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25 Jun 99 - 08:40 AM (#89647) Subject: LYR REQ: Woody Guthrie's 'Car Car' song From: Vixen D' Cats-- Last night Tim and I were jamming with a friend, and he (the friend) brought up a song by Woody Guthrie that sounded like a kids song. All I remember was that it went something like: I like to ride in the car car... The car horn goes beep beep... I did a search on the DT for "car car" and got a bazillion hits, but none of them had the word doubled. I then tried a search for "guthrie and car" and got 8 hits, but none of them were the right one. Any advice??? Anybody know the song??? TIA V |
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25 Jun 99 - 08:45 AM (#89648) Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Woody Guthrie's 'Car Car' song From: Rick (ATECHICAL@YAHOO.COM) I have it on tape in my voluminous, mostly unindexed archives. If no-one has pointed you to the lyrics after a few weeks, email me at ATECHICAL@YAHOO.COM and we'll figure something out assuming I can locate the recording. It's a cute little bed-time song for children. |
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25 Jun 99 - 10:03 AM (#89671) Subject: Lyr Add: RIDING IN MY CAR (Woody Guthrie) From: campfire Rise Up Singing has:
RIDING IN MY CAR (Woody Guthrie) If you know the song better than I do, that may not be as confusing as it seems to me.... I also seem to remember there should be a "horn goes beep beep" line, but that also might be a different song. campfire |
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25 Jun 99 - 10:14 AM (#89677) Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Woody Guthrie's 'Car Car' song From: annamill I absolutely love that song. My ex-husband used to sing it to my son.(Maybe he wasn't all bad) I don't remember it going like that though. Is it possible that someone heard him do it once and wrote down these lyrics. We definitly sang the "Horn goes beep, beep" line. Maybe it was done differently every time he did it. We also used to sing it with You can sit in the front seat, You can sit in the back seat, front seat, back seat, While riding in my car. Chorus: Horn goes beep, beep. (3 times) While riding in my car. Chorus: Fun song to sing with kids. And you can make up all kinds of words, each taking a turn. Thanks for reminding me of this. I'll introduce it to my grand kids. annap
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25 Jun 99 - 10:43 AM (#89692) Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Woody Guthrie's 'Car Car' song From: Roger in Baltimore Some folks will remember Peter, Paul and Mary doing this on their "In Concert" album.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAR-CAR (Woody Guthrie) Folkways Music Pub. Inc. BMI (This song is a combination of spoken segments with vocal sound effects and singing. This will be the basic lyric only as the performance is far more than can be easily written down).
(Chorus)
(spoken and sound effects segment)
(spoken and sound effects segment)
(Chorus)
(Spoken segment, with sound effects, then Mary sings...)
(another spoken and sound effects segment to the end of the song) Now, Woody wrote this as a children's song. No deep Freudian meaning here, just some fun. So you've got the idea, now wing it! Make up your own words. Repeat lines you've already used. Enjoy it! Folk pedantry be damned! All hail the folk process. You haven't done this song right unless you've folked it up! PP&M gave Woody the copyright and then let fly. For once they did it right! I think Woody would'a been happy. 'Nuff said. Big RiB |
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25 Jun 99 - 11:08 AM (#89701) Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Woody Guthrie's 'Car Car' song From: Vixen D' Cats-- You are the BEST!!! VicTim has a 1-hour weekly gig at the local center for the mentally retarded, and we're always on the lookout for songs that the "kids" can do. "If you're happy and you know it" and "old McDonald" "camptown races DOO DAH" are BIG favorites...we've now (after a year and half) got them singing parts of "crawdad" and "she'll be comin' round the mountain" and "I've been workin' on the rr". The "kids" are a wonderful audience, and we toss in some of our own material or covers that we're rehearsing from time to time for their attendants/family members, and they seem to have a good time too. It's a *fun* gig! V |
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27 Jun 99 - 10:10 PM (#90234) Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Woody Guthrie's 'Car Car' song From: harpgirl Hi Vixen, On page 325 of Woody Guthrie: A Life, Joe Klein writes that Woody wrote down little rhymes that his beloved Cathy (stackabones) would say and turn them into songs. This was one of those...The car she rode in must have been Totsy-- until she died so sadly in the apartment fire ...harpgirl |
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27 Jun 99 - 10:22 PM (#90236) Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Woody Guthrie's 'Car Car' song From: Rick Fielding Harp Girl. You brought back some memories. (remember, I'm a "Woody" groupie) Years ago Jack Elliot told me wonderful stories about his trips in "Totsy" 1, 2, and 3. Jack used to travel the hiways and biways in an old Bell Telephone van, and then graduated to an actual Camper. I'd have loved to make some of those journeys with him. |
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27 Jun 99 - 10:31 PM (#90241) Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Woody Guthrie's 'Car Car' song From: harpgirl Rick, You inspired me to read this biography. Marty Schuman lived on the Stetson Kennedy land in Florida. I think Marty's stepdad moved down there under the influence of some of the same political forces which held Woody in sway. Marty slept in a hammock on a wooden platform until his parents homesteaded. I believe he heard Woody when the Kennedy's were still living in the bus. Marty didn't notice that Woody was deteriorating, I don't think. He told me he was only fourteen which means it was 1951. I have to remember to ask his family about this. I didn't realize until I read this book that Jack was a Woody fan and just how much he was influenced by Woody. Thanks for the inspiration to read it. I enjoyed it immensely! harpgirl |
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04 Apr 03 - 06:58 PM (#926402) Subject: Lyr Req: Car, Car From: GUEST,Ron I've heard this done a couple of time. Usually people take turns making up verses, ending each verse with, "going for a ride in my car, car." Looking for any information (tune, verses, etc.) |
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04 Apr 03 - 07:26 PM (#926415) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car From: GUEST,Ron Found a little info. Fred Penner on 1992 CD, Ebeneezer Sneezer. It is no longer available. |
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04 Apr 03 - 07:27 PM (#926417) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car From: Sorcha See this thread. Might be in the DT, pretty sure it is, but the thread was what came up. |
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04 Apr 03 - 07:59 PM (#926436) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car From: toadfrog It's by Woody Guthrie. Try HERE, there are lyrics, and somebody is advertizing tapes of "incredible quality." Whether they mean incredibly good or incredibly bad I'm not sure. |
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05 Apr 03 - 12:41 AM (#926531) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car From: Sandy Mc Lean Woody wrote this for Arlo when he was small. When our oldest daughter was a baby we used to take her for a car ride over the roughest road that we could find (no problem in Cape Breton) so that she would quiet down and go to sleep. I guess I got the idea from Woody. It works! Sandy |
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05 Apr 03 - 08:41 PM (#926956) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car From: Dani There is a beautifully done set of tapes (CD's?) and a book to go with it. My kids grew up with these songs, too. I think the most wonderful part is Woody's illustrations in the book: http://www.arlo.net/discography/grow.shtml Dani |
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05 Apr 03 - 10:30 PM (#927001) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car From: Sorcha I wonder what happened to Ron..... |
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14 Apr 03 - 12:51 PM (#933229) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST,Chords? |
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29 Apr 03 - 09:46 AM (#942695) Subject: Chord Req: Woddy Guthrie Riding in My Car Car From: GUEST,Johnny Bravo Can someone provide the chords for this song. Lyrics as well but not really as important! |
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29 Apr 03 - 10:47 AM (#942745) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Woddy Guthrie Riding in My Car Car From: Mark Clark The lyrics are over in a thread on the subject. The chords are just I-IV-V (i.e., [C]Take me for a ride in the [F] car car, [C]Take me for a ride in the [G7]car car, [C]Take me for a ride, [F]take me for a ride, [C]Take me for a [G7]ride in a [C]car car. - Mark |
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15 Oct 03 - 10:09 PM (#1036500) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Woddy Guthrie Riding in My Car Car From: GUEST,Zach In standard tuning, the chords to "Car Song" are: E A B At least that is how Woody plays it. |
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19 Nov 03 - 02:48 PM (#1057152) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: i need riding in mycar(Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST,me STAT...i need riding in my car lyrics STAT !!!!!!!!! NOW PLEASE |
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20 Nov 03 - 12:16 AM (#1057510) Subject: Lyr Add: RIDING IN MY CAR (Woody Guthrie) From: Lin in Kansas GUEST, me -- If you post a separate thread with that title, you're much more likely to receive an answer. You don't mention who the song is done by(?): Here's a link to Amazon, to a record by NRBQ: Click here. Apparently there's a free download from that link, too. Here are lyrics to an entirely different song, from this link: Click. A Google search for "Riding in My Car" will get you a number of others. Hope this is helpful. Lin Riding in My Car When the dog goes riding in my car he goes "Ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff" |
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25 Oct 04 - 04:23 PM (#1306885) Subject: Lyr Add: RIDING IN MY CAR (Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST,mjangvej40@po.dia.dk Here you go... RIDING IN MY CAR Words & Music: Woody Guthrie (1954) Intro: C |G7 Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b'brrrm G7 |C Brrrm brrm brm brm brm brm brrrm b'brrrm C |F Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b'brrrm G7 |C Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brm b'brrrm (get those lips flapping) Verse 1: C |G7 Take me riding in the car car, G7 |C Take me riding in the car car, C |F Take you riding in the car car, I'll G7 |C take you riding in the car. 2. Click , clack, open up the door, girls, Click , clack, open up the door, boys, Front door, back door, clickety clack, Take you riding in the car. 3. Climb, climb, rattle on the front seat, Spree I spraddle on the back seat, Turn on my key, step on my starter, Take you riding in the car. 4. Engine it goes brrrm, brrrm, Engine it goes brrrm, brrrm, Front seat, back seat, boys and girls, Take you riding in the car. 5. Trees and houses walk along, Trees and houses walk along, Truck and a car and a garbage can, Take you riding in the car. 6. As intro 7. Ships and little boats chug along, Ships and little boats chug along, Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b'brrrm, Take you riding in the car. 8. I'm gonna send you home again, I'm gonna send you home again, Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brm rolling home, Take you riding in the car. 9. I'm gonna let you blow the horn, I'm gonna let you blow the horn, A-oorah, a-oorah, a-oorah, oorah, Take you riding in the car. 10. first verse sped up! Have fun Paul |
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25 Oct 04 - 07:29 PM (#1307025) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST,Louise My husband was watching "Alice's Restaurant" a few nights ago on TV. In one scene Arlo and Pete Seeger do this song as a duet, singing to Woodie as he lies in his hospital bed. In the movie it makes Woodie smile. Sweet scene. |
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25 Oct 04 - 10:26 PM (#1307180) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: Big Jim from Jackson Odetta does a nice but abreviated version on one of her earlier albums for Vanguard, and I think I remember Ramblin' Jack Elliott doing a version of the song on one of his albums(maybe on "Young Brigham"?) |
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26 Oct 04 - 06:14 AM (#1307423) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST,Hootenanny I have in my hand a 6 track 45rpm disc by Rambling Jack Elliott "Kid's Stuff" children's songs by Woody Guthrie, recorded in London in November 1959 and issued in 1960 on the EMI label SEG 8046 for any collectors out there. One of the songs is 'Riding in my Car'. Jack was the guy who introduced many in the UK to the work of Woody, one of his best albums which appeared on the Topic label was reading extracts from Woody's book 'Bound for Glory' and illustrating it with songs. If you are a Jack Elliott collector these discs are definitely worth trying to get ahold of. The Topic label is still in existence putting out excellent folk material and they do have a web site. |
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26 Oct 04 - 09:18 AM (#1307514) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: Flash Company I had that 'Bound for Glory' LP and lent it to someone,(often a fatal mistake!). Never saw it again. Don't think it was Jack doing the reading, and the songs were recordings of Woody himself. 'Rueben James' and 'They laid Jesus Christ in his grave' are two that were in, along with 'This Land' and others. FC |
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26 Oct 04 - 10:12 AM (#1307565) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: pavane I am pretty sure it was recorded in the 1960's by Donovan |
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26 Oct 04 - 04:05 PM (#1307922) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST,Hootenanny To Flash Company et al. My apologies, you are absolutely right, just pulled it off the shelf. Woody singing and Will Geer doing the narrative. It was however on the Topic label 12T31, and when it was released Jack who was in London at the time did an evening at The Horseshoes pub in Tottenham Court Road where he read the sleeve notes (which were the spoken selections done on the album by Geer)and then sang the songs. My memory confused things. Hope that's clarified it, thanks for the correction. |
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27 Oct 04 - 11:45 AM (#1308717) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: Reiver 2 I can't find the reference but I remember from somewhere that, as posted earlier, Woody made up this song for Arlo when he (Arlo) was a small child. The Woody Guthrie Songbook, Harold Leventhal and Marjorie Guthrie, Eds., 1976, has the song under the title "Riding in My Car" with the words and chords as posted earlier in this thread by Paul. I used to sing it to my kids when they were quite young and they loved it. Reiver 2 |
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28 Oct 04 - 03:48 AM (#1309348) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: muppitz A former primary school teacher of mine plays guitar and he used to do regular singing time with us, and he did something similar to that song. It went something along the lines of: Chorus Take for a ride in my car, car Take for a ride in my car, car Take for a ride in my car, car When you're riding in my car I want to sit in the front seat I don't want to sit in the back seat Front seat, back seat When you're riding in my car There were other verses, but it's about 15 years since I've sung it! muppitz x |
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16 Jan 07 - 09:57 AM (#1938221) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car Car (Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST Car, Car (original Woody Guthrie version) Woody Guthrie New words by Peter, Paul & Mary E7 A Take me for a ride in the car, car. A D Take me for a ride, take me for a ride, A E7 A Take me for a ride in the car, car. Click, clack open up the front door. Click, clack open up the back door. Take me for a ride, take me for a ride, Take me for a ride in the car, car. Climb, climb, rattle in the front seat. Spree I spraddle on the back seat. Take me for a ride, take me for a ride, Take me for a ride in the car, car. Engine, it goes "Brrrm! Brrrm!" Engine, it goes "Brrrm! Brrrm!" Take me for a ride, take me for a ride, Take me for a ride in the car, car. I'm a-gonna let you blow the horn. I'm a-gonna let you blow the horn. Take me for a ride, take me for a ride, Take me for a ride in the car, car. |
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16 Jan 07 - 11:16 AM (#1938316) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car Car (Woody Guthrie) From: Mrrzy I had this on a children's album by Pete Seeger (with Abiyoyo etc.) |
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16 Jan 07 - 02:48 PM (#1938547) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car Car (Woody Guthrie) From: Darowyn People in the UK will probably have heard Donovan's version, from his Album "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" The lyrics are from memory, but I have sung this a lot when I was teaching young children- so I may have folk-processed it a little over the years. I'll take you riding in my Car, car I'll take you riding in my Car, car I'll take you riding in my Car, car Riding in my Car Engine goes Brum Brum Engine goes Brum Brum Engine goes Brum Brum Riding in my Car Horn Goes beep beep Horn Goes beep beep Horn Goes beep beep Riding in my Car I wanna sit in the front seat I wanna sit in the back seat Front seat ,back seat Riding in my Car Boys and girls gonna sing a little song Boys and girls gonna sing a little song Boys and girls gonna sing a little song Riding in my Car Cheers Dave |
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17 Jan 07 - 06:22 AM (#1939224) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car Car (Woody Guthrie) From: The Fooles Troupe You can blend this almost seamlessly into "The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round"... :-) and then start an intermixed medley... don't do this while the adult audience is still sober though.... :-) |
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24 May 10 - 02:06 PM (#2913266) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST Anyone ever noticed the tune is Irene Goodnight only speeded up? Just something I observed playing it once.. |
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24 May 10 - 02:48 PM (#2913296) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car Car (Woody Guthrie) From: Bettynh The liner notes (red PDF button) here indicate that this song was written before Arlo was born. The note was written before Cathy Guthrie died in a fire at age 4. All the words are there, as sung on the album "Nursery Days", too. |
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24 May 10 - 03:25 PM (#2913321) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car, Car (Woody Guthrie) From: Dave Hanson No not the same at all. Dave H |
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25 May 10 - 11:00 AM (#2913949) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Car Car (Woody Guthrie) From: Tannywheeler Why are there 2--count them--2 threads with the same name??? This one with dates in 1999, 2007, & 2010 + another 1 with dates in '03 & other yrs. to '10. Also, anyone interested in Woody's songs for kids should go to the Guthrie Foundation & look for something called "Grow Big"--a book & cd. |