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08 Dec 01 - 09:53 PM (#606523) Subject: 12 days of marxmas From: Catwoman I was asked to see if I could find the words to this songs from the 60's? Sounds like something the Mitchell Trio would have done. Anybody recognize it? |
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08 Dec 01 - 10:08 PM (#606525) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: dick greenhaus WRitten by Roy G. Berkeley. You can find it in Digitrad. |
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08 Dec 01 - 10:10 PM (#606526) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: Sorcha Clickie for same. |
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10 Dec 01 - 11:06 PM (#607646) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: Catwoman Thanks! When I searched I came up empty. Maybe a typo? Catwoman |
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10 Dec 01 - 11:15 PM (#607651) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: Sorcha Thanks for checking in, Catwoman! |
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11 Dec 01 - 02:21 AM (#607726) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: Joe Offer Hi, Catwoman - titles are deceiving, since this could be 12 days, twelve days, or something else. Usually, it's best to look for a distinctive phrase from the song - first day of is a good one for this series of songs. The best search tool we have is the Digitrad and Forum Search (Supersearch). Our "titles" list is the absolute worst. More about searching in the Mudcat FAQ/Newcomer's Guide. -Joe Offer- |
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12 Dec 01 - 02:26 AM (#608200) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: musicmick The Twelve Days of Marxmas was published in the Bosses' Songbook, alampoon of the People's Sonbook. I think it was written in the early 1950s. Roy Berkeley was a left leaning folksinger who had a special affinity for Trotsky and Jimmy Rogers. He made his money writing spy novels. He wrote a number of songs for the Bosses' Songbook as did his friend and neighbor, Dave Van Ronk. They combined talents to produce a hilarious takeoff on Woodie Guthrey's "Jesus Christ" song to the tune of "Jesse James" Born in 29 B.C. in a barn in Galelee, Bathed in his unwed mother's tears He preached to the masses to overthrow the classes, And predated Marx by eighteen hundred years. Jesus had no wife to mourn for his life, He needed a bath and shave. But that foe of the prolitariat, Judas Iscariot Has laid poor Jesus in his grave. Mike Miller |
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12 Dec 01 - 04:38 AM (#608217) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: GUEST,ian Is it the one? to the tune green grow the rusheso. I can only recall this snatch. One is workers unity and evermore shall be so. two is for the workers hands working for his livingo three-------- four for the four great leaders, Marks lennon engles trotskey. |
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12 Dec 01 - 06:58 AM (#608245) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: Steve Parkes I think that's Lenin, Ian!! We used to sing "Marx, Engles, Lenin, Mao", but you could always uspet a few people by swaping Stalin for Lenin! Steve |
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14 Dec 01 - 05:59 PM (#609984) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: Catwoman Thanks everyone. The lyrics were just what he was looking for and the additional info was great. |
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15 Dec 01 - 02:21 PM (#610518) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: Susan of DT dick greenhaus here The parody of Green Grow the Rushes, "Red Fly the Banners-O" is not the same as 12 Days of Marxmas. Both are in Digitrad. |
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07 Dec 07 - 04:47 AM (#2210337) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 12 days of marxmas From: GUEST For anyone who might trip over this thread after six years or so here is another version of the "twelve Days of Marxmas" from the early seventies. Remember that when this sung the order is reversed. Each stanza is added so that we finally end up with something like this. On the Twelfth Day of Marxmas My Comrade gave to me: Twelve Molotov Cocktails Eleven Collective Farms Ten Peoples' Armies Marching Nine Works of Lenin Eight Red Flags a Waving Seven Migs a Flying Six Party Purges Five Five-Year Plans Four Manifestos Three Stalin Tanks Two Hand Grenades ... And an Icepick for Leon Trotsky |