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Subject: Looking for songs about Taxes From: GUEST,Marc Bernier Date: 03 Oct 02 - 04:43 PM A buddy of mine is going to be doing an AM radio call in show, about local tax issues. And he'd Like me to tape a song that he can use during breaks and what not. I expect I'm Looking for something traditional. Any suggestions? |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Marc Date: 03 Oct 02 - 04:55 PM I am a member I was just functioning with a crumbled cookie. Marc Bernier |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 03 Oct 02 - 05:22 PM Well there's always the Yellow Rose of Taxes...
But the DT has a fair bunch of songs mentioning taxes - including this one - INVITATION TO NORTH AMERICAY, including the line:But we'll have no taxes in North Americay. Bush senior wasn't the first to make a rash promise like that...
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: GUEST,Murray MacLeod Date: 03 Oct 02 - 06:43 PM Someone must have written a song about New Hampshire. (State motto "Live Free or Die"). I always loved reading that on their number plates. Murray |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: mack/misophist Date: 03 Oct 02 - 06:50 PM Odd that no one entered this, yet. The Talkin' IRS Blues Check exemptions add them up And enter total here Wages tips and salaries received within the year Deduct the cost of traveling,attach required sheet Hotel charges,porter tips and what you spent to eat Subtract line 6 from 5 above and write the total down Then make a tidy package of receipts from out of town Profits made from businesses on seperate schedule C Other income gained or lost bring over from page 3 Add 7,8 and 10 and print the answer on 11 Then check your figures once again from 10 thru 8 thru 7 Now 11 is your ajusted gross and to figure doctor bills Take 3 percent of this and then take 1 percent for pills Overage you may deduct plus hospital insurance Then have a cup of coffee black to keep up your endurance Contributions interst paid auto license fees Safety features tools supplies employement agencys Entertaining customers taxes paid to state Glasses denetures union dues instructions on page 8 But just before you sign your name you'll have a twing of fear So you'll take it to a CPA just like you done last year by Loyuie Roy c. 1948 |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: toadfrog Date: 03 Oct 02 - 07:06 PM Is it really possible to live in New Hampshire for free? Sounds too good to be true! |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: GUEST,Arjay Date: 03 Oct 02 - 09:03 PM How about this: "...St. Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the IRS sto'." |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: mack/misophist Date: 03 Oct 02 - 11:51 PM It occurs to me that "taxes" is a slippery subject. What do you mean, exactly? Filk and Celtic music have tonnes of tunes about excise men (Robert Burns was an excise clerk) and revenuers. May I reccomment 'The Hills of Connemara', followed by 'The Ballad of Thunder Road" (Anything featuring Robert Michum has to be worthwhile. I met him once. A Giant. And not just big.) |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: John in Brisbane Date: 04 Oct 02 - 03:04 AM Maybe not exactly the same but 'A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore' appeals to the fact that everyone, incl the Government, seems to be purloining our hard earned money. It's the sort of song you can easily conjure up a few snappy verses quite quickly. Haven't checked but would expect this to be in the DT. Regards, John |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Genie Date: 04 Oct 02 - 03:08 AM "Wake up, wake up, Darlin' Cory! What makes you sleep so sound. The revenue officer's comin', Gonna tear your still-house down!" |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: John in Brisbane Date: 04 Oct 02 - 04:05 AM 'We Never Had Such Taxes' is in the DT here and is very easy to modify. I offer a very unsophisticated verse to get the ball rolling:
They'll put a tax on sneezing and on snoring in the night. Regards, John |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Nigel Parsons Date: 04 Oct 02 - 05:40 AM "Where has Ora Gone? She's gone to pay her Taxes" Or (and it must have been set to music somewhere) Kipling's "Five and twenty ponies" Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Scabby Douglas Date: 04 Oct 02 - 07:51 AM Someone had a song about "What shall I do with the taxman in the cupboard?" Can't remember who... Cheers Steven |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Wolfgang Date: 04 Oct 02 - 08:01 AM Search for 'exciseman' in the DT for a closely related theme. There are several songs in there, though not 'The devil's awa with the exciseman' for which I was looking. In McGrath's footsteps, the German song 'Taxi nach Texas' would be a double hit here, its translation even has a better alliteration: 'Taxi to Texas'. Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: SharonA Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:00 AM Then there's the Beatles song "Taxman", but it's been soooo overused that it would be better to have another song on hand for this radio show. |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: GUEST,guest Date: 04 Oct 02 - 10:18 AM "The De'il's Awa wi the Exciseman" appears in the DT as "The Deil Cam Fiddlin Thro the Town." guest |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: wilco Date: 04 Oct 02 - 11:30 AM To the tune "Take me back to Tulsa" Take away my taxes, they are way to scary. Take away them taxes, they seem so unfairy. Tax man came to see me, said I owed a bunch. Took away my savings, house, car, and lunch. I'm starving on the corner, selling apples cheap. I owe them too much money, out a window I will leap. Take away my taxes, It's so doggone scary. They take away your houses, it is so darn unfairy. Garnisheed my wages, placed a lien upon my house, Froze my assets cold, and siezed my accounts. God, I love this country, I love it just a heap. Forget the stupid window, from Mt. Rushmore I will leap. Oh, take away them taxes, it is so unfair. I'm thinking of the IRS, as I'm flying through the air. The bums will probably bill my estate for the clean-up. |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: dick greenhaus Date: 04 Oct 02 - 11:57 AM This is really what DigiTrad is best for. Search for TAX or TAXES or IRS or EXCISE or EXCISEMAN or GAUGER or REVENUE (the new search engine lets you look for four at a time, by clicking on "advanced") and you'll fine between 50 and 100 songs. |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: harpgirl Date: 11 Apr 04 - 07:07 PM refresh |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: harpmaker Date: 11 Apr 04 - 08:37 PM El ted knows 1 or 2 |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Bev and Jerry Date: 12 Apr 04 - 01:16 AM 1. Mr. Taxman, give me a break There's nothing left here for you to take. You've looked at my bank book and under the bedpost And in the backyard all you found is compost. Mr. Taxman, leave me alone There is no money stashed in my home So please admit it's your mistake Mr. Taxman, give me a break. 2. Mr. Taxman, my earnings aren't high My last paying gig was the fourth of July. I play at marches, rallies and protests They don't pay much but my words get noticed. Mr. Taxman, what can I say? Nobody gives us folkies much pay. So please just open up your eyes Mr. Taxman, I'm telling no lies 3. Mr. Taxman, if you're looking for cash Why don't look in the kitchen trash? Try the attic, the cellar, the water closet When last I was there I made a deposit. Mr. Taxman, you're trying so hard. There's nothing but weeds out there in my yard. So please stop looking for a buck Mr. Taxman, you're just out of luck! Bev and Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: open mike Date: 12 Apr 04 - 03:18 AM the taxes on the farmer... the farmer feeds us all.. the farmer comes to town with his wagon broken down.. though the words often go The farmer is the man who feeds us all i am sure i have heard it sung the taxes on teh farmer feed us all.. any one else heard that one? |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Flash Company Date: 12 Apr 04 - 07:30 AM Noel Gay of 'Me & my girl@ fame was hardly noted for his protest songs, but produced a lyric in the '30s which went:- Tt's the truth, facts is facts, The only thing that matters is the Income Tax, Is it fair that we should pay, Four and a tanner under schedule A? There is more, which I have somewhere, but perhaps someone else knows it! FC |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Stewie Date: 13 Apr 04 - 05:06 AM 'Slieve gallen brae' is a poignant song: 'Tis not for the want of employment at home That causes the young men of Ireland to roam 'Tis the taxes gettin' higher and I can no longer pay So farewell unto you bonnie, bonnie slieve gallen brae --Stewie. |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: cetmst Date: 13 Apr 04 - 07:00 AM A New York banker named _____ Clafin set the instructions for Form 1040 (1955 version) to music in Madrigal style for the Randolph Singers, a group which sang and recorded traditional madrigals. Entitled 'Lament for April 15th' it is the title song for an album of "modern madrigals" composed for the group and recorded by Composers Recordings Inc., New York about 1956. An amusing combination of common words and classic music. |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 13 Apr 04 - 08:16 AM In honor of my friend Art Thieme: Howzabout Deep In The Heart Of Taxes? Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Cool Beans Date: 13 Apr 04 - 10:57 AM There's "Sales Tax on the Women" that the New Lost City Ramblers recorded. Not about income tax, but a tax song nonetheless. |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Wolfgang Date: 14 Apr 04 - 03:07 PM Alle muessen Steuern zahlen, Du und er und ich. Alle leiden Hoellenqualen, mich beruehrt das nicht, drueckt mich auch der Dalles ich bezahle alles und hol mit Humor mein Haemmerchen hervor.... (sung by an American, Gus Backus; I doubt he is known outside of Germany, in within only to the elderly) Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Stilly River Sage Date: 14 Apr 04 - 11:03 PM Jerry, You almost stole my suggestion, but not quite: "Under the X in Taxes" SRS |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Warsaw Ed Date: 14 Apr 04 - 11:35 PM There's four songs in the Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites [Real Audio]: Charlie Cheated on His Income Tax [Homer & Jethro] A-2 A Taxpayer's Letter [Buddy Starcher] A-1 After Taxes [Billy Ed Walker] A-1 and There Ain't Much Left After Taxex [ Sleepy LeBeof] A-12 Search "http://recordlady.webgcs.com/main2.htm" - Ed |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Peace Date: 14 Apr 04 - 11:43 PM "The Yellow Rose of Taxes"? Just kiddin'. |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Art Thieme Date: 15 Apr 04 - 11:36 AM At Ohare Field in chicago all the cab drivers got out of their cabs and sang "The Yellow Rows Of Taxis". And their meters were running too. Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: GUEST,Arkie Date: 15 Apr 04 - 01:05 PM The "Copper Kettle" mentions the whiskey tax. Does that count? |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: Nigel Parsons Date: 15 Apr 04 - 02:52 PM Fuel Tax: Cosher Baily additions and the following messages |
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Subject: RE: Looking for songs about Taxes From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 15 Apr 04 - 06:15 PM Kinks -- Sunny Afternoon. |
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