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09 Jan 99 - 05:27 PM (#53065) Subject: Need Lyrics, Van Ronk's Somebody Else Not Me From: LeedsB@aol.com Please email above if you hace the lyrics to Dave VanRonk's "Somebody Else, not Me" Recorded in 1980 on Philo label |
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01 Mar 03 - 11:53 PM (#901458) Subject: Lyr Add: SOMEBODY ELSE, NOT ME / WONDERFUL CHANCE From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.stephaniepiro.com/fc060.htm where it says the title is "A Wonderful Chance" and it was written by Bert Williams in the 1920's. Other sources say the song was written by "Hanley/MacDonald." A WONDERFUL CHANCE Great moments come to every man Some situations where he can Achieve such fame that folks acclaim The very mention of his name. A circus played our town one day Three Bengal tigers got away. The manager looked straight at me, Said, here's your opportunity. Somebody must get those cats, But our tiger man is sick in bed, So put on your hat and coat, That is what the manager said. The man that brings them back alive A hero is gonna be, It's a wonderful chance for somebody Somebody else - not me! |
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02 Mar 03 - 11:24 PM (#902120) Subject: RE: Need Lyrics, Van Ronk's Somebody Else Not Me From: dwditty DVR always attributed this song to Williams. Leeds, Please post the chords for this song. |
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19 Aug 03 - 09:00 PM (#1004955) Subject: RE: Need Lyrics, Van Ronk's Somebody Else Not Me From: GUEST,There is another verse... My father had a recording of this poem on an old '78 record and I remember this second verse: Ivory bones with ebony dots Oft times lead to cemetary lots The game last night brought on a fight That ended up in pistol shots Now I was furthest from the door (the others all got there before) And a brother on the floor lay dead While through the transom somebody said: Now somebody's got to stay behind Yes, sombody's got to remain So when the police officers, When they arrive To explain why this brother's no longer alive. The man who stays behind and sees this whole thing through A real hero is going to be... Yes, sir, that's a wonderful chance for somebody It's gotta be somebody else, not me. |
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20 Aug 03 - 08:22 AM (#1005136) Subject: RE: Need Lyrics, Van Ronk's Somebody Else Not Me From: dwditty The Video (or DVD) of Van Ronk's last concert (The Bottom Line - June 2, 2001) offers some excellent shots of Van Ronk's chord shapes, but I'll be damned if I can fingure them out. In any event, any fan of VR should own this video. |
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20 Aug 03 - 10:31 AM (#1005193) Subject: RE: Need Lyrics, Van Ronk's Somebody Else Not Me From: Uncle_DaveO Chord shapes are fine as far as they go, but they're no earthly good unless you know what tuning his guitar is in. Dave Oesterreich |
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20 Aug 03 - 12:30 PM (#1005317) Subject: RE: Need Lyrics, Van Ronk's Somebody Else Not Me From: dwditty Van Ronk always played in standard or dropped d tuning, as near as I can tell. |
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23 Oct 03 - 05:24 AM (#1040221) Subject: RE: Need Lyrics, Van Ronk's Somebody Else Not Me From: GUEST,non member Bertie The tuning of his guitar in this tune is normal, I posted the chords in the thread: "Somebody else not me", look there. Greetings Bertie |
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15 Aug 05 - 05:35 PM (#1542512) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody Else, Not Me (from Dave Van Ronk From: GUEST,Cliff s Yet another verse by Van Ronk: I did a little time in world war two When them panzer tanks came rolling through in the middle of a mine field field beneath barbed wire They pinned us down with machine gun fire There were bullets flying everywhere and shrapnel shrapening everywhere My captain showed no fear Said he, "I need a volunteer Somebody has got to storm that hill Somebody has got to go Just to charge up that hill where those mines are laid And to blow them to hell with a hnd grenade The man who storms that hill," He said, "Will live in history." I'd rather live in Hackensack It's got to be somebody else, not me. |
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18 Aug 05 - 09:47 AM (#1544813) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody Else, Not Me (from Dave Van Ronk From: Jim Dixon See this thread: Lyr Req: Somebody Else Not Me |
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11 Jan 13 - 09:11 PM (#3464827) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody Else, Not Me (from Dave Van Ronk From: Max |
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11 Jan 13 - 11:26 PM (#3464850) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody Else, Not Me (from Dave Van Ronk From: Beer What a great video Max. Thanks. adrien |
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12 Jan 13 - 07:43 AM (#3464938) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody Else, Not Me (from Dave Van Ronk From: kendall I still have Phil Harris' version from the 40s. |