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20 Jun 01 - 05:22 PM (#488240) Subject: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Mrrzy I had this by Oscar Brand somewhere. This is as much as I remember, I'm missing I think the opening verse and one in the middle. It's for them chanteysingers... I was walking down the street like a good girl should Naemanson, trade you for your Oscar Brand version of Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor! |
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20 Jun 01 - 05:24 PM (#488244) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Mrrzy Rackin frackin html! Naemanson, you ain't in italics on purpose. |
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20 Jun 01 - 06:51 PM (#488301) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Charley Noble If Oscar Brand is to be trusted this song was included in 1619 in PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY as "A Knave is a Knave." The Navy version was entitled "A Gob is a Slob" and was rougher than what Brand printed as "A Guy is a Guy" in A BOOK OF PARTY SONGS which is pretty much as you have added here; I'll do his version if you or anyone else is intersted, assuming it isn't already in the DT under some other title. Glad you got to meet Naemanson in 3D. |
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20 Jun 01 - 07:25 PM (#488322) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Snuffy There's been a thread about this song, with yet another title 'The Rogue' during the last week or so
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20 Jun 01 - 09:14 PM (#488387) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Charley Noble Snuffy, there are too many "Rogues" to isolate the thread you are refering to. Any more clues? |
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20 Jun 01 - 09:31 PM (#488396) Subject: Lyr Add: A GOB IS A SLOB (Oscar Brand)^^^ From: Charley Noble Ah, here's a transplant from an earlier thread fouind search for "Gob is a Slob": Here is Oscar Brand's version of "A Gob is a Slob" from Vol. 2 as requested by Bruce O.: A Gob is a Slob My mother told me not to talk to strangers in the street As the years went by remembering I was never indiscreet But girls are girls and boys are boys and boys and girls are fools We're all the same so who's to blame when its nature makes the rules Well I walked down the street like a good girl should He followed me down the street like I knew he would Because a gob is a slob where ever he may be Listen and I'll tell you what this sailor did to me I walked to my house like a good girl should He followed to my house like I knew he would Because a gob is a slob where ever he may be Listen while I tell you what this sailor did to me I ran up the stair like a frighetend hare I even locked my bedroom door I turned to the bed almost fell over dead Somehow he sneaked right in before I got into bed like a good girl should He followed me into bed like I knew he would Because a gob is a slob where ever he may be Listen and I'll tell you what this sailor did to me I pursed my lips I tried a frown but frowning's not my style I tried a pout but what came out was a coy inviting smile I knew he would have had me even if I had refused He didn't need encouragement but what he got he used I got into bed like a good girl should He followed me into bed like I knew he would Because a gob is a slob where ever he may be Listen while I tell you what this fellow did to me I got me a time like a good girl should He got him a time like I knew he would Because a gob is a slob where ever he may be Listen while I tell you what this sailor did to me He grabbed me tight and he switched off the light And he settled down to stay I would have said please leave this bed But who the hell is built that way So had me a child like a good girl should And he went off to sea like I knew he would Because a gob is a slob where ever he may be Now you heard the story what this sailor did to me ^^^ (click) |
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21 Jun 01 - 12:47 AM (#488486) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Mrrzy Thank you! And I sent a special Hello to you, Charley, see that Naemanson delivers it! I knew I was missing the intro, and I see I was missing one differently-tuned verse in the middle. At least I can still tell where the holes are! |
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21 Jun 01 - 11:57 PM (#489438) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Joe Offer The version in the Digital Tradition is called The Knave -Joe Offer- |
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22 Jun 01 - 10:29 AM (#489697) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Charley Noble Joe, there's certainly more than one version in the DT already. Well, maybe the others are only in the threads. |
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18 Feb 09 - 07:49 PM (#2570500) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Lighter Has anyone, anywhere, ever heard a version of the song "A Gob is a Slob" that did not appear to come from Oscar Brand? I'm not talking about ancestors with titles like "The Knave" or "The Rogue," or Brand's later rewrite, "A Guy is a Guy." I'm talking specifically about the song called "A Gob is a Slob." |
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28 Apr 21 - 04:17 PM (#4103882) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Lighter I guess there ain't. The structure of "A Gob is a Slob" (like "A Guy is a Guy") is pure pop. I suspect Brand had come across a version of "The Knave," with or without the phrase "a gob is a slob" and wrote the unfolklike "refrains" himself. |
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28 Apr 21 - 04:26 PM (#4103884) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: GUEST,# https://www.loc.gov/item/afc9999005.10614/ A song entitled 'A Gob is a Slob' is catalogued at the LOC, but I haven't listened to see if it's THE song. If it is, the date is 1939. |
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28 Apr 21 - 04:38 PM (#4103885) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: GUEST,# Tried to listen, but there ain't nothin' to listen to. |
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28 Apr 21 - 05:10 PM (#4103888) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Lighter It was sung but Herbert Halpert, who was a collector. The little delta in the corner means it was naughty. I assume, then, that this was the song that Brand renovated. |
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28 Apr 21 - 05:10 PM (#4103889) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Lighter It was sung but Herbert Halpert, who was a collector. The little delta in the corner means it was naughty. I assume, then, that this was the song that Brand renovated. |
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28 Apr 21 - 05:32 PM (#4103892) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: GUEST,# Beats me, Lighter. I am having trouble locating anything about Herbert Halpert, and unless a sound recording turns up--other than the Brand rendition--then I think the key will be finding out about Halpert. That said, I saw something about Memorial U in Nfld, so I'll have a look 'round there (online). Maybe GEST has a copy. |
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28 Apr 21 - 05:38 PM (#4103893) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Lighter The LOC has Halpert's papers, which Legman says include a number of bawdy songs. Halpert did a lot of collecting in New Jersey. It seems that Brand somehow heard "A Gob is a Slob," rewrote it as "A Guy is a Guy," then rewrote it again as "A Gob is a Slob" with "Guy is a Guy" structure and touches. Maybe you can get the LOC to send you a scan? Let us know! |
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28 Apr 21 - 06:11 PM (#4103898) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: GUEST,# I wouldn't even know how to ask for one, Lighter. |
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28 Apr 21 - 07:35 PM (#4103911) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Lighter A second look shows it's an audio recording only. So no scan. It's also marked as "Fragment.' Cue Oscar Brand? |
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29 Apr 21 - 04:47 PM (#4104000) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: cnd He did seem to have a knack for filling in missing fragments. It looks as if it's included on an online edition of New York songs here, however, my library doesn't have access to that company's materials. |
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29 Apr 21 - 04:48 PM (#4104001) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: cnd It's included in Volume 10 of the above mentioned link -- click here ... still no dice in listening to it. |
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29 Apr 21 - 05:09 PM (#4104003) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Mrrzy Hmmm. I was thinking of singing this on the Singaround but then I thought about the lyrics, and I can't. |
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30 Apr 21 - 09:15 AM (#4104060) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be From: Lighter Great work, Carter, and thanks for the tip! By chance, my library does have access, and here's the song. It was sung by Jerome Reiner for Herbert Halpert in New York City in 1938. Reiner sounds relatively young. "We were camping by wet a campfire one night, [and] one of the men decided to sing a few choice songs he’d brought back from Scotland. He’d studied medicine at Edinburgh. This is one of the songs. I went on home like a good girl should; He followed me like he said he would. A gob is a slob, wherever he may be, Listen to what the son of a bitch did to me. "I went upstairs like a good girl should; He followed me like he said he would. A gob is a slob, wherever he may be, Listen to what the son of a bitch did to me. "Last verse, "I got a kid like a good girl would; [sic] He went away like he said he would. A gob is a slob, wherever he may be, And that’s what the son of a bitch did to me." "The Knave" appears in Kinloch's Scottish "Ballad Book" (1827), but "gob" and "slob" are a pretty good indication that those lines, at least, weren't made by a Scot! "Gob" dates back to the turn of the century in the U.S. Navy. It was popularized in 1917-18. Reiner's tune is not the same as Brand's. In fact, it's not very good at all. |