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Subject: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Burt Date: 04 Feb 05 - 08:44 PM Does anyone know this song? Peeping throug the knothole in Father's wooden leg Who will wind the clock when I am gone? (Chorus) He ran down the lane with his britches full of pain A boys best friend is his Mother She hit him with a shingle to make his britches tingle All because he hit his baby brother, brother (Chorus) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: Lighter Date: 04 Feb 05 - 09:26 PM Peeping through the knothole in grandpa's wooden leg, Why do they build the beach so near the ocean? Go get the ax, there's a fly on lizzie's ear, And a boy's best friend is his mother! That's how Bugs Bunny sang it, anyway. There's another version in Best & Best "New Songfest." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: M.Ted Date: 05 Feb 05 - 02:07 AM I was looking through a knothole In fathers wooden leg Why do they put the shore so near the ocean, the ocean Go get the ax, there's a hair on baby's chin, A boy's best friend is his mother The horses run around with their feet upon the ground Who'll wind the clock while I'm away, away, A snake's belt slips, because they have no hips I hope that grandma's teeth will soon fit Jenny! I was looking through a window, a second story window When I fell and sprained my eyebrow on the sidewalk, the sidewalk What happens to your lap when you stand up They dug up Billy's bones to make a sewer! Learned from our dear departed Uncle Phil, who claimed to have sung it in a singing group of some sort at the University of Minnesota, circa 1915--We had questions in the family as to which lines belonged in which verse, as well as questions about what sort of singing group would have admitted Uncle Phil-- If I recollect, there is a version of it in "The American Songbag", and I may once have seen an actually Glee Club Songbook that contained the song, but it would have been about forty five years ago--when I was less interested than I am now--I never have had any idea what the name of the song is-- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: Flash Company Date: 05 Feb 05 - 12:38 PM Steve Benbow had a version of this, recorded by Doug Dobell on 77 records (the label, not the number of discs!), does Steve's mate out there have any words? FC |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 05 Feb 05 - 10:57 PM Peeping through the knothole in Grandpa's wooden leg - who will wind the clock when I am gone? Go get the ax; there's a flea in Lizzie's ear. For a boy's best friend is his mother. Falling out the window, the second-storey window. Why do they build the shore so near the ocean? Who cut the sleeves out of dear old Daddy's vest and dug up Fido's bones to build the sewer. Here's a new verse I wrote myself. I disavow any copyright. Look in both directions before you cross your t's. Now we know why cats don't care for hot dogs. Red means stop and green stands for jealous - the policeman's not my friend,he's my uncle. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HORSES RUN AROUND From: GUEST Date: 06 Feb 05 - 05:56 PM From the 1963 edition of Song Fest (from the Intercollegiate Outing Club Association ed.by Dick and Beth Best) HORSES RUN AROUND The horses run around, their feet are on the ground, Oh, who will wind the clock while I'm away, away, Go get the axe, there's a hair on baby's chest, Oh, a boy's best friend is his mother, his mother. While looking out the window, a second story window, I slipped and sprained my eyebrow on the pavement, the pavement, Go get the Listerine, sister has a beau, Who cut the sleeves off father's vest, his vest. A-peeking through the knothole, in grandpa's wooden leg, Oh who has built the shore so near the ocean, the ocean, Go get the alcohol, Willy wants a drink, Grandma's false teeth will soon fit baby, fit baby. While walking in the moolight, the bright and sunny moonlight, She kissed me in the eye with a tomato, tomato, We feed the baby garlic so we can find him in the dark, An onion is a husky vegetable, a table. She spanked him with a shingle, and and made his panties tingle, Because he socked his little baby brother, his brother, A snake's belt slips, because he has no hips, And he wears his necktie round his middle, his middle. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 07 Feb 05 - 03:15 PM "We feed the baby garlic so we can find him in the dark" Love it! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Jo in South Carolina Date: 07 Oct 07 - 08:52 PM My mother used to sing this song and started it like this: Oh, the only girl I knew had a face like a horse and buggy Peepin down the fire 'scape oh fireman save my child Oh, the fireman up the ladder went, The child was bigger than the fireman, Mother's teeth will soon fit Hang out the ice to dry. Oh, I fell out the window, the second story window Caught my eyelash on the window sill I feed my baby garlic so we can find him in the dark Oh, a boy's best friend is his mother, his mother. The horses run around, their feet are on the ground Oh, why'd they put the shore so near the ocean, the ocean A snake's belt slips because he hasn't any hips Oh, his waistline comes just below his necktie, his necktie. Oh, peepin through the knothole in father's wooden leg An onion is a husky vegetable, a table Go get the axe, there's a hair on baby's chin Oh, who cut the sleeves from father's vest, his vest. I know there were more verses, it seems it went on forever but I don't remember them all. One line was "Oh who will wind the clock while I'm away, away" but I don't remember the rest. Thank you for the memory jogger. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: Kent Davis Date: 07 Oct 07 - 09:48 PM Peepin' through the knothole on Grandpa's wooden leg, Who'll wind the clock when we're away, away? Go get the ax! There's a hair on baby's chest! A boy's best friend is his mother. I learned this in the late 1970s from my aunt, born in Lashmeet, Mercer County, West Virginia. She learned it as a young child, probably early 1950s. Kent |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Hootenanny Date: 08 Oct 07 - 10:04 AM Someone above mentions Steve Benbow, One verse which Steve sang was; I fell from a window a second storey window Caught my eyebrow on the windowsill I'd rather have a chocolate flavoured ice Amd a boy's best friend is his mother His other verses were similar to or slight variations of those quoted above. Hoot. From memories of the Ballds and Blues Club |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Fathe From: GUEST,Nrweastman Date: 13 Oct 07 - 05:03 PM Hi, Here's the way my dad (born 1922) sang in in Texas Boy Scouts and what he taught my brother and me as our "bathtub song": Oh, the horses run around, their feet're on the ground! Oh, who will wind the clock while I'm away, away? Go get the Listerine, sister wants a bowl, Oh, a boy's best friend is his mother, his mother. I'm a-lookin' through a knothole in father's wooden leg Why do they build the shore so near the ocean, the ocean? Go get the axe! There's a hair on baby's chin! Oh, I wonder if Grandma's teeth will soon fit Jenny, fit Jenny. My brother and I both sing it to our kids in the bathtub, too! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Fathe From: GUEST,David Gerstein Date: 12 Nov 07 - 12:51 AM As "The Horses Run Around," this was available on an old Disney children's record album, "Goin' Quackers!". Cartoon voice artist Will Ryan handled the vocal chores and it was funny as sin. The horses run around, their feet are on the ground Oh, who will wind the clock while I'm away? [squeak, squeak, boing!] Go get the axe, there's a flea in Lizzie's ear And a boy's best friend is his mother! Earlier, in 1930, the Oswald Rabbit cartoon ALASKA has a wonderful version of the song, too, sung by a deadpan Klondike bar entertainer who eats soda crackers as he sings. The "boy's best friend" line ends every verse in that version, and on the final round he sings "Mammy," Jolson-style, rather than "...mother." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Michelle Date: 16 Nov 07 - 08:57 PM My mother-in-law's version: While peeking through a knotehole in granpa's wooden leg, I got a splinter in my eyeball, my eyeball. Go get the axe, there's a hair on baby's chin. And why's the shore so near the ocean, the ocean. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Don L. Date: 23 Nov 07 - 12:42 AM This is how I learned it from my mother who claimed that my older brother just started singing it one day in the early seventies. She suspected he learned it at school. Peeking through the knothole of grandpa's wooden leg, who wound the clock while I was gone. Go get the ax, there's a flea in lizzie's ear and a boy's best friend is his mother. I fell from a window, a second story window, who built the shore so close to the ocean. who cut the sleeves from dear old daddy's vest and a cup buys some spoons to build a sewer. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Joe Hiles Date: 23 Nov 07 - 12:48 PM The horses run around, Their feet are on the ground, Oh, who will wind the clock while I'm away, away? Go get the ax, there's a hair on babys chin, And a boy's best friend is his mother, his mother. Awhile peeping through a window, A second storey window, I slipped and sprained my eyebrow on the pavement, the pavement, Go get the mouth wash, sisters got a beau, I wonder if Grandma's teeth will soon fit Jenny, fit Jenny. While walking in the moonlight, The bright and sunny moonlight, She kissed me in the eye with a tomato, tomato, A snake's belt slips because he he has no hips, And he wears his neck tie around his middle, his middle. I learned and sung this song as a boy when I went to Boy Scout camp in the late 1940's & early 1950's. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,silvia Date: 06 Jan 08 - 07:03 PM I learned the song in summer camp, 1945, when I was 8. I remember three stanzas that are similar but not identical to those above. Each stanza finished with: A boy's best friend is his mother You're a liar, you're another You've been drinking booth and whisky No I haven't Hic! sung as quickly as possible. It was really funny and we children enjoyed it a lot. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Fathe From: GUEST,GUEST, Charles Date: 08 Feb 08 - 06:01 PM My grandfather (now 88) sang a verse of this song every now and then: Lookin' through the knothole in Father's wooden leg Why do they put the shore so near the ocean, the ocean Run get the axe there's a hair on baby's chin, cuz a boy's best friend is his mother, no other! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST Date: 28 Feb 08 - 10:22 AM Wow! My dad would sing that song! I have alway's wondered about it. My dad just turned 85yrs old, February 22, 2008. I am glad I found more lyrics, he only knows a couple lines. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Fathe From: GUEST,Nora Date: 26 Apr 08 - 04:24 PM The one that's been sung in my family for years, I assume passed down from my Grandmother who is 84 this year is this: Peeping through the knot hole in Papa's wooden leg Who put the shore so near the ocean, the ocean Who cut the sleeves on Papa's BVDs And dug up Willie's grave for a kitchen, a kitchen The horses ran around, with their feet upon the ground Who'll wind the clock up while I'm gone There's room beside my head and there's room beside my feet A mother chased her son around the block, the block She picked up a shingle, that made his britches tingle Just because he smacked his baby sister, his sister Runnin' down the lane, with his britches full of pain A boy's best friend is his mother, his mother |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Fathe From: Artful Codger Date: 30 Apr 08 - 03:00 AM Does anyone have an ABC of the three-verse version of this song? It appears as if every line has a different tune, appropriately for a sequitur of non sequiturs. The New Christy Minstrels recorded four lines of it (knothole, shore, snake's hips, boy's best friend) as part of a nonsense medley. I think the medley is the one titled "A Treasury of Nonsense" on the Tell Tales! LP (1960s); Amazon has a reissue on CD. The medly also contained this song: THE HEFFALUMP Well, I went to hunt the heffalump in the land of Bilders Meer And if you do not know the place I'll tell you where it's near: It's not too close to Freeglestown and farther still from Glarf, But you know you're near to Bilders Meer when you hear the heffalump snarf. Oh, the Heffalump is fourteen feet when measured ear to ear, And though he has but three of them, he frankly cannot hear. His nose is green, his eye is red, his tail is turquoise blue, And may I be a bingle if my story isn't true! My aural transcription, prepared from the LP long ago. Sorry, I don't have attribution info. As I recall, the first part and the last line were spoken, not sung. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: Dave Hunt Date: 30 Apr 08 - 09:36 AM As I remember it the Steve Benbow version had the following - I've been singing it for years - along with a lot of other very silly songs (as my mate Baz says of me --'Head full of sh*te') A Boys Best Friend is His Mother. Peeping through the knothole of Grandpa's wooden leg Who'll wind the cat up when I'm gone Who cut the sleeves out of Grandma's woollen pants And a boy's best friend is his mother. Peeping through the knothole of Grandpa's wooden leg Who'll put the clock out when I'm gone Who cut the legs out of Grandma's woollen vest And a boy's best friend is his mother A horse stood around with his feet all on the ground Why'd they build the shore so near the ocean Go fetch the axe there's a flea on Lizzies ear And a boys best friend is his mother I fell from a window just forty stories high Caught my eyebrows on the windowsill The cellar's behind the door, Mary's room's behind the axe And a boy's best friend is his mother Dr.Sunshine (Dave Hunt) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 30 Apr 08 - 11:10 AM Shades of Camp Chawanakee, circa 1955-6. One of the counselors sang this song at campfires. Later, after I had begun to be more involved in music, someone gave me a copy of "Song Fest," the Outing Club publication mentioned above, in which this song appears. There is a lot of material in that little book. Several friends and I drew from it for comedy bits, nonsense songs and the like. Other songs that I recall are "Thais"(the many-versed saga of a libidinous monk and a belly dancer), Abdullah Bulbul Amir and "The Vassar Hygiene Song." I still have the book. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Fathe From: GUEST,the knothole song Date: 06 May 08 - 05:51 PM that I learned Peeping through the knothole on Grandpa's wooden leg, who will feed the cat while I'm away? Go and get the axe, there's a fly on baby's head, and a boy's best friend is his uncle. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Fathe From: GUEST,Stephen Swain Date: 21 Jun 08 - 10:43 AM Looking through a knot hole in father's wooden leg I fell and sprained my eyebrow on the pavement the sidewalk Run fetch the Listerene, sister's got a beau, we feed our baby garlic so we can find him in the dark. And a boy's best friend his his mother, his mother. My father sang this song to us when we were children. He had sung it in college as part of the Glee Club repertoire. I don't remember all the verses, but there were many. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Bob, Sacramento Date: 31 Aug 08 - 06:08 PM All of our fathers sang this to us as kids, it seems. Mine probably learned it as a Boy Scout in San Francisco during the late 20s. The odd thing to me is that no one in this string seems to know the actual title. I got here simply by Googling the lyric, "Peepin' through the knothole in father's wooden leg." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 31 Aug 08 - 10:05 PM The name of the song is 'Go Get the Axe.' Google it if you wish to verify. I know, that's like naming Bicycle Built for Two 'I'm Half Crazy.' But since the whole song is whacky, why not dip into the verbiage and pull out a phrase at random to be the title? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 31 Aug 08 - 10:06 PM Or is that spelled wacky? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: Jim Dixon Date: 02 Sep 08 - 06:48 AM I'd prefer "wacky" but dictionaries also list "whacky." Anyway, the original title of "A Bicycle Built for Two" was DAISY BELL. Later editions of the sheet music called it A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO (Also Known As "DAISY BELL"). |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: Jim Dixon Date: 03 Sep 08 - 08:07 PM ASCAP lists a song called THERE'S A FLEA IN LIZZIE'S EAR with the alternate title GO GET THE AXE. It was allegedly written by Robert Melvin Schultz, Jr., and published by Beam Me Up Music c/o Warner Brothers. However, if you look at a list of songs by Mr. Schultz, you will see quite a few familiar titles which I'm sure didn't originate with him. He's probably the kind of guy who claims a copyright when he makes a minor change to a traditional song. Allmusic.com lists a recording of GO GET THE AXE by Randy Kaplan, on the album "Boyish Hips," 1997, where it is called "traditional." Here's an excerpt: ...get the axe; there's a flea in Lizzie's ear. A boy's best friend is his mother. Peepin' through the knothole of grandpa's wooden leg, Why did they build the shore so near the sea? Who cut the sleeves off of dear old Daddy's vest...? Other albums containing GET THE AXE or GO GET THE AXE, according to Gracenote.com: "Obscenity in the Milk" by Milhouse. "Homeschooler's Folksong Collection" by The Homestead Pickers. "150 Sing-Alongs" by Baby Basics. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: Snuffy Date: 03 Sep 08 - 08:34 PM Lizzie Borden was "whacky" with an H. Perhaps it was the flea in her ear. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: pavane Date: 04 Sep 08 - 05:28 AM A few comments. 1. There is a song called something like "A donkey cart made for two", starting Sarah, Sarah, which seems to predate "Daisy Daisy" and her bicycle, and also Daisy Bell. I will try and dig it out from the Bodleian, where I found it. 2. "They dug up Billy's bones to make a sewer" might be derived from, or related to "They're moving Grandpa's grave to build a sewer" 3. Yes, it did remind me of Lizzie Borden too |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: pavane Date: 04 Sep 08 - 05:29 AM (Typo Starring, not starting) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: pavane Date: 04 Sep 08 - 05:32 AM Sarah, Sarah. Or A donkey cart built for two ("I've got such a nice young man ...") Author: Bedford, Harry Performer: Carney, Kate Printer: March, R. and Co. (London) Date: between 1877 and 1884 I can't quite make out the copyright of Daisy Bell, but it looks like 1892. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Mark Shields Date: 06 Apr 09 - 01:40 AM My grandmaw use to sing, "Peep'n through the knothole in grandpaw's wooden leg. Who'll wind the clock when era I'm gone? Go fetch an axe there's a fly on baby's head; and a boy's best frend is his mother." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST Date: 16 Apr 09 - 11:33 AM While lookin' through a knothole In grandpa's wood leg Oh why do they build the beach so near the ocean, the ocean OH go get an ax, there's a hair on babies chin And grandma's teeth will soon fit Jenny, fit Jenny! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST Date: 07 Sep 09 - 11:04 PM My version came from an Irish Mother. Peekin' through the knothole on pa's ole wooden leg Who'll milk the cow's when I am gone? Who'll mend the knees of pa's old BVD's Well, He drank it up and married ole Aunt Molly. Amorette Kelso, Vinco, OK |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: Joybell Date: 08 Sep 09 - 10:20 PM From my True-Love, Hildebrand: my father 1900-1950 had a couple of versions of this, one of which is prefaced by a version of "no more booze". it's interesting because it refers to the custom of "rushing the growler" -- taking an empty bucket to the saloon to get it filled with take-home beer. there was a little man, and he had a little can, and he went to rush the growler. but when he got there, the place was bare, and he heard the barkeeper holler: no booze today, no booze today! you can't buy booze on sunday. no booze today. you'll have to wait till monday. oh, the sweetest girl i know has a face like a horse and buggy.. go get the ax. there's a flea on baby's head. why did they build the ocean so close to the shore? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST Date: 11 Nov 09 - 07:57 PM one verse goes like this pa took me to the woodshed to give my pants a dustin' oh why'd i ever hit my baby brother, brother tearin' down the lane with my pants all full of pain oh a boy's best friend is his mother, his mother. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Laurie nee Norton Date: 16 Dec 09 - 02:37 AM My great-grandfather (dob 1892) would sing a song to me when he was in his late 80s, back in the 1980s. He had dementia at the time, and my grandmother would assure me that if he was in his right mind he wouldn't sing it in front of young girls. I thought it was funny and my sister and I memorized what little he sang to us. I'm sure its incomplete, and I appreciate the versions others have contributed to help fill in the blanks. Oh, looking through the knot-hole in father's wooden leg, Who will milk the cow when I'm gone,gone, gone? Sister get the axe, there's a fly on baby's head and a boy's best friend is his mother... he would also sometimes finish this and other songs like, Red Wing "...without a shirt, or any pants." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,Muncie, IN - Camp Windigo - Girl Scouts Date: 21 May 10 - 05:46 PM from Girl Scout Camp Windigo, near Muncie, Indiana 1970 or so) The horses run around, their feet are on the ground Who will wind the clock while Im a-way a-way A snake's belt slips, because he has no hips And his waistline is just below his necktie, his necktie. Looking through a knothole in father's wooden leg Why'd they build the sea so near the ocean, the ocean Go get the axe, theirs a hair on baby's chest And who cut the sleeves off father's vest? His vest She spanked her with a shingle and made her panties tingle Because she hit her little baby brother, her brother Go get the Lysterine, Sister wants a beau And we hope that grandma's teeth will soon fit Janie, fit Janie Looking through a window, a second-story window I slipped and sprained my eyebrow on the pavement, the pavement We feed our baby garlic so we can find him in the dark and a boy's best friend is his mother, his mother! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,another version Date: 14 Jul 10 - 02:58 PM lookin' through the knothole in father's wooden leg, he uses thumbtacks for garters. snake belt's slip just because he has no hips. oh, why do they put the shores so near the ocean? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Fathe From: GUEST Date: 22 Jul 10 - 01:46 AM The only lines I remember (and this may be combining different verses) were While looking through a knothole, in Father's wooden leg, O why'd they build the shore so near the ocean, the ocean? A snake's belt slips 'cause he hasn't any hips, And a boy's best friend is his mother, his mother. I haven't come across this song since my 5th grade teacher taught it to us in 1956. he was a new teacher in that school district that year and apparently there were some parental complaints, as he was told to cease the use of songs that were not in the approved textbook. David Willoughby dfwilloughby@cox.net |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,G Rady Date: 20 Sep 10 - 12:18 PM Peeking through the knothole in father's wooden leg ,who will wind the clock when he is gone? Go easy on the monkey wrench , my father was a not, if you don't like Lucky's ,smoke Camel cigerettes. My father sang this. He was born in 1908. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: pavane Date: 20 Sep 10 - 12:33 PM Catalog of copyright entries: Part 3, Volume 35, Issue 1 Library of Congress. Copyright Office - 1941 10408 Peeping through the big knot-hole in papa's wooden leg ; w[ords] & m[usic] F. Delker. © 1 c. Feb. 28, 1940. Doesn't mean that F Delker wrote it, but I don't find any reference before 1940 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: pavane Date: 20 Sep 10 - 12:47 PM Except one from 1888! WHEN WAS A DUMB MAN SENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE? At the April ginner of the FridIron club at the Arlington hotel in Washington, April 22, four members sung to the tune of "The little black bull" a song, the title of which was given as "Peeping through the Knot Hole in Papa's Wooden Leg or Why Was the Ocean Built so Near to the Shore?" We reprint from the report in the Chicago Tribune: David B Hill came down the mountain Hoosan Johnny, Hoosan Johnny, David B Hill came down the mountain Long time ago. He picked out a man whose name is Parker Hoosan Johnny, Hoosan Johnny, He picked out a man whose name is Parker Long time ago. He says: "Don't talk, and we'll beat T. Roosevelt," etc Peterson's magazine, vol 92 1888 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: pavane Date: 20 Sep 10 - 12:48 PM At the April dinner of the GridIron club, that should be |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,j9 Date: 31 Mar 11 - 07:46 PM My family version of another song that uses some of the above (and it's unnamed except you also can find some similar verses from "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" -- The chambermaid came to the door, "Wake up you lazy sinners. We need those sheets for tablecloths, and it's darn near time for dinner." Ohhhhh, she's the only girl I loved, with a face like a horse and buggy, leaning up against the lake, "Oh, fireman! Save my child." Well, the child was bigger than the fireman. "Go easy with that monkey wrench, your father was a nut." Some nonsensical combination, wouldn't you say? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST Date: 16 Apr 11 - 11:55 AM Looking thru a window A second story window I fell and sprained my eyebrow on the pavement, pavement Run get the ax, there's a hair on baby's chest Who cut the sleeves off grampa's vest, vest Looking thru a knot hole In grampa's wooden leg who will wind the clock when I am gone, gone We feed the baby garlic so we find him in the dark A boy's best friend is his mother, mother He has a wooden leg, with thumbtacks for his garters The onion is a husky vegetable, ble A snakes' belt never slips, because he has no hips His waistline comes up below his necktie, necktie The horses run around, their feet are on the ground Why did they build the shore so near the ocean, ocean Run get the listerine, sister wants a beau We hope that grama's teeth will so fit Jenny, Jenny |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST Date: 13 Jun 11 - 06:52 PM We sang "Grampa's" wooden leg - |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's From: GUEST,guest Date: 20 Jun 11 - 04:59 PM Peepin' through the knothole, in Grandpa's wooden leg, who will wind the clock while we're away? We feed the baby garlic so we can see him in the dark a boy's best friend is his mother! My dad born in 1920 used to sing this to us. I loved it because it was so deliciously nonsensical. |
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