Lyr ADD: Ah Goote Noodle Soup (Josef Marais)

Subject: Goote Noodle Soup Can Vonders Vork-ah
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 06:32 PM

I grew up with the Marais and Miranda live concert performance LP,
which included this song about
a mother giving her daughter the "facts of life" lecture.

On YouTube I do not find Marais and Miranda's version.
Luckily, I found a different live recording by someone I don't know,
do any of you recognize the person in this video??

Can anybody get through the Pennsylvania Dutch accent
to make out the lyrics of Ah Goote Noodle Soup?
Many thanks!

Ah Goote Noodle Soup (Can Vonders Vork-ah)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: cnd
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 07:28 PM

Confusingly, there are two albums with the exact same name, one of which contains the (original version of) the song you're searching for, and one which doesn't. Marais And Miranda In Person (Decca DL 9026) has the subtitle "Actually Recorded at Fullerton Hall, Chicago, Illinois, February 2, 1955." Funny enough, this album is available on Youtube in full. The album which you're searching for is Marais And Miranda In Person (Decca DL 9027) , which is subtitled "Actually Recorded at Fullerton Hall, Chicago, Illinois, February 7, 1955 -- Goote Noodle Soup is song B2.

Anyways, I can take a stab at transcribing it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: cnd
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 07:41 PM

You can hear the original song here, when the play bar has about 126 minutes left. (Or I can send you an mp3 of it I made to help transcribing it... scrubbing 3 minutes at a time makes transcribing hard). I'll try and write those lyrics out instead of that one, since the audio fidelity is a lot better.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 07:49 PM

This query started me down a rabbit hole looking for the list of albums from my father's estate. He also liked Marais and Miranda and I think had all of their albums. My list must be printed somewhere, I don't have it that I can find in a computer file.

I'll keep looking for the album to see if there are lyrics or liner notes.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: cnd
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 08:11 PM

Interestingly, here's a different recording from the one I'm transcribing with a different intro: link. Here's a transcription of that one, with no attempt to get the lyrical section at the very end, under the assumption it will be materially similar to the other rendition.

Italicized words are spoken.



JM: But the courting--
Rosa De Miranda: They don't know the courting, anyways.
JM: No, that's true.
RM: I mean, not the South African courting.
JM: Well I'm glad you've qualified that. Yes, this is a little unusual, because if a young man calls on a young lady, a lighted candle is placed on the table between them, and that candle is the -- let's say -- the criterion for the length of the interview, to put it that way. That means to say, by the time the candle burns out he should be gone out, too, the size of the candle varying with the popularity of the young man.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: cnd
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 08:20 PM

I regret to inform you that I was mistaken -- there's just too many PaDutch words and phrases that I just simply don't know. I'm more than happy to PM the mp3 to anyone who thinks they can take a stab at it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 09:15 PM

Toss it into a public place:

You Tube
Drop Box
Instgram
Twitter etc.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Most of my maternal roots lie in Lancaster County and I have German training ... combined with dyslexia and phonics ... this could be ... a park in the walk

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: cnd
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 09:52 PM

There ya have it - unlisted

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Jan 23 - 04:38 AM

Mark Gilston has a recording of this song, but I can't quite hear clearly enough to transcribe it:

https://fotmd.com/mark-gilston/youtube/4122/ah-goote-noodle-soup

I'll email him and ask if he can post the lyrics.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jan 23 - 03:52 PM

AH, GOOTE NOODLE SOUP

Ah ya my daughter Lizzie listen here,
It is for you today, the wedding bells zu peale.
It is for mir, the duty now, the time for you, the facts of life
A ya ya ya
The facts of live reveale.
I have in innocence you up-ge-bring.
The matter we no longer now can shirke.
Bethinks these words by day und night,
Ah goote noodle soup, Ah goote noodle soup, Ah goote noodle soup,
Can vunders vorke.

With shveet geflavored is der honeymoon.
But later can it nicht, forever always laste.
Soon plenty chores in house to do, that love's shveet dreams in little bits,
A ya ya ya
In little bits can blaste.
A man gemarried ist so often bored.
In intimacy many dangers lurke.
If he sometime your kiss ignore,
Ah goote noodle soup, Ah goote noodle soup, Ah goote noodle soup,
Can vunders vorke.

Die cutesy charms they fade like time und tide.
The shkin gets yellow soon, the chin commence zu sagge.
The back becomes in shpots too vide, und late at night the private talk,
A ya ya ya
The private talk can lagge.
He reads the papers, leaves the night light on.
You try so many things him up zu perke.
My child remember shpecially then,
Ah goote noodle soup, Ah goote noodle soup, Ah goote noodle soup,
Can vunders vorke.

Transcirbed by Mark Gilston (listen to Miranda to get the accent right).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jan 23 - 03:57 PM

JM: But the courting--
Rosa De Miranda: They don't know the courting, anyways.
JM: No, that's true.
RM: I mean, not the South African courting.
JM: Well I'm glad you've qualified that. Yes, this is a little unusual, because if a young man calls on a young lady, a lighted candle is placed on the table between them, and that candle is the -- let's say -- the criterion for the length of the interview, to put it that way. That means to say, by the time the candle burns out he should be gone out, too, the size of the candle varying with the popularity of the young man.

That's the intro to Johnny With the Bandy Legs which is a South African song - M.G.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jan 23 - 04:06 PM

It occurs to me, if anyone is having trouble understanding my transcription, let me know and I'll "translate" it into proper English. - Mark Gilston

Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 27 Jan 23 - 04:49 PM

Thank you, Danke, Mark Gilston!

Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Ah Goote Noodle Soup
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Jan 23 - 08:52 PM

And for the record, Josef Marais copyrighted the song "AH GOOTE NOODLE SOUP" in 1958.


https://archive.org/stream/catalogofcopyrig3125libr/catalogofcopyrig3125libr_djvu.txt

Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Ah Goote Noodle Soup (Josef Marais)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Jan 23 - 11:32 PM

I'm glad people were able to find it. I tracked down the LPs here and that one wasn't in the collection. In the meantime, I did find that there is a Marais and Miranda website. Admittedly, it's an ancient looking thing, but the content is what you want.

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