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Thread #64869   Message #2608578
Posted By: GUEST,.gargoyle
10-Apr-09 - 06:57 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Name Is Yon Yonson - that's all???
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Name Is Yon Yonson - that's all???
GUEST - hope you come back - maybe this will prime your memory.

That is certainly a delightful hash of lyrics from multiple classics by GUEST

To help the memory along regarding the BEDBUG noted by GUEST

The opening line is similar to what I know as "Greer County Bachelor" from Ives's Song in America...
.so my bedbug guess might be along the lines of this found in similar lyrics:
Hurrach for Greer County the land of the free,
The land of the bedbug, grasshopper, and flea
I'll sing of its praises and tell of its fame
While starving to death on my government claim.

(Ives's entire "S in Am" version is substantially different from those in the DT)

Noted in the DT as Lane County Bachelor Then hurrah for Lane County, the land of the free
The home of the bedbug, mosquito and flea,
I'll sing loud her praises and never complain
While starving to death on my government claim.

(DT notes "L C B" as recorded by Ives but it is far from his printed version)

Noted in the DT as THE ALBERTA HOMESTEADER

The little bed-bug, so cheerful and bright,
He [It] keeps me up laughing two-thirds of the night
And the smart little flea with the tacks in his toes
Crawls up through my whiskers and tickles my nose.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

GUEST - pull off your coat and throw it in the corner - we would like to pluck your brain a little longer.