09 Jun 99 - 07:47 AM (#85137) Subject: Always marry an ugly girl From: tellison@crosslink.net Greetings all. Can anyone tell me the title or where I can find the lyrics for a song that goes something like this? [Chorus] Always marry an ugly girl. They're the only kind. That'll never leave you and if they do, you won't mind. One of the verses starts kinda like. "My brother married an ugly girl, ugly as can be"... I heard this at a bluegrass show out near Lynchburg, VA last year. Thanks, Tim Ellison Lyrics and discussion in this thread (click) |
09 Jun 99 - 12:00 PM (#85189) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: John Hindsill I got excited when I saw this thread; I thought it might refer to the Calypso song that metamorphed into an R & B song. I have several versions including a duet, answer song, called Ugly Woman, Pretty Woman. Alas, not! Sorry I have no info on the bluegrass song.---John |
09 Jun 99 - 12:06 PM (#85191) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Margo I can tell you about my personal experience: I lived on a mini farm about 20 years ago. I milked goats and sold the milk. One of my best customers came up to the barn one day complaining about the girl his son was going to marry. He looked at me and sighed, and said that he wished his son was marrying me! He said "you're strong, healthy, not afraid to work, and you're smart. It's better than being pretty." I was dumbfounded and uttered no more than a small laugh. Had I been complimented or told that I was ugly? I'll never forget it. Margarita |
09 Jun 99 - 02:32 PM (#85238) Subject: Lyr Add: UGLIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (Dylan/Hunter) From: Steve Latimer I have heard the song that you are referring to, but don't know who did it. It reminds me of the following gem by Mr. Robert Zimmerman UGLIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD Words and Music by Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter 1987 Special Rider Music and Ice Nine Pub. Co. Inc The woman that I love she got a hook in her nose her eyebrows meet, she wears second hand clothes She speaks with a stutter and she walks with a hop I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop You know I love her Yeah I love her I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World If I ever lose her I will go insane I go half crazy when she calls my name When she says babababababy I l-l-love you There ain't nothing in the world that I wouldn't do You know I love her Yeah I love her I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World The woman that I love she got two flat feet Her knees knock together walking down the street She cracks her knuckles and she snores in bed She ain't much to look at but like I said You know I love her Yeah I love her I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World I don't mean to say that she got nothing goin' She got a weird sense of humor that's all her own When I get low she sets me on my feet Got a five inch smile but her breath is sweet You know I love her Yeah I love her I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World The woman that I love she a got a prizefighter nose Cauliflower ears and a run in her hose She speaks with a stutter and she walks with a hop I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop ^^ |
09 Jun 99 - 02:52 PM (#85244) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Mike@folklore.bc.ca Hey, Margarita, There is an Anglo/Russian joke that was told to me by a Doukhobor friend who "grew up on the farm"; to wit (spoken in a slow, Anglo/Russian accent to a young man with regard to the speaker's daughter): "She's not much for look at but good for push plough!" |
09 Jun 99 - 04:34 PM (#85270) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Margo Yeah, and for nursing babies! If my feet were any shorter I'd probably fall on my face. Your bosom buddy, Margarita |
09 Jun 99 - 06:46 PM (#85306) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Banjer The only ones I've ever heard do that song were the Giesenslaw (sp?) Brothers. I used to have it on tape but can't find it anymore. |
09 Jun 99 - 07:48 PM (#85327) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Susan of DT Didn't Belafonte sing a song about "Always marry a woman who is uglier than you"? |
09 Jun 99 - 08:26 PM (#85336) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: John Hindsill I have a fairly extensive collection of Belafonte thru the 60s and don't recall him singing it. He did sing about an ugly man, "Mama, Look a Bubu". My sister, ten years younger than I, used to go around the house pointing at her brothers, "Bubu, Bubu", and giggle.---John |
09 Jun 99 - 11:16 PM (#85397) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: dick greenhaus If you want to be happy and have a good life Never make a pretty woman your wife... Man Smart, Woman Smarter I'll try to unearth the lyric. |
10 Jun 99 - 01:12 AM (#85432) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Mark Roffe Thought I'd mention one of my favorite old Cruzian Quadrilles, Jane, Jane, Jane, that says: A face like a funnel and her nose hole like a tunnel but oh, I love her so. Bark Woof |
10 Jun 99 - 10:21 PM (#85729) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Bill D verse in an old song..
"Went to see my girl last night, |
26 Mar 00 - 11:11 PM (#201909) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: GUEST freshen |
27 Mar 00 - 12:25 AM (#201922) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: JenEllen I got a gal down in Tuscaloosa Sugar Lee is her name Ain't good lookin and she's mean as thunder But I love her just the same boys I love her just the same..... |
29 Mar 00 - 04:55 PM (#203458) Subject: RE: Always marry an ugly girl From: Uncle_DaveO It's a small world!
Just last Sunday, at a folk music group I attend here in Indiana, a guy sang this "Always marry an ugly girl" song. I don't know his name, and won't see him for another month. I intend to try to get this from him. I don't want to make a promise, but if I think of it I will post it. Dave Oesterreich Lyrics and discussion in this thread (click) |