Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Lucius Date: 27 Jan 01 - 08:35 PM BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
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Subject: Lyr Add: I DON'T BELIEVE YOU LIKE MY SHIRT From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 28 Mar 05 - 10:34 PM Transcribed from an archived radio program: Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Show, Tuesday, June 1, 2004. Click here to play. The song begins 32 minutes and 45 seconds from the beginning of the program. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU LIKE MY SHIRT (Lou and Peter Berryman) PETER: I don't believe you like my shirt. I don't believe you like my shirt. Careful, now, the truth can hurt. I don't believe you like my shirt. LOU: If I were in a cavern a mile from Chattanooga, It'd be OK from there. If I were under water an hour from Tortuga, It'd be OK from there. If I were in a blackout a minute after midnight, Standing right beside you, dear, The moon behind the mountain and me without a flashlight, It'd be OK right here. PETER: Don't you like my after-shave? Don't you like my after-shave? Tell the truth and I'll be brave. Don't you like my after-shave? LOU: If I were in a space suit an hour from the shuttle, It'd be OK from there. If I were with the Packers in Cleveland in a huddle, It'd be OK from there. If I had influenza without my decongestant, And we were in a cyclone, dear, And I could keep a clothespin affixed to my proboscis, It'd be OK right here. Now it think I made you blue. I cut a piece of pie for you. Still I think I heard a sigh. Don't you like my pecan pie? PETER: For someone in a famine, who used to be a glutton, It'd taste OK to him. For a hermit in the desert with absolutely nuttin', It'd taste OK to him. If I'd been in a coma for half a generation, Dining intravenously, And you had lied a little and said my shirt was lovely, It'd taste OK to me. [Recorded by Peter & Lou Berryman on "We Don't Talk about That," Cornbelt 800, 1993.] |
Subject: Lyr Add: FORSYTHIA (Lou and Peter Berryman) From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 28 Mar 05 - 11:34 PM Transcribed from an archived radio program: Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Show, Thursday, November 18, 2004. Click here to play. The song begins 2 hours 47 minutes and 00 seconds from the beginning of the program. FORSYTHIA "A love song written in 7/4 time, being sung alternately by a baker and a gardener." (Lou and Peter Berryman) LOU: You are my sweet forsythia. I love to linger with ya. You are my pink geranium. I like to kiss your cranium. And goodness knows, You are my rose. PETER: You are my herb focaccia. I could just sit and watch ya. You are my chocolate nougat flan With bits of marble marzipan. I can't deny You're my peach pie. LOU: You are my gilded marigold With eyes of green and hair o' gold. You are my main magnolia. When you're sad, I'll console ya And burn my socks, But you're my phlox. PETER: You are my plum cannoli torte, And, I am happy to report, You are my mocha macaroon. I'd wait for half the afternoon To tell the gang You're my meringue. LOU: You are the dear wisteria I'd follow through Siberia. You are the one japonica I'd give my best harmonica, And it's a strech, But you're my vetch. PETER: You are the butter lemon ring I'd treasure more than anything, And if I may be very blunt, You are my maple berry bundt, And by the way, You're my parfait. LOU: You are my boutonniere of blue. PETER: You are my salt and short'ning too. LOU: You're my corsage and my silk. PETER: My baking soda and my milk, My cup of flour. LOU: My garlic flower. BOTH: You are my {flour/flower}. [Recorded by Peter & Lou Berryman on "The Pink One," Cornbelt CD #14, 2003.] |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Ebbie Date: 28 Mar 05 - 11:46 PM Old thread but some great posts here, a number of which I've never heard. 'BIRCHES' is a little different but it has a little give and take. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST Date: 29 Mar 05 - 12:08 PM My favourite is LORD RANDALL. which is an old Scots song with derivatives BILLY BOY and A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL, all of which are conversation songs. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Joe_F Date: 29 Mar 05 - 01:25 PM "FALSE LOVER WON BACK" (Child 218) is mostly conversation, tho there is some narration. --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: A New Yorker puts up with cockroaches in order to consort with swine. :|| |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 29 Mar 05 - 01:40 PM If we're going to admit commercial songs, I nominate ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, I CAN DO BETTER. Folk/traditional, I don't think anyone has mentioned THE YOUNG MAN THAT WOULDN'T HOE CORN yet. Dave Oesterreich |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: DannyC Date: 29 Mar 05 - 03:40 PM A couple of broken token songs spring to mind: "DARK EYED SAILOR" - As I was a-walkin' one evening fair, it being the summer to take the air... and "A Lady Fair" - A Lady fair in the garden walking when a well-dressed gentleman passed her by... |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Brakn Date: 29 Mar 05 - 03:58 PM "Oh You Sweet One (The SCHNITZELBANK Song)" ? and The Andrews Sisters. |
Subject: Lyr Add: HASTEN DOWN THE WIND (Warren Zevon) From: GUEST,Dave'sWife at work Date: 29 Mar 05 - 04:36 PM it's not quite a tit for tat conversation song but... Warren Zevon's 'Hasten Down the Wind' comes to my mind. HASTEN DOWN THE WIND As recorded by Warren Zevon on "Warren Zevon" (1976)
1. She tells him she thinks she needs to be free.
CHORUS: She's so many women.
2. Then he agrees he thinks she needs to be free.
He tells her to hasten down the wind. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,AArk Date: 29 Mar 05 - 05:50 PM HUSBANDMAN AND SERVINGMAN BILLY BOY |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Joe_F Date: 30 Mar 05 - 09:46 AM Jim Dixon: Perhaps "harigold" = "hair o' gold"? --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: If you can't get the blues off your mind, get your mind off the blues. :|| |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST Date: 30 Mar 05 - 01:55 PM Joe F: Yes, "hair o' gold" makes sense, and it's probably right. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 30 Mar 05 - 02:01 PM That was me, coming in through Mudcat's back door, and forgetting that I had to identify myself. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 31 Mar 05 - 01:22 AM Der Blaue Storch = The Blue Stork seemingly consists of two songs put together: 1. Discussion between a hunter and a farm girl 2. Discussion between the girl and her mother. It is a German folksong from the Renaissance which I translated for the Eurogathering 2004. Sing and enjoy Wilfried |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 31 Mar 05 - 01:38 AM In A-Roving on a Winter's Night there is the stanza: And it's who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot And who's gonna glove your little hand And who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips Who's gonna be your man. This is also in a song which I couldn't find in the DT: 1. Wo's gonna shoe your pretty little foot. Who's gonna glove your hand, Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips, Who's gonna be your man. 2. Papa's gonna shoe my pretty little foot, Mama's gonna glove my hand, Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips, I don't need no man. 3. The longest train I ever saw Was a hundred coaches long, The only woman I ever saw Was on this train and gone. A rather short conversation!. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 31 Mar 05 - 01:44 AM Oh, No Joe! How can you give an obsolete link for Oh, No John! Not amused Wilfried ;-) P.S.This one? And that |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: YorkshireYankee Date: 04 Apr 05 - 08:44 PM JOHN RILEY (another broken token-type song) The Broken Token, Mike Agranoff's hilarious take-off on broken token songs (you can hear him sing a bit of it if you go to CDBaby). The last couple of verses of the Gypsy Davey song(s), where the husband asks the wayward wife "What about your goosefeather bed," etc & she responds "I'd rather sleep on the cold, cold ground," etc. JOHNNY BE FAIR has a conversation between a daughter & her father, then the daughter & her mother. Then there are all the riddle songs: I gave my love a cherry that had no stone... Where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy... Tumbalalaika to mention just a few... |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: dick greenhaus Date: 05 Apr 05 - 12:01 AM Well, lessee now. There's "REUBEN AND RACHEL". And dozens and dozens of variations of "the TOPMAN AND AFTERGUARD" (you know, the one with the refrain of "May the devil double double damn him, said the sailor, 'Amen'" Cand can we forget "(Bollocky or) BARNACLE BILL THE SAILOR"? |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: YorkshireYankee Date: 05 Apr 05 - 01:25 AM Just remembered... BANKS OF THE NILE. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 05 Apr 05 - 08:06 PM Try "KEYS OF CANTERBURY" Oh madam I will give to you the keys of Canterbury, And all the bells of London Town shall ring to make you merry, If you will be my joy, my sweet and only dear, And walk along with me anywhere. Oh, sir, I'll not accept of you the keys of Canterbury, Nor all the bells of London town shall ring to make me merry, And I'll not be your joy, your sweet and only dear, Nor walk along with you anywhere. Goes on rather like "Paper of Pins", and of course it's the dosh she wants. A nice tune in Am. Let me know if you want the whole thing and I'll knock it out for you. Might even be in the DT, I've not had time to look. Best Don T. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Date: 07 May 11 - 05:32 AM "WALTZ FOR EVA AND CHE" and "I'd be Surprisingly Good For You" from "Evita". |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: breezy Date: 07 May 11 - 06:26 AM Stan Rogers' THE LOCK KEEPER. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: breezy Date: 07 May 11 - 03:54 PM Bob Dylan's BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Amber Date: 07 May 11 - 04:19 PM THE UNQUIET GRAVE. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Darowyn Date: 08 May 11 - 04:20 AM "GREEK LIGHTNING" by Jez Lowe from the "Bede Weeps" Album.
"I watched as you fell,
There are some brilliant lines in this song. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Amber Date: 08 May 11 - 10:08 AM THE CHERRY TREE CAROL (Mary, Joseph and our unborn Saviour), BONNIE LASS OF FYVIE, O. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Georgiansilver Date: 08 May 11 - 04:33 PM Saucy Sailor.. English Trad. Saucy Sailor is rarely performed by male/female nowadays... mostly by females but it is supposed to be a conversation song..... The link is to Steeleye Spans version. Best wishes, Mike. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: David C. Carter Date: 09 May 11 - 03:45 AM Dylan's...CLOTHES LINE SAGA I'LL BE YOUR SAN ANTONE ROSE....Jerry Jeff Walker & Carole King. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: MGM·Lion Date: 09 May 11 - 04:33 AM The use of dialogue to advance the story is, of course, one of the main conventions of the ballad form; sometimes almost to the exclusion or near-exclusion of other elements [THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS, THE UNQUIET GRAVE], & almost invariably present to some extent. So there is no need for what appear to be 'conversation' songs, like THE SAUCY SAILOR, which surely derive from this convention, to be sung as duets ~~ tho, of course, they can be, most effectively: especially if explicitly conceived in such a form, as with HUSBANDMAN AND SERVINGMAN. ~Michael~ |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Elmore Date: 09 May 11 - 04:51 PM MATTY GROVES is a three-way. (Conversation) |
Subject: Lyr Add: COME UNDER MY PLAIDIE From: Jim Dixon Date: 21 Aug 17 - 11:40 PM This is a more complete version than the one posted by Indy Lass above. Note that it has 2 more verses, and in them, we get to see how Johnny feels about the matter. And, of course, the spelling is different. From The Pocket Encyclopedia of Scottish, English, and Irish Songs, Vol. 1 (Glasgow: Andrew & James Duncan, 1816), page 61: COME UNDER MY PLAIDIE. Tune—"Johnnie Macgill." Come under my plaidie, the night's gaun to fa'; Come in frae the cauld blast, the drift and the snaw; Come under my plaidie, and sit down beside me; There's room in't, dear lassie! believe me, for twa. Come under my plaidie, and sit down beside me, I'll hap ye frae ev'ry cauld blast that can blaw: Come under my plaidie, and sit down beside me, There's room in't, dear lassie! believe me, for twa. Gae 'wa wi' your plaidie! auld Donald, gae 'wa, I fear na the cauld blast, the drift, nor the snaw; Gae 'wa wi' your plaidie! I'll no sit beside ye; Ye might be my gutcher:—auld Donald, gae 'wa, I'm gaun to meet Johnnie, he's young and he's bonnie; He's been at Meg's bridal, fu' trig and fu' braw! O nane dances sae lightly, sae gracefu', sae tightly, His cheek's like the new rose, his brow's like the snaw! Dear Marion, let that flee stick fast to the wa', Your Jock's but a gowk, and has naething ava; The hale o' his pack he has now on his back; He's thretty, and I am but threescore and twa. Be frank now and kin'ly, I'll busk ye aye finely; To kirk or to market they'll few gang sae braw; A bien house to bide in, a chaise for to ride in, And flunkies to 'tend ye as aft as ye ca'. My father ay tauld me, my mither and a', Ye'd mak a gude husband, and keep me ay braw; It's true I loo Johnnie, he's young and he's bonnie, But, waes me, I ken, he has naething ava! 1 hae little tocher, ye've made a gude offer; I'm nae mair than twenty; my time is but sma'! Sae gie me your plaidie, I'll creep in beside ye, I thought ye'd been aulder than threescore and twa! She crap in ayont him, beside the stane wa', Whare Johnnie was list'ning, and heard her tell a': The day was appointed!—his proud heart it dunted, And strack 'gainst his side as if bursting in twa. He wander'd hame wearie, the night it was drearie, And, thowless, he tint his gate 'mang the deep snaw: The howlet was screamin', while Johnnie cried, Women Wad marry auld Nick if he'd keep-them ay braw. O the deil's in the lasses! they gang now sae braw, They'll lie down wi' auld men o' fourscore and twa; The hale o' their marriage is gowd and a carriage; Plain love is the cauldest blast now that can blaw. Auld dotards, be wary! tak tent wha ye marry, Young wives wi' their coaches they'll whup and they'll ca', Till they meet wi' some Johnnie that's youthfu' and bonnie, And they'll gie ye a horn on ilk haffet to claw. [You can see a tune for this song in The Songs of Scotland without Words for the Pianoforte edited by J. T. Surenne (Edinburgh: Wood and Co., 1803), page 76.] |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Gerry Date: 22 Aug 17 - 03:05 AM Leon Rosselson's Across the Hills recorded by the Ian Campbell Folk Group and others. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Gerry Date: 22 Aug 17 - 03:08 AM Morning Dew written and recorded by Bonnie Dobson (also recorded by the Dead). |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Joe_F Date: 22 Aug 17 - 03:25 PM Lolly Too Dum (contains a little narration) |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Gda Music Date: 23 Aug 17 - 04:45 PM MELODISC 1164 - (78) A Caribbean conversation. Brothers Christefor & Batson from Barbados. *Dividing of the cricket spoils* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIBV0P1LZZw GJ |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: michaelr Date: 23 Aug 17 - 06:38 PM Dylan, "BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER". |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: FreddyHeadey Date: 23 Aug 17 - 07:22 PM THE FLYTING O' LIFE AND DAITH (Hamish Henderson) \ THE SLANGING-MATCH OF LIFE AND DEATH thread, with English translation thread.cfm?threadid=27429#617697 & thread.cfm?threadid=42479 & thread.CFM?threadID=24864 ~~~~~~~ |
Subject: Lyr Add: NOCH A GLEZELE TEY (Yiddish) From: Joe_F Date: 24 Aug 17 - 10:01 PM Here are a couple of related threads:
Lyr Req: Conversation songs between man and woman
-- in both of which I mention "Noch a glezele tey" (Another little cup of tea), a Yiddish conversation-song that I never got around to posting. It's about time: |
Subject: Lyr Add: I NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS (Waits/Midler) From: Jim Dixon Date: 27 Jan 18 - 11:00 AM I NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS As recorded by Tom Waits and Bette Midler on Midler's album "Broken Blossom" (1977) and on Waits' album "Used Songs" (2001) [W] Stop me if you've heard this one, But I feel as though we've met before. Perhaps I am mistaken. [M] But it's just that I remind you of Someone you used to care about. Oh, but that was long ago. Now, tell me: do you really think I'd fall for that old line? I was not born just yesterday. Besides, I never talk to strangers anyway. [W] Hell, I ain't a bad guy when you get to know me. I just thought there ain't no harm. [M] Hey, yeah, just try minding your own business, bud. Who asked you to annoy me With your sad, sad repartee? Besides, I never talk to strangers anyway. Your life's a dime-store novel. This town is full of guys like you, And you're looking for someone to take the place of her. [W] You must be reading my mail, And you're bitter cause he left you. That's why you're drinking in this bar. [Both] Well, only suckers fall in love with perfect strangers. [M] It always takes one to know one, stranger. [W] Maybe we're just wiser now. [M] Yeah, and been around the block so many times [W] That we don't notice [Both] That we're all just perfect strangers As long as we ignore That we all begin as strangers Just before we find We really aren't strangers anymore. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,Ken Brock Date: 27 Jan 18 - 03:00 PM FATHER AND SON by Cat Stevens |
Subject: Lyr Add: BLUE EYES (Shel Silverstein) From: Jim Dixon Date: 27 Jan 18 - 05:29 PM BLUE EYES As recorded by Shel Silverstein (and a female vocalist unknown to me) on "Inside Folk Songs" (1962) --I see you're all alone, Sittin' at the bar. Can I sit down beside you, blue eyes? --Well you see, my boyfriend just went into the washroom, And he'll be right back, And he's seven feet tall, And he always carries a gun. --Ah, well, if I beat up your boyfriend, And I take away his gun, And I sit down beside you, Can I buy you a drink, blue eyes? --I'm drinking Piper-Heidseick champagne that costs thirty-five dollars a bottle. --Ah, well, if I beat up your boyfriend And I take away his gun, And I sit down beside you, And I buy a bottle of thirty-five-dollar Piper-Heidseick champagne, Can I drive you home, blue eyes? --I live in Philadelphia. --Ah, well, if I beat up your boyfriend, And I take away his gun, And I sit down beside you, And I buy a thirty-five-dollar bottle of Piper-Heidseick champagne, And I drive you to Philadelphia, Can I walk you to the door, blue eyes? --There's a big moat around my house, And it's full of crocodiles and alligators, And there's a terrible undertow. --Ah, well, if I beat up your boyfriend, And I take away his gun,, And I sit down beside you, And I buy a thirty-five-dollar bottle of Piper-Heidseick champagne, And I drive you to Philadelphia, And I swim across the moat, And I avoid the crocodiles and the alligators, And I don't get sunk by the undertow, Will you ask me to come in, blue eyes? --Well, you see, it's very late, And my mother's probably waiting up for me, And I think she washed the floor, And it's covered with newspapers, And besides, we got this big dog that whenever a stranger comes in, he starts to bark and bite you, And my father's worried about paying off the mortgage on the house, Which will cost five thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars, And it's very late, And I've got to wash my hair, And I have to get up very early for... --You don't... You don't really... You don't really want me to take you home, do you? --Well, you see, it's very late, And my mother's probably waiting up for me, And I think she.... --You see... Wait, wait, wait... You don't... You don't really... You don't really want me to take you home. --Well, you see, it's very late, And my mother's probably.... --You don't... You don't really like me, do you? You don't really care about me. --Well, you see, it's very late... --Never mind. Forget it. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: wysiwyg Date: 27 Jan 18 - 05:36 PM "YOU'RE THE REASON OUR KIDS ARE UGLY." |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 27 Jan 18 - 05:47 PM ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS...to the Allegheny |
Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL BE YOUR SAN ANTONE ROSE From: Jim Dixon Date: 28 Jan 18 - 03:41 PM David C. Carter mentioned this on 9-May-2011: I'LL BE YOUR SAN ANTONE ROSE Written by Susanna Clark As recorded by Emmylou Harris on "Luxury Liner" (1977) If they'll play another love song, If that Miller High Life sign stays dim, And if you'll keep my glass full of whiskey, I'll whisper words I wish I'd said to him. Just ask me to dance all the slow ones. Hold me close and take me 'cross the floor. I'll gently lay my head on your shoulder, And pretend this never happened before. CHORUS: I don't want to hear a sad story. We both already know how it goes; But if tonight you'll be my tall dark stranger, I'll be your San Antone Rose. Well, I wish I could tell you I love you, And I wish that he weren't always on my mind. If wishes were fast trains to Texas, Oh, I'd ride and I'd ride; how I'd ride! CHORUS [Also recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker and Carole King on Walker's album "Too Old to Change" (1979). They make it into a conversation duet by changing some of the pronouns, e.g. "I'll keep your glass full of whiskey" and "I'll be your tall dark stranger".] |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Tattie Bogle Date: 28 Jan 18 - 04:33 PM HUNTINGTOWER: don't think it's been mentioned so far. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 30 Jan 18 - 03:08 AM BIG STEAMERS Words Rudyard Kipling, Music Peter Bellamy, Singing The Wilsons ?Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers, With England's own coal, up and down the salt seas?? ?We are going to fetch you your bread and your butter, Your beef, pork, and mutton, eggs, apples, and cheese.? |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Joe Offer Date: 30 Jan 18 - 03:27 AM Up above, Jim Dixon mentioned "TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE," by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser. Loesser did a lot of conversation songs with one person singing over the other - "BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" was mentioned above, but not tied to Loesser. His ultimate conversation song was "FUGUE FOR TINHORNS" from Guys and Dolls (I got the horse right here). |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: GUEST,henryp Date: 30 Jan 18 - 03:34 AM Good morning, Joe. Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid? Nursery Rhyme Where are you going, my pretty maid? I'm going a milking, sir, she said. May I go with you, my pretty maid? You're kindly welcome, sir, she said. What is your fortune, my pretty maid? My face is my fortune, sir, she said. Then I won't marry you, my pretty maid. Nobody asked you, sir, she said. |
Subject: RE: 'Conversation' songs From: Gutcher Date: 30 Jan 18 - 05:49 AM "Annies Tryst"--- note:- try rhymes with die and the word is not trist as those who have taken the gentility would have it. |
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