier [1861-1923], written by Charles Ingle; given new lease of life in Shirley Temple's film version of The Little Princess [1939], sung and danced with Arthur Treacher. Lyrics easily googled via International Lyrics Playground. |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: Paul Burke Date: 28 Sep 09 - 02:20 PM Have we had Knocking Nelly yet? |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: MGM·Lion Date: 28 Sep 09 - 02:53 PM And I don't think we've had the Monkees, have we? - "We are the new generation, Knock knock knocking at your door"? Or did I just miss it? |
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Subject: RE: Songs & Rhymes About Knocking From: VirginiaTam Date: 28 Sep 09 - 03:19 PM Knock em Dead - Motley Crew Well in the heat of the night You went and blackened my eyes I hold back go back go back And I'm comin' your way Well now what's good for the times Might judge the blood in your face I go black [tunnel vision/drunken stupor] go black go black And in a crime of hate [Chorus:] Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Well Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Well it's a TKO The blade is red, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Well the stars make'em fight [stars in the night sky] I heard a give and scream I hold back, go back, go back Another talent's bloody dream I heard'em startin' to whine My blood turned to freeze You see the red in my eyes You're gonna take my disease Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Well it's a TKO The blade is red, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Well Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Knock 'em Knock'em Knock 'em Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Well Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Well it's a one man fight His blood is red kid (Knock 'em dead!) Knock 'em dead, kid (Knock 'em dead!) Knock'em .. Knock'em .. Knock'em Knock.....[scream].... 'em uh ah Dead kid. In this song the phrase Knock em dead might be it a bit.... ahhh... literal. |
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