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16 May 00 - 04:57 PM (#229002) Subject: Fragment ?:they never came back to me From: Peter T. In the thought for today thread Biskit mentioned Edward Lear's Calico Pie with the lines: "they never came back to me, never came back to me, never came back to me." There is some song that is associated with these lines, and all I can hear is the tune: "but they never came back to me, never came back to me, never came back to me, never cam back...." Help!! This little tune and these phrases are now stuck in my head and will not leave. Can anyone help with this -- this is all I have got -- can anyone work a standard Mudcat miracle on this? yours, Peter T. |
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16 May 00 - 05:16 PM (#229009) Subject: Calico Pie - Edward Lear From: Joe Offer Yeah, Peter - It's a variation on a Disney tune that goes: It's a small, small world.There! Now you've got something else to whirr around in your head... -Joe Offer- How's this? I Calico Pie, The little Birds fly Down to the calico tree, Their wings were blue, And they sang 'Tilly-loo!' Till away they flew,- And they never came back to me! They never came back! They never came back! They never came back to me! II Calico Jam, The little Fish swam, Over the syllabub sea, He took off his hat, To the Sole and the Sprat, And the Willeby-Wat,- But he never came back to me! He never came back! He never came back! He never came back to me! III Calico Ban, The little Mice ran, To be ready in time for tea, Flippity flup, They drank it all up, And danced in the cup,- But they never came back to me! They never came back! They never came back! They never came back to me! IV Calico Drum, The Grasshoppers come, The Butterfly, Beetle, and Bee, Over the ground, Around and around, With a hop and a bound,- But they never came back to me! They never came back! They never came back! They never came back to me! (copied from here (click)) Click here for an illustrated version. But it was a song you wanted, wasn't it, Peter? |
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16 May 00 - 05:47 PM (#229020) Subject: RE: Fragment ?:they never came back to me From: Peter T. Thanks Joe -- nowhere near your record, and not even a tune!! Are you sick or something? Look after yourself.... (joke -- not the look after yourself bit) yours, Peter T. |
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17 May 00 - 11:38 AM (#229342) Subject: RE: Fragment ?:they never came back to me From: Hollowfox Ed Trickett sings "Calico Pie" on his Folk Legacy album. And just to drive you a little crazy, Joe Hickerson does a comic song called "He Never Came Back", or at least he did in the past, but he never recorded it, and I've never heard anyone else do it. I couldn't find it in DT, either. Have fun. |
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18 May 00 - 11:17 AM (#229890) Subject: RE: Fragment ?:they never came back to me From: GUEST,Mrr Ahem, that was me, not Briskit... but I'm sorry, anyway, I really dislike having song fragments stuck in my head! The only thing I can do, when that happens, is get all the lyrics, and sing the whole song from beginning to end. Then I go get stuck on the "next" song. In fact, it was attempting to get such lyrics so that I could get some rackin frackin fragment out of my head that brought me into the Mudcat! I joined after realizing that 9 times out of 10, here is where I would GET those lyrics, so I could finally sleep. And I'd love to hear calico pie to music, it's been one of my fave poems for nigh unto, well, many years. |
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18 May 00 - 12:35 PM (#229970) Subject: RE: Fragment ?:they never came back to me From: Peter T. Apologies. yours, Peter T. (still stuck!!!) |
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17 Jun 07 - 10:59 AM (#2079266) Subject: RE: Fragment ?:they never came back to me From: Artful Codger (Seven years later...) "He Never Came Back" was recorded by the Carter Family in 1937. It was originally written by William Jerome, 1891. You can find sheet music at the Lester S. Levy site, and a sound clip of a recording by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1939, (solo voice) at the Library of Congress American Music site. |
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27 Jun 07 - 09:18 PM (#2088714) Subject: Lyr Add: HE NEVER CAME BACK (William Jerome) From: Jim Dixon I doubt that this is the song that Peter T. had running in his head, but since the Artful Codger mentioned it, I thought I'd post it. From The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music: HE NEVER CAME BACK Words and Music by William Jerome. Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1892. 1. A soldier kissed his wife goodbye. He was going to the war. The tears they trickled down the face of the one he did adore. "Be patient until I return, my own sweetheart," he cried, But at the battle of Bull Run, he like a soldier died. CHORUS: He never came back. He never came back. His dear form she never saw more. But how happy she'll be When his sweet face she'll see When they meet on that beautiful shore. 2. I went into a restaurant as hungry as a bear, And like a raving maniac, I grabbed the bill of fare. The waiter said, "What will you have?" "Bring me a steak," I say. He took my order, bowed his head, and slowly walked away. CHORUS: He never came back. He never came back. I waited an hour or more, But his face I will break If he's not got that steak When we meet on that beautiful shore. 3. I went to see the Barnum's show and took my mother-in-law. She laughed at ev'rything she saw until it broke her jaw. Outside the tent, a big balloon it proved to be my friend. I shoved her in, then cut the rope, and up she did ascend. CHORUS: She never came back. She never came back, But high in the air she did soar, And I'm happy tonight That she's way out of sight Till we meet on that beautiful shore. 4. A jay that lived "down on the farm" came in to see the town And registered at Smith's Hotel as Mister Hayseed Brown. He took his key and went upstairs with whiskers green as grass, Pulled off his boots, jumped into bed, and then blew out the gas. CHORUS: He never came back. He never came back. And when they broke open the door, The last words he said, Before he dropped dead, Were, "We'll meet on that beautiful shore." 5. An old maid who was forty-five, she madly fell in love, And with a young man just nineteen who called her turtledove. The wedding day at last arrived. The birds did gaily sing. He touched her for a hundred to go out and buy the ring. CHORUS: He never came back, Her sailor boy Jack, But left her up on the top floor. The sassy young thing, He may bring her the ring When they meet on that beautiful shore. [The song they're satirizing here is THE SWEET BY AND BY, which also has the refrain, "We shall meet on that beautiful shore." However, this isn't strictly a parody because it has its own meter and tune.] |
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28 Jun 07 - 02:52 PM (#2089339) Subject: RE: Fragment ?:they never came back to me From: SINSULL The railroad runs through the middle of the house? |