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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Genie Date: 14 Jan 08 - 06:54 PM I think it's "Whose Garden Was This?" *g* Also Where've You Been? (Kathy Mattea) Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (Shania Twain) The Troubadour Song (Do you happen to know of a maiden in need / of a sweetheart? ... ) Do You Love An Apple? Why did I leave THE OLD HOME PLACE? Why did they tear it down? ... WHO (stole my heart away)? I like New York in June, HOW ABOUT YOU? DID YOU EVER? (from "High Society") Wouldn't It Be Loverly? ESCAPE (The Piña Colada Song) -- Do you like piña coladas ... ? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Genie Date: 14 Jan 08 - 07:43 PM Did You Ever See A Lassie? Wasn't That A Time? (Weavers) Who Killed Norma Jean? Would You Be My Neighbor? (Fred Rogers) Did You Ever See (Feel?) The Rain? (CCR?) Have you seen the little PIGGIES ... ? (Beatles) |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Genie Date: 14 Jan 08 - 07:50 PM DADDY DEAR - (Cab and Lael Calloway) Daddy Dear, tell me true, is the world really round? Tell me where is the bluebird of happiness found? Tell me why can't I fly like the birds in the sky? Daddy Dear, tell me why are there tears in your eyes? Little one, yes, it's true, yes, the world's really round. (Can't recall this next line but it answers Lael's second question.) And if children could fly there'd be no need for birds, And I cry, little one, 'cause I'm touched by your words. Papa, Can You Hear Me? (from "Yentl") Papa, Won't You Dance With Me (from "High Button Shoes") Who's Making Love To Your Old Lady (While You Were Out Making Love)? |
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Subject: Lyr Add: TIBBIE DUNBAR 2 From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 14 Jan 08 - 07:54 PM Wilt Thou Come With Me, Sweet Tibbie Dunbar? TIBBIE DUNBAR 2 (Robert Burns (last 2 verses by Jim McLean)) cho: O, wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar O, wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car, Or walk by my side, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? I care na thy daddie, his lands and his money; I care na thy kin, sae high and sae lordly; But say that thou'lt hae me for better or waur, And come in thy coatie, sweet Tibbie Dunbar. I offer you nothing of silver or land, What man can determine the price of your hand But g'in your consent we'd be richer by far Oh walk by me side sweet Tibbie Dunbar Oh wilt thou become a poor beggars lady To sleep in the heather rolled up in my plaidie The sky for a roof and your candle a star And our love for your fire sweet Tibbie Dunbar. |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Sorcha Date: 14 Jan 08 - 09:19 PM And we STILL don't know why these are needed..... :) |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,cmcw Date: 15 Jan 08 - 12:00 AM Sorry, Sorcha. It's Rainycamp 2008. Rob Lopresti is doing a question songs workshop. I don't know what he has in mind but I surely have a huge pile of ideas from this thread. Thank you, everyone. |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Sorcha Date: 15 Jan 08 - 12:05 AM Wow! and thanks, cmcw, for letting us know. Next question...is this Rob LoPresti any relation at all to Ronald LoPresti? Ronald LoPresti was the composer of a Kansas Centennial symphony that I participated in back in Winfield, KS, 1961. Well, it was a bit more than a 'symphony'...it was an entire musical pageant set to music. It was called 'Kanza'. Just curious. |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Jim Dixon Date: 15 Jan 08 - 12:30 AM Do you love me (now that I can dance)? Hambone, Hambone, where you been? Shall we dance? Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Will you still love me tomorrow? Won't you come home, Bill Bailey? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle Date: 15 Jan 08 - 04:47 AM French shanty: As tu connu le Pere Lancelot? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Ken Brock Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:26 AM Will the Circle Be Unbroken? How Can I Keep From Singing? Tom Lehrer - Who's Next?, Whatever Became of Hubert? Cole Porter - Well Did You Evah?, Where Would You Get Your Coat?, Who Said Gay Paree?, How Could We Be Wrong?, How's Your Romance?, How Do You Spell Ambassador?, But in the Morning No (Do you like...?) Gershwin - Who Cares?, How Long Has This Been Going On?, Could You Use Me?, What Causes That?, How About a Man?, Who's the Greatest?, Who Is the Lucky Girl to Be? Kern - Why Do I Love You?, How'd You Like to Spoon With Me? Weill - How Do You Tell an American? Bart - Where Is Love?, Who Will Buy? Beatles - Norwegian Wood ((isn't it good?), I Will (Will I wait a Lonely Lifetime?), With a Little Help from My Friends (What would you say...?) Bock - Do You Love Me?, When Did I Fall in Love? Sondheim - Who's That Woman? Coward - Why Must the Show Go On? Lloyd Webber - Who's the Thief? Berlin - How Deep Is the Ocean? Rodgers - How Can Love Survive?, Where's That Rainbow?, Why Can't I?, I Married An Angel (Have You Heard...), Manhattan (and tell me what street...?), Why Me? (Two By Two) Cat Stevens - Where Do the Children Play? Avenue Q - What Can You Do With a B.A. in English? Les Mis - Do You Hear the People Sing? Bricusse/Newley- Who Can I Turn To?, What Kind of Fool am I? Standards - Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?, Who Loves You? (Four Seasons / Jersey Boys), How About You? (Sinatra Hit) Damn Yankees - Who's Got the Pain? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Mr Happy Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:34 AM Any answers? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Ken Brock Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:38 AM Lerner/Lane - What Did I Have That I DOn't Have? Arlen-Harburg - How Are Things in Glocca Morra? Bock-Harnick - Where's My Shoe? How Did They Build Titanic? How Deep Is Your Love? BeeGees How Could I Ever Know? The Secret Garden How Do You Sleep? Lennon What's the Use of Wondering? Why Can't the English? (Lerner & Loewe) |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Mr Happy Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:40 AM What's the story in Balamory? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Mr Happy Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:44 AM http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aCYqkXUEaTE |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: SINSULL Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:46 AM Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor On The Bed Post Overnight? Are All Your Matches Sold Tom? Brother Can You Spare A Dime? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Ken Brock Date: 15 Jan 08 - 12:36 PM more from Cole Porter: What Is This Thing Called Love?, What Do You Think of Men?, What Shall I Do?, What Is That Tune?, Why Shouldn't I?, Where Oh Where? Rodgers-Hart (implied) Where or When Bernstein - What's the Use?, Who Am I? |
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Subject: Lyr Add: WHAT'S THE LIFE OF A MAN? From: Bill D Date: 15 Jan 08 - 02:22 PM from the database WHAT'S THE LIFE OF A MAN? As I was a walking one morning at ease A viewing the leaves as they fell from the trees All in slow motion appearing to be And those that had withered, they fell from the trees What's the life of a man anymore than the leaves? A man has his season, so why should we grieve? Though all thru this life, we appear fine and gay Like the leaves we will wither and soon fade away If you'd seen the leaves just a few days ago So beautiful and bright they all seemed to grow A frost came upon them and withered them all A storm came upon them and down they did fall If you look in the churchyard, there you will see Those that have passed like the leaves from the trees When age and affliction upon us do fall Like the leaves we must wither and down we must fall _____ (also posted in an older thread) |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:57 PM
Does any of this mean ANYTHING to you?
Great question -
GRAND ANSWERS
Sincerely,
If there is any toe-nail-of-the-elephant .... that Mudcatters excell at....it is a "straight-line" such as you fed this thread. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: GREEN AND YELLOW / YELLER / YALLER From: pavane Date: 16 Jan 08 - 05:03 AM I was going to suggest Green and Yellow (Yeller, Yaller), a cockney parody of Lord Randall, but I can't seem to find it in the search. Here it is, and sorry if is already here. Hope I haven't forgotten any verses Green and Yeller Where have you been, Henry my son Where have you been, my currant bun In the woods dear mother In the woods dear mother Chorus: Oh mother be quick, I wanna be sick, and lay me down to die What did you do there, Henry my boy What did you do, my saveloy (Note: saveloy is a type of sausage) Ate, dear mother Ate, dear mother. Oh mother be quick, I wanna be sick, and lay me down to die What did you eat, Henry my son What did you eat, my currant bun Eels, dear mother Eels, dear mother Oh mother be quick, I wanna be sick, and lay me down to die What colour were them eels, Henry my boy What colour were them eels, my saveloy Green and Yeller Green and Yeller Oh mother be quick, I wanna be sick, and lay me down to die Them wasn't eels, them was snakes, Henry my son Them wasn't eels, them was snakes, my currant bun (pause) Yeuch, dear mother Yeuch, dear mother Oh mother be quick, I wanna be sick, and lay me down to die What colour flowers do you want on your grave, Henry my boy What colour flowers do you want on your grave, my saveloy (all together, loudly) GREEN AND YELLER GREEN AND YELLER Oh mother be quick, I wanna be sick, and lay me down to die ?Anon Date unknown, but pre 1970 |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: LeTenebreux Date: 16 Jan 08 - 07:41 AM When We Grow Up, by Marlo Thomas and Friends (sung by Diana Ross, I think) |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,cmcw Date: 16 Jan 08 - 07:12 PM That's very clever, Gargoyle. Thank you! |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: A Wandering Minstrel Date: 17 Jan 08 - 07:58 AM Almost forgot, the amazing Whats the use of wings? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Snuffy Date: 17 Jan 08 - 09:09 AM Pavane, you can interpolate these verses if you want to extend the agony: How did you do get to them woods, Henry my boy How did you do get to them woods, my saveloy On a bus, dear mother On a bus, dear mother. Oh mother be quick, I wanna be sick, and lay me down to die What colour was that bus, Henry my son What colour was that bus, my currant bun Green and Yeller Green and Yeller Oh mother be quick, I wanna be sick, and lay me down to die |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 17 Jan 08 - 07:52 PM Why-oh, why-oh, why-oh Did I ever leave Ohio? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle Date: 14 Mar 08 - 10:26 AM And, of course, the question TUNE - When Sick Is It Tea You're After |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Gene Date: 14 Mar 08 - 10:40 AM Who shot J. R.? What's your mama's name [Tanya Tucker} Who Do I know in Dallas? [Willie Nelson} Are You lonesome tonight? [Elvis] Have you ever been lonely? Have I told you lately that i love you? [scotty wiseman] Is anybody goin' to san antone? [Charlie Pride] Foolish Questions [Arthur Smith] Is you is or is you ain't my baby? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie Date: 14 Mar 08 - 11:07 AM Battle of Harlaw (Did you come from the Highlands, man? etc.) **Crash** on the Highway --cited as "Wreck on ..." Old Woman, Old Woman--unsure of that title myself, but that's 1st line and the following--no idea of title, but it's a dialog between the Devil and a person, Devil speaking first. I know he says, "Questions nine" and there are only eight, but that's it." If you can't answer my questions nine, Sing ninety-nine and ninety! Then you're not God's, your one of mine; The crow flies over the white oak tree. /second and fourth lines are repeated each verse/ What is higher than a tree? Sing ... And what is deeper than the sea? The crow... Heaven is higher than a tree; God's love is deeper than the sea. What is heavier than the lead? And what is sweeter than the bread? Grief is heavier than the lead; And love is sweeter than the bread. What is sharper than a thorn? What is louder than the horn? Hunger's sharper than a thorn; And thunder's louder than the horn. What is whiter than the milk? What is softer than the silk? Snow is whiter than the milk; Down is softer than the silk. Now you have answered my questions nine-- Sing ninety-nine and ninety; And you are God's, you're none of mine-- The crow flies over the white oak tree. I'll see if I can't find a melody somewhere--and if anybody knows the title, that would of course help. Oh, did anyone mention "There's a Hole in the Bucket?" Guess not, 'cause I just searched "bucket" and these are the only hits. That's a good husband-wife dialog humor bit. Surely it's on Digitrad. Chicken Charlie |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Mr Happy Date: 14 Mar 08 - 12:06 PM How about you? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Cszx_AZhbEU |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie Date: 14 Mar 08 - 07:32 PM CMCW: The song I referred to above travels under the name "The Devil's Questions." Googling that gets several hits, one of which is a book showing the melody. You didn't indicate if there was a deadline; for all I know, the gig was yesterday. Do you want this pursued further? CC |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: topical tom Date: 15 Mar 08 - 10:10 AM I'm not sure if this song was mentioned already but I feel it should be included. Who's Gonna Build Your Wall by Tom Russell |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HEV YEW GOTTA LOIGHT BOY (Alan Smethurst) From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice Date: 15 Mar 08 - 12:11 PM Not sure if this one's been listed, so....... Hev Yew Gotta Loight Boy? The Singing Postman (Alan Smethurst)1966 I had a gal, a really nice gal, down in Wroxham way. She were wholly nice to me back in the old school days. She would smile all the while, but Daddy didn't know all. What she used to say to me behind the garden wall: "Hev yew gotta loight, boy? Hev yew gotta loight?" Then one day she went away. I don't see her no more, 'Til by chance I see her down along the Mundesley shore. She was there twice as fair. Would she now be true? So when she sees me passing by, she say, "I'm glad that's you! Hev yew gotta loight, boy? Have you got a light?" CHORUS: Molly Windley, she smokes like a chimney, But she's my little nicotine gal. Now you'll see her and me never more to part. We would wander hand in hand together in the dark. Then one night I held her tight in the old back yard. So when I tried to hold her close, she say, "Now, hold you hard! Hev yew gotta loight, boy? Hev yew gotta loight?" CHORUS By and by, we decide on the wedding day, So we toddles off to church to hear the preacher say: "Do you now take this vow to honour all the time?" Before I has a chance to stop her, she begins to pine: "Hev yew gotta light, boy? Hev yew gotta light?" CHORUS Now the doctor tells me a daddy I will be, So when I ask him, "What's the score?" he say there's only three. So here I go, cheerio, to see how she do fare. I know what she will say to me as soon as I get there: "Hev yew gotta loight, boy?" |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Julie N Date: 21 May 08 - 01:50 AM How about the ultimate question song of all time (especially in the eyes of the average 4-year-old): Why? Thanks Annie Lennox. What I want to know is how a collection of pleasant sounds can make one want to cry? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,Volgadon Date: 21 May 08 - 03:28 AM The Bells of Rhymney. A-Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall. All Along the Watchtower. Which Side Are You On, Boys. |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: HuwG Date: 21 May 08 - 04:14 AM As simple, but more peremptory: Tell me Why. Neil Young |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST Date: 30 May 08 - 07:21 PM I think it's the Yetties |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,cStu Date: 30 May 08 - 07:42 PM Boots Of Spanish Leather (How can how can you ask me again?) |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Dancealot Date: 30 May 08 - 08:42 PM (Guess not many listen to CW radio): Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Jim Dixon Date: 02 Feb 22 - 12:35 PM Are you having any fun? Are you sleepin’, Maggie? Granny, does your dog bite? How come you do me like you do? (Ist das nicht ein) Schnitzelbank? What in the world’s come over you? Who broke the lock on the henhouse door? Who dat say chicken in dis crowd? Who shot the hole in my sombrero? Who slapped Annie (on the fanny with a flounder)? (Who wants to buy) this diamond ring? Who takes care of the caretaker’s daughter (while the caretaker’s busy takin’ care)? Who will watch the home place? Who’s on first? [Not a song, but it’s a dialog that’s been documented here.] Whose honey are you? Will you miss me (when I’m gone)? |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Tattie Bogle Date: 03 Feb 22 - 08:16 PM How much is that doggie on the window? How do you solve a problem like Maria? And a lovely dialogue song with both questions and answers: Huntingtower. |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: Mrrzy Date: 05 Feb 22 - 05:28 PM What fell out? From that Raffi kids's song Something in my shoe Someone has likely put Mais où est donc Ornicar to music (Ou, et, donc, or, ni, car are what that mnemonic refers to.) All the others people have already mentioned. |
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Subject: RE: Needed: question songs From: GUEST,open mike Date: 07 Feb 22 - 09:48 AM tell me why Tell me why the stars do shine, Tell me why the ivy twines, Tell me why the skies are blue, And I will tell you just why I love you. Because God made the stars to shine, Because God made the ivy twine, Because God made the skies so blue, Because God made you, that's why I love you. |
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