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07 Apr 00 - 12:30 PM (#208406) Subject: HIGH HOPES From: GUEST,Merrilee Overdone My favorite song as a child went something like this, CHORUS: But he had hiiiigh hopes, he had hiiiigh hopes, He had high apple pie in the skkkky hope, Something, something, something, something, Something, something, something, Something, something, something, Something, Opps, there goes another rubber tree, Opps, there goes another rubber tree, Opps, there goes another rubber tree plant. VERSES: Once there was a silly old goat, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, I don't know......something about "that ram and a dam. We got our first TV when I was 4-5 so it was probably on Captain Kangaroo. It had a little cartoon where the trees would suck down into the ground! Most amusing....... Oh well, Now that I have dated my life on this planet to you all, please fulfill this deep longing I have to dredge this one back up and sing it in the car on the way home from work today!
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07 Apr 00 - 12:49 PM (#208413) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: MMario Links to several sites can be found in the thread below... url=http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=10503 |
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07 Apr 00 - 12:52 PM (#208414) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Eluned Well, it's not in the archives under that name. Don't feel so bad about being dated; I not only remember Captain Kangaroo, but the Gentle Giant too! I even met the good Captain, years later at the Turtleback Zoo. (hey, that almost rhymes....). |
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07 Apr 00 - 01:09 PM (#208420) Subject: Lyr Add: HIGH HOPES (S Cahn, J Van Heusen) From: Ferrara HIGH HOPES (S Cahn, J Van Heusen)
Once there was a silly old ant,
But he had high hopes,
So any time you're feeling blue,
Whoops there goes another rubber tree
Once there was a silly old ram
But he had high hopes,
So any time you're feeling bad
Whoops! There goes a billion kilowatt Don't remember the verse about the goat, and there may have been some kind of interlude or bridge verse but if so I've forgotten. - Rita Ferrara
-Joe Offer- |
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07 Apr 00 - 01:48 PM (#208433) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Eluned considering the things kids come up with, I'm surprised they never came up with a gross, naughty, or disrespectful version of this song, but I've never heard of one! |
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07 Apr 00 - 04:08 PM (#208526) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: GUEST,Merrilee Overdone Thanks to you all, I can make the drive home now! If you see someone singing in their car.....it could be me. Good place to yodel too besides the shower! |
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07 Apr 00 - 05:08 PM (#208546) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Mbo My mother used to sing this to my when I was a baby, except she changed it to "Just what makes that little old Matt think he can move that rubber tree plant?" Instilling perserverance at an early age! --Mbo |
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07 Apr 00 - 09:41 PM (#208650) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Susan A-R Ounce I had an anarchist aunt Thought she could stop that nuclear plant No one could tell my aunt can't She kept fighting that plant
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07 Apr 00 - 11:46 PM (#208714) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Eluned Cool! Any other versions? |
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08 Apr 00 - 08:07 PM (#209010) Subject: Lyr Add: HIGH HOPES (parody) From: Susan A-R Oh yes. She had high hopes, she had high hopes She had nuclear free by and by hopes And you know those foolish men They'll be giving in, They can't cope with my Aunt! Oops there goes another nuclear Oops there goes another nuclear Oops there goes another nuclear plant Once I had a humanist Mom Thought she could stop the building of bombs No one could keep my Mom calm She kept saying No Bomb Cause she had high hopes, . . . Bread and not bombs by and by hopes And you know those fighting men, they will never win Not against my dear mom Oops there goes another dismantled . . . Once I had a good friend Irene Thought she could keep the ground water clean No one could make Irene lean She kept cleaning up streams She had . . . She had clear sparkling streams floating by hopes And you know polluting pests, busy fouling nests They can't stop my Irene Oops there flows another clear running Oops there flows another drinkable Oops there flows another sparkling stream. Not subtle, but then neither was the original. |
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08 Apr 00 - 10:41 PM (#209060) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Mark Cohen When I first heard this song I wondered who Robert T. Plant was and why an ant would want to move him. Nice work, Susan! And, Merrilee, I learned some of my favorite songs on Captain Kangaroo. Petunia in an Onion Patch, the one about sliding down my cellar door (ah, there goes the old ginkgo deficiency again -- I think one line was "My little playmate, come out and play with me" and Leo Kottke did the tune on his Greenhouse album), and all those others I'll now keep myself up trying to remember. Carrots, anyone? Aloha, Mark |
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08 Apr 00 - 10:50 PM (#209063) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Mbo Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones moved Robert T. Plant, of course! --Mbo |
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28 Jan 02 - 10:32 PM (#637551) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: GUEST,Dan Post I recently heard Frank Sinatra's recording of High Hopes.....and there was a bridge thet is neither printed in the above version nor in the version in the movie ANTZ. Unfortunately I was driving in the car at the time and couldn't GET it. Anyone out there got it? Also,at the end of one of the verses it went "anytime you're feeling low, 'stead of lettin' go, just remember that ant....." |
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29 Jan 02 - 03:19 AM (#637667) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: GUEST,Sigewif Didn't JFK use this as a theme song when he was coming from behind as an unknown candidate in the Primaries before his election as President? does that ring a bell with anyone? Well guess that dates me. sigiwif |
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29 Jan 02 - 04:52 AM (#637699) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Dave Bryant Anyone remember another "Childrens Favourites" song "The railroad runs through the middle of the house" ? |
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29 Jan 02 - 07:36 PM (#638287) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Dave, it's in the DT and in the Message Forum: In The Middle of the House |
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30 Jan 02 - 12:43 AM (#638492) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Genie The tag part is [roughly] "A problem's just a toy balloon They'll be bursting soon, They're just bound to go "Pop!" Whoops! There goes another problem, "Ker- Whoops! There goes another problem, "Ker- Whoops! There goes another problem, "Ker-plop! Ker-plop! Genie |
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30 Jan 02 - 05:03 AM (#638548) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: HIGH HOPES From: Dave Bryant Thanks for "The Railroad..." I mentioned it more for nostalgia's sake, but whatdyer know - someones just asked for it in another thread. |
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24 Mar 09 - 12:31 AM (#2595864) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: High Hopes (S Cahn, J Van Heusen) From: Cruiser Well, Merilee, in a few weeks 9 years will have passed since you asked about High Hopes. A woman named Bennye Gatteys sang the song and there was a cartoon of the ants pulling those rubber plants down, and a ram butting the dam. I remember that show very well but I did not remember Ms. Gatteys' name. I was thinking about the song tonight (I used to sing it with my young son), I did a google search, and found some information on tv.com. The show aired on August 14, 1959...that both seems like yesterday in some ways and yet in others, an eon ago. I think it is rare to find another person who remembered seeing that particular Capt. K. show and that neat version of 'High Hopes' |
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27 Dec 11 - 06:10 PM (#3280739) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: High Hopes (S Cahn, J Van Heusen) From: open mike hooray--found this in mudcat...looking for "rubber tree" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR14hsxNbm0 |
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21 May 23 - 07:27 PM (#4172769) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: High Hopes (S Cahn, J Van Heusen) From: GUEST The OP Merrilee Overdone in April 2000 -- 23 years ago -- wrote: "We got our first TV when I was 4-5 so it was probably on Captain Kangaroo." Here is the song she was referencing High Hopes on Captain Kangaroo. There were 2 versions I remember seeing, one in 1959 and this one, although I am unsure of the date for this version. I remember well the version 64 years ago and exactly where I was and what I was doing as a 10-year-old kid. The other 1959 version had the "It had a little cartoon where the trees would suck down into the ground!" that Merrilee mentioned. High Hopes fr Captain Kangaroo Show Circa 1959 Early 1960s |