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28 Jul 05 - 08:03 PM (#1530699) Subject: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: Margret RoadKnight Any help with complete (or extra) lyrics to the Ballad of Davy Crockett parody which starts: "Born on a tabletop in Joe's Cafe Dirtiest (or filthiest) joint in the USA...." I only vaguely remember it from my Australian childhood. Thanks all. |
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29 Jul 05 - 01:37 AM (#1530948) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: Peace Some info on it here. It's PDF or I'd cut and paste. Scroll down to page 12. [PDF] MICKEY AND MR. GUMPY: THE GLOBAL AND THE UNIVERSAL IN CHILDREN'S ... or cms.mit.edu/conf/mit2/Abstracts/MaireDavies.pdf |
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29 Jul 05 - 04:30 AM (#1531001) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: Margret RoadKnight Brilliant sleutthing, Peace Many thanks |
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29 Jul 05 - 08:54 AM (#1531101) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: dick greenhaus and then there was: "Betty, Betty Crocker Queen of the A&P..." |
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29 Jul 05 - 09:31 AM (#1531132) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: Allan C. Since links sometimes disappear, here is an excerpt from - MICKEY AND MR. GUMPY: THE GLOBAL AND THE UNIVERSAL IN CHILDREN'S MEDIA by M�ire Messenger Davies One of the remarkable aspects of children's own play-culture is that it has always had a global circulation, which has proved difficult to explain. Iona and Peter Opie (1959, reprinted 1986) describe how the same, or similar, children's slang, games and rituals, may turn up in widely different national and international locations almost simultaneously. For example, when the ballad of Davy Crockett was launched on British radio in 1956, a spoof was collected in September 1956 from a Swansea schoolgirl: Born on a table top in Joe's cafe (apparently a real cafe in Swansea) Dirtiest place in the USA Polished off his father when he was only three Polished off his mother with DDT. But before the official Davy Crockett song had reached Britain, an Australian correspondent, writing to the Opies on 3 January 1956, reported that 'the following ditty was sweeping the schools in Sydney': Reared on a paddle pop in Joe's cafe The dirtiest dump in the USA Poisoned his mother with DDT And shot his father with a .303 The Opies comment: 'It seems that the schoolchild underground also employs trans-world couriers.' (p. 7, 13 The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren) |
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14 Feb 17 - 07:37 AM (#3838860) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: GUEST,Marvin Brenner Born on a table top in Joe's cafe dirtiest place in the USA raised on the bar till he new every glass he fell off the bar and he broke his - - - DAVY ..... DAVY CORCKETT King of the wild frontier |
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15 Feb 17 - 05:13 AM (#3839041) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: JHW The Yellow Rose of Texas And the Man from Larramee They went to Davy Crockett's To have a cup of tea The tea was so delicious They had another cup And left poor Davy Crockett To do the washing up |
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15 Feb 17 - 04:22 PM (#3839172) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: Joe_F Another description of that song's vicissitudes in Britain, which I read many years ago, had "East LA" instead of "Joe's Cafe". |
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15 Feb 17 - 04:28 PM (#3839173) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: GUEST,Andy A I like merging Davy Crockett and Beverly Hillbillies: Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee Killed his first b'ar when he was only three Then one day he shooting for some food and up through the ground came a bubbling crude Davy, Davy Crockett! King of the Oil Billionaires. |
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22 Mar 21 - 12:00 AM (#4098709) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: GUEST,Guest Born on a tabletop in MIT, cutest monster, you ever did see. |
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14 Oct 22 - 12:27 AM (#4154969) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: GUEST,SCS Born on a table top in Beverly Hills, Raised on whiskey and vitamin pills, Shot his pa when he was only three And served him a term in the penitentiary |
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05 Oct 25 - 02:09 PM (#4229684) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: GUEST,Boxerchef Born on a table top in Joe’s saloon. Raised on gin and vitamin pills. Killed his ma when he was only 3. Now he’s living in the penitentiary. Dave Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier. |
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06 Oct 25 - 07:21 PM (#4229785) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Davy Crockett - 'tabletop' parody From: GUEST There was a tasteless HIV-related parody circulating around Oz some 20+ years ago. I can only remember the chorus. "Davy....Davy got it And gave it to the whole frontier" |