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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Big Al Whittle Date: 04 Jan 09 - 10:46 PM The Avons had the hit with "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat" Pearl and teddy had a brother called bryan johnson, who also did well with Eurovision with a song called Singing High High High, Singing Low Low Low |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: GUEST,Billy Date: 04 Jan 09 - 10:07 PM Guest, Jack Campin, I seem to remember Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson singing "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat" on TV but I don't know if they recorded it. They also did the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest with "Sing Little Birdie" see it here on UTube. It came in 2nd. Who woulda thunk it? |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: GUEST,Allen in OZ Date: 04 Jan 09 - 09:17 PM JR " Flash bam... alli ka zam Out of an Orange Colored Sky" AD ps .."I was walking along minding my business" etc |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Big Al Whittle Date: 04 Jan 09 - 09:12 PM Leslie Sarony, I Lift Up My Finger and I Say Tweet! Tweet! Was it Dale Evans sang:- I'm a little prairie flower Growing wilder by the hour No one came to cultivate me So I'm as wild as I can be [Wahoo] |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: GUEST,winterbright Date: 04 Jan 09 - 09:00 PM Regarding "Mares eat oats.../ Mare zee doats..." I once ran across a poem from the Middle Ages (sorry, no date, no source); it went like this: "Infir taris / inoak noneis / Inmud eelis / inclay noneis / Goat eativy / mare eatoat" If that's not the ancestor of mare zee doats, I'll eat my hat! |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: GUEST,Jim Date: 04 Jan 09 - 02:59 PM Alley Oop (There's a man in the funny papers you all know...) The first talkin' blues I ever heard was The All American Boy, written and sung by Bobby Bare, but credited to someone else. It got a lot of radio play in it's day. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: GUEST,N.O. Oldies Date: 03 Jan 09 - 05:01 PM Can anyone identify the author and title of the following lyrics?
"They say that Perry Mason won all his cases. [See The Joke by Reggie Hall.] |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: GUEST,joe_f Date: 25 Nov 08 - 09:52 PM "The Thing" is a "cleaned-up" version of "The Chandler's Wife", in which it is entirely clear what the three bangs stand for. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: fumblefingers Date: 25 Nov 08 - 04:26 PM "Pink Shoe Laces" - Dodie Stevens "Hambone" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford "The Gas Man Cometh" - Flanders & Swann "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" - Gayla Peevey "Stone Age Woo" - Nervous Norvus "Ricochet" - Teresa Brewer "Chinese Mule Train" - Spike Jones |
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Subject: ADDPOP: Dance Me Loose From: Genie Date: 25 Nov 08 - 03:46 AM I found the lyrics to "Dance Me Loose" - recorded by Arthur Godfrey about 1952 (?): DANCE ME LOOSE (recorded by Arthur Godfrey Also by Arthur Godfrey with The Chordettes) "I warm so easy, so Dance Me Loose, Dance Me Loose, Dance Me Loose, I warm so easy, so Dance Me Loose, It shines so bright, the moon." "Don't hold my arm so extra out, Extra out, extra out, Don't hold my arm so extra out, It makes so good to spoon." The music play-ed and play-ed and play-ed, They whirled around the floor. The fellows stared, and stared and stared To hear her say once more, "I warm so easy, so Dance Me Loose, Dance Me Loose, Dance Me Loose, I warm so easy, so Dance Me Loose, It shines so bright, the moon." A little Dutch girl in Sheboygan Was perfect in English at school, But when she's excited and when she's delighted Her words get mixed up, as a rule. On Sat night in Sheboygan, There's dancing to waltzes they play. Even boys who can't dance will all take a chance Just to hear her say, "I warm so easy, so Dance Me Loose, Dance Me Loose, Dance Me Loose, I warm so easy, so Dance Me Loose, It shines so bright, the moon." "Don't hold my arm so extra out, Extra out, extra out, Don't hold my arm so extra out, It makes so good to spoon." The music play-ed and play-ed and play-ed, They whirled around the floor. The fellows stared and stared and stared To hear her say once more, "I warm so easy, so Dance Me Loose, Dance Me Loose, Dance Me Loose, I warm so easy, so Dance Me Loose, It shines so bright, the moon." "It makes so good to spoon. It plays so nice the tune." ------------------- But the chorus is done with a faux Dutch/German/Scandihoovian accent, like this: "I varm so easy, so Danz Me Loose, Danz Me Loose, Danz Me Loose, I varm so easy, so Danz Me Loose, It shines so bright, the moon." "Don't hold my arm so eggstra out, Eggstra out, eggstra out, "Don't hold my arm so eggstra out, It makes so good to spoon." The music play-ed and play-ed and play-ed, They whirled around the floor. The fellows stay-ered, and stay-ered and stay-ered To hear her say once more, "I varm so easy, so Danz Me Loose, Danz Me Loose, Danz Me Loose, I varm so easy, so Danz Me Loose, It shines so bright, the moon." A little Dutch girl in Sheboygan Was perfect in English at school, But when she's excited and when she's delighted Her words get mixed up, as a rule. On Sat night in Sheboygan, There's dancing to waltzes they play. Even boys who can't dance will all take a chance Just to hear her say. "I varm so easy, so Danz Me Loose, Danz Me Loose, Danz Me Loose, I varm so easy, so Danz Me Loose, It shines so bright, the moon." "Don't hold my arm so eggstra out, Eggstra out, eggstra out, "Don't hold my arm so eggstra out, It makes so good to spoon." The music play-ed and play-ed and play-ed, They whirled around the floor. The fellows stay-ered, and stay-ered and stay-ered To hear her say once more, "I varm so easy, so Danz Me Loose, Danz Me Loose, Danz Me Loose, I varm so easy, so Danz Me Loose, It shines so bright, the moon." "It makes so good to spoon. It plays so nize the tune." |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 26 Oct 08 - 01:10 AM You can hear "Gilly-Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea." at YouTube. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Lonesome EJ Date: 25 Oct 08 - 09:59 PM It occurs that we are missing some of the best novelty tunes. Those are the ones that heavy groups like Cream might stick on an album as a lark, ie A Mother was Washing her Baby One Night, or Her Majesty's a Very Fine Girl tagged to the end of Abbey Road. Usuall you heard these once, then wanted all your friends to hear it, then didn't want to hear it again. Several Species of Small Furry Animal Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving w/ a Pict. Although it had a great beat. One of my favorites of this genre was The Gift, the John Cale composition about nerdy Waldo, who sends himself through the mail as a surprise package to his girlfried. She couldn't miss him less, since she's back from school and having loads of boy fun at home. In her attempt to open the pkg with " a large pair of metal shears", she plunges it through Waldo's head, which is not the bad an ending since Waldo is a complete twit. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: JennieG Date: 25 Oct 08 - 06:14 PM Thank you all very much, you have made my day(s)! And of course it wasn't only the 1950s that spawned novelty songs, they were being sung before and after too. But in my memory it's the the 1950s songs that I remember, probably because I was young at the time and they appeal to children as well as adults. I used to sing some of them to my sons - 'Beep Beep (the little Nash Rambler), 'Purple People Eater" were two they liked, also Allan Sherman's 'Hello muddah hello faddah'. Only yesterday morning the local radio played another song I remember as a kid - Danny Kaye's "Tubby the Tuba' - novelty classical music! Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: ADD: The Merry Minuet ^^^ From: Bat Goddess Date: 25 Oct 08 - 08:36 AM How about "Merry Minuet" recorded by the Kingston Trio in 1959 at the Hungry i? THE MERRY MINUET^^^ (Words and Music by Sheldon Harnick) Still, alas, as timely today as it was then -- They're rioting in Africa (whistling) They're starving in Spain (whistling) There's hurricanes in Florida (whistling) And Texas needs rain. The whole world is festering with unhappy souls The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch And I don't like anybody very much! But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud For man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud And we know for certain that some lovely day Someone will set the spark off And we will all be blown away. They're rioting in Africa (whistling) There's strife in Iran What nature doesn't do to us Will be done by our fellow man. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: reggie miles Date: 24 Oct 08 - 08:09 PM I've been fascinated with old novelty songs for many years and perform a great many. One of my favorite's recorded by Arthur Godfrey was, "The Man With The Weird Beard". I enjoy playing it during Halloween season. While not strictly considered novelty "songs" but rather novelty stories, Jazzbo Collins was releasing some great versions of old children's stories like, "Little Red Riding Hood", using 50s beatnik slang throughout. I'm not sure if Yul Brynner recorded this in the 50s or 60s but he recited a fairly whacky novelty story/song that included that chipmunk type vocal trick in it called, "Space Mice". He's probably got others as well. Phil Harris was reinterpreting much older novelty songs and releasing his versions in the 50s like, "Some Little Bug". |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Bill H //\\ Date: 24 Oct 08 - 07:32 PM Well, for cute songs that catch your ear---does anyone recall "The Old Master Painter"---pure schmaltz and you really had to watch your pronunciation of the title---made for many a bad joke. Recorded by Richard Hayes. Bill Hahn |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 24 Oct 08 - 06:18 PM Yeah, Frank, Malvina did indeed use part of the tune of "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" for "Little Boxes." Ever so slightly modified and actually just the first few melodic bars -- not the whole verse tune or the bridge -- but it's undeniably "lifted" from that song. Speaking of the pawnshop song, I don't know why, but that one always reminds me of the song "Dance Me Loose" -- probably because they were both popular around the same time. I can't find the lyrics to "Dance Me Loose" or an audio or video file, but it was about a young woman of Scandihoovian descent in Michigan, who was very popular with the young men, partly because they loved her accent and loved to hear her say: "I varm so eassy, so dance me loose, Dance me loose, dance me loose ... " The first line of the verse starts "Saturday night in Sheboygan ... " Maybe it's not a true "novelty song" either -- any more than "Doggie In The Window" was, but it was one of those "cute" songs that was on the hit parade for a while then basically vanished. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 24 Oct 08 - 06:09 PM Stuart ("This Ole House," "It Is No Secret," "Beyond The Sunset") Hamblen wrote THAT!!?? ROFLMAO! |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Stringsinger Date: 24 Oct 08 - 05:22 PM (There’s a pawn shop on a corner in) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania This is the tune used for Malvina Reynolds' song "Little Boxes". Frank Hamilton |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Bill H //\\ Date: 24 Oct 08 - 05:12 PM The Camp Granada Song was re written and re-issued as a single in 1964 with some great updated lines in it referring to the food being better since the food does not have the black spots moving in it anymore---and for entertainment Lenny Bruce will be there. I have played it a number of times on my SUnday SImcha program. Really a riot---but I doubt it can be considered a "novelty Song" along with things like Mairzy Doats or The Thing. More a satire of summer camps. Bill Hahn |
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Subject: Lyr Add: I WON'T GO HUNTING WITH YOU JAKE (Hamblen From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 24 Oct 08 - 04:39 PM I seem to recall the "sausage king" Jimmy Dean do this some time in the 1950's or later. It also appears in at least one of the old "Song Fest" publications, I think: I WON'T GO HUNTING WITH YOU JAKE (BUT I'LL GO CHASING WOMEN) (Stuart Hamblen) Oh it's springtime in the Rockies and I'm full of mountain dew, Can't even read my catalogue just like I used to do. I'm sitting in that little shack that's right behind my house And here comes Jake with all his hounds, he's gonna hear me shout. CH: "Oh I won't go hunting with you Jake, but I'll go chasing women So put your hounds back in their pen and stop your silly grinnin' The moon is bright and I'm half tight and life is just beginnin' So I won't go hunting with you Jake, but I'll go chasing women" Go brush your teeth and comb your hair, it's dang near time to start. Before we go there's just one thing, there's one that's got my heart. Don't chase that girl with the yellow hair and wearing the dress of green For that there gal belongs to me, I know she's past sixteen. (CH) Oh we'll go down to the meeting house just as they go home Them little gals from Possum Creek, they always leave alone. We'll chase them down the corn rows, them sassy little misses First we'll scare them half to death, and then we'll blow them kisses. (CH) Oh I went down to the General store and what do you think I seen They make them in the city, and they call it a magazine I turned to page thirty-four and what do you think I found Them gals wearing things we've never seen beneath them Gingham gowns (CH) |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 24 Oct 08 - 03:01 PM Ah, yes, Cool Beans! It was indeed Sylvia Sims. I'm about equally surprised that I still remember her as the singer of English Muffins and Irish Stew (and I can still hear her accent as she sang it) as I am that I couldn't think of it when the song popped into my head. LOL |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Arkie Date: 24 Oct 08 - 12:20 PM Found a number of Spade Cooley recordings on emusic recently and among them was "I Come Here to Be Went With But I Ain’t Been Yet", sung by Ginny Jackson with the Spade Cooley band. The recording was from 1949 and was from a movie soundtrack, I believe, but I have no idea how popular the song may have been. Genie, would you please check my spelling. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Cool Beans Date: 24 Oct 08 - 11:13 AM Sylvia Syms sang "English Muffins and Irish Stew." |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 24 Oct 08 - 01:33 AM Lonesome, that would be Alan Sherman again. Genie |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Amos Date: 23 Oct 08 - 11:06 PM ...but the only problem is that it's been raining!!" "Nashville Katz! He runs a kosher deli!! Nashville Katz!! It's the only one around!!! Nashville Katz!! It's not like you're in Brooklyn!! NAshville Katz!! He's the only one in town!!! Well there are fourteen hundred and fifty three different restaurants in Nashville. You can get anything from hominy grits to chateaux de Tourneville. But there's only one place for a good Jewish boy, if he really wants to eat well. Just tell anybody to take you to Katz's The kosher deli in Nashville!!" Alan Sherman rides again!! A |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Lonesome EJ Date: 23 Oct 08 - 10:39 PM Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah Here I am at Camp Granada Camp is very entertaining and they say we'll have some fun when it stops raining What was that song writer's name? [Allan Sherman] |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 23 Oct 08 - 07:11 PM Yeah, they did, Bill. But it's such a good one it's worth mentioning twice. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Bill H //\\ Date: 23 Oct 08 - 06:42 PM I don't think anyone mentions "The Thing"---"...where did you get that _______ Get out of here with that __ ___ ___ Bill Hahn |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 23 Oct 08 - 06:12 PM I think it was "Gilly-Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea." Then there was "The Rock And Roll Waltz" -- a song by Kaye Starr that actually was the #1 pop hit of 1954 or thereabouts. Teresa Brewer also had a song called "Skinnie Minnie Fish Tail" about a mermaid (in the mid 1950s). And The Crew Cuts had one called "The Barking Dog" (where the guy can't get a goodnight kiss from his girlfriend because her dog wakes up the house and neighbors when he takes her home, so he finally brings along a canine girlfriend for the dog and gets the dog to shut up). |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 23 Oct 08 - 03:32 PM Stan Freberg (sp?) had a number of novelty recordings and spoofs on popular songs in the 1950s, including: The Rock Island Line Elderly Man River Yellow Rose of Texas Little Blue Riding Hood and Green Christmas Not sure all of Stan's were from the '50s, but several were. And was "Hand Jive" from the '50s or from the '60s? |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 23 Oct 08 - 03:07 PM Arkie, You spelled "Ragg Mopp" wrong. It's spelled out right there in the lyrics: Rag Mop "R-a-g-g M-o-p-p, Ragg Mopp doo de doo doo de wahh ... " ;D I think Frankie Laine's "Hawkeye" ("All the fellers call me Hawkeye, 'cause I never miss a trick. I can spot a pretty chick a mile away ... ") qualifies as a '50s novelty song too. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: NaeMairSea Date: 23 Oct 08 - 03:04 PM Was 'The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie' from that far back? |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Genie Date: 23 Oct 08 - 02:51 PM Pretty sure "The Little Blue Man" was sung by Jaye P Morgan (who was a descendant of banker J P Morgan, FWIW). Another 1950s novelty song was: "You'd never think they'd go together, But they certainly do: The combination of English Muffins and Irish Stew." Anita Bryant had a novelty song with a title something like "'Cause He Looked Like You." It was all about her having dreams where the 'hero' "looked like you," so she let him hold her, kiss her, etc. One line I remember was: "I dreamed I was Princess of Bombay Inspecting my armies (?) on Monday. A thousand men came marching by, Each looked like you, each winked his eye. I let 'em (kiss?) me, 'cause they looked like you. Then there was The Ames Brothers' "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane." Was "Ahab The A-rab" from the '50s or the early '60s. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: GUEST,Jack Campin Date: 23 Oct 08 - 02:19 PM Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat - "We're having fun, sitting in the back seat, hugging and a-kissing with Fred". Who did that one? |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 23 Oct 08 - 02:17 PM Some 25 years ago, a friend of mine used to perform the "Gilly-Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea." novelty song but set to the melody of a folksong (I can't remember which one) - and it worked extremely well. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Jayto Date: 23 Oct 08 - 02:01 PM Was Li'l Red Riding Hood the 1950's or 1960's? I don't know when but I love that song. I can't even remember who did it. Maybe Sam the Sham ? Not sure can anyone help me on this? |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: open mike Date: 23 Oct 08 - 12:35 PM ooh eee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang! monster mash will be heard some now that halloween is coming up ray stevens--gitarzan and others.. oh yes, thanks for the reminder of: They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!, ho ho... with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes... and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white suits.. (and in the end it was an ode to a dog) and on the flip side it was backwards.. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Bru Date: 23 Oct 08 - 10:41 AM One or two more. The Playmates - The Bubble Car Song (UK) Burl Ives - I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Max Bygraves - When You Come to the End of a Lollipop Bernard Cribbins - Hole in the Ground Charlie Drake did a few more; I've Bent My Assagai My Boomerang Won't Come Back I've Lost The End Of My Yodel |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Cool Beans Date: 23 Oct 08 - 10:18 AM It's extraordinary how potent cheap music is. --Noel Coward, "Private Lives" |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: MikeofNorthumbria Date: 23 Oct 08 - 06:18 AM Anyone remember "Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo"? "You can do it with a sailor from Peru or Venezuela, You can do it with a gaucho from Brazil. But once an Eskimosy tries to cuddle up so cosy, You can bet your life you're gonna get a chill!" Why do trivial lyrics stick in our memories for decades when far better ones can be so much hard to learn? The only answer I can offer is "Ee, ah, ooh-ah-ah: ting, tang, walla-walla bing bang!" Wassail! |
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Subject: Lyr Add: NUTTIN' FOR CHRISTMAS From: VirginiaTam Date: 22 Oct 08 - 02:17 PM nuttin for christmas NUTTIN' FOR CHRISTMAS Songwriter? I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas Mommy and Daddy are mad. I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas 'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad. I broke my bat on Johnny's head; Somebody snitched on me. I hid a frog in sister's bed; Somebody snitched on me. I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug; I made Tommy eat a bug; Bought some gum with a penny slug; Somebody snitched on me. CHORUS Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas Mommy and Daddy are mad. I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas 'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad. I put a tack on teacher's chair; Somebody snitched on me. I tied a knot in Suzy's hair; Somebody snitched on me. I did a dance on Mommy's plant. Climbed a tree and tore my pants. Filled that sugar bowl with ants; Somebody snitched on me. CHORUS Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas Mommy and Daddy are mad. I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas 'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad. So you better be good whatever you do 'Cause if you're bad, I'm warning you, You'll get nuttin' for Christmas. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Cool Beans Date: 22 Oct 08 - 10:58 AM "Just Keep Walkin'" was titled "Ambrose," written and sung (spoken, really) by Brooklyn's own Linda Laurie. It was about a couple, Ambrose and the narrator, walking in a subway tunnel. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Azizi Date: 22 Oct 08 - 08:50 AM GUEST,MarkS (on the road), thanks for that information. I didn't know that "Long Tall Texan" {or was it Lone Tall Texan?} was on the flip side of that hit song "Louis Louis". ** And, keeping with a western theme, here's a link to a YouTube video of a novelty song from the early 1980s {since it seems that it's okay to add songs from other decades on this thread} http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfUSIerJ-8c Rappin' Duke- Shawn Brown [a funny spoof on rap music and John Wayne] |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Bat Goddess Date: 22 Oct 08 - 08:42 AM "Little Red Rented Rowboat" "The Boys' Camp Is Just Across the Lake From the Girls' Camp Where I Go" In the early '60s there was a spate of songs parodying current hits -- i.e. "Son Don't Go Near the Eskimos" -- and also story songs made up of lines sampled (I don't think they used the term then) from other popular songs. I remember one ending up with the line from Walter Brennan's song (would that one count as a novelty song, too?), "That mule, Old Rivers and me." They did continue well into the '60s. How about "The Anaheim, Azusa, And Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, And Timing Association" just for the title alone? They had a tendency to be on the radio in the summer when school was out. Linn |
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Subject: ADDPOP: Western Movies From: Azizi Date: 22 Oct 08 - 08:37 AM Just to show that I'm not always as serious as my last post to this thread suggested, here's a "novelty song" that I remember that I think is from the 1950s-USA :o) WESTERN MOVIES {The Olympics} To save my soul I can't get a date, Baby's got it tuned on channel eight. Now Wyatt Earp and the Big Cheyenne They're comin' thru the T.V. shootin up the land. Ah...um...my baby loves the Western movies. My baby loves the Western movies, Bam, bam, shoot 'em up Pow. Ah..um..My babe loves the Western Movies. I call my baby on the telephone To tell her half my head was gone I just got hit by a great big brick She says thanks for reminding me about that Maverick Ah..um...my baby loves the Western movies. My baby loves the Western movies, Bam, bam, shoot em up pow. Ah...um... My baby loves the Western movies. Well there's Jeremy Roller and Old Cochise Jim Hardy, Jim Bowie and Sugarfoot. They all have gun will travel Give me back my boots and saddle uh huh. Here's the story of the certain Wagon Train Mccord A broken arrow has broken my heart. A Jefferson Thomas with Bat Masterson Unties my baby and the fight was won. Ah..um...my baby loves the Western movies. My baby loves the western movies. Bam bam shoot em up pow. Ah um, my baby loves the western movies. Note: (Jim Hardie was a character in the TV show "Tales of Wells Fargo" which ran from 1957 to 1962) Jim Bowie was the famous frontiersman portrayed in the show Adventures of Jim Bowie which ran from 1956-1958. From: Scott Cohen; http://www.songlyrics.com/the-olympics/western-movies/220422/ |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Azizi Date: 22 Oct 08 - 08:20 AM GUEST,Dil, I only knew one song on your 21 Oct 08 - 10:27 PM list. For what it's worth, the lone song that I knew was "They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" - Napoleon XIV". And the only singer names on that list that I recognize are John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Telly Savalas {Telly Savalas, the bald headed lollipop sucking television detective Kojak made some records?!} Is your list from the UK? And are all those songs from the 1950s? Reading your list made me realize how USA centered my Rock & Roll, R&B, and pop music knowledge is. I'm ashamed to say that before Mudcat, I didn't give any thought to the fact that other countries had their own hit records that were [often?; usually?] different from American hit records. And, if I gave it any thought at all, I just assumed that everybody in the world-or at least every English speaking person in the world-would know the American hit Rock and Roll, Rhythm & Blues, and pop songs and I just assumed that people in other nations would prefer American songs over the songs that were recorded in their own country. Thanks to Mudcat, at least I now know that those assumptions were not only stupid, but they were arrogant. I'm sorry about that {or as the hip hopper say-My bad}. |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Mo the caller Date: 22 Oct 08 - 07:45 AM Was Nobody likes me everybody hates me (I'll go down the garden and eat worms) ever recorded? Or was it just a kids thing that got passed around (like nits)? |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: severed-head Date: 22 Oct 08 - 07:14 AM Wot???? No Pinky & Perky??? Come on guys........ |
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Subject: RE: 1950s novelty songs From: Lonesome EJ Date: 22 Oct 08 - 12:34 AM How about the Kingsmen doing "Jolly Green Giant"? "He couldn't get Sally So he went back to the Valley and that's why the cat's so mean!" |
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