Tune Req.

Subject: Happy songs
From: GUEST,ML
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 01:37 PM

I'm looking for some happy songs. I have The Riddle Song ( I gave my love a cherry, etc.) any others?

Subject: RE: Tune Req.
From: Kara
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 01:41 PM

Do you want your old lavvy washed down is very funny

Johnny Jump Up also happy

Subject: ADD: Farm Out West ^^
From: Crowhugger
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 03:53 PM

Farm Out West
key of G major

Verse 1

        G               G7
  Oh I had a farm out west
        C              G
  This farm it was the best!
           G                     A7                D7
  I had a wall-eyed steer with freckles and brown hair.
            G                   G7
    I had a long-legged Shanghai rooster
          C               G
  With a wart on his left ear
            G                  D7                 G C C
  Now he's died and done gone climbed the golden stair
  
  Refrain:
          C
  Oh his bill was like a toothpick
           G
  And his comb was like an axe
           A7                               D7
  He has tombstone that's a sugar hogshead sta-a-ave
           G                    G7
  All the hens they've gone on strike,
                C                   G
   They haven't laid since Saturday night
                  G             D7                G C G
  Cause they're weeping on my Shanghai rooster's grave.
  

Verse 2
No more he'll come home late
About the hour of half-past eight
Singin' "cock-a-doodle-doo" and a "Good-bye, Kate"
No more he'll dodge those red bricks
Thrown at some old tabby cat
Nor flirt with Murphy's pullets at the gate.

Refrain:
Oh no more he'll crow again
Throw his eye at some old hen
He was a masher and his middle name was Da-a-ave
All the hens they've gone on strike,
They haven't laid since Saturday night
Cause they're weeping on my Shanghai rooster's grave.


Don't know the source. Also don't know how I can give you the melody since I can't write ABC for sh!t. If you really like the words, I'll figure out the ABC. Somewhere I've kept a link to a website that explains it well.

And I just now had a sinking thought - should've checked the DT first in case they had the words with a MIDI of the tune. Ah well, just too eager to share.

CH ^^

Subject: RE: Tune Req.
From: JamesJim
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 11:23 PM

Try, "All God's Critters got a place in the Choir" & "Waltzing with Bears."

Subject: RE: Tune Req.
From: Jacob B
Date: 13 Mar 00 - 10:51 AM

I've Been Working On The Railroad is the first thing that comes to my mind.

Subject: RE: Tune Req.
From: black walnut
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 08:48 AM

perhaps you could rename this thread, ML, so it's more descriptive. suggestion: "I'm looking for Happy Songs", and then you might get more responses.

personally, i gravitate to songs in minor modes with broken hearts.

notable exceptions which spring to mind: "Another Train" by Pete Morton "The River, Mother Nature and Me" by Jenny Lester those are 2 great songs that are not about murder or rejected love. not sure i'd call them happy, though...not in the sense of 'perky-happy', anyway.

when i'm teaching children, which is my profession...then i do sing happy stuff, like "Hush little baby", "The Bear went over the Mountain", "This little birdie flaps its wings"....

~black walnut

Subject: RE: Tune Req.
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 06:34 PM

Depends on what you mean by happy songs. The 2 I do that see to get the most laughs are the Sick Note and Dead Dog Scrumpy. Johnny Jump Up mentioned above also sees to be a song that gets a good response.

Jon

Subject: RE: Tune Req.
From: Sorcha
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 06:55 PM

Happy in what way? Bouncy and fun to sing, happy endings, silly kid stuff,EZ Sing Along,----er what?
1.Froggy Went A Courtin'
2.Daisy Belle
3.Rubber Blubber Whale (hard to sing!)
4.Great Storm is Over
5.Shovelin' All Nite Long--Tom Chapin, not sure of the title
6.LOTS of Raffi stuff!
I Don't Want a Pickle--Arlo Guthrie
7.Happy Trails to You
Sidewalks of N.Y.