Subject: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 10 Sep 16 - 03:16 PM I am surprised not to see a thread on this already. "And she went raving mad" is a line from The Bold Fisherman. (Earlier: Says she, I'll go mad... Then, she's right.) Others? |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: cnd Date: 10 Sep 16 - 04:00 PM Nobody's Business What I Do -- a pretty well-known bluegrass song. Of course, I'm somewhat joking, but the stanza "Some day I'll wake up crazy / kill my wife and save my baby" (sometimes sung as "shoot the baby" depending on the version) seems pretty crazy to me. And of course there's millions of country songs where breaking up with their ex leads to depression/insanity or doing insane things. One of the most unique ones I can think of is "Water's So Cold" by Stonewall Jackson. But I'd be cautious mixing insanity with depression. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: oldhippie Date: 10 Sep 16 - 07:37 PM "Psycho" - Leon Payne, also called "Do You Think I'm Psycho, Mama. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST Date: 10 Sep 16 - 07:52 PM Interesting examples - but they all convey a negative stereotype, in different ways. I wonder if there are many songs written about the struggles, the strength and the courage of people living their lives with mental health problems? And of those that they share their lives with? If not, maybe we should write some! |
Subject: Lyr Add: TWISTED (Annie Ross/Wardell Gray) From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Date: 10 Sep 16 - 08:27 PM Well... it's not folk music, but... TWISTED (m. Wardell Gray, w. Annie Ross, 1949, 1952) My analyst told me That I was right out of my head The way he described it He said I'd be better dead than live I didn't listen to his jive I knew all along That he was all wrong And I knew that he thought I was crazy but I'm not Oh no My analyst told me That I was right out of my head He said I'd need treatment But I'm not that easily led He said I was the type That was most inclined When out of his sight To be out of my mind And he thought I was nuts No more ifs or ands or buts Oh, no. They say as a child I appeared a little bit wild With all my crazy ideas But I knew what was happening I knew I was a genius... What's so strange if you know That you're a wizard at three I knew that this was meant for me I heard little children Were supposed to sleep tight That's why I drank a fifth of vodka one night My parents got frantic Didn't know what to do But I saw some crazy scenes Before I came to Now do you think I was crazy I may have been only three But I was swinging They all laughed a A. Graham Bell They all laughed at Edison And also at Einstein So why should I feel sorry If they just couldn't understand The reasoning and the logic That went on in my head I had a brain It was insane So I just let them laugh at me When I refused to ride On all those double-decker buses All because there was no driver on the top My analyst told me That I was right out of my head But I said dear doctor I think that it's you instead 'Cause I have got a thing That's unique and new It proves that I'll have The last laugh on you 'Cause instead of one head I got two And you know two heads are better than one [Annie Ross, Annie Ross Sings, Prestige, prEP 1301, 1952, trk. A1, ©Prestige Music] Trivia: Comedy duo Cheech & Chong sit in as the bandmate skeptics on Joni Mitchell's 1974 cover. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,HiLo Date: 10 Sep 16 - 08:52 PM Still I sing Bonny boys bedlam boys are Bonny, for they all go bare And live by the air And they want no drink no money. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: ketchdana Date: 11 Sep 16 - 01:03 AM Would either of these qualify? Chuck Pyle -- (I am trapped on the) Inside My Face https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7zY0N-5kq4 Lou and Peter Berryman -- Artiste Interrupted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRaWEOwLveU I assume you're not looking for songs about the current (US) political insanity. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: robomatic Date: 11 Sep 16 - 07:44 PM Painting flowers on the wall That don't bother me at all Playing solitaire 'til dawn With a deck of fifty-one. . . and... They're Coming To Take Me Away by Napoleon XIV and this gem I got off Dr. Demento in the 80s: Back in World War Two he got a bullet in his brain And now all that ex-GI can do is to exclaim Gary Cooper Gary Cooper Gary Cooper Movie Movie Movie Movie Movie Five Five Five Yep He had two children that he brought up by himself They loved their daddy more than anybody else He taught them how to run and how to swim and walk He taught them how to do the monotone talk Well you can ask him what his name is You can ask him how's the weather You can ask him what's the capital of France and all he'll say is |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Gurney Date: 11 Sep 16 - 09:00 PM English (Trad?) Mad Tom of Bedlam. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,Mark Bluemel Date: 12 Sep 16 - 05:25 AM Crazy Man Michael? Though that's more about grief really. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: mkebenn Date: 12 Sep 16 - 09:21 AM "Excitable Boy", Zevon's rather jolly take on the subject. From a lot of his work, his hinges were a tad loose, but I loved him dearly. Mike |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,eoín Date: 12 Sep 16 - 11:24 AM County Down, Northern Ireland traditional ballad 'Killeavey's Pride' verse thirteen (of fourteen) Now Willie's poor heart it was broke, he went to sea once more, And vowed he'd ne'er in all his life, would come to Newry shore. Young Mary's conscience it being struck, she turned stark mad at last, And died a victim to false love, in the asylum near Belfast. Taken from the book 'Songs of the County down' Eoín |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Rumncoke Date: 12 Sep 16 - 02:24 PM 'Young Edwin' so many a day she passed away and tried to ease her mind Crying oh my friends my love is gone and I am left behind Then Emma broken hearted was to bedlam forced to go Where her shrieks were for young Edwin who ploughed the lowlands low |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Elmore Date: 12 Sep 16 - 06:54 PM I'm pretty sure Sweet William and Barbara Allan are certifiable. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Jim Dixon Date: 12 Sep 16 - 11:38 PM The Chicken Chokers' "Looking for Money" seems to describe a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. David Bromberg's "Someone Else's Blues emphasizes the paradoxical nature of depression. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Charlie Baum Date: 13 Sep 16 - 12:01 AM The Lunatic Asylum, which I first heard from the incomparable late Rick Lee. --Charlie Baum |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Charlie Baum Date: 13 Sep 16 - 12:09 AM And a couple of previous Mudcat threads on the subject: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10359 and http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=89883 --Charlie Baum |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Gurney Date: 13 Sep 16 - 12:35 AM Outside a lunatic asylum I was breaking stones When a lunatic popped up his head; said "Good morning Mr. Jones. How much do you get for doing that?" "Four pounds a week." I cried Well, he shook his hair, and nodded his head, and this to me replied. "Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside! I thought you'd have a bit more sense! Working for a living? Take my tip. Act bloody silly and become a lunatic. You get your meals quite regular, and a brand-new suit besides What? Four kids to keep on four quid a week? Come inside you silly bugger, come inside!" From a medley sung by Mike Harding. |
Subject: Lyr Add: THROUGH MOORFIELDS From: Jim Carroll Date: 13 Sep 16 - 03:31 AM THROUGH MOORFIELDS 'Twas through Moorfields I wandered, by myself all alone; I head a maid in Bedlam a-making her sad moan; She was wringing of her tender hands and a-tearing of her hair, Crying 'O cruel parents, you have proved to me severe.' It's all through my own true love, a 'prentice lad, you know; And he was pressed to go to sea, which proved my overthrow; Which caused me sadly to lament and turned my poor brain Crying, O shall I ever see my own true love again. It was early the next morning, this young sailor came on shore. He walked and he talked down longside by Bedlam door, And he gave unto the porter a broad piece of gold Saying 'Bring that young girl to me, she's the joy of my soul.' He took her from her strawy bed and set her on his knee Saying, 'I am that same young man your parents pressed to sea; But now my cares are gone and all my sorrows they are fled; Then adieu unto these cold chains and this cold strawy bed.' Last verse of Constant Farmer's Son Those villains soon, they owned the guilt and for the same did die. The doctors got their bodies for to practice by. But Mary's thoughts both night and day on her dead love did run. In the madhouse cell poor Mary dwells for her constant farmer's son. Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Georgiansilver Date: 13 Sep 16 - 06:55 AM Not Folk but I do remember this!! They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! [Lyrics] |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Jack Campin Date: 13 Sep 16 - 08:07 AM Songs about madness were seen as an English specialty in the 18th century. Matthew Lewis's "Crazy Jane" (tune: Fy gar rub her o'er with straw) is from the end of that period. Stereotypical - woman goes mad after being abandoned by a lover. The problem with making a more realistic song about psychosis is that you want a song to have a meaningful story, and madness is not meaningful. The sort of delusions and muddled thoughts schizophrenics suffer from don't go anywhere - they just make normal life impossible. And the emotional extremes of bipolar disorder don't emerge from real-world situations with any sort of logic. I could imagine a song about having to deal with madness in a loved one, though - like what "The Dutchman" does with dementia. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: henryclem Date: 13 Sep 16 - 12:27 PM I did write a song (which I still sing on occasions) about the Victorian painter, Richard Dadd, who famously spent most of his life in Bedlam & Broadmoor after killing his father. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,Desi C Date: 13 Sep 16 - 12:29 PM Johnny cash's partially autobiographical song dedicated to Porter Wagoner Comitted To Parkview |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE BEDLAM BOYS / TOM OF BEDLAM From: GUEST,DTM Date: 13 Sep 16 - 05:55 PM "The Bedlam Boys" (aka Tom of Bedlam) For to see my Tom of Bedlam, 10,000 miles I'd travel Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes, to save her shoes from gravel. Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys, Bedlam boys are bonnie For they all go bare and they live by the air, And they want no drink nor money. I went down to Satin's kitchen, for to beg me food one morning There I got souls piping hot, all on the spit a turning. There I picked up a cauldron, Where boiled 10,000 harlots Though full of flame I drank the same, to the health of all such varlets. My staff has murdered giants, my bag a long knife carries For to cut mince pies from children's thighs, with which to feed the fairies. Spirits white as lightning, shall on my travels guide me The moon would quake and the stars would shake, when' ere they espied me. No gypsy slut nor doxy, shall win my Mad Tom from me I'll weep all night, the stars I'll fight, the fray will well become me. It's when next I have murdered, the Man-In-The-Moon to powder His staff I'll break, his dog I'll bake, they'll howl no demon louder. So drink to Tom of Bedlam, he'll fill the seas in barrels I'll drink it all, all brewed with gall, with Mad Maudlin I will travel. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 13 Sep 16 - 06:26 PM Psychokiller, duh. Also, you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for... |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: bobad Date: 13 Sep 16 - 06:54 PM September 4th 4 East Words and music by Bruce Murdoch. Recorded in 1970. Open the door babe You're going home You don't own your thoughts They're just out on loan Priceless like time And worthless like stone Open the door babe, you're going home Darling will go and darling will come Though she's handcuffed her hands And chained down her tongue As mountains will stand And rivers will run Darling will go And darling will come Standing outside Throwing rocks at the rain It beats getting hung By going insane Deciding the difference Between still and again Standing outside Throwing rocks at the rain |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MADMAN (Allan Taylor) From: Stewie Date: 13 Sep 16 - 11:58 PM The Madman by Allan Taylor. Al O'Donnell recorded a fine version. Allan Taylor The Madman (Allan Taylor) The madman sits inside his cell, a tiny little room No one's there to stare at him, the visitors have gone The doctor's finished making notes from the same side of the door While the madman screamed and tore his hair And threw his body on the floor The days were few and he was calm and still, and felt a little peace Mostly he was victim to his merciless disease It pushed him ever onward, ever deeper into hell And finally it broke him And he was crushed beneath the wheel The madman cannot see the light at the far end of the road His world is now his little room, he has nowhere else to go What is there behind the eyes, that always seem to stare He knows no one can help him And he's forgotten how to care The madman can't remember what he did before he came Now he's lost forever and the days are all the same The final race is over and the last game has been played And his account is duly settled But the price was dearly paid The price was dearly paid The price was dearly paid --Stewie. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Paul Reade Date: 14 Sep 16 - 02:34 AM With Brexit, Donald Trump etc. there's enough insanity on the world without singing about it as well |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: matt milton Date: 14 Sep 16 - 08:25 AM I've been singing 'Rambling Robin' a lot recently and it has struck me that it could be seen as about madness, in an oblique sort of way. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Thomas Stern Date: 14 Sep 16 - 08:52 AM Insanity Comes Quietly To The Structured Mind - Janis Ian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oDkJw09XrY |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Elmore Date: 14 Sep 16 - 10:56 AM How about "Jesus in the Asylum" by David Massengill? |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,Wm Date: 14 Sep 16 - 11:44 PM John Reilly's Once There Lived A Captain. The captain's true love goes mad in his absence, then everyone dies: Sayin', "Your true love is not here, sir She is left us here last night, She is gone to some asylum Where she's fractured in mind." |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 15 Sep 16 - 12:42 AM Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus aka Jim Drake 1956 for DOT label (original MC posting 05 Jan, 1999 by Peter F) www.mudcat.org/Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=52094 ZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM Tooling down the highway doing 79 I'm a twin-pipe papa and I'm feelin fine Hey man dig that--was that a red stop sign- (scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle) Transfusion transfusion I'm just a solid mess of contusions Never never never gonna speed again Slip the blood to me Bud I jump in my rod about a quarter to nine I gotta make a date with that chick of mine I cross the center line--man you gotta make time- (scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle) Transfusion transfusion Oh man I got the cotton-pickin convolutions Never never never gonna speed again Shoot the juice to me Bruce My foot's on the throttle and it's made of lead But I'm a fast-riding daddy with a real cool head I'm a-gonna pass a truck on the hill ahead- (scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle) Transfusion transfusion My red corpsuckles (sic) are in mass confusion Never never never gonna speed again Pass the crimson to me Jimson I took a little drink and I'm feelin right I can fly right over everything--everything in sight There's a slow-poking cat I'm gonna pass him on the right- (scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle) Transfusion transfusion I'm a real gone paleface and that's no illusion I'm-a never never never gonna speed again Pass the claret to me Barrett A-rollin down the mountain on a rainy day Oh when you see me coming better start to pray I'm a-cuttin up the road and I'm the boss all the way- (scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle) Transfusion transfusion Oh doc pardon me for this crazy intrusion I'm never never never gonna speed again Pump the fluid in me Louie I'm burning up the highway early this morn I'm passing everybody oh nothing but corn Man outa my way I don't drive with my horn- (scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle) Transfusion transfusion Oh nurse I'm gonna make a new resolution I'm never never never gonna speed again Put a gallon in me Alan Oh barnyard drivers are found in two classes Line-crowding hogs and speeding jackasses So remember to slow down today Hey daddy-o Make that type O, huh? Atta-boy (scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle) Sincerely, Gargoyle Many you tube examples on line. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST Date: 15 Sep 16 - 07:03 AM Crazy Man Michael ? |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 15 Sep 16 - 09:47 AM The lunatic is on the grass... |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 15 Sep 16 - 10:34 AM OK, now I had to listen to that whole album. It has been a real while. What excellent music. |
Subject: Lyr Add: POOR WINDHAM From: Jim Dixon Date: 15 Sep 16 - 04:13 PM From the Bodleian broadside collection: POOR WINDHAM. Oh! What a silly row there's been, And things were very sad then. They wanted for to make, you know, A simple lad a madman Because that he could say "mowhow," [?] And when the engine started, He would cut away like one o'clock, From London to Newmarket. CHORUS: It is a shame, and what's their game? To a madhouse try to send him? Money, money, that's the thing, But they won't get over Windham. Because he led a jovial life, And squandered lots of money; Because he married a buxom wife, And made things seem quite funny; Because he ready was to ride, Whenever the engine started; Because he used to bowl at night, Up and down and round the Haymarket. Now Windham has an uncle got; They say no man is bolder. Right good pensions he has got, A poor discharged old soldier. He has sons and daughters, too, At Felbrigg Hall a-grumbling, And people say their hurts are just As hard as Norfolk dumplings. But never mind; the orphan boy Will very soon defeat them, And noble Cairns will do his best Before he's done, to beat them. He'll gain the day, mark what I say. To no madhouse shall they send him. His enemies will all be licked. They shall not conquer Windham. William Frederick Windham, (1840-1866) Charles Ash Windham, his uncle (1810-1870) Felbrigg Hall Sir Hugh Cairns, Q.C. The Great Lunacy Case of Mr. W. F. Windham (London: H. Vickers, [1862]) Summary |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Date: 15 Sep 16 - 05:58 PM Mrrzy: "What excellent music." Shine on you crazy diamond... |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 15 Sep 16 - 06:09 PM Has anybody made a musical out of Arsenic and Old Lace? "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: cnd Date: 15 Sep 16 - 06:25 PM I used to have that movie on DVD but lost the DVD somehwere along the way... still have the case, though |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 15 Sep 16 - 10:15 PM Richard Thompson - Grey Walls I took my darling down, I took my darling down To that big grey house down the lane And then the doctor said, he said "It's in her head She's never going to be right again" I kissed my love goodbye, she didn't blink an eye They took her down the hall, she never looked back at all Oh behind grey walls, somewhere there's a soul Behind grey walls, she's out of control She's crying out for help, no-one can hear O Lord have pity on her, O Lord have pity on her My darling walks the floor, my darling walks the floor She walks every minute that she can I heard my darling say, I heard my darling say That she don't know who I am Cigarette burns down her arm, said she tried to do herself harm Tied her arms in the back, trussed her up like a sack Oh behind grey walls, somewhere there's a soul Behind grey walls, she's out of control She's crying out for help, no-one can hear O Lord have pity on her, O Lord have pity on her I saw my darling's face, I saw my darling's face It looked so pale in the distance She stared out from her room into the dying gloom And I saw her poor tears glisten Pills to keep her calm, more punctures than a junkie in her arm Strapped her on the bed, seventy volts through her head Oh behind grey walls, somewhere there's a soul Behind grey walls, she's out of control She's crying out for help, no-one can hear O Lord have pity on her, O Lord have pity on her Behind grey walls Behind grey walls |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: GUEST,Bloke in Groucho mask Date: 16 Sep 16 - 03:28 AM One of the posts above spoke of widening the genre to include mental health issues per se. On that basis, the subject of dementia has been sensitively dealt with and gives awareness in many songs. Two that spring to mind that I occasionally sing are Harvey Andrews' "She Saw Him Smile" and when I was in a band, we included the excellent Elvis Costello song "Veronica." |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 16 Sep 16 - 11:19 AM In the Hills of Shiloh... yet another woman driven mad by grief. Are there any where the MAN goes mad with grief? Dementia's best is The Dutchman, I think. |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MIDDLETON OVERSEER AND THE MADMAN From: Jim Dixon Date: 17 Sep 16 - 11:14 PM From Ballads & Songs of Lancashire: Chiefly Older Than the 19th Century edited by John Harland (London: Whittaker & Co., 1865), page 263: THE MIDDLETON OVERSEER AND THE MADMAN. The following ballad is said to be founded on fact. It was taken down by Mr. Higson, as sung by John Grimshaw. Middleton is a market-town and parish, midway between Manchester and Rochdale. We have also seen it in print as an ordinary ballad-sheet. 1. It's of a clever overseer, as crafty as a mouse, sir. He brought a man from Middleton to Lancaster madhouse, sir. The overseer laughed in his sleeve, in view of speculation, But little did he think to meet with such a desolation. Right fal the ral, the raddy oh, Right fal the looral lido; Right fal the ral, the raddy oh, Right fal the looral lido. 2. When they arriv'd at Lancaster, says the madman, "We're at home, sir." They walk'd about Lancaster streets, like Darby and his Joan, sir. The madman and the overseer, they went to bed together. Says the overseer to himself, "I'll stick to him like leather." 3. Then the overseer did lie down, and the madman he did creep, sir, And by his cunning, crafty tricks, got the overseer asleep, sir. The note out of his pocket drew, which lay behind his head, sir; Got up and left the overseer quite fast asleep in bed, sir. 4. By chance he met a gentleman; says he, "Where are you bound, sir?" He says, "I'm going to take a view of Lancaster fine town, sir." Says he, "I'm an overseer; I'm come upon a cruise, sir. I've a message that I must take down to Lancaster mad-house, sir." 5. When he got to Lancaster mad-house, loudly he rang the bell, sir, And when the governor did appear, he cut a noble swell, sir. Says he, "A madman I have got; I'll show you my receipt, sir. I've had him in my custody, struggling all the neet, sir." 6. Says the lunatic, "He is so mad, perhaps he'll form a plan, sir, And when this morning we do come, he'll swear I am the man, sir; For he is so obstreperous, that no one can endure him; And when he says that I'm the man, that instant you secure him." 7. He went straight back to th' public-house, and loudly he did say, sir,— "Why, overseer, do you intend to lie in bed all day, sir?" The overseer was so alarm'd with fear beyond relation, To see the lunatic awake and free, yet full of conversation. 8. Says the overseer, "I will get up; well have a little meat, sir; And after that we'll take a walk, and look at my estate, sir." After they had breakfasted, they kindly did embrace, sir. Says the overseer, "Yonder is a most elegant place, sir." 9. Then the overseer his pockets groped, and straight began a-crying. His receipt was gone, he knew not how; it set him near a-dying. Says the overseer, "I must form a plan, all for to get him in, sir." Says the lunatic unto himself, "I wish you would begin, sir." 10. Then the overseer he rang the bell, without any further thought, sir. Says the madman to the turnkey, "This is the man I've brought, sir." They got hold of the overseer, and hauled him into the place, sir; Pull'd off his clothes, and shaved his head, and then they wash'd his face, sir. 11. Then he was so ungovernable, and kicked up such a racket, That quick they bound him hand and foot, put on him a straight-jacket. When the operation did commence, his mind was filled with stitches, And the overseer looked in their face like one with dirty breeches. 16. Says the lunatic, "I will go home, my sorrows are all over. I'm as happy now as ever cow was in a field of clover." "Where have you left the overseer?" "Where they will make him civil. I've left him in Lancaster 'sylum as mad as any devil!" 17. A note was sent immediately by the coach, the "Volunteer," sir, To get to Lancaster with speed, to release the overseer, sir; And now, poor man, at home again, his mind's full of reflection, He'll remember Lancaster mad-house to the day of resurrection. |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MANIAC (Lewis/Russell, 1840) From: Jim Dixon Date: 18 Sep 16 - 07:57 AM A copy of the sheet music is in The Levy collection: THE MANIAC. (1840) Words in part by Monk Lewis; music by Henry Russell, ©1840. Hush! 'tis the night watch; he guards my lonely cell! Hush! 'tis the night watch; hush, 'tis the night watch. Hush! Hush! He come to guard, to guard my lonely cell! He comes, he comes this way. Yes, 'tis the night watch! Yes 'tis the night watch; his glimmering lamp I see. Hush 'tis the night watch—softly he comes. Hush! Hush! No, by Heaven—no, by Heaven, I am not mad! Oh, release me—oh, release me! No, by Heaven—no, by Heaven, I am not mad! I loved her sincerely; I loved her too dearly. I loved her in sorrow, in joy, and in pain. But my heart is forsaken, yet ever will awaken The memory of bliss which ne'er will come again. Oh, my poor heart is broken—oh, my poor heart is broken! I see her dancing in the hall—I see her dancing in the hall. I see her dancing—she heeds me not. No, by Heaven, &c. He quits the grate—he turns the key. He quits the grate; I knelt in vain. His glimmering lamp still, still I see, And all, and all is gloom again! Cold, bitter cold! No life—no light. Life, all thy comforts once I had, But here I am chained this freezing night. No, by Heaven, &c. For lo! You, while I speak, Mark how yon demon's eyeballs glare. He sees me now; with dreadful shriek He whirls, he whirls me in the air. Horror! The reptile strikes his tooth Deep in my heart, so crushed and sad! Aye, laugh, ye fiends! Laugh, laugh, ye fiends! Yes, by Heaven—yes, by Heaven, they've driven me mad! I see her dancing in the hall! I—ha, ha, ha, ha ha! Oh, release me—oh, release me; she heeds me not! Yes, by Heaven—yes, by Heaven, they've driven me mad! |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 18 Sep 16 - 10:20 PM Then there is the maid from Dublin who is murdered, and the murderer "stabbed her and ripped her and cut her in three" - does that count as crazy? |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 18 Sep 16 - 10:22 PM The song about the person outside the asylum reminds me of the joke about the guy with who gets a flat outside an insane asylum... |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Joe_F Date: 18 Sep 16 - 11:02 PM I suffer from schizophrenia. It comes on me in spells. Sometimes I'm king of Armenia, And others, I'm Orson Welles. I've told my psychoanalyst That I'm a sacred cow. I'd like to carry a howdah, but I can't remember how. -- Flanders & Swann. |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: olddude Date: 18 Sep 16 - 11:28 PM https://youtu.be/5B1aX9-RxQ0 Here is one I wrote |
Subject: RE: Songs about Insanity From: Mrrzy Date: 19 Sep 16 - 03:47 PM I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying and crazy for loving youuuu |
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