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23 Aug 00 - 08:01 PM (#283583) Subject: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Mbo Well, what's your's? Also, what's you favorite FUNNY Paxton song! FUN! --Matt
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23 Aug 00 - 08:10 PM (#283589) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,bert too many to choose from |
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23 Aug 00 - 09:31 PM (#283657) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: gillymor I dearly love Rambling Boy and for funny, Changing My Name to Chrysler. F |
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23 Aug 00 - 09:44 PM (#283668) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: kendall Ramblin' Boy or Cant help but wonder where I'm bound. The honor of your company is also great |
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23 Aug 00 - 09:48 PM (#283673) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Mbo My personal favorite is "Now That I've Taken My Life." |
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23 Aug 00 - 10:30 PM (#283696) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Bugsy I Like a lot of his songs, but particularly, Where I'm Bound; Last Thing On My Mind, Who's Passing Dreams Around; When Annie Took Me Home; and for funnies? Thank You Domestic Airlines (for breaking the neck on my guitar)
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23 Aug 00 - 10:36 PM (#283700) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: catspaw49 "Last Thing"...."Deep Fork" (I had never heard it til I heard Rick do it)...."Marvelous Toy"......."Talkin' VietNam Pot Luck Blues"........."Chrysler".........."I Thought You Were An Arab (The Abscam Song)"........."What Did You Learn in School?"........"Even a gray Day Is A Good Day Now"...........too many other choices. Spaw |
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23 Aug 00 - 11:20 PM (#283726) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: bflat Ditto ditto ditto, to all the above. But, I've always loved "Getting Up Early" and a colaboration with Susan Graham White which I think the title is: "A Long Way From My Mountain." For humor, can you beat "John Wayne Bobbitt?" bflat |
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23 Aug 00 - 11:33 PM (#283732) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: campfire My favorite Paxton tune is "Bad Old Days". campfire |
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23 Aug 00 - 11:38 PM (#283735) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: DonMeixner Sandy, we seem to have the same taste. But dated? Us? Never. Can't Help... Goodman, Scwerner, and Chaney. (So powerfull) Dogs at Midnite Just so many to chose, never a bad one tho'.. Forest Lawn, Chrysler Yuppies In the Sky. Don |
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24 Aug 00 - 12:30 AM (#283764) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Troll I don't really have a favorite. I like all his work. troll |
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24 Aug 00 - 12:30 AM (#283765) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Troll OK Meebo? troll |
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24 Aug 00 - 12:34 AM (#283768) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: P05139 I actually had breakfast with him when I was about 8 and he says he sings a song called "Katy" and that all Katys are the same! Of course, that's not true! Katy! |
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24 Aug 00 - 01:01 AM (#283793) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Jill Rogoff I've loved his songs since I was about 5 years old so it's hard to choose, but from among the more recent ones, I love the lilt of Along the Verdigris. For humour, I love the one about his daughter Katy, and of course the one about the Bobbitts. For serious intent, I'd vote for Johnny Got a Gun. |
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24 Aug 00 - 01:05 AM (#283800) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Little Hawk Okay...I guess I do know a few of them. I'll go for "Ramblin' Boy". |
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24 Aug 00 - 04:23 AM (#283858) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,HUTZUL Ramblin' Boy Katy Chrysler |
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24 Aug 00 - 06:47 AM (#283888) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Ramblin' Boy (and I'm not quite as old as Sandy!) RtS |
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24 Aug 00 - 07:07 AM (#283895) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: catspaw49 Somewhere back a long time ago, we were discussing Paxton and I think I said then that the spectrumof songs we writes is unequalled. There isn't a bad choice on the list so far is there? NOW....Take a look at the style and subject matter. I find it amazing that the same guy who wrote "Last Thing On My Mind" also wrote "Bobbitt".....or that the same fella' wrote "Marvelous Toy" AND "G,S, and C"...........He really just amazes me. He seems to do each type with great brilliance. Amazing. Spaw |
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24 Aug 00 - 07:13 AM (#283897) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Same as Kendall. 'Course, I'd never heard of the guy until I was at a small concert at an Audubon Ctr in eastern NY state on the Connecticut border, 'round about '70 I think it was. A nice young couple sang several of his songs. I discovered folk music, Tom Paxton, and Sandy and Caroline Paton all in one fell swoop! Nobody can sing "Rambling Boy" better than Sandy. Excepting Tom, of course! |
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24 Aug 00 - 07:24 AM (#283898) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: catspaw49 Tell you what Allison....That's one hell of an "introduction" to folk music. Kinda' like going from grade school to college in the same year. Spaw |
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24 Aug 00 - 07:33 AM (#283901) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Peter K (Fionn) Alex Cambell did a splendid version of Rambling Boy, even having the temerity to change a phrase in the chorus to good effect. And for humour I liked "Is this anyu way to run an Airline?" among so many others. Dated again. |
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24 Aug 00 - 07:41 AM (#283902) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: kendall I spent an evening with Tom Paxton swapping songs and lies at the home of a mutual friend. It was kinda wierd, I'm in the presence of a great song writer, and, all he wants from me is to sing him "Moose turd pie" |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:07 AM (#283925) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Troll He's nice people too. I met him when he used to perform around Philly in the mid-60's. Anyone remember the Guitar Workshop or the R&W Deli or the Artists Hut? All were around Rittenhouse Square. I lived around the corner from the Second Fret. We shared an alley and on summer nights I got to hear all the concerts free because the back windows were left open for ventilation. ...sigh... troll sorry 'bout the thread creep |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:07 AM (#283926) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: JedMarum Where I'm Bound and Last Thing On My Mind |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:14 AM (#283931) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: jeffp For me, it's "The Marvelous Toy." Last week, Noel Paul Stookey was in the studio of the radio station I listen to while driving in to work. He had to leave because Tom Paxton was waiting for him to go play golf. jeffp |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:43 AM (#283952) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Wesley S I was able to see him live a few months ago. After a concert about 2 hours long what amazed me was the number of classic songs he DIDN'T have time to do. That really says something about his body of work. |
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24 Aug 00 - 11:28 AM (#284040) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Grab Gotta be Mr Blue. For some reason the feel of it reminds me of The Matrix (or vice versa) - strange. Fave funny: Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues. Grab. |
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24 Aug 00 - 12:02 PM (#284079) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Jacob B Someone has to mention Jimmy Newman. The most powerful anti-death song ever written. And someone needs to mention Wasn't That A Party. I haven't heard some of the songs mentioned here. I don't think I want to hear the Bobbitt song. Although I do know You Squeeze Mine, Anita, and it hasn't twisted me (too badly.) |
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24 Aug 00 - 12:04 PM (#284083) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Uncle_DaveO "Dear Little Boy of Mine" by a long shot. Dave Oesterreich |
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24 Aug 00 - 12:15 PM (#284096) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Sandy Paton Many years ago, at one of the Philadelphia Festivals, Tom and Midge brought their "babe in arms" into our camper to change a diaper (no facilities for such a thing being provided by the festival!), While Midge did the dirty work, Tom sat at the dinette and sang a song he had just finished: "Cindy's Crying." I was moved damn near to tears. That "babe in arms" now has a PhD, I'm told. Hey, Don: ain't nobody 'round here older than Greenhaus and me -- and I've got six months on him! Sandy |
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24 Aug 00 - 12:30 PM (#284118) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: BlueJay Funny: it's a tossup between Forest Lawn and Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues. Serious? Now is that serious children songs or adult songs. Or fun children's songs that could be taken seriously by an adult? Perhaps "funny" protest songs that should be taken seriously by adults or children. Too many choices, I'm getting confused. Can't help but wonder where I'm bound, except off to bed. Thanks, BlueJay |
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24 Aug 00 - 01:13 PM (#284156) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Turtle For funny songs, "I don't want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wowboat"—still gets a whole circle of my friends singing and laughing at the same time every time it comes up. And what about "Daddy's Taking Us to the Zoo Tomorrow"? For serious songs, I think that whole first album of his, which I listened to over and over and over when I was growing up in the 60s, is just stunning. "What Did you Learn in School Today?" "The High Sheriff of Hazard" "Last Thing on My MInd" "Ramblin' Boy" "Standing on the Edge of Town" "Job of Work" "Can't Help But Wonder" I'd be hard put to choose one,maybe because that whole album is so much of a piece in my mind. How could anyone get so many good songs on *one* album, not to mention on his *first* album? And I've always loved "Even a Gray Day" and "Leaving London" for wistful love songs. |
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24 Aug 00 - 01:19 PM (#284158) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Mbo Of course, "My Lady Is A Wild Flying Dove" is so so true... |
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24 Aug 00 - 02:08 PM (#284197) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Guest, BobP Under a canopy two weeks ago at the Lake County Folk Festival, Lake Zurich, IL Tom honored us by engaging in, believe this, a songwriting workshop. For an hour he shared his songwriting secrets, so now we are as good at songwriting as he is. So then of course I figured I'd stare at a picture of Einstein for five minutes and now I'm ready to go out give lectures on quantum physics. Seriously, I'm not a big fan of superlatives (I think for instance at oscar time they should simply honor good moviemaking and forget all this "best" stuff) but the one exception I'd make is TP. He is simply the best that every lived at what he does. Besides those mentioned above, try these on sometime: - Jimmy Neuman - Favorite Spring - Jennifer's Rabbit - On the road to Sri Brinitza (forgive spelling) - When I go to see my son |
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24 Aug 00 - 02:16 PM (#284205) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Mike Regenstreif So many I'd pick, but if it came down to just one, I'll say "The Honor of Your Company." BTW, Carolyn Hester's new album, "A Tom Paxton Tribute" is an all-Paxton set. Also, Tom and Anne Hills are recording an album of duets of songs by other writers. Mike Regenstreif |
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24 Aug 00 - 03:36 PM (#284277) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Bob Schwarer Ramblin' Boy Outward Bound Bob S. |
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24 Aug 00 - 03:58 PM (#284304) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Mbo I'm listening to Tom right now...oh GOD is "All Night Long" a gorgeous song. Those cellos just tear me apart...and it sound so much like ELO... |
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24 Aug 00 - 04:46 PM (#284364) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Did Tom P write "bunny wunny in a wittle wow boat"? I remember Arlo Guthrie singing it in a concert with Pete Seeger at Red Rocks, Colo almost 20 years ago. I thought Arlo said he wrote it. |
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24 Aug 00 - 04:51 PM (#284369) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Groucho Marxist (inactive) "Bunny Wunny" is definitely a Paxton song. I've heard him do it many times and have the LP that it's on. Groucho |
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24 Aug 00 - 05:03 PM (#284382) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Rana who SHOULD be working My! This thread must be the LAST THING ON MY MIND :-) Another weak attempt at humour! Rana |
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24 Aug 00 - 08:42 PM (#284559) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Susanne (skw) The 'Bunny Wunny' song is the only one I hate on the 'Politics' CD - all the others are great, particularly 'The Ballad of Spiro Agnew' :-) ... All his other classics have been mentioned several times over. He was at Tonder Festival some years back, the only time I saw him live - just great! - Susanne |
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24 Aug 00 - 08:58 PM (#284570) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Faded Denim It's so hard to pick favourites - His songs always show up in our rehearsals and gigs. "Honour of your Company", "Leaving London", "Ramblin' Boy", "The Marvellous Toy","Bottle of Wine", "Wasn't that a Party", and one of my favourite anti-war songs "The Willing Conscript". There are too many to name. I'm glad there are so many of us passing all these wonderful songs along. Reid :o) |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:17 PM (#284583) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Arkie "Marvelous Toy" and Whoever is running your foot up my leg, I love you or whatever the actual name may be. |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:26 PM (#284593) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Mbo OOOh that sounds like a good one! |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:29 PM (#284597) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Groucho Marxist (inactive) "Whoever is running your foot up my leg, I love you" is a line from Paxton's song "Saturday Night." My favorites are his three songs about Annie: "When Annie Took Me Home," "Has Annie Been In Tonight," and "Annie's Going To Sing Her Song." Groucho |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:37 PM (#284607) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,DocJohn Mourning again; Now that I've taken my life; Jimmy Newman |
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24 Aug 00 - 09:42 PM (#284612) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Mbo Thanks Doc! I knew there had to be someone out there who liked "Now That I've Taken My Life" besides me! |
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25 Aug 00 - 01:09 PM (#285129) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: DonMeixner Thats true Sandy, But I started listening to Folkmusic a such an early age. Don |
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25 Aug 00 - 02:52 PM (#285207) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Jim Krause The Marvelous Toy |
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25 Aug 00 - 03:30 PM (#285231) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST Whenever I'm sitting around and trying to think of something to sing, the first thing on my mind is often "The Last Thing On My Mind". Other goodies, "Life", "My Favorite Spring", "The Spirit Said, No" and on and on and on.... John Denver recorded "Ballad of Spiro Agnew". Could that be one of the shortest songs ever covered by someone else? A song I don't really care for "Suzy Was A Rocker" |
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29 Aug 00 - 07:03 PM (#287444) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: bobby's girl Nobody's mentioned "Whose Garden was this?" which I have always loved, and I'm always amused by "I lost my heart on a 747" |
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30 Aug 00 - 06:04 PM (#288163) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Lanfranc Too many to choose from, but no-one's mentioned the funny song that I identify most with - "Not Tonight, Marie!". I've often wondered about "So much for winning" - funny or mock serious, or serious, or what? The Paxton song I sing most often - "Leaving London". I first heard him sing it at the Troubadour in the sixties, and it's been with me ever since. My favourite Paxton song sung by someone else - Alex Campbell's version of "Hold on to me, babe"
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30 Aug 00 - 07:26 PM (#288216) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Ely Oh, man . . . "Can't Help But Wonder", "Rambling Boy", "Last Thing On My Mind". "Chrysler" and "What Did You Learn In School Today?" are both pretty funny/scathing. I saw him at Anderson Fair in Houston when I was in high school and he had written one about Lorena Bobbitt that, tired as I was of hearing about the incident, was pretty doggone funny. |
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30 Aug 00 - 09:41 PM (#288266) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST "Last Thing On My Mind" has been the perma-tune in my every gig over the years. I've never heard anyone sing "Rambling Boy," with the ease and assurance of Tom Paxton, himself. Sorry, Sandy, I've not heard you sing it, but if reputation bears out, perhaps I can coerce you to do it at The Getaway. There are many other prolific singer/songwriters, but there is a genius about Paxton, that boggles the mind. He possesses the emotions of "everyman," otherwise, how else could he write "Marvelous Toy," "Last Thing On My Mind," or "Talking Viet Nam Pot Luck Blue?" And the list just keeps going on ...
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31 Aug 00 - 06:36 PM (#288813) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: mousethief 1. The Monkeys' baseball Game (not sure if that's the exact title. 2. Thank You, Republic Airlines 3. Not sure of the title, but the refrain is,
Big girls don't cry-yi-yi-yi (3x)
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03 Jul 02 - 09:02 AM (#741357) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: My guru always said Having just found this thread I find it hard to believe that 'Jennifer's Rabbit' only got mentioned once. Where's the magic going? |
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03 Jul 02 - 09:15 AM (#741368) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Jack the Sailor Gotta go with "Bottle of Wine" as the funny one, Forrest lawn for satire, Last thing as my favorite overall. |
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03 Jul 02 - 09:22 AM (#741371) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: SharonA It varies for me, depending on my mood (and on what he's written lately!), but "Little Bitty Gun" is right up there in my top five!! |
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03 Jul 02 - 09:22 AM (#741372) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Jerry Rasmussen Willie Seton. It's the only song of Tom's I've done. It's on the first album that he recorded on the Gaslight Label. Jerry |
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03 Jul 02 - 09:30 AM (#741380) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: songs2play First heard Tom Paxton in 1964 on the Newport 1963 album, where he sang Ramblin' Boy and Willing Conscript. They have to still be my favorite after nearly 38 years. The Hostage and The Bravest are up there though. Forest Lawn for comedy. |
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03 Jul 02 - 09:35 AM (#741383) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: beadie "The Last Thing on My Mind" . . . . he says its his favorite, too. Funny :: "Ten Thousand Lawyers" In between :: "The Natural Girl For Me" |
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03 Jul 02 - 09:36 AM (#741385) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: death by whisky Never heard him. |
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03 Jul 02 - 09:38 AM (#741387) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Annie 1) Annie's Going To Sing Her Song 2) Has Annie Been In Tonight? 3) When Annie Took Me Home |
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03 Jul 02 - 11:55 AM (#741489) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Stephen L. Rich It depends on my mood and what else is going on. Lately I've been singing "Out Behind the Gypsy's" and "Dance in the Shadows". The nice thing about Paxton's music is that he has something for nearly every state of mind. As for funny songs, given the latest hoo-hah over the death penalty, I've been getting some new mileage out of "Bring Back The Chair" |
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03 Jul 02 - 03:05 PM (#741669) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: EBarnacle1 I caqn't believe I just cited "Thank you Republic Airlines" on the thread about stowing instruments. I have yet to hear any of Tom's songs that doesn't reach me at some level. |
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03 Jul 02 - 06:22 PM (#741786) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Deda I love listening to Tom Paxton do his own songs. "My son John" is very evocative, and so is "Whose garden was this". Rambling Boy is great, and fun to sing, as is Bottle of Wine, and Last thing on my mind. Marvelous toy is a classic. |
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03 Jul 02 - 06:46 PM (#741805) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: musicmick My favorite Paxton songs include two that he wrote and two that he didn't. When i met Tom, he was still doing some traditional songs in his set. He was a lover of cowboy songs, and his favorites were "Tyin' a Knot on the Devil's Tail" and a recitation called "Sully's Bucket". He was a wonderful cowboy singer. Some time later, he entertained the idea of writing a Broadway show about Ben Franklin's adventures in Paris. The only song I remember from that project was "You Cant Do the Monkey Like Me". Tom was a regular at the all night poker games at the Gaslight. When he played in Philadelphia, we made up a game at Leon Aaron's house. The game started around eleven and Tom usually showed up about an hour later, after his last set. He would walk into Leon's diningroom where the other players, who were all Jewish, serenaded him with, "...And here's to you, my gamblin' goy." Mike Miller |
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03 Jul 02 - 07:21 PM (#741828) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: bradfordian My Lady's a wild flying dove. Well that makes two of us. Very surprised there's not more takers for this one! Evocative and of course, I'm trying to recapture my lost youth (aren't we all????) Brad |
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04 Jul 02 - 09:49 AM (#742175) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: raredance All of those above! I would add one not yet mentioned, "Life". It's a wonderful, uplifting song that's unfortunately on one of his more obscure 70's albums. rich r |
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04 Jul 02 - 06:37 PM (#742500) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Lanfranc "Peace will Come", "Saturday Night", "Hold on to me, babe", "The Bravest", oh, dammit, just about everything the man's ever written! Thanks for them all, Tom! Alan |
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05 Jul 02 - 12:38 AM (#742637) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Big Mick Just in from a gig. Had Tom on the CD player in the Jeep on the way home. How the hell does one pick a favorite from this man's work. If I had to, I would go with Ramblin' Boy. I would probably also go with the song that Tom himself says is the finest song he ever wrote - "Home To Me (Is Anywhere You Are)". I think I got the title right. If you haven't heard Matt Wotroba sing this accompanied by Jan Crist, then you haven't lived. All the best, Mick |
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05 Jul 02 - 01:18 AM (#742646) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Argenine Well, the first two I learned to play were "the Last Thing On My Mind" and "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound," and they're still among my favorites, but I think "Outward Bound" is awesome and "Saturday Night" is hilarious, as is "The Marvelous Toy." Also his 9-11 tribute, "The Bravest" is very moving. How do you pick a favorite among so many gems? Arge |
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05 Jul 02 - 10:39 PM (#743193) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: bflat I want to add: "Anytime." Best song of love and friendship,IMHO> Ellen |
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06 Jul 02 - 09:49 AM (#743300) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Sandra in Sydney My favourite song is One Million Lawyers - I love the idea - then of course there's the song referred to above that prompts every travelling muso to worry about their instrument entrusted to the attentions of those who throw stuff into the aircraft hold. I was listening to Elektra's "Ramblin' Boy & Ain't that the news' while reading this thread - so many good things there too. Sandra |
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06 Jul 02 - 07:32 PM (#743499) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Tattie Bogle Most of the above, but personal favourites include: "Leaving London" "Rambling Boy" "Every Time" "Bottle of Wine" "Outward Bound" "The Bravest" and, not so far mentioned, for its satire "Buy a Gun for your son" |
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14 Aug 06 - 02:54 AM (#1809294) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Slag Tom Paxton's "Last Thing on My Mind" is, for me, one of the finest pieces in it's genre that I have ever heard. He settles into that little momentary gap between break-up/ resignation and the blues and stirs up all that old grief and memory like it was just this morning or maybe it was just this morning. If you've ever been in love and come to that moment you know what I'm talking about and by the same token you have to give Mr. Paxton and this incredible song their due. |
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14 Aug 06 - 03:32 AM (#1809308) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: rich-joy ooohh ... so many good songs to choose from ... but, "When Princes Meet / When Kings Make War" just has to be one of the best! Cheers! R-J |
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14 Aug 06 - 05:50 AM (#1809373) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: stallion Katy |
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14 Aug 06 - 02:14 PM (#1809638) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Hillheader Cindy's Crying. For fun, Bayonet Rap Blues |
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14 Aug 06 - 06:03 PM (#1809859) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: phinque My Pony Knows The Way Ramblin' Boy Last Thing on my Mind |
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14 Aug 06 - 08:15 PM (#1809933) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Sorcha Thank You Repbulic Airlines..... Then That was the Last Thing on My Mind and Ramblin Boy But, dammit, they are ALL good |
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14 Aug 06 - 08:30 PM (#1809940) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Deckman "I Followed Her Into The West" and of course, his best love song that I sang to "Bride Judy" at our wedding: "My Lady's A Wild Flying Dove"! CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson Tom, if you're reading this, I was the guy that introduced you to Richard Gibbons, who wrote "Sully's Pail", when you sang at the Rainbow Tavern in Seattle somewhere in the 70's. |
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14 Aug 06 - 09:33 PM (#1809981) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: kendall Jacqui recently found a bunch of old recording I made before I lost my voice, and some of Tom's stuff is included. I believe "The Honor of your company" is among them. |
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15 Aug 06 - 06:54 AM (#1810197) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,JimP My son just turned 18, and "My Favorite Spring" really gets me these days. Of course, I wish I could have imparted superior baseball skills to him, but mine are, well, "limited" is the best spin I can put on it. |
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15 Aug 06 - 03:48 PM (#1810526) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST Back in the early 90's, Tom performed (IMHO) his greatest song ever, at the Clearwater Festival: the Ballad or lorena Bobbit. I asked him about it a few years later, and he shrugged that he'd never bothered to record it in any form. What a pity. |
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15 Aug 06 - 04:03 PM (#1810532) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Katia 'Kangaroo's Like To Hop' - got to be |
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30 Sep 08 - 06:27 PM (#2454244) Subject: DT Correction: I Am Changing My Name to Chrysler From: Joe Offer I was thinking of deleting I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler from my MP3 collection, but maybe that's premature. Change the names a bit, and it fits today to a "T." "Chrysler" scans a lot better than "Wachovia" or "WaMu," but maybe that's a matter Congress can resolve... Well, we could have, "I Am Changing My Name to Wall Street" - but then what do we do with Iacocca??? I can't say "Chrysler" is my favorite Paxton song, but it's a good one and deserves to be posted somewhere. -Joe- And since the DT needs correction, here are the corrected lyrics: I AM CHANGING MY NAME TO CHRYSLER (Tom Paxton) Oh the price of gold* is rising out of sight, And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight. What the dollar used to get us, now won't get a head of lettuce, No, the economic forecast isn't bright. But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray, I begin to glimpse a new and better way: I've devised a plan of action, worked it down to the last fraction, Now I'm going into action here today. CHORUS: I am changing my name to Chrysler, I am going down to Washington DC. I will tell some power broker, what you did for Iacocca Would be perfectly acceptable to me. I am changing my name to Chrysler, I am leaving for that great receiving line; And when they hand a million grand out I'll be standing with my hand out, Yes, sir, I'll get mine. When my creditors come screaming for their dough, I'll be proud to tell them all where they can go; They won't have to scream and holler, They'll be paid to the last dollar Where the endless streams of money seem to flow. I'll be glad to tell them all what they must do, It's a matter of a simple form or two. It's not just remuneration, It's a liberal education, Aren't you kind of glad that I'm in debt to you? CHORUS Since the first amphibian crawled out of the slime, We've been struggling in an unrelenting climb. We were hardly up and walking, before money started talking, And it's said that failure is an awful crime. It's been that way a millennium or two, Now it seems there is a different point of view; If you’re a corporate Titanic, and your failure is gigantic, Down in Congress there's a safety net for you. CHORUS *Arlo Guthrie has "gas" from the 1980 Tom Paxton CD, The Paxton Report The version in the DT has some serious spelling mistakes, even in the title. The DT lyrics are closer to the version Arlo Guthrie did on one of his concert recordings with Pete Seeger. I think the original Paxton lyrics are a little crisper. I'm sure many in Congress won't appreciate a song like this just now - but Dennis Kucinich will. |
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19 Jan 17 - 02:17 AM (#3833490) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Miriam Outward bound. |
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19 Jan 17 - 09:31 AM (#3833547) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: voyager Here's a plug for - Did You Hear John Hurt (Tom Paxton) |
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19 Jan 17 - 10:25 AM (#3833554) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Pariah In light of what's to occur tomorrow, "We Didn't Know", "I Believe, I Do" and "Jimmy Newman" suggest themselves. |
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19 Jan 17 - 02:33 PM (#3833580) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: keberoxu Depends on which part of me you ask. My heart belongs to Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound. My appetites rejoice to that garage-band cover of Bottle of Wine. |
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19 Jan 17 - 09:13 PM (#3833625) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Tattie Bogle Just looked back at what I said in 2002: not changed much since then. Still love "Every Time" - as HE did it it, in very free time: no need for a big strum in metronomic 4/4 as you sometimes hear others do it. And for topical - "Lyndon Johnson told the nation" - just substitute a few words, as Tom himself did when he updated it for George W Bush. |
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20 Jan 17 - 01:01 AM (#3833641) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Backwoodsman 'Home For Me' |
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20 Jan 17 - 04:26 AM (#3833656) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Acorn4 I rather like the duet he did with Iris Dement on "On the Verdigris". |
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20 Jan 17 - 08:20 PM (#3833794) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: frogprince Backwoodsman, it's "Home TO Me". As it happens, a few minutes ago I was listening to it by Tom, Anne Hills, and Bob Gibson on the album "Best of Friends". Much as I love so many of Tom's songs, I too come back to that one. Makes me just want to squeeze my lady and just let the tears run down. |
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21 Jan 17 - 12:19 PM (#3833896) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Rusty Dobro 'Annie's Going To Sing Her Song' 'Chrysler' When Tom was living at Holland Park, London, in the early 70's, I was working at Heathrow and was able to help him out with a paperwork problem. After that, he would look out for me when he went through Arrivals, and we would chat guitars and music. Happy days. |
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05 Jul 17 - 12:59 AM (#3864378) Subject: ADD: Mary Got a New Job (Tom Paxton) From: Joe Offer Here's a 1980 Paxton song that still rings true: MARY GOT A NEW JOB (Tom Paxton) Mary got a new job working on the line, Help to make the automobile. Wasn't very long till the job was going fine And she liked the way it made her feel. It gave her independence to pull into the lot And pull her heavy work clothes on. She liked her independence, she liked her new friends, And her favorite was a man named John. John was like a brother working at her side And they both came on the job the same day. Learned the job together, how the ropes were tied, Went together down to draw their first pay. Opening up his packet, Johnny dropped his cash, Money was all over the floor. Mary saw the money, saw to her surprise, Johnny had a whole lot more. And she said: CHORUS: "Who's been matching you sweat for sweat? Who's been working on the line? Who's been earning what she ain't got yet? All I want is what's mine. I've got eyes and hands and a back like yours And I use 'em hard the whole day. I stand here working just as hard as you do, And I want my equal pay!" Johnny was a good man, Mary knew that, Taught to think of women as queens. Now here stood Mary in her yellow hard hat And her broken down and faded blue jeans. He liked her more than anybody he knew, And he was close to understanding why She didn't cuss or spit, she didn't raise her voice, She looked him straight in the eye. And she said: "Who's been matching you sweat for sweat? Who's been working on the line? Who's been earning what she ain't got yet? All I want is what's mine. I've got eyes and hands and a back like yours I use 'em hard the whole day. I stand here working just as hard as you do, And I want my equal pay! And I want my E.R.A.!" (Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1980) Transcribed from live Paxton performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmmv3gOKTcg This song can be found on page 256 of the Rise Up Singing Songbook. |
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05 Jul 17 - 04:43 PM (#3864496) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: topical tom All of his songs are great but I get a kick out of "Not Tonight, Marie". |
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06 Jul 17 - 07:35 AM (#3864585) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GUEST,Wee Jock As it has been said there are to many to choose from but one of my favourites is Victoria Dines Alone which i first heard Alex Campbell singing. A very gentle but powerful song,, |
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06 Jul 17 - 05:18 PM (#3864727) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: lefthanded guitar All along the Verdigris |
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26 Apr 21 - 05:26 PM (#4103619) Subject: ADD: Early Snow (Tom Paxton) From: Joe Offer Jerry Michaels sings "Early Snow," and I love it. http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/es.htm Early Snow Words and Music by Tom Paxton The elk are coming down from the hills each morning. The winter grazing´s better here below. The evening sky last night was like a warning. It´s cold outside, looking like early snow this morning, It´s cold outside, looking like early snow. Every year this town is getting smaller, The kids can hardly wait to up and go. And now they´ve closed the high school down forever. It´s cold outside, looking like early snow this morning, It´s cold outside, looking like early snow. Clouds up over the Bitter Roots getting darker every day. As soon as the wind turns westerly, they´re bound to head this way. There´s been no rain all summer. All the grass is brown, This rodeo is over. This circus is leaving town. Another farming family left the valley. They left last night, nobody heard ´em go. They left the tractor standing in the hay field. It´s cold outside, looking like early snow this morning, It´s cold outside, looking like early snow. Clouds up over the Bitter Roots getting darker every day, Soon as the wind turns westerly, they´re bound to head this way. There´s been no rain all summer, and all the grass is brown. This rodeo is over. This circus is leaving town. The elk are coming down from the hills each morning. The winter grazing´s better here below. The evening sky last night was like a warning. It´s cold outside and looking like early snow this morning. It´s cold outside, looking like early snow. It´s cold outside and looking like early snow. |
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27 Apr 21 - 05:14 AM (#4103668) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: John MacKenzie There are so many. I was recalling My Son John, yesterday, and then there is the very funny, What a Way to Run an Airline. I still sing Wild Flying Dove, Last Thing on my Mind, and Leaving London, among several others, in fact I think I have more of his songs in my repertoire, than songs by any other writer. |
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27 Apr 21 - 07:24 PM (#4103775) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: voyager Last Thing on My Mind (I forget). voyager |
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27 Apr 21 - 10:12 PM (#4103788) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: GerryM No one has mentioned Dubarry Done Gone Again. I don't know whether Tom Paxton ever recorded it, but he wrote it, and it's on the Chad Mitchell Trio album, Singin' Our Minds. Not my absolute favorite Tom Paxton song, but it's a good one. |
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27 Apr 21 - 11:16 PM (#4103790) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Stewie Yes, the Chad Mitchell Trio did an excellent job on several Paxton songs. My Paxton favourites are 'When Princes Meet' and 'Jimmy Newman'. Recollecting on Paxton, I recall the unkind description of him by Dave Marsh in the 'Rolling Stone Record Guide' as 'a smugly sanctimonious product of the early sixties folk movement'. He went on to write that Paxton 'quickly declined into sentiment and a kind of ham-handed political sermonising about obvious subjects'. He gave a 1-star rating to 'Rambling Boy. This almost put me off reading Marsh reviews which I considered mostly very fine. --Stewie. |
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27 Apr 21 - 11:53 PM (#4103793) Subject: RE: What's YOUR Favorite Tom Paxton Song? From: Elmore Screw David Marsh. I'm so glad that Tom revived "my Lady's a Wild Flying Dove", my favorite Paxton song. Even the intro, when he talks about meeting the love of his life is memorable. I really enjoy two of his somewhat recent songs, "Ireland", and "If the Poor Don't Matter." |