Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes

Subject: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: Jacob B
Date: 09 May 00 - 05:50 PM

I once heard someone sing a song, which he introduced as being about Rambling Jack Eliot (or maybe it was Rambling Conrad.) The chorus went:

He flies, he floats, he locomotes
... rigs and ..., ... horses and boats
And he's gone again
He's a most unusual
Down home beautiful
Giant of a natural
Slam-bang animal gentleman

Anybody know the rest of the words?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 09 May 00 - 07:04 PM

Jacob I hope someone does! It's a terrific song written by John Herald, one of my all time favourite artists. I couldn't figure out the lyrics from his recording.

Rick

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: Jacob B
Date: 10 May 00 - 05:52 PM

Rick, do you know who the song was written about?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 May 00 - 06:04 PM

Superman and bestiality?

Just a thought.......

Spaw

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: Jacob B
Date: 12 May 00 - 03:36 PM

I found a website for John Herald. It showed "Ramblin' Jack Elliott" as the name of a song on one of his albums. I guess that's probably the name of the song I'm asking about.

(Actually, I'm just refreshing the thread so that it can be seen by people who just sign on to the Mudcat on the weekend, but I figured I might as well add the little piece of additional information I had found while I was at it.)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 May 00 - 12:52 AM

Aw, and I thought it would be about Jesus!

Well? Maybe it could be! Can't wait to see how this ends!

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 May 00 - 10:02 AM

Last word I heard was that they crucified him Praise, but there may be late breaking news on CNN.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 May 00 - 11:26 AM

No, Spaw, there's more to the story. Stay tuned, you're bound to hear about it.

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He flies, he floats, he locomotes
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 13 May 00 - 02:47 PM

Yes, it's about Jack Elliot. Anybody know anything about the lyrics?

Rick