01 Jan 04 - 12:26 PM (#1083925) Subject: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: Cool Beans Well before Updike got into the act, there was song whose chorus went:
Don't give the farmer his fun, fun, fun He'll get by without his rabbit pie, So run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run, run.... |
01 Jan 04 - 12:38 PM (#1083934) Subject: ADD: Run Rabbit Run (Noel Gay & Ralph Butler) From: GUEST,Ed Click here Text below copied from link. -Joe Offer- Run Rabbit Run (Noel Gay & Ralph Butler) On the farm, every Friday On the farm, its rabbit pie day. So, every Friday that ever comes along, I get up early and sing this little song: Run rabbit - run rabbit - Run! Run! Run! Run rabbit - run rabbit - Run! Run! Run! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Goes the farmer's gun. Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run. Run rabbit - run rabbit - Run! Run! Run! Don't give the farmer his fun! Fun! Fun! He'll get by Without his rabbit pie So run rabbit - run rabbit - Run! Run! Run! Run, run rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun, And when at last the work is done Don't sit down it's time to start another one For long you live and high you fly But only if you ride the tide And balanced on the biggest wave You race toward an early grave. |
01 Jan 04 - 12:41 PM (#1083937) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: C-flat I think it was performed by Flannagan and Allen but I don't remember there being anymore verses. |
01 Jan 04 - 12:44 PM (#1083939) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: C-flat but then again....... |
01 Jan 04 - 05:30 PM (#1084144) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: The Fooles Troupe It's currently being used as a TV Ad in Oz for a Wine region... |
02 Jan 04 - 03:36 AM (#1084410) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: Penny S. I remember a tale that suggested the song was inspired by an incident in which a German plane was seen strafing a field with rabbits in it. Can that be true? Penny |
02 Jan 04 - 05:31 PM (#1084838) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: Kaleea I once (20 yrs ago or more) heard a storyteller tell a tale of "How rabbit got his long ears & long back feet" which included having the kids join her on the "Run Rabbit, run rabbit, run run run!" part. I'm wondering if there is a song now. |
04 Jan 04 - 01:25 PM (#1085835) Subject: Lyr Add: RUN RABBIT RUN (Noel Gay & Ralph Butler) From: Jim Dixon RUN RABBIT RUN Written by Noel Gay & Ralph Butler As sung by Flanagan & Allen on Decca (3184 A), 1940, which you can hear at the Internet Archive. On the farm, every Friday, On the farm, it's rabbit-pie day, So, ev'ry Friday that ever comes along, I get up early and sing this little song: Run, rabbit! Run, rabbit! Run! Run! Run! Run, rabbit! Run, rabbit! Run! Run! Run! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! goes the farmer's gun. Run, rabbit! Run, rabbit! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run, rabbit! Run, rabbit! Run! Run! Run! Don't give the farmer his fun, fun, fun. He'll get by without his rabbit pie, So run, rabbit! Run, rabbit! Run! Run! Run! [Flanagan & Allen then repeat the last 2 verses, with one of them doing a sort of scat counterpoint.] [The following verses are copied from ingeb.org. I don't know their source.] Run, run rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun, And when at last the work is done Don't sit down; it's time to start another one. For long you live and high you fly But only if you ride the tide And balanced on the biggest wave You race toward an early grave. [Recorded by Flanagan & Allen, Chas & Dave, Bob Crosby, Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters, and Harry Roy & His Orchestra] |
05 Jan 04 - 03:59 AM (#1086215) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: John in Brisbane And here's some further WWII lyrics from the One Hit Wonder site. Subject: RE: Run Rabbit Run Date: 09-11-2003 Author: Arthur Reply I have found an extra 2 verses from this popular old song, they are; Run Adolf, Run Adolf, Run, Run, Run, Now that the fun has begun, gun, gun; P'raps you'll just allow us to explain, What we did once, - we can do again.
We're making shells by the ton, ton, ton. |
05 Jan 04 - 04:43 PM (#1086579) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: TheBigPinkLad The song was written in answer to a comment from Hitler when he said he'd invade Britain and feast on rabbit pie. |
05 Jan 04 - 05:35 PM (#1086620) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: Q (Frank Staplin) Or- the first German raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkneys, when only a rabbit was killed. Or- just about rabbit pies on Friday ??? Noel Gay Music Co. Ltd., London, 1939. |
30 Jan 12 - 08:42 PM (#3299407) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: Alice Here is a delightful video of a sheep herding rabbit, with the recording of "Run Rabbit Run". http://youtu.be/qeuL5IGimCQ Alice |
31 Jan 12 - 11:53 AM (#3299713) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: Charley Noble LOL |
31 Jan 12 - 03:11 PM (#3299816) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: GUEST,leeneia But the song wanted might have been this one all these years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uOy3WdT3mY Try to ignore the asinine costume and notice the confident, flying hands of Stringbean. |
31 Jan 12 - 06:41 PM (#3299929) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit From: *Laura* We sang a slightly different version when I was little which was - Run Rabbit Run Rabbit run, run, run, Here comes the farmer with his gun, gun, gun He'll get by, without his rabbit pie, So run rabbit run rabbit run, run, run. |
18 Jan 17 - 02:19 AM (#3833291) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run From: GUEST,SB Oooh - how the other half lives!!! Run Harry! Run Harry! Run, run, run! Here comes the brother-in-law With his gun, gun, gun, Bang! Bang! Bang! Goes the brother's gun, Run Harry! Run Harry! Run, run, run! Don't give the brother his fun! Fun! Fun! They'll get by without their Royal pie So run Harry, run Harry, Run! Run! Run! (Apologies to Flanagan & Alan) |
18 Jan 17 - 05:07 AM (#3833310) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Rabbit, Run From: GUEST,Mark Bluemel I hadn't seen this thread before, but was amused by the post from 2004 with the lyrics : Run, run rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun, And when at last the work is done Don't sit down; it's time to start another one. For long you live and high you fly But only if you ride the tide And balanced on the biggest wave You race toward an early grave. Did nobody else recognise Pink Floyd? ("Breathe" from "Dark Side of the Moon") |