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25 Jun 05 - 03:07 PM (#1509639) Subject: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: John M. Hello everyone, Below is a traditional song titled: "Bebopping Jesus" ( recording )
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25 Jun 05 - 03:13 PM (#1509642) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: John M. Sorry about the bad link. You can listen to the recording here.
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25 Jun 05 - 03:45 PM (#1509654) Subject: Add: Bebopping Jesus, He's My Savior Now From: wysiwyg May have to learn that one for church, John. ~S~ |
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25 Jun 05 - 09:55 PM (#1509896) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: mack/misophist I sometimes sing it in the shower, for fun. The way I learned it, the fourth line is "I watch my behaviour." I learned it in high school in Texas in the early 60's. No one ever mentioned a source. |
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25 Jun 05 - 10:34 PM (#1509919) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: frogprince Probably the most offensive song parody I've ever heard (Thirty years ago, from a fellow seminarian): Jesus loves the little children; all the little children of the world; niggers, kikes, and spics, and wops, Jesus thinks they all are tops; Jesus loves the little children of the world. No, Susan, I won't expect you to sing it in church... |
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25 Jun 05 - 11:05 PM (#1509935) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: Haruo There's an even worse one ("Jesus loves the little children" parody, that is) where the implication is Jesus is a cannibal who loves the little children prepared in various ways. Don't remember how it goes. Probably will wish I never mentioned it. Haruo Baptist PS I don't find "Bebopping Jesus" offensive, though I can't imagine singing it in church myself. Certainly no moreso than my "Allah (God)'s Chillun's Got Wings"... |
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25 Jun 05 - 11:15 PM (#1509942) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: frogprince No, nothing really nasty about "Bebopping Jesus"; I could believe someone teaching it to little kids. Reminds me a little of "Jesus Loves Me, This I Know" as I heard it set to a very "rockin'" tune some a few years ago. |
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25 Jun 05 - 11:38 PM (#1509953) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: John M. frogprince, not *all* of the songs which interest me are bawdy or offensive. I am just trying to find others who sing this song and find variants, if any. "Plastic Jesus" was considered very offensive by some (and irreverant by many) when first published in the 1960s. |
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25 Jun 05 - 11:46 PM (#1509956) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: frogprince Can't imagine who wouldn't consider "Plastic Jesus" IRREVERANT; I'm sure plenty of people freaked out, instead of "getting it", and took it as offensive and actually sacriligious. Irreverant don't bother me none; "offensive" is such a ball of wax about context and intention that I would hardly know where to start. |
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26 Jun 05 - 12:01 AM (#1509960) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: Haruo I'm still hoping someday to find (or create) the rest of the lyrics to "Plastic Zamenhof". (The part I know I learned in Portland OR in 1972, FWIW.) But that's off-topic. I don't sing "Bebopping Jesus" but it does sound rather familiar, and I have either heard it before or heard different lyrics to the same tune. Haruo |
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26 Jun 05 - 02:46 AM (#1510013) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: Severn .....Red or yellow, black or white They are tasty, every bite! Jesus loves the little children of the world (Yum Yum!) Is that the one, Haruo? Another one from early childhood to top that, if only as sauce or one of The Ten Condiments(as "Chilluns" Con Queso, I guess). Something about: ....The little Lard Cheese Whiz lay down his cheese spread I love thee Lard Cheese Whiz, come down in disguise and lay on my table by burgers and fries. (The first line ended with "bread") Your Friend In Cheeses, Severn |
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26 Jun 05 - 09:32 AM (#1510197) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: mack/misophist Bebopping Jesus may sound familiar because it's a very close take off on Beboppa Lula, She's My Baby. |
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26 Jun 05 - 12:33 PM (#1510331) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this so From: Haruo Severn, I think you got it, and topped it. The Cheez Whiz piece (do you know the incipit?) is a very neat travesty of the Eucharist, at the opposite end of such things from Stranger in a Strange Land. And misophist, I'm inclined to think that you got it, too. Haruo |
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26 Jun 05 - 12:40 PM (#1510337) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: Amos When I was young and iconoclastic, I used to sing a similar rock/blues number that went like this (for historical interest only): Virgin Mary sitting on a pile o' sticks Said look out kid, I need a bad fix Look out kid, I need a bad fix If you can't find a needle, use a crucifix! Rocking Jesus -- bop! bop! Rocking Jesus -- bop! bop! We're gonna pass around that communion wine Rock around the cross, have a real high time Rockin' Jesus. (That's all I know of it and I have no idea where I learned it....) A |
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26 Jun 05 - 03:02 PM (#1510412) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: Severn Haruo, I don't remember all of the first line, but it ended with "on slices of bread" For lack of remembering the original first line, I made up: "All lazy and mangy, unkempt and ill-bred" at a later time in order to sing it, but you'll have to fill in your own first part or wait for someone to post the real one. Severn |
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03 Jul 05 - 02:42 PM (#1514563) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: Q (Frank Staplin) Are you suggesting that Mudcat could use casino money to fix its problems? |
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14 Jul 22 - 06:54 PM (#4147358) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: GUEST,Don Birdseye Don Birdseye I don't know what possessed me to do a Google search for Be-Bopping Jesus, but I came across your web page and had to respond. My name is Don Birdseye. I attended Harpur College (now Binghamton University) 1965-7, until I flunked out and went into the Army. In my final semester, I roomed with Denis Abrams and Bob Sweeney in a very cheap apartment (now a CVS Pharmacy parking lot) on Pennsylvania Avenue in Binghamton, NY. We all smoked pot and drank a lot of alcohol. Be-Boppin' Jesus was the brainchild of Denis, but all three of us contributed lyrics, and I played a 3-chord blues guitar behind it. Whenever we had a party (which was often), sometime during the night the guitar would come out, and we'd break into Be-Boppin' Jesus. To my recollection, the only time we did the song outside the confines of #44 Pennsylvania Ave was at a party that Denis's then-girlfriend Liz Hoest threw for me at her home in Huntington, Long Island just before I went into the service ... her father loved it! Some of the lyrics: Be-Boppin' Jesus he's my savior Be-Boppin' Jesus born in a manger Be-Boppin' Jesus walks on the water Be-Boppin' Jesus ain't got no father Be-Boppin' Jesus, he's my savior now, my savior now, my savior now Be-Boppin' Jesus he's my lord Got crossed up on his college boards Be-Boppin' Jesus don't want your blood Next time you throw a supper, bring some Bud Mary and Joseph were off in the woods "Joseph", said Mary, "You're up to no good" I hope this helps. Don Birdseye |
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16 Jul 22 - 12:18 PM (#4147508) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: GUEST,keberoxu For some reason this brings to mind Bebop Baby sung by right-wing Christian performer Pat Boone . . . |
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20 May 23 - 06:41 PM (#4172691) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Bebopping Jesus' Do you sing this song? From: and e ROCKIN' JESUS and/or BE-BOPPIN' JESUS From "'DIRTY'" SONGS collected at the University of Maine" by Stephen Files, dated April, 1969. See online here: https://library.umaine.edu/content/NAFOH/text/NA0502.pdf |