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Lyr Req: Dance Hall Girls

16 Nov 97 - 09:40 AM (#16251)
Subject: Dance Hall Girls
From: Brian Ritchie

Hi... I heard a song that I believe is titled "Dance Hall Girls". I would like to find lyrics, chords, and a recording of the song. Thanks.

Brian

16 Nov 97 - 02:01 PM (#16265)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Gene

Like? who dunnit? Male/Female/Duo/Trio/Group...??? Rock/Folk/Country/Pop...? The more information you post, the more likely you are to receive an answer..... What time frame?? 30's to 90's...

16 Nov 97 - 09:01 PM (#16271)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Brian Ritchie

Gene

I heard the song at a pub. Don't know who did it or when it was released...if ever. Definitely folk or perhaps even country.

Brian

17 Nov 97 - 04:57 AM (#16277)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Wolfgang Hell

Here's perhaps (don't know he song) the response to one of your questions.

Wolfgang

17 Nov 97 - 07:08 PM (#16312)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca

I have a version recorded by Canadian singer Kevin Head back in late 70's or early 80's -- the LP has no date. It is listed as being written by an "A. Fraser".

The lyrics are given on the sleeve notes.

As far as I know Head's LP is long out of print. He used to sing in the bars in eastern Canada. Was it him that you saw?

17 Nov 97 - 07:17 PM (#16313)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: rechal

The song was originally written and performed by Fraser & Debolt, a male/female duo from Canada that was recording around the late 60s-early 70s. The song is from an album called "Overnight Sensation."

Their stuff is not easy to find, but if you wanted to try, I'd start in Canada first in the used record stores.

As far as I remember, the lyrics went something like:

These dance hall girls

Know how to treat you right

They let you take

Their bodies but not their minds

There used to be a singer named Lisa something in Norfolk, Virginia, who used to perform this. I think she occasionally performed with a woman named Amy Ferebee.

Good luck!

18 Nov 97 - 06:32 PM (#16353)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Brian Ritchie

rechal

That's the song I'm looking for.

Thanks

Brian

18 Nov 97 - 09:30 PM (#16360)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: rechal

You're welcome. I'd classify the genre as folk, or folk/rock (à la Dylan, Joni Mitchell, McGarrigle Sisters, etcetera).

19 Nov 97 - 08:10 PM (#16419)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca

Well, I'll post the lyrics as soon as I can get the album out of my box. I can't help you with the tune. It seems to be the same song as the one Kevin Head recorded.

20 Nov 97 - 07:01 PM (#16448)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: richard

Daisy DeBolt has a home page. Try her for tune and lyrics

23 Nov 97 - 05:41 PM (#16559)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Brian Ritchie

Thanks to all who have forwarded information re: Dance Hall Girls

07 Dec 97 - 08:10 PM (#17261)
Subject: ADD: Dance Hall Girls (Fraser and DeBolt)^^
From: Gene

Found these lyrics on a newsgroup, while looking for lyrics to a different song!

Dance Hall Girls/Fraser and DeBolt

These dance hall girls, they don't treat you kind
They give you their bodies, you never reach their minds
Well, they fill you up with lipstick lies
When they put you down some, don't ya be surprised
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

Well, I saw her mountains, and I kissed her plains
I held her sunshine, and I drank her rains
Well, I went so far, that I broke too fast
Thought I had a winner picked, but I came in last again
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

(CHORUS)
(Repeat from here)
I must have chosen the wrong season to come down
I never realized they call this sacred ground.

My sense of time, hell, I'm a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time.

[first ending]
Gonna get some cash, gonna go back home
These dance hall girls really know how to make a man feel alone
is this the way it always is, here in baltimore?

[second ending]
Gonna get some cash, gonna blow this town
These dance hall girls really know how to drag a poor boy down
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?
Is this the way it always is, here in Baltimore?

^^

10 Dec 97 - 07:37 PM (#17362)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Brian Ritchie

Thanks for the lyrics Gene!!!!

Brian Ritchie

24 Jul 01 - 09:36 PM (#513948)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Brían

Wow, I am amazed to find this song here after not being able to get it out of my head since I first heard it 20 years ago.

What a great resource we have here.
Brían.

24 Jul 01 - 09:54 PM (#513957)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Tedham Porterhouse

I just read through this thread and some info needs correcting. "Dance Hall Girls" was on the first Fraser & DeBolt LP, but it was written solely by Allan Fraser, not by both.

I was up in Montreal on May 24th for the Bob Dylan birthday bash at Club Zone. Allan Fraser was there and performed "Visions of Johanna."

25 Jul 01 - 12:10 AM (#514023)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Francy

A recent recording is available by Tom Russell on his "Songs Of The West" CD on Hightone Records HMG 2501, circa 1997... Frank of Toledo

25 Jul 01 - 07:11 AM (#514103)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Bat Goddess

Bill Madison did a tape of that name somewhere in the '80s -- can't recall if there was a song by that title on it. (Jeez, and I did the J-card, too!)

Bat Goddess

25 Jul 01 - 09:26 AM (#514167)
Subject: RE: Dance Hall Girls
From: Charley Noble

Has anyone decoded the chords to another Fraser/DeBolt classic,Armstrong Tourist Rest Home? That's the one with "overnight sensation" in the chorus.