Shortest song ever

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: GUEST,Mike Yates
Date: 18 Aug 14 - 03:38 AM

"Come all ye, and go back again." Or, "My name it is Van Gough, lend an ear, lend an ear."

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Mr Red
Date: 18 Aug 14 - 03:26 AM

not the shortest but in the same vein

"Tom Pierce, Tom Pierce, Lend I your grey mare?
NO!"

"Have you ever seen a wild Goose?
NO!"

etc

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 18 Aug 14 - 02:43 AM

The shortest poem that I know is one entitled "A short poem upon the antiquity of fleas"
Adam had'em.

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: michaelr
Date: 18 Aug 14 - 01:12 AM

Shortest conversation between two Scotsmen:


"Tay?"


"Nay."

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Joe Offer
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 11:31 PM

Another cowboy-ish song:

I'm so lonesome in the saddle...
Since my horse died.

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 08:55 PM

Walt Robertson used to sing

"You stole my wife--
You horse thief!!"

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 06:58 PM

The Smothers Brothers did a longer version of the one BBCW cited above:

Hangman, hangman slack your rope,
Slack your rope,
Slack it 'fore I (choking sound).

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 06:48 PM

Come hangman slack your urkggg!

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 06:28 PM

damn, apw....you must have posted that while I was writing mine :-)

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 06:27 PM

Another Tom Paxton: The Ballad of Spiro Agnew


Intro: "i'll sing of Spiro Agnew, and all that he has done....."

follwed by silence.

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: GUEST,guest apw
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 06:24 PM

I'll sing of Spiro Agnew and all the deeds he's done

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: GUEST, topsie
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 06:06 PM

Unless anyone comes up with a one-word song with less than four letters, I think we have a winner.

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: GUEST,Mick Green (of Coblers Monday Shanty Group,
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 06:01 PM

I had a Tom Paxton CD on which he sang a song to commemorate a lost election. Musical intro followed by "shit". Shortest for me.

Subject: RE: Shortest folk song ever
From: Leadbelly
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 04:58 PM

OK, let's try it this way.

Shortest folk song ever, folks.

Come on, I wanna go to bed.

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: pdq
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 04:50 PM

The shortest "hit" song in U.S. history was "Little Boxes", the Malvina Reynolds song as sung by Pete Seeger.

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Leadfingers
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 04:45 PM

Shortest FOLK song ever would get more response

The gallant frigate Amphetrite sank for example

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: Leadbelly
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 04:22 PM

Obviously a flop!

But I don't care because this was expected.

There are much more interesting threads on mudcat.

Subject: RE: Shortest song ever
From: GUEST,#
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 04:20 PM

You Suffer by Napalm Death. Here is a link to it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGOT4d2Hs8

Subject: Shortest song ever
From: Leadbelly
Date: 17 Aug 14 - 03:30 PM

Because of best song ever I do believe it's time to complete the "ever" section by finding out which song in pop history was the shortest ever.
We did the longest some time ago so now let's start nominating the absolutely shortest.

Personally, I have no idea.