Subject: The girl I left behind Me From: Gypsy Date: 02 Mar 02 - 12:25 PM okay, am at me mithers house,so here we go again......this is the beginning of the song,mebbe someone can recall the rest! She jumped in bed and covered up her head and swore i could not find her But i knew damn well she was lying like hell so i jumped right in behind her anyone recall the rest? Must be more to this than what i have. Thanks, all |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The girl I left behind Me From: Sorcha Date: 02 Mar 02 - 12:33 PM In the DT. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The girl I left behind Me From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 02 Mar 02 - 12:35 PM And in the Forum: Naughty kids' greatest hits II |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The girl I left behind Me From: Gypsy Date: 02 Mar 02 - 12:53 PM You must think me a real moron. I LOOKED in the DT, really i did. Thanks both of you for looking gooder than i. Now if i can just find a version that we can sing with a straight face....... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The girl I left behind Me From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 02 Mar 02 - 01:19 PM From UGA Humor List Digest for Friday, May 21, 1999:
Oh she jumped in bed and covered up her head
I stuck ol' pete right through the sheet This fills the gap left in the Forum posting. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The girl I left behind Me From: Gypsy Date: 04 Mar 02 - 11:23 AM Thankee kindly, Malcolm |
Subject: Lyr Add: GAL I LEFT BEHIND ME (trad Mississippi) From: harpgirl Date: 18 Jul 03 - 10:05 PM Here is a variant from Mississippi: Folksongs of Mississippi and Their Background by Arthur Palmer Hudson Chapel Hill, UNC Press, 1936 Text secured by Mr. F.B. Ladd, Charelston, from Mrs. W.K. Burt, Oakland. I struck the trail in 'seventy nie, The herd strung out behind me. As I jogged along my mind ran back To the gal I left behind me- That sweet little gal, that true little gal, The gal I left behind me. If ever I get off of the trail And the Indians don't find me, I'll make my way straight back again To the gal I left behind me- That sweet little gal, that true little gal, The gal I left behind me. The wind did blow, the rain did flow, the hail did fall and blind me; I thought of that gal, that sweet little gal, That gal I left behind me- That sweet little gal, that true little gal, The gal I left behind me. She wrote ahead to the place I said; I was glad always to find it; She says, "I'm true. When you get through, Ride back and you will find me"- That sweet little gal, that true little gal, The gal I left behind me. When we sold out I took the train. I knew where I would find her. When I got back we had a snack, And that was no gol-darned liar- That sweet little gal, that true little gal, The gal I left behind me. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The girl I left behind Me From: dulcimer Date: 18 Jul 03 - 10:35 PM Try this version http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/shanty/thedames.htm |
Subject: Lyr Add: GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME (Scottish version) From: GUEST,Q Date: 18 Jul 03 - 11:17 PM O, there's nae hair on the aul' cat's tail, There's nae hair on Teeny, But I ken whaur there's a bunch o' hair On the girl I left behind me. As I gaed ower the aul' Brig o' Doon, I see'd an aul' wifie dirtin', She'd a wisp o' grass in ilka hand, An' she was busy wipin'. Fragment of the old Scottish song. Dr. Goldstein, "Buchan Bawdry," Mrs Jean Stewart, of the Traveling Gipsy people, Aberdeenshire, 1960. Quoted in Randolph-Legman, Roll Me In Your Arms, p. 434-435. There are many military verses to this song. Any old soldiers willing to post them? |
Subject: Lyr Add: GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME (from V Randolph) From: GUEST,Q Date: 18 Jul 03 - 11:38 PM Song collected in Arkansas, but mention of the moor suggests UK origin. I'm lonesome since I left the hills, To tramp the moor that's boggy, With heavy thoughts my mind is filled Since I parted from my Peggy. Whene'er I turn to view my trace The tears doth fall and blind me, Whene'er I think on the charming grace Of the girl I left behind me. The bees shall lavish, make no store, And the dove becomes a ranger, The falling waters cease to roar Before I'll ever change her. But if ever I go that way again And she has not resigned me, I'll reconcile my mind and stay With the girl I left behind me. Mrs Abbie Sowers, Arkansas, 1937, from Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 3, no. 546, pp. 352-354. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The girl I left behind Me From: GUEST,yuuki.gunn@gmail.com Date: 05 Jan 05 - 03:01 PM The band They Might Be Giants uses the tune of "The Girl I Left Behind Me" along with the lyrics of an old Educational Sing-A-Long Video, in their song "Why Does the Sun Shine?". |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The girl I left behind Me From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 05 Jan 05 - 07:36 PM You should check out the song 'The Photograph of the Girl I left behind'. |
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