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Thread #37433   Message #521687
Posted By: BK
06-Aug-01 - 12:02 AM
Thread Name: Lyr /Chords: Gunslinger (from The Limeliters)
Subject: western spoof/parady: 'gunslinger'
Apparently not in database; The Limelighters sang this great spoof abt the "psychological" turn some Western movies had taken; ie, the idea was something like "no such thing as a bad cowpoke, only a misunderstood one."

Lines included:

"when you were a child did the Cheyenne & Sioux/

refuse to play nicely with you?/

did ya come from a broken / home on the range?"

"you've got a recurrent dream of yer Ma/

& that dream of yer Ma will inhibit yer draw"

I'll bet some 'catter knows the words or where to find them.

Got a Cowboy/Western song gig upcoming in September, looking for ideas. Thought this might make good comic relief. Any other good ideas??

Cheers, BK