Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: GUEST,Phredde Date: 14 Aug 23 - 06:08 AM This from the NAAFi RAF Ahlhorn, West Germany circa 1956 Our's is not a happy family No one laughs, and no one smiles Mine's a dismal occupation Crushing ice for Grand-dads piles. Jane the Under-Housemaid vomits Every morning just on eight, To the horror of the Butler Who's the author of her fate. Aunty Jane has just aborted for the twenty seventh time, Uncle George has been deported for a most unusual crime. Life presents a dismal picture Dark and dreary as the tomb Fathers got an anal fissure Mothers in bed with a prolapsed womb Our is not a happy Family etc, etc Sung to the tune of "Deutschland über alles" preferably with a glass of beer in the right hand |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Deckman Date: 03 Oct 01 - 10:34 PM How about this one ... "I'll meet you in the Spring, If I can get through the mattress!. CHEERS, Bob |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Gareth Date: 03 Oct 01 - 04:36 PM Carefull Alex - in todays climate you might get 10 years for making Boy Scouts giggle ! Gareth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: mousethief Date: 03 Oct 01 - 12:19 PM To the tune of "if you're happy and you know it"
Oh I wish I was a little piece of orange
Oh I wish I was a little bar of soap (2x) Other verses:
Mosquito (with accent on last syllable)
Piece of glass
Bottle of pop *** That's all I remember of that one. My, the campfire memories come flooding back! "Shaving Cream" was a favorite (were there Boy Scouts who didn't listen to Dr. Demento in 1974? I don't think so!). Hmmm. ***
There were three jolly fishermen (all verses have the same structure)
The first's one's name was Abraham...
The second one's name was Ishmael...
The third one's name was Solomon...
They all went down to Amsterdam...
You shouldn't have said that naughty word... *** (Doesn't take much to make Boy Scouts giggle -- or didn't in 1974, anyway.) 'Snuffernow. Alex |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 03 Oct 01 - 12:03 PM I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart. (Saw it in a Glen Campbell song book years ago) Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Metchosin Date: 03 Oct 01 - 03:42 AM What was the song about "And all the birds fly south in their dirty underwear"? Tennessee Birdwalk?
Also along the same line, May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose. Not quite folk but definitely goofy. |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Genie Date: 03 Oct 01 - 02:29 AM To Humoresque: Passengers will please refrain from flushing toilets while the train is standing in the station, I love you, ... etc.
Mr. Red, You beat me to mentioning Mairzy Doats. It wasn't a folk song or a kids' song originally--just a popular novelty song.
2. Cowzy tweet and sowzy tweet Genie |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 03 Oct 01 - 01:39 AM Maybe the hippo in question might be regarded by others of his species as kinky? Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: CapriUni Date: 03 Oct 01 - 12:59 AM Don Firth wrote: "If you were a hippo, Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud (Flanders and Swann) might be seriously sentimental. . . . " Well, maybe... But I don't think any hippo could take the idea of a hippo "maid" combing her long hair very seriously. That might be akin to the human song:
Do your ears hang low? And besides, I'm not a hippo, so I wouldn't know ... |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Deckman Date: 02 Oct 01 - 11:30 PM GOOD GRIEF! I didn't even think of CAMP SONGS when I started this thread. Boy ... does that bring up a whole bunch of goofy songs. Can anyone remind me of the words to "Johnny Brubeck?" Oh mister, mister Johnny Brubeck, How could you be so mean, Now all the neighbors cats and dogs, Will never more be seen... |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: GUEST,chuck Date: 02 Oct 01 - 09:37 PM Used to sing this one in scout camp years ago. Only remember one verse and the refrain. Anybody know the rest?
My pappy has an airplane,
Oh, they're always in the way (Hey!) |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: mousethief Date: 02 Oct 01 - 01:59 PM Some of my favorites are the very short ones, or rather the ones that stop short. ***
The hills are alive--- ***
Make the world go away... ***
Be kind to your web-footed friends ***
One I learned on my mother's knee (folk process!):
Horse walked around with his foot on the ground
Second verse, same as the first! Ohhhhhhh...... *** Alex |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: GUEST,Melani Date: 02 Oct 01 - 01:57 PM Almost anything on "Not For Kids Only" by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. You guys have already posted about half of them. Great album! |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 02 Oct 01 - 01:45 PM Right about here<—. Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: dwditty Date: 02 Oct 01 - 01:34 PM Alan Sherman wrote a bunch - parodies really. SHel Silverstein wrote the others. |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 02 Oct 01 - 01:32 PM If you were a hippo, Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud (Flanders and Swann) might be seriously sentimental. . . . Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: CapriUni Date: 02 Oct 01 - 12:50 PM For more goofy songs, you might want to look at this thread: Speaking of which, I don't think I've *ever* heard a seriously sentimental song about an elephant or a hippo... So I wonder: are there just some subjects out there that cry out to be sung about goofily? What are some things we just cannot take seriously? |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Deckman Date: 30 Sep 01 - 07:00 PM ... Which also reminds me of the one we used to sing in the basement of the Baptist Church whenever the preacher wasn't around: Jesus on the one yard line Jesus Christ is doing fine Aren't you glad that HE is on our team |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Deckman Date: 30 Sep 01 - 06:57 PM I wonder if "Bat Goddess" knows this version? There may be flies On other guys But there ain't no flies On Jesus By the way Don, it WAS great to see an hear you. I love your accompanment for Barbara's "Braes of Yarrow." And your new guitar is choice! CHEERS, Bob |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 30 Sep 01 - 02:30 PM A bunch of us got together for a hoot at Bob (Deckman) Nelson's last night (great evening, by the way!), and this came up:--
It takes a goofy singer to sing a goofy song; Not a Child ballad, but I thought it wasn't bad for "off the top of the head." Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Willa Date: 30 Sep 01 - 09:49 AM MICHAEL FINNEGAN
A CAPITAL SHIP
CAPE ANN
TALKING NOTHING
DUNDERBUCK
OLD DAN TUCKER |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Mr Red Date: 30 Sep 01 - 07:48 AM Maresy doats and doesydoats Burl Ives. not folkie but he was. |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Bat Goddess Date: 30 Sep 01 - 01:27 AM Jim Dixon -- I heard it as: There are no flies on me, there are no flies on me, Bat Goddess |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: CapriUni Date: 29 Sep 01 - 01:24 AM Arjay -- I love that Roger Miller song! I'll just add on...
Oh, you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.
You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage,
All ya gotta do is put your mind to it -- And then, there's: Can't drive around with a tiger in your car ... Can't go fishin' in the water mellon patch ... Can't go swimming in the baseball pool ... and Can't change the film with a kid on your back ... (this is the only one that sounds like it may have come from real life ;^)) For all its goofiness, I've always found this song to be very inspirational... You can waste a lifetime dreaming of all the different things you *can't* do, or you can focus your energy on being happy with what you can.
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Subject: Lyr Add: MY WIFE LEFT TOWN WITH A BANANA From: dwditty Date: 28 Sep 01 - 08:35 PM MY WIFE LEFT TOWN WITH A BANANA My wife left town with a banana Life's a rotten deal. I found that yellow sucker a-hidin' in her purse. He's cold and hard, but he's got appeal. I hope it never happens to you. Some fruit breaks your marriage in two. My wife left town with a banana. My wife left town with a banana. Now I'm a jealous man. She found a six inch Latin love. Now she does the tango with her right hand. Right now I could just die. He's eatin' my banana cream pie. Oh, my wife left town with a banana. She slipped away. |
Subject: Lyr Add: D.U.I. From: dwp Date: 27 Sep 01 - 10:17 PM D.U.I.
Tune: Jingle Bells
Suckin' down a beer, feelin' pretty loose,
CHORUS: Oh! D.U.I., D.U.I., life is just a game.
Sliding 'round the curve in Grandma's Cadillac,
CHORUS: Oh! D.U.I., D.U.I., fearless guys are we.
Riding through the town, running every light,
CHORUS: Oh! D.U.I., D.U.I., cops are on our ass.
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Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: toadfrog Date: 27 Sep 01 - 09:35 PM Sounds a lot like "Killigrew's Soiree." Anybody recall the words to that? You can talk of Clara Nolan's ball, or anything you choose, But it could not hold a snuffbox to the spree at Killegrew's If you want your eyeballs straightened out just come along with me, You'll have to wear your glasses at the Killigrew's Soiree! There was . . .[?] |
Subject: Lyr Add: GRANNY FRASER'S FLITTIN' From: Amos Date: 27 Sep 01 - 07:13 PM Here's Jen Ellen's answer:
It was on a Monday mornin', fu' weel I mind the scene
There was airmchairs, bath-chairs, rockin' chairs as weel
There was wee pots, teapots, a pair o' wally dugs
Noo John MacNab the policeman, he cried for volunteers
An' there was face-towels, auld bowls litterin' the street
There was fur coats, porridge oats mixed up wi' the glaur
Noo Geordie Broon the blacksmith, he weighed near twenty stone
An' there was old spats, tile hats, some things I couldnae say
There was lawn-mowers, plus-fours tied on wi' a rope Warmest regards, Amos |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: GUEST,ALAN Date: 23 Sep 01 - 09:03 PM How about the "Rooster Song' It's in the data base.
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Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 23 Sep 01 - 08:33 PM COWBOY SONG Hij kwam uit de SALOON, als in een COWBOY-cartoon, zei: I'm gone very soon," gafzin paard snei een zoen want die kon er niets aan doen; hij had sporen aan zijn schoen, als een COWBOY ... Hij was vogelvri verklaard, zijn leven was veel DOLLARS waard, en met veel rumoer gepaard, besteeg hij snel zijn paard en reed weg in volle vaart en de wind blies langs zijn baard. vat geen kou, BOY ... Hij reed langs een trein, die speelde zijn. Refrein: Kedeng kedeng kedeng kedeng, kedeng kedeng, kedeng kedeng, toetoet Bij een grote kudde vee, stopte zijn paard ermee, die COWBOY dacht "O NEE!" maar een vreemdeling zei "HEY" En vroeg hem "Ga je mee, ik heb koffie, ik heb thee en cacao, BOY" ... Hij zei "Doe mij maar een kop!" en gaf zijn paard toen schop; net ontsnapt van de strop, houdt z'n paard ermee op, zijn PRUIMtabak WAS top, maar de vreemdeling zei "STOP met dat GEKAUW, BOY" ... De COWBOY kreeg een hang naar geweld, sloeg op z'n wang Zijn REVOLVER klonk toen 'PANG,' Z'n paard stong op de gang, gefrustreed kwaad en bang en ging z'n eigen gang De COWBOY werd dol; zijn paard sloeg op ho! geverfd door de wol, op zoek naar wat lol kreeg 't hoog in z'n boi en ging aan de roi in Moskou BOY! Now, isn't that the saddest thing you've ever heard? |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Mudlark Date: 23 Sep 01 - 07:09 PM Hmmmmm....the word "geezer" has always had a masculine connotation to my mind....maybe geezerette would work for me....the "strangely-acting person" certainly does. |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 23 Sep 01 - 04:13 PM I just found the following:-- WORD HISTORY: A relationship with a word we know well is disguised in the word geezer. A clue to this relationship is found in British dialect. The English Dialect Dictionary defines geezer as "a queer character, a strangely-acting person," and refers the reader to guiser, "a mummer, masquerader." The citations for guiser refer to practices such as the following: "People, usually children … go about on Christmas Eve, singing, wearing masks, or otherwise disguised," the last word of this passage being the one to which geezer is related. Case closed. Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 23 Sep 01 - 04:05 PM Classic? Vintage? That's good. After long and careful consideration, I will also answer to "Geezer." Geezerhood, I have decided, is an honorable estate. Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Mudlark Date: 23 Sep 01 - 01:15 PM To Bob....Never say "old" to an old person!!! I will admit to classic, even vintage, but NOT to antique! To bseed....thanks for posting the Horse song...in the early '60's I heard Burl Ives sing the just the verses about the whale to a different tune entirely, and have been looking for the lyrics for years.... |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Gareth Date: 23 Sep 01 - 12:02 PM No rule wot says it has to be in English is there ?
Mae bys Mari Ann wedi gwywo, Translation, and pheonetics HERE Garydd |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Sep 01 - 04:13 PM "Hopelessly Midwestern".......oughta' be a song. Interestingly enough, Karen attended her leadership training for Den Mothers today. Things have changed, but yet are still the same. I figure when and if the whole thing wears thin, I'll just tell the Pack Leader that Michael is showing gay tendencies. Spaw |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Hollowfox Date: 22 Sep 01 - 04:03 PM Thanks, 'Spaw! that's the song I asked about more than a year ago! I only hearsd it the one time, at Camp Mowana, over near Mansfield. Doesn't it figure that the answer would come form another Ohioan? Hopelessly midwestern, that's us. BTW, when I was just a slip of a foxcub, I asked my mother what "Mowana" might mean in English. She didn't hesitate at all, and told me it means "fetid swamp wherein breed malerial mosquitoes". |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Micca Date: 22 Sep 01 - 10:35 AM Deckman, the tune I heard this to is "Deutschland ,Uber alles"!!!and it fits.. words are slightly different to fit the tune, ( I include the ones that you haven also.. Life presents a dismal picture, Dark and mournful as a tomb, Father has an anal stricture, Mother has a fallen womb, . In the corner sits Jemima never laughs and rarely smiles What a dismal occupation cracking ice for granpas piles Our wee babys awfull sickly it is always having fits Every time it coughs it vomits every time it farts it shits
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Subject: Lyr Add: LIFE PRESENTS A DISMAL PICTURE From: Deckman Date: 22 Sep 01 - 05:10 AM Here's one of my favorites Dismal Picture Life presents a dismal picture, Dark and dreary as a tomb, My old man has had a rupture, Mom's in bed with a fallen womb, Mom's in bed with a fallen womb. Uncle Charlie's been castrated, That is why he seldom smiles, Oh life is a wearysome chore, Cracking ice for Grandpa's piles, Cracking ice for Grandpa's piles. Uncle Harvy's been deported, For a homosexual crime, My Aunt Martha's been aborted, For the fourty second time, For the fourty second time. This is sung to a Bach fugue. Playing a nice classical guitar accompanyment with it lets you get away with it in some outrageous places. CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 22 Sep 01 - 03:16 AM This goofy song has a serious background: boys eight or ten years old worked in mines driving coal wagons pulled on tracks by mules: MY SWEETHEART'S A MULE IN THE MINE My sweetheart's a mule in the mine; I drive her without any line. In the wagon I sit And I chew and I spit All over my sweetheart's behind. The tune as I learned it is the same as "Popeye the Sailor Man." Anybody know if there is any more to the song? --seed |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: GUEST,CLETUS Date: 22 Sep 01 - 12:29 AM Catspaw sed az how I shud tell ya bout thizzeer place Mr. Jim....He sez ya shud CLICK Rightcheer CLETUS |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Bert Date: 22 Sep 01 - 12:21 AM And you might just find a goofy song or two here |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Jim Dixon Date: 22 Sep 01 - 12:20 AM Spaw, where'd you get that? You didn't type it that fast, did you?
Oh, there ain't no bugs on me |
Subject: Lyr Add: IT'S A LIE From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Sep 01 - 12:18 AM IT'S A LIE I was born a hundred thousand years ago. (YEARS AGO) And there's nothing in this world I do not know. (DO NOT KNOW) I saw Peter, Paul, and Moses playing ring-around the roses, And I'll lick the guy who says it isn't so. (IT ISN'T SO)
Chorus:
I was there when Satan looked the garden o'er. (GARDEN O'ER)
I was there when Ceasar crossed the Rubicon. (RUBICON)
I saw Washington afloat a cake of ice. (CAKE OF ICE)
You may thing that all this bunk, it isn't true. (IT ISN'T TRUE) Spaw |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Jim Dixon Date: 22 Sep 01 - 12:08 AM I was born about ten thousand years ago. There ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know. I saw Peter, Paul, and Moses Playin' ring-around-the-roses An' I'll whup the guy that says it isn't so. I figured this HAD to be in the DT, but the closest thing I could find was called JUST THE FACTS, MA'AM . Now that's goofy. |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: toadfrog Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:39 PM Oh said the little fishies, look at the whale! Quick as a flash, they turned on their tail! Back to the pool in the meadow they swam And they swam, and they swam back over the dam! Boop, boop [etc]. |
Subject: Lyr Add: GOOFUS (Wayne King/Gus Kahn) From: catspaw49 Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:34 PM Well, not really a goofy song but the title of this thread immediately brought to mind the old Gus Kahn/Wayne King song, "Goofus." The Carpenters rehashed it at one point but the old version was one of my Ol'Man's collection of "Partially Known Songs." GOOFUS....Wayne King/Gus Kahn
I was born on a farm out in Ioway,
Cornfed chords appeal to me,
Got a job but I just couldn't keep it long, Spaw
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Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: toadfrog Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:32 PM THREE LITTLE FISHIESDown in a meadow in an itty bitty poolSwam three little fishies and a mama fishie too! Swim said the mama fishie, swim if you can, And they swam and they swam right over the dam! Boop, boop, diddum daddum, waddum, CHOO, Boop, boop, diddum daddum, waddum, CHOO, Boop, boop, diddum daddum, waddum, CHOO, And they swam and they swam right over the dam!Stop! said the mama fishie, you will get lost! But the three little fishies didn't want to be bossed. They swam and they swam, and it was all a lark, 'Till all of a sudden they met a shark! Etc. Now I think of it, there is a moral in that. Maybe not so light hearted, after all. |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: GUEST,Arjay Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:18 PM Oh, you can't roller skate ina buffalo herd. You can't roller skate ina buffalo herd. You can't roller skate ina buffalo herd, But you can be happy if you've a mind, too. Roger Miller |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: GUEST,Hotspur Date: 21 Sep 01 - 10:05 PM Rolling Over the Billows, Down by the Bay, Second Story Window, and Jenny Jenkins come to mind. and now that we're selling rhythm frogs in my shop, the Froggy song keeps popping into my head too. Dog! Dog, cat! Dog, cat, mouse! FROGGY! Itty bitty teeny weeny little bitty froggy Jump, jump, jump, little froggy See the little froggy coming to the highway Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, Croak. (Or, if you perfer a bloodless version, See the little froggy coming to the lilypad Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, Splash.) And Oh, isn't it a piece of luck that i was born a baby duck With yellow socks and yellow shoes that i may go wherever i choose! |
Subject: ADD: Horse Named Bill (alternate version) From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 21 Sep 01 - 10:05 PM A great goofy song is "A Horse Named Bill," sung to the first half of the verse of "Dixie," the part with the words. "I wish I was in the land of cotton, . Old times there are not forgotten,. Look away, look away, look away Dixieland. .
It's in the database, but I learned it with slightly different words and a couple of additional verses.
(then the verses missing from the database)
He loves to laugh and when he smiles |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Deckman Date: 21 Sep 01 - 09:50 PM Good grief ... I used to sing that in the fifties. We must be VERY old! Bob |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Mudlark Date: 21 Sep 01 - 09:10 PM I don't remember all the verses to this but it's got a very zippy tune... . Oh there was a little Drummer and he loved a one-eyed Cook. He loved her oh he loved her tho she had a cock-eyed look. With her one eye on the pot and the tother up a chimney. With a bow-wow-wow. Fa la la la la la dee dee. Bow wow wow. . ...and ends up . . When they went to church to say I do the Drummer got a knock!. . For her one eye killed the parson....and the other stopped the clock!!. . With a bow wow wow, etc. etc. |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 21 Sep 01 - 08:57 PM GUEST, I presume you're not familiar with this website. The song your looking for is probably the Old Maid and the Burglar. It's in the Digital Tradition database which contains the words to some 8,000+ songs, and MIDI tunes for a lot of them. You can get to the database from the blue box at the top of the forum page, or click here. I hope this is the one you're looking for. Also, you might want to check the Mudcat FAQ - Newcomer's Guide at the top of the "Thread Name" list. Lots of good information there on what's available on this website. Good hunting. Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Deckman Date: 21 Sep 01 - 07:21 PM Maggie Savage used to sing that one! Great song. Bob |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Midchuck Date: 21 Sep 01 - 06:32 PM Is that the one that ends: "He took one look at her big glass eye, and said, 'For pity's sake, shoot!'"? Peter. |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: GUEST Date: 21 Sep 01 - 06:22 PM GASTON COUNTY LIBRARY IS GASTONIA N C TOLD ME TO CONTACT YOU I AM LOOKING TO FIND THE LYRICS OF A FOLK SONG THE OLD MAID AND THE BUGLAR CAN YOU HELP? BBMUSE@EARTHLINK.NET Lyrics sent by e-mail - Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Deckman Date: 21 Sep 01 - 05:41 PM Good Grief Don! We both learned THAT SONG from Sandy's very forst record ... that's been a couple of weeks ago! CHEERS, Bob |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: Don Firth Date: 21 Sep 01 - 05:26 PM The black cat piddled in the white cat's eye And the white cat said "Gor blimey!" And the black cat said, "You silly sod! You shouldn't stand behind me!" Then, of course, there's The Geoduck (Goo-eyduck) Song. More to come as they occur to me-- Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Goofy Songs From: JenEllen Date: 21 Sep 01 - 05:24 PM Thanks Bob. Actually, I'm looking for info on a goofy song...maybe someone knows it?? It is about a Scottish Granny (Frasier?) Flittin' to Aberdeen? It goes through this horrendous list of all the things she has in her cart. Dearly love the song, and need to fill a few holes in my memory. Thanks, Jen |
Subject: Goofy Songs From: Deckman Date: 21 Sep 01 - 05:11 PM Yes, I also would like to get back to the wonderful world of FOLK MUSIC! "Goofy Songs" We all know a few, I know some, let's get some songs posted from the wonderful world of silly, ridiculous, funny, outragous ... whatever. CHEERS, Bob |
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