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14 Sep 04 - 02:30 PM (#1272013) Subject: Lyr Add: JAVA JIVE (Oakland & Drake) From: Q (Frank Staplin)
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15 Sep 04 - 02:50 AM (#1272064) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JAVA JIVE From: BanjoRay Lovely! |
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15 Sep 04 - 02:59 AM (#1272072) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JAVA JIVE From: The Fooles Troupe 'Java' is of course a derivative slang name for coffee, just as 'China' & 'India' are for tea, having to do with locaton of origin. |
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15 Sep 04 - 12:34 PM (#1272567) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JAVA JIVE From: M.Ted thanks for the lyrics, Q--Inkspots did it in F, Manhattan Transfer in G-- |
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15 Sep 04 - 02:51 PM (#1272698) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JAVA JIVE From: Herga Kitty There's a recent (and nice) recording of this by Dangerous Curves! Kitty |
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15 Sep 04 - 06:58 PM (#1272884) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JAVA JIVE From: Gray D This is starting to get spooky. First of all a Kate and Anna McGarrigle thread about "Talk to Me of Mendocino" about a week after I buy the CD for the first time just to learn that song and sing it 'n' now a thread about a song that our little group has just learned and sung in public for the first time about a week ago. You're not watching me are you...? If so your cameras are running slow ... by about a week. Vague feelings of paranoia aside, I suspect that the phrase "A slice of onion and a raw one" may be from the street slang of the 40's but this is the only place I've heard it. Anyone know the derivation or what context it was used in? Gray D (you ain't seen me, roight? [UK comedy reference]) |
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15 Sep 04 - 08:32 PM (#1272935) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JAVA JIVE From: Q (Frank Staplin) Now will someone come up with the rest of- I went thar once bu I'll go no more, They never put no sugar in my coffee O, How in Hell does the old folks know That I allus take sugar in my coffee O! |
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15 Sep 04 - 10:55 PM (#1273044) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: JAVA JIVE From: Genie If you have a copy of Rise Up Singing, it has the lyrics as well as the chords.* The chords I use are D, then one of those "demented" chords (3rd & 4th fret), G, A, Emin, D7, G7, and Gm. Pretty easy, actually. . . . . . *Come to think of it, RUS has the lyrics and chords even if you don't have a copy. §;-D |
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30 Sep 04 - 04:58 PM (#1285241) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: GUEST Actually the verse to the coffee-o song here I learned it as part of What'll we do withthe Baby-o "the wind blows high, the wind blows low the winds blows sugar in my coffee oh how in the hell do the old folks know that I like sugar in my coffee-o. this one's not in Rise up...strange. I can give you the rest of the song if you like......it's one of three things I can play on the Banjo |
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30 Sep 04 - 08:19 PM (#1285414) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Q (Frank Staplin) Guest, I would appreciate seeing the rest of it. |
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30 Sep 04 - 09:27 PM (#1285466) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Mudlark Gray... "A slice of onion and a raw one" may be from the street slang of the 40's.... A slice of onion and/or a raw egg were often thrown into a boiled pot to settle the grounds, as I understand it. Maybe throwing a nickel in would do the same? I've loved this song...and coffee...ever since I was a little kid. Go InkSpots! |
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30 Sep 04 - 11:14 PM (#1285551) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Q (Frank Staplin) Putting the breakfast eggshells into the camp coffee pot to settle the grounds is an old practice. Never heard of a raw onion being used. |
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30 Sep 04 - 11:22 PM (#1285561) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: The Fooles Troupe Or a whole raw egg. But the practice of using just the whites to coagulate solids out of a liquid to form a clear consomme is a fairly common technique in French Cooking. |
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04 Oct 04 - 08:32 AM (#1288187) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Jim Dixon Amazing that this song has never been posted at Mudcat before. With all the folkies playing in coffeehouses nowadays, you'd think there'd be a big demand for coffee (and tea) songs. Here are a few more: A PROPER CUP OF COFFEE COFFEE IN THE MORNING AND KISSES IN THE NIGHT WOULDN'T GIVE ME SUGAR IN MY COFFEE COLD COFFEE MORNING |
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04 Oct 04 - 02:03 PM (#1288439) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Q (Frank Staplin) A few more- The Coffee Song. 1946. Sung by Sinatra Coffee, Cheese and Crackers. Before 1923 You're the Cream in My Coffee. 1928 A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You. 1925 I'd Like to Dunk You in My Coffee. 1934 I Love Coffee, I Love Tea. 1943 Let's Have Another Cup o' Coffee. 1932 You and I. 1941. Maxwell House Theme Song. Wouldn't Give Me Sugar in My Coffee, listed by Dixon, was recorded by Uncle Dave Macon. |
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04 Oct 04 - 03:47 PM (#1288506) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Q (Frank Staplin) Stewie posted "Wouldn't Give Me Sugar...", Macon, in thread 31041: Wouldn't In "The Word on the Street," the broadsides posted by the National Library of Scotland, there is a song, "Things I'd Like to See," with the verse (ca. 1880-1900): Now the ports are thrown open, I'd like for to see, The duty all taken off coffee and tea, I should like to see bread at a penny a pound, And beef twopence-halfpenny the country round, etc. www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/15058/criteria/coffee |
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17 Oct 04 - 06:43 PM (#1299271) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Azizi Thanks for the information about the 1940s song. I'm writing a book on the sources for contemporary African American children's rhymes and have found the following information: The first couplet in the song/poem "Vinie" found in Thomas W Talley's "Negro Folk Rhymes" {1922}is: I loves coffee,an' I loves tea. I loves you, Vinie, does you love me? The rhyme "I love coffee/I love tea/I love a {Black} boy/and he loves me" can still be found in African American children's handclap rhymes. The next verse is "So step back {White} boy/you don't shine/I'm goin to get a Black boy {another boy} to whip {kick} your behind. --- "Sugar in the coffee" is the title of another secular slave song {post-Civil War African American song}: Sheep's in de meader a-mowin' o' de hay. De honey's in de bee-gum, so de all say. My head's up an' I'se boun' to go. Who'll take sugar in de coffee-o? I'se de prettiest liddle girl in de county-o. My mummy an' daddy, de bofe say so. I looks in de glass, it don't say "No"; So I'll take sugar in de coffe-o. -- Some brief editorial comments: This "I'm the prettiest girl etc" rhyme is included in a number of books on children's rhymes without any reference to possible {probable?}African American origin. I find it significant that way back then this Black girl had high self-esteem compared to nowadays when quite a few African Americans still consider dark skin a stigma. Also people might want to note that the large number of references to food in secular African American slave songs {chickens; chicken pie, shorten bread etc,as well as lyrics about loving coffee and tea and sugar and candy, were probably to a large part a result of slaves' lack of ample food and drinks. Cofee, tea, and sugar in any form were luxuries. The desire for sugar and the high esteem given to it is also reflected in African American secular slave rhymes by the use of affectionate nicknames and complimentary referents for females such as "Candy", "Peaches", "Sugar", and Sugar Lump" {the form sugar came in before grandulated sugar}. With the exception of "Sugar Lump" these nicknames are still very much in use in African American communities. |
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17 Oct 04 - 06:50 PM (#1299277) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Azizi Sorry for the typos. I neglected to say that "Sugar in the Coffee-o" is also found in Talley's Negro Folk Rhymes. Also with regard to sugar nicknames: "Shug" is a Southern African American nickname given to males. Shug=Sugar |
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17 Oct 04 - 09:18 PM (#1299362) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Genie You're the Cream in My Coffee © 1928 "You're the cream in my coffee, You're the sugar in my tea. You will always be My necessity. I'd be lost without you." Anybody got the rest of it? |
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18 Oct 04 - 02:18 PM (#1299906) Subject: Lyr Add: YOU'RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE From: kbraun From: http://www.cherylspelts.com/ruthetting/songs/youre_the_cream_in_my_coffee.htm YOU'RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE Lyrics and Music by B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson Originally published in 1923. Recorded by the Ben Selvin Orchestra, and singer Ruth Etting in 1929. From the films Hold Everything and The Cockeyed World. You're the cream in my coffee, You're the salt in my stew You will always be my necessity, I'd be lost without you. You're the starch in my collar, You're the lace in my shoe You will always be my necessity, I'd be lost without you. Most men tell love tales, And each phrase dovetails You've heard each known way, This way is my own way: You're the sail in my loveboat, You're the captain and crew, You will always be my necessity I'd be lost without you. You're the cream in my coffee, You're the salt in my stew You will always be my necessity, I'd be lost without you. You're the starch in my collar, You're the lace in my shoe You will always be my necessity, I'd be lost without you. You give life savor, Bring out its flavor, So this is clear, dear, You're my worcestershire, dear! You're the sail in my loveboat, You're the captain and crew, You will always be my necessity, I'd be lost without you. You will always be my necessity I'd be lost without you. |
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19 Oct 04 - 09:15 PM (#1301207) Subject: Lyr Add: THE COFFEE SONG From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.strictlysinatra.com/Lyrics/CoffeeSong.txt THE COFFEE SONG Dick Miles, Bob Hilliard. 1946. Way down among Brazilians, Coffee beans grow by the billions, So they've got to find those extra cups to fill. They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil. You can't get cherry soda, 'Cause they've got to fill that quota, And the way things are I'll bet they never will. They've got a zillion tons of coffee in Brazil. No tea or tomato juice, You'll see no potato juice, 'Cause the planters down in Santos all say "No, no, no." The politician's daughter Was accused of drinkin' water, And was fined a great big fifty-dollar bill. They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil. You date a girl and find out later She smells just like a percolator. Her perfume was made right on the grill. Why, they could percolate the ocean in Brazil. And when their ham and eggs need savor, Coffee ketchup gives 'em flavor. Coffee pickles way outsell the dill. Why, they put coffee in the coffee in Brazil. No tea, no tomato juice, You'll see no potato juice. The planters down in Santos all say "No, no, no." So you'll add to the local color Serving coffee with a cruller. Dunkin' doesn't take a lot of skill. They've got an awful lot of coffee, An awful lot of coffee, Man, they got a gang of coffee in Brazil! [Recorded by Frank Sinatra, The Andrews Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Erroll Garner, Osibisa, Edmundo Ros, Sarah Vaughan, and others.] |
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19 Oct 04 - 09:47 PM (#1301220) Subject: Lyr Add: YOU'RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.midnitesun.co.uk/lyrics/lyrics03/wb03p136.txt YOU'RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE Words and Music by B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. 1928. VERSE: I'm not a poet. How well I know it! I've never been a raver, But when I speak of you, I rave a bit, it's true. I'm wild about you. I'm lost without you. You give my life its flavor. What sugar does for tea, That's what you do for me. CHORUS: You're the cream in my coffee. You're the salt in my stew. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you. You're the starch in my collar. You're the lace in my shoe. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you. Most men tell love tales, And each phrase dove-tails. You've heard each known way. This way is my own way. You're the sail of my love boat. You're the captain and crew. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you. VERSE: You have a great way, An up-to-date way, Of telling me you love me. It gives me such a thrill! I know it always will. My head is turning, And just from learning Your estimation of me; And as for you, I'll say, I feel the self-same way. CHORUS: You're the cream in my coffee. You're the salt in my stew. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you. You're the starch in my collar. You're the lace in my shoe. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you. You give life savor, Bring out its flavor; So this is clear, dear: You're my Worcestershire, dear. You're the sail of my love boat. You're the captain and crew. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you. [Recorded by Les Brown, Nat King Cole, Ray Conniff, Marlene Dietrich, Ruth Etting, Stephane Grappelli, Jack Hylton, Mel Tormé, Ted Weems, and others.] |
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19 Oct 04 - 10:04 PM (#1301227) Subject: Lyr Add: LET'S HAVE ANOTHER CUP O' COFFEE (Berlin) From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/berlin/1932.html LET'S HAVE ANOTHER CUP O' COFFEE Words and music by Irving Berlin, 1932. [VERSE:] Why worry when skies are gray? Why should we complain? Let's laugh at the cloudy day. Let's sing in the rain. Songwriters say the storm quickly passes. That's their philosophy. They see the world through rose-colored glasses. Why shouldn't we? [REFRAIN:] Just around the corner, There's a rainbow in the sky; So let's have another cup o' coffee, And let's have another piece o' pie! Trouble's just a bubble, And the clouds will soon roll by; So let's have another cup o' coffee, And let's have another piece o' pie! Let a smile be your umbrella, For it's just an April show'r. Even John D. Rockefeller Is looking for the silver lining. Mister Herbert Hoover Says that now's the time to buy; So let's have another cup o' coffee, And let's have another piece o' pie! [Alternate lines:] Things that really matter Are the things that gold can't buy. [Recorded by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Joan Morris, Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians, and others.] |
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20 Oct 04 - 06:55 AM (#1301537) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: GUEST,robinia@eskimo.com Oops, I just wanted to say that the Seattle Labor Chorus has adapted Java Jive to a pitch for "fair trade coffee" -- great fun to sing, and audiences like it too. |
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20 Oct 04 - 11:41 PM (#1302494) Subject: Lyr Add: BLACK COFFEE (Burke, Webster) From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.theguitarguy.com/blackcof.htm (That page also has chords.) BLACK COFFEE Words & Music by Sonny Burke & Paul Francis Webster, 1948. I'm feelin' mighty lonesome, haven't slept a wink. I walk the floor from nine to four. In between, I drink Black coffee. Love's a hand-me-down brew. I'll never know a Sunday in this weekday room. I'm talkin' to the shadow, one o'clock till four, And Lord, how slow the moments go when all I do is pour Black coffee since the blues caught my eye. I'm hangin' out on Monday, my Sunday dreams to dry. BRIDGE: Now, man is born to come a-lovin', And a woman's born to weep and fret, To stay at home and tend her oven, And down her past regrets in coffee and cigarettes. I'm moonin' all the mornin', moanin' all the night, And in between, it's nicotine, and not much heart to fight. Black coffee -- feelin' low as the ground. It's drivin' me crazy, this waitin' for my baby 'Til he come around, 'til he come around. [Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 1948; Peggy Lee, 1956; Julie London, 1960; Rosemary Clooney, 1963; K. D. Lang, 1988; Sinéad O'Connor, 1992; Sarah Vaughan, and many others.] |
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21 Oct 04 - 01:09 AM (#1302538) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: GUEST,celtaddict at work The Flying Fish Sailors, in Texas, have amongst their assorted (and pretty wild) "modern-day shanties" a coffee shanty: "Cuppa Joe, gimme Cuppa Joe" is all I recall offhand but I can look it up at home to add to the coffee song store. (Greg Henkel and the Flying Fish Sailors have brought us such other gems as the moving shanty ("Haul, U-Haul, Haul"), a bouncy upbeat song about the influenza pandemic of 1918, and songs about such fearsome issues as the Loch Ness monster, the Roswell incident, and lima beans.) |
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21 Oct 04 - 07:15 AM (#1302715) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: Flash Company I remember my large, eccentric boss walking away from an argument with a colleague singing 'You're the fly in my ointment!'. On a more (or less) serious note , how about Slim Gaillard's 'Dunkin' Bagel', (Splash in the coffee!) FC |
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21 Oct 04 - 07:43 AM (#1302732) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: GUEST,T-boy Then ther's 'Java Blues' by the late great Rick Danko. |
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21 Oct 04 - 10:06 AM (#1302861) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: PoppaGator (Thread-drift alert) Speaking of the INKSPOTS: Lloyd Washington, who joined the group in 1941 as the lead singer, lived in New Orleans after retirement and passed away almost a year ago. I just learned that he will finally be buried (reburied?) this coming Saturday, 10/3/04, in a newly dedicated Musician's Tomb in St. Louis Cemetary #1, with all the attendant jazz-funeral ritual and celebration. The memorial Mass will be held at St. Augustine's Church on St. Claude St. in the Treme neighborhood at 11 am. I'll be two blocks away, at the WWOZ radio studio taking membership pledges over the phone, from 10 to 11:30 during Sean O'Meara's Irish music program. When I leave the studio at 11:30, I should be right on time for the end of Mass and the start of the second-line parade to the cemetary. Wish y'all (some of y'all, anyway) could be there! |
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22 Oct 04 - 01:52 AM (#1303593) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: GUEST,Dale One that seems not to have been collected here yet is Cowboy Coffee by Joni Harms. I have the words somewhere, but can't get to them until probably early November. I say that now in the hope that my mentioning the song might jog someone else's memory, and that they are saying even as they read this, "Hey, I know THAT one!" (No, they are NOT the lyrics credited to the Bosstones.) Sound sample on this page Just about anything by Joni Harms is highly recommended by me, by the way. |
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06 Feb 05 - 08:42 PM (#1401182) Subject: Lyr Add: A CUP OF COFFEE, A SANDWICH AND YOU From: Jim Dixon A CUP OF COFFEE, A SANDWICH AND YOU (Words by Billy Rose & Al Dubin. Music by Joseph Meyer, 1925) In the movie plays of nowadays, a romance always must begin in June. Tales in magazines have all their scenes of love laid in a garden 'neath the moon. But I don't miss that kind of bliss. What I want is this: CHORUS: A cup of coffee, a sandwich, and you, A cozy corner, a table for two, A chance to whisper, cuddle and coo, With lots of huggin' and kissin' in view. I don't need music, lobster, or wine As long as your eyes look into mine. The things I long for are simple and few: A cup of coffee, a sandwich, and you. [A recording made by Nick Lucas in 1926 can be heard at The Red Hot Jazz Archive. Another recording by Mike Speciale and His Hotel Carlton Terrace Orchestra can be heard at Aardvark Mastering.] |
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06 Feb 05 - 08:46 PM (#1401184) Subject: Lyr Add: AIN'T GOT NOBODY TO GRIND MY COFFEE From: Jim Dixon AIN'T GOT NOBODY TO GRIND MY COFFEE Once I had a loving daddy, just as good as he could be, But my ever-loving daddy, he's done gone away from me. And since he left me behind, here's what's on my mind, I find: Ain't got nobody to grind my coffee in the morning. Ain't got nobody to serve my breakfast in bed. My daddy went away A week ago today. How'm I gonna find a 'Nother coffee grinda Who could do my grindin' like my sweet man could? Ain't got nobody to light my brand-new percolator. Ain't got nobody to heat my oven, you see. When my daddy was around, he was oh so good, Even haul my ashes, chop my kindling wood. Ain't got nobody else to love me like my daddy could, And grind my coffee for me, I mean, And grind my coffee for me. Ain't got nobody to grind my coffee in the morning. Ain't got nobody to serve my breakfast in bed. My daddy went away A week ago today. How'm I gonna find a 'Nother coffee grinda Who could do my grindin' like my sweet man could? Ain't got nobody to light my brand-new percolator. Ain't got nobody to heat my oven, you see. Oh, my daddy used to love me pretty, I'll confess. Believe me, he could do it diff'rent from the rest. Ain't got other who could really put me to a test, And grind my coffee for me, I mean, And grind my coffee for me. [As sung by Mary Stafford, 1926. See The Red Hot Jazz Archive. Clara Smith's 1928 recording, also at The Red Hot Jazz Archive, is very similar, except she ends each chorus with "And do my grinding for me."] |
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06 Feb 05 - 08:56 PM (#1401194) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: Jim Dixon The lyrics to COFFEE GRINDIN' BLUES, by Lucille Bogan, have been posted here. You can hear Lucille Bogan's 1927 recording at The Red Hot Jazz Archive. |
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06 Feb 05 - 11:39 PM (#1401302) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: Q (Frank Staplin) "I'd Like to Dunk You in My Coffee" is an old one that should be here. Copy at Levy but not shown (copyright 1934). |
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06 Feb 05 - 11:55 PM (#1401312) Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL JUST HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE From: Jim Dixon I'LL JUST HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE (THEN I'LL GO) Billie Brock I'll just have a cup of coffee, then I'll go. Thought that I'd just drop by and let you know That I'm leaving time tomorrow. I'll cause you no more sorrow. I'll just have a cup of coffee, then I'll go. I brought the money like the lawyer said to do. It won't replace all the heartaches I've caused you. It won't take the place of loving you, I know. I'll just have a cup of coffee, then I'll go. Tell the kids I came by awhile last night, And I kissed them while they slept so tight. Make my cup of coffee sweet and make it warm, Just the way you used to be inside my arms. I'll have another half a cup and then I'll go. [Sung by Claude Gray. You can hear his recording at The Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites, Real Country Archives Page 6. It appears on a couple of various-artists compilations: "Home on the Road," and "Classic Country: The '60s Treasures." It was also recorded by Ernest Tubb under the title I'LL JUST HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE.] |
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07 Feb 05 - 12:01 AM (#1401316) Subject: Lyr Add: CIGARETTES AND COFFEE BLUES From: Jim Dixon CIGARETTES AND COFFEE BLUES Marty Robbins I guess I'll take a walk tonight. I know that I can't sleep. An' I won't go to bed at all. I'd just lay there and weep. Instead, I'll make our favorite spot. That's what I think I'll do. I got those smokin' cigarettes an' drinkin' coffee blues. CHORUS: Smokin' cigarettes an' drinkin' coffee all night long, Wond'rin' how a love so right could suddenly go wrong, I'd take the next bus out o' town, but I gotta be near you. I got those smokin' cigarettes an' drinkin' coffee blues. Sittin' at the table where I call my baby's name, Wonderin' where our love went wrong, wonderin' who's to blame, List'nin' while the jukebox plays the songs that make me blue. Another cup of coffee and a cigarette or two. CHORUS: Smokin' cigarettes an' drinkin' coffee all night long, Wond'rin' how a love so right could suddenly go wrong, There's a lot of other people know the mis'ry I go through. I got those smokin' cigarettes an' drinkin' coffee blues. [You can hear Lefty Frizzell's recording at The Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites, Requests Page 7. It was also recorded by David Frizzell, Marty Robbins, Sleepy LaBeef, and Jean Shepard.] |
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07 Feb 05 - 12:31 AM (#1401333) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: M.Ted Jim--Thanks so much for posting the Nick Lucas page--I didn't know it was there, and he is one of my favorite guitarists--"Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" will make you cry-- |
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07 Feb 05 - 02:22 AM (#1401367) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: open mike There is one that seems like it takes place in a truck stop? Or is sung by a trucker? "Pour me another cup of coffee." It might be the same song that has a line "Put another nickel in the juke box." Greg Brown has a couple of coffee related songs. One mentions him being more of a tea type of guy, as coffee is a bitter brew made for a bitter world. Another one is: GOOD MORNING COFFEE I will bring you your good mornin' coffee, will you smile If not now then have a sip or two and maybe in a while I love you I love you in the good mornin' and in the night Every day I wait with you wherever we are, it's all right Here's your coffee, it may still be too hot, it is freshly brewed I'll just pour myself a cup and then I will crawl in with you. SMALL DARK MOVIE How are things going in the small dark movie of your life? Late at night you call your girlfriend in the morning you call your wife In the morning you go for coffee leave town by the underpass Leave whatever happened last night cigarette in a champagne glass The road used to go someplace you never been before Now it's just a racetrack and the only prize is more The only off-ramp is up ahead and just where ain't too clear And change is a semi with smoking wheels filling the rear view mirror You could really use a raincoat and a pair of cool shoes You could really use some idea of what you're gonna do But the road keeps coming at you and you find no place to rest And in these small dark movies no-one knows what's best So how are things going in the small dark movie of your life? Late at night you call your girlfriend in the morning you call your wife In the morning you go for coffee leave town by the underpass Leave whatever happened last night cigarette in the champagne glass How are things going how are things going how are things going? Then there is this one: (For a guy who claims not to drink coffee, he sure writes about it a lot!) SMELL OF COFFEE Bouffant hairdo, ne'er-do-well Warm the car up, perfume smell Work is there when love is gone Smell of coffee, crack of dawn Pheasant clucking, ice cold dew Backseat shotgun, frosty slough Chevy coughing, let's move on Smell of coffee, crack of dawn Hey there, Benny, is this your home? Railroad cinders, Styrofoam Train a-comin', where's lost john? Smell of coffee, crack of dawn Blue, blue window, factory Big bad boss man can't find me Boxes piled up, paycheck gone Smell of coffee, crack of dawn Woman works and man does too Yellow paper, same old news Forty years to cross the lawn Smell of coffee, crack of dawn |
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07 Feb 05 - 01:54 PM (#1401710) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: chris nightbird childs "One More Cup of Coffee" by Bob Dylan........ |
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07 Feb 05 - 03:21 PM (#1401800) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: GUEST,Barrie Roberts Don't forget THE FROZEN LOGGER who stirred his coffee with his thumb. He's in the DT. |
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07 Feb 05 - 09:46 PM (#1402126) Subject: Lyr Add: SECOND CUP OF COFFEE (Gordon Lightfoot) From: GUEST,Walter Corey SECOND CUP OF COFFEE by Gordon Lightfoot (D) (Em) (G) (D) (A) (D) I'm on my second cup of coffee and I (G) still can't face the (D) day I'm thinking of the (F#m) lady who got (G) lost along the (A) way And if (D) I don't stop this trembling hand from (Em) reaching for the (G) phone I'll be (D) reaching for the bottle Lord, be(A)fore this day is (D) done I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day The room was filled with laughs as we danced the night away But my sleep was filled with dreaming of the wrongs that I had done And the gentle sweet reminder of a daughter and a son (G) Sitting alone, my (D) friends have all gone home You never know when they'll come dropping (A) in (G) Thinking of girls with their (D) fingers in my curls Too young to understand how love be(A)gins I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the dawn The radio is playing a soft country song And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done Sitting alone, my friends have all gone home They never were around when I needed them Thinking of girls with their fingers in my curls Too young to understand how love begins I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the day I'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the way And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done And if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phone I'll be reaching for the bottle Lord, before this day is done at http://www.lightfoot.ca/secndcup.htm |
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08 Feb 05 - 01:32 AM (#1402228) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: Kaleea I love coffe & Java songs/tunes. It is quite common to find Jazz titles with "Java" in there somewhere. They seem to be quite popular with college Jazz ensembles these days. I have on occasion heard Musicians do complete sets with the coffee theme. Me oulde born in Arkansas-lived in Eastern Oklahoma-Irish Granny used to sing to me: Put on the skillet; put on the lid; Granny's gonna make a little shortnin' bread. That ain't all she's gonna do; Granny's gonna perk a little coffee too. |
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08 Feb 05 - 03:26 AM (#1402275) Subject: Lyr Add: COWBOY COFFEE (Joni Harms) From: GUEST,Dale Let's see, is it early November yet? :) I guess the thread slipped away, and I forgot all about it. Anyway, here are the Cowboy Coffee lyrics by Joni Harms I promised back on 22 Oct 04 - 01:52 AM. The soundfile link I gave still works. Check it out. COWBOY COFFEE Joni Harms from her album, After All, 2001 Not available everywhere, but worth looking for The first thing that one does When you wake before the sun does Get the fire goin' Won't be long till you feel the heat Find a spot and take a seat Till the coals start glowin' Then pull out the granite pot Poor old thing's been used a lot Don't look like much But just you wait and see Pour some grounds from a leather poke Add a little taste of old wood smoke Man, that's Cowboy Coffee Everyday we all get up Find our favorite old tin cup Pour a taste of Heaven Plenty grub for all the crew Throw it down with a cup or two Saddle up by seven Get on up, there's work to do Ropin' ridin' brandin' too Every day's as tough as it can be Chasin' strays and hangin' wire Work all day and you still ain't tired Man, that's Cowboy Coffee Don't ask these boys 'bout a latte Cowboy Coffee comes just one way Strong enough to make you stand up straight And talk about flavor now just you wait After supper time is done Still got time for a little fun Take it slow and easy Sittin' 'round the fireside Singin' songs and tellin' lies One more pot of coffee Then some young bucks start to nag Joe, go under your saddle bag Pull out that bottle everybody's seen Pour in some of that 90 proof Warm us up down to our boots Man, that's Cowboy Coffee Man, that's Cowboy Coffee! |
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08 Feb 05 - 08:48 AM (#1402429) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: Jim Dixon Here's a few I missed the first time around: SUNDAY MORNIN', recorded by Spanky and Our Gang, has a chorus that begins "I'll put the coffee on to brew." COFFEE BLUES by Mississippi John Hurt. It's the song that gave us the phrase "lovin' spoonful." I'D RATHER MAKE COFFEE THAN LOVE in the DT, author unknown. I'D RATHER MAKE COFFEE THAN LOVE - extended version by Dave Oesterreich. COLD COFFEE MORNING (And a Warm Beer Afternoon) from Jon Randall. Hey, guys! I think we got enough songs to make an album. Can you imagine selling these in every Starbuck's across America? One o' these days I'm gonna stumble on an idea that's gonna make somebody rich—probably not me. Right now I'm toying with the idea of making theme albums and matching them to the right retail outlet—not record stores. |
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08 Nov 05 - 01:05 AM (#1599783) Subject: Lyr Add: COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP (Ebb, Kander) From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.carlinamerica.com/titles/titles.cgi?MODULE=LYRICS&ID=488&terms=___terms___ COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP (Fred Ebb, John Kander) The trouble with the world today, it seems to me, Is coffee in a cardboard cup. The trouble with the affluent society Is coffee in a cardboard cup. No one's ever casual and nonchalant. No one wastes a minute in a restaurant. No one wants a waitress passing pleasantries Like "Hiya, miss. Hiya, sir. May I take your order, please?" The trouble with the world today, it's plain to see, Is ev'rything is hurry up. It's rush it through, don't be slow, B.L.T. on rye to go, And coffee (I think she said), coffee (I know she said), Coffee in a cardboard cup. The trouble with the helter-skelter life we lead Is coffee in a cardboard cup. The trouble, the psychologists have all agreed, Is coffee in a cardboard cup. Tell me, what could possibly be drearier, Than seafood from the Belnord Cafeteria? Seems to me a gentleman would much prefer "Good afternoon! How you been? Would you like the special, sir?" The trouble with the world today is plain to see. It's ev'rything is hurry up. There's ready whip, instant tea, Minute rice and my-oh-me, There's coffee (I think she said), coffee (I know she said), Coffee in a cardboard cup. The trouble with the world today, beyond a doubt, Is coffee in a cardboard cup. The trouble is the way we like to take things out, Like coffee in a cardboard cup. No one knows the meaning of Utopia Is dining at your corner cornucopia. Seems to me we wouldn't be such nervous wrecks With "Hello there! Be right back! Would you care for separate checks?" The trouble with the world today, it's plain to see, Is ev'rything is hurry up. It's all become Loony Tunes With sugar packs and plastic spoons And coffee (I think she said) Coffee (I know she said) Coffee (I'm sure she said) Coffee (She must have said) Coffee in a cardboard cup. (SPOKEN): Hurry up! |
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08 Nov 05 - 09:24 AM (#1599979) Subject: Lyr Add: SAINT CAFFEINE (John Gorka) From: Jim Dixon SAINT CAFFEINE John Gorka I've seen the light. Oh, the light I've seen, Seen the light of Saint Caffeine. Of other drugs, oh, I am clean, But I pray to you, Saint Caffeine. Yes, I am a legal (?) fiend. My high ... (?) mean routines. Cold or not, O coffee bean, I pray to you, Saint Caffeine. Stayed away as a teen. Hormones filled up my jeans. Ever since my sleep got mean, I took to you, Saint Caffeine. BRIDGE: Help me through the morning. Help me to the afternoon. Bean count is boring. I'd be snoring without you. I wear your ring around my cup. I pour you down. I drink you up. When I'm running out of steam, I pray to you, Saint Caffeine. REPEAT FIRST VERSE [As sung by John Gorka on "After Yesterday," Red House CD 121, 1998. [You can hear this song as part of an archived radio program. Go to the page Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Show, for June 20- June 26, 2005. Then, under "Monday, June 20, 2005," click "Listen 5 - 7 a.m." The song begins 1 hour, 45 minutes, 50 seconds from the beginning of the program.] |
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08 Nov 05 - 06:43 PM (#1600275) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: M.Ted Thanks for posting these, especially, "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup", which ought to be a lot better known than it is-- |
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02 Jun 06 - 04:27 PM (#1751883) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: Jim Dixon Here's NAVY COFFEE. |
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03 Jun 06 - 02:09 AM (#1752041) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee songs) From: Genie Shortnin' Bread has a verse with a coffee reference. Put on the skillet, put on the lid, Mama's gonna make a li'l shortnin' bread. That's not all Mama's gonna do, Mama's gon' make a li'l coffee too. |
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08 May 08 - 07:47 PM (#2336133) Subject: Lyr Add: ANOTHER CUPPA COFFEE (Dan Newton) From: Jim Dixon I heard this song on the radio today and I knew it belonged here. ANOTHER CUPPA COFFEE Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton Take a half a cup o' coffee. Yes, that's what I want to do. After I've had one cup, I think I might drink two. And after I've had my second cup—you guessed it—I'll have three. And I may have four before I hit the door. Por favor, pour more for me. Used to drink a lot o' beer, but it made my middle round. Ever' time I drink whiskey, I throw up or I fall down. Had to give up reefer. Made me feel dumber than I already was. Now I dig black coffee. Yes, I love that java buzz. Drinkin' all that alcohol was sure to be my ruin, Wakin' up in some strange hall not recallin' what I been doin'. Should 'a' seen me in the mornin'. Yes, I was such a terrible sight. But now I'm energized. I got big bug eyes from early in the mornin' till late at night. I'll always have another cup o' coffee. You can make mine black. I won't be slow long as I got my joe. Now give me my java, Jack. Sometimes I drink a cappuccino. If you're wonderin' what it means, Well, you can call me Dannerino. I'm that cat that works for beans. [Instrumental interlude.] I'd fight a bull for a bucketful of café au lait. I'd do my work just for the perks. I don't care about the pay. I could be hip. I like to sip. I'm the biggest refiller in town. And when I'm dead, won't you lay my head on a big brown mound of coffee grounds? Then I can take another cup o' coffee. I'll take it to the Pearly Gates. I'll have me another cup o' coffee while Saint Peter decides my fate. Lay no roses on my grave. Just cover me with coffee beans. Then I'll be fine till the end of time. Por favor, pour more for me, I mean, Por favor, pour more for me. [As recorded by Dan Newton on his album "Hi-Top Sneakers." You can hear an excerpt at that page. [You can also hear the entire song as part of an archived radio program. Click to play, and then skip to 5 minutes and 55 seconds from the beginning of the segment. [I see he has another song called CUPPA JAVA THE SIZE OF MY HEAD. I might transcribe that later.] |
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09 May 08 - 05:51 PM (#2336813) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea son From: topical tom "The Coffee Blues" by Mississipi John Hurt: Coffee Blues soundclip by Mississippi John Hurt recording of 19 from Coffee Blues (Vanguard 19032), copyright notice (spoken: This is the "Coffee Blues", I likes a certain brand - Maxwell's House - it's good till the last drop, just like it says on the can. I used to have a girl cookin' a good Maxwell House. She moved away. Some said to Memphis and some said to Leland, but I found her. I wanted her to cook me some good Maxwell's House. You understand, if I can get me just a spoonful of Maxwell's House, do me much good as two or three cups this other coffee) I've got to go to Memphis, bring her back to Leland I wanna see my baby 'bout a lovin' spoonful, my lovin' spoonful Well, I'm just got to have my lovin' (spoken: I found her) Good mornin', baby, how you do this mornin'? Well, please, ma'am, just a lovin' spoon, just a lovin' spoonful I declare, I got to have my lovin' spoonful My baby packed her suitcase and she went away I couldn't let her stay for my lovin', my lovin' spoonful Well, I'm just got to have my lovin' Good mornin', baby, how you do this mornin'? Well, please, ma'am, just a lovin' spoon, just a lovin' spoonful I declare, I got to have my lovin' spoonful Well, the preacher in the pulpit, jumpin' up and down He laid his bible down for his lovin' (spoken: Ain't Maxwell House all right?) Well, I'm just got to have my lovin' Top Ruler |
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09 May 08 - 06:23 PM (#2336833) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea son From: topical tom Here's Mississippi singing "My Creole Belle" and "Lovin' Spoonful": The blues as they were meant to be! |
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12 May 08 - 07:30 AM (#2338228) Subject: Lyr Add: CUPPA JAVA THE SIZE OF MY HEAD (D Newton) From: Jim Dixon CUPPA JAVA THE SIZE OF MY HEAD As recorded by Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton on "Hi-Top Sneakers" (2008) Early in the morning when I open my eyes, Only one thing that's on my mind. Only one thing get me out o' my bed: A strong cup o' java 'bout the size o' my head. Yeah, my hands are always shaky and my hair is a mess. My mind's a bit hazy. I can't even get dressed. Only one thing that'll see me through: A big black pot o' that dark French brew. Grind the beans. Let it drip. Dark French roast, take a sip. You can have your eggs and your orange juice Your tea an' your toast. I got no use. Only one thing, that's what I said: I want a strong cup o' java 'bout the size o' my head. Well, if you see me lookin' sick or maybe actin' ill, Don't you call me no doctor, don't you gi' me no pill. Only one thing that'll remedy me. A great big black hot pot o' caffeine. Grind the beans. Let it drip. Dark French roast, take a sip. You can tell the doctor that his work is through. Tell the undertaker I don’t want him, too. Only one thing, that's what I said: I want a strong cup o' java 'bout the size o' my head.
Make it dark; make it strong.
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04 Aug 08 - 04:14 AM (#2404691) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: GUEST,Zeaz Does anybody know what the word "Mr. Moto" refers to in Java Jive |
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04 Aug 08 - 09:48 PM (#2405390) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Jim Dixon See Mr. Moto in Wikipedia. |
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30 Aug 09 - 10:31 AM (#2712128) Subject: Lyr Add: COFFEE BLUES (Sam Lightnin' Hopkins) From: Azizi Here's another song called "Coffee Blues". I heard it on the radio years ago and put it on a casette tape (remember those?) I didn't know the song's title and referred to it as "Mama got mad at Papa" I used the Google search engine to find these lyrics by entering that "title" and another repeated line "he didn't bring coffee home". COFFEE BLUES Sam Lightnin' Hopkins Mama got mad at papa 'cause he didn't bring no coffee home Mama got mad at papa 'cause he didn't bring no coffee home She begin to wonder what is going on wrong Papa said, "Mama, I ain't mad with you, now, don't you get mad with me Baby, I ain't mad with you, now, don't you get mad with me, whoa" Papa must have been teasing mama 'cause she said, "I ain't mad with you" Papa must have been teasing mama 'cause she said, "I ain't mad with you" She said, "Everything's all right, don't make no difference what you do" You know papa got good with mama somehow And I was crying for bread, and yes, I, baby, I was crying for bread, and these are the words I said Now look at mama, just trying to shout It was early one evening but papa came home late at night It was early one evening but papa came home late at night That's when mama was mad and her and papa began to fight http://www.notdarkyet.org/tt-coffee.html |
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30 Aug 09 - 08:43 PM (#2712548) Subject: Lyr Add: TEA (Michael Hurley) From: Stewie The thread title also mentions 'tea'. Here is a classic ditty from the spendidly eccentric mind of Michael Hurley. It was first recorded by him back in 1964 at the tender age of 22. TEA (Michael Hurley) Turn on the tea and let it brew I like six cups not one or two Break out the cups and honey too And turn on the tea and let it brew I don't care that she's left me Just so long as the cupboard's full of tea My nerves are shakin' and my heart is breakin' That's just because of all the tea I've taken Poor old Buddha turned into stone That's why I drink tea alone Buddha's made of stone and his eyes are ruby But his thoughts and dreams are distilled in the tea I'll drink my tea and sit and dream Conjure up a leprechaun to dance in the steam I'm drinkin' my tea and it's gettin' late I thought I heard somebody pass my gate Source: transcription in booklet accompanying Michael Hurley 'First Songs' Folkways LP FG 3581 (1964) --Stewie. |
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14 Sep 09 - 02:07 AM (#2723138) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Artful Codger Johann Sebastian Bach's "Coffee Cantata". How about Jimmie Rodgers' "Tea for Texas"? ;-} I'm sure I've come across several cowboy songs and poems about coffee (or the deplorable preparation or condition of it), but I'd have to search about to find them again. |
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14 Sep 09 - 07:00 AM (#2723245) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea son From: M.Ted YouTube clip of Michael Hurley's Tea Song Lyrics are a bit different. |
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14 Sep 09 - 07:16 AM (#2723253) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: melodeonboy Has anybody got the lyrics to the song (ditty) that starts "I like a nice cup of tea in the morning"? I believe it also contains the line "..and a nice cup of tea with my tea". |
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14 Sep 09 - 07:23 AM (#2723260) Subject: Lyr Add: A NICE CUP OF TEA (Herbert, Sullivan) From: maeve A NICE CUP OF TEA (Herbert / Sullivan) I like a nice cup of tea in the morning For to start the day you see And at half-past eleven Well my idea of Heaven Is a nice cup of tea I like a nice cup of tea with my dinner And a nice cup of tea with my tea And when it's time for bed There's a lot to be said For a nice cup of tea Found here maeve |
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14 Sep 09 - 09:46 AM (#2723346) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: melodeonboy Thanks, Maeve. |
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15 Sep 09 - 01:38 PM (#2724250) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Jim Dixon Here's a verse to go with your chorus of A NICE CUP OF TEA: Some folks put much reliance On politics and science. There's only one hero for me: His praise we should be roaring, The man who thought of pouring The first boiling water onto tea. The National Library of Australia lists 2 songs called A NICE CUP OF TEA: A NICE CUP OF TEA Words, A. P. (Alan Patrick) Herbert. Music, Henry Sullivan. Sydney : J. Albert & Son, c1937. A NICE CUP OF TEA Words, Frank W. Green. Music, Alfred Lee. London : C. Sheard, [between 1860 and 1880?] "Sung by James Hillier to delighted audiences" |
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15 Sep 09 - 01:55 PM (#2724260) Subject: Lyr Add: COFFEE AND TEA (from Bodleian) From: Jim Dixon From the Bodleian Ballad collection, Harding B 25(392): [There seems to be some sexual subtext here, but there's a lot I don't understand. --JD] COFFEE AND TEA 1. My love she drinks Coffee and Tea, But hey for good liquor and sack; And every health that goes round, Here's a health to my own Paddy Whack. CHORUS: Mally, come plank my plank. Mally, come plank perri-wig. Mally, come cover my song. Good humour you'll find in my merry-gig. 2. I have three ships on the sea. There is three of them bound to Limerick, Three laden with Coffee and Tea, And two with my three-square Gimlick. 3. There are thirty fair maidens in York And thirty fair maidens in Limerick. That makes out the even three score. I bo——d them all with my Gimlick. 4. I have a house of my own. I have a hole in the rigging o't. I have a well on the floor. You may water your nag in the middle o't. |
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15 Sep 09 - 02:34 PM (#2724278) Subject: Lyr Add: A GOOD CUP OF TEA (from Bodleian) From: Jim Dixon From the Bodleian Library Ballad collection, Firth b.27(319): A GOOD CUP OF TEA AIR—Jenny Put the Kettle On. 1. When our hearts are o'erladed with sorrow and grief, And joy from our presence doth flee, Methinks of all comforts the warmest and chief Is surely a good cup of tea. 2. When health and when pleasure delighteth the heart And we dance with a soul full of glee, Though the waltz and the polka their pleasures impart, We'll pause for a good cup of tea. 3. When sickness and pain find their way to our hearts— And who can expect to be free?— Oh! one of the things most valued on earth Just then is a good cup of tea. 4. Ere we start in the morning to travel by rail Or by steam take a trip to the sea, No perfume e'er wafted on Araby's gale Smells then like a good cup of tea. 5. At the end of our journey—too early for bed, Yet bored by the demon Ennui, How our spirits return—how our languor hath fled— When refreshed by a good cup of tea. 6. How hard must the toil-doomed artisan strive Ere his home humblest comforts can see; Yet he gratefully owns he has none will revive His strength like a good cup of tea. 7. When hour after hour the poor poet doth sit With the paper still blank on his knee, "The spirit that moveth him" into the fit May come with a good cup of tea. 8. Quaff the wine-cup who may, there's delight in the draught, But for ills it, alas, is not free. I yield it, though long and though loud be the laugh, For a wholesome and good cup of tea. |
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15 Sep 09 - 03:36 PM (#2724316) Subject: Lyr Add: THE TEA (from Bodleian) From: Jim Dixon From the Bodleian Library Ballad collection, Harding B 11(3743): THE TEA [London: between 1819 and 1844] 1. The tea!—the tea!—the wholesome tea! The black, the green, the mix'd, the good, the strong Bohea! When the water boils, and the tea is made, And the tea things on the table laid, We washerwomen work with glee, But still at night enjoy our tea. I'm at my tub!—I'm at my tub! I am where I would ever be, Among the steam and suds so blue. Though my copper has a smoky flue, If a storm should come, what is't to me? I wash! I wash! And I take my tea! 2. I hate, oh, how I hate to hear That some prefer to tea, strong beer. It makes men drunk both night and noon, And if they sing, 'tis out of tune; And ladies, if they drink strong beer, Are apt to scratch and perhaps to swear. I have had coffee galore, But I love the green tea more and more, For it's good for the nerves, and warms my heart, And from it I will never part. For a friend it was, and is to me, For when I was born, my mother gave me tea. 3. The tiles were white, and a frosty morn In December month when I was born. The dustman bawl'd and his bell he toll'd, And the milkman's nose was blue with cold, And never was heard such a medley wild As welcom'd to life the cockney child. I have liv'd since then, a maid and wife, A sober washerwoman's life, Wash'd down with tea all idle care, And never have wish'd for better fare; And death, whenever he comes to me, Will find me drinking a good strong cup of tea. |
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22 Sep 09 - 06:13 PM (#2729181) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Artful Codger TEA C.L. Gilman From the faucets of the fountain and the bottles of the bar I've tried many fancy gargles, 'most as many as there are, But the drink that's first and foremost, if you put it up to me, Is the scalding can of ashes, swamp-juice, soot—and tea. At the take-off of the portage, when a man is damp with toil, Heat and deer-flies are forgotten, when the tea comes to a boil. In the silent winter muskeg, where the snow has hid the trail, Strength and hope and courage wait him with the bubbling of the pail. Propped with rocks beside the rapids, jabbed into the forest mould, Smoked and scorched, ten thousand tea-sticks, mark the camp-sites of the bold. Other drinks may please the townsman, do to flirt with now and then, But, the Silent Places witness, tea's the drink that's drunk by men. Source: Camp-Fire Verse; ed. Williams Haynes and Joseph Leroy Harrison; Duffield & Company, New York, 1917. |
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22 Sep 09 - 07:53 PM (#2729248) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Artful Codger "Arbuckle's Coffee", performed (and probably written) by the Arbuckle Boys from Texas: YouTube clip. You can find more information on the beginnings of Arbuckle coffee at the Arbuckle Coffee Roasters web site. In particular, watch the clip toward the bottom of the page (the video for the above song is also available there) and click on the "Arbuckle legend" link at the top of the left-hand links. Other YouTube clips suggest various ways of preparing "cowboy coffee", but these are modern-day campers' methods without historical authenticity. Here's another song: "Cowboy Coffee", a more humorous, contemporary song written and performed by Chris Davenport: YouTube clip. A contemporary song, "Black Coffee" is popular for country line dancing, though it seems to be a whiny love song having blessed little to do with coffee. |
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09 Nov 09 - 12:22 PM (#2762846) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: GUEST,Ray Shakeshaft Has anyone got the chords to 'I like a nice cup of tea in the morning' Thanks |
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09 Nov 09 - 03:17 PM (#2762961) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea son From: Ritchie Ray,try Phil Powell ...., great minds think alike ;-) |
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10 Nov 09 - 11:49 PM (#2763903) Subject: Lyr Add: ARBUCKLE'S COFFEE (Arbuckle Boys) From: Jim Dixon My transcription. See Artful Codger's link above. ARBUCKLE'S COFFEE Recorded by the Arbuckle Boys Roll out, boys. Come and get it. Grease your gear. Flapjacks in the skillet. Fill your hands and head for the pot. That Arbuckle's coffee, she's ready and hot. She'll warm you up. She'll curl your hair. You can float a horseshoe in that black stuff there. Old Cookie says: "Boys, I'm a famous man, And Arbuckle's coffee, she's the best in the land." CHORUS: Arbuckle's coffee in an old tin cup, Sip it real slow. Drink it right up. Arbuckle's coffee in an old tin can Put hair on your chest, good to the last man. Here comes Blue. He's ridin' in fast With Slim and J. B. and young Billy Bass. Here comes Lou, and here comes Shorty Smellin' that ... Arbuckle's coffee. Ol' Cookie he's a-cussin', raisin' almighty Cain. His biscuits ain't risin'. It's tryin' to rain. Them boys is a-laughin' and tellin' tall tales, Drinkin' Arbuckle's coffee right out on the trail. * For history, see this article: Coffee, Cowboys and a Ranch: The Arbuckle Brothers' Wyoming Connection by Phil Roberts, University of Wyoming Department of History |
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11 Nov 09 - 04:58 PM (#2764372) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Artful Codger As I hear it (verse 2 line 4): Smellin' that good old Arbuckle's coffee. |
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11 Nov 09 - 06:41 PM (#2764435) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Joe_F According to my mother, You're the grounds in my coffee. You're the hair in my stew. You will always be My atrocity. I can do without you. * Finjan (in DigiTrad, but incomplete by a damn sight) * Eyes of Night Owls by Bob Kanefsky: Grind, children, grind For a clear and wakeful mind That can work thru the night if we please. Grind, children, grind -- We're preserving humankind, And we each have our own priorities. |
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12 Nov 09 - 04:54 PM (#2765046) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: open mike there is an old trad work song from the days of the Irish rail road "Work all day for sugar in my tay" Drill ye Tarriers Drill... see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill,_Ye_Tarriers,_Drill i wonder why Joni Harm's c.d. with Cowboy coffee on it sells for $150?! |
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12 Nov 09 - 05:49 PM (#2765084) Subject: Lyr Add: BILLY OF TEA From: Rowan BILLY OF TEA Tune: Bonnie Dundee Words: Australian Traditional but I'll try to find out details of by whom/ from whom/when/where it was collected. You can talk of your whisky and talk of your beer, There's something much nicer that's waiting me here, It sits on the fire beneath the gum tree, There's nothing much nicer than a billy of tea. So fill up your tumbler as high as you can And don't you dare tell me it's not the best plan, You can let all your beer and your spirits go free There's nothing much nicer than a billy of tea. I rise in the morning as soon as it's light And go to the nosebag to see it's alright That the ants on the sugar no mortgage have got And straight away sling my old black billy pot And while it is boiling the horses I seek And follow them down as far as the creek I take off their hobbles and let them run free Then haste to tuck into my billy of tea And at night when I camp if the day has been warm I give to my horses their tucker of corn From the two in the pole to the one in the lead A billy for each holds a comfortable feed Then the fire I make and the water I get And corned beef and damper in order I set But I don't touch the grub though so hungry I be, I wait till it's ready, my billy of tea Cheers, Rowan |
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12 Nov 09 - 07:38 PM (#2765136) Subject: Lyr Add: HAVE ANOTHER ESPRESSO (Shel Silverstein) From: beeliner HAVE ANOTHER ESPRESSO Words and music by Shel Silverstein As recorded by Shel Silverstein on "Inside Folk Songs" (1962) Now, whenever life looks dark and mean, I have myself an espresso. And then I sorta sit back, man, like, dig the scene, And maybe have myself another espresso. And you know, there's a chick in the coffee shop who's caught my eye, But she never talks to me when I walk by, So I sit there and I cool it and I'm, oh, so sly And I have myself another espresso. Now, last night, I decided to do the thing As I had myself another espresso. And I asked that chick, like, would she care to swing? As I had myself another espresso. And she said, "Baby, like, that's, uh, cool with me, But like, man, I can't split till half-past three, So why don't you just sit down and cool it and, like, wait for me And maybe have yourself another espresso?" You know, I never cared much for formal dates, I just sit and have myself an espresso, man, you know? But like, man, if a chick is a groove then, baby, you've gotta wait And maybe have yourself another espresso. Yeah, so like, I took off my coat, man, and I hung up my hat And for the next five hours, right there I sat. You know that chick went home with some other cat, So I had myself another espresso. Now, the moral of this story, I'll tell you, man, hmm, As I have myself another espresso, It's always follow the ways of Zen And have yourself another espresso. And whenever life has got you way uptight, Why, baby, just sit back and groove until everything's right, 'Cause, you know, I met another chick that very night And we, uh, we, huh, we, uh, Well, as a matter of fact, I guess we just sat around and had another espresso. |
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12 Nov 09 - 09:08 PM (#2765165) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: MGM·Lion We had a kettle; we let it leak: Our not repairing it made it worse. We haven't had any tea for a week. The bottom is out of the universe. -Rudyard Kipling Not one, AFAIK, ever set by Peter Bellamy: but worth citing on this thread, I think... |
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12 Nov 09 - 10:09 PM (#2765187) Subject: Billy of Tea From: Artful Codger Re "Billy of Tea": Bob Bolton posted a couple versions (including the originally published one) and additional information in the "Billy of Tea" thread (20337); also in a BS thread (20316) on Lapsang Souchong. The author was not credited in the original publication, and I don't believe authorship has since been determined. |
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13 Nov 09 - 05:43 PM (#2765609) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea son From: Rowan Thanks for that AC. It comes as no surprise that Bob had already posted its original text, as he has a considerable set of resources to hand. The text I posted is as I have sung it and I probably learned it around campfires from other bushwalkers who may have learned it from John Meredith's Penguin edition of Australian Folksongs, prior to the Bushwackers or even Dave de Hugard, who is a towering influence on such things. Cheers, Rowan |
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05 Jun 12 - 08:39 PM (#3359787) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive From: Genie I just realized I've been singing a mondegreen of part of the lyrics to Java Jive for years. I think Rise Up Singing was the source of the mondegreen. Anyway, here's the line as I learned it: Boston beans, soy beans, I mean the itty bitty kidney beans. You know that I'm not keen about a bean Unless it's a chilly chili* bean. * Not sure what the spelling was, but it seemed to be referring to chili beans, and I could never figure out why beans other than coffee beans were lauded in the song. Now I find out that the actual line is "... a cheery, cheery bean," and that makes a whole lot more sense. |
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05 Mar 13 - 05:21 AM (#3486518) Subject: Lyr Add: A NICE CUP OF TEA (from Binnie Hale) From: GUEST,Drumcolliher I LIKE A NICE CUP OF TEA Binnie Hale (22 May 1899 – 10 January 1984) English actress, Music Hall singer and musician. Some folks put much reliance On politics and science There's only one hero for me His praise we should be roaring The man who thought of pouring The first boiling water onto tea I like a nice cup of tea in the morning For to start the day you see And at half past eleven Well my idea of heaven Is a nice cup of tea I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner And a nice cup of tea with me tea And when it's time for bed There's a lot to be said For a nice cup of tea You can talk about your science And your airships in the sky I can do without the wireless And you'll never see me fly The public benefactor of the universe for me Is the genius that thought of pouring water onto tea I like a nice cup of tea in the morning For to start the day you see And when I get the breakfast in Well my idea of sin Is a fourth, or a fifth, cup of tea I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner And a nice cup of tea with me tea And when it's time for bed There's a lot to be said For a nice cup of tea They say it's not nutritious But still it is delicious And that's all that matters to me It turns your meat to leather But let's all die together The one drink in paradise is tea I like a nice cup of tea In the morning For to start the day you see And at half past eleven Well my idea of heaven Is a nice cup of tea I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner And a nice cup of tea with me tea And when it's time for bed As I think I may have said I'd like a nice cup of tea You can talk about your liberties They talk of women's rights I don't want to make no speeches Because the one that does is trite And anyone can have my vote and chuck it in the sea But golly there'll be trouble if they try to touch me tea I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner And a nice cup of tea with me tea And when it's getting late Almost anything can wait For a nice cup of tea Sung by Binnie Hale |
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05 Mar 13 - 02:05 PM (#3486691) Subject: Lyr Add: COFFEE (Short Sisters) From: Bettynh The Short Sisters sing this round by Karl Gottfried Hering: C-O-F-F-E-E Don't drink too much coffee. Not for children is this Turkish brew; Hurts the brain and the nervous system, too. Take this advice from me: have a nice cup of tea! The tune is here |
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05 Dec 14 - 05:31 PM (#3682912) Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN I TAKE MY SUGAR TO TEA From: Jim Dixon WHEN I TAKE MY SUGAR TO TEA Written by Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, and Pierre Norman, ©1931. As recorded by the Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra VERSE: I'm just a little Jackie Horner Since I met my sugar cane. That gang of mine has been revealin' that they're feeling sore. I left the lamplight on that old corner For the moon on Lovers' Lane. I'm doing things I never did before. CHORUS 1: When I take my sugar to tea, All the boys are jealous of me, 'Cause I never take her where the gang goes When I take my sugar to tea. 2. I'm a rowdy-dowdy; that's me. She's a high-hat baby; that's she. So I never take her where the gang goes, When I take my sugar to tea. BRIDGE: Ev'ry Sunday afternoon, We forget about our cares, Rubbing elbows at the Ritz With those millionaires. 3. When I take my sugar to tea, I'm as ritzy as I can be, 'Cause I never take her where the gang goes When I take my sugar to tea. Another recording that includes the verse was made by The Sunshine Boys. Other early recordings with the chorus but no verse were made by Bunny Berigan, Fred Rich & His Orchestra, Jack Hylton & His Orchestra, King Oliver & the Chocolate Dandies, Nat King Cole, and The Casa Loma Orchestra |
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06 Dec 14 - 10:37 AM (#3683046) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Airymouse If you are going to collect coffee and tea songs you certainly need the version of Paper and Pins that ends Some loves coffee and some loves tea You loves my money but you don't love me. Also there's Revolutionary Tea. There was an old lady lived over the sea And she was an island queen... |
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10 Sep 16 - 05:05 PM (#3809391) Subject: Lyr Add: I'D LIKE TO DUNK YOU IN MY COFFEE From: Jim Dixon I'D LIKE TO DUNK YOU IN MY COFFEE Words by Lew Brown, music by Harry Akst, ©1934. As recorded by Freddy Martin. I'd like to dunk you in my coffee and spread you on my bread, And I wish that you were in the highball goin' to my head. Dear, when you sit across the table, I'm then like the giant in the fable. Fee fie foe fum! I'm overcome with a cannibalistic feeling. I'd like to smother you with mushrooms, mm, and ev'rything. I claim you'd be a dainty dish to set before a king. Oh, sweetheart, if I could obtain you, As part of my daily menu, I'd like to dunk you in my coffee and spread you on my bread. There is another recording by Little Jack Little. This seems to be the chorus only. The catalog entry for this song at Mississippi State University indicates there is a missing verse that begins "I was always going in for ev'ry sort of vitamin"—and maybe more verses. |
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10 Sep 16 - 07:54 PM (#3809416) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Have A Cuppa Tea (Ray Davies) Granny's always ravin' and rantin', And she's always puffin' and pantin', And she's always screaming and shouting, And she's always brewing up tea. Grandpappy's never late for his dinner, Cos he loves his leg of beef And he washes it down with a brandy, And a fresh made pot of tea. Chorus: Have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea, Have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea, Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, Rosie Lea Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, Rosie Lea. If you feel a bit under the weather, If you feel a little bit peeved, Take granny's stand-by potion For any old cough or wheeze. It's a cure for hepatitis, it's a cure for chronic insomnia, It's a cure for tonsillitis and for water on the knee. [Chorus] Tea in the morning, tea in the evening, tea at supper time, You get tea when it's raining, tea when it's snowing, Tea when the weather's fine. You get tea as a mid-day stimulant You get tea with your afternoon tea For any old ailment or disease For Christ sake have a cuppa tea. [Chorus] Whatever the situation, whatever the race or creed, Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree It knows no motivations, no sect or organization, It knows no one religion, Nor political belief. [Chorus] [Muswell Hillbillies, The Kinks, RCA Victor, SF 8243, 1971, trk. B2] |
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12 Sep 16 - 06:08 PM (#3809713) Subject: Lyr Add: COFFEE POT BLUES (Papa Charlie Jackson) From: Jim Dixon I was disappointed that this song really is not about coffee, but it has an interesting, catchy tune, so I thought I'd post it anyway: COFFEE POT BLUES As recorded by Papa Charlie Jackson, 1925. You can always tell, when your good gal don't want to be seen, 'Cause your meals ain't ready; the house is never clean. It's like huntin' for a needle buried in a bed of sand, That is to find a woman hasn't got no man. Three barrels of your whiskey, mama, four barrels of gin. She said, "The head-knocker's home, daddy, and you can't come in." It was early one morning, just at the close of four When Charlie Smith knocked on Evelyn's door. She jumped up, sweet babe, tipped on across the floor, Hollerin', "Long tall daddy, don't you knock no more." It was in the loving kitchen, where they made the plot For to poison her father and her mother in the coffee pot. Then they carried the remains, throwed it out in the yard, Killed fifteen chickens and wound that prattlin' dog. Policeman says to Freddie: "What do you know 'bout this?" Say, "I guess you'd have to go arrest poor Charlie Smith." Then they carried poor Charlie, put him behind the bar[s], Give him thirty-nine days, mama, and that ain't all. Poor Evelyn's in jail, with her back turned to the wall, Hollerin', "Cruel kind daddy, you know you the cause [of] it all." I want [to] sing this time; ain't gonna sing no more 'Cause my throat got dry, to where my tonsil's sore. [As a murder ballad, or even an attempted-murder ballad, this song has a lot of plot holes. Who was Evelyn with when Charlie knocked on her door? What does this have to do with the plot to kill Evelyn's mother and father? How was the plot thwarted? Who was Freddie? Thirty-nine days seems like an awfully short sentence for murder or attempted murder. Why did that happen? [By the way, I searched in vain for a true story this might have been based on.] |
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13 Sep 16 - 04:48 PM (#3809846) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Black Coffee From: Long Firm Freddie Humble Pie covering Ike & Tina Turner's Black Coffee "Black Coffee" Black coffee is my name Black coffee is not a thing Black coffee, freshly ground and fully packed Hot black coffee, boys, mmm that's where it's at, mean it. Way back you all know since I don't know when See I got hungover before I was 10 You see my skin is white but my soul is black So hot black coffee, that's where it's at. (Black coffee) That's what I'm talkin' about boys (Black coffee) That's what I mean (Black coffee) Ooh you've got to feel it in your hand (Black coffee) Hmm yeah (Black coffee). Well you hear that Some black tea, well it can't compare with me Black tea (can't compare with me) that's right Black tea, well it's as good as, it's as good as, it's as good as it can be But it's a cup of black coffee that a working man needs to see, yeah. In America, well it's the land of the free You can get what you want if you've got some do re me Well travelling far and I work like a slave Now I'm independent, and you know I get laid. I got me a job and I build me a place I got a spit of black coffee, oh how good it tastes I said a dime is all it costs in the States For a cup of black coffee, how good it tastes (Black coffee) Alright (Black coffee) Oh (Black coffee) It's what I want now, it's what I need (Black coffee) To suit my soul, to suit my soul now (Black coffee) It's what I want, it's what I need (Black coffee) It's where it's at, it's where it's at (Black coffee) Oh |
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13 Sep 16 - 08:50 PM (#3809873) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Joe_F Well, she brought me coffee, And she brought me tea. She brought me everything But the jailhouse key. |
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22 Sep 16 - 01:34 PM (#3810873) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: GUEST,Guesty McGuestface The missing verse of "I'd Like to Dunk You in My Coffee", from 1934 sheet music: I was always going in for ev'ry sort of vitamin I'd read about, But I find I'm filled up with what the doctors recommended as a build up. Now I'd like to make it known that since I've ment you, I have thrown their theories out. You agree with me, Tho' you're not my vitamins A - B - C - D; This song was featured in the UK film Calling All Stars (1937). |
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22 Sep 16 - 01:50 PM (#3810875) Subject: Everything Stops for Tea From: GUEST Everything Stops for Tea (sung by Jack Buchanan, ca. 1935): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQASun9d8E More info: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=21376 |
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23 Sep 16 - 10:43 PM (#3811053) Subject: Lyr Add: EVERYTHING STOPS FOR TEA (Sigler/Goodhart From: Jim Dixon EVERYTHING STOPS FOR TEA Words and music by Maurice Sigler, Al Goodhart, & Al Hoffman, ©1935. As sung by Jack Buchanan. Ev'ry nation in creation has its favorite drink: France is famous for its wine; it's beer in Germany. Turkey has its coffee, and they serve it blacker than ink. Russians go for vodka and England loves its tea. Oh, the fact'ries may be roaring With a "boom-a-lacka, zoom-a-lacka, whee!" But there isn't any roar When the clocks strike four. Ev'rything stops for tea. Oh, a lawyer in the courtroom, In the middle of an alimony plea, Has to stop and help 'em pour When the clocks strike four. Ev'rything stops for tea. It's a very good English custom, Though the weather be cold or hot: When you need a little pickup, You'll find a little teacup Will always hit the spot. You remember Cleopatra Had a date to meet Marc Antony at three. When he came an hour late, She said: "You'll have to wait, For ev'rything stops for tea." Oh, they may be playing football, And the crowd is yelling: "Kill the referee!" But no matter what the score, When the clocks strike four, Ev'rything stops for tea. Oh, the golfer may be golfing, And is just about to make a hole in three, But it always gets him sore When the clock yells "fore!" Ev'rything stops for tea. It's a very good English custom, And a stimulant for the brain. When you feel a little weary, A cup'll make you cheery, And it's cheaper than champagne. Now I know just why Franz Schubert Didn't finish his unfinished symphony. He might have written more, But the clock struck four, And ev'rything stops for tea. [The following lines are sung in a different recording by Jack Hylton and His Orchestra:] Oh, the soldiers may be fighting In the trenches or a battleship at sea, But there isn't any war When the clock strikes four. Ev'rything stops for tea. |
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23 Sep 16 - 11:36 PM (#3811054) Subject: Lyr Add: TEA FOR TWO (Caesar/Youmans) From: Jim Dixon TEA FOR TWO Words by Irving Caesar, music by Vincent Youmans From the musical "No, No, Nanette" ©1925. As recorded by Marion Harris. I'm discontented with homes that are rented, So I have invented my own. Darling, this place is a lovers' oasis Where life's weary chase is unknown, Far from the cry of the city, Where flowers pretty caress the streams, Cozy to hide in, to live side by side in. Don't let it abide in my dreams. Picture me upon your knee, Just tea for two and two for tea, Just me for you and you for me alone— Nobody near us to see us or hear us, No friends or relations on weekend vacations, We won't have it known, dear, that we own a telephone, dear. Day will break and I'll awake And start to bake a sugar cake For you to take for all the boys to see. We will raise a family: A boy for you, a girl for me. Oh, can't you see how happy we would be? |
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17 Aug 19 - 11:54 AM (#4004855) Subject: Lyr Add: 40 CUPS OF COFFEE (Danny Overbea) From: Jim Dixon You can hear this song at the Internet Archive. This sounds like early rock ‘n’ roll. 40 CUPS OF COFFEE Words and music by Danny Overbea As recorded by Danny Overbea with King Kolex and His Orchestra, 1953. 1. Pace the floor; stop and stare. I drink a cup o’ coffee an’ start to pullin’ out my hair. CHORUS: I drink forty cups o’ coffee, forty cups o’ coffee, Forty cups o’ coffee waitin’ for you to come home. 2. A quarter to twelve an’ you’re still not in. The way you run around is a doggone sin. CHORUS: I drink…. 3. A quarter to three I start watchin’ the clock. The phone won’t ring so I’m waitin’ for your knock. CHORUS: I drink…. 4. A quarter to fo’ you ain’t got home yet. I try to be cool and smoke a cigarette CHORUS: An’ drink.… 5. You knock on the do’ about a quarter to five. I run to hug you an’ kiss you sayin’: “Thank God you’re still alive! CHORUS: I drank forty cups o’ coffee, Forty cups o’ coffee, Forty cups o’ coffee but I’m glad you finally came home.” |
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19 Aug 19 - 09:47 AM (#4005104) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: Mrrzy I have a fond memory of oversleeping as a freshman in college... My clock radio was on radio and I was lying there, too morningafterish to get up. Then the radio station played a little medley starting with Java Jive and including all lines from any song that mentioned coffee. I sat straight up... Coffee! Great idea! And got up. I also have to admit that till tjen, I had thought Java Jive had been written and composed by our men's a cappella group... |
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20 Aug 19 - 04:38 PM (#4005286) Subject: Lyr Add: CLARA JENKINS' TEA (1881) From: Jim Dixon This is more about “tea” as a social event rather than a drink. But where else am I gonna put this? You can see the sheet music for this song at Baylor University. There is another copy at MusicNotes.com. You can hear a recording by Collins and Harlan from 1911 at the Internet Archive. The following lyrics are from the sheet music. HARRIGAN & HART’S New Song, Clara Jenkins’ Tea AS SUNG IN THE NEW PLAY THE MAJOR. Words by Ed. Harrigan; music by Dave Braham; ©1881. 1. Oh, now put on your Sunday clothes. Get ready for the jubilee. Dere’s a mighty high time when the clock strikes nine. Oh, do come along with me, All Methodist and Baptist too, oh my! Will sing about the old Red Sea. De new church choir will sing a note higher At Clara Jenkins’ socialistic tea. Ladies, try this citron cake. Pass it ‘round for goodness sake! Won’t you try some lemon cream? Oh! yes, now don’t be mean. CHORUS: Oh, now put on your Sunday clothes And get ready for the jubilee. Dere’s a mighty high time when de clock strikes nine At little Clara Jenkins’ tea. 2. There’s poor old Aunty Green, dear me! Her age it is just ninety-four. She’s as lively as a kitten, keeps a-gettin’ up and gettin’. You can’t keep her off the floor. Dere’s something in de old brown jug; look dar, Just yonder on the shelf, you see. Don’t let it go to waste, but give us all a taste At Clara Jenkins’ socialistic tea. Standing in the well so deep, Yes, indeed, a hundred feet— “Will you be my loving queen?” “Go away; I’m just sixteen!” 3. We’ll go home when de sun does shine In de mornin’ at de peep of day. Isn’t ev’rybody’s sad, ‘cause ev’rybody’s glad. Good Lord, how we’d like to stay! Now, colored gentlemen and ladies all, Take a little kind advice from me: Won’t mention any name, but please to call again, When Clara Jenkins gives another tea. Forfeit, all the gemmen now. No, no, ladies, you’ll allow. Dar’s dat gal in velveteen. How do, sir? Now don’t be mean. |
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24 Aug 19 - 04:47 PM (#4005756) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: GUEST Anybody knows this one: about old lady...sung by a english crooner : She never got a cup of coffee, from a proper coffee pot, for the coffee wasn't Mocca and pot it wasn't hot and it's really most distressing as I'm sure you will agree, when you want a cup of coffee or a cup of tasty tea, but the .... and the tea had tanning and it wasnt tasty tea.... I can't for the life of me remember all of it. |
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25 Aug 19 - 09:34 AM (#4005812) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs) From: GUEST,Starship All I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XrAkPyStGg |