Subject: The Alphabet Song From: Haruo Date: 18 Dec 00 - 04:43 AM Perhaps the "Alphabet Song", the one whose lyrics consist, in the main, of the letters of the alphabet in alphabetic order, is perhaps a bit too puerile or infantile or something for the Digitrad, but it's certainly an important part of preliterate musical culture. I've got the version I sang as a very wee tot here in La Lilandejo. I'm interested in knowing other people's and peoples' variants. The tune of the version I (and most other kids hereabouts) learned is essentially the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and only a bit different from "Baa, baa, black sheep". (Didn't see "Twinkle, twinkle" nor any immediately obvious parodies thereof in the Digitrad, either, which does surprise me a bit. Liland |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Jacob B Date: 18 Dec 00 - 05:17 PM I learned a new version of the alphabet song the other year. The melody was the same "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" melody as the usual version, but the lyrics were different. It went: ZYXWVUT SRQPONMLK JIH, GFE, D and C and B and A. Now I know my ZYX's. That's the way we say the alphabet in Texas. |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: okthen Date: 18 Dec 00 - 06:18 PM I tried to find "the housewives alphabet" in the DT but I am notoriously bad at finding things. It started A is for altar where it first went astray B is for bills that arrived the next day. don't have the full text.......anyone else want to put it in the DT? cheers bill |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: rabbitrunning Date: 18 Dec 00 - 07:15 PM When I was a kid, we just sang the first part of the alphabet over again to fill out the tune, but by the time I was teaching it to small people we were singing "Now I know my ABC, next time won't you sing with me." Which is pretty much the Sesame Street authorized version, I think. Well, I suppose that we weren't very fair to the letters after "P" in the way I learned it first. ;D |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Snuffy Date: 18 Dec 00 - 07:17 PM Not a song, but does anybody know the complete Cockney alphabet:
A for Horses Wassail! V |
Subject: Lyr Add: 'A' YOU'RE ADORABLE (THE ALPHABET SONG) From: John Hindsill Date: 18 Dec 00 - 07:44 PM My fav alphabet song was sung by Perry Como (and others) many a year ago...as many as 50+ ago. A - you're Adorable |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 18 Dec 00 - 08:32 PM There is a mariners song version A= anchor B=Bow etc .. and there is the "Sod's Opera" Version popular on Navy Ships; but I cant sing it here (or aywhere else for that matterlol) Yours, Aye. Dave |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Jacob B Date: 19 Dec 00 - 11:13 AM The version I sang as a kid ended with, "Now I know my ABC. Tell me what you think of me." I don't recall anyone answering back to me when I sang the song, but I think that I used to sing "I think you stink" (to the tune of "Good Evening, Friends") to my younger sister when she sang the song the same way. |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Mrrzy Date: 19 Dec 00 - 11:49 AM To fill in (I have this by John Lithgow): L - is the Lovelight in your eyes...M, N, O, P, I could go on all day I'm trying to remember if we even SANG an alphabet song when I was a wittle kiddie in French school - do they have one? |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Bert Date: 19 Dec 00 - 12:00 PM 'ere tiz Snuffy |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Snuffy Date: 19 Dec 00 - 02:57 PM Ta muchly, Bert |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: rabbitrunning Date: 19 Dec 00 - 11:00 PM Oscar the Grouch sings a parody of "A you're Adorable"... I'll see if the book with the words in it is in the branch where I work tomorrow. |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Snuffy Date: 20 Dec 00 - 08:49 AM There is (was?) a shop in Leamington Spa called "Desdemona Postlethwaite!" |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: rabbitrunning Date: 21 Dec 00 - 10:55 PM Alas, the book with "A you're an Artichoke" (ala Oscar the Grouch) is not on shelf in my library at the moment. When it turns up, I will add the lyrics. My nephew thinks it is the most hilarious of all alphabet songs. (He also thinks an elemeno is a short squashy elephant. This is my brother's fault.) |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: misfit Date: 22 Dec 00 - 04:34 AM The last line goes...I L-O-V-E-Y-O-U, spells I R N Love with you. Well at least that is how I remember Perry singing it to us. |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: GUEST,Michael Cooney Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:44 AM Subject: RE: A is for 'orses From: MudGuard Date: 18-Feb-99 - 04:50 AM Could someone please spell out the rest? My guesses: (being German, the A, E, F, G, I, L, N, O, R, U and Z are too hard for me to catch, and I'm not sure about my solution to G, J and M) A for 'orses = ??? (Hay for horses?) B for Mutton = Beef or Mutton C for yourself = See for yourself D for dumb = Deaf or dumb E for Brick = ??? (Half a brick?) F for vescence = ??? (Effervescence?) G for police = Chief of Police??? H for retirement = age for retirement I for tower = ??? (Eiffel Tower?) J for oranges = Jaffa Oranges??? K for teria = Cafeteria L for leather = ??? (Hell for leather = fast) M for sis = emphasis??? N for dig = ??? (Infra-dig = very hip?) O for the garden wall = ??? (Over the garden wall) O for the wings of a dove = ??? (so I could fly away...) P for comfort = Pee for comfort P for ages = Pee for ages Q for a bus/pee = Queue for a bus/pee R for mo' = ??? ('Arf [half] a mo[ment]) S for you = is for you T for two = tea for two U for mism = ??? (Euphemism) V for la France = vive la France W for tune = double your fortune X for breakfast = eggs for breakfast Y for husband = wife or husband Z for breezes = ??? (Zephyr breezes?) Andreas |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Snuffy Date: 22 Dec 00 - 10:48 AM Michael, you seem to have got them all with the exception of E=(h)eave a brick. The Queen queueing for a Big Mac would be Infra dig (latin 'below one's dignity') O For The Wings Of A Dove was a famous aria recorded in the 1920s by a boy soprano which sold a million. I always knew it as T for 2, U for me |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Bert Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:40 AM Here's a link to some alphabet books |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: pavane Date: 18 Jun 01 - 06:07 AM I have a live recording of the Cockney Alphabet (A is for 'orses) recited by John Foreman. E fer Brick means Heave a brick (through a window, presumably). The rest seem OK, although I will check the tape |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: mousethief Date: 18 Jun 01 - 12:00 PM When looking things up in the Hebrew lexicon, I sing, to the same tune,
alef, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin and then the alefbeth ends but I still have lots of music left over. Alex |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: WickedLad Date: 18 Jun 01 - 03:07 PM here are some Alphabet song urls warning they are not all kiddies tunes http://www.lunacow.com/writing/alphabet.html http://www.bigwig.net/jonhaynes/ulsa/publications/virtual/the_seshed_singers_songbook/the_alphabet_song.htm http://www.gthhh.com/hymnal/hym5.htm http://home.twcny.rr.com/innergroove/lyr_alp.htm http://www.qts1.com/xuxa/audio/lyrics/USXuxa1/alphabet_song.html http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/bgs/colonial/abc.htm http://209.11.56.13/html/asong.html http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/SongUnid/698A62AFF8499167482569960011BBD1 http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/phisigsig/Salphabet.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~chrysms/song.html http://www.klang.com/abc.html http://seasrc.th.net/spoken/th_con.htm http://www.gammagirl.co.uk/abcstalk.htm http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bmonroe/earthdawn/journals/windySongs/alphabet.html http://home.hawaii.rr.com/farani/puuhaleweb/hawaiian_alphabet.htm http://perso.club-internet.fr/calyx/lyrics/hatfield/02.html#MUMPS http://website.lineone.net/~roseyjen/chrisalp.htm http://cweb.middlebury.edu/f99/fs019a/Neverending/WoodsmansAlphabet.htm URLs converted to links. --JoeClone, 29-Mar-05.
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Subject: Lyr Add: SAILORS ALPHABET (East Cowes) From: vectis Date: 18 Jun 01 - 07:37 PM Here's one I used to sing. It was collected in about 1970 in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Exact origins unknown. SAILORS ALPHABET CHORUS Merrily, merrily, so merrily sail we, No mortal on Earth like a sailor at sea. Heave away, haul away, the ship rolls along. Give a sailor his grog and there's nothing goes wrong. A - for the anchor that's at our ships bow B - for the bowsprit and the jibs all below C - for the capstan we all run around D - for the davits to lower the boats down E - for the ensign that at our peak flew F - for the fo'c'stle where lives our wild crew G - for the galley where the salt-junk smells strong H - for the halliard we hoist with a song I - for the eyebolts, no good for the feet J - for the jib boys, stand by the lee sheet k - for the knightheads where the petty officer stands L - for the leeside, hard found by new hands M - for the mainmast, it's stout and it's strong N - for the needle that never points wrong O - for the oars of our old jollyboat P - for the pinnace that lively do float Q - for the quarterdeck where our officers stand R - for the rudder that keeps the ship in command S - for the stunsails that drive her along T - for the topsail, to get there takes long U - for the uniform, mostly worn aft V - for the vangs running from the mainshaft W - for the water, we're on a pint and a pound X - marks the spot where old Stormy was drowned Y - for the yardarm, needs a good sailorman Z - is for Zoe I'm her fancy man Z - is also for zero, in the cold wintertime And now we have brought all the letters in rhyme A chant/song used in the Dame schools to teach boys the alphabet (to save on expensive paper) and some knowledge needed for work. The subject of the songs varied according to the expected future trade of the pupils. |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Snuffy Date: 18 Jun 01 - 08:03 PM I think there's two versions of the Sailor's Alphabet in Stan Hugills 'Shanties of the Seven Seas' |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: vectis Date: 19 Jun 01 - 07:18 PM Yes. I've heard several versions but this is the one I learned because I liked the chorus. |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Mark Cohen Date: 19 Jun 01 - 08:03 PM There is a Hebrew version that uses a different tune. It's usually done as a call and echo. I'll try to post the tune if I get a chance. (Just sold my house and moved to an apartment by the ocean, so unpacking boxes is a major task at the moment.) Alef, Bet, Vet (alef, bet, vet) Gimel, Daled, Hei (simile) Vav, Zayin, Chet, Tet Yod, Kaf, Chaf Lamed, Mem, Nun Samech, Ayin, Pei, Fei Tzadi, Koof, Resh Sin, Shin, Tav The reason there seem to be more letters than in Alex's version is that some Hebrew letters have two forms, with two different pronunciations, which are distinguished by the presence or absence (or, in one case, the location) of a dagesh, or dot, in the written letter. The one exception to this is the last letter of the alphabet, Tav. As a child I learned this with two forms, Sav (no dot) and Tav (with a dot). In modern Israeli (Sefardi) Hebrew, both forms are still written, but they are both pronounced with the "t" sound. Aren't you glad you asked? Aloha, Mark |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: bobby's girl Date: 19 Jun 01 - 08:05 PM One of my favourite alphabet songs was one that Kermit sang on Sesame Street accompanied by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. I can't remember it all but it began "Amazing beautiful creatures dancing" It was wonderful! |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 25 Jun 01 - 09:31 AM Hi Liland, your question brought back remembrances I thought long forgotten. Nearly a half-century ago at school, I learned the English Language (His Majesty's Own) at a German school. Our teacher improved our use of English by playing sketches with us and by singing songs. The first we learned was the pronunciation of the Alphabet:
A B C D E F G, Now I do not know, whether he learned it in England, or made it up as a translation of the German version (we have the ABC song too, same tune!) |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE SOCIALIST ABC (Alex Glasgow) From: IanC Date: 25 Jun 01 - 09:47 AM I was surprised that nobody has yet posted "The Socialist ABC" from Alex Glasgow (here). ^^ THE SOCIALIST ABC (Alex Glasgow) When that I was and a little, tiny boy, Me daddy said to me, 'The time has come, me bonny, bonny bairn, To learn your ABC.'
Now Daddy was a lodge chairman
He sang, 'A is for Alienation
B's for the Boss who's a Bastard,
C is for Capitalism,
D's for Dictatorship, laddie,
E is for Exploitation
F is for old Ludwig Feuerbach,
G is all Gerrymanderers,
H is the Hell that they'll go to
I's for Imperialism,
J is for sweet Jingoism,
K is for good old Kier Hardy,
L is for Vladimir Lenin,
M is of course for Karl Marx,
N is for Nationalisation -
O is for Overproduction,
P is for all Private Property,
Q's for the Quid pro quo,
R for Revolution is shouted and
S is for Sad Stalinism
T is for Trotsky, the hero,
U's for the Union of Workers -
V is for Vodka, yes, Vodka,
W's for all Willing Workers,
For X, Y, and Zed,' my dear daddy said,
Now that I'm not a little tiny boy,
For daddy is no longer a union man, ____________________________________
Cheers! |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Mrrzy Date: 25 Jun 01 - 11:06 AM And what about the Gashlycrumb Tinies, surely someone has put that to music by now? |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: SINSULL Date: 26 Jun 01 - 08:46 AM Re: "Twinkle, Twinkle". I believe it is copyright protected. It shows up in Mel Bay's guitar book as "Sparkling Stella". |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Dunc Date: 28 Jun 01 - 04:49 AM I recall several years back hearing a 'Folk' alphabet song. It was sung on the BBC's Folk on Two radio program by an Englishman in a traditional English unaccompanied style. About the only thing I can remember about it was that 'F' was for the finger in my ear, and that the whole thing was very funny. Any ideas? |
Subject: Lyr Add: SEAMUS THE SHOWMAN From: john c Date: 29 Jun 01 - 12:39 AM I´ve been singing this cockney alphabet song called SEAMUS THE SHOWMAN for the last 30 years - and still find it great (in an excruciating kind of way!).It goes....... SEAMUS THE SHOWMAN I was a young man He was an old man He said he was a showman And he knew what to do He said his name was Seamus And he would make me famous And said it so sincerely I believed it was true He said all you need are lots of glossy photos And a song about the alphabet I said I've got the photos But I´ll have to improvise the song You see I haven't written it yet (ch)And the showman he cried They're all on your side And you don't have to worry at all So I sang A is for horses, B(eer)for your supper C for yourself You can't D-eny its true If you E-ve a brick When you F-ervesce The G-ief of police will be after you He'll H-ate you for it And I-ll say I told you so Let's J-walk on a summer's day Down to the K-afe For a cup of tea To L with worry is what I say (ch) When the M-phasis Is on N-tertainment O, what a decent P-A will do The people have Q-ed For R-f an hour It's S-enntial they can hear you sing T for two U for me, V-ive la France Then the W-phonium player pretended he was dead The X started flying And the Y-fe of our saxophonist Threw one which landed On his Z (ch) It really was regrettable My song alphabetical Went down like a lead balloon So we made our exitus With people throwing eggs at us We smiled and said We´ll be back soon And the showman he cried........ |
Subject: Lyr Add: VIETNAM ALPHABET SONG From: mg Date: 29 Jun 01 - 03:40 AM There is a very great oil riggers' alphabet I think by Jim Payne of Newfoundland. I have a Vietnam one as follows: VIETNAM ALPHABET SONG ^^ A for the ambush that comes in the night B is for bravo the boys that could fight C is for Charlie cruel and red D is for dying and d is for dead
E for enlisted men sturdy and true
H furthermore is for straight out of hell
I is for incoming deadly and near
L is for lots of things that come to mind
M is for memories munitions and mom
Q for the quiet that's worse than the noise
U for our uncle who sent us away
V is for Vietnam everyone knows |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: Suffet Date: 30 Jun 01 - 02:59 AM Re Mel Bay's copyright of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star": Anyone can put a copyright claim on anything. That doesn't mean the claim will stand up in court. It is pretty easy to establish that the "Twinkle, Twinkle" melody was written by Mozart when he was a child. I believe his name for it was "At Your Direction, Mommy" or however one would say that in German. Mel Bay may in fact own a copyright on a particular arrangement or on its own lyrics, but that copyright would extend only to whatever NEW MATERIAL has been added. --- Steve |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: GUEST Date: 30 Jun 01 - 05:34 PM |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: 53 Date: 30 Jun 01 - 06:18 PM The Three Stooges did a great alphabet song called 'Swinging the Alphabet' and, if I did this correctly: This should open a new page for you where you can click song 16 and hear it for yourself. Enjoy - and laugh a lot! Mark Clark, I hope you gave me good instructions (and that I followed them properly). Glenda |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: 53 Date: 30 Jun 01 - 06:43 PM Oh, well, Mark Clark, that is what I get for taking your instructions so completely as they are. Here we go again, but the other works. Let's see if this looks more correct! Glenda |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: GUEST Date: 09 Jan 03 - 10:20 PM No one has ever heard of an alphabet song with US states and cities? I remember my grandma singing one to me when I was small. She probably learned it in the early part of the 1900s... |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: GUEST Date: 22 Feb 05 - 12:34 PM B A bay B E bee B I bicky bye B O boe bicky bye boe B U boo bicky bye boe boo... |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE ALPHABET SONG (Biblical references) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 22 Feb 05 - 01:25 PM A religious one from 1777. ^^ THE ALPHABET SONG A In Adam's fall we sinned all. B Heaven to find; the Bible mind. C Christ crucify'd For sinners dy'd. D The Deluge drownd'd the Earth around. E Elijah hid by Ravens fed. F The judgement made Felix is afraid. G As runs the Glass, Our Life doth pass. H My Book and Heart must never part. J Job feels the Rod,- Yet blesses God. K Proud Korah's troop Was swallowed up. L Lot fled to Zoar, Saw Fiery shower on Sodom pour. M Moses was he Who Israel's Host Led thro' the Sea. N Noah did view The Old world and new. O Young Obadias, David, Josias, All were pious. P Peter deny'd His Lord and cry'd. Q Queen Esther sues and saves the Jews. R Young pious Ruth, Left all for Truth. S Young Sam'l dear, The Lord did fear. T Young Timothy Learnt sin to fly. V Vashti for Pride Was set aside. W Whales in the Sea God's voice obey. X Xerxes did die And so must I. Y While youth do chear Death may be near. Z Zaccheus he did climb the Tree Our Lord to see. I wonder how many children were forced to learn this horrible doggerel. http://jesus-is-lord.com/primer.htm |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: GUEST,Gerry (channeling Steve Wright) Date: 22 Feb 05 - 07:39 PM Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song? |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: LilyFestre Date: 22 Feb 05 - 07:46 PM The 3 Stooges Alphabet Song that we loved to sing in college was the same that the GUEST typed in above. The idea was to pick any letter but AEIOUXY or Q and then sing accordingly with the beginning letter...the GUEST posted with the chosen letter B. If the letter M had been chosen, the song would look like this: M A MAY M E ME Mee my mickey my Mee O Mo Mickey My Mo Me Moo Moo Mickey My Moo The following is NOT the brightest of ideas, but we were young and stupid....we often sang this song to determine if we would be able to drive...the thinking was if you were sober enough to get this song out without stuttering, spitting or laughing your fool self silly, you were good enough to drive! Michelle |
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song From: GUEST,Barrie Roberts Date: 23 Feb 05 - 08:49 AM Re: John Foreman's version of the 'Cockney Alphabet', I think you'll find his W is 'for a quid' and his Z is 'for 'is 'at' (i,e. 'His head is for his hat') |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Alphabet Song variations From: Glynis Date: 27 Mar 05 - 04:17 PM The "Folk Alphabet" was written and performed by Fred Wedlock, a British folk comedian who also had a hit with the "Oldest Swinger in Town". It's on an album called: LIVE(With Chris Newman). I've just tracked it down myself after years of searching - all I knew was the line "A is for as I walked out as all good songs begin ...". He's just set up a website at http://www.fredwedlock.net/ and I believe that he's re-releasing the albums on CD within the next few weeks. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Alphabet Song variations From: Leadfingers Date: 27 Mar 05 - 05:43 PM If Fred Wedlock is releasing his early stuff , I just hope he credits all the people he stole songs from , like Ed Pickford who wrote Oldest Swinger !! And talkin about Alphabet songs there is a Catter who goes under the name of Trayton who wrote a Dyslexics Alphabet song which is BRILLIANT ! I willl steal it off him one day , just for the line :- Z is for Xenophobe - A Morbid Fear of Buddhists !! The letter order is totally random , finishing with E and D :- E is for my English mark and D is for Dyslexia , the reason I cant spell !! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Alphabet Song variations From: Frankham Date: 27 Mar 05 - 05:58 PM On the A You're Adorable song, I remember the main part but don't know the tune for the "bridge" or middle part. Anyone know where to find it onl-line? This part: L - is the Lovelight in your eyes...M, N, O, P, I could go on all day Q, R, S, T alphabetically speaking, you're OK and U you look good to me, V you're so very sweet, W X Y Z... - It's fun to wander thru' the alphabet with you to tell you what you mean to me. Frank |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE LUMBERMAN'S ALPHABET From: Judy Cook Date: 27 Mar 05 - 06:04 PM When I was young we used to sing nursery rhymes to the tune of McNamara's band with a chorus of the alphabet to the same tune. Nowadays I sing the one of the Lumberman's Alphabets from Doerflinger's collection. Probably a parody of the Sailor's Alphabet above. THE LUMBERMAN'S ALPHABET sung by Willis Norrad of New Brunswick, Canada A is for Ax, and that we all know, And B is for Boy that can use it also; C is for Chopping we first do begin, And D is for Danger we often fall in. So merry, so merry are we, No mortals on earth are as happy as we. T'me I derry O derry I derry down, Use shanty boys well and there's nothing goes wrong. E is for Echo that through the woods rang. And F is for Foreman, the head of our gang; G is for Grindstone at night we do turn, And H is for Handle so smoothly worn. I is for Iron which we mark our pine, And J is for Jovial - we're always incline'; K is for Keen Edge our axes we keep, And L is for Lice that keep us from sleep. M is for Moss which we chink our camp, And N is for Needle with which we mend our pants; O is for Owl which hooted at night, And P is for Pine which we always fall right. Q is for Quickness we put ourselves to, R is for River we haul the logs to; S is for Sleds we haul the logs on, T is the Team that pulls them along. U is for Uses we put ourselves to, And V is Valley we haul the logs through; And W is for Woods we leave in the spring, And now I have sung all I'm going to sing. X is for Christmas when the yarding's all done, Y is for Yonder, the set of the sun; Zed is for Zero in the cold winter time, And now I have brought all the letters in rhyme. --- from Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman by William Main Doerflinger. This is one of the oldest songs of the logger's life in camp - probably from the first half of the 1800's. The "iron was the "stamping iron" or "branding ax" to gougue the owner's mark into a log - kinda like branding cattle. |
Subject: Lyr Add: HOUSEWIVES' ALPHABET SONG From: gecko Date: 27 Mar 05 - 08:36 PM OKTHEN Just in case you haven't found these lyrics yet: ^^ HOUSEWIVES' ALPHABET SONG A is for altar where we go astray B for the bills that begin the next day C is for cuffs and collars of shirts And D is for dishes and dusting and dirt E is my energy draining away F for the floors to be swept every day G is for girlhood all gawky and gone And high fed-up housewife that's singing this song. Ch: Wearily, it's merely a good woman's day Cooking and cleaning and tidying away If ever you've finished, remember that when You wake up tommorrow, it all starts again. I is for ironing for kids in their teens Jerseys and jumpers and acres of jeans K is for kitchen where year upon end I've lived there with pot lids and ladles for friends M is for mending, there's mile upon mile N is for nappies in a big stinking pile O for the odd job, the odd job or two Like pushing the pram or unplugging the loo Ch: Q is for quarreling of chicks in my nest R is for referree and a ten minute rest S is for shopping in sun, snow or rain And T for that toilet - it's stopped up again U is for undies all grimy and soiled V for those things that we peel, chop and boil W for woman and washing-machine We both need attention - you know what I mean! Ch: We've got no union, it's eight days a week Crammed into seven - I'm out on my feet So much to do - where should I begin But I've got half me lifetime to finish it in W for wings, if I had them I'd fly X marks the spot where I sit down and cry Y that's yours truly, I've gone on too long And so has this system and so has this song Ch: We do it in three part harmony and it always gets cheers from the women in the audience. Yours in Unity gecko |
Subject: Lyr Add: FOLK ALPHABET (Fred Wedlock) From: Jim Dixon Date: 23 Dec 07 - 08:29 PM Lyrics copied from Gavin Keir's web site, where it is called simply ALPHABET and comes with no attribution; however, it seems to be the same song that Glynis above calls FOLK ALPHABET and attributes to Fred Wedlock. ^^ FOLK ALPHABET (attributed to Fred Wedlock) A is for as I walked out, as all good songs begin. B is for Brave Boys, the bit the audience joins in. C is for the cabin boy who turns out not to be male, And D is for the drummer who is very often female. E is for ethnic stance with hand round mug of beer. F is for the finger wot you sticks into your ear. G is for the garter which often comes undone, And H is for the hay where you untie it which is fun. I is for the Irish rascal who already has a wife. J is for John Barleycorn who keeps coming back to life. K is for the k-nave who took a k-nife and killed his sister ... and mother, and father, seven brothers and assortment of male servants, his horse, his hawk, his greyhound, his ferrets, himself, all in 47 verses and assortment of keys. L is where he's going, for to bake and burn and blister. M is the merry month of May when youthful blood springs hot. N is nine months later when you wish that it had not. O is for "O no John no John no I don't approve, Of P the perky way in which I saw your trousers move. Q is found at festivals outside the ladies' loo. R is for real ale, me boys, responsible for Q. S is the sporran of the bonnie heilan laddie. T is wild mountain thyme, gings a treat with finnan haddie. U is unaccompanied song of very great appraisal. V is for the vowel sounds which should preferably be nasal. W is for the wife who takes tumble with the groom. X is what her husband says on entering the room. Y is you good people, I hope you've not been bored. Z is for the zeal, with which I hope you might applaud! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Alphabet Song at Christmas From: Mo the caller Date: 24 Dec 07 - 08:56 AM At Grandma's on Christmas day we always had the Nusery rhyme game. Two teams Everyone sings the alphabet First team sings a nursery rhyme Everyone sings alphabet Next team sings a different nursery rhyme ......untill one team can't think of one or sings one that has been sung before. It helped that the lights on Grandma's tree had shades with nursery rhymes painted on them. (2 of them are dangling on my tree now) |
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