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Thread #19924   Message #205362
Posted By: Mbo
01-Apr-00 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The First Line of the Blues
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The First Line of the Blues
YES!!! This is called "Poppa's Blues", lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, from the musical "Starlight Express". I LOVE THIS SONG!


Hey hey! Poppa's gonna sing for us!
Poppa don't sing often, but he do sing mean!

First line of the blues
Is always sung a second time
First line of the blues
Is always sung a second time
So by the time you get to the third line
You'd have time to think of a rhyme!

Ain't no law sayin'
Third line gotta be different at all
Ain't no law sayin'
Third line gotta be different at all
Ain't no law sayin'
Third line gotta be different at all

Don't borrow no mouth organ
Not even from your best friend
Don't borrow no mouth organ ,br> Not even from your best friend
'Cause if you survive the blowin'
The suckin's gonna get you in the end!



Classic song! And all from memory! Phew!

--Mbo