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Thread #2854 Message #1070706
Posted By: Jim Dixon
11-Dec-03 - 11:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: parodies sung by Homer and Jethro
Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T SING ALONG (ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY)
Lyrics of the transcribed from the sound file at http://www.geocities.com/u2page6/
DON'T SING ALONG (ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY) (Jeffrey Clay)
[Jethro begins playing the intro on the mandolin, and hits a (deliberately) wrong note.] --Hey, hey, hey! Will you play that again please? --All right. Here we go. [Jethro plays the intro again, hitting the same wrong note.] --That's a lot better. --Thank you. --I thought you's playin' it wrong there at first. Let's all sing now. --All right. Here we go.
On top of Ol' Smoky All covered with snow, I lost my true lover By courtin' too slow.
--Uh, would you folks like to sing along with us? --Yeah! --Well, I wish you wouldn't, 'cause we want to sing it by ourselves. --Come on now, Homer. You promised 'em. Now why don't you just kind o' give 'em the lines an' let them repeat after us. --All right.
--On top of Ol' Smoky On top of Ol' Smoky --All covered with trees, All covered with trees, --I stood in the water I stood in the water --Plumb up to my ankles. Plumb up to my --huh?
--Homer, just a minute. That don't rhyme. --Well, the water wasn't deep enough.... Jethro, gimme a E-flat there. --You know I can't play an E-flat. --Well, gimme a E an' I'll flatten it out myself.... Let's all sing again, now. --All right.
--Her hair was so wavy Her hair was so wavy --An' soft as pure silk. An' soft as pure silk. --'Cause when she shampooed it, 'Cause when she shampooed it, --She used dragon milk. She used dragon --huh?
--Cut! Homer, where do you get that "dragon milk"? --Well, you get it from a cow with short legs.... Let's all sing this thing an' get out o' here. What do you say? --All right.
Your may think we're crazy. We'll have to agree. But you bought this record And we [got it free.]*
[*Note: The online recording ended abruptly so I had to guess at the ending. There may be more to the song. -JD. Recorded by Homer & Jethro on "Songs to Tickle Your Funny Bone," 1966.]