Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Art Thieme Date: 03 Jun 01 - 12:32 PM In Oregon there used to be a covered bridge on the road between Newport and Corvallis (off to your right when going East)---but that was 1967... (If you went West, you'd get pretty wet.) Art Thieme
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Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Walking Eagle Date: 31 May 01 - 05:09 PM Thanks for the help 'catters. Now if anyone could just provide the durn chords for these right nice tunes, this Cincinnati Reds fan would be right grateful! Guess I'll just have to get my noodle in gear and write a few songs about covered bridges. And the kissin' part as well! |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 May 01 - 11:16 PM ...and there are also many beautiful covered bridges in Oregon. I used to drive over one to visit my daughter in Vida, outside of Eugene, before my almost ex moved to Colorado. Don't know any songs about them, though... Mark |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 May 01 - 08:18 PM Steve Goodman wrote one about the Cubs...I remember hearing him do it. There was a line about "The land of the free, the home of the brave...and the doormat of the National League." Aloha, Mark |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Charley Noble Date: 16 May 01 - 08:15 PM Covered Bridges? We've sure got them in Maine but I've never heard a song about them. Guess you just don't know what you've got till it's gone. |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Murray MacLeod Date: 16 May 01 - 07:48 PM For the benefit of UK members who are reading this thread with increasing mystification, may I just explain that covered bridges are part of the New England architecural heritage. The bridges are just bridges (over rivers) with a roof built over them, and the reason for the roof is to prevent snow falling on to the bridge, so that in wintertime the bridge doesn't have to suffer the stress and strain of a snowplough clearing the way. These bridges are actually masterpieces of the carpenter's art, comparable in many ways to the carpentry found in the spires of mediaeval cathedrals. Vermont has the finest examples, but Maine has some nice ones too. Murray |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: JenEllen Date: 16 May 01 - 05:01 PM Fave baseball songs? How's about this one:
Summertime of '61, every Saturday
We listened to the radio, we watched them on TV
Chorus:
I had an uncle in New York who seemed to understand
But we girls weren't taught to throw the ball
However, can you tell me just who it is to blame
Someday I'll be in heaven or in some such place above |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Lonesome EJ Date: 16 May 01 - 04:39 PM Actually Mousethief, Childe #139 contains clear references to baseball In Sommer
In Sommer whan the sonne does shine
Withe gluves and battes they gather there
Ande Smyth the Brewer strolles the standes
And Tim the Peanutte Seller
And O The crack of batte on bol
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Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: MMario Date: 16 May 01 - 04:08 PM I'm sure there are some covered bridge songs on the levy site - if it would only come back up! |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Jacob B Date: 16 May 01 - 04:05 PM Two of my favorite modern baseball songs (which I haven't heard in a decade or two) are "Blasted in the Bleachers" and "Man, How Did We Ever Blow That Lead". As for covered bridges, I've been told (while being kissed) that it's traditional to kiss while inside a covered bridge. Surely someone's written a song about that tradition! Jacob |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Walking Eagle Date: 16 May 01 - 11:33 AM Playing baseball in a covered bridge sort of gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "hitting one into the rafters" doesn't it? I LIKE "Take Me into the Ball Game!" All laffs and parodies much appreciated! |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Blackcatter Date: 16 May 01 - 01:54 AM Hey Sorcha, For "Covered Baseball" shouldn't it be "Take Me Into the Ball Game?"
Take me into the ball game yeeeeeeshhh... |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Sorcha Date: 15 May 01 - 06:22 PM I can't believe nobody has said "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" yet! |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Noreen Date: 15 May 01 - 05:42 PM For category 1. I can only think of The Bridges of Madison County *sigh* but can't think of any relevant songs, sorry. |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Blackcatter Date: 15 May 01 - 01:13 PM Sorry Walking Eagle - we were having a bit of fun with your request - it sounded odd to me to ask for two radically different subjects in the same thread. Good luck finding covered bridge songs - I can't imagine I've ever heard of one. Sophocleese: Maybe a "dark" ale could sponsor the game - you know - to sort of play on the mystery of the ale. I wonder what the teams' names would be? The Hartford Bridgemasters The Boston Underwraps The Manchester Mystery Men pax yall |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: mousethief Date: 15 May 01 - 12:50 PM Right Field W/M by Willy Welch, copyright 1986 Playing Right Music
Saturday summers, when I was a kid
CHORUS:
Playing right field can be lonely and dull CHORUS (whistle a variation of Take Me Out To The Ballgame...)
Off in the distance, the game's dragging on,
Here in right field, it's important you know. |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: mousethief Date: 15 May 01 - 12:50 PM Actually that's a stupid question, isn't it? Baseball isn't old enough to have child ballads written about it! For songs in the DT, click here Tom Paxton has 3 I know of; all 3 are in the DT: "The Baseball Kids"; "The Monkeys' Baseball Game" which is a kids song and a lot of fun, and "My Favorite Spring" which is sort of sentimental but very nice. PPM do a song called "Right Field" -- lyrics here and in the next message. Bob Bennett has a very nice song called "A Song About Baseball" which is really about his relationship with is dad, using baseball as the vehicle. I've posted it here before; click here. Indeed this was a whole thread about baseball songs; you might want to have a glance at that thread! Hopefully this will get you started; if you want anything more specific, maybe you can tell us what you have in mind (songs about playing baseball, watching baseball, playing shortstop, etc.). I don't know any songs about covered bridges; sorry. Alex |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: mousethief Date: 15 May 01 - 12:10 PM Baseball songs are a lot easier than covered bridge songs, at least in this part of the country. Do you want traditional songs or are modern compositions also welcome (sorry I should have asked this with my first question!) Alex |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Walking Eagle Date: 15 May 01 - 12:08 PM Seperate subjects please. 1. Covered bridges. 2. Baseball. Treat 1 and 2 as SEPERATE ( but equal ) subjects. |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Noreen Date: 15 May 01 - 08:16 AM Obviously an American pastime- I won't go there! :0) (We're not being much help to the pedestrian avian, are we?) Noreen |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: sophocleese Date: 15 May 01 - 08:01 AM It could be a mystery sport. Two teams disappear into the covered bridge, you hear the thwack of bats hitting the ball, the crash of the ball hitting the walls, thuds as players run around, ocassionally a ball trickles slowly out one end or the other of the bridge, or a bat comes flying out. At last the two teams emerge again, stinking a little of some alcoholic beverage and announce the winner. Suspiciously they seem to have real battle on their hands as the wins go strictly back and forth on a game by game basis....Hmm, could be fun to arrange, who could you get to sponsor it? |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: Blackcatter Date: 14 May 01 - 01:13 PM Maybe this is the Non-New Englander in me, but I think it'd be fun to try to play baseball in a covered bridge - of course, the fielders would have to wear a bit more protective equipment beyond a cup - ricochetting (sp?) hits off the ceiling and walls. But except for behind the plate you wouldn't have to worry about foul balls. Not much room for spectators, though. |
Subject: RE: covered bridges and baseball From: mousethief Date: 14 May 01 - 12:10 PM Do you mean the song has to be about BOTH covered bridges AND baseball, or would you take songs JUST about covered bridges that don't mention baseball, or just about baseball that don't mention covered bridges? Alex |
Subject: covered bridges and baseball From: Walking Eagle Date: 14 May 01 - 10:57 AM Anybody know of any folk songs dealing with covered bridges and baseball? I would appreciate as much info as you can provide, titles, chords and stuff. Thanks! |
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