Lyr Req: Tanglewood Bob (Garrison Keillor)

Subject: pat donohue song about a viola player?
From: GUEST,rhona
Date: 02 Jul 01 - 09:11 PM

heard part of a song over the weekend about a guy who had to play viola because "there was nothing left". can anyone help me out with a title and lyrics for my daughter, who is a student violist? the song was hilarious!! thanks

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: pat donohue song about a viola playe
From: Sorcha
Date: 02 Jul 01 - 09:55 PM

I looked but didn't find it. I am very tired and sleepy,though, so it could be out there.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: pat donohue song about a viola playe
From: GUEST,Sorcha
Date: 02 Sep 01 - 10:19 PM

I still didn't find them, but I found contact info for Pat:
Pat Donohue
Bluesky Records
P.O. Box 40012
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104
[phone]
[e-mail]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: pat donohue song about a viola playe
From: Troll
Date: 05 Sep 01 - 09:18 PM

To the tune of: "Down In The Boondocks"
I play Viola
I play Viola
I sit in the back row and I play my Viola.
I'm not crazy
I'm not deaf,
I just play in a different clef,
Lord have mercy on a poor boy who plays the Viola.
I have no idea who wrote this. I learned it when my son played viola in the youth orchestra.

troll

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: pat donohue song about a viola playe
From: Justa Picker
Date: 05 Sep 01 - 09:49 PM

Pat Donahue's website

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: pat donohue song about a viola playe
From: GUEST,Genie
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 02:01 AM

Pat also has a wonderful parody of "Would You Like To Swing On a Star?," called, "Would You Like To Play The Guitar?"

One of the best lines is "Would You Like To Play The Guitar for a living (Har-de-har-har!)."

I wonder if he has any songs about banjo or accordion players?

Genie

Subject: Lyr Add: TANGLEWOOD BOB (Garrison Keillor)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 12:42 AM

TANGLEWOOD BOB
Words: Garrison Keillor, © 2001 Garrison Keillor
Music: traditional, RAILROAD BILL

Tanglewood Bob, Tanglewood Bob,
He never got a real summer job.
He just plays, plays, plays.

Sits in the woods, sits on the lawn,
Playin' scales all the day long.
He just plays, plays, plays.

Plays in the orchestra, second chair,
Behind a girl with long blonde hair,
And it's hey, hey, hey.

Plays his Bruckner, plays his Mozart,
Workin' away at the viola part.
Hey, hey, hey.

He plays viola. It was all that was left.
Now he's livin' in a lower clef.
It's hey, hey, hey.

Girl in front with the long blonde hair,
She's a violinist and she does not care.
It's hey, hey, hey.

She never looks back, this violinist.
She doesn't know that violas exist.
No, it's hey, hey, hey.

Tanglewood Bob sittin' in his tux,
Waiting for the day when he conducts.
Hey, hey, hey.

Standin' up front with baton in his hand,
That beautiful woman at his command.
Now it's hey, hey, hey.

Tanglewood Bob, Tanglewood Bob,
He never got a real summer job.
He just plays, plays, plays.

[As performed by Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, on A Prairie Home Companion, Saturday, June 30, 2001. Click to play.]