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29 Aug 00 - 07:05 PM (#287446) Subject: Martian Lullaby From: GUEST,Lucydevo@aol.com many years ago, at Camp Magpies in Canaan, NH, we sang a song I think was called Martian Lullaby. My brother, who lives in Thailand, is looking for the lyrics to sing to his Thai-American daughter. This is the chorus. Can you help me find the rest? My true love's an ordinary thing You can see her anywhere. With her pink antenna and her polka dot skin And the 24 dimples on her chinny chin chin, And the hydrogen sulfide of her hair. You can reply direct to my email if you have any clues! Thanks! Monica Fisch |
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29 Aug 00 - 10:48 PM (#287573) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: MMario refresh |
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29 Aug 00 - 11:12 PM (#287590) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: Amos MARTIAN LULLABY
Oh my darling |
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30 Aug 00 - 04:04 AM (#287678) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: Joe Offer So, Amos, you got a tune for this classic? Almost scans to "Clementine," but not quite. -Joe Offer (e-mail sent to original requester)- |
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30 Aug 00 - 04:36 PM (#288084) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: Joe Offer Monica e-mailed another verse: We were readySo, what's the tune? -Joe Offer- |
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30 Aug 00 - 04:58 PM (#288113) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: MMario I found sheet music for sale for 20 bucks. all it says is "a zany arrangement" |
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22 Sep 02 - 09:47 PM (#789277) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: Jim Dixon Pete Seeger's album "Gazette", Smithsonian/Folkways Fn-2501, came out in 1958. It was a children's album. It had a song called "Martian Love Song" by Lee Hays and Earl Robinson. The song also appears in "The Weavers' Song Book," Harper & Row, 1960, p 154, where it is apparently called "My True Love." |
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22 Sep 02 - 09:50 PM (#789280) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: mg can't help you on this..but did others sing when they were kids "there's a place in mars where the women are (or smoke) cigars..as you walk through the ashes think of these darling lasses... mg |
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02 May 03 - 11:46 AM (#944923) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: Charley Noble Refresh! I have the lyrics to this one if anyone is still interested. Charley Noble |
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02 May 03 - 12:08 PM (#944937) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: MMario I have to assume that's a rhetorical question, as you have been around here long enough to know someone is always interested in the lyrics ! tho' sometimes only to tell us we have them "wrong" |
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02 May 03 - 12:38 PM (#944962) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: Charley Noble Then, of course, you'll want the tune! ;~) Charley Noble |
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02 May 03 - 12:39 PM (#944964) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby From: MMario would *I* say that? |
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02 May 03 - 06:18 PM (#945159) Subject: Lyr Add: MARTIAN LOVE SONG (from Pete Seeger) From: Charley Noble Ok, here's the whole thing: MARTIAN LOVE SONG (By Lee Hays and Earl Robinson as sung by Pete Seeger on GAZETTE, Vol. 1, Folkways Records FN2501. © 1958) CHORUS: My true love's an ordinary thing. You'd know her anywhere, By her pink antenna and her polka dot skin And the hydrogen sulfide of her hair! 1. Oh, my darling, how I miss you! I never needed you so much, Till I missed your crimson eyelids And the scales I love to touch; You're my cosmic little sweetheart, And your thought waves are the most, Sending growls of love like thunder All along the Martian Coast. CHORUS: My true love's an ordinary thing You'd know her anywhere, With her pink antenna and her polka dot skin And the hydrogen sulfide of her hair! 2. We were ready to be married When an earthman led her astray, And I haven't seen my darling Since that sad galactic day; Oh, if you meet her in Chicago, Or on Venus or Mercury, And if you happen to recognize her, Send her back to me! FINAL CHORUS: My true love's an ordinary thing You'd know her anywhere, By her pink antenna and her polka dot skin, And the 24 dimples on her chinny-chin-chin, And the hydrogen sulfide of her hair! And it's really a kind of a jazzy banjo tune. You really should hear it! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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18 May 09 - 08:35 PM (#2635292) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby / Martian Love Song From: GUEST,maddogm13 I don't know about the original in the songbook, but when my 2nd grade music teacher taught my class the song, the final chorus had the added second-to-last line "(Well, they're not really dimples because dimples go in.)" |
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08 Apr 13 - 12:09 AM (#3500305) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby / Martian Love Song From: GUEST I will be singing this song in my next cabaret show on June 7th and 9th at Don't Tell Mama on 46th st in NYC - come on down and sing along |
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06 Sep 14 - 03:03 PM (#3657898) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Martian Lullaby / Martian Love Song From: GUEST Yes, I used to sing this song fifty years ago as a teenage folksinger. Didn't know Pete Seeger introduced it, and can't remember how I learned it! Nevertheless . . . . "My true love's an ordinary thing, you'd know her anywhere / By her pink antenna and her polka dot skin / and the hydrogen sulfide of her hair./ Oh my darling, how I miss you / I never needed you so much / 'til I missed your crimson eyelids / and the scales I love to touch. / You're my cosmic little sweetheart / and your thought waves are the most / sending growls of love like thunder / all along the Martian coast. / We were ready to be married when an earthman led her astray, / and I've not seen my poor darling / since that sad galactic day. / If you meet her in Chicago / or on Venus or Mercury / and if you should happen to recognize her / send her back to me C.O.D./ Yes, my true love's an ordinary thing,/ you'd know her anywhere / by her pink antenna and her polka dot skin / and the twenty-four dimples on her chinny chin chin / Well, they're not really dimples 'cause dimples turn in / And the hydrogen sulfide of-----her------hair." Good luck! |