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13 Apr 15 - 09:11 PM (#3701639) Subject: Origins: Daddy, What's a Brain? From: Bev and Jerry We discovered this wonderful parody of the Utah Phillips song in our computer and there is no indication where we got it from. We can't find any trace of it on Mudcat or anywhere else on the internet. Anyone have any ideas who wrote it? Bev and Jerry |
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13 Apr 15 - 09:17 PM (#3701640) Subject: RE: Origins: Daddy, What's a Brain? From: Mark Ross Please post the link. Mark Ross |
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13 Apr 15 - 09:36 PM (#3701641) Subject: RE: Origins: Daddy, What's a Brain? From: GUEST,# "Daddy, who's Mark Twain?" Not the song requested. It's the fourth song down. |
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13 Apr 15 - 09:43 PM (#3701642) Subject: RE: Origins: Daddy, What's a Brain? From: GUEST,# Mention of someone named Mo doing the song, DWAB Look at October 13, 2008. The song is a 'tribute' to George Bush it looks like. Certainly an apt title if that's so. |
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14 Apr 15 - 02:34 PM (#3701842) Subject: ADD: Daddy, What's a Brain? From: Bev and Jerry Here are the lyrics we have: DADDY, WHAT'S A BRAIN? Chorus: Daddy, What's a brain? Is it something that is fried? Is it something that the heads of grown up folks might have inside? Is it bigger than a pea? Oh, how can I explain? When my little boy asks me, "Daddy, what's a brain?" 1. When I was just a boy living by the track Us kids'd gather up our books in a great big red book pack Then we'd hear the warning bell as we went into the school And the teacher she would smile and wave as she enforced the rules spoken: She spoke so loud and clear That we opened up our ears And counted up as high as we could go They hadn't thought of self-esteem So I can almost hear her scream With a sound my little boy will never know 2. I guess that times have changed and kids are different now Some don't even seem to know that milk comes from a cow My little boy can tell the names of all the stars of rap I remember how we memorized the names we saw on maps spoken: Washington and Tennessee South Carolina and D.C. Arkansas and Californi-ay Knowledge of the past And I know it's fading fast Every time I hear my little boy say 3. We climbed into the car and drove down into town Right up to the public school where knowledge should be found We searched the place together for something I could show But I knew there hadn't been a brain for a dozen years or so spoken: The knowledge I compiled When I was just a child Warmed the cockles of my parents' heart And it's plain enough to see It meant a lot to me Cause my ambition was to grow up and be smart Bev and Jerry |
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15 Apr 15 - 03:19 AM (#3701922) Subject: RE: Origins: Daddy, What's a Brain? From: GUEST,# http://www.crysse.com/ Crysse has a blog and she may know who Mo is. Reference her article of October 13, 2008. Incidentally, she's UK based as far as I can determine. |