Guy's Song Circle

Subject: RE: Guy's Song Circle
From: Sharon
Date: 20 Sep 97 - 08:12 PM

Careful, Mark. We may be a peekin' in every now and then.........

Subject: RE: Guy's Song Circle
From: Mark Pemburn
Date: 20 Sep 97 - 02:17 PM

"And there's never a need to lift the seat There's nobody here but Men, men, men, men Men, men, men, men

(apolgies to Martin Mull)

Mark (the Man)

Subject: RE: Guy's Song Circle
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 20 Sep 97 - 12:56 PM

Why the sudden urge for balkanization?Personally I'm a closet heterosexual who's planning on coming out; re booze, I can take it or leave it alone. If you're going to devote a virtual gathering to Temperance songs, does that me we have to set one up for drinking songs?

Subject: RE: Guy's Song Circle
From: Frank in the swamps
Date: 20 Sep 97 - 06:02 AM

Superb, I couldn't resist eavesdropping on the all the old Hens, how they cackle & craw! God bless 'em, but they just ain't Guys.

A favourite of mine, with no apologies to anyone...

Old John Patrick Duffy was judge of our court,
In a small ranching town of the west.
Although he knowed nothin' about rules of the law,
For the judgin' he was one of the best.

One night in the winter a murder'd occurred,
And the blacksmith was accused of the crime.
We caught him red handed so we gave him two trials,
But the verdict was guilty each time.

Now he was the only good blacksmith we had,
And we needed to spare him his life.
So up rose old Duffy in the court like a lord,
And with these words, he ended the strife.

"I move we discharge him, we need him in town"
And he spoke up these words, which earned his renown,
“We’ve two Chinese laundrymen, everyone knows,
Why not spare the poor blacksmith, and we'll hang one of those."

Cheap cigars, cheap whiskey, but please, only GOOD beer.
Frank (swamp gas comes out my)

Subject: RE: Guy's Song Circle
From: Bill
Date: 20 Sep 97 - 03:22 AM

Howdy Tim,

I suppose that most of the things you're wanting to see here are found in Tom Paxton's song, "Saturday Night" and since Saturday has arrived here, I'll be glad to sing it out strongly for the group (although my strongest version won't be until next week after this cold is gone). I can go for most of your ideas about this guy's circle, but I am setting up a special area for any of us guys who can't stand smoke whether from cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Luckily Max has the technology to keep the smoke away from individuals who are bothered by it even when some crude guy blows it in his face, so we won't have to be separated by a wall.

Maybe a bit of the strong stuff, Chartreuse Verte, will help me leave these sniffles behind.

Allinkausay,
Bill

Subject: Guy's Song Circle
From:
Date: 20 Sep 97 - 02:45 AM

Gentlemen, we have been invited to start our own song circle. I propose songs involving whiskey/whisky (Scotch, Bourbon, Rye or Irish, neat or with spring water), tobacco (especially foul cheap cigars, smoked in bed), and the life of the single man.

No beating of New Age drums and yelling "ho!", of course, as such activities were not known to our manly forefathers who could drink a gallon of rum and slay a pod of whales before having their first pipe of the day. We beat nothing but our chests.

Tom Waits "All My Friends Are Married", while not a folk song, would certainly be a good fit for our songbook. I'd post "Bachelor's Hall", but of course, I've had too many martinis to remember the lyrics.