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05 Feb 08 - 04:19 PM (#2254361) Subject: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: GUEST,sandynewlap My mom used to sing this song, and we all giggled and shivered with delight. Anyone know this song? Part of the chorus goes something like this:
on little (boys? girls?) And puppy dogs And big, fat snails. So hurry upstairs And say your prayers And tuck your heads Your pretty curly heads Beneath the clothes, the clothes, the clothes. |
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05 Feb 08 - 04:38 PM (#2254390) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: Joe Offer Hi, Sandy - It was published in 1926, so it's not quite in public domain in the U.S. (thanks to Sonny Bono). Words by Greatrex Newman, music by Wolseley Charles, made popular by thwe inimitable Stanley Holloway. We have the lyrics in our Digital Tradition - you'll find the links up above. You can buy sheet music here (click). Anybody have corrections to the Digital Tradition version(s), or are they pretty good? -Joe- |
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05 Feb 08 - 04:54 PM (#2254400) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: Peace Ya might want to have a look at this site. |
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05 Feb 08 - 05:05 PM (#2254416) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: Peace Note: On that site linked above, the line in the song is "Green-eyed dragon with the 13 tails". |
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05 Feb 08 - 05:08 PM (#2254422) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: GUEST,sandynewlap Thanks! This is exactly the thing. |
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05 Feb 08 - 05:17 PM (#2254430) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: Uncle_DaveO When I was in high school, say sixty-odd years ago, I remember hearing a rendition of this repeatedly on my hometown radio. I always looked (listened?) forward to hearing it again. It was "Thirteen Tails" in that version. Dave Oesterreich |
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05 Feb 08 - 05:20 PM (#2254435) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: GUEST,sandynewlap I'm sure I just remembered wrong. Its been at least 30 years. Thirteen tails sounds right... |
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05 Feb 08 - 05:30 PM (#2254449) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: Peace Glad I'm not the only one with memory lapses. |
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05 Feb 08 - 09:20 PM (#2254660) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: green eyed dragon with fourteen tails From: Joe Offer I didn't find a Stanley Holloway recording, but I found another one - and I had to buy it. Sound samples here (click). It was recorded by Rosalie Sorrels, which give it a reasonably good folk pedigree. Still, I'd like to hear Holloway sing it. Interesting song. -Joe- |