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Thread #1237   Message #3829
Posted By: Mountain Dog
04-Apr-97 - 06:05 PM
Thread Name: Origin: A Boy Named Sue (Shel Silverstein)
Subject: RE: Info: A Boy Named Sue
Thanks, Bo, for raising the name and shining pate of old Shel in his guise as a subversive and inventive tunemonger. There's a 2 record set, including some live material, that came out on Fantasy records some 20-25 years ago called "Crouchin on the Outside" that has some wonderful Silverstein originals including the ultimate boasting song "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag". I've long since lost my copy, but there are a fair number of tunes on it that someone could add to the DT archives if they had the notion.

I'll leave you with the lyrics to Shel's slightly unsettling tune, "The Bomb":

"They're testing the Bomb as I'm singing this song,

They say not to worry, cause nothing can go wrong,

Oh, they're testing the Bomb as I'm singing this song,

They say not to worry cause nothing ca.........."