06 May 03 - 01:31 PM (#947047) Subject: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Bee-dubya-ell Well, since nobody's done it yet.... In honor of the splitting of the forum into music and BS sections, we have endeavored to comemorate the event in song. Here it is. Reggae beat - make up chords and melody to suit yerself DOWN IN DE BOTTOM WHERE DE B.S. DWELL We be hangin' out in de 'Cat Cafe We not real smart - don't got much to say De treads up top all look de same today We go down to de bottom where de bullshit stay Now we don' got no PHD's An' we don' know much 'bout sea shanties Or who in de hell wrote "Goober Peas" Jus' take we down to de bullshit, please Dun tol' you twice 'bout ma banjo string An' how ma guitar got it's first ding So many times, de same ole ting To de bullshit - dat's where I'm going I tink it grand folks knows so much 'Bout major seventh chords and such An' de fiddle tunes of de French and Dutch Jus' make me say "Aw! What de fuch!" So if you find a awful smell Come from someplace you cannot tell Is jus' we crazies raisin' hell Down in de bottom where de bullshit dwell Bruce |
06 May 03 - 01:46 PM (#947059) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: John MacKenzie Bruce it's a gem, well done, I'm working on the tune. ¦¬].....Giok |
06 May 03 - 02:11 PM (#947087) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: wysiwyg A theme song for Mudcat Gatherings. Priceless. Mo verses please, as in the tradition of spirituals. Who dat man his face all red? Must be de one de bullshit said. Why he look so mad today? Mus be de bullshit some Catter have say. Who dat girl her spelling bad, Must be too much of de bullshit had. Type so fast she spill her min' Down in de bullshit lookin' to fin'. Who dat Guest I see again? Nonnamus flamer, or nonnamus frien'. Dat his post I see las' night? Down in de bullshit, no one right. Have some time, I like to kill, Down to de bullshit, go I will. Time she pass, I don' know, Time get lost when you stuck below. Got some opinions, 'times I rants, Down in de bullshit you get yo chance. Say it easy, say it mean, Down in de bullshit no hands be clean. Now dey say dey's folkies, and po-liti-cal, Gots to argue, shoot de bull. Us likes blues, we got de clue-- Down in de bullshit only music true. ~Susan |
06 May 03 - 02:16 PM (#947092) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: MMario Down in the de bottom where the BS dwells There was Cletus, and Paw, and tons of smell Along came Tweed who lit him a torch Boom bang POW! Blew up de porch! |
06 May 03 - 02:23 PM (#947103) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: wysiwyg Some folks never be seen down dere, Rather have music, not mess to share. Down in de bullshit de bes' don' go, Rest of us spoutin' de little we know. ~Guilty as Charged |
06 May 03 - 02:46 PM (#947118) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: gnomad Can't do words quickly myself, but on reading the thread title I was sure it would be constructed on Ragtime Cowboy Joe. A generational thing I guess. Anyone fancy a go then we can have endless discussions in 50 years about which is the authentic song (and whether it is folk, of course)? |
06 May 03 - 05:38 PM (#947278) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Bill D lawsy, lawsy!...setch amazin' verses above!.....classics in they own time, they are. Mebbe we need to have a "BS" workshop at the Getaway in Oct. just to honor such creativity! |
06 May 03 - 05:43 PM (#947281) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Allan C. Is this what they call "crossover" music? |
06 May 03 - 06:07 PM (#947308) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: katlaughing Do we all have to use that vernacular? It's such a stereotype...not all of us do you know! **BG** |
06 May 03 - 08:17 PM (#947399) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Uncle_DaveO Allan C asked if it was "crossover" music. The answer is no, it's "crossunder" music. Dave Oesterreich |
06 May 03 - 08:30 PM (#947409) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: GUEST,Q Could use the tune of "Down in the meadow in an itty bitty poo', Fam 'fee liddle fiddies and de momma fiddy too,...." |
06 May 03 - 09:42 PM (#947451) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Tinker Guest Q.... I found myself singing along with that very tune. Kathy |
07 May 03 - 03:52 AM (#947615) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Liz the Squeak Thanks, I now have to go and change my underwear! Mind you, don't real cat fish live on the bottom? And everyone knows that scum always rises to the top...... (I'll get me coat) LTS |
02 Sep 04 - 11:05 AM (#1262567) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: wysiwyg Play it again, Sam! ~S~ |
02 Sep 04 - 11:13 AM (#1262572) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: 42 risking a trip to the top; sitting above the salt for a change...i find myself in stitches. Do you think any of the BS catters will think this is as hilarious as I? j |
02 Sep 04 - 11:29 AM (#1262591) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Mark Clark I don't know how I missed this thread when it was new but now that I've seen it, I'm going to bookmark it. BWL, Thanks for the song and for making my day. - Mark |
02 Sep 04 - 11:30 AM (#1262592) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: wysiwyg 42, there are a lot of other great music threads running now, too. ~S~ |
02 Sep 04 - 12:46 PM (#1262678) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Amos Great job, BeeDubyaEll!! A |
02 Sep 04 - 02:53 PM (#1262802) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Charley Noble Here's to those who rise to the top, Whose poetic endeavors do never flop; There's a place for us all in that Kingdom to come, Where we'll all be reviled as Mudcat pond scum! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
03 Sep 04 - 01:48 PM (#1263604) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: PoppaGator WYSIWYG's additional verses include: "Who dat girl her spelling bad..." Now, I knew that jOhn's knighthood and MBE were probably phony, but it hadn't occurred to me that "he" might actually be fooling us in regard to something as basic as gender! |
03 Sep 04 - 07:33 PM (#1263842) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Helen Well, I'm a bit of a floater and a bit of a bottom-dweller in Mudpond, and I find all of the verses pretty funny. I'd be careful about casting nasturtiums about PhD's and such, though, because we BS-ers are all highly edjuckated, that's why we're so good at BS-ing. We done lerned how to do it. Helen |
04 Sep 04 - 01:38 AM (#1264013) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Peace BWL That is really, really good. |
04 Sep 04 - 11:49 PM (#1264527) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: Mary in Kentucky And if you don't know Three Little Fishes, it's in the DT here. May you forever sing Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo...hehehe And if that's not enough, here's the tune. hehehe again (link will disappear in a year) |
13 Apr 06 - 10:58 PM (#1717793) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Bottom Where de BS Dwells From: wysiwyg Refresh |