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24 May 01 - 08:54 PM (#469932) Subject: stop my Wanderin' From: GUEST,pdyer1040@aol.com There is a song perhaps called "Wanderin'". I heard it recently by the opening act of Shawn Mullins, a man called Matthew Kahler-awesome singer. I knew enough of it that I remembered the melody. One line is " I don't ever think I can ever stop my wanderin'. It was areally beautiful song. I thought Bob Dylan did it, but I can't find it there. Does anyone kow? PD |
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24 May 01 - 09:06 PM (#469937) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Oh, yeah, who was that? My brain has simply been mush lately. James Taylor? "And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering..." |
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24 May 01 - 09:13 PM (#469942) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: Amos Dave van Ronk: Daddy is an engineer, momma drives a hack But it looks like I been working on the railroad And it looks like All I remember. Regards, A |
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24 May 01 - 09:35 PM (#469951) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Another verse: Snakes in the ocean Fish in the sea Took a red-headed woman To make a fool of me An'it looks like I'm never gonna cease my wanderin'. Found it on www.numachi.com/~Rickheit/dtrad |
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24 May 01 - 09:50 PM (#469959) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: DougR I seem to remember this song from the late 40's or early 50's, but I can't (Senior moment) come up with the performer that made it popular. Sounds ridiculous but I want to say it was recorded by the Sammy Kay Orchestra. DougR |
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24 May 01 - 09:52 PM (#469960) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: Suffet Some more verses, as I sing them: I've been wanderin' early, And I've been wanderin' late, I've been to New York City, And I've seen the Golden Gate... Refrain: And it look's like, I ain't never gonn cease, My wanderin'. Train wrecks on land, Ship wrecks at sea, A red headed woman, Made a wreck out of me... Here I am in prison, Feet 'gainst the wall, A red headed woman, Was the cause of it all... A nickel is a nickel, And a dime is a dime, Got a house full of children, Maybe some of them is mine... I've been in the Army, I got sent across the sea, I've been to the trenches, And I've been to gay Paree... That should give you enough to start with! --- Steve |
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24 May 01 - 09:58 PM (#469962) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: DougR If found the first verse in Simpson's Quotations attributed to Carl Sandburg and they were read at his memorial in 1967. DougR |
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24 May 01 - 10:36 PM (#469977) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: dick greenhaus It's in DigiTrad--search for Wanderin* (the asterisk will find it with or without the final g) I have a personal history with this song. In nineteen ought forty-eight, I was working with a band (square dance mostly) which called itself The Wanderers, and used Wanderin* as a signature tune. Then Sammy Kaye (SWING AND SWAY WITH...)made a hit recording of it, effectively forcing us to find a new theme tune. WE picked up a little-known waltz, and used it as a good-night waltz. Catchy tune...Irene Goodnight. Oh well. |
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25 May 01 - 01:13 AM (#470069) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: DougR Dick: Thank you. I thought Sammy Kaye made a reording of this song with Don Cornell as vocalist, but I wasn't sure because of the fifty or so years that have elapsed. And, in my opinion, you picked a pretty good signature song to replace "Wanderin'." DougR |
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11 Jan 21 - 09:50 AM (#4087493) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: GUEST The melody was used in a Tom Jones hit, 'I'll never fall in love again" & attributed to Lonnie Donegan. I remember a version from 1940/50's by a British singer. |
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11 Jan 21 - 12:13 PM (#4087514) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: stop my Wanderin' From: Joe Offer Here's the Tom Jones recording of "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," and yes, it is the same melody (at least at the beginning): I was thinking of the Dionne Warwick recording song with the same title. I think that one was a Bacharach/David composition: |