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Lyr ADD I'm a Villain

30 Dec 97 - 09:40 PM (#18482)
Subject: Lyrics to
From: michelle.hallauer@owenscorning.com

My father used to sing a song. The only words/lines I know are:

But that's all we can remember. Can anyone help with the rest of the lyrics and possibly the music?

Thanks.

31 Dec 97 - 01:05 AM (#18491)
Subject: Lyr Add: I'M A VILLAIN (Prairie Home Companion)
From: Joe Offer

How's this??

I'M A VILLAIN
(from the Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Book)

I'm a Villain, a dirty little villain
I put poison in my mother's cream of wheat
My chief delight is to pick a fight
And I beat little kids on the head 'til they're dead.
'Cause I'm a villain, a dirty little villain
I leave a trail of blood where'er I go
I put a stain on the family name
And I eat-raw-meat! Pass the toothpicks!

I'm a Villain, a dirty little villain
I leave a trail of woe where'er I go
I take delight in stirring up a fright
And hitting little babies on the head 'til they're dead.
I have gotten a rep for being rotten
I put poison in my mother's shredded wheat
I put the blot of the family escutcheon
I eat-raw-meat!

Friendly little song, isn't it?

31 Dec 97 - 02:04 AM (#18494)
Subject: Tune Add: I'M A VILLAIN
From: Joe Offer

Here's the tune:

MIDI file: I'MAVI~1.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: I'M A VILLAIN
Text: By unknown
Copyright: from Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Book
Key: F
TimeSig: 2/4 24 8
Start
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End

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ABC format:

X:1
T:I'm a Villain
M:2/4
Q:1/4=
K:F
F3FDC2D|FFFFDC3|F2F2FFEF|GGEEC3C|G2G2E2CC|
G2G2E2CC|C2CCC2CC|C2CCC2C2|F3FDC2D|FFFFDC2D|
FFFFFFEF|G11/2z3/2C|G2G2E2CC|G2G2E2CC|A2z2G2z2|
F8|-F7z|z4BBB2|B2||

06 Apr 98 - 02:17 AM (#25245)
Subject: Tune Add: I'M A VILLAIN
From: Joe Offer

Posting corrected MIDITXT tune

MIDI file: I'MAVI~1.MID

Timebase: 192

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:I'm a Villain
M:2/4
Q:1/4=120
K:F
F3FDC2D|FFFFDC3|F2F2FFEF|GGEEC3C|G2G2E2CC|
G2G2E2CC|C2CCC2CC|C2CCC2C2|F3FDC2D|FFFFDC2D|
FFFFFFEF|G7C|G2G2E2CC|G2G2E2CC|A4G4|F8|-F8|
F4B4|-B5BB2|B2||

30 Aug 21 - 11:10 PM (#4118352)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm a Villain
From: GUEST,Joanne S

I wanted to share that my grandmother used to sing us a similar song when we were young. I am not sure where her version came from but she would tell me it came from the streets of Brooklyn NY when she was little - So 1930's. She is now 95 years old but this was the song we would hear when we were misbehaving, she also used to sing it to my mother and her siblings when they were young:

I'm a Villain, a dirty rotten Villain
I shed a pile of blood where'er I go
I take delight in putting up a fight
I hit babies on the head until their dead

I have gotten a rep for being rotten
I put poison in my uncles shredded wheat
I eat (click click) Raw meat (click click)

I fell out a window a second story window
I caught my eyelash on a sill, sill
Go get the axe theirs a fly on babies mustache
his next best friend is his mother!
You're a liar, you've been drinking moonshine whiskey...
NOO I AINT!

13 Jun 24 - 08:32 AM (#4203860)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD I'm a Villain
From: GUEST,Sami H

@ Joanne S and the 2021 post.
THANK YOU My grandma turns 88 today and I have been trying to track down the original version of songs she'd sing me for a week now and so many versions I've found were too far off but what you posted is almost EXACTLY what she'd sing! Being some neighborhood version from Brooklyn makes so much sense why they'd be so close!

I'm a Villain, a dirty rotten Villain
- I don't actually remember what she sang for this line, hope I remember soon! -
I take delight in stirring up a fight
I hit babies on the head until they're dead

I have gotten a rep for being rotten
I put poison in my uncle's shredded wheat, shredded wheat
I eat (click click) Raw meat (click click)

I fell out a window a second story window
I caught my eyelash on a sill, on a sill
Go get the axe there's a fly on baby's moustache
and a man's best friend is his mother!
You're a liar, just another mooch on whiskey (HICCUP)

Last line getting faster and blending together to sound drunk before ending in the hiccup

Thank you so much for helping me learn some more about where it may have come from!