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Lyr Req: We Love You Conrad (from Bye Bye Birdie)

05 May 02 - 09:59 AM (#704703)
Subject: I think this is a childrens song
From: GUEST,catwomanh3@ameritech.net

I think this is a kids song. "We love you ---- oh yes we do." I would like to know if there are verses and is the tune the same for the verses. thanks bunches

05 May 02 - 10:04 AM (#704704)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: Sorcha

Could it be this one?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We Love Mothers Sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques"

We love mothers.
We love mothers.
Yes we do; yes we do.
Mothers are for hugging (hug self)
Mothers are for kissing (blow kiss)
We love you; yes, we do.
Thank you, mothers.
Thank you, mothers.
For your love, for your love.
Mothers are for hugging, (hug self)
Mothers are for kissing (blow kiss)
We love you; yes, we do.

(I'll see what else I can find....)

05 May 02 - 10:10 AM (#704705)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: Sorcha

Found this one too:

MOTHER, WE LOVE YOU!

yesterday's gone and won't come again,
i cannot pretend, cause it's over
but here on this day, we'd like, if we may,
wish you a happy birthday, mother

CHORUS
mother, we love you, oh yes we do
yes it's true, oh how we love you
mother, we love you, yes we do
though far apart, in our hearts
oh how we love you

we children grow up and go separate ways,
like lovers, who've stayed too long
but brother and sister and I come again
to sing you this birthday song

a family will die, if it does not care,
they tell me blood's thicker than water,
a family will live, if truly it shares,
every mother and brother and daughter

CHORUS
mother, we love you, oh yes we do
yes it's true, oh how we love you
mother, we love you, yes we do
that's moog, lynnz and dave, here to say,
oh, how we love you

Background info and credits are here:
http://www.moogymusic.com/Lyrics/oldtimes.html#birthday

I'll send an e mail for her to come check these.....

05 May 02 - 10:53 AM (#704724)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: Catwoman

I am not sure what I can remember is "We love you *** Oh yes we do ****** **** If you're not near us, we're blue Oh *** we love you

05 May 02 - 11:00 AM (#704727)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: Sorcha

Oh dear, didn't find that. I did remember that the SCA Birthday song (tune=Volga Boatman) has that line in it.....more digging.

05 May 02 - 11:03 AM (#704729)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: gatyamgal

Since you have a space after We love you, it sounds like
We love you Conrad, oh yes we do,
we love you Conrad, and we'll be true.
When you're not near us, we're blue
OH Conrad we love you.
from Bye Bye Birdie. I did some searching and found out when the broadway show played in England, Beatle fans started singing We love you Beatles.

05 May 02 - 11:10 AM (#704732)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: Sorcha

Ahh, good then. All the "blue" turned up was a poem about Puxatawney Phil, and that wasn't it!

05 May 02 - 11:10 AM (#704735)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: gatyamgal

One more thing, the part of the show where this is sung is transcribed at this site. This segment is also known as A Healthy Normal American Boy. Now I want to see the movie again. Thanks for the memories. Check this out. http://www.vanessawilliams.de/mum-byelyrics.htm

05 May 02 - 12:02 PM (#704755)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: Celtic Soul

I recall that, during thr Beatles craze, some of the groupies used to sing:

"We love you Beatles, oh yes we do. We love you Beatles, oh yes it's true. When we're not with you, we're blue boo hoo, Oh Beatles we love you, yes it's true, Oh Beatles we love you."

Obviously, they were taking some liberties with another song...likely it could have been a kids song.

Anyone know this one?

05 May 02 - 12:05 PM (#704756)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: Celtic Soul

Well, there you have it. Chalk it up to yet another case where I should have been more diligent in reading. Yes, that Conrad one sounds like the one.

06 May 02 - 06:10 AM (#705114)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: Catwoman

Terrific! I will go have a hunt for that. Thanks bunches!

06 May 02 - 01:57 PM (#705326)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I think this is a childrens song
From: GUEST,ET on another computer

If it helps at all, I was IN Bye Bye Birdie in school in '68, so for royalties to be cheap enough for us to afford it had to be a few years old by then.....ET