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11 Feb 05 - 01:09 PM (#1406053) Subject: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: KathWestra My friend Ann Schunior in the Boston area pointed out in an e-mail yesterday that now that science has proven you can, indeed, die of a broken heart, we may need to rewrite some of the old ballads like Barbara Allen to reflect the new scientific evidence. Her specific suggestion was to replace the old-fashioned rose and briar ending with Barbara's case being written up in Lancet or the Journal of Cardiology or some such thing. Just an amusing thought--and challenge--on a snowy Maine day.... Jeri, this one somehow brought your songwriting talents to mind. And anyone else Cheers, Kathy |
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11 Feb 05 - 02:02 PM (#1406118) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Amos Now Barbry's funeral walked long and slow, And WIlliam's hearse-horse prancéd Her heart-break made the cover of Time And his, front page of Lancet |
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11 Feb 05 - 11:54 PM (#1406812) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: KathWestra Yeah, like that! Thanks Amos. Anybody else??? K. |
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12 Feb 05 - 12:33 AM (#1406842) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Genie Oh, well, I refuse to obsess over getting this 'poifect', so here goes nuttin': §;-D BARBIE ALLEN (Woids by Genie; Tune: Whatever) In L A town where I was born, There was a hot chick dwellin' Who did aerobics every day, Her name was Barbie Allen. All in the merry month of May, When young men iron were pumpin' Well, Barbie's agent to Ken did say, "Young man, your ass I'm dumpin'." He sent an email to her then, To the condo where she dwelt in, "You must come be my S. O, babe, Come save me, Barbie Allen. So slowly, she came up to him, Said, "You look ghastly ... sorta." Young Ken, well, he could only say, "You've mangled me aorta!" He turned his face unto the wall For strength had drained his muscles. "Adieu, kind friends, this bitch's scorn Hath drained all my corpuscles." As she was walking thru Bel Air, She heard the sirens yellin', And ev'ry scream did seem to say, "His pericardium's swelling!" When he was coded, all in vain, And stretched out on a gurney, The docs could only scratch their heads: "Testosterone's launched this journey." "Perhaps depression launched his heart On final voyage embarking, Inflaming microscopic parts, Causing a strong infarcting." Sweet Ken was pickled in a mason jar For Doctor Barbies to ponder And writ up in the Journal AMA, His corpse dissected asunder. If there be moral, here's the rub; Of truth here is the kernel Of broken heart ye may die young Yet live in Lancet's journal. |
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12 Feb 05 - 01:43 AM (#1406900) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: The Fooles Troupe Oh, I thought you meant Broken 'Heart Ballads'... |
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12 Feb 05 - 01:46 AM (#1406903) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Bert prancéd Lancet Wahaaay! I LOVE it. |
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12 Feb 05 - 01:46 AM (#1406905) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Amos Wow!!Genie, that's a keeper!! A |
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12 Feb 05 - 01:53 AM (#1406911) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Teresa Can I sing that at science-fiction folk gatherings, Genie? I have no intention of recording anything any time in the foreseeable future. :) |
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12 Feb 05 - 01:54 AM (#1406913) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Genie T'anks, Amos! :-D Glad ya liked it! Now I wanna hear the rest o' YOURN! LOL Genie |
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12 Feb 05 - 02:05 AM (#1406920) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Genie Teresa, be my guest! Just make sure you split the royalties with me, OK? I WANT my penny! LOL Genie |
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13 Feb 05 - 10:18 PM (#1408799) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: KathWestra Huzzah Genie! Love it! |
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14 Feb 05 - 12:22 AM (#1408920) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Desert Dancer Now the problem with using Barbara Allen for this topic is that the vast majority of the known cases are postmenopausal women. Or maybe that means you've got to get more creative about it...? ~ B in T |
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14 Feb 05 - 02:56 AM (#1408969) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Genie Quote (Desert Dancer): "Now the problem with using Barbara Allen for this topic is that the vast majority of the known cases are postmenopausal women." 'Splain, please. I seem to be missing something. Genie |
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14 Feb 05 - 05:21 PM (#1409779) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: KathWestra Hey, DD, contrary to all you see on TV, wich likes to portray love as only for the young, there's plenty of true lovin' (and heartbreakin') goes on in the postmenopausal set! For all we know, Barbara Allen and William might as easily have been fifty-somethings. I don't recall any of the numerous versions of the ballad that I've heard mentioning their ages... And as for Genie's splendid rewrite, I still say huzzah! Exactly what I had in mind (though I couldn't have begun to do such a great job myself, which is why I started this thread). Thanks again, Genie! Kathy |
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14 Feb 05 - 07:17 PM (#1409894) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Uncle_DaveO "There was a fair maid dwellin' ". Fair = beautiful Maid = young girl Often taken to mean a virgin. Dave Oesterreich |
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14 Feb 05 - 07:46 PM (#1409920) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Desert Dancer Yeah, well, I'd be the first to agree that the young have no monopoly on love or heartbreak, but as Uncle Dave says, there are things about the song that suggest these are young people, another being the involvement of the parents... Actually, what first brought the detail in the science story to my mind was the emphasis on William's heartbreak, even more than Barbara's. There are certainly plenty of other women in folk song who die of broken hearts upon which to devise your parodies! :-) ~ Becky in Tucson |
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14 Feb 05 - 08:01 PM (#1409927) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: GUEST He sent his servant to the town To her own father's dwelling. How many 50-somethings still live with mom & pop? |
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15 Feb 05 - 03:21 AM (#1410180) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Genie C'mon, youse guys! Enough wit da analyzashun of da song and its demographic/generashunal implicashuns. Rite us sum more SONG virgin... er... verzhuns! :-) |
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17 Feb 05 - 04:48 PM (#1413308) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: Desert Dancer Yeah, it wasn't my intent to kill the concept entirely! ~ B in T (at a creative loss, or I'd have a better contribution to the thread than this...) |
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20 Feb 05 - 04:59 PM (#1415790) Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Broken Heart Ballads From: GUEST,Sonja W. Oates Still seeing if I can find it in my cardiac muscle to attack this one myself. ;) Dancer, it's not too late, you know. LOL |