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20 Jul 99 - 01:55 PM (#97385) Subject: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Allan C. Mama, don't you whop little Buford. Mama, don't you bash Buford's head. Mama, don't you whop little Buford. I'd rather you shot him instead. This odd song (which I have always assumed was about a particularly worthless hound) was responsible for the name I chose for a dog I once owned. I got to thinking about him a few days ago and the song popped up. While I strongly disagree with the general premise of the song, it still hangs in my memory. Does anyone know where it came from and if there is more to it than just this verse? |
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20 Jul 99 - 04:14 PM (#97417) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: SeanM I know a slightly different version of it, with a chorus;
Mother, strike not little Buford I have NO idea as to where this came from. It sounds almost straight out of a penny dreadful or somesuch, or almost like a football (English) chant, but there's something that doesn't quite ring true with that for me. M |
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20 Jul 99 - 04:31 PM (#97426) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whoop Little Buford From: Joe Offer Click to listen or here for more detailed information. Country Bear Jamboree at Disneyland? Could THAT be where I learned this song? (grin) -Joe Offer- |
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20 Jul 99 - 04:39 PM (#97433) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Allan C. You guys are truly amazing! |
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20 Jul 99 - 04:40 PM (#97434) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: dick greenhaus Don't know about Buford, but about 60 years ago we sang: Don't never trun rocks on yer mudder It isn't the right thing to do Don't never trun rocks on yer mudder She never trun 'em on you Don't never trun rocks on yer mudder Don't never trun rocks on her head, Don't never trun rocks on yer mudder Trun bricks on yer fadder instead. Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Accent: Brooklyn
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20 Jul 99 - 11:09 PM (#97542) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: gargoyle Definately heard it at "Country Bear Jamboree" L(copyright Disneyland)L.A. region in the late 60's...
With today's PC climate I question if it is still being used. |
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21 Jul 99 - 12:41 AM (#97557) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: SeanM It's not at Disneyland still... a number of years ago they completely redid the show. It IS still used, after a fashion. I perform with a large (30+) group of improv actors and singers at a local renaissance faire, and we use Buford as our song to chase away crowds - Nothing works better than 30 people 'singing' at the top of their lungs, off key, off tempo, out of tune and out of their minds... M |
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21 Jul 99 - 03:53 AM (#97583) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Roger the zimmer Don't throw stones at your Grandma, It might make her poor heart break Don't throw stones at your Grandma It might make a hole in her head Don't throw stones at your Grandma That was the version I sang as a nasty child (also to the tune of "My Bonny...". So Child Ballads aren't the only songs to cross the Atlantic and mutate! [I suppose this is a nasty child ballad!] |
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21 Jul 99 - 08:11 AM (#97612) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Roger the zimmer Old fumble fingers strikes again, some lines got deleted: (there is also a version using "mother" instead of "grandma") Here it is again, if full this time I hope Don't throw stones at your grandma Not even to keep her awake Don't throw stones at your grandma It might make her old heart break Don't throw stones at your grandma It might make a hole in her head Don't throw stones at no-one Chuck a brick at the old man instead Now I think about it I think there was a different relative each time: 1 Mother, 2 Grandma, 3 brother If I've messed up the line breaks this time, I'll discharge myself from the Neil Young home for the terminally confused and enrol in the Joe Offer Academy for the cyber-challenged! |
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21 Jul 99 - 08:01 PM (#97780) Subject: Lyr Add: MAMA DON'T WHIP LITTLE BUFORD From: Gene HOMER & JETHRO STYLE... MAMA DON'T WHIP LITTLE BUFORD As recorded Homer & Jethro on "Fractured Folk Songs" (1964) Mama Don't Whup Little Buford Mama don't pound on his head Mama Don't Whup Little Buford I think you should shoot him instead Buford brought home his report card Buford was proud as could be At last he had passed to the 3rd grade And Buford is just twenty-three Mama Don't Whup Little Buford Mama you'll [jist] be a wreck [Fer] Buford is studying Judo And he'll break your scrawny old neck When Buford was five, he was smokin' And drinkin' hard liquor at six At seven he learned about women At eight Buford got his first fix Mama Don't Whup Little Buford You'll never know how Buford feels Buford is good to you mama He brings you whatever he steals Now Buford is gone, what a pity At last we've found happiness We bought a new home in the city And we won't give him our address So, Mama Don't Whup Little Buford Mama don't knock out his breath Just teach him to be a folk singer Then Buford will soon starve to death To the tune of: Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes SOURCE: HOMER & JETHRO/FRACTURED FOLK SONGS 1966 RCA Corporation LSP 3474(e) |
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21 Jul 99 - 10:07 PM (#97811) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: dick greenhaus For those not familiar with southern US pronunciation, "Buford" is conventionally spelled "Beaufort" |
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22 Jul 99 - 10:34 AM (#98010) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Art Thieme Buford Pusser, the sadistic law officer, was spelled just as it's phonetically pronounced---. PUSSER, on the other hand, is appropriate too. He was a festering & seeping sore in his county--that's for sure... Art
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22 Jul 99 - 11:23 AM (#98024) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Gee, Gene, good to see yor handle again recently. I do a hot "Ghost Riders in the Sky" now! yours, Peter T. |
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22 Jul 99 - 02:15 PM (#98081) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Joe Offer Dick's comment about the pronunciation af "Buford" brings up a somewhat-related question. There are two cities named Beaufort in the Carolinas, but they are pronounced differently and I can never remember which is BOW-furt and which BEW-furt. The one in North Carolina is a nice seaport town near Cape Lookout, home of the fascinating North Carolina Maritime Museum. the one in South Carolina has a beautiful waterfront and fascinating architecture - but I supposed it's best known as gateway to the infamous Parris Island Marine Corps Training Center. They're both nice towns, but which is pronounced how? I got the impression that the may be interesting music to be found around these towns, but I wasn't able to find it. -Joe Offer- |
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22 Jul 99 - 02:32 PM (#98092) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Sam Wasn't Buford Pusser the name of the Joe Don Baker character in "Walking Tall"? The reason I ask is I don't remember him as a "sadistic law officer" (quoting a few listings back) -- it's everyone else who is out to get him, as I remember it. Did I miss something here? |
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22 Jul 99 - 02:44 PM (#98098) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Allan C. Ya gotta see this Strange coincidence...my search engine listed this on the same page with a site about body casts. |
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22 Jul 99 - 02:46 PM (#98099) Subject: RE: Mama Don't You Whop Little Buford From: Allan C. http://www.inandaround.com/bufordpusser.html don't know what happened. |
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19 Jul 18 - 10:12 AM (#3938261) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mama Don't Whip Little Buford From: GUEST You know, Buford was a little brother. It was definitely not a hound. one verse is: I went to climb me a pine tree, Mama sent Buford with me, When I got to the top of the tree, Ole Buford, he chopped the tree down. |