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06 May 97 - 06:06 PM (#4890) Subject: The Woodpecker Song From: Bob Landry A friend of mine asked for the words to The Woodpecker Song. I don't have them - can anybody oblige? Many thanks ... Bob |
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06 May 97 - 10:28 PM (#4899) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: A few more clues, please. Is it erotic or is it about a bird? |
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06 May 97 - 10:47 PM (#4902) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Gene Graham Ha ha ha hah hah! Ha ha ha hah hah! It's the Woody Woodpecker song.... Got it somewhere - if I can find it.... |
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07 May 97 - 11:07 AM (#4922) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Bill D or the one that starts "I put my finger in the woodpeckers hole, And the woodpecker said 'well, damn your soul, 'take it out, take it out, take it out, remove it" Ya gotta realize, that in this kind of forum, any subject or title may have lots of references! The more specific your request, the better. |
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07 May 97 - 12:29 PM (#4939) Subject: Lyr Add: EARLY IN THE MORNIN' (from Lomax) From: Barry Finn This woodpecker is a double cutting axe work song, 1. Well it's early in the morn, in the morn Baby when I rise, Lordy, mama Well it's early in the morn a- baby when I rise Well-a it's early in the mor in the morn, baby when I rise, lordy mama well it's early in the morn baby when I rise. 2. The peckerwood's a pecking on the, on the schoolhouse door, sugar Well the peckerwood a-pecking on the, on the schoolhouse door Well-a well the peckerwood a-pecking on the schoolhouse door, sugar, Well he pecks so hard lordy baby, until his pecker got sore well-a Until his pecker got sore Lord, sugar, Well he peck so hard lordy, baby until his pecker got sore. etc, etc, etc. other verses run with 4. "Well-a whosoever told it, that he told a dirty lie Well the eagle on a dollar, quarter He gonna rise and fly. 5. Well I ain't been to Georga , but I've been told well-a women in a-Georga baby got a sweet jelly roll. Lomax got this I think in the 60's on Parchman prison farm. |
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07 May 97 - 12:36 PM (#4943) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: belter Some one tell me if I'm imagining things, or is that song about sex. If it's not then I need to get my mind out of the gutter. |
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07 May 97 - 12:37 PM (#4944) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Bert Hansell Or this one... He'll call you very bright and early wake up all the neighborhood..... He'll sing to every boy and girlie his little serenade on wood You can hear him picking out a melody peck, peck, pecking at the same old tree He's just as happy as a bumble bee all day long Come on and try his rhythm and let your heart beat with him and you will hear that dig a dig dig, dig a dig dig happly little woodpecker song There may be some more verses but that's all that I know Bert. |
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07 May 97 - 01:51 PM (#4948) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Bob Landry Thanks, guys all versions are great I knew Woody's tune, I used to watch his cartoons on B&W TV and read his comic books. I've got to memorize Barry's version and add it to my repertoire. But, Bert's version was the one I'm looking for. Are there any other verses for any of these? Bob |
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07 May 97 - 08:53 PM (#4965) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Tilell Well, I know a different one all together. It's a group choral piece. . . the arranger slipps my mind but the song is in SATB arrangement and is in a sort of round The tenors start off with a VERY repetitive "Woodpecker, woodpecker, woodpecker, woodpecker" And then the Bases join in with: "BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG," in a counter-point sort of syncopation thing. Then the Altos and Sopranos get in on the gig with a little verse of: "Banging against a dead bough, a double-dead, double-dead bough, double-dead-bough, double-double-double-double-dead double-dead bough, double-double-double-double-dead double-dead dead-bough" And so forth. . . it's a very bizarre song and not, I think the one your friend is looking for. . . but I thought I'd throw my two cents in anyway. |
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08 May 97 - 02:57 AM (#4979) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Bill Howdy Belter, Your mind must really be in the gutter. I'm sure that everyone at the site will agree that they've never under any circumstances ever possibly heard of a song coming from a prison farm that had anything to do with sex. Certainly the Lomaxes would not dream of collecting such a thing, nobody here would ever sing such a thing, and Dick wouldn't allow such a thing in the DT. Oops, maybe I'm wrong on all counts. It sounds like it to me. Allinkausay, Bill |
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08 May 97 - 10:05 AM (#4989) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: chenry1 Yes, I agree, It sounded dirty to me too. I guess I'm just a dirty minded old lady. |
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08 May 97 - 10:13 AM (#4990) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: LaMarca Barry's song belongs to that extensive folk genre, the single entendre or not-quite-allegorical song; other good examples are Bo Carter's "Let Me Put My Banana in Your Fruit Basket" or the English ditty "The Bonny Black Hare". It doesn't take a rocket scientist (or even a molecular biologist) to catch the drift... Ian Robb made an interesting point at a workshop recently that emigrants from the British Isles to the Americas brought over versions of some of the bloodiest ballads and similar songs from home, but a lot of the bawdy ones didn't seem to make it here. The really raunchy American songs tend to be from the blues or homegrown mountain traditions, not the venerable Scots/English smut. I guess today's "moral" standard that blood, gore and violence are okay on TV and movies, but sex is not, is another "traditional family value" that dates back to America's beginnings... |
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10 May 97 - 09:07 PM (#5062) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Rodney Rawlings Hey! Aren't you all on the wrong track here? Doesn't Bob Landry want the theme song of the TV cartoon Woody Woodpecker? And everybody thinks he's asking about a folk song? Or is there some obscure humor I'm missing here? Bert's lyrics are not for the song Landry wants, as far as I know - and I once examined the sheet music to it. |
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11 May 97 - 11:07 PM (#5097) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: rich r Hey, what's this "or even a molecular biologist" throw away? Are you implying they are way above the proverbial rocket scientist, or way below, or on a par with?
Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. |
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14 May 97 - 02:18 PM (#5217) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: LaMarca I dint usta be abel to spel muleclar biologist, but now I are one...Even though us molecular types don't usually study anything closer to sex than DNA, we sometimes can recognize that there's SOME sort of interesting activity being discussed in some of these songs. I think Bob Landry said Bert's song WAS the one he wanted; in my somewhat twisted frame of reference, even THAT on sounds a bit risque: "He'll sing to every boy and girlie his little serenade on wood... Come on and try his rhythm and let your heart beat with him..." Just what is he doing with those kiddies?
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14 May 97 - 03:30 PM (#5222) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Jerry Friedman, jfriedman@nnm.cc.nm.us Not to be pedantic, but... "When correctly viewed, Everything is lewd. I could tell you things about Peter Pan And the Wizard of Oz - there's a dirty old man!" (If you're STILL not satisfied, the whole brilliant song, and many other Tom Lehrer lyrics, can be found at http://www.anglia.ac.uk/~systimk/Humour/Lehrer/Index.Html)
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14 May 97 - 05:34 PM (#5228) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Susan of Calif What else would a bunch of guys in a prison work camp be thinking about but sex? There was a recent Coors's beer commercial that speaks to this phenomenon, it has a bunch af guys working on a chain gang, and the oldest among them starts talking about the Rocky Mountains. There's a provacative young woman washing her car, cooling her "neck" with a bottle of Coor's. But then again, maybe my mind is in the gutter, after all, I are a college student. |
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14 Sep 00 - 12:18 AM (#296916) Subject: Lyr Add: WOODPECKER SONG (Adamson/Bruno/DiLazzaro) From: John in Brisbane Some people never forget. On the other hand I tend to remeber things sooner or later - much later in this case. Regards, John
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14 Sep 00 - 01:20 AM (#296947) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Bev and Jerry Where we live there is a species of bird which frequents our feeder called an acorn woodpecker. It's black and white except for the top of its head which has a bright red disc on it. It looks like a cardinal (in the Catholic sense, not the bird sense). Local folklore has it that this is the bird that inspired Walter Lantz to creat Woody Woodpecker and the song in question. His call is identical to the "Ha ha ha ha ha" part of the song. Every time we hear it, we're reminded of the cartoon Bev and Jerry |
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14 Sep 00 - 10:05 AM (#297128) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: GUEST Ah, Melanerpes formicivorus. Bev & Jerry must be from the west coast or southwest |
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14 Sep 00 - 10:19 AM (#297138) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Micca Just in case it was the "other" Woodpecker song here are the words THE WOODPECKER SONG Traditional I put my finger in the woodpecker's hole, And the woodpecker said, "God bless my soul, Take it out, Take it out, Take it out, Remove it, I removed my finger from the woodpecker's hole And the woodpecker said, " God bless my soul, Put it back, Put it back, Put it back, Replace it. I rep1aced my finger in the woodpecker's hole And the woodpecker said, "God bless my soul, Turn it round, Turn it round, Turn it round, Revolve it, I revolved my finger in the woodpecker's hole And the woodpecker said, "God bless my soul Pull it out, Pull it out, Pull it out, Retract it." I retracted my finger from the woodpecker's hole And the woodpecker said, " God bless my soul, Take A Whiff Take a whiff Take a whiff Revolting |
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14 Sep 00 - 08:59 PM (#297615) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: rabbitrunning I learned that when I was a kid as the little skunk's hole, with slightly different lyrics than these in the DT. Wasn't quite Turkey in the straw either.
Thusly: |
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24 Apr 01 - 03:16 PM (#448337) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: MMario Tunes for any of these? |
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24 Apr 01 - 06:14 PM (#448472) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Bill D Micca's & mine go to "Dixie", the way I heard it |
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24 Apr 01 - 06:30 PM (#448490) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: GUEST,Seth from China "The Woodpecker Song" was recorded by the Andrews sisters during World War 2 (He's up each morning....) I used to have that 78, with "Down by the Ohio" on the other side. When I was little, I played it A LOT!!!!!!.... or so my mother tells me. Seth from China |
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24 Apr 01 - 06:47 PM (#448514) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Liz the Squeak Puts you right off Woodpecker cider..... LTS |
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24 Apr 01 - 09:02 PM (#448632) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: MMario Thanks Bill - I can find Dixie to work up that one.... another one down! |
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24 Apr 01 - 09:09 PM (#448639) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: GUEST,Joe Fineman (jcf@world.std.com) Or do you mean this one? Woody knows nothing but pecking on a bough. Ah, but the sky's of blue! Never knew till I met you What love, oh love, could do, do, Love, oh love, could do. |
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25 Apr 01 - 01:08 PM (#449148) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: GUEST,Momp5 Here's another one: A woodpecker sat on a tree in the woods And he knocked-tatoo-tatoo And he called to the little white worm inside "I've come to visit you!" But the little white worm just peeked outside, Saw the woodpecker's cap of red. "I think I will stay in my home today!" The little worm wisely said. This is what I sing to my children when they want "The Woodpecker Song". Please, don't anyone try to give that one a sexual connotation!!!!! |
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25 Apr 01 - 06:21 PM (#449391) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Mr Red no sexual connotation with a pecker in it? we'll be doubting that "Bunch of Thyme" is not a moral tale for young lasses not to trust sailors nor wander with them in the garden and garden, thyme and rose are not pre-victorian euphemisms |
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25 Apr 01 - 09:20 PM (#449516) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Amos Just to round it off, the words to the V version are roughly (from memory): Ahahahaha! Ahahahaha! It's the Woody Woodpecker Song!! Ahahahaha! Ahahahaha!He sings it all day long. Ahahahaha! Ahahahaha! Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! |
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25 Apr 01 - 10:45 PM (#449552) Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: Ferrara Ummm... Amos... Actually there was a bit more to it than that.... Darned if I can remember it though. I remember a bit of the tune, is all. |
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23 Feb 17 - 08:32 PM (#3841103) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Woodpecker Song From: GUEST I've been singing this version since nursery school 75 years ago. Taught it to my family too. RCraig11@aol.com Subject: RE: The Woodpecker Song From: GUEST,Momp5 Date: 25 Apr 01 - 01:08 PM Here's another one:
A woodpecker sat on a tree in the woods |
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24 Feb 17 - 11:51 PM (#3841362) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WOODPECKER (F. Manley/E. Nevin) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at the University of Maine: THE WOODPECKER Words, Frederick Manley; music, Ethelbert Nevin, ©1902. [1] There's someone tapping on the maple tree, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap; But there's no one about that I can see, Save a lark that is singing a song of glee On a sunlit bough, and it isn't he That is tapping away so steadily, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap. [2] There's someone coming down the maple tree, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap; And he's hopping about so busily In a cap quite as red as a barberry, And a coat deeply blue as a starlit sea An he's singing a laughing melody, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap. [3] There's someone going to the maple tree, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap; He's as gay as a prince or a lord, but he Hasn't time to go 'round shown off, you see, For he stays in the woods working lovingly At a snug little home for his family, Tap, tipy, tap, tap, tap. |
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25 Feb 17 - 12:11 AM (#3841365) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WOODPECKER SONG (Adamson/Di Lazzaro) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at the The National Library of Australia: THE WOODPECKER SONG / REGINELLA CAMPAGNOLA English words by Harold Adamson; original Italian words by Bruno Cherubini (pseudonym "C. Bruno"); music by Eldo Di Lazzaro; ©1939. He's up each morning bright and early To wake up all the neighbourhood, To bring to ev'ry boy and girlie His happy serenade on wood. Hear him pickin' out a melody: Peck, peck, peckin' at the same old tree. He's as happy as a bumblebee, All day long. To serenade your lady, Just find a tree that's shady, And when you hear that tick-a-tick-tick, tick-a-tick-tick, tick-a-tick-tick, sing right along. Come on and try his rhythm And let your hearts beat with 'im. Just listen to that tick-a-tick-tick, tick-a-tick-tick, happy little woodpecker song. [There is a Wikipedia article about this song.] |
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25 Feb 17 - 12:42 AM (#3841370) Subject: Lyr Add: I THINK I HEAR A WOODPECKER KNOCKING... From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at Baylor University: I THINK I HEAR A WOODPECKER KNOCKING AT MY FAMILY TREE Words by Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams; music by Joseph E. Howard; ©1909. From the musical comedy, "The Golden Girl." 1. My fami'ly tree is an awful sight to see, For the bark is all worn bare. It's a busted stump which is mostly punk And the worms are nesting there. I'd point with pride to the ones who died In my genealogy, But the fact is this: almost all my kin and kith Have been hanged upon that tree. CHORUS: I think I hear a woodpecker knocking on my fam'ly tree. While I hear his knock, knock, knock, I think he's on to me. My fam'ly did a whole lot of things that ain't in history, But when he gets free with my ancestry, He's knocking me. 2. My father Dan was a literary man. He lived by and in the pen. When he got away, it was safe to say He would soon be back again. My Uncle Frank for his work in a bank By the police was in demand, While my cousin Roy was an awful handy boy With a stocking full of sand. |
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25 Feb 17 - 08:28 AM (#3841427) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WOOD-PECKER (Thomas Moore, M Kelly) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at Johns Hopkins University: THE WOOD-PECKER Words by Thomas Moore; music, Michael Kelly. n.d. [1] I knew by the smoke, that so gracefully curl'd Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, "If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here! The heart that was humble might hope for it here!" [CHORUS] Ev'ry leaf was at rest And I heard not a sound But the woodpecker tapping the hollow beech tree. Ev'ry leaf was at rest, And I heard not a sound; Ev'ry leaf was at rest, And I heard not a sound But the woodpecker tapping the hollow beech tree, But the woodpecker tapping the hollow beech tree, But the woodpecker tapping the hollow beech tree. [2] And "Here in this lone little wood," I exclaim'd, "With a maid who was lovely to soul and to eye, Who would blush when I prais'd her, and weep when I blam'd, How blest could I live, and how calm could I die! How blest could I live, and how calm could I die! [3] By the shade of yon sumach, whose red berry dips In the gush of the fountain how sweet to recline, And to know that I sigh'd upon innocent lips, Which had never been sigh'd on by any but mine! Which had never been sigh'd on by any but mine! [The sheet music bears no date, but some cataloguers have guessed around 1820. The words were published as a poem called "Ballad Stanzas" in Moore's Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems in 1806. Other composers set it to music also.] |
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25 Feb 17 - 05:08 PM (#3841561) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Woodpecker Song From: Mr Happy Disaster at Sea It was a calm, still day in Yarmouth, The channel clear and wide, As the last of the timber sailing ships Sailed out on the evening tide. They never saw that ship again; They searched when it was light, But that fine old timber vessel sank That clear and peaceful night. No one knows what happened On that night in 1910; But the crew and her cargo of woodpeckers Were never seen again. [Les Barker - 2005] |