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01 Feb 04 - 07:40 PM (#1106856) Subject: Words to 3 Songs you need From: Salem Gypsy THE ROSE Some say love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed Some say love, it is a razor, That leaves the soul to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, An endless, aching need… I say love, it is a flower, And you, it's only seed. It's the heart afraid of breaking That never learns to dance. It's the dream afraid of waking, That never takes a chance. It's the one who won't be taken Who can not seem to give, And the soul afraid of dying That never learns to live. When the night has been too lonely, And the road has been too long, And you think that love is only For the lucky and the strong Just remember in the winter Far beneath the icy snows, Lies the seed that with the sun's love In the spring, becomes the rose. Repeat last verse. ^^^ SAINT JAMES' INFIRMARY It was down in Old Joe's Barroom, On the corner by the square The drinks were served as usual, And the usual crowd was there. On my left stood Joe McHenry, His eyes all bloodshot red, As he gazed at the crowd around him These are the very words he said: "I went down to St. James' Infirmary, And I saw my lady there Laid out on a slab of marble, So still, so cold, so fair. Well let her go, let her go, God bless her. Wherever she may be, she can search this whole wide world over She'll never find another man like me. Oh when I die please bury me with a gold piece on my hat To let the boys out in the back room know I'm still standin pat. And I want six crap shooters for my pall bearers Some chorus girls to sing me a song Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon We'll raise hell as we roll along. Well let her go, let her go, God bless her. Wherever she may be, she can search this whole wide world over She'll never find another man like me. And now that you've heard my story, I'll take another shot of booze, And if anyone should happen to ask you, I've got the St. James' Infirmary blues." Well let her go, let her go, God bless her. Wherever she may be, she can search this whole wide world over She'll never find another man like me. ^^^ SLOOP JOHN B We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night, we got into a fight Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home,I wanna go home, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home The first mate he got drunk And broke in the cap'n's trunk The constable had to come and take him away Sheriff John Stone Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home,I wanna go home, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home The poor cook he caught the fits And threw away all my grits And then he took and he ate up all of my corn Let me go home Why don't they let me go home This is the worst trip I've ever been on So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home,I wanna go home, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home ^^^ |
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01 Feb 04 - 07:52 PM (#1106861) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: SINSULL Thank you, Gypsy. Actually St. James Infirmery can be found just by putting St. in the Search. And "sloop" will find you "The Wreck Of The Sloop John B". The Rose is very modern and this is a new addition. |
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01 Feb 04 - 07:53 PM (#1106862) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: SINSULL And welcome! |
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01 Feb 04 - 08:25 PM (#1106879) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Nigel Parsons I heartily echo Sinsull's welcome. Checking what is already here is no easy task; and it is better to duplicate an entry than to miss posting something we need. The search box, (top left of the 'Forum' page) allows for 'Browse' of letters of the alphabet, but is caught out by variant titles, etc., It is usually better to search for a song using a short line from the song. (one for which you believe there could be no alternative). Then re-try with another line, just in case of an earlier typo, or a typo in the version already posted. All this is just verbum sap however. Once again, WELCOME, Salem Gypsy CHEERS Nigel |
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01 Feb 04 - 08:48 PM (#1106894) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Joybell Welcome from me too. I can remember how much trouble I had finding "Daddy be Gay" when I was very new to searching. Must have got about a million porn sites. Joy |
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01 Feb 04 - 09:45 PM (#1106925) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Joe Offer Hi, Salem Gypsy - We have them all in the Digital Tradition Folk Song Database, but thanks for offering to help. The best way to find songs here is to put a distinctive phrase from the song in our search box. Titles can be misleading. Welcome to Mudcat. Stick around and make some friends. -Joe Offer- |
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02 Feb 04 - 09:53 AM (#1107265) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Sorcha And, the alphabet Browse won't get lyrics in the forum, just the DT. |
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02 Feb 04 - 04:08 PM (#1107553) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Salem Gypsy Ooops, me foot's in it already, and I just got here. Thanks for the welcome! I also sent words for "The Merry Minuet"; did I miss that, too? I'd better go back to selling pencils on the streetcorner. Mea culpa... Gypsy |
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02 Feb 04 - 04:11 PM (#1107556) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: MMario as in "They are rioting in Africa" - yup - that'[s in the DT also... But Welcome! I know I would rather have someone re-posting then have people not answering or not willing to post. |
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02 Feb 04 - 06:08 PM (#1107660) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Besides the DT entry there are Threads in the Forum on many of those songs in the DT. Here are some of the links Rioting in Africa |
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02 Feb 04 - 06:12 PM (#1107665) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca OOps! My mistake Rioting in Africa - DT |
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02 Feb 04 - 06:22 PM (#1107675) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Salem Gypsy Thanks, everyone! This seems to be a friendly and good-natured forum. Glad I joined. Gypsy |
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02 Feb 04 - 06:32 PM (#1107686) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: McGrath of Harlow That's a good helpful way to saty hello to teh Mudcat. And your set of words for St James Infirmary aren't quite the same as the one in the DT - and some of yours I think I might prefer. For example, you've got: Oh when I die please bury me with a gold piece on my hat To let the boys out in the back room know I'm still standin pat. And I want six crap shooters for my pall bearers Some chorus girls to sing me a song Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon We'll raise hell as we roll along. And the DT has: Oh, when I die, please bury me In my ten dollar Stetson hat; Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain So my friends'll know I died standin' pat. Get six gamblers to carry my coffin Six chorus girls to sing me a song Put a twenty-piece jazz band on my tail gate To raise Hell as we go along |
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02 Feb 04 - 08:48 PM (#1107768) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Salem Gypsy I still don't know how I missed those songs - but when I clicked on the titles, they said something like "no listings for that title". Anyhow, the way I do Infirmary, it would be hard to fit in the lyrics you set down. Interesting. I'd like to hear how other people do the songs differently. Wish we had an amateur coffee house hereabouts. Thanks, friends! |
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02 Feb 04 - 10:23 PM (#1107822) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: The Fooles Troupe I think I prefer the Sloop John A... :-) ... we looked for it all day.... :-) Joybell "Must have got about a million porn sites. Joy" There's just no answer to that.... Robin |
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03 Feb 04 - 12:32 AM (#1107901) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Amos I've always sug that verse: When I die, get me six crap-shootin' pallbearers. Dress me in my white tuxedo and my Stetson hat And put a 20-dollar gold piece in my watch chain So the boys wil know I died, standin' pat. FWIW. A |
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03 Feb 04 - 03:43 AM (#1107944) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: pavane And whoever wrote The Rose wasn't much of a gardener. |
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03 Feb 04 - 02:35 PM (#1108422) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: Salem Gypsy High School Minuet They're rioting in study hall, la la lala lala la They're screaming in math, " They're holding drags in driver's ed, " And so they won't pass, " Kids' hormones are raging; they're out of control They're cutting their classes, the teachers can't call roll The lunchroom's run out of food, assembly hall's too small So why do we bother coming here at all? But teachers get even, and they hit back hard, They put nasty marks on the old report card, Someday in September we'll come back and then, We'll have to start all over, and go through this whole year again. They're rioting in study hall, la la lala lala la, The team's full of beer, la, etc. What teachers don't get through to us, la.... They'll pound into us next year. (Sproing....) (My parody, written in junior year of high school.) |
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03 Feb 04 - 05:38 PM (#1108555) Subject: RE: Three songs listed with no words From: McGrath of Harlow And whoever wrote The Rose wasn't much of a gardener Not sure about that , pavane. True, I've never heard of anyone growing a rose from seed, but still it can be done - here's a site about Germinating Rose Seeds - and I note where it specifically says "Most ...(rose) seeds are programmed to survive a winter before they sprout." Which is more or less what the song says. |