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12 Oct 01 - 11:22 PM (#571028) Subject: Yuppie Ti-Yi-Yo From: Tom French Whoopee-ti-yi-yo, get a job, you old hippie Trade your dungaree jacket for a suit and a tie Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get upwardly mobile For the almighty dollar will be your new high Above are the lyrics to the chorus from a thread started about 4 weeks ago. I have since got the title correct. It is Yuppie Ti-Yi-Yo. It was written by Pete Sutherland. Cathy Fink and Marcie Marxer have sung it. It was recorded by the Rude Girls on their CD called Rude Awakening. With this information to help, can anybody supply the verses. (No luck on the internet) Previous request here (click) |
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12 Oct 01 - 11:26 PM (#571031) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yuppie Ti-Yi-Yo From: Mark Cohen I have a tape of Pete singing it in a songwriter's workshop at the 1990 Fiddle Tunes Festival in Washington State. I'll try to find it this weekend and post the words, unless somebody beats me to it. Aloha, Mark |
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22 Oct 01 - 06:34 PM (#577637) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yuppie Ti-Yi-Yo From: Tom French Hi Mark, Any luck with the words? Tom
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29 Oct 01 - 11:14 PM (#582415) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yuppie Ti-Yi-Yo From: Mark Cohen Sorry, Tom, I haven't had a chance to dig out that tape, but it's on my list of things to do very soon. Just refreshing this in case somebody else can help in the meantime. Aloha, Mark |
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29 Nov 01 - 02:42 AM (#600008) Subject: Lyr Add: YUPPIE-TI-YI-YO (Pete Sutherland)^^ From: Mark Cohen Here they are! I finally located the tape--it's a gem, a humorous songs workshop with Mark Graham and Pete Sutherland. Aloha, Mark YUPPIE-TI-YI-YO Pete Sutherland As I went out to get breakfast one morning Two eggs over easy and a stack of wheat toast I saw a sign said the price of the coffee must double But the milk it is steamed and the beans is fresh roast Well they brought me my eggs but they was covered with parsley And the biscuit it looked like it came from the sea I flung down my fork and I yelled, "Where's the beef?" But the waitress just laughed as she sang this to me CHORUS Yuppie-ti-yi-yo, get a job, you old hippie Trade your dungaree jacket for a coat and a tie Yuppie-ti-yi-yo, get upwardly mobile For the almighty dollar's gonna be your new high So I went back to school and I became a stockbroker I went jogging each morning in a pink fuzzy suit I learned which kind of cheese goes on what kind of crackers And I tried to get better at Trivial Pursuit CHORUS When I die, bury me with my Talking Heads records Place a glass of Perrier at my head and my feet Put a "Save the Whales" sticker on the lid of my coffin Please tell Shirley Maclaine I'll be channeling next week CHORUS ^^ |