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26 May 97 - 08:10 PM (#5776) Subject: Fine Feathered Friends From: darcy@roadrunner.com Hi, I'm looking for the rest of the lyrics to an old WWII song. What I remember is: Be kind to your fine feathered friends, For that duck may be somebody's mother. Be kind to your friends in the swamp, Where the weather is cold and damp. I think there was something else about an alligator, also. Thanks. |
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29 May 97 - 05:32 PM (#5921) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: Jerry Friedman, jfriedman@nnm.cc.nm.us It's in the DT as "Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends". In my younger days we used to sing, "...Where the weather is cold and damp. Well you may think that this is the end, And it is." Not to digress or anything, but there was another parody of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" that ended equally abruptly: Three cheers for Jones Junior High! It's the best junior high in Toledo. It's colors are purple and white-- (Spoken) Purple is for loyalty and white is for the fight fight fight! For Jones Junior High I would die, bang! The bang was accompanied by a shooting-yourself-in-the-head gesture. This was actually the end of a long, complicated narrative song that started Alice, where are you going? --Upstairs to take a bath. Alice with legs like toothpicks And a neck like a giraffe. Fortunately, I forget the rest. |
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31 May 97 - 01:36 PM (#5989) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: Peter Timmerman Dear Jerry, Did you go to Jones Junior High? Is this for real? I mean, when the Jones Junior High School Marching Band went out on the field at half time, did they shoot themselves and lie around littering the 50 yard line? When is the next game? Yours, Peter |
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03 Jun 97 - 05:19 PM (#6165) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: Jerry Friedman, jfriedman@nnm.cc.nm.us Peter, if you're going to make fun of me, do it for mistyping "Its". I hang my head, I is covered with rue. I didn't go to Jones Junior High. If memory serves, this song is from a summer camp my brother and sister went to and was in honor of a counselor who went to J. J. H. S. The picture of the suicidal band is appealing, though. |
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03 Jun 97 - 05:51 PM (#6171) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: Peter Timmerman I wasn't making fun (well, maybe a bit). I was hoping it was a real school song, or a close parody. I loved it, and hope that some graduate second trombone may sometime wander wounded over this site and give us more. Yours, Peter |
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19 Jan 04 - 04:11 AM (#1096067) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,The Evil Avator Alice in the bathtub. Alice pulled the plug. Oh my goodness! Oh my soul! There goes Alice down the hole! That Alice is awfully thin. |
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19 Jan 04 - 04:25 AM (#1096070) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: ced2 Be kind to your web footed friends, For that duck may be somebody's mother. She lives all alone in the swamp, Where the weather is cold and damp; (to Rhyme with Swamp), Now You may think that this is the end, Well it is but to show that I'm a liar, I'm going to sing it again, But this time I'm going to sing it higher. Repeated until one could squeak no higher!! |
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19 Jan 04 - 06:49 AM (#1096129) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: Leadfingers The final song at The Brewery Tap sessions at Brentford every Friday and Sunday evenings , usually led with great gusto by the Wonderful Steve Benbow. |
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19 Jan 04 - 06:11 PM (#1096596) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: Joe_F Three cheers for Jones Junior High! It's the best junior high in Toledo. Our colors are brown, brown, and brown. It's the best junior high in town. Heard in California in the 1950s. |
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19 Jan 04 - 09:00 PM (#1096705) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: Q (Frank Staplin) Now you may think this is the end- Well it is |
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09 Feb 04 - 03:21 PM (#1112757) Subject: RE: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,Guest Hello, I was searching for lyrics and found myself here... What I was looking for was the Alice, where are you going, lyrics. While I am here, let me tell you how I remember learning the last part... (and, I never learned it as part of a Jones Jr. High song, although I did go to a Jones Jr. High in Hartford, CT) Alice fell in the bathtub, Alice forgot the plug, Oh, my goodness, Oh, my soul, there goes Alice down the hole, Glub, Glub, Glub |
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02 Dec 04 - 08:58 PM (#1345903) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST Alice, where are you going? Upstairs to take a bath. Alice, with legs like toothpicks, and a neck like a giraffe. Alice, jump in the bathtub *Splash!* Alice, pull out the plug *Gloop!* Oh my goodness, oh my soul! There goes Alice down that hole! To the sewer, sewer, sewer Now the sewer runs Three Blocks North-East of Jones Junior High... Three cheers for Jones Junior High! It's the best Junior High in Toledo! Its colors are purple and white! Purple stands for loyalty and white stands for Fight! Fight! Fight! For Jones Junior High, I would Die! *Bang!* |
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22 Jan 05 - 04:25 PM (#1385450) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends / Jones Jr Hig From: GUEST,sspackma@yahoo.com Jones Jr High! I know that song as well, but slightly different as described above. Has anyone heard it this way: Three cheers for the Jones Jr. High It's the best Jr. High in Toledo It's colors are Red White and Blue, And it's motto is "I love you" Two cheers for the Smith Jr. High It's the second best Jr. High in Toledo It's colors are Red Blue and White, And it's motto is "Fight Fight Fight" One cheer for the Brown Jr. High It's the worst best Jr. High in Toledo It's colors are Brown Brown and Brown, It's the lousiest school in town. At least, that's the way it was always sung to me... |
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16 Apr 06 - 04:14 PM (#1719650) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST Alice, where are you going? Upstairs to take a bath. Alice with legs like toothpicks And a neck like a giraffe. alice stepped into the bath tub pulled out the plug oh my goodness oh my grace there goes alice down the hole (or something like that..... |
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16 Apr 06 - 05:27 PM (#1719682) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: Marc Be Kind to your webbed footed friends for a duck might be somebodies mother Be kind to your friends in the swamp where the water is very damp Be kind to the camel in the zoo for his hump might be hiding your brother --------------????????????? -------------????????????? Won't you be so kind to the monster mash The Monster mash! the monster mash Won't you be so kind to the purple people eaters purple people eaters Won't you be so kind when daddy spanks you won't you be so kind when teacher thanks you won't you be so kind, so kind, so kind, so kind, so kind, SO KIND Be kind to your(Back to top) the second half (Won't you be so kind to the monster mash) is the "dogfight" or low brass section on the march |
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16 Apr 06 - 08:57 PM (#1719800) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: The Fooles Troupe Be Kind to your webbed footed friends. for a duck might be somebodies mother, Who lives all alone in the swamp, Where the reeds grow tall and free, (or strong) Now You might think this seems the end, Well it is! |
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06 Jun 07 - 10:52 AM (#2069975) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,preschooler mom Mama, where are you going? Upstairs to take a bath. Mama, your arms are toothpicks, Your necks like a giraffe. Mama stepped in the bathtub Pulled out the plug... Oh my goodness, oh my soul There goes mama down the hole wooooooooooooooooo Then Daddy. Then Granny. Kids LOVE the bathroom song! |
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22 Feb 08 - 02:22 PM (#2269747) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,BB This is how I heard it: Liza, where are you going, upstairs to take a bath. Liza, legs like toothpicks and a neck like a giraffe,raffe,raffe,raffe,raffe. Liza, stepped in the bath tub, slipped on a bar of soap Oh no bless my soul, There goes Liza down the hole shshshshshlup Thanks for the other variants. |
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27 Apr 08 - 12:42 AM (#2326664) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,learned this years ago It was always taught to me like Alice where are you going? Upstairs to take a bath. Alice with legs like toothpicks, and a neck like a giraffe. Alice fell in the bathtub, pulled out the plug and said "Oh My Goodness", "Oh My Soul", There goes Alice down the hole!! Alice where are you going *glup, glup glup* |
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02 Jul 08 - 09:04 AM (#2379019) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST In the UK, back in 1985, we used to sing at Brownies (girl scout)camp: be kind2 ur webbed footed friends 4a duck may be somebodys mother all alone in the swamp where its always cold and damp u may think that this is the end but to tell u the truth im a liar we sing this thru once again but this time lets sing a little higher. (repeat until bored or insane - until the last verse where it says you may think that this is the end And in this case you're right.) |
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02 Jul 08 - 10:00 AM (#2379060) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: SINSULL Well if you think that this is the end You're wrong for there's still another chorus |
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14 Jul 08 - 08:16 PM (#2389163) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,Guest I remember this as: Fannie Mae, where are you going? Upstairs to take a bath. Fannie Mae's legs are like toothpicks, Her neck like a giraffe. Fannie Mae stepped in the bathtub. Fannie Mae pulled out the plug. Oh my goodness, Oh my soul! There goes Fannie Mae down that hole! Fannie Mae! Fannie Mae! -----Glub! |
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15 Aug 08 - 11:32 PM (#2415205) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST I have often heard the TUNE, and decided to see if I could find the REAL words...You mean to tell me, those ARE the real ones? What a disappointment ! "JP" Vancouver Island, BC, Canada |
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18 Oct 08 - 02:31 PM (#2469278) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,John from Nashville Here's the definitive version: Be kind to your web-footed friends For a duck may be somebody's mother Be kind to your friends in the swamp Where the water is very damp (rhymes with swamp) Be kind to the camel in the zoo For his hump may be hiding your brother Be kind to the tiger and the monk And we will let you smell our favorite: The skunk! Be kind to the monster mash, the monster mash! Won't you be so kind to the purple people eater, purple people eater Won't you be so kind to all the people who come here from outer spaces Won't you be so kind to all your shoesies and to all your shoesies' laces Won't you be so kind when teacher thanks you Won't you be so kind when Daddy spanks you Won't you be so kind, so kind, so kind, so kind, so kind, so kind, so kind… SO KIND! *On the 3rd iteration, you can either end with "SO KIND!" or you can sing the first verse one last time (the one ending with "Where the water is very damp" and then sing: You may think that this is the end Well, it is! (Abrupt ending) |
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18 Oct 08 - 02:34 PM (#2469280) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,Oops At the end of "SO KIND!" I meant to put: --REPEAT-- But it disappeared for some reason. :) |
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20 Jan 09 - 09:08 PM (#2544621) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,-Anna Be kind to your fine feathered friends For a duck maybe somebody's mother she lives where its dark with no lamps it is cold and so damp ------------OR------------- be kind to the camel in the zoo for he may be hiding your sister and then if he spits on you You'll say "That wasn'y very nice mister" You may think that this is the end, But to tell you the truth im a liar I will sing it again And this time maybe even higher When I was a kid, this is how my mom sang it to me, and I loved it! |
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15 Oct 09 - 11:30 PM (#2747159) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,John Child my mom taught us the alice song, but i heard it with something to the effect of bumpay where are you going? upstairs to take a bath bumpay thin as a toothpick, with a head just like a tack bumpay fell in the water, and floated to near the drain oh my goodness oh my oh! bumpey just went down that hole! i searched google quite a bit, but can only find the allice one. anyone know what I'm talking about? |
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23 Jun 10 - 08:24 PM (#2933635) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,Jennifer I learned the song with the name Annabelle and not the name Alice. This is the way that I learned it: Annabelle, where are you going? Upstairs to take a bath, Annabelle, your legs are like two toothpicks Annabelle, you neck is like a girrafe Annabelle, pull out the stopper Annabelle, please drain the bath OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY SOAL, THERE GOES ANNABELL DOWN THAT HOLE! ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE, glug. |
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15 May 11 - 04:41 PM (#3154631) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,Avery Annabelle where are you going Upstairs to take a bath Your legs are like two toothpicks Your necks like a giraffe Annabelle pull up the stopper Annabelle look down the drain OH MY GOODNESS OH MY SOUL THERE GOES ANNABELLE DOWN THE HOLE ANNABELL ANNABELL glug |
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26 May 19 - 06:38 PM (#3994083) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST annie mae where are you going? upstairs to take a bath annie mae has legs like a toothpick and a neck like a giraffe. annie mae stepped into the bathtub annie mae pulled out the plug. oh my goodness oh my soul there goes annie mae down the hole ANNIE MAE! ANNIE MAE!! glug glug |
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02 Jun 19 - 04:15 AM (#3994871) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: Jos In the version I heard, the duck 'may be somebody's uncle. I doubt if I would have remembered the song at all if the duck was a mother, which is rather too commonplace. |
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23 Nov 20 - 04:17 PM (#4080703) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: GUEST,ABC The version we sang at camp was: Alice, with legs like toothpicks (snap) And a neck like a giraffe (raffe, raffe, raffe, raffe) Alice, where are you going? (Wonderland) Upstairs to take a bath (bath, bath, bath, bath) Alice, stepped in the bathtub (splash) Alice, pulled out the plug (oh no!) Oh my goodness, oh my soul, there goes Alice, down the hole To the sewer, the sewer, the sewer, which is only three blocks away (in subsequent verses, it would be two blocks away, then one block away) from Jones Junior High Three cheers for Jones Junior High It's the best Junior High in Toledo Their colors are purple and white The purple stands for freedom and the white stands for fight, fight! ~Crazy how many versions of this there are! |
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23 Nov 20 - 04:33 PM (#4080707) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: Mrrzy I learned this: Alice, with legs like toothpicks And a neck like a giraffe Alice, went to the bathroom Upstairs to take a bath Alice, got in the bathtub Alice, pulled out the plug Oh my goodness, oh my soul, there goes Alice, down the hole Alice? Alice! [Glug, glug, glug.] And that was all. Nothing to do with the duck may be somebody's mother. |
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23 Nov 20 - 04:38 PM (#4080708) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fine Feathered Friends From: Mrrzy Be kind to your web-footed friends, For a duck may be somebody's mother: Be kind to your friends in the swamp. Where it's very very wet and very damp Be kind to the lions in the zoo For a [something] may be jumping on [can't remember the rest of this verse] You may think that this is the end Well it is! (Long pause) But it could go on forever [and I don't remember the rest of this verse either] |