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Subject: Humorous songs From: KT Date: 06 Apr 00 - 02:05 AM Hi folks! I'm looking for humorous songs which are appropriate for a very broad audience....kids to grandmas. Any suggestions? |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Magpie Date: 06 Apr 00 - 03:04 AM I don't know what kind of music you're into, but here are some Irish songs:
MAIDS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG NEVER WED AN OLD MAN You'll find some of them in the database, but not all. If you want the lyrics, just send me a personal message, and I'll give them to you. (I'd make a blue clicky thing for you if only I knew how!) Good luck from Magpie |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:03 AM FIVE FOOT FLIRT, by Cyril Tawney.. Yours, Aye. Dave |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Scabby Douglas Date: 06 Apr 00 - 08:18 AM MANYURA MANYAH.. by Matt McGinn.. In fact, most songs by Matt Mcginn Enjoy Steven C |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Crowhugger Date: 06 Apr 00 - 08:37 AM Check out the thread Folk songs appropriate for medical students. Some might not be ok for broad aud, but others, yes. You'll have to reset refresh for maybe a few weeks back unless I had the sense to trace it. If I had my wits about me, it's on my PP and I'll refresh it now. If you don't see it, it's run off with my wits! CH |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Gary T Date: 06 Apr 00 - 10:12 AM "FROG KISSIN'", written by Buddy Kalb, recorded by Chet Atkins. "MISSISSIPPI SQUIRREL REVIVAL", written by Buddy Kalb, recorded by Ray Stevens. "MARIE LAVEAU", recorded by Bobby Bare. (Helps a lot if you can reproduce the gargly scream preceding the line "another man done gone".) |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Rob-IL Date: 06 Apr 00 - 10:29 AM HOPALONG PETER is a good song for kids. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: SOMETHING IN MY SHOE (Raffi) From: GUEST,Mrrzy-at-work Date: 06 Apr 00 - 12:29 PM There is also a good one by Raffi (performed, don't know if he wrote it too) whose title I don't know, and I didn't see it in the DB. In it, someone keeps having things in their shoe, the announcement of each of which is accompanied by audience response, and the things keep getting bigger and bigger till the guy decides to go barefoot. I think it's really cute. Plus it's a memory song, where every verse you repeat the objects from the earlier verses. Here are the lyrics I remember of his (I've made up many verses, with things of greater and greater size, for between bird and locomotive):
SOMETHING IN MY SHOE
1. As I was goin' out for a walk,
2. As I was goin' to the store,
3. As I was driving in my car,
4. I went home and stood on the kitchen floor. |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Bert Date: 06 Apr 00 - 12:47 PM Don't forget the Mudcat songbook, there's dozens there. You'll find it under the quicklinks |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: kendall Date: 06 Apr 00 - 01:09 PM THE MAN WHO FELL THROUGH (The Hole in His Shoe) THREE-LEGGED MAN. Shel Silverstein I CAN'T GET OFFA MY HORSE (Morey Amsterdam.) ANGUS MACFERGUS MACTAVISH DUNDEE. ?? THE CAT CAME BACK. |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 01:22 PM My favorite humorous singer-songwriters are Lou and Peter Berryman. DigiTrad has several songs of theirs. To find them, search for "Berryman". Their web site has several more. I especially recommend "The F-Word." Don't worry - it doesn't contain the f-word - it only contains "the f-word." Got it? |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Steve Latimer Date: 06 Apr 00 - 02:08 PM Loudon Wainwright III's "DEAD SKUNK" |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Melbert Date: 06 Apr 00 - 03:12 PM MY GRANDFATHER'S FERRET
WHAT DO DOGGIES DO WHEN THEY GET BOGIES UP THEIR NOSE? (John Kirkpatrick)
ISABEL MAKES LOVE UPON NATIONAL MONUMENTS (Jake Thackray) |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Midchuck Date: 06 Apr 00 - 03:27 PM Jim Dixon sayeth: "My favorite humorous singer-songwriters are Lou and Peter Berryman. DigiTrad has several songs of theirs. To find them, search for "Berryman". Their web site has several more. I especially recommend "The F-Word." Don't worry - it doesn't contain the f-word - it only contains "the f-word." Got it?" My wife does the song. Did it once at an outdoor show and a lady comes up afterwords and complains. Thought the song was improper where there were children listening. My wife says, but, I never said "the word" - or any bad word. The lady says, yes, but what if my little kid asks what the word is? What will I tell him? My wife asked, how old is your kid? The lady said kindergarten. My wife (who is a public school teacher) said "He knows. Believe me." The lady went away mad anyway. F*** her. Peter. |
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Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: MY VERY BEST TOOTH (Dr. Seuss) From: SDShad Date: 06 Apr 00 - 03:50 PM I'm working from deeply-ingrained childhood memory here, but this is kind of a short-but-fun one that gets both kids and grownups giggling, in my experience. It was on the "Dr. Seuss Song Book" LP that we had when I was little; the album is lost to time, and perhaps my sister's record collection. :-) I'm pretty sure my memory of the words and tune are close to spot-on, but I haven't a clue the title. I'm going with "My Very Best Tooth," although it could just as easily be "In My Bureau Drawer," or some such. Enjoy.
My Very Best Tooth
I once knew a fellow who had twelve teeth
He said to me, "It is the truth And, since ya'll probably aren't going to know the tune, from the cobwebby attic of my memory:
MIDI file: verybest.mid Timebase: 192 TimeSig: 4/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: SDShad Date: 06 Apr 00 - 03:53 PM And then, there's always "MARVELOUS TOY" by Tom Paxton. Chris |
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Subject: Lyr Add: CHAPSTICKS (Peter Berryman/trad)^^ From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:02 PM CHAPSTICKS (@1992 L&P Berryman. Words by Peter, melody traditional: "Chopsticks".) Nisswa, Waseca, Wadena, Sebeca, Wayzata, Zumbrota, Moorhead, Minneota, Ceylon, Ely, Waverly, Sheridan, Shakopee, Sleepy Eye, Eveleth, Albert Lea. St. Cloud, St. Clair, St. James, St. Michael, St. Paul, St. Peter, St. Anthony, New Hope, Newport, New Prague, New London, New Ulm, New Brighton, and Albany. Osseo, Cokato, Buffalo, Grand Meadow, Delano, Esko, Pengilly, Montgomery, Rochester, Royalton, Worthington, Corcoran, Bertha, Bimidji, and Harmony. Dellwood, Floodwood, Glenwood, Woodbury, And Blooming Prairie and Grand Marais, Red Wing, Blackduck, Blue Earth, Browns Valley, And Golden Valley and Silver Bay. Eagle Lake, Elbow Lake, Silver Lake Prior Lake, Heron Lake, Sturgeon Lake, Battle Lake, Big Lake, Lake Crystal, Lake Elmo, Lake City, Lake Benton, Lake Park, Minnesota Lake, White Bear Lake. Duluth, Luverne, Le Sueur, La Crescent, Cologne, Clarissa. Now who'd we miss? Goodhue, Goodview, Fairfax, Good Thunder, Belle Plaine, Bellaire, Minneapolis. Brooten and Brainerd and Marble and Maynard, Edina, Mankato, Lake Woebegon (Ha ha), Maplewood, Mapleton, Maple Lake, Maple Plain, Maple Grove, Mable, and on and on. --- Note: all the towns mentioned (except one) are real towns in Minnesota. @humor @city @midwest JTD ^^ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE DOG OF TIME (Peter & Lou Berryman)^^ From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:08 PM THE DOG OF TIME (@1994 L&P Berryman. Words by Peter, music by Lou.) The dog of time is growling now and leans upon my chest. He whines and howls and paws my face and chews my paisley vest. He barks to wake the dog of death asleep upon the sill, Who hasn't barked an answer yet but soon someday he will. And then the dog of night arrives with all his friends, it seems, The dog of peace in limbo and the dog of broken dreams. And from behind the La-Z-Boy the dog of all regret Appears beside the drowsy dog of overwhelming debt. The Doberman of entropy is drooling in the gloom, And, slinking through the vestibule, the Wiener Dog of doom. The Labrador of loneliness is looking doubly bleak. The Poodle of depression licks the Pekinese of pique. The Newfoundland of nihilism paces in the hall. The Setter of procrastination leans against a wall. The Terrier of terror and the Rottweiler of rot Grow skittish while the mutt of life is shedding on the cot. The St. Bernard belligerence is trembling in a chair. The Corgi of confusion smells the tension in the air. The mangy Chow of gluttony is hungry for a fight. The Pit Bull of apocalypse is howling in the night. By hook or crook I get 'em all to settle down a spell. They aren't all asleep but they're unwinding, I can tell. I need to settle down myself and think I have a chance, When through the open window jumps the kitty of romance. @humor @dog @aging JTD ^^ Hey, everybody, look what a great job Jim did of formatting these songs for the Digital Tradition. Thank you very much, Jim! |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HERE'S LOUIE WITH THE SPORTS (Berryman)^^ From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:12 PM HERE'S LOUIE WITH THE SPORTS (@1992 L&P Berryman. Words by Peter, music by Lou.) The Braves trounced the Cubbies 11 to 7, While Montreal stomped on St. Louis again. The Phillies were monsters and tore up the Pirates, While New York was annihilated by Houston in ten. The Red Sox kicked hinder and beat up on Baltimore, Knocking them senseless by 7 to one. Texas shot holes in the torso of Cleveland And left them for the undertaker in the afternoon sun. The Angels were coated with jam by the Tigers And stretched across anthills of African ants. The Yankees tied rats to the tongues of the Twins And poured wood ticks and tarantulas down the fronts of their pants. The Reds pulled the skin off the Giants on Tuesday And boiled their brains in a cauldron of lye. The Dodgers descended like napalm on puppies And left San Diego whimpering and begging to die. The Blue Jays put bombs in the cars of the Yankees And burned down their houses and tortured their wives. The Royals injected the Tigers with Drano And gave them appendectomies with serrated knives. Oakland sandpapered the gums of Seattle And dug out their eyes with a rusty old spoon. The Brewers put chains on the White Sox's children And dragged them through Chicagoland on Sunday at noon. @humor @sport @baseball JTD ^^ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: ORANGE COCOA CAKE (P & L Berryman)^^ From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:15 PM ORANGE COCOA CAKE (@1993 L&P Berryman. Words by Peter, music by Lou.) Hello, Joanie, this is me. Say, I found that recipe For Orange Cocoa Cake, so, Joanie, get a pencil quick because Can you believe I'm by myself? Al's at work. The kids are out. They're playing house, all three of them! They're all out on the deck. One-half cup unsweetened cocoa. One-half cup of boiling water. Quarter cup of butter and a quarter cup of shortening. Two cups Sugar, one-eighth teaspoon salt. Teaspoon of vanilla. One and One-half teaspoons baking soda. 'Scuse me just a sec. Dave, dear! I'm right over here. Would you like some crackers and baloney? Are you having fun? Don't get too much sun. Please excuse me while I talk to Joanie. Two eggs, Joanie. David! David! Crackers dear, not malted milk balls. In the cupboard. Joanie, one cup buttermilk or sour milk. One and three-fourths cups unsifted... Ring baloney in the fridge! Unsifted general purpose... David! Did you really check? One and three-fourths cups unsifted general-purpose flour, Joanie. There I finally got it out! Okay, David malted milk balls. Only five though! Three-fourths teaspoon grated orange peel. A quarter Teaspoon orange extract. Uh-oh, 'scuse me just a sec. Liz! Ben! I'm here in the den. Would you like some crackers and baloney? Are you having fun? Don't get too much sun. Please excuse me while I talk to Joanie. Joanie, one more eighth teaspoon of... Lizzie, what's the matter, dear? Baking soda, Joanie. Lizzie! Don't hit Benjie! That's uncalled-for. That's okay, Ben. Joanie, three more tablespoons of buttermilk or Sour milk. Oh, come here, Liz! What's that on your neck? Now, don't worry, Liz, it's only one real tiny tick. Someone... David! Go and get the tweezers! Joanie, maybe... In the bathroom! Joanie, maybe we should... Ben, don't cry! Have one more malted milk ball. Lizzie, mom'll be right there, but...'Scuse me just a sec. (Double time:) Really gotta go, Joan, see about a tick, we're Gonna have a party with the neighborhood kids. Then Lizzie has to go to an appointment at eleven an' I'm Takin' Benjie too because we have to buy a costume. He's in a play tomorrow over at the church. Isn't it tomorrow, Benjie? Benjie! Wheredja go? Lizzie, Isn't Benjie gonna play a piece o' pie tomorrow? I Remember now, a pumpkin pie. Lizzie can't go. There's a party in the park for all the People with pets. Well, you know she gotta go to that, and Daddy gonna take her and the kitty in the Chevy. After That we have to reconnoiter over at the Big Boy. I gotta go, Joan. By the way, d'ja'ever recon- Sider gettin' married? Havin' children of your own? Turn the television down. Your mother's on the telephone. Call you back, Joan, toodle-oo. @humor @food @children @family @telephone JTD ^^ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: PUSHING SPRING TANGO (P & L Berryman)^^ From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:19 PM PUSHING SPRING TANGO (©1994 L&P Berryman. Words by Peter, music by Lou.) It isn't forty-four degrees. There is no green yet in the trees. It may be March, but even so, There's still a foot of snow. Tonight it's gonna freeze. What green there is, is in her thumb As her seed catalogs have come. She can take those five-below nights. As long as she has grow-lights, Her life is not so glum. (Chorus:) Don't try to tell her she has to wait for robins to sing. Don't ever say she's jumping the gun by pushing the spring. She'll wave a dirty trowel and say, "So what if I do? If you had spent your life in Wisconsin, you'd push it too." You could try wooing her with wine, Although you'll have to stand in line Behind a tuber in a tub, An ornamental shrub, And cuttings off a vine. Don't bring her poems of romance, But know the names of all her plants. Don't buy a diamond to surprise her, But bring some fertilizer, And you may stand a chance. (Chorus) Now you are nothing in her eyes If you don't photosynthesize. If you have leaves instead of hair, Then you may get somewhere. I doubt it otherwise. Don't bother opening your shirt. Unless you're green, she doesn't flirt. She will ignore your conversation. Her mind's on germination. Her heart is in the dirt. (Chorus) @humor @garden @courtship @spring JTD ^^ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: SCIENCE MARCHES ON (P & L Berryman)^^ From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:21 PM SCIENCE MARCHES ON (@1996 L&P Berryman. Words by Peter, music by Lou.) (Lou:) The lake dries up and the sun goes down and the rose grows old and dies. The cyclone hits like a wall o' bricks and the swelling rivers rise. The wolf's right there with a deadly glare in the lair of the newborn fawn. Draught kills trout and stars burn out but science marches on. (Peter:) Drive through CAT-scan, fax on the belt, modem in a wristwatch, Naugahyde pelt. Non-fat lard cake, Bible on a chip, parabolic smelloscope, freeze-dried dip. Laser eye surgery, fusion in jars, paperless government, driverless cars. CD-ROM phone book, edible earth, motherless fatherless Petri-dish birth. (Lou:) The eyeballs fail and the backbone bends and the hair's no longer brown. The big ears flap and I need a nap and I think I'll go lie down. I draw the shades as the future fades and the past is nearly gone. Your friends all croak and you're old and broke but science marches on. (Peter:) DNA Tinker-Toys, clone polliwog, hydroponic parsley, virtual dog. HDTV, antigrav skis, ultrasound tooth brush, Teflon trees. Teleport phone booth, cyborg brain, vertical take-off passenger train. Moneyless megamall, microchip checks, wireless digital cellular sex. (Both (alternate phrases:) Ten-year ice cube, time-travel shorts, subatomic pinball, submarine sports. Deep-space billboard, smoking vaccine, sugarless low-cal soylent green. Prozac Automat, phaser in a pen, light-emitting overcoat, sensitive men. Internet fern bar, humanoid squids, 88-gigabyte floptical kids. Black-hole trashcan, moon-crater home, automatic washcloth, self-propelled comb. Sensor in the brain pan, feelavision set, flyaway Chevrolet camper-van jet. Interactive oleo, La-Z-Boy shoes, autofocus windowpane, remedial blues. Self-clean condo, Astroturf shrub, flashback epiphany afterlife club. @humor @science JTD ^^ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE SPECULATOR (Lou & Peter Berryman)^^ From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:23 PM THE SPECULATOR ^^ (@1992 L&P Berryman. Words by Peter, music by Lou.) (Lou sings everything except that which is bracketed [like this], which Peter sings.) We're never ever bored when we're ridin' in the Ford, 'Cause we have a Speculator on the dash. It doesn't pay the bills or assist you up the hills, And it isn't gonna save you if you crash. But when you pass a dairy now and then, And find that you are wondering again What's that little shack by the barn around the back, You can turn the Speculator up to ten. [Could it be a shed where the farmer keeps a bed For the guy who comes to help him with the cows?] Betcha it's a shop with a grinder and a strop For the day they hafta sharpen up the plows. [A shanty for the pluckin' of the duck,] Or where they turn the cattle into chuck, [Or where they find the mule when it's time to go to school And the farmer's havin' trouble with the truck,] (Both:) Or where they find the mule when it's time to go to school And the farmer's havin' trouble with the truck. --- Nothin' really like a jalopy on the pike With the rattle of the window in the door, With the whining of the wheels and the radio spiels And the clatter of the clutter on the floor. Then we hear a chuckle from the hood. Somethin' isn't workin' like it should. We may have to walk, but, judgin' from the talk, The Speculator's workin' pretty good. [Maybe it's the link from the pedal on the blink Comin' off enough to wiggle and to clunk.] Maybe it's the choke, [Or the heating coil broke,] Or there's someone entertaining in the trunk. [Maybe it's a carburetor fire Burning insulation off a wire] I think a chunk o' rust could 'a' twisted in a gust And be rubbin' on the rubber of the tire. (Both:) I think a chunk o' rust could 'a' twisted in a gust And be rubbin' on the rubber of the tire. --- When you're on the plains in the Colorado rains Or you're drivin' to Bemidji in the snow, When you're headed north from Chicago on the Fourth And a Winnebago's holdin' up the show, Conversation God-almighty dull, Absolutely nothin' in the skull, You can drive to the equator if you have a Speculator And you flip it on whenever there's a lull. ['Zat a chip o' wood in the middle of the hood,] Or a chicken enchilada for an elf? [Maybe it's a gob from the chin of Uncle Bob Who is not a man to keep it to himself.] Maybe it's a serviette for birds, [A glossary of itty-bitty words.] Maybe it's a tuffet where a hurried little muffet Lost her whey when she was leavin' with the curds. (Both:) Maybe its a tuffet where a hurried little muffet Lost her whey when she was leavin' with the curds. --- When you're nearly hit by a yuppie little twit With his godforsaken noggin on the phone, Swervin' in your lane goin' ninety in the rain, In a cloud of Amaretto and cologne, You feel the anger in you go to work. Maybe now's the time to go berserk. Before you pop a vessel, let the Speculator wrestle With another way of lookin' at the jerk. [Maybe he's a shrink with a patient on the brink And he's rushing there while tryin' to talk him down.] Maybe he's aware there's a toxin in the air And he's off to warn the people of the town. [Someone in the family could be sick.] His daughter hit his mother with a brick. [His dog has got the rabies] or his wife is having babies, (Both:) Though the odds are in your favor he's a prick. @humor @travel @car JTD ^^ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: WHY AM I PAINTING THE LIVING ROOM?^^ From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 06 Apr 00 - 06:26 PM WHY AM I PAINTING THE LIVING ROOM? (©1988 L&P Berryman. Words by Peter, Music by Lou.) (Lou:) Holes in the ozone the size of Brazil, Barges of trash in the chewable breeze, Pools of industrial wasteland paté, Sulfur dioxide dissolving the trees, Pretty soon it will all end with a boom. Why am I painting the living room? (Peter:) I have the whole day off Cause it's a Saturday. There is a bluegrass band Somewhere along the bay. Look at the lilacs bloom. Why am I painting the living room? (Lou:) A pinhead evangelist pays for his sin With a five-dollar fine for a black-collar crime. Kingpins of industry knowingly nod. Just like Lake Erie they're twelve percent slime. They wink at the president too I assume, And here I am painting the living room. (Peter:) I hear the bluebird sing. Don't let the day go by. Look at the blossoms blow Over the blue, blue sky All with a wild perfume, And here I am painting the living room. (Both (repeated as per melody):) Why am I painting the living room? (Lou:) Ah, yes, I can see how my tombstone will read: "Here lies someone of exceptional worth. Though she did not do a lot for her kind, Or help hold together this crumbling earth, Here lies a woman they're saying of whom, Sure had a good-looking living room." @humor @politics @house @home JTD ^^ |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Pixie Date: 06 Apr 00 - 08:01 PM Cheryl Wheeler's "I Can't Watch TV" (I think that's the title) from "Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" CD...fit for all audiences, short and fun. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: DIRTY SOCKS (Erick Traplin)^^ From: Mister Dressup Date: 06 Apr 00 - 08:25 PM There's a really neat song I've heard by a Canadian children's entertainer named Erick Traplin. DIRTY SOCKS As recorded by Erick Traplin on "Behind My Attic Door" (1993)
Now my big brother works on the farm, baling straw and hay,
Now early next morning he takes those socks and puts them on again.
CHORUS: Don't make me smell your dirty socks; you've been wearing them all week.
Well, he wears them out all week long and the smell keeps getting stronger.
SPOKEN: Aw, get 'em out o' my face, man! They stink! It better be a good show!
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Subject: Lyr Add: SWEET VIOLETS^^^ From: Mark Cohen Date: 06 Apr 00 - 10:44 PM Jim, thanks for the Berryman songs. I just sent Chapsticks to my stepson in St. Paul. I've always been partial to "Your State's Name Here". And Anita Silvert once wrote a last verse to "A Chat With Your Mother" (a/k/a The F-Word Song) that goes: There are mothers who have had it with the screaming and the whining "All our toys are broken and there's nothing left to do" It's been raining for three weeks, the same flu bug is still among us... It's from *me* I would expect to hear the F-word, not from you! My kids have always liked this song, that I learned from a Sing Along With Mitch album long ago. No idea who wrote it, or how to post the tune. As usual, I forgot to check the DT before starting this post... Sweet Violets There once was a farmer who took a young miss In back of the barn and he gave her a Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs And told her that she had such beautiful Manners that suited a girl of her charms A girl that he wanted to take in his Washing and ironing and then if she did They could get married and raise lots of Sweet violets, sweeter than all the roses Covered all over from head to toe Covered all over with Sweet violets The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop And she called her father and he called a Taxi and got there before very long Cause someone was doing his little girl Right for a change and so that's why he said If you marry her son, you're better off Single cause it's always been my belief Marriage will bring a man nothing but Sweet violets... The farmer decided he'd wed anyway And started in planning for his wedding Suit which though it cost him only one buck He soon found out he was fresh out of Money and so he was left in the lurch Standing and waiting in front of the End of the story which just goes to show All a girl wants from a man is his Sweet violets... Aloha, Mark ^^^ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE SCOTSMAN^^^ From: Kelida Date: 06 Apr 00 - 11:28 PM Anything by "Weird Al" Yankovic (if you can get permission of course). But also. . . THE SCOTSMAN
A Scotsman clad in kilt left the bar one evening fair
Later on two young and lovely girls just happened by,
They crept up to the sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be
They marveled for a moment then one said we'd best be gone
The Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled toward a tree HTML line breaks added in place of "/b/". --JoeClone, 28-Jun-02. |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Mrrzy Date: 06 Apr 00 - 11:48 PM The Elements by Tom Lehrer. No, I don't know the lyrics, but I bet they're in the DB. Also something I've heard Pete Seeger do, starting Alligator hedgehog anteater bear that just names animals on and on...[BESTIARY (PARTIAL)] I've been trying to memorize that one for years. All I do is chime in with the last 3 animals after Pete prompts me with the first of each line. |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Mrrzy Date: 07 Apr 00 - 12:01 AM I heard a friend sing these, no idea if they have real authors:
THE LARGE, DARK AARDVARK SONG and
VINTER IN THE VALLEY GREEN. Note that Vinter is not a typo. |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: KT Date: 07 Apr 00 - 01:43 AM Wow!! Thanks for all the great ideas!! Now...to set about the task of finding and learning the melodies!!! |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: reggie miles Date: 07 Apr 00 - 11:53 AM Nervous Norvus wrote and recorded "APE CALL" sometime in the fifties. The kids seem to like the part with the Tarzan-like yell, especially if you get them to yell along. I suppose it wouldn't hurt the grandmas to flex their vocals on this one either. I have had entire rooms full of people ape calling along with me. It's a beautiful thing. |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Bert Date: 07 Apr 00 - 12:03 PM There's THE HIPPOPOTAMUS SONG. Oh and Pixie just mentioned Cheryl Wheeler. Her "POTATO SONG" is a must.
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: pastorpest Date: 07 Apr 00 - 06:10 PM Two I really like and use are both on the digitrad: THE E-RI-E CANAL, and The THE RHYME OF THE CHIVALROUS SHARK |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Eluned Date: 08 Apr 00 - 12:36 AM You really should consider "SHAVING CREAM"; you probably already know it, the grandmas will know it and can sing along, and the kids will love it! |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Eluned Date: 08 Apr 00 - 12:40 AM Oh, yeah, this from the peanut gallery; "FISH HEADS", the one that goes "Fish Heads, F H, roly-poly fish-heads: Fish-heads, F-h, eat em' up yum!" It's yucky so the kids'll like it, and it's clean. BTW, anyone know who did this one?? |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Kelida Date: 08 Apr 00 - 12:47 AM I LOVE that song, but I don't know if there's an author for it. BTW, when I was in middle school I knew a guy who's last name was Fish, so my friends and I always sang this song around him. . .I don't think he thought it was as funny as we did. . . |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Sailor Dan Date: 08 Apr 00 - 03:29 AM A humourous Irish song that I have always like is the story of FINNEGAN'S WAKE. Someone who is a singer told me it's tricky to learn. I don't sing, (the world thanks me) but I do get a kick out of that one |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Sailor Dan Date: 08 Apr 00 - 03:53 AM By the way the words to Finnegins Wake is in the Data Base above. |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: vindelis Date: 08 Apr 00 - 05:45 AM How about Les Barker's 'English Book of Penguin Folk Songs'? A veritable hoard of wonderful parodies. 'The weddell waddle Penguins O' being one , and 'Kissed by a Seal' being another. |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: GUEST,J Kann Date: 01 Mar 02 - 11:07 PM Does anyone have the chords for any of the above Lou and Peter Berryman songs or know where they could be found? |
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Subject: RE: Humorous songs From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 02 Mar 02 - 02:03 PM DON'T GO IN THE LION'S CAGE TONIGHT Dave Oesterreich |
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