ADD: Camp Granada (Allan Sherman)+new version

Subject: camp granada
From: doug
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 04:14 PM

i remember: hello muddah, hello faddah, i am here at, camp granada

thats all i've got thanks doug

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Jeri
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 04:41 PM

Doug, type "Grenada" into the blue search box. The song comes right up.

Subject: Lyr Add: HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH (Allan Sherman
From: Melbert
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 04:41 PM

HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH (A LETTER FROM CAMP)
Words by Allan Sherman and Lou Busch; tune, Amilcare Ponchielli's “Dance of the Hours”
As recorded by Allan Sherman, 1963.

Hello, Muddah; hello, Fadduh.
Here I am at Camp Granada,
Camp is very entertaining,
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

I went hiking with Joe Spivy.
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Leonard Skinner?
He got ptomaine pois'ning last night after dinner.

All the couns'lors hate the waiters,
And the lake has alligators,
And the head coach wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from something called "Ulysses."

Now I don't want this should scare ya,
But my bunkmate has malaria.
You remember Jeffrey Hardy?
They're about to organize a searching party.

Take me home, oh Muddah, Fadduh,
Take me home; I hate Granada.
Don't leave me out in the forest where
I might get eaten by a bear.
Take me home; I promise I will not make noise,
Or mess the house with other boys.
Oh please dont make me stay.
I've been here one whole day.

Dearest Fadduh, darling Muddah,
How's my precious little bruddah?
Let me come home if you miss me.
I will even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.

Wait a minute; it's stopped hailing.
Guys are swimming; guys are sailing.
Playing baseball, gee that's bettah!
Muddah, Fadduh, kindly disregard this lettah!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From:
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 04:44 PM

The late and GREAT Allen Sherman......I no longer remember all the words, but his book, "The Rape of the A.P.E." is a MUST read. Simply hilarious.

lessee one line was

"Camp is fun, everyone keeps saying,
But I don't know how they know
'Cause it keeps raining.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: catspaw49
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 04:45 PM

Sorry, that was me there.

Spaw

Subject: Lyr Add: HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH (Allan Sherman
From: wildlone
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 04:51 PM

HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH
(Allan Sherman)

Hello, Muddah. Hello, Faddah.
Here I am at Camp Grenada.
Camp is very entertaining,
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

I went hiking with Joe Spivey.
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Leonard Skinner.
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.

All the counselors hate the waiters,
And the lake has alligators,
And the head coach wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses.

Now I don't want this should scare ya',
But my bunkmate has malaria.
You remember Jeffery Hardy.
They're about to organize a searching party.

Take me home, oh Muddah, Faddah.
Take me home. I hate Grenada.
Don't leave me out in the forest where
I might get eaten by a bear.

Take me home
I promise I will not make noise,
Or mess the house with other boys.
Oh, please don't make me stay.
I've been here one whole day.

Dearest Muddah, Darling Faddah,
How's my precious little bruddah?
Let me come home if you miss me.
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.

Wait a minute. It's stopped hailing.
Guys are swimming. Guys are sailing,
Playing baseball. Gee, that's bettah.
Muddah, Faddah, kindly disregard this lettah.


I cut and pasted this from one of my floppies. I hope it works.

Subject: Lyr Add: HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH (Allan Sherman
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 04:53 PM

I thought I was the only one who remembered this! Let me give it a shot; I think you may have missed some.

Hello muddah, hello faddah,
here I am at Camp Granada
Camp is very entertaining,
and they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining

All the counselors hate the waiters,
and the lake has alligators
And our head coach wants no sissies
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses

I went hiking with Joe Spivy,
he developed poison ivy
You remember Jeffrey Hardy?
They're about to organize a searching party

Take me home, oh muddah, faddah,
take me home, I hate Granada
Don't leave me out in the forest where
I might get eaten by a bear
Take me home, I promise I will not make noise
Or mess the house with other boys,
oh please don't make me stay
I've been here one whole day

Hello muddah, hello faddah,
how's my precious little bruddah?
Let me come home if you miss me
I will even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me

Wait a minute, it's stopped hailing,
guys are swimming, guys are sailing
Playing baseball, gee, that's bettah
Muddah, faddah, kindly disregard this lettah!


Somebody correct me if I got anything wrong. I know a lot more Alan Sherman songs, too, but I won't inflict them on you unless somebody begs.

Aloha,
Mark Cohen

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: wildlone
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 04:54 PM

I see what went wrong no line breaks, sorry
offhegoesmummblingintohisbeardsillybuggershouldhaveseenit

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: thanks to yu all.
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 11:30 PM

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: doug
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 11:32 PM

thanks to you all. i had tried the search but spelled it with an a insted of an e and came up empty. and i couldn't remember alan sherman (old age) thanks doug

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Mbo
Date: 05 Dec 99 - 11:43 PM

As I remember it, it's "Hello muddah, hello faddah, this is Louie, at Camp Granada..."

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Gint
Date: 06 Dec 99 - 06:00 PM

There was a return to camp Granada where he has his little bruddha

who's just like all the other guys except his bed it wetter

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Dec 99 - 06:17 PM

I see the database has it listed as CAMP GRENADA. Musta been entered into the database about the time Ronald Reagan was invading the Caribbean, eh? (click)
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 06 Dec 99 - 06:41 PM

Wildlone has the right version. My memory fizzled a bit as I was rushing out to referee a youth soccer game. Except that it's "Dearest Faddah, darling Muddah," to rhyme with bruddah, of course. Anybody remember "My Son, the Folk Singer"? Try springing one of those gems on your song circle some time.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Gene
Date: 07 Dec 99 - 01:35 AM

Play Wave/RealAudio - * Camp Granada *

Subject: Lyr Add: HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH (Allan Sherman
From: GUEST,lisa
Date: 16 Apr 04 - 08:40 PM

Camp Granada (COMEDY)

Hello Mudda, hello Fadda,
Here I am at Camp Granada.
Camp is very entertaining,
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

I went hiking with Joe Spivy;
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Leonard Skinner;
He got ptomain poisoning last night after dinner.

All the counselors hate the waiters,
And the lake has alligators,
And the head coach wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from something called "Ulysses".

Now I don't want this should scare ya,
But my bunk mate has malaria.
You remember Jeffrey Hardy,
They're about to organize a searching party.

Take me home, oh Mudda, Fadda,
Take me home, I hate Granada!
Don't leave me in the forest where
I might get eaten by a bear.

Take me home, I promise I will not make noise,
Or mess the house with other boys.
Oh, please don't make me stay,
I've been here one whole day.

Dearest Father, darling Mother,
How's my precious little brother?
Let me come home if you miss me,
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.

Wait a minute, it stopped hailing,
Guys are swimming, gals are sailing.
Playing baseball, gee that's betta,
Mudda, Fadda, kindly disregard this letter!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 17 Apr 04 - 05:39 PM

Joe's link above no longer works, now Camp Grenada
Neither the DT entry, nor the thread appears to identify the tune, which is Ponchielli's "Dance of The Hours" from "La Gioconda"

Nigel

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 17 Apr 04 - 08:36 PM

Thanks, Lisa. I'm very embarrassed to have forgotten the words to an Allan Sherman song. And the fact that I hadn't heard it in 35 years is no excuse.

Aloha,
Mark

God rest you, Jerry Mendelbaum
Let nothing you dismay
This May you had a rotten month
So what is there to say?
Let's hope next May is better
And good things will come your way
And then you'll have a month without dismay
Next May

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Hrothgar
Date: 17 Apr 04 - 09:52 PM

I have a treasured copy of "My Son The Folk Singer." My favouritwe is "The Ballad of Harry Lewis."

Wasn't there another sequel to "Camp Grenada" that was from the mother, saying "Don't come home, we've rented out your room" etc? Done by somebody other than Sherman?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Flash Company
Date: 18 Apr 04 - 10:29 AM

Hrothgar,

That was 'Shine on Harvey Spoon (Up in the sky)'
Addressed to an overdue spaceman.

FC

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: clueless don
Date: 19 Apr 04 - 09:54 AM

"Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" was included on Alan Sherman's album "My Son the Nut". It's essentially the first LP I ever owned, so I listened to it until, at one time, I had the entire album memorized. I've forgotten some of it over the decades, but in the past I have been known to sing "Here's to the Crabgrass" (to the tune of "In an English Country Garden"), "Headaches" (parody of "Heartaches"), "You Went the Wrong Way, Old King Louie", and other gems at open sings and such.

Don

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: GUEST,Donna
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 09:02 PM

Howdy! I also remember the Camp Granada songs, and I'm positive he came out with another Camp Granada Song of different lyrics to the ongoing saga of the son. I remember because I really liked lyrics of C. G. 1 and then of 2. I remember listening to them on the radio in Colorado. The first one was such a hit, and them the 2nd one came out but try as I can I can't find the lyrics to the 2nd. Any one remember the 2nd C>G> lyrics?

Subject: Lyr Add: HELLO MUDDAH - NEVADA STYLE (A Sherman)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 16 Jul 04 - 09:34 AM

Right you are, Donna! See this wonderful Allan Sherman Discography. (If you follow the links, you can find lyrics to most of his songs.)

The discography lists HELLO MUDDUH, HELLO FADDUH (NEW 1964 VERSION) in addition to the 1963 original HELLO MUDDUH, HELLO FADDUH (A LETTER FROM CAMP). The two songs were issued together as a single (Warner Brothers 5449, 1964). The album "Best of Allan Sherman" (Rhino RNLP/RNC 005, 1979 - reissued on cassette as R4 70005) also includes both versions. However, that site doesn't give lyrics of the 1964 version.

There is also a very short song called HELLO MUDDAH - NEVADA STYLE which appears on the album "Allan Sherman - Live!!! (Hoping You Are The Same)" which was recorded in Las Vegas:

Hello mudduh, hello fadduh.
Here I am with John Ascuaga.
I just work here, he's the boss here.
I'm already operating at a loss here.

All the dealers are nice chaps here,
But the dice are full of craps here.
They're got style here, they've got class here,
And if you're not careful you can lose your chips here.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 01:52 PM

I should have added: The 1994 CD version of Rhino's "The Best of Allan Sherman" (a.k.a. "My Son the Greatest") has a different track list than the 1988 LP, and it omits HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH! (NEW 1964 VERSION). It's a shame. I'd love to see the lyrics, but there don't seem to be any lyrics or sound samples of this song anywhere on the Internet.

Subject: Lyr Add: HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH! (NEW 1964...)
From: GUEST,Kelly
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 11:39 AM

The new 1964 version, recorded live on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on 27 May 1964...

G R A N A D A! Camp Granada, bleeeck!

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh. I am back at Camp Granada.
And I'm writing you this letter just to say my compound fracture's getting better.
No one here knows where my trunk is and my bunk is where the skunk is.
And this year the food's improving 'cause the little black things in it are not moving.

Our camp nurse is quite a swimmer. She says swimming makes you slimmer.
Her name's Mrs. Pellegrini. Have you ever seen a whale in a bikini?
All our bathrooms have such thin doors. Gee, I wish they'd move them indoors.
We're all tired of Mother Goose here. So next Friday night they're having Lenny Bruce here.

Let me stay, oh Muddah, Fadduh. Let me stay, I love Granada.
Every night the camp fire's really keen. Oh mom, please send some Unguentine.
Let me stay, out here in mother nature's land and tiptoe through the tulips grand.
To leave would be a shame. Besides, I'd miss the poker game.

Please don't worry, Fadduh, Muddah. I'll take care of little brother.
He plays ball here and he rows here and I hope they teach him how to blow his nose here.
He wakes up at half past six and goes directly to the quick sand.
He was lonely, now he's better. He's like all of us except his bed is wetter.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: camp granada
From: GUEST,jana
Date: 22 May 05 - 03:37 PM

Does anyone know where there is a recording of the 1964 version available???

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Camp Granada (Allan Sherman)
From: GUEST,Steve
Date: 11 Nov 05 - 10:25 AM

The 1964 version was recorded live on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on on 27 May 1964. So you could write to the studio and ask...

Here are the lyrics:

http://www.kafejo.com/muziko/misc/granada.htm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Camp Granada (Allan Sherman)
From: GUEST,Bryce
Date: 28 Nov 05 - 02:48 AM

Was the Allan Sherman live CD recorded in Reno? I would assume so because he mentions John Ascuaga of John Ascuaga's Nugget fame. The Nugget is the largest hotel in Sparks and was booming in the 60's (albeit with no hotel - it was opened in '84 or '85 - I was 2 then!.) The fact that he mentions Bonanza Airlines also leads me to believe Reno.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Camp Granada (Allan Sherman)
From: voyager
Date: 28 Nov 05 - 06:53 PM

Parallel Thread over here -->

   Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda

voyager

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Camp Granada (Allan Sherman)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 19 Dec 11 - 08:57 PM

HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH! (A LETTER FROM CAMP) (NEW 1964 VERSION) appears on the various-artists compilation album "Lost Oldies But Goodies" (2010).

I've listened to it on Spotify, and the lyrics agree quite closely with those posted by GUEST,Kelly above.

Subject: RE: ADD: Camp Granada (Allan Sherman)+new version
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Dec 11 - 02:36 AM

The Harry Fox Agency has three listings:

• #H02690 is "Hello Muddah Hello Faddah (A Letter from Camp)" by Allan Sherman and Lou Busch
  
• #C1760I is "Camp Granada" by Allan Sherman.
  
• #H3738E is "Return to Camp Granada" by Allan Sherman

So, what's the third one?

-Joe-

Subject: RE: ADD: Camp Granada (Allan Sherman)+new version
From: GUEST,Nikolai Petrovich Krakpotzky
Date: 06 Feb 12 - 02:18 AM

It's ironic that the "whale in a bikini" in the song is named Mrs. Pellegrini. That was 1964.
Today, there's a swimmer, Federica Pellegrini (born 5 August 1988), who's a world record holder, and nobody's whale!
She's really quite lovely to look at.
I don't expect there's any connection, but, as I said, it's an ironic coincidence.