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11 Oct 99 - 05:54 PM (#122761) Subject: After The Ball (was over) From: C.Gordon@Motorola.com After the ball was over, She took out her glass eye. Stood her cork leg in the corner, Hung up her hair to dry. Put her false teeth in the basin, Turned out the light in the hall; The rest of her went off to slumber After the ball. (This is the version my father, George Gordon, used to sing in the 50's) |
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11 Oct 99 - 06:06 PM (#122763) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over) From: katlaughing Ah, my father used to sing the same one. Thanks for the memories! katlaughing |
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11 Oct 99 - 06:20 PM (#122767) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over) From: dick greenhaus A popular theme. Try a search for #651 in DigiTrad for some variants. |
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29 Jul 07 - 08:29 PM (#2114331) Subject: RE: old movie tunes From: The Walrus After the Ball was over There on the sofa she lie, She put her false teeth in salt water She took out her lovely glass eye Her cork leg she kicked in the corner She hung up her wig on the wall Ther rest of her went to sleep then, After the ball. Okay, so maybe that's not the version you wanted... |
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20 Jun 08 - 08:14 AM (#2370605) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: After the Ball -&- Hi-Lili Hi-Lo From: Bat Goddess "After the Ball" was written about a true experience , sort of -- and the location was the ballroom above the Turners' Hall in Milwaukee. The ballroom was restored sometime within the past 10 years and I got the story from an article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal. It's also said he overheard a lovers' quarrel at a dance in Chicago and thought up the line "many a heart is breaking after the ball", liked it and used it when he wrote the song. He was living in Milwaukee and probably attended dances at the Turners' Hall, too. Linn |
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19 Nov 08 - 03:16 PM (#2497867) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: After the Ball -&- Hi-Lili Hi-Lo From: GUEST,nancy here is what my mother used to sing: after the ball was over katie took out her glass eye, put her peg leg in the corner, hung out her hair to dry, put her false teeth on the table, hung her tin ear on the wall. now what was left of poor katie after the ball? wrong one, huh? |
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19 Nov 08 - 11:48 PM (#2498181) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: After the Ball -&- Hi-Lili Hi-Lo From: GUEST,iancarterb I heard an even more revolting version 50ish years ago- put her cork leg in the corner, Coughed up her bottle of rye. the rest essentially the same. |
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20 Nov 08 - 05:00 AM (#2498258) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Leadfingers I have the ame storyline to After The Ball , Side by Side and Among my Souvenirs . Any other melodies ?? |
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25 Mar 09 - 04:53 PM (#2597273) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,guest sally The version we've heard goes... After the ball was over, she lay on the sofa and sighed she put her false teeth in water and took out her lovely glass eye she kicked her cork leg in the corner hung up her wig on the wall and the rest of her went to bye byes, after the ball. |
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26 Mar 09 - 04:52 PM (#2598056) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Uke A second verse from 1960s New Zealand students, that follows approxiamately the same as above: Her head when she wakes in the morning, Will not have an ache nor a pain. It also fell off her torso - This semi-detachable Jane. "I no longer am what I was, dear, what I have left is my all. Treat it with all due respect, dear - After the ball." |
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27 Mar 09 - 12:21 PM (#2598651) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: John P My mom used to sing: After the ball was over, Mabel took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in a tumbler, Pulled out a bottle of rye, Put her false teeth on the table, Hung her wig on the wall, After the ball was over, There's nothing left of Mabel at all. |
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17 May 09 - 07:59 PM (#2634259) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: oldhippie Any more to this parody? After the war is over After Hitler's hung We will go on picnics Gee, we'll have some fun. |
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18 May 09 - 12:27 PM (#2634833) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Barbara After the ball was over Mary took out her glass eye Stood her peg leg in the corner Washed off the paint and the dye Put her false teeth in some water Hung up her hair on the wall, That's all that was left of poor Mary, they say, After the ball. My mother's version from maybe 50, 60 years back. Blessings, Barbara |
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18 May 09 - 03:38 PM (#2635031) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Steve Gardham The theme is at least 17th century, probably older. I'm getting deja vu here. I'm sure there has already been a thread on these spare-part songs. |
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18 May 09 - 06:58 PM (#2635237) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego A different song, but right out of the same "playbook" of mischieviously altered material - a parody of "Silver Threads Among the Gold," another hoary oldie from the turn of the last century. "At the boarding house where we live, Everything is growing old. Silver threads are in the butter, All the bread has turned to mold. When the dog died, we hat hot dogs, When the cat died, catnip tea. When the landlord died, I left there; Spareribs were too much for me..." |
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18 May 09 - 07:52 PM (#2635268) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Barbara Steve I think you're right. One of the pleasures (?) of getting older is that one doesn't realize one is repeating oneself. Also I can reread books and they're just like I've never read them before. Blessings, Barbara |
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18 May 09 - 08:50 PM (#2635303) Subject: Lyr Add: AFTER THE STRIKE (Joseph A. Hemer) From: dick greenhaus for those too proud to look things up in Digitrad, there's: Once a pretty maiden climbed an old man's knee Asked for a story-"Papa tell me, Why are you lonely, why are you sad, Why do your shopmates call you a scab?" I had friends, pet, long, long ye-ars ago, How I lost them you soon shall know; I'll tell it all, pet, tell all my shame; I was a scab, pet, I was to blame." cho: After the strike is over, After the men have won, After the shops have opened, After the notice is down; Many the heart is aching, Though the hope seems bright That many a scab will vanish After the strike. Brave men were fighting, standing side by side, Fighting for justice, fighting with pride, I then was with them---with them heart and soul, But when the test came, I left them in the cold, I thought it best, pet, best to turn a scab; Best to return, pet, to the job I had, That's why I'm lonely, that's why I'm sad, That's why my shopmates call me a scab. cho: Many years have passed, pet, since I won that name, And in song and story they have told my shame, I have tried to tell them, tried to explain, But they will not listen, pleading is in vain; Everywhere I wander, everywhere I roam, The story of my shame is sure to find my home, I'd give my life, pet, I'd give my all, If I had not turned traitor, or scabbed at all. cho: From American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Century, Foner @parody @union @strike Note: published in the United Mine Workers' Journal, May 24, 1894 filename[ AFTRSTRK TUNE FILE: AFTRBALL CLICK TO PLAY RG |
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18 May 09 - 11:35 PM (#2635386) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Artful Codger D.J. O'Malley (under the name D.J. White) wrote the cowboy song "After the Roundup" (aka "When the Works All Done This Fall", 1893) to the tune of "After the Ball". Lyrics have already been posed in other threads. Nowadays, people usually sing it to other, less arty tunes. |
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24 Nov 09 - 11:12 AM (#2772619) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,secaii After the ball was over, Sally took out her glass eye... Put her false teeth in some water, and hung her complexion to dry! Put her cork leg in the corner, Hung her wig on the wall... And that was all of poor Sally, After the ball! |
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24 Nov 09 - 03:21 PM (#2772846) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: semi-submersible The "revolting" line above, "Coughed up her bottle of rye" sounds suspiciously close to the bit my mother sang me about "Corked up her bottle of dye." Oral transmission/folk process, I guess. After the ball was over Maggie took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in some water, Corked up her bottle of dye, Stood her false leg in a corner, Hung up her wig on the wall; Then what was left went to slumber After the ball. (Could've been "all the rest" instead of "what was left." I'm not sure.) I like Barbara's mother's version best in this thread. |
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25 Dec 09 - 07:55 PM (#2796461) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: trischief The only thing I would add to this discussion is a variation substituting the word "switch" in the line "hung her wig up on the wall". My grandmother sang this parody to me. She was from rural central Illinois, born in 1883. m |
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28 May 10 - 02:06 PM (#2916100) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Lori Spring This is a slightly different version I learned as a kid in the 1940's After the ball was over Mary took out her glass eye Put her false teeth in some water Hung up her hair to dry Put her wooden leg in the corner Hung her tin ear on the wall What was left went to slumber After the ball |
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28 May 10 - 03:11 PM (#2916138) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Pete These are all fairly similar so I may as well post the version I learned from my mother and passed on to my two daughters. Real oral tradition or what? After the ball was over, Maggie took ouy her glass eye, put her false leg in the corner, corked up her bottle of dye. Rinsed out her teeth in the basin, hung up her hair on the wall, and all that was left went to bye-byes, after the ball |
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02 Jun 10 - 02:55 PM (#2919182) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST After the ball was over, Nellie took out her glass eye Put her false teeth on the bureau Hung up her wig to dry Put her peg leg in the corner Hung up her crutch on the wall There wasn't much left of poor Nellie After the ball That's how my Dad used to sing it to us. |
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01 Aug 10 - 11:58 PM (#2956483) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,mrszzano I might as well add my mom's version, from the 50's. After the ball was over, Mamie took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in water, Hung up her wig to dry, Stood her peg leg in the corner, Hung her tin ear on the wall. And all that was left was her shadow After the ball. There you go, Mom, now you're out in cyberspace! |
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20 Sep 10 - 11:27 PM (#2990625) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Oh so funny! I just heard this in a movie we watched last week, which made me remember and wonder where this came from. Here's how MY Mom sang it: After the ball was over Katie took out her glass eye, Put her peg leg in the corner, Corked up her bottle of dye, I don't remember the rest - I'll have to check in with my siblings! Thanks for all these postings and variations - they made me laugh! Marcie |
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14 Oct 10 - 05:48 PM (#3007141) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST um... I'm related to the man who wrote this. it goes... after the ball was over she took out her glass eye stood her cork leg in the corner, opened a bottle of dye put her faulse teeth in the basin hung up her hair on the wall and what was left of her went to bed after the ball. I wish I could find out more about my Great Great Grand Father. |
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27 Nov 10 - 09:21 AM (#3041377) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Guest My dad use to sing it to me in the 1950's with a change in the last line that I haven't read yet - After the ball was over, Mary took out her glass eye Put her false teeth in water, hung up her wig to dry Stood her peg leg in the corner Hung her tin ear on the wall After the ball was over There was no Mary at all! |
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23 Jan 11 - 12:16 PM (#3080716) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST I grew up with the same tune with slight variations: After the ball was over Mary took out her glass eye. Put her false teeth in water, Hung up her hair to dry. Threw her cork leg in the corner, Hung her wax ear on the wall. That's why you'd never know Mary, After the ball. |
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04 May 11 - 08:05 PM (#3148123) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Guest Many nights after skiing all day and sitting around firesides entertaining guests 60's. After the ball was over Nellie took out her glass eye. Put her false teeth in a tumbler. Hung up her dyed wig to dry. She put her false leg in a corner Placed her tin ear by her bed After the ball was over Nellie was better off dead. |
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05 May 11 - 02:44 AM (#3148291) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Jim Carroll From 1950s Liverpool Fill in the names of players as required. After the game had started, after the whistle blew, **** got excited, and down the field he flew, He passed the ball to ****, **** scored a goal, He left the poor old goalie sitting on his hole. Jim Carroll |
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06 May 11 - 01:25 PM (#3149289) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,clare My dad sang it this way, I thought he had made this up himself, alas I was wrong. After the ball is over See her take out her glass eye Put all her teeth in a basin Lock up her bottle of dye Stand her cork leg in the corner Hang up her wig on the wall All that is left goes to bye bye After the ball |
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07 May 11 - 12:51 PM (#3149865) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: threelegsoman Most of the parodies are variations of the same theme, and it is a similar variation I uploaded to YouTube along with the original song. Original song: After The Ball Is Over; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZzozzzavS0 Parody: After The Ball (Dismantled Bride; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57ZS_2e7ns |
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13 May 11 - 05:30 PM (#3153608) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Has anybody got a version with Charlie Tully The Celtic player |
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05 Sep 11 - 09:42 PM (#3218790) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,princetompax I remember my father singing: "After the ball was over Freddie took me for a walk Took me behind the bushes and told me not to talk" Sadly, he never got further than that, but there is obviously more. Can anyone supply the remainder, please? |
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10 Nov 11 - 07:27 AM (#3254192) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST did paul mcartney write this |
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29 Apr 12 - 06:35 PM (#3344967) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST My old headmaster at primary school was a part time jazz musician who used to get us all together on a Friday afternoon to sing songs from the music hall days etc. The version he taught us( in 1977 ish) was this: After the ball was over, she took out her glass eye. Put her false teeth in water, shook from her hair the dye. Kicked her cork leg in the corner, stripped off her false nails and all. Then what was left went to bye-byes after the ball. |
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30 May 12 - 05:37 PM (#3357392) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Gill This is the real version, and I know this because my Nanna born in 1893 sang it to me 100s of times throughout my childhood. Nanna came from a large very poor family and only affordable entertainment was the local Eastbourne Music Hall, admission a penny I think she said. I'm certain this is closer to the original because it has more alliteration. After the ball is over See Nellie take out her glass eye Put her false teeth in water Cork up her bottle of dye Kick her cork leg in the corner Hang up her wig on the wall All that is left goes to bye-byes After the ball. |
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31 May 12 - 02:53 PM (#3357737) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Murray on Saltspring Princetompax 5th Sept - I heard this from a fellow pupil (girl) at Bell-Baxter Secondary (Cupar Fife) around 1947. Thus: After the ball was over Johnny took me for a walk, He took me behind some bushes And said let's have a talk; He pulled oput a hairy monster And put it between my thighs, I said oh no John don't Or you'll make my belly rise. |
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13 Sep 12 - 01:33 PM (#3403996) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST The variation my mother sang ended with "put the rest under the covers, after the ball." |
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28 Jun 13 - 12:46 PM (#3531361) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,charlie Well I have yet another, albeit similar version. After the ball was over she took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in the water, shook out of her hair the dye Kicked false leg in the corner, picked off her false nails, and all then waht was left went to bye byes - after the ball. |
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13 Aug 13 - 11:51 AM (#3548603) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Joanie DS I remember this from my dim and distant childhood - at 10 years old, we thought it hilarious! After the ball was over Sally took out her glass eye Laid her peg leg in the corner Put on a dab of hair dye Put her false teeth in cold water Hung her wig on the wall All that was left went to bye byes After the ball |
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18 Aug 13 - 04:16 PM (#3550495) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST After the ball was over, see her take out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in water, wash off her paint and dye, Rest her false leg in the corner, hang up her wig on the wall, All that was left went to by bys, After the ball. My Grandmas version, 1904-1981 |
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18 Aug 13 - 05:29 PM (#3550519) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: Jim Carroll Liverpool version following an incident at a 'Pool match when a player continued to play after the final whistle Would rather visit North Wales on a wet Sunday than watch a football match, so I can't remember the players names - will insert the names of a couple I do remember After the Ball was over, after the whistle blew, Brierly got excited and down the pitch he flew, He passed the ball to Liddell, Liddell scored a goal He left the poor old goalie lying on his hole Jim Carroll |
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11 Jan 14 - 08:48 AM (#3590964) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,king kong after the ball was over mary took off her glass eye put her false teeth in water, hung up her hair to dry... leaned her peg leg in the corner, hung her wax ear on the wall... there wasn't much left of mary-- after the ball! |
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24 Feb 14 - 08:24 PM (#3604546) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,rettadee my dad sang this to me when I was very small but did not forget lyrics After the ball was over Mary took out her glass eye Put her false teeth on the table Hung up her wig to dry Stood her peg leg in the corner Stuck her wax ear on the wall There wasn't much left of Mary After the ball!!!! |
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11 Jul 14 - 04:17 PM (#3641332) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Edgar's version( I think) After the ball was over After the break of day She put her false teeth in cold water She put he glass eye away Stood her wooden leg in the corner Hung her false hair on the wall All that was left went ta ta After the ball |
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25 Jul 14 - 04:25 PM (#3645300) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Bonnie Black The day of the ball was coming. Katie got out her hair dye, Took her wax ear from the cupboard, Uncorked her bottle of rye, Got her false teeth from the water, Chased down the dog for her shoe. If only she can keep her wits about her And find that damned pot of glue. After the ball was over, Katie took out her glass eye, Put her peg leg in the corner, Hung up her wig to dry, Put her false teeth in some water, Hung her wax ear on the wall. No, there wasn't much left of poor Katie after the ball. |
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26 Jul 14 - 03:22 PM (#3645512) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Reminds me of the very unfortunate, very unfortunate, very unfortunate man. Dave Oesterreich |
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17 Nov 14 - 02:30 AM (#3677702) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST My dad's version: After the ball was over, She took out her glass eye, Stood her false leg in the corner, Corked up her bottle of dye, Put her false teeth in water, Hung up her c@nt on the wall, Then what was left went to bye byes, After the ball |
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17 Nov 14 - 12:34 PM (#3677829) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST boring this, isn't it |
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17 Oct 17 - 07:03 PM (#3882881) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,chuckie This is the version the old drunk lady sang in our production of the melodrama, "Because Their Hearts Were Pure". Still love it after 50 years. |
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17 Oct 17 - 08:00 PM (#3882887) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: robomatic -boom!!!- Seagoon: "Duck!" Moriarty: "Why?" Seagoon: "There's a cannonball approaching!" Moriarty: "Right! I'll see you after the ball is over!" |
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18 Oct 17 - 10:01 AM (#3883030) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: Lighter For something completely different, we turn to the U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Wing, VMF-214 ("Black Sheep")in the Pacific in 1943: After Rabaul is over, After the close of day, Count up the Japs and Zeros, But just let me get away! Take all your Navy Crosses, Medals and ribbons too, Along with my orders and stuff them Right up your avenue! After Rabaul is over, After Bull Halsey's day, MacArthur can have the credit, Just send me home to stay! I don't want to be a hero, So take your wings of gold, To hell with the southwest Pacific, I just want to grow old! |
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13 Dec 17 - 03:17 AM (#3893647) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Muso My father used to sing a football- related version but I can't remember the complete lyrics. Those I recall are:- Line 1 After the ball was over, after the whistle blew Line 2 ? Line 3 ? Line 4 Head over heels went the goalie Line 5 After the ball. The parody was not linked to a specific football team (as are one or two in this thread) although the version I heard was sung in Ipswich, UK. Can any one (probably based many years ago in Suffolk, UK,) shed any light on the missing lines? |
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07 Aug 19 - 12:51 AM (#4003624) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Angela Mason My grandmother would sing: After the ball was over Annie took out her glass eye, stood her wooden leg in the corner corked up her bottle of dye Put her false teeth in some water hung her blond wig on the line After the ball was over Annie said she felt just fine. My grandfather sang the same song but at the end he would say after the ball was over Annie crawled into the bed and died. And this was part of my early childhood development. |
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23 Feb 21 - 06:54 PM (#4094521) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Venessa My moms version was: After the ball was over, Sally took out her glass eye, She took out her teeth and brushed them and hung up her hair to dry, Stood her wooden leg in the corner and pasted an ear on the wall, That's what was left of poor Sally After the ball. |
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24 Feb 21 - 11:44 AM (#4094607) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: Long Firm Freddie From the Oldham Tinkers "An Oldham Rugby Medley": Pity the team in blue, lads The sweet little team in blue They were braggin’ and they were swankin’ ‘Bout what they were going to do Jim Valentine got the ball, lads And thowt he would easily score But Barney copped ‘im and gently dropped ‘im They’ll meet on an ‘appier shore LFF |
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29 Mar 21 - 05:08 AM (#4099762) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Kev. My Mum used to sin a version of this which ran: "One glass eye and a wooden leg And I said, 'Is that you,Mona?' She said, 'It is and the rest of me Is over in the corner!" |
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09 Jun 21 - 01:08 PM (#4109480) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,My Mom used to sing: After the ball was over She took out her glass eye Put her false leg in the corner Corked up the bottle of rye Put her false teeth on the counter Hung her wig on the wall What remained to be seen After the ball |