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Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)

26 Sep 00 - 07:48 PM (#306144)
Subject: Palindrome song
From: moonwoman

Does anyone have the words to the Palindrome song to the tune of Palladin? I've been to several palindrome sites and can't seem to find i


26 Sep 00 - 10:37 PM (#306236)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: GUEST,JenEllen

Sending a PM...drop your e-mail address to me and I'll send it along.

~Elle


26 Sep 00 - 10:48 PM (#306241)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: rabbitrunning

Aw, come on, post it! If it's at all reasonable I can use it with the kids at the library.


26 Sep 00 - 10:55 PM (#306248)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: catspaw49

Well rabs......You could always tell the kids that a Palindrome is a model of a foreign car and when they ask what kind, you can say.............

a Toyota

....Sorry.......had to be said.

Spaw


26 Sep 00 - 10:57 PM (#306251)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Mbo

Go forward, go backward
And if the number's still the same
Then it's a paaaaaaalindrome!

Love those Square 1 songs!


26 Sep 00 - 11:36 PM (#306293)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Harold W

I may have a suggestion, try Riders in the Sky website. They have been singing the song on their public radio show.


27 Sep 00 - 09:47 AM (#306478)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Kim C

Palindrome, Palindrome, what's in a name Palindrome, Palindrome, backwards the same

someone already pointed you to Riders in the Sky. I don't know all the words but this is one of my favorites!!!


27 Sep 00 - 12:46 PM (#306619)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Jim Krause

Sex at noon taxes


27 Sep 00 - 12:48 PM (#306620)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: GUEST

Madam, I'm Adam


27 Sep 00 - 01:07 PM (#306635)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: mousethief

able was I, ere I saw elba.


27 Sep 00 - 01:07 PM (#306636)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: SINSULL

STRESSED spelled backwards is desserts. Not a palindrome but a fact.

Able I was ere I saw Elba.
ABBA


27 Sep 00 - 01:19 PM (#306645)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: mousethief

A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.


27 Sep 00 - 01:50 PM (#306664)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: GUEST,erikray@rocketmail.com

Adam, irritated by the annoying phone ringing, finally picked it up and said, "Hello, Mister Retsimollehdiasdnaputidekcipyllanifgnignirenohpgniyonnaehtybdetatirrimada!!!


27 Sep 00 - 01:52 PM (#306667)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Kim C

Tons o snot


27 Sep 00 - 02:43 PM (#306718)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: SINSULL

And still we don't have the lyrics to the Palladin Palindrome.


27 Sep 00 - 02:54 PM (#306728)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: reggie miles

Madam in eden I'm Adam.

Then Eve responds palindromically, "Eve".

Was it I saw?

sawster


27 Sep 00 - 02:59 PM (#306734)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: mousethief

I can tell you definitively that it is sung by Riders in the Sky. Can't find the lyrics online, alas.

Alex
O..O
=o=


27 Sep 00 - 03:00 PM (#306735)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: reggie miles

A friend, Baby Gramps, has a great palindrome song. It's very eclectic.

Words or phrases that spell one thing forward and another thing backwards he calls semordnilaps.

He's full of silly stuff.

reg


27 Sep 00 - 04:12 PM (#306787)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Kim C

There are campfire legends that the plainsmen spin Of a man who was nothing like Paladin Couldn't ride, couldn't rope but he won his fame Everything he said said backwards was the same Palindrome, Palindrome, what's in a name Palindrome, Palindrome, backwards the same

Okay, so I remembered the singing part. The rest of it is script and I don't know it. It's on Riders in the Sky's album A Great Big Western Howdy, which you can buy from their website.


27 Sep 00 - 05:15 PM (#306823)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: John Hardly

Why isn't "palindrome" one...Steven Wright

Why isn't "phonetic" spelled with an "F"...Steven Wright


27 Sep 00 - 05:19 PM (#306829)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: catspaw49

Thank you Kim!!! The "a toyota" joke I used above comes from their act. I remember when they first came to Nashville and would do Ralph Emery's 5 AM TV show. The wole gang was a bunch of nobodies then.....Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim slowning with Keith Whitley, Lori Morgan.......what a show that was. Before TNN and all that.

Spaw


27 Sep 00 - 05:32 PM (#306839)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Bill D

Eve's reply to Adam was "Name no one man".....


27 Sep 00 - 05:43 PM (#306844)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Uncle_DaveO

Steven Wright said: "Why isn't "palindrome" one?

Quick, Steven: What's another word for "thesaurus"?

Dave Oesterreich


27 Sep 00 - 07:01 PM (#306905)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: John Hardly

Is this thing on?


27 Sep 00 - 07:14 PM (#306913)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: guinnesschik

ah-ha!


27 Sep 00 - 07:18 PM (#306917)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Jim Dixon

Oh, we're gonna talk Stephen Wright, are we? In case you didn't know, there are dozens of web sites devoted to him. Here are a few. Warning: I have no idea how much these sites duplicate each other. None of them is "official." SW seems to be the most plagiarized guy on the 'net. Enjoy.

a few stephen wright quotes
a few stephen wright quotes
a few thoughts from comedian stephen wright
a ridiculous collection of quotes from stephen wright
even more from stephen wright
even more from the thinking mind of stephen wright
if you like stephen wright you will love this
one liners from stephen wright - a canadian comic
one liners from stephen wright
one liners from stephen wright
one liners from stephen wright
quotes from stephen wright
quotes from stephen wright
quotes from stephen wright
recalling the mind of stephen wright
some classic from stephen wright
stephen wright's deadpan humor
stephen wright does it again
stephen wright jokes
stephen wright jokes
stephen wright jokes
stephen wright one-liners
stephen wright one-liners
stephen wright quotes
stephen wright quotes
stephen wright thinks aloud
stephen wright-isms
unnamed site

(Warning: When preparing a list of URL's using Microsoft Word, don't do an Edit/SelectAll and then Format/ChangeCase/TitleCase. Case DOES make a difference in URL's.)
G** f****** d**** word-processor!


27 Sep 00 - 08:08 PM (#306952)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Wavestar

What's the TMBG song about Palindromes? I, palindrome I, I palindrome I, etc...

-J


28 Sep 00 - 01:02 AM (#307140)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Brendy

The town of Navan
A picturesque palindrome
On the Boyne river.

Incidentally, did you know that 'Mugabe' spelt backwards ie 'Ebagum'?
Or that 'Skylab' spelyt backwards is 'balyks'?
Or that 'Coca-Cola' is 'Aloc-acoc'?

B.
(from beyond the Looking Glass)


28 Sep 00 - 02:28 AM (#307171)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Garry Gillard

Go hang a salami, doc! Note, I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod. I'm a lasagna hog.

Garry


28 Sep 00 - 09:51 AM (#307280)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Kim C

I LOVE Riders in the Sky - they don't perform at home in Nashville nearly often enough. Unfortunately I think they are grossly underappreciated in their own town. Our public radio station doesn't air Riders Radio Theatre anymore and I told them not to ask me for money ever again until they put it back on the air. They can run Prairie Home Companion twice, and Car Talk twice, but they can't run Riders Radio Theatre. Go Figure.

I also love Steven Wright. And yesterday, I tried to open my front door with my car key...


28 Sep 00 - 11:50 AM (#307350)
Subject: Lyr Add: BALLAD OF PALINDROME (parody of Paladin)
From: JenEllen

Allright....here ya go. Now it’s stuck in my head for the rest of the day...thanks a LOT!

~Elle

BALLAD OF PALINDROME (parody of Paladin)

....And now, some words about a show forthcoming on the CBC television network.....

There are campfire legends that the Plainsmen spin
Of a man who was nothing like Paladin.
Couldn’t ride couldn’t shoot, but he won his fame
'Cause everything he said, said backwards
Was the saaaaaaaaame.
Palindrome, Palindrome, what’s in a name?
Palindrome, Palindrome, backwards the same.

Yes, Palindrome. No one knew where he came from, and nobody cared....He rode into town one day from out of the West, armed not with a six-gun, a long rifle, a whip, a knife, a chainsaw, or some other exotic weapon. No, his only means of self defense was his snappy little straw hat, and his uncanny ability to speak only in sentences which when spelled backwards, were exactly the same as when they were spelled forwards...Here’s a scene from a forthcoming episode of Palindrome.

“Howdy, stranger.”
“Ma’am...”
“Well, what’s your name, pardner?”
“Madam. I’m Adam.”
“Oh, well, how’d ya get into town? I didn’t see a horse.”
“A Toyota.”
“Sounds like you have a little sinus problem?”
“Tons o’ snot.”
“Hey doc, how about a drink for my new friend here?”
“Well, he sure could use it. Look at him. His mouth’s hangin’ wide open.”
“In it, ram a martini.”
“Sorry, stranger, no hard liquor here. Would you like some wine, or some kind of beer?”
“Lager, sir, is regal.”
“Well, that’s fine. say, you must be hungry? You’re not trying to lose weight on one of them fad diets are ya?”
“Doc, note, I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.”
“Sorry to tell ya we’re out of cod. Ya got two choices, Italian or deli.”
“Go hang a salami. I’m a lasagna hog.”
“For dessert, we could hail the young fresh fruit vendor over there...”
“Yo, banana boy!”
“I suppose you’re just out on your way to the new OJ Simpson theme park?”
“DNA Land?”
“Stranger, you got a snappy answer for everything. Don’t you ever ask yourself the spiritual questions in life?”
“Do geese see God?”
“Well...I never thought of that one...Who’s that waving at ya over there?”
“Bob?”
“No, next to him.”
“Pop?”
“The woman.”
“Lil?”
“The other one.”
“Hannah.”
“The other one.”
“Ava.”
“The other one.”
“Eve?”
“No, the lady leaving!”
“So Ida, adios.”
“Stranger, I’m getting tired of this!”
“Huh?”
“Reach for the sky!”
“Draw, O coward!”
“Well, what’s the trouble there stranger?”
“Snug guns!”
“I guess I got the drop on you then?”
“A man, a plan, a canal, panama...”
“Oh! Got me with that snappy little straw hat!”
“Aha!”
“Oh, Palindrome, you’re my hero! Would you join me in my room for lunch?”
“Sex at noon taxes.”

Yeeeeesssss, Palindrome. Staring Bob Ottobob as Palindrome, and Meg Gem as Sis. Check your local station for time and temperature, and remember Palindrome....He get’s em’ coming and going....


28 Sep 00 - 11:56 AM (#307356)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: GUEST,moonwoman

Thank you so much for the lyrics, Elle. I tried to e-mail you to no avail. But you came through and I appreciate it. I too, love Riders in the Sky. I should have known they'd sing something like this one! Di


28 Sep 00 - 06:21 PM (#307647)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: GUEST,Rich(bodhranai gan cookie)

Somebody took my favorite (Doc note...)

one meager offering : Lew Otto has a hot towel

Rich (at the library without a cookie)


28 Sep 00 - 06:55 PM (#307670)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: GUEST,fergusmurray.co.uk

I don't like to let a discussion of palindromes go by without: Satan! Oscillate my metallic sonatas.


28 Sep 00 - 07:20 PM (#307694)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: Liz the Squeak

There is a whole language that is a palindrome - Malayalam the language of Malaysia, oddly enough!

Would one about Monty Python be a Michael Palindrome?

Sorry

LTS


29 Sep 00 - 09:36 AM (#308119)
Subject: RE: Palindrome
From: JeffM

I madam, I made radio! So I dared! Am I mad, am I?


18 Jan 08 - 08:20 PM (#2239700)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: Jim Dixon

You can hear THE BALLAD OF PALINDROME, performed by Riders in the Sky, in a Voice of America archived radio program.


18 Jan 08 - 08:21 PM (#2239702)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: Peace

I thought the palindrome was a stadium in Texas for football or something like that.


19 Jan 08 - 02:19 AM (#2239829)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: Slag

Core De Roc


20 Jan 08 - 12:03 AM (#2240388)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: iancarterb

What did the pirate reply when his boy asked what he did for a living?


20 Jan 08 - 12:08 AM (#2240391)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: iancarterb

This got cut. The answer was,
Son, I sack casinos.


21 Jul 08 - 11:24 AM (#2394227)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: GUEST,eeegee

http://cowboyfrank.net/real/albums/Riders_In_The_Sky/Great...tern_Howdy/Palindrome.htm


21 Jul 08 - 11:28 AM (#2394232)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: GUEST,eeegee

try this one...

http://cowboyfrank.net/real/albums/Riders_In_The_Sky/Great_Big_Western_Howdy/Palindrome.htm


21 Jul 08 - 03:51 PM (#2394469)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: moongoddess

Thanks Jim and eeegeee for the link to the Palindrome song. Now I can hear Riders in the Sky sing the Palindrome song whenever I wish to.

Di


21 Jul 08 - 05:05 PM (#2394530)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: GUEST,Meadowmuskrat

Sit on a potato pan Otis.


21 Jul 08 - 07:54 PM (#2394646)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: GUEST,Gerry

The palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob.


21 Jul 08 - 08:11 PM (#2394658)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: Leadfingers

For today , this thought I give


Evil rats on no Star live !


21 Jul 08 - 09:01 PM (#2394678)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: GUEST,Gerry

Maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg has been noted elsewhere on this forum. It's Weird Al Yankovic doing a parody of a Dylan video - all in palindromes.


29 Dec 11 - 03:14 PM (#3281617)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: iancarterb

This should kill the thread, at least if it was started by a Cowboy named Ed.
DENIALS, EVA, HAVE SLAIN ED.


30 Dec 11 - 09:04 AM (#3281918)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Palindrome (parody of Paladin)
From: iancarterb

Q: So where do you buy a beer in this town, Cowboy?

A; PAMELA'S ALE-MAP.