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02 Sep 03 - 03:48 AM (#1011015) Subject: she's been after man ever since From: GUEST,Anders Faergeman, Denmark Hi there, I was happy about getting the lyrics to "The Telephone Girl" last time I was in contact. I have another request, also a Blind Alfred Reed song, recorded by Red Clay Ramblers on their Stolen Love LP. It's called "She's Been After Man Ever Since". I'd greatly appreciate any help. Thanks Anders |
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02 Sep 03 - 09:14 AM (#1011158) Subject: Lyr Add: WOMAN AFTER MAN From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca How about this? From http://www.smsu.edu/folksong/maxhunter/0153/ Woman After Man VERSE 1 |
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02 Sep 03 - 09:29 AM (#1011168) Subject: RE: she's been after man ever since From: alanabit That will gladden the hearts of all the politically correct members of Mudcat! |
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02 Sep 03 - 11:03 AM (#1011243) Subject: Lyr Add: EVE WASN'T MODEST TILL SHE ATE THAT APPLE From: wysiwyg Guess we oughter have this one then, too. See link at bottom for cover image, MIDI. ~S~ Eve Wasn't Modest Till She Ate That Apple (We'll Have To Pass The Apples Again) Words by Chas. McCarron, Music by Albert Von Tilzer 1. Everybody loves a girl who's modest, Everybody loves a girl who's shy, When a girl is modest and retiring You can bet she'll always get by Modesty began in the garden of Eden, In every book you'll find I'll admit it started in the Garden of Eden, But just bear this in mind. CHO 1: Eve wasn't modest till she ate that apple That old apple's to blame The minute that she ate it, she felt humiliated And hid behind the apple tree till darkness came If one little apple made the first girl modest, It ought to work now as well as then Once they only wore a leaf Clothes are getting just as brief, If every mother's daughter, wears dresses any shorter, We'll have to pass the apples again. 2. Just suppose that every girl was modest, Just suppose that every girl was shy, There would be no dust when days are windy To blow right in the naughty man's eye We'd have better business in our marriage market, Each man would surely mate When they start proposing they can see what they're getting, That's why some hesitate. CHO 2: Eve wasn't modest till she ate that apple That old apple's to blame The minute that she ate it, she felt humiliated And hid behind the apple tree till darkness came If one little apple made the first girl modest, It ought to work now as well as then Way back in the olden days Men were fooled by girlie ways, For then we never knew them, but now we see right through them, We'll have to pass the apples again. (C)1917, Broadway Music Corporation, 145 W. 45th St., New York SOURCE: CLICK SH |
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02 Sep 03 - 08:10 PM (#1011670) Subject: RE: she's been after man ever since From: LadyJean FROM THE FILK CLASSIC "REAL OLD TIME RELIGION" Lizzie Stanton and disciples, held that Genesis is libel, So they wrote "The Womens' Bible" and it's good enough for me! "The Womens' Bible" is a feminist interpretation of the scriptures, written by women Bible scholars, under the direction of the great suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. |
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02 Sep 03 - 09:48 PM (#1011719) Subject: Lyr Add: WOMAN'S BEEN AFTER MAN EVER SINCE (Reed) From: Stewie There are numerous minor textual differences in Blind Alfred Reed's original recording and the version George posted above. It will be easier to post Reed's text rather than point to the differences line by line: WOMAN'S BEEN AFTER MAN EVER SINCE (Blind Alfred Reed) God made man in his own image And all things were going right But it seems that man was doomed to sin and fall Eve she tasted of the apple, Begged till Adam took a bite And that put the human family to the wall After Adam was beguiled, Woman kept on going wild Causing man to have all kinds of punishments We can plainly understand Woman was made after man And she's been after man ever since What a shame it is that women Try to be so much like men They will run for office if they get a chance Men had just as well stop calling His dear, precious wife 'old hen' For the time has come when she should wear the pants How they dress it is a sight, Wear their skirts so short and tight They can hardly make it when they cross a fence But they do the best they can Woman was made after man And she's been after man ever since Yes indeed today a woman Tries to be so much like man She will even have her hair cut short like his Some will gamble and sell liquor, They will bootleg all they can Oh, it's dreadful how deceitful woman is They get lipstick in a box, Paint their lips and roll their socks They think they know more than all the presidents Woman thinks she's mighty grand But she was made after man And she's been after man ever since So young man if you are courting One who says she loves you well Do not think it's true because she hugs your neck For she surely will deceive you And she'll slip around and tell That she'd marry you to get your little cheque Boy, you'd better take it slow All she's after is your dough Just watch out and very soon you'll be convinced She'll make love to beat the band But she was made after man And she's been after man ever since Source: transcription of Blind Alfred Reed 'Woman's Been After Man Ever Since' recorded in NYC on 3 December 1929 and issued as Victor 40196. Reissued on Blind Alfred Reed 'Complete Recorded Works' Document DOCD-8022. The Red Clay Ramblers' recording sticks pretty faithfully to the Reed original. The only difference is that they transpose the first lines of stanzas 2 and 3: 'Yes indeed today the women' for stanza 2 and 'What a shame it is that women' for stanza 3. The only other difference is that they have 'so' instead of 'true' in stanza 4, line 3. The Red Clay Ramblers 'Stolen Love' Flying Fish LP FF-009 [1975]. --Stewie. |