Subject: Old Fart Songs From: topical tom Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:07 PM Since most of us on Mudcat seem to be old farts I think it would be cool if we searched for songs that portray men and women of a "certain age", whether in a poor or better light. I'll start with one of my favourites ,"Old Dogs And Children and Watermelon Wine by Tom T. Hall |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: JWB Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:13 PM "Silver in the Stubble" by ... ah... Sidney somebody? ... same guy that wrote "Lord of the Dance" whose name I can't pull out of my brain of a certain age. Had to get out of the chair and look it up: Syndey Carter. Fine song. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Bill D Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:13 PM "Over the Hills to the Poorhouse" "Too Old to Cut the Mustard" |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Joybell Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:22 PM "Old and Grey and Only in the Way" "When I'm 64" (Old enough? Say no! Go on say no!) "Rocking Alone in Her Old Rocking Chair" "An Old Man Came A-courtin' Me" "Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man" "Silver Threads Among the Gold" "Believe me if all those Endearing Young Charms" "Don't Step on Mother's Roses" barely begun yet Cheers, Joy |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST, topsie Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:31 PM When I Grow Up (I want to be an Old Woman) Michelle Shocked |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: JWB Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:39 PM You have to listen to all the verses to realize it's a "certain age" song, but 'tis: Old Peculier by Keith Marsden. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Beer Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:43 PM This should be a great thread topical tom. A couple that come to mind are: Old Doc Brown After the Ball Beer (adrien) |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:51 PM I recall an old parody from "Song Fest" based on "Silver Threads Among The Gold:" "At the boarding house where we live, Everything is growing old. Silver threads are in the butter, All the bread has turned to mold. When the dog died, we had hot dogs; When the cat died, catnip tea. When the landlord died, I left there; Spareribs were too much for me..." |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: gnu Date: 06 Feb 09 - 06:58 PM One that comes to mind for me is Spaw. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: kendall Date: 06 Feb 09 - 07:22 PM A Daisy a Day. My Old Man. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 06 Feb 09 - 07:28 PM Does anyone know of a song celebrating the efficacy of prune juice? There was a story about an old fellow who mixed his Rogaine with his Viagra - he woke up in the morning with his hair standing on end... |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Richard Bridge Date: 06 Feb 09 - 07:45 PM The Old Man from over the Sea (Hell's Bells, a folk song!) |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Beer Date: 06 Feb 09 - 07:54 PM Does Mr Bojangles fit the bill? Adrien |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Lin in Kansas Date: 06 Feb 09 - 08:27 PM Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine Lin |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Rowan Date: 06 Feb 09 - 08:39 PM John Anderson, my Jo Cheers, Rowan |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Bob Hitchcock Date: 06 Feb 09 - 08:45 PM How about "Old and in the Way" by Old and in the Way? I always thought you should never name your band after a song and vice versa. Bob. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Joe_F Date: 06 Feb 09 - 09:27 PM Get Up & Go Abide with Me Sailor's Rest Auld Lang Syne The Goodnight-Loving Trail Lies |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Padre Date: 06 Feb 09 - 09:37 PM Silver Haired Daddy of Mine |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: topical tom Date: 06 Feb 09 - 10:14 PM Thanks for all those great songs. One that I don't think was mentioned is "All Used Up" by Utah Philips. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,iancarterb Date: 06 Feb 09 - 11:19 PM Maggie |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Nancy King Date: 07 Feb 09 - 12:17 AM Too Old to Work and Too Young to Die I Just Don't Look Good Naked Anymore Time Has Made a Change in Me Surely there must be more.... |
Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN MOTHER AND ME JOINED IN (Jan Stewer) From: GUEST,doc.tom Date: 07 Feb 09 - 05:14 AM A. J. Coles' (Jan Stewer's) "When Mother and me Joined In": now there's two old farts causing chaos - and they know exactly what they're doing. When Mother and me Joined In Now Mother and me be the old-fashioned sort, But us bain't half so soft as us looks, There's lots o' things that the young 'uns can larn Besides what they reads in the books; Us was ax'd to a dance 'bout a fortnight ago, A slap-up affair which us thought quite slow, No polkas, no gallops, no gay gavottes - They just walked round and round and they called it foxtrots! But when Mother and me joined in, My word, what a time us spent; Us didn't know much of the steps (tunes/rules/moves), you see, But that didn't matter to Mother and me; Us made up the steps as us went. I bowed to mother, her bowed to me, And the band began to play, And away us went with a one, two, three - Us showed the young 'uns the way! They was begging our pardon left and right When we begun to spin; You'd never believe what a difference it made When Mother and me joined in! Well, when Mother and me... (steps) The room was crowded, there wadn't much space, And Mother weighs sixteen stone; I whirled her round and round the place - Us soon had the floor to our own; Us scattered the chaps, they lost their maids, Us went drough thick and thin; Oh, you'd never believe what a difference it made When Mother and me joined in. Now last summer they had in our parish hall A choral society; There was thirty or forty all singing to once Including Mother and me, But instead o' they songs that everyone knows, 'Twas one o' they horror-torios; They was all afraid to sing 'en out loud, 'Cus nobody knowed what 'twas all about. But when Mother and me... (tunes) Well, the man in front, 'e waggled 'is stick And the choir begun to squall, but Mother and me, us drowned the lot Wi' Uncle Tom Cobley and all; I sung treble, and I sung bass; The tenors was lost in the din; You'd never believe... Well, when Mother and me... (tunes) The choir all sang till they nearly bust And got in a terrible rage, But Mother and me, us finished fust Be' very near 'alf a page; The poor conductor, 'e lost 'is place, 'E didn't know where to begin; Oh, you'd never believe... Now, last Friday night us was invited out To a whist drive - start at eight; Us never 'ad bin to one before, And us got there a little bit late; They was all sat round wi' faces glum As if they was waiting for Kingdom come, Like a load of ol' pa'sons saying their prayers Wi' somebody bad in the room upstairs. But when Mother and me... (rules) Well, I went fust and I laid down The ace o' clubs wi' a slap; I was next, I played the ace O' trumps, and hollered, 'Snap!' The crowd did roar, the MC swore; We see'd us was gwain 'a win; You'd never believe... Well, when Mother and me... (rules) Well, I won fust prize be' all the rules With a hunderd and ninety-eight, But they refused to give it me; They said I'd reckoned in the date; Mother revoked, her partner choked; The folks all said, wi' a grin, Oh, they'd never believe... Now last week us went out on a charabanc ride And got up to some fine high jinks; Us went to place just to see what was on - 'Twas one o' they 'skating rinks'; The folks looked very fine and proud As they went skating round and round; I see'd some sights I never see'd afore As they went gliding round the floor. But when Mother and me... (moves) Well, a chap fitted me with two left skates Of quite a different track, For one was determined to go forrard And t'other to go back; When I said, 'Go!', I shouted, 'Whoa! There's somebody locked in me shin!' You'd never believe... Well, when Mother and me... (moves) A chap said to me, 'Where be gwain to next? I hollered, 'Goodness knows!' Then Mother come slap-bang into me arms And away the both of us goes. There was skaters in heaps all over the floor With pieces took out o' their skin; Oh, you'd never believe... |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST Date: 07 Feb 09 - 06:49 AM Twice Daily |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 07 Feb 09 - 07:42 AM The list could run, and run, until the cows came home. For a little pop-rock try:
YESTERDAY - by The Beatles
AQUALUNG - by Jethro Tull
WHEN I WAS YOUNG- Eric Burdon & The Animals
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIEND - by Mary Hopkins .
OLD MAN TAKE A LOOK AT MY LIFE - by Neil Young
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKING AT HEAVEN'S DOOR-by Dylan and Guns and Roses
DEAD MAN'S PARTY (No One Lives Forever) - Oingo Boingo
OLD MAN BLUES -by Duke Ellington
Sincerely, |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Date: 07 Feb 09 - 09:21 AM The ultimate #1 of all time: My Children Are Laughing Behind My Back !!! also these, if not already noted: Old Man Rocking the Cradle My Good Old Man Old Age Pension Check (as sung by Roy Acuff) That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine (Gene Autry's classic) and just to get classical ballady, oh gosh, The Old Man Who Lived Near Hell (Farmer's Curst Wife) Bob |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Date: 07 Feb 09 - 09:22 AM How could I have forgotten that great Old Fart of the Century, Father Grumble who said he could do any work in a day that his wife could do in three? (We old gaffers learn to keep our mouths shut, but sometimes it takes a while.) |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: SINSULL Date: 07 Feb 09 - 10:01 AM My Dad sang one called "Behind The Times". An old preacher if replaced by a younger man because he is too old fashioned. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST, topsie Date: 07 Feb 09 - 10:08 AM Old Rockin' Chair (Louis Armstrong) |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Stonebridge Date: 07 Feb 09 - 10:10 AM "The Oldest Swinger in Town" by Fred Wedlock |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Date: 07 Feb 09 - 10:13 AM Sorry to make multiple messages, but these things come in dribs and drabs (feature of age, get used to it): When You and I Were Young, Maggie Actually if you canvass the songs of the last third of the 19th century you'll find a bonanza of songs about old farts. For some reason that period, along with its sentimental classics about romance and lost love, was positively riveted on oldsters. Hmm ... a feature conspicuously missing in the Tops of the Pops at the moment, circa 2009. Wonder why ... No, I don't wonder why. 'Cause I don't think I wanna know. Bob |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST, topsie Date: 07 Feb 09 - 10:19 AM "I can't do my bally bottom button up" |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: topical tom Date: 07 Feb 09 - 11:32 AM Here's another one, "Waltzing Around in the Nude" by Dick McCormick. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Leadfingers Date: 07 Feb 09 - 12:14 PM Stonebridge - Credit the WRITER not the thief - Oldest Swinger is Ed Pickford's song . |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Art Thieme Date: 07 Feb 09 - 01:28 PM From Forty To Sixty-five (as done by the New Lost City Ramblers) Art |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Stonebridge Date: 07 Feb 09 - 03:35 PM >Stonebridge - Credit the WRITER not the thief - Oldest Swinger is Ed Pickford's song < Consider it done. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: olddude Date: 07 Feb 09 - 05:23 PM I just don't look good naked anymore still makes me laugh ... great tune |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: topical tom Date: 07 Feb 09 - 05:49 PM I agree with you, olddude. That is a really good song. So funny and with a great melody. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Fossil Date: 07 Feb 09 - 08:12 PM Rollin' round the back of my mind is a song I heard when I was a lad. Can't remember it all (well I *am* getting on a bit now), but what I can get is this - Get Away Old Man, Get Away Chorus: For an old man he is old, an old man he is grey But a young man's heart is full of love, Get away old man, get away! Well I'd rather marry a young man with an apple in his hand Than to marry an old man with a hundert' acres o' land and so on. Does anyone else know any more? |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,DWR Date: 07 Feb 09 - 08:44 PM Good gosh, how can we do this without "Old Farts In Caravan Parks" by Australian John Williamson? You can hear a sample here. http://www.amazon.com/Old-Farts-In-Caravan-Parks/dp/B000THGLUM/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk Thought I might find the lyrics on line, but I didn't. I followed several of those notorious dead ends and finally gave up. Closest I got was at http://www.johnwilliamson.com.au/html/music.html where there are a number of his songs listed, but not that one it seems. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Joe_F Date: 07 Feb 09 - 09:25 PM "I'm In the Sidings Now" by Ewan MacColl. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,doc.tom Date: 08 Feb 09 - 07:33 AM I think you'll fuind that In The Sidings Now was written by Cyril Tawney and first sung on Westward Television the night after the Beeching Report (which recommended massive cutting of the British railway network)came out back in the 1960s! |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: BB Date: 08 Feb 09 - 07:57 AM 'Didn't I Dance?' 'Take Your Time' by Pete Munday Barbara |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Georgiansilver Date: 08 Feb 09 - 08:01 AM 'Old Man River' could I suppose be considered an old wet fart song!!!! |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: GUEST,keith Ferret Date: 08 Feb 09 - 09:09 AM The Old Miner by Johnson Ellwood Bonnie Bessie Logan, Trad sung by Ian Manuel Sair Fyel'd Hinny, Trad Old admirals by Al Stewart Old Man Inside A Young Man by Richard Thompson |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: topical tom Date: 09 Feb 09 - 08:55 AM Refresh. |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: SINSULL Date: 09 Feb 09 - 09:49 AM Goodnight Loving Trail |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: Dave Sutherland Date: 09 Feb 09 - 10:15 AM The Banks of the Dee Man of the Earth - Bernie Parry My Old Man - Ewan MacColl (apologies if that was the one mentioned earlier) John Anderson My Jo |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: KB in Iowa Date: 09 Feb 09 - 01:01 PM Arthritis Blues |
Subject: Lyr Add: ONE OF THE HAS-BEENS From: JWB Date: 09 Feb 09 - 02:26 PM Haven't seen "Fiddler's Green" by John Connolly mentioned yet. Nor "Awkward as a New Chum" -- if that's the title. Aussie shearing song: I'm one of the has-beens, a shearer I mean. I once was a ringer and I used to shear clean. I could make the wool roll off easy, like soil from the plow, But you may not believe me because I can't do it now. CHORUS Now I'm awkward as a new chum, and used to the frown That the boss often shows me, saying, "Keep them blades down!" I shore with Pat Hogan, Bill Bride and Jack Gunn, Charlie Fergus, Tommy Leighton, and the Great Roaring Dunn. They sent from the Lockland the best they could find, Oh but not one among them could leave me behind. CHORUS Well, there's no use in complaining, I'll never say die, Though the days of fast shearing for me have gone by. I'll just take the world nice and easy, shear slowly and clean, And I merely have told you just what I have been. CHORUS Jerry |
Subject: RE: Old Fart Songs From: BB Date: 09 Feb 09 - 03:01 PM And how can one forget 'Generations of Change' by Matt Armour, who passed away this morning? Barbara |
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