Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos (Sheb Wooley)

Subject: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Warsaw Ed
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 02:09 AM

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Can anyone direct me to the lyrics for this song.   Composed and performed by Sheb Wooley [Alias Ben Colder] as a parody of "Don't Go Near the Indians"?.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 07:47 AM

I know the song (meaning I've had it memorized since the early '60s) but I guess I never put it into an electronic file. I also have it in one of my notebooks. Can you wait until this evening? I've gotta go be a wage slave for the rest of the day.

It's a parody of "Son Don't Go Near the Indians."

"Ooch chok mook a mush a doggio
Oog shog moggi-ay
That mean's "Son, don't go near the Eskimos,
Please do what I say."

(First line escapes me momentarily)
And I grew up in that frozen country
Where the nights are six months long.
I used to play that I was an Eskimo,
I put whale oil on my hair.
And every night I would beg my folks
To let me sleep in the Frigidaire.

Well, I was 17 and my voice was changing
But the girls don't thrill me none.
I used to long to go see and Eskimo
On the banks of the old Yukon.
One night I slipped from my daddy's house
A little bit north of Nome.
I knew that I could be back by morning
'Cuz the nights are six months long.

Later! (I promise)
I sometimes sing it just to annoy Curmudgeon and anyone else who happens to be listening.

Linn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 08:51 AM

Linn-

An appropriate or maybe inappropriate song for the next Press Room gathering?

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: GUEST,Bat Goddess at work
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 09:34 AM

First line forgotten in the early morning fog --

"My daddy was a working at the weather station
A little bit north of Nome
And I grew up in that frozen country
Where the nights are six months long." etcet

The rest of it this evening.

Yes, Charlie, probably Saturday if my arm is twisted. (And you can stand the pained look on Tom's face.) It DOES mention water in it, or at least ice floes.

Linn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 10:55 AM

"- and not just a stream of lukewarm cream, but a solid frozen chunk !"   

Eskimo Nell

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: GUEST,BAt Goddess at work
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 03:06 PM

Ah, Dave,little bit different story line here(and frightfully disappointing for the gentleman involved).

Linn

Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T GO NEAR THE ESKIMOS
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 06:30 PM

Okay, I haven't had a chance to find my notebook (so there may be some corrections later) and I actually own a 45 rpm single of it, but here it is as I remember it --

DON'T GO NEAR THE ESKIMOS

CHORUS: Oock cha mook a mush a doggio
Oog chog moog e-aye
That means, "Son, don't go near the Eskimos,
Please do what I say."

My daddy was a-working at the weather station a little bit north of Nome
And I grew up in that frozen country where the nights are six months long.
I used to play that I was an Eskimo. I put whale oil on my hair.
And every night I would beg my folks to let me sleep in the Frigidaire.

One night I slipped from my daddy's house a little bit north of Nome.
I knew that I could be back by morning 'cause the nights are six months long.

[Spoken] There she was, sitting on a chunk of ice, eating a frozen fish and nipping her friskies in whale oil. I said, "Ooga nooga noshka" which means "the looove in my heart is burning." And she said, "Nooga shooga nishka" which means, "Back up, buddy, you're melting the ice."

So I went back home and I told my daddy about this maiden fair
And I said how I would like to melt the icicles in her hair.
Dad's grim little lips turned purple and his breath began to freeze.
It was then he said I could never rub noses with pretty little Oom Shog Nee.

[Spoken] Son, when you were born, well, the white man and the Eskimo, well, they were having a lot of wild parties together. And an Eskimo named Pie Eye -- that's right, son, a pie-eyed Eskimo -- stole my little boy and made Popsicle out of him. So I stole you to get even. I was going to make a Fudgesicle out of you. So, son, you can never marry Oom Shog Nee. Not because she's your sister, but, son, Oom Shog Nee has got the coldest nose in Alaska. So that's why I always say --

Oock cha mook a mush a doggio
Oog chog moog e-aye
That means, "Son, don't go near the Eskimos,
Please do what I say."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 07:22 PM

Okay, found the 45 single by Ben Colder. It lists the title as "Don't Go Near the Eskimos," (Buttercup Music, BMI) written by Mann-Wooley, play time 3:14. The flip side is "Louisiana Trapper" written by Wooley. MGM Records, circa 1962.

It's not easy being German and compulsive.

Linn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 07:36 PM

wow...

So saddddd!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 07:26 AM

And, sorry -- the title is "Don't Go Near the ESKIMOS" -- it was a PARODY of the more or less concurrent (c.1962) Top 40 hit, "Son, Don't Go Near the Indians."

So, Warsaw Ed, have you checked back here? Whadya think?

Linn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 07:30 AM

And here what the Bear Family website says, Bear Family

Ben Colder & Others: Eskimos, Mean Old Queens And Little Bitty Steers 
Sheb Wooley was a pop singer, a country singer, a television actor ('Rawhide'series), a movie star ('High Noon'), and a comedian. He covered so many bases, he needed more than one name. His comedy records were issued under the name Ben Colder, and rather than just do a CD of parodies, Bear Family has gone the whole hog and included the original versions too (just in case you forgot them, you don't need to go looking for them). For example Rex Allen's Don't Go Near The Indians is followed by Ben Colder's Don't Go Near The Eskimos, and Johnny Cash's Ballad Of A Teenage Queen is followed by Ben Colder's Ballad Of A Mean Old Queen; Burl Ives' A Little Bitty Tear is followed swiftly by Ben Colder's A Little Bitty Steer; Johnny Preston's Running Bear is followed by Ben Colder's Running Bare; and Jeannie C. Riley's Harper Valley PTA is followed by Ben Colder's Harper Valley PTA (Later The Same Day). There's much more, but you get the idea. A musical treasure-chest. Seventy minutes later, you'll be wondering whatever happened to country music's sense of humour!

It was a great era for parodies.

Linn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Warsaw Ed
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 04:05 PM

The Mudcat Cafe comes through Again!!! Many, many thanks to you Bat Goddess Linn!! Thanks for working through your difficult daily schedule to give me [and the Mudcat world] these lyrics. For the record (sic) there is a Real Player version of "Eskimos" at The Record Lady's All Time Country Favorites Site.   "Son, Don't Go Near the Indians" [Rex Allen] is also there. Both songs are at Archives #3
[http://recordlady.webgcs.com/main2.htm]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 05:00 PM

... and can be converted to MP3.

~S~

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 11:52 AM

And I may even have to sing it today for Charlie Noble at the Press Room shanty session. (Well, there's FROZEN water in the song . . .)

Linn

Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T GO NEAR THE INDIANS (from Rex Allen
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 18 Jan 04 - 07:34 PM

What good is the parody if you don't know the original?

Copied from http://www.lyricsxp.com/lyrics/d/don_t_go_near_the_indians_rex_allen.html

DON'T GO NEAR THE INDIANS
(Lorene Mann)
As sung by Rex Allen on Mercury 71997

CHORUS: Son, don't go near the Indians. Please stay away.
Son, don't go near the Indians. Please do what I say.

Since I was just a little boy, I liked to roam the hills,
And to hear wild stories about the Indians was my biggest thrill.

I'd shout and yell and holler like heck. I wore moccasins on my feet,
And I'd make believe I was under a teepee every time I went to sleep.

My hair was jet black and I was twenty-one; lots of pretty girls around,
But the paleface maidens didn't thrill me none around my Cochise County hometown. CHORUS

One day I went to the reservation and there by a shallow creek
Was a beautiful Indian a-fetchin' water and I just had to speak.

She smiled at me, then quickly left, but the next day she returned,
And it wasn't very long till I told her how the love in my heart burned. CHORUS

I told my daddy I'd found a girl who meant the world to me,
And tomorrow I'd ask the Indian chief for the hand of Nova Lee.

Dad's trembling lips spoke softly as he told me of my life.
'Twas then he said I could never take this maiden for my wife.

SPOKEN: Son, the white man and Indians were fighting when you were born, and a brave called Yellow Sun scalped my little boy, so I stole you to get even for what he'd done. Though you're a full-blooded Indian, son, I love you as much as my own little feller that's dead. And, son, Nova Lee is your sister. And that's why I've always said: CHORUS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Go Near the Eskimos
From: Warsaw Ed
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 01:14 AM

And the basic tune: [Lessons in creating ABC format gratefully accepted - it tested OK on Concertina Tune-O-tron] Ed
X:1865
T:Don't Go Near the Eskimos
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:320
S: Ben Colder (Sheb Wooley)
K:C
z8|[E2C,2][E2E,2G,2][E2C,2]z2|[F2F,2][G2B,2G,2F,2][FF,,]E[D2B,2G,2F,2]|
w:    Oock      Cha          Mog         A            Mush          A    Dog      Gio
[E2C,2][E2G,2E,2][G2C,][E2G,2E,2]|[D4G,,4][B,2G,2F,2][B,2G,2F,2]|
w: Oog    Chog    Moog       E-    Aye         (That Means)
[E2C,2][E2E,2G,2][E2C,2]z2|[F2F,2][G2B,2G,2F,2][FF,,]E[D2B,2G,2F,2]|
w: Son       Don't       Go            Near         The            Es- ki-      Mos
[E2C,2][C2G,2E,2][D2G,,2][B,2G,2F,2]|[C4G,4E,4C,4]z4||
w: Please   Do      What       I          Say