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01 Dec 04 - 07:27 AM (#1344213) Subject: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: Joybell Has anyone noticed how similar "What a Friend We have in Jesus" (the most usual tune) and "When You and I Were Young Maggie" are? The "Maggie" tune was written in 1866 by J. C. Butterfield two years before Charles C. Converse wrote the tune "Erie" which is the one we usually associate with "What a Friend etc." Erie was the town in Pennsylvania where Converse worked. We tried singing the two songs together and they make a rather nice duet. They deviate a little in the middle part but come together again at the end bit. ....All songs will sound the same when they call out your name In that small town talent quest up in the sky. - Mike O'Rourke Joy |
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02 Dec 04 - 06:59 AM (#1345282) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: Ron Davies I thought this was going to be a parody based on Thatcher. |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:04 AM (#1345414) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: Paco Rabanne Fine woman, and a splendid Prime Minister. |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:16 AM (#1345421) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,Jim Yeh sure ..... if you were in the top 4% of wage earners and didn't give a shit for anyone else, or the environment etc etc etc.... |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:22 AM (#1345427) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: Paco Rabanne I am in the top 4%. |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:24 AM (#1345431) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,David Edwards Guest Jim, Ted fancies the knickers off of Maggie. He's a strange bloke who likes the dominatrix type. |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:29 AM (#1345434) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,David Edwards "I am in the top 4%." Part of the cream of our society - rich and thick. Anyway, you're telling porkies Ted, you were made redundant in the Thatcher years. You're a peasant like the rest of us. |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:31 AM (#1345435) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,David Edwards Mind you, now I think about it, I fancied her something rotten as well. |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:35 AM (#1345440) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,Jim Something's rotten in the States of Capital |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:45 AM (#1345450) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,Jim She was a bit fit in her younger days though.... hmmm.... |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:49 AM (#1345455) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,David Edwards GUEST David Edwards 10.31 AM is an imposter!! I, the real David Edwards fancied Dennis Thatcher. |
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02 Dec 04 - 11:01 AM (#1345468) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,Jim Nah! Maggie for me, all the way. I used to fancy Edwina Currie until I learnt of her entanglement with John Major |
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02 Dec 04 - 11:11 AM (#1345478) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,Jim Now now Guest Jim(2) - quit masquerading as me and be up front with your perversions |
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02 Dec 04 - 11:13 AM (#1345483) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,Jim Mind you Jim2 - Edwina - she did a good job in the seat of power department...... apparently |
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02 Dec 04 - 11:45 AM (#1345520) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: GUEST,G-String Thatcher should have been hung, just the same as Jesus, God rest his sole. Its His birthday soon. |
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02 Dec 04 - 04:49 PM (#1345696) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: Joybell Well enough of all this let's have a parody then, Ron. At least you've all kept the thread from dying at birth. Thanks. Joy |
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02 Dec 04 - 09:52 PM (#1345932) Subject: RE: What a Friend We Have in Maggie? From: Ron Davies Well, I really didn't intend to do a parody--I was looking forward to reading what some of the creative minds around here would come up with--especially those in the UK, who know what it was like under the Thatcher regime. I'm just a colonial--I don't really know what went on. But, extrapolating from my feelings about her buddies in the US, Reagan and now "W", it could start something like this----- (it's somewhat overstated, and understatement is always more effective)---- But... What a friend we have in Maggie All our griefs and cares to cause What a privilege---- to bury all that's good beneath her laws |
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03 Dec 04 - 05:39 PM (#1346749) Subject: RE: A duet of a fun kind From: Joybell Me too Ron. Of course our Dear John is doing his best to stuff things up here. We could do a parody for him using "Dear John, Oh how I hate to write...." but that's a thread of a different colour. Good start on your idea. One of the problems we have is that "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" has been parodied so many times before. "What a Friend We Have in Hoover" being the noteworthy one. Meanwhile we've been working on my original conception. If you sing the two songs together - as indicated up there at the top of this thread, it works best if the one singing "What a Friend etc." switches tunes for the b part and sings the Maggie tune for two lines. Can't wait to get our fidler friend in on this. I have in mind a tastful rendition for some concert or other over the Christmas period. Cheers, Joy |
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08 Dec 04 - 04:44 AM (#1350749) Subject: Thatcher stories From: GUEST,maggiethatcher_com During the late seventies I worked for a fruit & veg supply company. One day I was given a special order to make up. It was for a dinner that evening and Margaret Thatcher, then PM, was guest of honour. Part of the order was a box of button mushrooms. I picked up a mushroom, rolled up a ball of snot, slid it up the mushroom's stem and under the cap. I did another, then another, then another. I just couldn't stop myself. By the time the order was despatched I'd done more than half the box. So, Baroness Thatcher, I'm sorry you ate my bogies. Well done, that man! A free T-shirt is winging its way to you. Got a similar Maggie-related story? Email it to us at stories@maggiethatcher.com maggie thatcher.com |