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05 Sep 01 - 03:31 PM (#542771) Subject: Lyr Add: ONE LITTLE SIP (Si Kahn) From: Jacob B In the Songs About Grandparents thread I mentioned this song. As far as I can tell, it is not in the Digitrad or the forum, so I'm posting it here.
It's by Si Kahn. I'm told that the tune is an old hymn tune - does anyone know the name of it? |
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05 Sep 01 - 03:58 PM (#542798) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: One Little Sip by Si Kahn From: Joe Offer Great song, Jacob. I can't find it on Si Kahn's Website (click). Any idea where I might find a recording? -Joe Offer- |
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05 Sep 01 - 11:23 PM (#543092) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: One Little Sip by Si Kahn From: Jacob B I've no idea whether or not it's recorded. I know it from a concert performance. I'm assuming that he wrote it, since every other song he sang in the concert was one of his, and he didn't credit it to anyone else. |
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06 Sep 01 - 08:26 PM (#543969) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: One Little Sip by Si Kahn From: Charley Noble Some day Si Kahn is going to have to put out his recording of songs with no redeeming social value.;-) |
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07 Sep 01 - 06:37 AM (#544297) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: One Little Sip by Si Kahn From: InOBU The great Si Kahn is going to be performing at a folk festival Jan. 25 in North Carolina on the same night as our own humble (HA!) band, Sorcha Dorcha... details to follow!!! Cheers (ps He is great!) Larry |
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07 Sep 01 - 08:11 AM (#544356) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: One Little Sip by Si Kahn From: Charley Noble Larry - Ask him to confirm whether he wrote "Fresh-Water Whaling/Superior Sperm"; he's not responding to our e-mail inquiry. Inquiring minds want to know! |
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30 Jun 20 - 08:21 AM (#4062154) Subject: Lyr Add: ONE LITTLE SIP (Si Kahn, via Matt Watroba From: Jim Dixon I found this recording on Spotify and transcribed it. Since there are numerous small differences between this and the version Jacob B posted above, I thought I ought to post it. Si Kahn advertises Matt Watroba's album on his own website, but I see no indication that Si ever recorded this song himself. He did, however, write the liner notes, and he says (writing in the third person): One Little Sip: This song was once titled "Three Old Jokes." Why, you might well ask. Well, please don’t tell anyone, but one night long ago Si was watching the Jackie Gleason Show. Yes, we know, we know, this is not exactly the image you have of Si. But he really really was watching the Jackie Gleason show, and Jackie told these three old – in fact, very old – jokes. What else was Si supposed to do? ONE LITTLE SIP (Si Kahn) As recorded by Matt Watroba on "The Far Si: The Si Kahn Funny Song Sing-Along Songbook" (2020) I was the pride of the Chamber of Commerce; At church, such a promising lad That a prominent Kentucky distillery Asked me to pose for an ad. Though my lips had never touched liquor, I consented in greed and in haste. As I lifted my glass for the cam'ra, I decided to take just one taste. CHORUS: A little sip, and another, and another, And another, and another, and another, And another, and another, and another, and another, And another, and another, and another. Now if you take a big glass of water, And you take a bucket of booze, And you set 'em in front of a donkey, Which one do you think he will choose? Well, he'll walk right up to the water, And lap it straight out of the glass. Why do you think that he does it? Well, he does it because he's an ass. CHORUS My uncle started in drinking On the day he could first lift a cup. Through eighty-three years and twelve children, He never once sobered up. You might think this ruined his system, But I tell you somethin' that's true: We dug him up for his birthday, And, by God, he looks better than you. CHORUS TWICE |