BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....

Subject: Lyr Add: THE GREAT AMERICAN BUM
From: beardedbruce
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 07:08 PM

Come all you jolly jokers if you want to have some fun
And listen while I relate the tale of the great American bum.
From the east and west and north and south like a swarm of bees they come.
They sleep in the dirt and they wear a shirt that's dirty and full of crumbs.

(chorus)
I am a bum, a jolly old bum And I live like a royal Turk.
And I have good luck and I bum all my chuck And the heck with the man that works.

It's early in the morning when the dew is on the ground,
A bum arises from his nest and gazes all around.
While going east they're loaded, and going west sealed tight,
"I reckon we'll have to ride aboard the fast express tonight."

(chorus)

Well, I met a man the other day that I never met before,
And he asked me if I wanted a job a-shovelin' iron ore.
I asked him what the wages was and he said: "ten cents a ton."
I said: "Old fellow, scratch your …neck, I'd rather be on the bum.

(chorus)

Oh, lady would you be kind enough to give me somethin' to eat,
A piece of bread and butter and a tender slice of meat.
Some apple pie and custard just to tickle me appetite,
For really I'm so hungry, don't know where I'll sleep tonight.

(chorus)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 07:06 PM

SPOKEN: You've heard of Florence Nightingale, Grace Darling and the rest.
You've all seen Greta Garbo and her bosom friend, Mae West;
But there's a little lady I want you all to meet.
She's working on munitions and she lives just down the street.

She can't pretend to be a great celebrity,
But still, she's most important in her way.
The job she has to do may not seem like much to you,
But all the same, I'm very proud to say:

SUNG: She's the girl that makes the thing
That drills the hole that holds the spring
That drives the rod that turns the knob
That works the thing-ummy-bob.
She's the girl that makes the thing
That holds the oil that oils the ring
That takes the shank that moves the crank
That works the thing-ummy-bob.

It's a ticklish sort of job
Making a thing for a thing-ummy-bob,
Especially when you don't know what it's for;
But it's the girl that makes the thing
That drills the hole that holds the spring
That works the thing-ummy-bob that makes the engines roar;
And it's the girl that makes the thing
That holds the oil that oils the ring
That works the thing-ummy-bob that's going to win the war.

SPOKEN: She's not what you would call a heroine at all.
I don't suppose you'll even know her name;
And though she'll never boast of her important post,
She strikes a blow for Britain just the same.

(REPEAT THE SUNG PORTION ABOVE.)

I thank you.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 06:03 PM

Out in the land of San Domingo,
Lived a girl named "Oh By Jingo"

YA.YA..YATA YATA YA..YA..Boom-chika-boom chika boom chika boom.
From the hills and from the Marshes, came the little, "Oh By Goshes"
Ya...ya...yata yata ya ya ..Boom-chika-boom chika boom chika boom.
They all spoke with a certain "Lingo"
And they all loved "Oh by Jingo"
And every night, they sang in the pale moonlight,

(chorus
"Oh by Jingo, Oh by Gosh , by Gee"
Buzz around, Buzz around, keep a-Buzzin' round,
Oh By Jingo, Gee what you do to me.
We can build a little hut
You will be my favorite nut
Well have a lot o' little "Oh By Gollies" and we'll put them in the "Follies"
Oh,By Jingo, Oh by Gosh, By Jove
Oh By Jingo, Gee won't you be my love?"
Then they all ran around singin', "Oh by Jingo"
"Gee by Gosh, by Jimminee Ringo"
"Oh by Jingo, Gee you're the one for me."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 04:39 PM

Lis -ten to my tale of woe,
It's ter -ri -bly sad, but true.
All dressed up no place to go,
Each ev -'ning I'm awf -'ly blue.
I must win some win -some miss;
Can't go on like this.
I could blos -som out I know,
With some -bod -y just like you, so,

Chorus:
Oh, sweet and love -ly la -dy, be good!
Oh la -dy, be good! to me!
I am so awf' -ly mis -un -der -stood,
So la -dy be good to me.
Oh, please have some pit -y
I'm all a -lone in this big cit -y I tell you
I'm just a lone -some babe in the wood
So la -dy, be good to me!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 04:34 PM

There she is! There she is!
There's what keeps me up at night.
Oh, gee whiz! Oh, gee whiz!
There's why I can't eat a bite.
Those flam -ing eyes! That flam -ing youth!
Oh, Mis -ter Oh, Sis -ter Tell me the truth;

Chorus:
Ain't She Sweet? See her com -ing down the street!
Now I ask you ver -y con -fi -den -tial -ly Ain't She Sweet?
Ain't she nice? Look her o -ver once or twice.
Now I ask you ver -y con fi --den -tial -ly Ain't she nice?
Just cast an eye in her di -rec -tion
Oh, me! Oh, my! Ain't that per -fec -tion?
I re -peat, don't you think that's kind of neat?
And I ask you ver -y con -fi -den -tial -y Ain't She Sweet?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 04:33 PM

I'm a roam -ing cow -bow rid -ing all day long,
Tum -ble -weeds a -round me, sing their lone -ly song.
Nights un -der neath a prai -rie moon, I ride a -lone and sing a tune.

Chorus:
See them tum -bling down, Pledg -ing their love to the ground,
Lone -ly but free I'll be found, Drift -ing a -long with the tum -bling tum
-ble -weeds.
Cares of the past are be -hind, No -where to go, but I'll find, Just where
the trail will wind,
Drift -ing a -long with the tum -bling tum -ble weeds.
I know when night has gone that a new world's born at dawn,
I'll keep roll -ing a -long, Deep in my heart is a song, Here on the range
I be -long,
Drift -ing a -long with the tum -bling tum -ble -weeds. tum -ble -weeds.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 03:40 PM

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Just fill 'em up and leave the pit alone....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: MMario
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 02:30 PM

glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug

BURP!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: MMario
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 01:16 PM

someone prop me up under the tap, please?

we just had a call from on of our support companies - the main contact is going to be gone a few days (wife giving birth as we speak) and his replacement doesn't have access to our database - so now we need to e-mail her whenever we put in an entry.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: Ebbie
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 12:46 PM

Man, it's noisy in here.

By the way, there's a window just about the right size for Mr Gruntfuttock. (Who's he going to complain to?)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: MMario
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 09:17 AM

CHOC-CHOC-CHOCOLATE!


If I had my druthers,
I'd druther have my druthers
Than anything else I know
While you'd druther hustle
accumulatin' muscle
I'd druther watch daisies grow.

While they're growin' slow
'n the summer breeze is blowin'
My heart is overflowin' 'n so;
If I had my druthers
I'd druther have my druthers
than anything else I know.

If I had my druthers,
I'd druther have my druthers
Than work any wheres at all
It ain't that I hates it,
I often contemplates it
while watchin' the rain drops fall

I sits there for hours,
developin' my powers
a figurin' how flowers gets tall
If I had my druthers
I'd druther have my druthers
than anything else at all.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From:
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 05:03 AM

MMario..I'm taking good care of the shawl...and I never spill my alcohol!!

I have a large supply of Green and Blacks chocolate if anyone wants some!!...I'll be bringing supplies to the Getaway too!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: alanabit
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 04:25 AM

Doug, come over here. We are going to show Mr.Gruntfuttock the door!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 03:42 AM

Enter man in long mackintosh, bowler hat and Hitler moustache.

"I don't believe theses premises have aplied for 24 hour opening or a music licence. Where is the architect's drawing, have you ticked all the boxes, is the fire exit clear, what IS that in the pit in the floor?
I'm afraid I shall have to fetch my clip board and close you down..."
J Jobsworth Gruntfuttock (Mr.)

RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 01:50 AM

How can you tell when a guinea pig is pleased
When he hasn't got a tail to wag?
All other animals you will find
Have got a little tail stuck on behind.
If they'd only put a tail on a guinea pig,
And finished off a decent job,
The price of the animal would then go up
From a guinea up to 30 bob!

LTS

bob - shillings - UK old money.. I don't remember it... I'm not that old.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 10:54 PM

good night all. Off to Franklin's brewpub for LateNight.


A Prayer for Barbara - Spring

May all your days be filled with wonder,
And may all your nights be filled
   with dreams of heart's desire.
May you dwell amidst flowers and growing plants,
And rest under bright stars.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 10:51 PM

I have been a rov -er Since I was a child
No one to love or care for me
Knock'd a -round all o -ver Kind -a grew up wild
My home's where -ev -er I may be

Chorus:
I'm just breez -in' a -long with the breeze,
Trail -in' the rails, roam -in' the seas,
Like the bird -ies that sing in the trees,
Pleas -in' to live, liv -in' to please,
The sky is the on -ly roof I have o -ver my head
And when I'm wea -ry Moth -er Na -ture makes me a bed,
I'm just go -in' a -long as I please,
Breez -in' a -long with the breeze. breeze.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 10:50 PM

Ev -'ry hon -ey bee fills with jeal -ous -y when they see you out with me,
I don't blame them, good -ness knows, Hon -ey Suck -le Rose.
When you're pass -in' by flow -ers droop and sigh, and I know the rea -son
why.
You're much sweet -er, good -ness knows, Hon -ey Suck -le Rose.
Don't buy sug -ar, you just have to touch my cup.
You're my sug -ar, it's sweet when you stir it up.
When I'm tak -in' sips from your tas -ty lips, seems the hon -ey fair -ly
drips.
You're con -fec -tion, good -ness knows, Hon -ey Suck -le Rose.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 10:48 PM

Oops, I guess the first amaretto sour went to m'head!

Foolestroupe, LOVE that song; one of my favs!! If you haven't already read this classic Mudcat thread, you'd probably enjoy it: Mudcat Juke Joint.

Cheers, m'dears!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: SINSULL
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 10:48 PM

The night was mighty dark
So you could hardly see
For the moon refused to shine.
Couple sittin' underneath a willow tree
For love they pine.
Little maid is kinds 'fraid of darkness
So she says "I guess I'll go"
Boy begins to sigh,
Looks up at the sky
To tell the moon his little tale of woe
Oh
Shine on shine on harvest moon
Up in the sky
I ain't had no lovin' since
January, February, June or July
Snow time ain't no time to stay around and spoon
So shine on shine on harvest moon
For me and my gal.

Nothing for me thanks. I am still recovering from last weekend.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 10:44 PM

Well you've heard the story of the hot-rod race that fatal day,
when the Ford and the Mercury went out to play.
This is the inside story I'm here to say,
I was the kid that was a-drivin' that Model-A.

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up,
and that Model-A body makes it look like a pup.
It's got twelve cylinders, and uses them all,
with an overdrive that just won't stall.
It's got a four-barrel carb and dual exhaust,
4-11 gears, she can really get lost.
Got safety tubes and I'm not scared,
the brakes are good and the tires are fair.

We left San Pedro late one night,
the moon and the stars were shining bright,
everything went fine up the Grapevine hill,
we was passin' cars like they was standin' still.
Then all of a sudden, like a flick of an eye,
a Cadillac sedan had passed us by.
The remark was made "there's the car for me,"
but by then the taillights were all you could see.

Well the fellers ribbed me for bein' behind,
so I started to make that Lincoln unwind.
I took my foot off the gas and man alive,
I shoved it down into overdrive.
Well I wound it up to a hundred and ten,
twisted the speedometer cable off the end.
I had my foot keyed clear to the floor,
said "that's all there is, there ain't no more."

I went around a corner and I passed a truck,
I whispered a prayer, just for luck.
The fenders was clickin' a guardrail post
the guys beside me were white as a ghost.
I guess they'd thought I'd lost my sense,
the telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said "slow down, I see spots,"
the lines on the road just looked like dots.
Smoke was rollin' outta the back,
when I started to gain on that Cadillac.

I knew I could catch him, and hoped I could pass,
But when I did, I'd be short on gas.
We went around a corner with the tires on the side,
you could feel the tension, man what a ride!
I said "hold on, I got a license to fly,"
and the Cadillac pulled over and let me go by.

Then all of a-sudden, the rods started knockin',
when down in the dip, she started a-rockin'.
I looked in my mirror 'n' red lights was blinkin'.
The cops was after my hot rod Lincoln.

Well, they arrested me, and put me in jail.
I called my pop to go my bail.
He said "son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
if you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 10:33 PM

Where have all my postings gone,
Short time passin'
Where have all my postings gone,
Made to this thread?

Another one this week...I must be hitting the wrong button! Anyway, I said something along the lines of "GREAT idea, DougeR! I'll have an amaretto sour, first stiff drink of the year! Sure glad Bert's been keeping up with the credit card. Anyone filled the jello pit? Reckon some of the regulars will wander in, soon...here's to the late, great Dave Carter:

Annie's lover was a wildcat's brother
And a badger's mad companion.
In his rainbow beads and his straw he was
The king of mercy canyon..

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 09:56 PM

ranger1,

One should ask for the CONTENTS of the bottle- I have several empties, and they are not that nice...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: ranger1
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 09:24 PM

Gee, anything I want DougR? How about some Laphroig? No glass, just the bottle, thanks.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 08:42 PM

Anybody out there want to buy some American Chestnut wood? I know where there are 6-10 inch diameter trees. ( only the ones dead/dying of blight are going to be cut down) Midstate NY.


And another ginger beer, if you would...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 08:15 PM

Sonnet 07/11/02                        DCCLXV
(33 of 257 to my current muse...)


To each day comes a night, when stars appear,
In promenade across the sky. I see
Those fixed forms, and dream that I might free
Just one, to offer muse: A beacon, near
To hope's harbor, that heart might use to steer
Desires. Thoughts wander without course, to be
Tossed upon page. How can I ask that she
Be what I seek, when I still heart-wreck fear?

To each night comes a dawn, when sun returns,
With harsh illumination. Is the sight
More real than night's desires? This soul now spurns
Cold fact: I would for dreams of passion fight.
In muse I find my focus: My heart learns
Of sun and stars, Love is the greater light.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 07:46 PM

Well, my stars and garters! What a GOOD idea, DougeR! Thanks, I'll have an amaretto sour...first "hard" drink o' the year for me!

Sure is swell of Bert to keep up with that credit card. Has anyone filled the jello pit? I see the cat's in the cradle with a silver spoon and the owl and the other pussycat have taken off...and the dog's howling at the moon. Wonder if some of the other regulars will be along soon...

Annie's lover was a wildcat's brother
And a badger's mad companion
With his rainbow beads and his straw hat he's
The King of Mercy Canyon....

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 07:18 PM

ok, if no-one else will sing, I'll have to start reciting poetry......

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 07:15 PM

A long time a -go a mil -lion years B C
The best things in life were ab -so -lute -ly free
But no one ap -pre -ci -at -ed a sky that was al -ways blue;
And no one con -grat -u -lat -ed a moon that was al -ways new.
So it was planned that they would van -ish now and then
And you must pay be -fore you get them back a -gain:
That's what storms were made for And you should -n't be a -fraid, for

Chorus:
Ev -'ry time it rains, it rains Pen -nies From Heav -en.
don't you know each cloud con -tains Pen -nies From Heav -en.
You'll find your for -tune fall -ing All o -ver town
Be sure that your um -brel -la is up side down.
Trade them for a pack -age of Sun -shine and flow -ers.
If you want the things you love, You must have show -ers.
So when you hear it thun -der Don't run un -der a tree.
There'll be Pen -nies From Heav -en for you and me.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 07:07 PM

I heard a rob -in this morn -ing, I'm feel -ing hap -py to -day
Goin' to pack my cares in a whis -tle And Blow them all a -way.
What if I've been un -luck -y, Real -ly have -n't a thing,
There's a time I al -ways feel hap -py, As hap -py as a king.

Chorus:
When the red, red, rob -in comes bob, bob, bob -bin' a -long, a -long,
There'll be no more sob -bin' When he starts throb -bin' his old sweet song,
Wake up, wake up you sleep -y head, Get up, get up, get out of bed,
cheer up, cheer up, the sun is red, Live, Love, laugh and be hap -py,
What if I've been blue now I'm walk -in' through fields of flow'rs,
Rain may glis -ten but still I lis -ten for hours and hours,
I'm just a kid a -gain do -in' what I did a -gain sing -ing a song
When the red, red, rob -in comes bob, bob, bob -bin' a -long.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: gnu
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 07:01 PM

Gee... I never did write it down as I was taught... so, why not? Here it is, as best as I remember it...

A's for the axes that youse all own;
And B's for boys that can use em also;
C's for the chopping which now begins;
And D's for the danger that we do stand in.

And how merry are we;
No mortal on earth, are as happy are we.
Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum,
Give the Shanty by's whiskey, there's work ta be done.

E's is the echo that rings through the woods
And F's for the foreman that booses our job;
G's for the grindstone we grinds our axe on;
And H'ach for the handle so smooth wore around.

And how merry are we;
No mortal on earth, are as happy are we.
Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum,
Give the Shanty by's whiskey, there's nothin goes wrong.

I's for the Iron that marks out our pines;
And J's for the Jovial that's always in time;
K's for keen edges we all have to keep;
And L's for the lice that o'er us do creep.

And how merry are we;
No mortal on earth, are as happy are we.
Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum,
Give the Shanty by's whiskey, the bosses are gone.

M's for the moss we stogs in our camp;
And N's for the needle as we sew our pants;
O's for the owl that screeches by night;
And P's for the tall pine that always we do slay right.

And how merry are we;
No mortal on earth, are as happy are we.
Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum,
Give the Shanty by's whiskey, our work is soon done.

Q's for the quarrelling that we don't allow;
And R's for the river where we float our boughs;
S is for the sleds so stout and so strong;
And T's for the big teams that hauls em along.

And how merry are we;
No mortal on earth, are as happy are we.
Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum,
Give the Shanty by's whiskey, and pay them or dun.

U's for the uses we put ourselves to;
And V's for the valley we drives our logs through;
W's for the woods we leave in the spring
And now I have sung all I'm going to sing.

And how merry are we;
No mortal on earth, are as happy are we.
Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum,
Give the Shanty by's whiskey, our work here is done.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 06:54 PM

Verse:
Yes -ter -day I heard a lov -er sigh,
"Good -bye oh me, oh my"
Sev -en times he got a -board his train
And sev -en times he hur -ried back to kiss his love a -gain, and tell her

Chorus:
"Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Good -Bye!
Toot, Toot, Tootsie, don't cry,
The choo choo train that takes me,
A -way from you no words can tell how sad it makes me,
Kiss me, Tooot -sie, and then,
Do it o -ver a -gain,
Watch for the mail, I'll nev -er fail,
If you don't get a let -ter then you'll know I'm in jail,
Tut, tut, Toot -sie don't cry, Toot, Toot, Tootsie Good -Bye!"

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: alanabit
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 06:23 PM

I'll have another pint and listen to the singing. Hot sun, good beer and plenty of song. Why bother to tune the guitar?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 06:20 PM

Thanks, gnu!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: gnu
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 06:11 PM

THE LUMBERMAN'S ALPHABET

A is for axes that you may all know;
And B is for boys that make them all go;
C is for choppers so early begun
And D is for danger we often stand in.

CHORUS :

'Tis merry, 'tis merry, 'tis merry are we
No mortal on earth, so happy as we.
A derry, Lo derry, Ring derry dum.
Give us shantymen's grog and there'll nothing go wrong.

E is the echo that through the woods rang:
F is the foreman, head one of our gang;
G is the grindstone so merrily goes round
And H js the handle, so smoothly 'tis worn.

I is the Iron that mark-ed the pine;
J is the Jov-al that's never behind;
K is the keen edge our axes we keep
And L is the lice that over us creep.

M is the moss we patch-ed the cracks
And N is the needle we patch-ed our pants;
O is the owl that hooteth at night
And P is the pine that always falls right.

Q is the quarrel we never allow;
R is the river we float our logs down
S is the sleds so stout and so strong
And T is the teams that go jog 'em along.

U is the use we put our teams to;
V is the valley we draw our logs through;
W is the woods we leave in the spring
And this is all I am going to sing.


Now, this ain't the version I leaned from Da, who worked in a camp in the thirties, but it's close. Derry hiiii, derry doooe, derry higheee, derry dum, give the shanty by's whiskey, there's work ta be donnne.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: PoohBear
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 05:43 PM

See the lookout in the crows nest
Flat on his back
The cook's down in the galley
Drinking rum extract
Swinging in the rigging is the brilliant engineer
He's converted every piston head
To pumping Aussie beer

We've got a pie-eyed aboriginy
Playing on his didgeree
Do you hear the captain
Whistling the blues?
A banjo pickin' bos'un
And a crew that hates the ocean
On the Sydney Harbour Ferry Boat
Loaded up with booze!

Please make mine Sahkeapeare Stout. . .
thanks ever so . . .
PB

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 05:10 PM

1. I'm dreaming dreams.
I'm scheming schemes.
I'm building castles high.
They're born anew.
Their days are few,
Just like a sweet butterfly;
And as the daylight is dawning,
They come again in the morning.

CHORUS: I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams they fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding.
I've looked ev'rywhere.
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

2. When shadows creep,
When I'm asleep,
To lands of hope I stray;
Then at daybreak,
When I awake,
My bluebird flutters away.
Happiness, you seem so near me!
Happiness, come forth and cheer me!

CHORUS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 05:07 PM

8-{E


Hopefully, some others will join in. I need a few minutes to soak up some more ginger beer.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: Amos
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 05:04 PM

Jeeze, BB, three sheets to the wind and the anchor down!! LOL!! What the hell, canna fault a man for hearty singing!!

You crack me up, man!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: Divis Sweeney
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 05:02 PM

nice of you to notice, MMArio.

E

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:56 PM

'Sing High, sing low, wherever you go,
Give a sailor his grog and there's nothing goes wrong'

A's for the anchor that swings at our bow,
B's for the bowsprit through the wild seas do plough.
C for the capstan we merrily around,
D are the davits we lower our boats down.

E is for the ensign that flies at our peak,
F is for the foc'sle where the good sailors sleep.
G is for the galley where the good cooks hop around,
H is for the halliards we haul up and down.

Now I is for the iron the ship is made from,
J for the jib which moves her along.
K is the keel at the bottom of the ship,
L is the lanyards that never do slip.

Now M is the mainmast so neat and so strong,
N for the needles which never go wrong.
O for the oars we row our boats out,
P for the pumps that we keep her afloat.

Q for the quarterdeck where officers do stand,
R is the rudder that steers us to land.
S for the sailors which move her along,
T for the topsails we pull up and down.

U for the unicorn which flies at our peak,
V for the victuals which the sailors do eat,
W for the wheel where we all take our turn,
X,Y,Z is the name on our stern.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:49 PM

We meet at eve -ning time, 'Tis sweet at eve -ning time,
To know I'll spend an hour or two, Just with you.
Then when the hour grows late; I love to hes -i -tate__
The mo -ments seem so fleet -ing, While I am here re -peat -ing.

Chorus:
Stars shin -ing bright a -bove you, Night breez -es seem to whis -per, "I
love you,"
Birds sing -ing in the syc -a -more tree, "Dream a lit -tle dream of Me."
Say "night -ie -night" and kiss me, Just hold me tight and tell me you'll
miss me;
While I'm a -lone and blue as can be, Dream a lit -tle dream of me,

Stars fad -ing, but I lin -ger on, dear, Still crav -ing your kiss;
I'm long -ing to lin -ger till dawn, dear, Just say -ing this:
Sweet dreams till sun -beams find you, Sweet dreams that leave all wor -ries
be -hind you,
But in your dreams what -ev -er they be, Dream a lit -tle dream of me.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:47 PM

I have got a sweet -ie known as Su -sie
In the words of Shake -speare she's a "wow"
Though all of you
May know her too
I'd like to shout right now:

Chorus:
If you knew Su -sie like I know Su -sie
Oh! Oh! Oh! what a girl!
There's none so clas -sy as this fair las -sie
Oh! Oh! Ho -ly Mos -es! what a chas -sis!
We went ri -ding She did -n't balk
Back from You -kers I'm the one that had to walk!
If you knew Su -sie like I know Su -sie
Oh! Oh! what a girl.

Susie has a perfect reputation.
No one ever saw her on a spree.
Nobody knows where Susie goes.
Nobody knows but me.

If you knew Susie like I know Susie,
Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl!
She wears long tresses
And nice tight dresses.
Oh! Oh! What a future she possesses!
[Out in public, how she can yawn!
In a parlor, you would think the war was on.]*
If you knew Susie like I know Susie,
Oh! Oh! What a girl!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:43 PM

you had all the chorus. It's like Daisy Belle- ( Bicycle Built for Two) Most know the chorus, but the verses are rarely sung.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:42 PM

Come sing a song with me
Come sing a song with me
Come sing a song with me
That I might know your mind.

Chorus:
        And I'll bring you hope
        When hope is hard to find
        And I'll bring you a song of love
        And a rose in the winter time.

Come walk in rain with me
Come walk in rain with me
Come walk in rain with me
That I might know your mind.

Chorus:

Come dream a dream with me
Come dream a dream with me
Come dream a dream with me
That I might know your mind.

Chorus:

Come share a rose with me
Come share a rose with me
Come share a rose with me
That I might know your mind.

Chorus:

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: MMario
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:40 PM

ta bruce - I only know the abbreviated version.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:38 PM

MMario,

the rest of the words...




I'll never forget
the people I met
Braving those angry skies
I remember well
as the shadows fell
The light of hope in their eyes
And though I'm far way,
I still can hear them say,
"Thumbs Up, 'Cause when the dawn comes up

(chorus)
There'll be bluebirds over
The White cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you wait and see
There'll be love and laughter
and peace ever after
Tomorrow when the world is free.

The Shepherd will tend his sheep
The valley will bloom again
And Jimmy will go to sleep
In his own little room again

There'll be bluebirds over
the White cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow just you wait and see.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: MMario
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:38 PM

A long time ago when the earth was green - there were more kinds of animals then you had ever seen.

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don't suppose you have any Charbonnel et Walker?

godiva will due.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:33 PM

godiva?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I ....
From: MMario
Date: 04 Aug 05 - 04:31 PM

somebody give me some GOOD chocolate or I'll sing again!

I mean it!